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HERE ARE TODAY`S TOP STORY`S FROM SALEM-NEWS.COM, HERE IS KEVIN HAYS REPORTING…..

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THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER IS UNITING THREE GENERATIONS OF ONE SALEM FAMILY.

FOR THE RATZLAFF FAMILY THEIR GOAL IS SIMPLE “ SURVIVE CANCER.

JOHN, IS CURRENTLY BATTLING HODGKIN LYMPH OMA, JOHN`S FOUR YEAR OLD GRANDSON, CONNER, WILL BE UNERGOING INTENSIVE TREATMENT FOR LEUKEMIA, AND JOHN`S 83-YEAR-OLD MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER, WHICH IS NOW IN REMISSION.

RELAY FOR LIFE OF SALEM WANTED CONNER TO BE THEIR GRAND MARSHALL FOR THIS YEARS EVENT, HOWEVER JOHN SAID CONNER WILL BE TOO WEAK TO ATTEND THE EVENT BECAUSE OF HIS TREATMENT FOR LEUKEMIA.

THE SALEM RELAY FOR LIFE WILL BE HELD AT CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FROM NOON TO NOON FRIDAY JUNE 16TH TO SATURDAY JUNE 17TH.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.SALEMRELAY.ORG

IT`S BEEN EXACTLY TWO YEARS SINCE 19-YEAR-OLD BROOKE WILBERGER VANISHED FROM A CORVALLIS APARTMENT COMPLEX.

AFTER THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF OFFICIAL AND VOLUNTEER SEARCHERS FOR THE B-Y-U STUDENT, FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND BENTON COUNTY AUTHORITIES WOULD NOT GIVE UP ON FINDING BROOKE.

BUT, 39-YEAR-OLD JOEL COURTNEY WAS ARRESTED IN AUGUST 2005, AND CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED MURDER, KIDAPPING, RAPE, AND SODOMY OF WILBERGER.

WILBERGER`S BODY HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.

SIOUX FALLS SOUTH DAKOTA IS THE NATION`S SAFEST CITY FOR DRIVERS ACCORDING TO A STUDY RELEASED WEDNESDAY FROM ALLSTATE INSURANCE.

THREE OREGON CITIES MADE THE LIST.

EUGENE RANKED 19TH, SALEM 67TH, AND PORTLAND CAME IN 89TH.

THE REPORT ANALYZED TWO YEARS OF INTERNAL CRASH DATA TO CALCULATE THE CHANCE THAT DRIVERS IN 200 OF THE NATION`S MOST POPULATED CITIES WOULD BE INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.

THE COMPLETE REPORT CAN BE FOUND ON THE NET AT WWW.ALLSTATE.COM.

OREGON`S TWO U-S SENATORS VOTED WITH THE MAJORITY TO LIMIT DEBATE ON ELECTION YEAR IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION.

THE SENATE BILL CALLS FOR TOUGHER BORDER SECURITY AS WELL AS AN EVENTUAL CHANCE AT CITIZENSHIP FOR MILLIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE COUNTRY ILLEGALLY.

THE LATEST SALEM-AREA NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS, AND TRAFFIC IS ON DEMAND AT SALEM-NEWS.COM.

I`M KEVIN HAYS REPORTING FOR SALEM-NEWS.COM HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!