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ZELIENOPLE — A parade of motorcycles will travel from Zelienople to Rochester Saturday to honor soldiers who died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Riders will gather between 11 a.m. and noon at the American Legion Post 474 for the beginning of the ninth annual Western Pennsylvania Families of Fallen Heroes Foundation Memorial.

The motorcycles will ride to the Rochester High School football field in Beaver County for a ceremony following the ride. During the ceremony, set to begin at 1 p.m., the names of about 300 Pennsylvania soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2003 will be read with a candle light vigil.

The ceremony will be held in the school's auditorium if it rains.

BUTLER — Runners and walkers raised more than $58,000 to fight cancer at the Relay For Life of Butler this weekend.Relay specialist Laurie Nicholson said 210 participants in 27 teams showed their support for the American Cancer Society at the Butler Farm Show Grounds.Nicholson said rain Sunday dampened event cleanup, but did not affect the relay, or the hot-air balloon launch on Saturday.“For the first time in a few years, a hot-air balloon was actually able to go up because the weather was so nice,” Nicholson said. “Everybody was talking about next year already.”Relay for Life is an annual, international event.

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