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Warm up with Cocoa & Cookies to rise up against ovarian cancer
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Press release submitted by NormaLeah Foundation NormaLeah Foundation invites all volunteers -- past, present, and future -- to their 2nd annual Cocoa & Cookies Social. The event will take place on Saturday, January 26 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the 3rd floor Community Room at Bucktown Center for the Arts, 225 E. 2nd Street in Davenport. The Cocoa & Cookies Social is free to attend and is open to both men and women. "We encourage everyone to bring a friend and help us celebrate our grass roots efforts and learn how we are moving forward with our mission to rise up against ovarian cancer," said Jodie Shagrin Kavensky, the Executive Director of the foundation. Ovarian cancer has long been considered a silent killer because the symptoms are vague; it is hard to detect, difficult to treat, and there is no reliable screening test. The mission of NormaLeah Foundation, headquartered in Rock Island, is to create public awareness, promote early detection, and support research for ovarian cancer. All women are at risk for ovarian cancer and approximately 1 in 70 women will develop the disease during her lifetime. In 2011 more than 22,000 American women were diagnosed with the disease and about 13,500 women died from it. The foundation honors the memory of Mrs. Kavensky's mother, Norma Yecies Shagrin and her aunt, Leah Yecies Hantman, whose lives were cut short by the deadly disease. "Sisters share a lot of things but ovarian cancer should not be one of them," Kavensky said. For more information or to get involved call the NormaLeah Foundation at 309.794.0009, visit our website at www.normaleahfoundation.org or email us at normaleahfoundation@gmail.com 
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Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013. There are 223 days left in the year.
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1913 -- 100 years ago: Approval has been given by the city commission for paving 45thStreet between 7th and 11th Avenues.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Herndon Wright, of East Moline, has won the discus-throw title, by aheave of more than 140 feet, to set a new high school record at Champaign.
1963 -- 50 years ago: With the Selective Service Law recently extended by Congress forfour more years, Mrs. Hazel Doris reminded young men that they must register withinfive days after attaining their 18th birthday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Over 500 Quad-Cities area retired volunteers were honoredrecently for their community services at a Retired Senior Volunteer Program luncheonat Palmer Auditorium in Davenport. Guest speaker, William Moffitt, director of productengineering of Deere & Co., spoke about leadership and stressed the importance ofcommunity volunteers.
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