A New Day

in Minden Newsletter Date:

August 2010
No matter what happens, each day is
a new day! www.relayforlife.org/kearneycone

Relay is just a few days away! Are you going?

Remember, this year we will only be relaying
TO DO LIST:
for 6 hours instead of the full 12, but the fun
Bank night Aug 3 won’t be cut in half.
(5:30 pm @ MEB community room) Here is the schedule of events for Friday,
August 6th @ the Outdoor Classroom in
2010 PLATINUM Sponsor!!!!
Our event Aug 6 Minden:
(6:00 pm @ Outdoor Classroom)
Food will be available at 6:00pm. Free to survivors, free will donation
Wrap party Aug 23 for the public.
(potluck) (6:00 pm @ MEB community room) 6:00pm Welcome
6:30pm Sponsor Thank You
Presentation of the Colors, National Anthem
AUCTION
& Invocation
There will be many excellent auction items this
year donated by: Survivor Lap, 1st Lap
Caregiver Lap
Accents “Parade of Teams”
Annie’s Beautiful Gifts 7:00 pm Water balloon toss
Arlynn Meyer (wooden toys)
Attractions
7:15pm Introduction of Miss Relay Competitors
Brenda Christensen 7:30pm Live Auction
(Longaberger baskets) 7:30–8:30 Miss Relay Competition
Earl Werner 8:45pm Special Presentation
Fourth Street Salon Musical Chairs and Simon Says
Kat’s Korner 9:00pm Crowning of the 2010 Miss Relay
Kaapa Ethanol
Mary Kay 9:15pm Luminaria Ceremony Begins
Milt Swanson Guest Speaker
(hand carvings) 10:00pm Frozen T-shirt Contest
Minden Hardware 10:30pm Fight Back ceremony
Minden Lumber 11:00pm Laps, Laps, Laps (poker lap, 3-legged lap)
NAPA
Rita Crooks
Midnight Closing Ceremonies
(canned beef)
Fundraising Awards & Grand Total
Scentsi See photos of the items at
the Minden Exchange Please plan on attending to partake in the auction, have fun
Landmark Implement Bank lobby!
with the games, acknowledge our survivors and remembers
Werner Welding those we’ve lost due to cancer.
Wilson Automotive
 Page 2 Congratulations to our fair winners!!
At the Kearney County Fair, we had a table set up with tons of
Relay Wrap Up
free goodies. Here are the winners from the nightly drawings:
Mon Aug 23rd
6:00 pm Sunday night (tote): Matthew Hinrichs
Minden Exchange Bank Monday night (fleece blanket): Linda Butler
Community Room
Tuesday night (black bag): Katie Salpas
Potluck!! Wednesday night (glasses): Carol Gramke

All team members, survivors &

committee members invited to wrap There will be more great prizes at Relay too!
up another successful year &
hear the final tally!!

of Alma

2010 Silver Sponsor!!!! 2010 Bronze Sponsor!!!!

This month’s feature is on Larry Wilcox and why he Relays.

Why do I Relay? My story has been on the “back burner” for sometime, but I said to myself that I would write something
for the newsletter after the Kearney County Fair. So “Self”, here I am, I am ready to write my story about my fight with
bladder cancer. But today I have a second chapter to add to my story. I am star
ting to write my story, sitting in the hospital, waiting for the doctor to remove a malignant melanoma from my back.
This is why I Relay. In 1999 I had a cancerous tumor removed from by bladder. The
doctor thought everything looked okay after the removal, but wanted me to come in for a
checkup annually. In my second year of checkups the Doctor did not like the looks of
things, so I went through six weeks of treatments. Today I have an annual check up and
encourage everyone reading this newsletter the importance of following through with
your scheduled check up, no matter how often.
Having battled bladder cancer I am now getting acquainted with” Melanoma”. Mela-
noma is the most deadly form of skin cancer. Early detection is important because mela-
noma may spread to other parts of the body. I have an eight inch incision on my back
from the removal of a malignant melanoma.
The most common symptom in the early stages of melanoma is a change in the size,
shape, color, or feel of an existing mole. Many melanomas have a black or blue-black area. It may also show up as a new
mole. It may be black, abnormal, or ugly looking. Ole’ Self had all three.
Melanomas vary greatly in how they look. It is important to examine your skin regularly and to have skin exams by your
healthcare provider at routine checkups.
This is why I Relay. All of us have some story to tell about ourselves, family, and friends. Never take anything for granite.
Have regular check ups and let us work together to nip cancer in the butt. I will see you at the Relay on August 6th. No
matter what happens, each day is a new day!
You know they say that lots of germs are passed around on dollar bills. That isn’t true, nothing could live on a dollar to-
day. See you August 6th.