Class of 2007 Grand Island High School’s

Grand Island Dispatch, June 15, 2007

The Relay For Life on June 8 at the Grand Island High School track was an event to celebrate survival and to raise funds for the American Cancer Society. In photos, from left to right: a “flamboyance” of flamingos brightens the Relay scene (photo by Fred Claus); Grand Island High School Assistant Principal Christopher Swiatek, dyed his hair purple and MaryLou Cannata, hall monitor, had her head shaved by Swiatek after students raised $2,000 for the Relay (photo by Donna Webb); Sidway music teacher Christine Clendening poses with her students (photo by William Worthy); Alexa Mallare, 8, is honored for raising $271 in Kaegebein School’s Mini Relay. Behind her, from left, Beth Dommer, honorary survivor; Peter McMahon, town supervisor and Relay co-chair; Cyndi Booker, Alexa’s teacher at Kaegebein (photo by Mike Mallare); Town Board member Mary Cooke and her crew staff the Survivors’ Tent; a multitude of baskets helped boost the fund-raising total; and Buffalo Jills cheerleaders cheered on the Relay crowd. (photos by Fred Claus)