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C2 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday June 11, 2003 TASTE OF THE TOWN: Sabrina Byrnes · Special to the Beaver Russ Kelley, bass player with the O akville Jazz Ensemble, performed with his hand Sunday afternoon during A Taste o f the Town. The fundraising event was held at Appleby College on Sunday and hosted by the Rotary C lub of O akville. Above are Steve Hango, Ju d y W arrington, Alyssa W arrin gton and M elanie W arrington. A t right, Hannah B a rk e r and her mother Charlotte B a rk e r are surrounded by teddy bears. These teddy bears were sold and the proceeds went towards purchasing a van for the Salvation A rm y and other Rotary projects. 'H tU c&i r M a n u fac tu re r's Showroom Jabinets Luminaries `soul' of Relay for Life (Continued from page C1) Frederick said the Luminary Ceremony was " the soul of the event. It was a joyful celebration with very poignant moments. "Every body came together and raised a lot of money," she said of the camaraderie. " It was pretty amazing and I 'm very' pleased with the result. " It was a huge team effort." she concluded. A 22-member steering committee and hundreds o f volun teers including team captains organized the Relay for Life event. " Their dedication brought a whole new meaning to the term team effort." The weather, which had been cool and rainy last week, was kind, as more than 2,000 partici pants made their way to Appleby College on Friday under warm sunny skies and pitched their tents. ·Tent V illage' consisted o f tents of every colour and descrip tion. some o f them decorated, as participants made themselves comfortable on couches, blankets and lawn chairs, in between shifts on the track. M any brought picnic snacks (hat were consumed with the tables of donated food inside the Appleby arena. Between laps, younger partici pants played pick-up volleyball and basketball, and beach volley ball. at Appleby's new outdoor courts. Older walkers brought card and board games to pass the time. Few slept. The only damper was a few overnight showers - enough to bring out the umbrellas - but not enough stop the event and moti vate people to fold up their tents and go home. "Yo u are amazing." M ayor Ann M ulvale shouted to the enthu siastic crowd to kick-off this year's event. "You launched Relay for Life last year and took it over the top. and were going to take it further over the top this year." Last year's event raised O akville Unit o f the Canadian $262.(XX). sixth highest in Ontario, Cancer Society and one o f the key from 97 teams. organizers of the Relay for Life, The mayor thanked Appleby attributes the success of the event to the survivors. College for hosting the event, and for stretching its limits to provide `T o all cancer survivors, thank camping space for 160 teams. you for attending this heart-warm About one-third o f them came ing event and for taking part in the from Appleby students, staff, par Survivors Victory Lap. Thank you ents and alumni. all for your courage, inspiration " 1 greet you as a and for the hope relay team leader, as "It has been five years you bring to us." your mayor and as a The 140 sur since I've had cancer, survivor," M ulvale vivors, wearing and when I say I am continued, her voice blue T-shirts, rising to the occa walked the ().7-kiloglad to be here, I sion. metre track follow mean it." " It has been five ing behind the · M ayor Ann Mulvale years since I 've had Halton Police Pipe and Drum Band. cancer, and when 1 " Everybody here tonight has say I am glad to be here. I mean it." helped to light up this entire track as well as the field in front of us," Before taking the hand of said Eileen M cD onald Karcz. eight-year-old Mackenzie Smyth to lead o ff the Survivors Victory luminary chair, at the start of the Lum inary Ceremony, an emotion Lap, M ulvale said "w e 'll walk al part of the relay for many. together to celebrate life and to Luminaries spelled the word raise research dollars, so all of the 'hope' near the site where this cer Mackenzies can celebrate their emony was held. fifth. 10th, 15th and 20th anniver "O ver the past four months or saries of being cancer free. so we have had the privilege of lis "Every step we take is a step in the fight against cancer." tening to stories from the many people who have bought luminar Linda Freeman, host o f The ies at the various venues around Weather Netw ork's Good M orning Toronto and a new resi O akville." she continued. dent in O akville, endorsed her "W e have heard unifying sto employer's national media spon ries of celebration and survival, sorship o f the Relay for Life. stories of hope for recovery as Freeman's brother in Guelph is a well as stories of grief and pro two-time cancer survivor and has found loss. Tonight the stories are been cancer free for 15 years. alive and burning brightly in the She also has a friend whose flame and light of each luminary as well as within our own hearts. daughter was diagnosed with leukemia at age two and is now "The luminaries w ill bum all four years old and doing well. night to guide us and remind us of both the battle and the hope that "There are 138 relay events together we can make a difference. being held across Canada and 43 "In the morning the sun w ill have been held to date raising $4 come up and the candles w ill go million. There are 15 other events out. but our hope, our memories, being held tonight." said Freeman. and our determination to make a Last year. 88 Relay for Life difference w ill endure." events across Canada raised $10 Monique Porlier, who was million. diagnosed with breast cancer two Joan Gibb. president of the years ago and is currently cancer free, spoke o f the courage shown by survivors. "They have been on a roller coaster," she told the crowd who had gathered for the Luminary Ceremony. "From the first visit to the doc tor to the first test, then the diag noses, followed by weighing the options to the treatment plan, it is emotionally and physically drain-, ing. And then the worst part is having to tell your loved ones. "It takes courage to embark on this new journey, and for this we honour the survivors. "Su rvivors are often the stronger ones. They protect their support group - their families from the bad news, the pain and the doubts." The relay featured a number of speakers dealing with cancer pre vention, diagnoses and treatment, a children's activity area, local entertainment, and a Smart Shop complete with a contest to guess the number of Smarties in a jar, won by Dan Ferrone who guessed 3,400 and won a gourmet dinner prepared by Libby Duncan. Janice Petley submitted both the second and third place guesses, 3,300 and 3.250. and won a rattan table and rug. The actual number was 3,437. The top three fundraising teams were W ild Strawberries (team cap tain Eve W illis). $9,505: Pam's Pride No. 2 (Peggie D ickie). $8,608; and H O G S (M ichael Goh). $8,370. However, unofficially, the top team is Friends for Life (Peter Rolf), who raised $10,248 includ ing a S2,(KK) corporate pledge yet to be received. The lop three individual donors were Sarna Kasm ir, $5,900; Graham Senst. $4,280. and Liz Belford. $3,660. The best-decorated tent was The Big Easy, and the best cos tume prize went to I'm Dreaming o f Zonta. 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PARTNERS IN Remembering John Wesley M olly, the estranged wife o f John Wesley, w ill pour out her heart about her difficult life with her famous husband at St. John's United Church on Sunday. Impersonated by M arilyn W hiteley. a professional historian from Guelph. M o lly's reflection w ill be part of the cel ebration of the 300th anniversary of John W esley's birth, founder of the Methodist Church. John Bedell, also of Guelph, widely known as a W'esley impersonator and a Methodist lay preacher in England, w ill preach a typical Wesleyan sermon. The 300th anniversary celebration of W esley's birth w ill begin at 3 p.m. with a display of Methodist history and local artifacts. Congregational singing of fam iliar Wesleyan hymns w ill precede the service at 6:30 p.m. Light refresh ments w ill be served at 5 p.m. at a typi cal `Tea Meeting.' where early Canadian pioneers gathered to hear missionary speakers and raise funds for missions in the northwest. In 1925. the Methodist Church in Canada formed the largest component uniting with Presbyterians and Congregationalists to create The United Church of Canada, the country's largest denomination with more than three m il lion members and adherents. The first local pioneer Methodist congregation met for worship in 1808 at the home of Lawrence Hagar in Palermo. The first Methodist church in the area, know n as the Trafalgar Chapel, was built about 1820 at the present-day site of the Palermo Pioneer Cemetery on Dundas Street east of Bronte Road. SUCCESS ATHENA O A K V IL L E SPONSOR PROFILE Celebrating the potential of all women as valued members and leaders of the community, and recognizing those who support them. ATHENA Oakville enters it's seventh year. Without sponsorship, this would not be possible. ATHENA Oakville recognizes that a huge part of ATHENA'S success is due to the generosity of sponsors. 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