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Those who have lost their f Skye MacDonald was to choose the music for this lives to cancer and others cur Friday's Relay for Life, rently battling the disease will be remembered at the Luminary chances are she would select Ceremony at 10 p.m. About You 're a Superstar by Love Inc., 1,200 luminaries inscribed with and Sky Blue, a ballad written for her by Ronnie Hawkins' son, names will be lit. The event ends Saturday Robin. And, why not add / Will morning with breakfast at 6 a.m. At the tender age of 10, Skye, Survive, by Gloria Gaynor and a lively, energetic and vivacious Stayin'Alive by the Bee Gees? But, you'll be sure to hear We pre-teen, is a two-time cancer Are The Champions by Queen at survivor. She turns 11 on July 2. "Skye's last scan (on May 8) the end of the Relay for Life on was clean," said her happy father Saturday morning. Skye, and two other cancer Ian MacDonald. "We celebrated survivors, will be lighting a six- with champagne. "Her last two scans have been foot torch to kick off the Relay for Life, a 12-hour fundraising clean." Skye's two-year battle with event at Appleby College to cancer began before Christmas raise funds for cancer research. About 85 teams of 10 to 12 2000 when an unusual swelling participants each will round the was discovered in her neck. Her lymph nodes were track in this non-competitive BEAVER FOCUS EDITOR By Wilma Blokhuis swollen. She was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma. "She started her treatment without delay," said MacDonald. "Within 48 hours of the diagno sis, chemotherapy was started, which is a standard treatment for childhood Hodgkin's. "Skye was finished with her chemotherapy and radiation in May or June of last year, and it was clear sailing. "Everything was clean. We had a wonderful summer." Skye's hair grew back in blond curls, accenting her blue eyes. That fall, Skye returned to Eastview School after missing about half a year of classes. But things took a turn for the worse when, during a routine physical examination on Oct. 7, "the doctor noticed the lymph nodes were up in her neck," said her father. "It's back." (See `Treatment' page C3) Luminary ceremony, survivors' lap to highlight Relay for Life Oakville's first Relay for Life has the makings of a giant `all-nighter' party. The 12-hour event organized by the Oakville Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society, kicks off this Friday at Appleby College, with the lighting of an Olympic-size torch and a Survivors' Victory Lap at 7 p.m. The relay will continue until 7 a.m. on Saturday. A piper will `wake up' participants at 5:30 a.m., in time for breakfast at 6 a.m., awards and the closing ceremony. Lighting the torch will be cancer patients and survivors Skye MacDonald, 10; Pamela Dickie and Shayna McDonald - both 11 - all three diag nosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma; and survivor David Vesschedyk, 23, who has lost a leg to bone cancer. The torch will remain lit until 7 a.m. Saturday. And, as their names are called, about 75 Oakville cancer survivors will make their way around the track at Appleby College. Their names will be called out as they step out onto the track. A special `survivor tent' will be available for the survivors to enjoy food, beverages, and share their success stories. To date, more than 80 teams of 10 to 12 partic ipants each have registered. The relay's honourary co-chairs will be Mayor Ann Mulvale and Halton Region Chair Joyce Savoline. They will signal the teams to run, jog, and walk around the track for this 12-hour event to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society for research, education and patient services programs. The real highlight of the relay will be the Luminary Ceremony at 10 p.m., when 1,200 lumi naries will be lit. Mulvale, a skin cancer survivor, will give her thoughts on this special luminary ceremony. 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