Sounds pretty exciting.  I'm longing to hear all the news on this just as 
soon as you have both recovered sufficiently to write.

--
Carol - Reading, UK

To you, o Lord, I lift up my soul;
In You I trust, o my God.  . . .."  PS25:1-2 NIV.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angel" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 6:36 PM
Subject: Fw: 24-hour walker in Liberty sees his goal


>I know I said I wouldn't forward anything more to the list, but as both 
>these fine people are on our e-church list I thought an exception could be 
>made this once.  Also Jennifer and Jeremy may not have seen the article. 
>24-hour walker in Liberty sees his goal
>
>
>> Tribune Chronicle, OH, USA
>> Saturday, May 19, 2007
>>
>> 24-hour walker in Liberty sees his goal
>>
>> By BILL RODGERS
>>
>> cAPTION: Jenifer and Jeremy Gilley and their seeing-eye dogs, Star and 
>> Snowball, walk in the Liberty Relay For Life at Church Hill Park Friday. 
>> See more photos on CU by visiting cu.tribune-chronicle.com Tribune 
>> Chronicle / Chuck Schenck
>>
>> LIBERTY - A handful of participants at the Liberty Relay for Life are 
>> attempting to walk a solid 24 hours, but one of them has some help from 
>> his seeing eye dog, Snowball.
>>
>> Jeremy Gilley of Broadview Heights, who is legally blind, said he would 
>> be walking for 16 members of his family who died of cancer and one family 
>> member recently diagnosed. He wore their names on a T-shirt Friday as he 
>> waited for the Relay to step off at 6 p.m. Friday.
>>
>> ''My family has lost a lot to cancer,'' he said. ''I don't think anyone's 
>> ready to walk 24 hours. But I made sure that this was something I wanted 
>> to do.''
>>
>> Jeremy and his wife, Jenifer, were among 25 people in the Boardman 
>> Wal-Mart group walking in Liberty's Church Hill Park in the yearly event 
>> that raises money for the American Cancer Society. Out of about 40 teams 
>> at the event, organizer Carole S. Weimer said Jeremy would be one of 
>> about five participants attempting the solid 24-hour walk.
>>
>> Weimer said 24-hour walkers are permitted 10-minute breaks every hour.
>>
>> Jenifer said she had faith in her husband of a year and a half: ''He can 
>> do it. There's no doubt.
>>
>> Jeremy said, ''If I can't, then I've still done more than most.''
>>
>> Jeremy said he would use his dog at night when there would be fewer 
>> people walking the track. To pass the time, he will chat with the other 
>> walkers, listen to his Walkman and think about his family.
>>
>> ''I'm going to keep my family in mind. They're going to be pushing me 
>> on,'' he said.
>>
>> The Gilleys favorite event at the Relay is the luminary ceremony.
>>
>> ''It's very moving when they read the names of the people who passed away 
>> from cancer,'' said Jenifer, who lost three family members to the 
>> disease.
>>
>> Weimer said this year's Relay has a fundraising goal of $192,000. Jeremy 
>> Gilley said he had mixed emotions when taking pledges for his walk.
>>
>> ''It shouldn't be an issue that I'm visually impaired. My focus is more 
>> on this life-taking disease,'' he said.
>>
>> Jeremy said that people should be aware of cancer's warning signs, keep 
>> healthy and have regular checkups.
>>
>> ''Be aware. It's out there and it's not going away anytime soon,'' he 
>> said.
>>
>> The Liberty Relay is one of five in Trumbull County. Next up is Cortland 
>> on June 9 and 10. In Mahoning County, the Boardman Relay is this weekend, 
>> and Austintown will be June 2 and 3.
>>
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>> http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=18249
>>