Eileen Velthuis News Editor On Sunday, September 15, the annual Terry Fox Run will be held worldwide for the 21st year in a row. The run is held to commemorate Terry Fox's life and his Marathon of Hope, and to raise funds to find a cure for cancer. Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1958. His family moved shortly afterwards, and he was raised in Port Coquitlam, BC. In 1977, at the young age of 18, Terry was diag- nosed with osteogenic sarcoma, or bone cancer. His right leg was amputated. While spending time in the hospital he decided that he would run across Canada in order to raise money for cancer research— having to run with an artificial leg didn’t deter him. On April 12, 1980, after 18 months of training, Terry began his run, which he called the Marathon of Hope. He began in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He ran approximately 42 kilometres every day. 143 days later, he had traversed 5,373 kilometres, all the way to just outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario. There, he stopped. The cancer had spread to his lungs. Back at Royal Columbian hospital in New Westminster, Terry received a telegram from Isadore Sharp. He told Terry, “You started it. We will not rest until your dream to find a cure for cancer is realized.” Sharp let him know that a run would be held in his name every year. On June 28, 1981, Terry Fox passed away. He was only 22 years old. The first run, which raised $3.5 million for cancer research, was held on September 13, 1981, attracting approximately 300,000 participants. The run has been held every year since then, all over the world, from North America to Europe, Australia and Asia. To date, the Terry Fox Run has raised over $300 million for cancer research. The Terry Fox Foundation says that an estimated 136,900 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in Canada in 2002. That’s an average of 2,633 people diagnosed with the disease every single week. According to these same statistics, 38 per cent of women will develop cancer during their lifetimes, as will 41 per cent of men. “(The Terry Fox Run] is still an important run,” said run participant Jeff MacDonald. “I’m going to keep doing it every year. There's still no cure [for cancer].” As Terry himself was once quoted as saying, “It’s one thing to run across Canada, but now, people are really going to know what cancer is.” For more information about Terry Fox, to sign up for next year’s run, or to find out how you can help, visit www.terryfoxrun.org or you can call 1-888-TFOXRUN. Candlelight Tribute Tom Mellish OP Contributor Instead of observing the International Day of Peace on the 21st of September, the city of New Westminster is launching a pre-emp- tive strike. The second annual Candlelight Tribute will be held on what the Royal City Record calls “the International Day of Peace,” Tuesday, September 17, 2002. At this event, New Westminster will be honouring their war dead with a European style “Candlelight Tribute” to honour all those who died for the cause during wartime. The event takes place in the same space as Remembrance Day, at the War Memorial Plaza’s cenotaph, in front of City Hall. It is an annual ceremony in many European countries where chil- dren place lighted candles on the graves of fallen soldiers. The candles remain lit overnight on the grave- stones in silent tribute, and through- out the night people visit, drawn by the soft red glow burning in a ceme- tery. The UN decided on September 7, 2001, in resolution 55/282, that the “day of global ceasefire and non-vio- lence” should be a fixed date rather than the third Tuesday of September, the opening day of the regular sessions of the General Assembly. It was decid- ed then that the International Day of Peace should be observed on September 21 of each year. The Day of Peace is an invitation to all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities during the day. The UN has invited the globe to commemorate the day through education and public awareness, and to cooperate with the United Nations in establishing a glob- al ceasefire. In 2001, a candlelight prayer vigil was held in New Westminster to hon- our those who died on the 11th. The September 17th vigil did not fall on the third Tuesday of the month, nor on the 21st, but rather on the Monday. The Tuesday was the 18th. This year the 17th tribute falls on the third Tuesday of September. To further confuse matters, in the ex-capital’s events calendar, the 2002 International Day of Peace is listed as occurring on Thursday the 19th of September. For the Candlelight Tribute, the Royal Westminster Regiment Band, and the New — Westminster Community Pipe Band will provide music. Following the ceremony, the Museum of the Royal Westminster Regiment, housed in the old gunroom of the white Armoury behind City Hall, will be open to the public. Everyone is invited to attend the cere- mony and to visit the plaza to view the candles during the night. During the event, 300 candles will be lit in honour of the men and women from the ex-capital who have died for their country during war and in peace. Representatives from the communi- ty, youth, the military, and New Westminster schools will place tribute candles. At the end of the formal ceremony, members of the public will also have the opportunity to place a Terry in 1980 a candle. The candles will remain lit overnight. For related news, see DSU Honours Victims of Terrorism on page 4.