Relay For Life

Honorary chairmen Jerry Vap (left) and Arnie Schuster lead off the survivors' walk during Friday night's opening of the annual Relay For Life at Norris Park in McCook. Penny Johnson (above) marketing director of the McCook Daily Gazette, kisses a pig as her "reward" for raising the most money in the Gazette's Kiss a Pig contest, sharing the honor with Marybeth Roschewski, circulation manager. The Gazette's team raised $1,000 for the American Cancer Society. Twenty-five Relay For Life teams and 350 walkers raised at least $28,000 during the annual event, bringing the total to $100,000 over the four years since the event was revived and moved to Norris Park. Marie Wilkinson of Culbertson was the top individual fund-raiser, with $645, and the Community Hospital team, with 19 members, raised $3,096.62. (Candy Crosby/Community Hospital)