Crittenden Relay for Life in Marion has been postponed.The annual event that raises money to battle cancer was slated to begin tonight and conclude around dawn Saturday, but excessive rains and storms forecast for throughout the night forced organizers to cancel tonight's ceremonies.
"No date has been set," said Stephanie Elder, of the American Cancer Society’s Paducah office.
In Marion, the Relay is typically held at the track at Marion-Crittenden County Park. There is no place to have the event inside, she added.
Elder, the lead organizer for this year's event, will meet with local chairs on Tuesday evening to determine a new date for the ceremonies.
"We would actually like to have the Relay, but we will a least have a couple of hours set aside to have the ceremonies," she said.
One of those includes the luminairia ceremony, for which people have already paid to commemorate a survivor or someone who has lost their life to cancer. Elder assured that the ceremonies will be conducted in the near future.
See Wednesday's Crittenden Press for details on the rescheduled Relay for Life.
