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Beacon The Coshocton County
Volume 1, Number 2
Shining a Positive Light on Coshocton County
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This issue is dedicated to all those affected by cancer in our community.
May 15 to May 28, 2008
It’s Written in the Stars - Relay For Life May 16-17 By Jan Myers
‘It’s Written in the Stars’ is the theme of Coshocton’s upcoming Relay for Life event that will be held at the Coshocton County Fairgrounds from Friday, May 16 at 6:00 p.m. to Saturday, May 17 at 6:00 p.m. This 24-hour event is expected to raise $145,000 for the American Cancer Society. Bob Nicholson and Laurie Stephan are the co-chairs.
$140,000. “Because of the outstanding contributions this county made to The Relay last year, Coshocton County earned the distinction of being 20th in the state out of 215 Relay events,” explained Stephan. “Last year we had approximately 30 people involved in the planning stages and 900 team members. In addition to that we had over 200 survivors who walked in
welcome to attend any part of the relay.” Entertainment is also a big part of the event. Along with some returning favorites, they have some new entertainment this year. “Sheldon Mencer is coming back this year along with the three area high school choirs who will be singing the relay theme song that Sheldon has written for us,” continued Nicholson.
Pictured above are Laurie Stephan and Bob Nicholson, co-chairs of the 2008 American Cancer Society Coshocton County Relay for Life.
“This is our ‘million dollar’ year,” said Nicholson. “Our goal this year is to raise $145,000, but once we hit the $80,000 mark, we will have raised $1 million over the past 13 years of Coshocton Relays.” Last year they made their goal of
the survivor lap in 2007.” This year’s Relay has 40 teams participating, representing about 1,000 people. There is also expected to be 400 cancer survivors participating. “We may easily have 2,000 people at the opening ceremony,” stated Nicholson. “Anyone is
“Haley Watson will sing the National Anthem and will also perform at 10 p.m. on Friday. Plus, we have performances by the groups ‘Seven Days’ and ‘By His Grace’, and magician Jeff Leonard.” A favorite for Nicholson is the luminary ceremony held at 9:00 p.m. on
The Frontier Power Company Frontier Supply Co. “Join us for our annual cook-out”
Friday. “All the candles are lit around the track,” said Nicholson. “Last year we had 1,230 of them. The weather was perfect and so they stayed lit pretty much all night. The track just glowed – it was gorgeous.” Other events during the two days will include a balloon launch, an armed services ceremony, a cake auction, a craft and quilt auction, a purse auction and new this year is the golf ball drop. “We’ll be offering the chance to drop golf balls from a bucket truck,” explained Nicholson. “You’ll be able to purchase 1 ball for $5 and 3 balls for $10, with the goal being to drop the balls on the bull’s eye below. There will be a cash prize for 1st place and a large number of consolation gifts.” Most of the volunteers who help with Relay are passionate about the cause, and Nicholson and Stephan are no exception. “My family has been hit hard with cancer over the years and Relay For Life has provided a way for me to be able to help fight this,” explained Stephan, who’s been involved for the past 10 years.”No matter what my contribution is to Relay For Life I know that I’m helping. The monies may be used for research to help find a cure, a drug or for therapy that may make life easier for the cancer patient and/or their family, or for programs that benefit all.” We like to focus on the survivor aspect,” said Nicholson. “That is our goal with Relay – to raise money for cancer research – so that there are a lot more survivors.” For more information visit Coshocton’s Relay website at www. events.cancer.org/rflcoshocton, or call Coshocton County’s Cancer Resource Center (CRC) at (740) 291-8273.
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