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Mayor drops by Oak View fourth-grade class By Nichole Hacha-Thomas nthomas@kpcnews.net
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Cancer survivors kick off the Relay for Life of Northeast Allen County in 2011. The 2012 fundraising event begins at 9 a.m. June 2 on the track and football field at Woodlan High School.
Two area Relay for Life events planned Northeast event is June 2 at Woodlan High School By Nichole Hacha-Thomas nthomas@kpcnews.net
West Allen County ʻCookinʼ Up a Cureʼ June 9 By Nichole Hacha-Thomas nthomas@kpcnews.net
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The Relay for Life of West Allen County combined two events into one last year for the first time. This year, the relay will take place June 9 at its new location at the SIRVA facility, 5001 U.S. 30W. “We are hoping this year’s centralized location will benefit the relay,” said Roger Hitzfield, the event’s technical chair. The goal of the 24-hour walking event is to raise $32,000 for the American Cancer Society, Hitzfield said, and the 17 teams are nearly there, with close to $20,000 pledged thus far. Some of those funds came from the Sweetwater Soundoff team, made up of 51 employees from Sweetwater Sound. The group’s annual fundraiser, which features local bands and other activities, was held earlier in May and brought in more than $7,000. The 2012 relay theme, Hitzfield said, is “Cooking Up a Cure.” The event will offer a chili cook-off and the group may put together a cookbook to sell at a later date. On-track games and activities will feature kitchen items as prizes to go along with the cooking theme. Hitzfield said events like Relay for Life are extremely important to the fight against cancer. Not only does almost everyone in the world know someone who has battled cancer, but relays across the nation are the number one fundraiser for ACS cancer research.
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Hundreds of people will pack the track at Woodlan High School, 17215 Woodburn Road, on Saturday, June 2. They won’t be there for a track meet or a football game. Instead, teams of participants will walk the track for 24 hours straight as part of the Relay for Life of Northeast Allen County. The event, and others across the nation, are the largest source of funds for the American Cancer Society, said relay chair Derrick Richardson. The 2012 relay will feature a sports theme, with teams decorating their campsite with their favorite sports or team. In addition, Richardson said, each hour will be themed with a different sport. There will be a basketball hour, a football hour, a college sports team hour and more. Richardson said he hopes the sports theme will contribute to the overall mood of the relay. “Relay is all about mood and food,” Richardson said. “And there will be plenty of both.” Teams will sell food as part of on-site fundraisers, he said. From roasted corn on the cob to grilled chicken to hot dogs, no one will go hungry. In addition, the relay committee will provide pizza overnight as well as donuts in the morning and water throughout the event. In addition, the carnival atmosphere will return with games and other fun activities for all ages, Richardson said. Richardson said the goal of the 22
Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry paid the students in Laren Molinari’s fourthgrade class at Oak View Elementary School a visit on May 4. The mayor stopped by to deliver cards and letters written by his mother to each of the class’ 24 members. Molinari said the adventure began in January with a letter-writing assignment. “We call our classroom ‘The Jungle,’ and each week there is a king or queen of the pride,” Molinari explained. The person gives a report about their family and the class then writes letters to the person’s grandparents or other relative. “I have letters I sent to my grandmother in third grade and it was special,” Molinari said. “Some grandparents don’t get a lot of mail and these letters really make the grandpar-
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Mayor Tom Henry, right, autographs cards for students in Laren Molinari’s fourth-grade class at Oak View Elementary School on May 4. The cards signed by the mayor were handwritten — and hand-drawn — by his mother Marganelle Henry. The class wrote letters to Mrs. Henry in January. ents’ day.” Molinari said the class often gets replies. In January, Isabella Witte was the queen of the pride. She talked to the class about her grandparents — one of which happened to be the mayor’s mother,
Marganelle Henry. The students thought Mrs. Henry was very interesting and began penning her letters, which included questions such as “How does it feel to have the See MAYOR, page A13