Celebrating more Birthdays

Webster County Relay for Life will be celebrating more birthdays during a kickoff event Sunday afternoon. The public event, which carries the theme, "Celebrating a World with more Birthdays, " will be held 4 p.m., at the Guide Rock Community Center, locted in the gymnasium of the Guide Rock School. It is intended to highlight the fact that more people are surviving cancer, Greater awareness of cancer and its warning signs, earlier detection and more and more research into cancer are all leading to increased survival rates for more and more people. Birthday cake and beverages will be served. Each relay team is asked to bring a cake. Cakes will be judged by cash votes from guests. Everyone has a chance to win a cake by participating in an old-fashioned cake walk. Money raised at the event will be used to finance the 2010 Relay for Life: June 19 and 20 in Blue Hill. The Theme of the Relay for Life will be "Crusin' for a Cure". A car, truck and tractor parade and show will be part of the June event. More teams from Webster County and anywhere else are being sought. Relay for Life in Webster County raised more than $20,000 last year, which was used for cancer research, education and assistance for cancer patients. For more information go to www.relayforlife.org/relay, or contact Chairwoman Sonja Krueger at 402-460-8622 or relayforlifewebster@hotmail.com.