{"id":7579,"date":"2011-05-07T03:26:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-07T08:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=7579"},"modified":"2011-05-09T04:56:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-09T09:56:00","slug":"relay-for-life-opens-in-typical-fashion-as-rain-threatens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2011\/05\/07\/relay-for-life-opens-in-typical-fashion-as-rain-threatens\/","title":{"rendered":"Relay for Life opens in typical fashion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7580\" style=\"width: 327px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7580  \" style=\"border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Relay-for-Life-2011-Luminaria-ceremony.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"327\" height=\"233\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Luminaria Ceremony is a big part of each year&#039;s Relay for Life fundraiser held by the local chapter of the American Cancer Society. (Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The weather was pretty much normal for the event the past few years &#8212; rain and clouds, with snatches of sunshine &#8212; but those who participated in the 2011 Relay for Life fundraiser, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, also exhibited the normal &#8220;do-anything&#8221; attitude that cancer survivors and their families have shown in the past.<\/p>\n<p>That was demonstrated by the fact that a number of cancer survivors made the long walk from the YWCA to the Van Wert County Fairgrounds prior to the official opening of this year&#8217;s Relay for Life event.<\/p>\n<p>Amy Schroeder, 2011 Relay for Life chair, opened the event Friday evening as participants gathered at the fairgrounds for the start of this year&#8217;s fundraiser. Kayla Wendel, 12, sang &#8220;The Star-Spangled Banner&#8221; while flags unfurled in the breeze. Cancer survivors then took a lap around the track created at the fairgrounds for the event, while caregivers joined in for a second lap.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->There was plenty to do last night at the fairgrounds, with Harmonica John Wistner and dancers from Kim Hohman&#8217;s DanceWorks performing. A Kids Lap was also held, with a disc jockey also providing music about 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Schroeder then led the annual Luminaria Ceremony, which honors those who have succumbed to cancer. A list of those honored with luminaria was read off and participants then walked a lap led by a bagpiper.<\/p>\n<p>The Fortress Band then played to round out the night, with deejays filling the night with music for those walking laps as part of the fundraiser.<\/p>\n<p>A gospel hour begins at 6 this morning, while jazz musician Eric Miglin will also perform. The Race for Life 5K run begins at 8 a.m., while karaoke is available starting at 9 this morning. &#8220;Ohio Has Talent&#8221; winner Dustin Long will perform at 11 a.m. up until the closing ceremony at noon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor The weather was pretty much normal for the event the past few years &#8212; rain and clouds, with snatches of sunshine &#8212; but those who participated in the 2011 Relay for Life fundraiser, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, also exhibited the normal &#8220;do-anything&#8221; attitude that cancer survivors and their families have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 22:46:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}