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Weather forced this year's De Soto Relay For Life indoors but didn't prevent it from being a success. Event chairwoman Rita Jones said the Relay was just $500 short of its $40,000 and would probably hit the target when team captains gathered for their final accounting.

Parker Riley enjoys some of the food he had been vending in the De Soto Senior Center.

Aaron Ahrens collects money as did members from other teams dressed in drag for the Queen of the Relay contest. The contest raised $1,008 with Lexington Trails Middle School teacher Phil Shaw bringing in the most with $326.

Photo by Elvyn Jones

The De Soto VFW Post 6654, Boy Scout Troop 54 and the De Soto High School cheerleading squad help get the Relay started during opening ceremonies.

Photo by Elvyn Jones

The De Soto VFW Post 6654, Boy Scout Troop 54 and the De Soto High School cheerleading squad help get the Relay started during opening ceremonies.

Photo by Elvyn Jones

Jim Burney (left), Kyle Reever and Heather Reeve place luminescent tubes behind the luminarias placed on the De Soto Community Center's upper bleachers.

Photo by Elvyn Jones

During kids' games during the Relay, Kenna Hall uses an alternative technique to make it under the limbo rod her mother Hollie Hall (left) is holding.

Photo by Elvyn Jones

Cancer survivor Mark Schutte gets a flower and a laugh from his daughter Lydia as Sydney Borstelman (left) watches. De Soto Relay chairwoman Rita Jones is on the right.

Photo by Elvyn Jones

During kids' games during the Relay, Kenna Hall uses an alternative technique to make it under the limbo rod her mother Hollie Hall (left) is holding.

Photo by Elvyn Jones