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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007 THE NEW TANNER 17 SAUNDERS BAKERY Quality Home Baking (since 1914) Phone: 519-856-9561 104 Main St. Rockwood, Ont. N0B 2K0 When the canvasser calls, please give generously BD RENTALS 105 Alma St. Rockwood On. N0B 2K0 TEL: 519-856-9571 FAX:519-856-9657 BRIGGS & STRATTON HOME STAND-BY GENERATORS Cancer can be beaten 178 Alma Street Rockwood, ON 519-856-9486 Looking after all your familys healthcare needs Rockwood Karate Dojo SIGN UP TODAY Donna Haskett 519-856-2058 rockwoodkarate.com Karate & Zen Yoga Classes for all ages Ted Arnott, MPP Waterloo-Wellington 1-800-265-2366 Our thanks go out to the Volunteers of the Canadian Cancer Society. Waterloo-Wellington 1-800-265-2366 155 Main St. S. Rockwood 519-856-0803 Kass Weideman - Owner Please give generously ??????????????????????? ?????????????????????????? Rockwood (519) 831-3221 www.rockwoodbusiness.ca Cdn. Cancer Society: Breast Cancer rates drop by 25% in 20 years ....Keep fit! Cancer can be beaten. Your source for movie & game rentals Ph: 519-856-9825 Fax: 519-856-9030 Hwy. 7 Rockwood Will be Selling Daffodils Staring April 2, whilst quantities last. All proceeds going to Cancer Research 856-1311 By Frances Niblock Young and old. Recover- ing and recovered. Hopeful and helpful a small group of bedraggled cancer fight- ers took turns trudging around the track at Rock- mosa in the rain on Friday, September 22 last year, rais- ing approximately $12,000 for cancer research. They were taking part in the Wellington County Cancer Societys first an- nual Relay for Life for the Rockwood, Acton and Erin areas, billed as Lets Spend the Night Together because teams took turns walking around the track all night after collecting cash pledges. Cathy Gerrow, president of the Acton branch of the Wellington Unit said it rained hard and long all night, but a small deter- mined group stuck it out and walked around the track. It went really well, de- spite the rain. We had about 35 cancer survivors in the Survivors Lap, we had great food and good en- tertainment all night and people had a good time, Gerrow said. The track was ringed with luminary candles burning candles in paper bags that people had purchased and then covered with messages of hope and remembrance and Gerrow said they made a beautiful sight when the sun came up on Saturday morning. It was a special feeling and made us all feel a little less wet and cold. Despite the rain, people had a real passion for this event even the luminary candles stayed lit, Mary Anne Myhill, Wellington County Unit manager and a cancer survivor said, add- ing Relays for Life usually draw more than the eight to 10 teams that signed up for the Rockmosa event which had a lot of individuals. Myhill said the 35 cancer survivors who were asked to make the first lap around the track in the Survivors Lap included a four-year-old and numerous senior citizens. Some were very healthy and some were very ill. Some had to be taken around in a golf cart and some were walking and running and singing and dancing, My- hill said, adding the Acton Cancer Society volunteers rose to the occasion despite the rain. Rain didnt dampen spirits at first Rockmosa Relay for Life These messages are brought to you by the businesses this page Cancer Can Be Beaten Daffy sales swift Because the daffodil pre-sales to supportive Acton busi- nesses went so well (over 700 bunches out of the total order of 1250), the volunteers who sold the remainder to shoppers outside the Sobeys store were sold out by 1:30 on Saturday. Acton Cancer Society President Cathy Gerrow was thrilled with the sales stating they went extremely well. This is the first time weve ever sold out that quickly. The door-to-door campaign runs the month of April. RELAY FOR LIFE: The Wellington County and Acton chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society held a Relay for Life at Rockmosa Park on Friday, September 22, 2006. Candles lit the track in memory or honour of those who have lived with cancer. The rain did not dampen spirits as participants took turns walking all night to raise funds and awareness in the fight against cancer. Photo Rebecca Ring