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April 20is b:iker .i-thon date
BY JOANNE
BUCHANAN
The Goderich Bike
Ride for Cancer is a great
way to get some fresh alir
and exercise while at the
same time raising money
for a good cause --cancer
research.
This year's bikee-thon
will cornmence at 2 p.m.
on Sunday, April 20 from
the Suncoast Mall
parking lot. Registration
will take place.at the mall
from noon until 1:30 p.m.
If it rains on April 20,
the bike-a-thon will be
held a week later on April
27.
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This year's tike -a -thou
route has been changed
slightly from last year's
but the distance is the
same --20 -kilometers (the
ride cannot exceed this).
It basically will . involve
riding around a
designated in -town route
tw ice.
The Goderich Kinsmen
and Kinettes are
organizing the ..hike-a-
thon for the Goderich
13ranch of the Canadian
Cancer Society for the
third year in a row.
Rest centres will be set
up at the Kinsmen Centre
and Judith Gooderham
Park. Pop and cookies
will be given out at the
end of the ride.
Pledge sheets can be
picked up at all banks m
Goderich .including
Victoria and Grey Trust
and the Credit Union and
at Kirkey's . Texaco;
Beckers (on South
Street), Macs Milk, the
A&P and Zehrs.
Last year's bike-a-thon
attracted 53 riders- who
raised $2,900 for the
Goderich branch.
Organizers are hoping for
more riders and money
this year.
Family participation is
encouraged but any child
:under 12 must be ac-
companied by an adult.
Participants must ride
single file -30 feet apart;
ride with the traffic;
yield to traffic when
necessary; use signals to
warn drivers of moves;
and adjust' speed to en-
sure control of bikes.
Participants are at
their own risk. If in-
volvement could en-
danger your health, you
are requested to with-
draw. If you need help;
there will be a follow up
vehicle.
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Proceeds of the `ride
should be designated
Cancer Carnpaign of the
Goderich Branch,
Canadian Cancer Society.
Pledges must be
collected within two
weeks following the ride
and taken to the Jiank of
Montreal, Goderich.
Official receipts will be
issued for pledges of $5 or
more, unless otherwise
requested.
Do yourself and the
cancer society some good
on April 20.' With your
help CANCER CAN BE
BEATEN.
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Children
have
better
chance
Children with cancer
have a better chance of
living a longer life today
than • ever before.
Research advances,,
treatment by doctors,
and parents alert to early
symptoms are making
long-term control • of
cancer a reality. More
than 75 percent of
children who have cancer
in the U.S. are being
effectively treated,
compared with less than
25 percent in 1971.
Research 'has
discovered new drugs
which are being' used
against childhood, can-
cers. At certain medical
centers, these drugs have
improved treatment.
results dramatically.
Nineteen Com-
prehensive Cancer,
Centers, across the
country now:. supply
extensive information
services to the ibcal
medical community and
refer specialists to work
with 'local physicians in '
• planning treatment and
rehabilitation.
Cancer is actually rare
in children, though it is '
the chief cause of death
by disease in children to
14. Childhood cancers are
different from adult
cancers: They tend to
grow more. quickly
because body tissues are
growing rapidly and the
cancer grows right along
with them. Children most
often have cancers of the
blood, • • bone,: • brain,
nervous system and
kidney: More than 60
percent of leukemia
cases in children, a
cancer of "the. biood-
forming • tissues, are
acute lymphocytic where
current treatment • is
producing .. more .suc-
cessful results.•
For cancer in children,
the five-year .survival
rate can rage as high as
96 percent for thyroid
cancer and 80,percent fqr,
eye tumors.
This infornive publication is brought to you with the kind co-operation of the following
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