Cancer survivors dressed in purple shirts participated in the first lap of the 2009 Ripley County Relay for Life at the Batesville High School track June 20. Rodney Mathews, Versailles, sang the National Anthem to begin the festivities.Thirty-nine teams raised $132,000, reported chairperson B.J. Myers. “I’m so proud of Ripley County .... It’s truly a county that gives back .... People are giving from their hearts and because they want to.”
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A CDC report out this month found that nearly one in three white women aged 18 to 25 had used a tanning booth in the previous year. White women aged 18 to 21 went the most often, averaging 27.6 sessions per year—that’s over two sessions per month—while nearly 70 percent said they had gone at least 10 times in the last year.
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