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JANE WEAVER AND BILL
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TRAPP FAMILY LODGE
NORDIC DIRECTOR
CHARLIE YERRICK LAY OUT
THE RELAY COURSE.
Stowe’s Jane Weaver rallies for cancer relay
BY GREGORY POPA
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eventy-oneyearoldJaneWeaverembraceslife.Justthisfall,the food,andsomepeopleeven
longtimeassistanttoJohannesvonTrapptooka16-dayrafting campoutonthesnow.”
andcampingtripthroughtheGrandCanyon.Notjustafewshort Atleastoneteammember
stretchesontheriver,mindyou,buttheentirelengthofthecanyon. mustbeontrailatalltimes,
Forty-fouryearsagoJaneembarkedonsimilar,albeitmoreperma- eventhroughthenight.Jane
nentadventure.“IwasworkinginNewYorkCityanddecidedtotake explains:“Weputtogetheran
alastfling,”sherecallsofherarrivalinStowein1963—justintime all-nighteventbecausecancer
fortheskiseason.She’sstilltakingrunsonMt.Mansfield. neversleeps.”
ButthereisoneadventureJaneneverplannedtotake:herbattle Janesaysthatthemostdif-
againstbreastcancer.“ItwasratherashocktolearnIhadcancer,” ficultpartofhercancerordealwaswatchinghergoddaughterin
sherecalls,butsheapproachedthediseasewithsamedetermined Californiabattlecanceratthesametime.“Iwassofocusedonher,
spiritshe’sdisplayedthroughoutherlife.Notsurprisingly,afterher itreallyhelpedtotakemymindoffmyself.”Shereadilytosses
diagnosisandtreatmentin2001,Janegotinvolvedwiththe accoladestothe“wonderfulgroupofpeopleatFletcherAllen
Hospital,fromthesurgeonstothenurses.FortunatelyIdidnot
THE 5TH RELAY FOR LIFE NORDICSTYLE
havetohavechemotherapy,justradiation,andthatteamoffolks
MARCH 1-2, 2008 • TRAPP FAMILY LODGE
waswonderfulaswell.Theywereallprofessional,butmore
importantly,goodandcaringpeople.”
6 p.m. on March 1 to 6 a.m. on March 2
TheeventistheonlyNordicrelayfundraiserofitskindnation-
Kathy Johnson, American Cancer Society
wide,andoverthecourseoffouryearstheeventhasraisednearly
802-872-6304, 866-466-0626 or
$200,000.Whilemanyrelayparticipantsreturneachyear,organizers
Kathy.johnson@cancer.org
wouldstilllovetoseemoreteamsgetinvolved.
Inwhatnowseemstobetradition,Janesaysthatseveralyears
AmericanCancerSocietyandhelpedtogetitsRelayforLife ago“CharlieYerrickandBillHencheyroutedthetrackontothe
NordicStyleeventatTrappFamilyLodgeofftheground.Thiswill SugarTrailandlineditwithtikitorches.Thatnightasthesnow
beherfifthyearaschair. fellmanyofusenjoyedtrekkingthroughthewoods.”
Therelayisatwo-day,overnighteventwhereteamsoffriends,fam- Inoneofthemostemotionalandlife-affirmingaspectsofthe
ilymembersandco-workerstaketurnsskiingorsnowshoeingarounda event,organizerslighthundredsofluminaria—purchasedbypeople
relaycourseattheTrapplodge.Inthepast,corporations,clubs,hospi- inmemoryof,orinhonorof,someonewhohasorhashadcancer.
tals,churchesandtemples,schoolsandothergroupshaveorganized “Duringaceremonyattheevent,theRev.BruceComiskey(ofthe
teams.“It’squiteanevent,andthereissomuchcamaraderie,”says StoweCommunityChurch)readsallofthenames,”saysJane.“It’s
Jane,whoseteamiscalledWeaver’sEagerBeavers.“Weprovidethe avery,verytouching,ceremony.” a73
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