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HealthWellnessRelayforLife19TuesdayMay72013EMERGENCYPreparednessWeekMay5-112013IsYourFamilyPreparedwww.getprepared.caKnowtherisksMakeaplanGetakitBereadyByRENEFRANCOEURTheButterieshavebeenbattingtheirwingstondacureforcancereversinceRelayForLifebeganinFortSmithin2005andthisyearahandfulofnewmemberswillutterthroughthenight.CynthiaCardinaljoinedtheButteriesrelayteamtowalkforherlatehusbandandmother-in-lawandlooksforwardtotheevent.Thingslikethisbringev-eryonetogethershesaid.Itsimportanttosupportit...Cancertouchesevery-oneslives.FirsttimeButteriesontheteamof14alsoincludeBarbSarasin-LepineJayneMurrayBrittanieGladueandtheyoungestteammemberveyear-oldHai-ydenEsau.TheButteriesteamwasoriginallyfoundedtosup-portfellowteammemberCathyLepineabreastcan-cersurvivorwhohasbeeninremissionforsixyears.ItsbeengreattohavethesupportCathysaid.TodaytheButterieswalkforCathyandotherfriendsandfamilymembersgoingthroughthesamebattle.Wealsowalkforthecare-giversthesurvivors-itsforeveryonetouchedbycancerteamcaptainAnnLepineoneofCathysdaughterssaid.ImnotonetostayupallnightbutthersttimeIdidRelayIgotasecondwindanditwasgreat...Theleastwecanalldoisgive12hourstoghtingcancerbecausethoseghtingitaredoingthateverysinglemomentNewButteriesgrowwingsforRelayforLifeoftheday.Theydontgettochoosetostop.ImdoingitforallthepeopleIknowwhovehadandhavecancerandformyselfbecauseIvehaditteammemberWendyLepinesaid.ItsemotionalbutalsoalotoffunwalkingallnighttogetherRoseLepinean-otherofCathysdaughtersadded.Theresthetentthereforvisitingandanyonewhoneedstohaveanap.Mytwodaughtersareparticipatingmygrandsonmysister-in-law.Wellallbethereforthefull12hours.Nooneremembershowtheycameupwiththeteamname.Someonesuggestedityearsagoandwealllikeditanditstuck.Wewearlit-tlebutterywingsandwemakeourownantennasforthewalk.ItsalotoffunAnnsaid.TheButteriesbeganfun-draisingtwoweeksagowithahamburgersteakandhotdogbarbequelunchhap-peningeveryFridayex-ceptforMay17outsideofGigisBakery.TherstFridaytheysold23steaks.LastFridaytheywereupto32Cathysaid.Theteamraised14000thelasttimeRelaywasheldinFortSmithin2011andaresettingtheirsightson15000in2013.Thisisthesecondinase-riesofprolesontheSouthSlavesRelayforLifeteams.ThisyearsRelayforLifewillbeheldinFortSmithonJune15.PhotoReneFrancoeurLefttorightAnnLepineCathyLepineBrittanieGladueTraciGladueWendyLepineRoseLepineBarbSarasin-LepineMelodyJonesandHaiydenEsau.MissingJustinGervaisJeanneLepineAmberPowderJayneMurrayandCynthiaCardinal