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Relay for Life Organizers getting ready for July 8 event

The committee that organizes Blaine County's annual American Cancer Society's Relay for Life is putting the final touches on plans for the July 8 event. A big change this year is a shortened time for the walk, with the walk ending at midnight on Friday evening. In years past the walk lasted all night. The walk and luminary ceremony is set for Hoon Field, in Chinook, with the county fairgrounds as an alternative if the weather is uncooperative.

Nationwide the Relay for Life is the major public fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society. Created in 1985, Relay for Life events have raised nearly...