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Friday-Saturday, June 24-25, 20164:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

Stearns County Fairgrounds, Sauk Centre

Of Western Stearns County

We will FIGHT BACKWe Relay because we have been touched by cancer

and desperately want to put an end to the disease. Weencourage everyone to take up the fight...quit smoking,

have a mammogram, eat healthier, etc.

We CELEBRATEthe lives of those who have battled cancer.

The strength of survivors inspires others to continue to fight.

We REMEMBERloved ones lost to the disease.

At Relay, people who have walked alongside thosebattling cancer can grieve and find healing.

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Opening Ceremony 4:30 p.m. (Friday) Survivor Lap 7:00 p.m. (Friday) Luminaria Ceremony 9:40 p.m. (Friday) Closing Ceremony 1:30 a.m. (Saturday)

On June 24, Katherine Manning of Melrose will bedoing something she never would have imagined. Man-ning, 48, will be walking in the Relay for Life of West-ern Stearns County as a cancer survivor. What makes thiseven more incredible is that Manning will be walking inthe fundraiser despite having her right leg amputated lastNovember.

Manning and her husband of 27 years, Clayton, areparents to seven girls and one boy who range in age from25 years old all the way down to 7 years old. This veryclose-knit and faith-lled family have leaned on each otherand God more than ever over the past year and a half.

In November of 2014, Manning, a paraprofessional atMelrose High School, began to notice pain in her right leg.As the months went by and the pain didnt get any bet-ter, Manning underwent an MRI in July of 2015 at the St.Cloud hospital. Results from that MRI were sent to Man-nings doctor at CentraCare, who then broke the news toManning that a type of sarcoma was found.

Cancer did not run in her family, and Manning hadbeen living a healthy lifestyle. The doctors told her thistype of cancer typically is found in young children, mainlyboys between the ages of 5 to 15 years old, and it isnthereditary.

This was very shocking to me, said Manning. Iwont lie, when I heard the news I was feeling very dis-

traught and was pacing the oor. Part of me thought it wasall a bad dream.

When I came home, it was the hardest thing to tell thekids, said Manning. I tried to stay strong.

Manning recalls the family all embracing in a group

by LAURIE JENNISSENSTAFF WRITER

Powered by Faith, Family andBlessings from Heavenhug, a circle of strength. The news hit everyone hard.

It is still hard to believe it happened, said Clayton.In early August, Manning, along with her husband

and two of their daughters, made the trip to Mayo Clinicin Rochester where she had further testing including a CTScan, another MRI, blood tests and a bone biopsy. Man-ning went home, and two weeks later she received a callfrom her doctor from Mayo Clinic who informed her shehad Osteosarcoma, a cancer of the bone, in her case, her fe-mur. The doctor wanted to get Manning going on chemo assoon as possible for fear that her bone would break, spread-ing the cancer.

Between the months of August through October, Man-ning spent ve to six days a week at the St. Cloud hospitalreceiving chemotherapy treatments in an effort to shrinkthe tumor and try to save her leg. The goal was to kill thetumor, remove it and put a stint in her leg. She would behome for a few days then head back to have her blood countnumbers checked again. The Mannings lifestyle changeddrastically during these months. Nineteen-year-old daugh-ter Annette, who was to start her post high school educa-tion at Alexandria Technical School, chose to take the rstsemester off so she could help out at home.

With four daughters still at home, Manning couldntbe there for them after school as usual. She also missedmany events, even one of her daughters birthdays.

My kids are my medicine, said Manning, whofelt she went backwards while in the hospital, and gainedstrength when she was home with her family. They mo-

tivated and inspired me. I am very proud of each of them.Because Manning had to be very careful not to bump

or bruise her leg, she stayed home as much as she could,being careful to keep the tumor detained in the femur bone.On Nov. 5, the day before Manning was to have the tumor

removed and a stint put in, tests at the Mayo Clinic indi-cated the tumor was still quite large and hadnt shrunk asmuch as the doctors had hoped it would. It was then thatManning received devastating news. To ensure the can-cer would not come back, Mannings doctor advised herto have her leg amputated. There was an eighty percentchance it could come back if the leg would not have beenremoved. The surgery was scheduled for the next day, Nov.6.

I had 24 hours to swallow that this leg will be gone,said Manning. The next day in my hospital room, beforesurgery, my daughters Ashley and Aundrea would not letgo.

While being prepped for surgery in the operating room,Manning drew strength from God and her blessings from

heaven, ve of her babies who died from miscarriages anda nephew who also had passed away too young.

A priest came in to pray over me, she said. It wasso touching and calming because when he was praying,

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Katherine Man-ning of Melrosewill be tted witha prosthetic legon June 15, justnine days beforeshe plans to walkin the Relay ForLife of WesternStearns County.

PHOTO BY LAURIE JENNISSEN


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Drawing to be held at Relay For Life of Western Stearns County on June 24, 2016at 9 p.m. at Stearns County Fairgrounds, 1105 Ash Street S., Sauk Centre, MN.

Ticket Price: Free will donation supports the American Cancer Society. No purchase necessary.Tickets will be available at the Relay on June 24. Need not be present to win. Must be 18+ to participate. One ticket per person.

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4:30 pm Relay kicks-off Special song sungby Sarah Coltvet

4:35 pm Silent Auction begins5:00 pm Kids games begin6:00 pm Registration for survivors begins6:45 pm Official ceremony begins6:50 pm Opening prayers are led by

Pastor Mike Carlson6:55 pm National Anthem is sung by

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7:15 pm Caregiver Ceremony begins7:30 pm Team laps begin water balloons

are distributed/team songs are played8:30 pm Kids games resume9:00 pm Silent auction is closed winning bids

are announced-winner of free willdrawing is announced

9:20 pm Empty Table Ceremony begins9:40 pm Luminaria ceremony begins Special Relay song being sung by

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10:00 pm Team name reading begins11:15 pm HOPE is changed to CURE11:45 pm DJ LeRoy Thompsons entertainment

and games resume1:00 am Saved luminarias are taken off the track1:15 am Relayers clean-up begins1:30 am Wrap up begins, Relay winners with

most laps walked are announced. Door prize drawings are held,

Cancer cells are destroyedNext years Relay date is announced

June 23, 20171:45 am Balloon release is held2:00 am Relay is officially ended

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Borgerdings miracle in beating cancerThe other side of fearan inspirational message

For some, a miracle might be a winning lottery tick-et or a state basketball championship.

But for others, life itself is a miracle.Stephanie (Edling) Borgerding, formerly of Sauk Cen-

tre, traveled from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, the beginning

of June for a week to visit family and friends, sharing herstory of how she fought cancer not only once, but twice inher lifetime. She gives it all to God, as she utilized Him inso many ways to nd hope and strength, even at her weak -est moments.

You never think cancer is going to touch you or yourfamily, Borgerding said. My whole story was a completemiracle. It really helped me realize how strong I was.

When Borgerding was 16 years old, she met her futurehusband, Conrad, at youth group in Sauk Centre. Borgerd-ing graduated from Sauk Centre High School in 2008. In2009 she married Conrad Borgerding and the two of themmoved to Ellsworth AFB, S.D., where Conrad was sta -tioned in the Air Force. A year later, Conrad was deployedoverseas. The Borgerdings are currently stationed at HillAFB, Utah.

In 2012, having just turned 22 and excited to graduate

from college, life suddenly sped up for Borgerding. Shewas diagnosed with a sinus infection that continued to getworse.

I rst visited my primary doctor and they diagnosedme with a sinus infection, Borgerding said. I was pre-scribed painkillers which did not helpthe pain wors-ened.

A few weeks later, Borgerdings pain and pressureagain became unbearable, and she demanded more to bedone, so the ENT performed exploratory surgery where hefound a tumor that had grown to the point it had broken hernose and her eye was out of the socket, distorting her vi-sion. The doctor sent a biopsy to the Mayo Clinic in Roch-ester for diagnosis.

The earliest appointment Borgerding was able toschedule was three weeks out, and that was far too long.She knew she needed to be seen immediately.

Conrads grandmother, Darlene Lester, had a connec-tion at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester and was able to makeit possible for Borgerding to get in and receive the careshe needed instead of waiting in Rapid City for the results.During the week between the biopsy and the start of thetreatment, the tumor had grown from the size of an orangeto the size of a grapefruit.

Once at the Mayo, Borgerding was diagnosed withStage 3 Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma; a rare soft tissuepediatric cancer.

It was honestly a miracle to get into the Mayo soquickly, Borgerding said. There were people waiting formonths outside in the lobby area, hoping to get even a fewseconds to speak with a doctor. I believe it was divine in-tervention that ultimately put me in the hands of Dr. Arndtwho specializes in Rhabdo before it was too late.

Borgerding has no family history of cancer and Rhab-

by LAURA HINTZENSTAFF WRITER

domyosarcoma is not a genetic cancer. However, since it isa pediatric cancer, there is very little government fundingand only minor research being done in nding a cure. Pe -diatric cancer is extremely underfunded and has to rely ondonations specied for pediatric cancer. In shock, Borgerd-ing had little time to think, but everything to do.

With her strong faith in God she said, I will not giveup. I will ght in order to survive.

Since the closest place to receive the treatment she

needed was in Rochester, Borgerding moved back in withher parents in Sauk Centre while Conrad continued toserve in the Air Force in South Dakota, visiting as oftenas he could.

Borgerding went to the clinic every week for che-motherapy treatment and an overnight stay. The next twoweeks were outpatient. Three weeks into it, she started ra-diation on top of chemotherapy for six weeks.

Borgerding would look forward to the days after radia-tion as the tumor slowly withered down.

During treatment, I would look over and watch mytumor shrink through the scans, Borgerding said. It wasa relief.

On her good days, she would maybe get one activityin like visiting with a friend or going for a short walk to themailbox, but then she was exhausted.

In the course of treatments, she was on a feeding tube,

a power port for chemo and had to wear braces on her legsto walk due to the nerve damage caused by the chemo.

I still have some nerve damage in my feet today, butits signicantly better, Borgerding said. Chemo takeseverything out of you.

After nine months of treatments, which included 83chemo treatments and six weeks of daily radiation, Borg-erding was declared cancer free. The Borgerdings weregranted a humanitarian move by the Air Force to Hill AFB,Utah, so the couple could be together for quarterly follow-up scans at a nearby hospital that is able to treat Rhabdopatients. She nally had enough energy and time to do thethings she loved.

In 2013, during her remission scans, the Borgerdingsmoved to Hill AFB in Utah. Remission scans required herto get her blood drawn, an MRI, a PET Scan and a CTScan.

Around Christmas time, she felt a lump at the base ofher neck in a lymph node. She called the oncologist andscheduled an appointment for the beginning of January.

After biopsy results came back, it was conrmed shehad another battle to ght against Rhabdomyosarcoma.

Borgerding was hospitalized at the Primary ChildrensHospital in Salt Lake City for her second ght, where Con-

rad and her mother, Stacey Edling, were there for her, pro-viding the love and support she needed.

There were specic protocols and chemo for Rhabdo-myosarcoma that can only be treated by pediatric oncolo-gists. This made Borgerding one of the oldest patients inthe entire hospital.

Borgerding remembers the kids riding trikes down thehallways and playing, just as kids do.

It made me realize that kids ght with so much morehope than adultsthey dont play the poor me card be-cause they dont know any different, Borgerding said.The fact that I was ghting next to these lit tle superheroeslled with so much hope was a miracle in itself that gaveme more strength to ght.

Friends have expressed how Borgerdings faith andpositive attitude through her ght with cancer have inspiredthem and helped make their life struggles more bearable.

Having friends and family alongside to pray and supporther made coping with cancer much easier.

Whenever I was having a down day, someone wouldgive me a few words of wisdom or an inspirational quoteto get me through the day, Borgerding said. God has re-ally used me to reach out to other people and inspire peoplethrough my ght.

Borgerding shares what cancer taught her:Cancer changes people, it sculpts us into someone

who understands more deeply, appreciates more quickly,hopes more desperately, loves more often and lives morepassionately.

What God is bringing you through at this very mo-ment is going to be the testimony that will help bring some-one else through their trial. Your greatest test is when youare able to bless someone else while you are going throughyour own storm.

Stay strong, make them wonder how youre stillsmiling because each day is a gift, so dont send it backunopened. Always remember your life is your message tothe world, so make sure its inspiring.

A year later, Borgerding was once again cancer freeand decided to go visit her brother, Drew, in Florida. Be -cause of a weaker immune system she came down with astrep infection in her bloodstream causing her to get Scar-let Fever. She had to be quarantined in a Florida hospitalfor a week.

Now, life is a little bit different, Borgerding said. I

Stephanie Borgerding used her strong faith in Godto overcome her battles in Rhabdomyosarcoma; arare soft tissue pediatric cancer.

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To anyone ghting cancer, Borgerding has someadvice.

You ght as hard as youre willing to put into it. Itsimportant to stay positive, Borgerding said. Faith wasa big part. I couldnt have fought without it. Im alwayslooking on the other side of fear.

Cancer changes people, it sculpts us into someone whounderstands more deeply, appreciates more quickly, hopes

more desperately, loves more often and lives more passionately.

Stephanie Borgerding

Stephanie Borgerding battled cancer twice in her lifetime with the love and support she

received from her husband, Conrad, during her journey.


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CREATING BONDSVon Wahlde fnds treating chemo patients rewarding

Rachel (Mayers) Von Wahlde, a native of Free-port, was inspired at a young age to go into nursing.Growing up in high school, she helped care for her

grandma who told her she would make a great nurse.Von Wahlde, 34, started nursing at CentraCare

HealthMelrose in 2002 as an LPN after graduatingfrom St. Cloud Technical College. She continued towork at the hospital and in 2006, she completed herdegree at Fergus Falls Technical College with herRN.

In 2005, Von Wahlde got married to Mike andmoved to a dairy farm in Melrose, where they areraising three children together; Madisyn, Greta andLuke.

Von Wahlde has worked at a hospital, nursinghome and within the last one and one-half years hasbeen working as a chemotherapy nurse, along withbeing a surgical nurse and an OB educator at the clin-ic twice a month.

Von Wahlde said there are three trained chemo-therapy nurses at CentraCare HealthMelrose. Therole of the three nurses is to work within the outreach,chemotherapy and OR departments.

Approximately 20 chemotherapy treatments arecompleted in a month with each visit on average last-ing at least four hours.

Von Wahlde said the typical day for a patient fol-lows this format: the patient comes in the morningand labs are drawn. The results are reviewed to makesure they are within the correct parameters. Next, thepharmacist is notied to prepare the medications andchemotherapy as ordered. If the results are good, ac-cording to their treatment plan, the patient will re-ceive pre-treatment medications, which generallyinclude anti-nausea medications. Once infused withthose medications, the patient has a 30-minute waitto make sure the medication is in and working. Thechemotherapy starts after that.

All chemo drugs are administered differently.Some are through an IV and some are an injection,Von Wahlde said. Some treatments may infuse over10 minutes and others may last for two hours.

Prior to starting any chemotherapy infusion, twonurses perform safety checks to be sure the correct

dose is given to the correct patient.As a chemo nurse, Von Wahlde is responsible

for making sure the patient is treated properly.First, she goes through an assessment with

the patient. If a patient has changes in symp-toms, increased fatigue, fever, cold symptoms,Von Wahlde will notify the oncologist to deter-mine if the treatment should be continued. She

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dures if there is any reaction.Von Wahlde gained more and more apprecia-

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It is important that I treat patients like an-other person and not an illness, Von Wahlde said.I try to help them stay positive and try to be a goodlistener.

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a chemo nurse has been creating bonds with the pa-tients through both tearful and cheerful moments.

Its amazing how thankful they are that Imhelping them through this process, Von Wahlde said.We touch their lives, and theyve touched ours.

Rachel Von Wahlde works as a trained chemo-therapy nurse at CentraCare HealthMelrose,and treasures the bonds created with her patientsin the process.


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the whole surgical team stopped what they were doing andlistened. When he left, an overwhelming feeling of warmthcame over me.

While Manning was in surgery, the priest at the hos-pital talked for an hour with family members who werepresent in the waiting room, assuring them it would all turnout for the best.

Normally a six-to-eight hour surgery, Manning wasbeing stitched up after only an hour and 15 minutes.

We were told the surgery all went very well, and thesurgeon was not only one hundred percent sure they got-ten all the cancer, but one hundred ten percent sure, said

Clayton.The three youngest children in the family did not

know about the surgery until after it was completed be-cause Manning wanted to tell them about it in person.

Annika, our 7-year-old, told me she was glad myleg was gone because now I would be here for her, said atearful Manning.

Another part of her journey had begun. With faith,determination and family by her side, Manning deed theodds once again by astonishing the nurses when she was upfrom her hospital bed an hour after surgery. Three monthslater, Manning was tted for a prosthetic leg to practiceon until the familys insurance would go through, allowingManning to be tted for a robotic leg. With the new prac -tice leg, Manning went through a week of physical ther-apy at Mayo Clinic with her daughter Alexis by her side.This physical therapy would eventually make it easier to

use her robotic leg when the time came.The more I pushed myself, I felt the further I would

get on my journey, she said.

Aided by a walker, Manning is determined to use herwheelchair as little as possible. Because her surgery in-volved a hip disarticulation (the surgical removal of theentire lower limb at the hip level), Manning will need therobotic device which will include the joints of the hip, kneeand ankle. Manning will be tted for the leg on June 15,

just nine days prior to her walk in the Relay for Life.I was told I could use a golf cart at the event, but I am

determined to walk it, said Manning, who has taken partin the Relay for Life with her family the last eight years,walking for other people.

I could sit back and watch the world pass me by, orI could continue on and be part of it and thank God everyday that I am here and can see my kids grow up, said adetermined Manning.

Manning and her husband, children, ve grandchil-

dren, sons-in-law, and two friends will be walking on ateam ttingly called, Blessings from Heaven, in honorof the family members who have died and are now theirinspiration.

The Relay for Life teams are asked to pick a songwhen they start out on the walk. Mannings team has cho-sen the song, Angels Among Us, by Alabama.

We cry every time we hear that song, said Manning.Its all still so fresh.

On March 17, Manning was declared cancer free.On July 21, she will have her next four-month check-up

at Mayo Clinic. This fall she will go back to work and con-tinue life as she knew it before, with a few adjustmentsalong the way.

With my husband, children and God by my side,were going to make it, said Manning.

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The Manning family is pictured at daughter Aundreas wedding. Front (from left): Katherine Man-ning, daughters Abigail, Ava, Annika and daughter/bride Aundrea Bloch; Back: husband Clayton,son-in-law Ryan LaMere, daughter Alexis LaMere, granddaughter Vera LaMere, groom/son-in-lawRobert Bloch, daughters Annette Manning and Ashley Malecha, son-in-law Kristopher Malecha andson Anthony. Not pictured are four grandchildren: Augustine Malecha, Mav Malecha, John LaMereand MaKinlee Bloch.

Standing: Clayton and Katherine; Middle from left:Annette and Abigail; Bottom, Annika and Ava. (TheAngels on the left represent each of the ve babiesKatherine lost to miscarriages as well as one for hernephew.) She said there was one extra because cowork-ers gave her one as well.

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The 19th Annual American Cancer Society's Relay For Life of Western StearnsCounty will be held Friday, June 24, to Saturday, June 25, 2016, at the Stearns CountyFairgrounds in Sauk Centre. Eighteen teams of walkers and runners will honor cancersurvivors and remember those who have lost the battle to cancer by walking aroundthe track from 4:30 p.m. On Friday to 2:00 a.m. on Saturday. The track will be linedwith hundreds of white luminary bags dedicated to family and friends who arecancer survivors or have died due to cancer.

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vor Lap around the track shortly after 7:00 p.m.), purchasing a luminary bag in honorof or in memory of a family member or friend, by making a donation for the drawingto be held at 9:00 p.m. at the Relay or by making a purchase at the Silent Auction atthe Relay both being held in the 4-H building.

In 2015, the American Cancer Society spent $144 million on cancer research,$274 million on Patient Support, $117 million on prevention information and edu-cation and $95 million on cancer detection and treatment. Learn more by goingto Cancer.org. To support the local Relay For Life of Western Stearns County or tovolunteer or get involved, go to www.Relayforlife.org/saukcentremn or check us outon Facebook.

The public is welcome and encouraged to attend the Relay, walk around the trackwith family and friends, viewing the luminary bags and supporting the walkers, enjoymusic and food, participate in the silent auction and drawing or purchase a luminarybag. Questions? Call Audrey at 320 266-6441 or Marlene at 320 352-3832.

* Keep you from trying your best to help others and to enjoy each day and make it your best.I live each day to its fullest and feel very luck y that Im cancer free after 3 years.

* Cause me to live in fear!* Stop me from living an active life. I am now 71 years old and still enjoying farming and restoring

old John Deere tractors.* Kill my spirit - change me for the negative - make me love life less. Just the opposite, I amstronger, love my family more and just want to LIVE! Life has so much to offer.

* Shatter my hopes, dreams, destroy Faith!* Beat ME! * Win!! * Cause me to lose my faith - my faith has just grown stronger.

Celebrate life - it is so very precious!

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Cancer Cannot... Responses from Survivors

American Cancer Society presents

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Grand Prize: Beautiful, handmade quilt 54x72 - Donated by Nancy Kazlauckas

First Prize: Shooting Star Casino Mini Vacation value $125 - Donated by Shooting Star Casino

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Need not be present to win. Must be 18+ to participate.

Drawing to be held at Relay For Life of Western Stearns County on June 24, 2016 at

9 pm at Stearns County Fairgrounds, 1105 Ash Street S., Sauk Centre, MN 56378.

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