 Well, there was a light coming from the Crowland County fairgrounds on Friday, but it wasn't lighting from the storms. It was a light of hope as the relay for life of Crowland County was put on to raise money for the American Cancer Society as well as celebrate those who have beaten cancer and remember those who have lost a cancer. The event itself, however, was cut short due to the severe storms that rolled through the area on Friday night. While the opening ceremonies went on without issue, the storms affected many of the other festivities, cutting straight to the important luminary ceremony and closing ceremonies five hours earlier than planned. In the beginning of the ceremony, we managed to do some of our ceremony outside before the storm came and then we moved inside for the dinner and then during the dinner, the storm showed up and we had to improvise a little bit for a plan B and have our luminary ceremony inside a building, which I feel went very well too. It was fun giving the speech, I really enjoyed it, I wrote out my emotions, I wrote out my story and after the speech what was most fun about it is people came up to me and said they really related to what I had said, they felt a lot of the words that I used were very appropriate to them as well as just me writing them. Relay for life events are held all across the country throughout the year. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.