23 teams participate in this year's Relay For Life

[June 17, 2013]  At this year's Relay For Life, 23 teams gathered in the parking lot area of Lincoln College's Lincoln Center to spend 12 hours taking turns walking laps around a track defined by more than 1,000 luminarias.

The evening began with the survivors lap, then moved on to the caregivers lap and the kids lap.

The next organized lap of the evening was the team lap. Master of ceremonies Steve Sauer introduced each team and read a brief statement provided by the team.

As they were introduced, team members clapped and cheered, then made their way to the starting line and did a lap as a united group.

Walking for Robin was the first team introduced. This group walks in honor of Robin Ingram, a cancer survivor and an honorary co-chair this year.

Below is the list of 23 teams in the order they were introduced:

• Walking for Robin
  Captain: Holly Meteer, captain
  Walking for Robin consists of several family members and friends of Robin Ingram. They relay to show support for Robin and many others who have been touched by cancer.

• Northwest Wildcat Walkers 2013
  Captain: Tamara Dietrich
  Team Northwest Wildcats are small but mighty and have been walking in Relay For Life since it began in Logan County. They relay for their heroes, their family and their friends.

• The Boomerangs 2013
  Captain: Donna Miles
  There are 12 members, consisting of friends who keep returning, coming back like a boomerang to find a cure for cancer

• Railers Fighting Back
  Captain: Trenton Crawford
  They relay to spread awareness of cancer and to make a difference in the lives of millions affected by cancer. Their mission is to show the community and students of LCHS how devastating cancer is to families in our area, and they want to change that. They may be a young, but they want to be heroes in the fight for cancer.

• Jigglers
  Captain: Kathleen Brumbaugh
  Honoring sufferers and survivors of all types of types of cancer, they are mostly made up of breast cancer support group members.

• Bosom Buddies
  Captain: Bob Hashman
  The team represents Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital. They relay hoping that one day people will not have to hear the words "you have cancer."

• Northern Lites 2013
  Captain: Ruth Hieronymus
  The group was established by Rosemary Young in 1998. They honor her memory and also their survivors and the memory of their loved ones who have died from cancer.

• Purpose Driven People 2013
  Captain: Debbie Cooley
  They relay to ensure that they kick cancer for the next generation.

• Dellow Sisters
  Captain: Brooke Scott
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  Faith, Hope and Love
  Co-captains: Esther Boward and Cheryl McGill
  They are joining forces this year to relay. Their team is family and friends who have been involved in the Relay for the last 15 years. They are identified by their self-designed tie-dye shirts. The colors of the shirts were chosen to represent the types of cancer that have affected their team.

• The Purple Dynamites
  Captain: Maritta L. Robinson
  They relay to fight cancer
  
  

• Cadence's Cancer Fighters 2013
  Captain: Cadence Schwago
  They relay for their loved ones and friends.

• Ethel's Angels
  Captain: Carmen Zurkamer
  The Angels represent Eaton Corp. and have been walking in the Relay since year one. They walk for friends, family and a lot of co-workers. This year they walk in honor of Punk O'Donoghue -- "Pray for Punk."

• Lincoln Jaycees
  Captain: Kimberly Frizzell
  They relay to support their community and their members who are affected by cancer.

• Team Walgreens
  Captain: Dr. Tyler J Gehlbach
  They walk for their family, friends, team members and co-workers who have faced cancer. They are grateful for the support of their families and caregivers and all the love and support they have shown.

• Friends Walking for a Cure 2013
  Captain: Kathy Blaum
  Most of the members are survivors and have been relay-ing for 16 years.

• Dana's Team
  Captain: Cyra Buttell
  The team consists of family and friends who walk in memory of Dana Treuthart and also in hope of finding a cure for cancer.

• Angels All Around 2013
  Captain: Jim Gehlbach
  They are participating in their 15th Relay. The team consists of family and friends who relay for the many survivors and those who have lost their battle with cancer. They walk in memory of Fran Lessen and Patsy Gehlbach and in honor of Lois Renfro and Cathy Hall. The team is sponsored by the Lessen Family Farms.

• Just a Dash with a Stache
  Captain: Larry Ewins
  Their team consists of two families who have two cancer stories in the last year and have come together. Their goal along with their friends and other teams is to stop this disease.

• St. John Remembers
  Captain: Tonita Reifsteck
  They relay in memory of Tonita's husband Wallace's mother, who lost her life to breast cancer, and in honor of all others who have been diagnosed with cancer. When Tonita's daughter was diagnosed with cancer, this recharged her.

• St. Peter Lutheran 2013
  Captain: Carol Reiners
  They relay for the American Cancer Society because they have lost loved ones and also in honor of the survivors of cancer.

• Walking Wonders
  Captain: Teresa Luken
  Their team consists of family and friends who relay to remind everyone that very soon cancer will be a word of the past, a cure will be found and how awesome that will be.

• National Honor Society of LCHS
  They relay for their family and friends because one day they would like to see the world be cancer-free.

When finished with the introductions, Sauer said there were also teams who were unable participate in the walk this year but did contribute to the Logan County Relay For Life goal of topping the $1 million mark with this year's contribution. Those teams are Brooklyn's Big Top1, Team CES and Associates of Lincoln, CEFCU 2013, Live*Laugh*Love, and Team Baptist Church.

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