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UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Friends and supporters of Middletown High senior Kya Hill will gather for a benefit at the regular Monday Blues at the Blue Wing Saloon Restaurant in Upper Lake from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19.
Hill is recovering from a serious auto accident on Nov. 3 in which she lost her right arm.
The band for the evening will be Dave Broida’s Blues Farm.
Kya Hill’s mother, Sue Hill, is the longtime bass player in this band and recently donated one of her kidneys to Dave in a kidney transplant operation.
Rounding out the band will be Steve DuBois on drums and “Mojo” Larry Platz on guitar plus special guests Tom Aiken and Bill Noteman.
“I have known Sue for many years,” said Broida, “and I’ve watched Kya grow into a wonderful young woman. She will overcome this hurdle as she has many others in her young life.”
Broida and the band will be donating all of their fees and tips for the evening to a fund for Kya Hill. The Blue Wing also will make a contribution.
Jennifer Preusser, a colleague of Sue Hill’s at St. Helena Hospital Clearlake, added that “this event at the Blue Wing will be a chance for the hospital and other community members to show their support for Sue and Kya during this difficult time.”
Kya Hill is completing her senior year at Middletown High School, where she is serving her second term as president of their Future Farmers of America Chapter.
She had enlisted with the U.S. Army for an eight-year contract, starting out as an Airborne Combat Medic and planning to move on to doctorate studies in anesthesiology.
In light of the accident, she is now planning to pursue sociology studies and motivational speaking, as well as working with the Department of Defense in the research and development of neural-interface prosthetics – a unique opportunity provided by her surgeon.
“It seems that Kya has firmly grasped the notion that by losing an arm, her embrace of the world has been made larger,” said her mother. “What a remarkable young lady!”
