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ran RR r— RR PE ces, June 14, 2001 The Kings Mountain Herald Faces of the Relay o.com Left Karen Bess was the winner of the Craziest Hat contest. She said it took her most of th day to cre- ate the masterpiece, which she said felt like it weighed 50 pounds and made her wobble when she walked. Right a Mrs. C.A. Allison, can- ; cer survivor and retired Kings Mountain educator, places her hand to her heart during singing of the National Anthem which opened Friday night’s Relay for Life. Whether they were walking, selling items to raise money to fight cancer, or both, the 35 teams in Friday and Saturday’s Relay for Life had a ball. In photo is at left is the David Baptist Church survivor's shack, which won the most creative campsite for the second year in a row. David Baptist raised over $9,000 of Kings Mountain’s grand total of $67,000. In photo at right is the Nolng team from Central United Methodist Church, which was one of many teams that were participating in the walk for the irst time. Right. (Membegs of some,of, | the walking teams took time out to do the Electric Slide as the popular local band, Mink, performed on Friday evening. Bottom left A night of walking around and around the Kings Mountain walking track finally caught up with Suzanne Berry of the Dixon Presbyterian Church team. Suzanne found a comfortable lawn chair and pillow and caught a few 222Z7Zs. Bottom right Cancer survivors Barbara McClain, left, and Billie Roberts relaxed pri- or to the Survivor's Walk which officially opened the 2001 Kings Mountain Relay for Life. Page 3A I'm proud to be a part of it.” RELAY Joni Smith-Wilson, daughter From 1A of Joe Smith, said her father and © other Kings Mountain people could to help rid society of can- ~~ who are no longer with us, cer. She began helping from the ~~ would be proud of the week- outset of the KM Relay four end’s effort.” years ago because she was a “I know they're having a 11 good friend and co-worker of blast up there in Heaven, and + the late Joe Smith, for whom the they’re so proud of what's hap- is event is named. pening here in Kings And she really began to put Mountain,” she said. “We have ..> in a lot of extra effort to raise the most committed people iol money after her daughter, here, and the best Relay of any- vj Donna Longano, was diagrosed =~ where.” iv with Hodgkin's Disease. Although the Relay is named “I really started fighting real for her father, she said it is ev- hard raising money when eryone’s fight. Ta Donna became so sick,” she “We are blessed to have so said. “I saw it all then. It really many folks fighting so hard,” +1 hit her hard - the after effects of ~~ she said. “This is everybody's all the treatments and every- relay and Daddy would have 7 thing. She has battled depres- wanted it that way.” fe sion and anxiety and panic at- ta tacks. Her immune system was shot. She’s just had so many complications, but now she’s in remission.” Roark said teams that haven't” collected all of their money, and" others who are interested in do- ** nating, still have plenty of time * Donna was one of the many to turn in some more funds to area cancer survivors and oth- help Kings Mountain go over ** ers who have had a family the $70,000 mark. The KM to member or friend affected by group hopes to have all of its ~*~ the disease, that walked and funds turned in by June 30, but “ * took part in other fund-raising Roark said the Cancer Societys activities during this year’s fiscal year runs through July 31 campaign, and any funds received by then *~ will be credited to this year’s “= Together with the Shelb Relay for Life. fic 1 Relag's collection of $273,000, After that, there will be litle Cleveland County will raise ap- time to rest on their laurels as | Kings Mountain folks will be- gin turning their attention fo a bigger and better Relay for Life * proximately $340,000 this year, which should rank them among the top ten fund-raisers in the aaa Q U.S. on a per capita basis. in2002. fan Mike Neely, a former chair- j A man of the event and this year’s “I’ve already had people say master of ceremonies, beamed that they want to participate 1 with pride and said Kings again next year, and they want 1 Mountain folks won’t quit until to keep working,” she said. “I a cure is found. think our team captains feel the “It takes a lot of people to put same way and will be back next; this together,” he said. “But year. they do it because they're dedi- “We've just had so much ex- cated to curing cancer.” citement from the very begin- Andrea Whitesides, a Kings ning and just knew this would Mountain native who now be a great year. co works with the American “I have enjoyed it. I really ~~ !a Cancer Society, was attending have. It’s such a worthwhile her first Relay for Life in Kings cause, especially knowing what! ! Mountain and was obviously . Donna's been through. I just felt impressed. ; like I had to do something. 1 “This is truly a community When you're touched by cancer; that is taking up the fight you just want to put a stop to it « against cancer,” she said, “and anyway you can.” 1 id C ANCER adult white men lighting up and’ increases in smoking among From 1A dint hd brid both male'and female African- !! than African-Americans to American high'schoolers during’: survive for five or more years the 1990s. According toone '! after being diagnosed with study cited by the organization, '; cancers lung, colorectal, breast 34 percent of African-American and prostate, according to the men and nearly 22 percentof American Cancer Society. women reported that they ht Though scientists don’t know gmoked. wi all of the reasons for these But perhaps the greatest differences between African- challenge in the battle to lower Americans and other races, they cancer rates and raise the i have pinpointed some of them. survival rates, however, is the Scientists believe that obesity - Jow percentage of African- a risk factor for several cancers - Americans who report that they’ is one contributor to the prob- have recently been screened for lem. According to data from the the most frequent types of 83 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveil- cancer. : vit lance System, African-American According to the nl women are more likely to be organization’s 2000-2001 report, io overweight than women of other i 1987 only 19 percent of io races. Studies found that by African-American women older: 1998, 64 percent of African- than 50 had received a mammo=i/1 American women were over- gram within the past three years. weight, with 32 percent charac- Ten years later, that percentage 47 terized as obese. Other data had jumped to over 76 percent. 1. indicates that nearly 30 percent However, medical experts stills: of African-American men are believe that too few African overweight. American men and women are ; The American Cancer Society being screened for colorectal . in said that smoking is another cancer, which in 1996 was 534 problem, with more adult second only to lung cancer in! 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