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OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, June 10, 2009 · 14 Living Oakville Beaver LIVING EDITOR: ANGELA BLACKBURN Phone: 905-337-5560 Fax: 905-337-5571 e-mail: ablackburn@oakvillebeaver.com PHOTOS BY NIKKI WESLEY / OAKVILLE BEAVER Relay for Life THE FUN, THE REALITY, AND THE FUTURE: Ian McDonald and his daughter, double survivor Shayna McDonald (top left) stand in front of a biker bar at the Relay for Life, the Canadian Cancer Society's overnight fundraiser at Appleby College Friday night. Ian spent two months building the bar in his driveway, helping their team, the Shaynanigans, win best tent site for the fifth year in a row. Barry Smith (top, middle) gets into the fun of relay and the fight against breast cancer while Andrew Krause (top, right) whose dad is a brain cancer survivor, lights luminaries to spell `Hope' during the event. Centre, from left, Amanda Fox and Carolyn Wilkie, and Owen Melia, (Barney), Mackenzie Fox (Fred),of Bills Belles came from Bedrock hoping to make cancer extinct and won best costume at Relay; sisters Jen and Laura McGuire -- members of Happy Feet, which has raised more than $22,000 -- light luminaries for their grandma who passed away with ovarian cancer two years ago and their Grammie and Grandpa who are living with cancer; four-year-old survivor Emma Thompson-Carter and double survivor Ted Kersey, 85. At left, the word `Hope' spelled out in luminaries that offered encouragement for those fighting cancer and a salute to those who fought the disease. The event's top teams to date include: Happy Feet, Team Alex, Shaynanigan's, Scotia McLeod Oakville and F3-Friends/Family/Funds, which together have raised (to date) $81,574. The Best Team Spirit award went to Team Caterpillar.