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Capital Murder, Murder, Armed Robbery, Th eft,
Burglary, Attempted Capital Murder Of A Peace Officer,
Aggravated Sexual Abuse Of A Cb Id And Others.
Political advertising Paid for by
Mike Parker for district judge
AS A BOARD CERTIFIED CIVIL TRIAL SPECIALIST
TRIED CASES INVOLVING:
Oil And Gas, Timber Theft, Land Titles, Condemnation,
Personal Injury, Employment Matters, Divorce, Child
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In the 1980s one man
in Tacoma, Washington,
made a difference for
cancer research when
he started what grew
into The American Can-
cer Society Relay for
Life.
In simple terms all this
person had was a desire
to personally raise mon-
ey for the local American
Cancer Society office.
Since he enjoyed run-
ning marathons he de-
cided to charge friends,
family and anyone who
wanted to take part $25
to run or walk around
a track 30 minutes with
him. He raised $27,000
to fight cancer.
Once the first fund-
raiser was completed
he thought about how
others could take part.
The next event started
only months later with
$33,000 raised. But, it
became more than just
a fundraiser. It became
a time to celebrate the
lives of people who have
battled cancer, to re-
member the loved ones
that lost and to raise
money for research to
fight back against the
disease.
What started in Taco-
ma, Washington is now a
global event. In addition,
what one person started
may have paid for re-
search that kept some-
one reading this article,
a close friend, or a rela-
tive alive.
This year’s Relay
kicked off with the tra-
ditional Survivor Dinner
from 5-7 p.m.
Then came the open-
ing ceremony, with Na-
tional Anthem, prayer,
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and encouragement and
salutes to survivors,
caregivers and others.
After that, the walking
started.
The first lap, by tra-
dition, is for survivors
only. The second, then,
was for caregivers, ei-
ther of cancer survi-
vors or those who have
passed away. After that,
everybody with some
involvement in the fight
against cancer was en-
couraged to hit the civic
center floor for a lap.
For comic relief and
general fun, Chris Wat-
lington and Danny Paul
Windham co-ran the live
auction that started at 8.
Other highlights were
the luminaria ceremony
at 9:30, the dance time at
10, the “fight back” cer-
emony and lap at 10:30
and the closing at 11.
Watlington narrated
the meaning of the lumi-
narias, and other items
in the room, such as a
small table set for one,
as first survivors, then
caregivers, then loved
ones and others, lit glow
sticks, then put them
into the luminaria bags.
He talked about hope,
resilience, memories
of those who had died,
looking to a day when
cancer might be con-
quered and more.
This year’s Relay had
12 teams, totaling 116
registered participants.
With their captains, they
were ATM Titans, Lorei
Choate; Beta Sigma Phi
Cancer Warriors, Becky
Grant; burkes strong,
Samantha Harding; Ce-
cily’s Blazing Saddles,
Kim Adams; FU Meth-
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Loyal and dedicated...
Left to right: Shorty Aguilar, Terry
Lunsford and David Eubanks have over 35
years with General Shelters of Texas, Ltd.
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odist Youth Fightback,
Karen Jones and Cindy
Griffin; Gaddy’s Medi-
cal, Shirley Brittain and
Susan Mitchell; HipHop
Handy, Brenda Wilson;
Lydia MBC, Amy Os-
walt; Never Give Up Al-
ways Look Up, William
Morris; Smyrna’s Got
Hope, Stacy O’Rear; TSB
Believe Team, Mary
Cummings; and Wind-
ham Family Dental, Sally
Windham.
Most of the teams
had fundraisers at team
booths, like food and
beverages, raffle items
and more. The live
auction, silent auction
and more helped raise
funds to fight cancer
and help survivors in
their battle.
The event was also
greatly helped by Dia-
mond sponsor Center
ISD; Power of Purple
sponsors Farmers State
Bank, JML Manage-
ment Inc. and K&L
Contractors; Survivor
sponsor Lease Operat-
ing Services; Caregiv-
er sponsor Hooves and
Feathers; Gold sponsors
JTK Mgmt., J Lout Inc.,
Tyson, Ultra Inc., and
the Lions Club; Bronze
sponsors Oakland Mis-
sionary Baptist Church,
Germania Insurance,
R&D Distributions, Ace
Hardware of East Texas,
Sand Hill Foundation,
Warhorse Vacuum Ser-
vices, Infield Founda-
tion, Klein Farms LLC,
and First United Meth-
odist Church; and Turn
Around Lap sponsors,
H&S Discount Foods,
SCL Inc., and Davis For-
estry Insurance.
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Snyder, Steve. The Light and Champion (Center, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 40, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 17, 2016, newspaper, May 17, 2016; Center, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1278816/m1/2/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fannie Brown Booth Memorial Library.