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Sunday will bring cool temperatures and some sunshine with daytime highs in the mid 60s around the capital city region. Lined up today are fall train rides in Carson City and Virginia City, a women veteran's support group meeting, and a a discussion with survivors, family and doctors about metastatic breast cancer. Also today, the Carson City Symphony will open its 36th season at the community center. Enjoy.

Good morning Carson City! We’ve got a ton of great events this Saturday, so check below for a list of delightful fall activities!

Heading into the weekend, there’s a bevy of activities around the Carson City region to help the next three days breeze by. Events include Harvest Train festivities at the Nevada State Railroad Museum, Thomas the Tank Engine and steam train rides in Virginia City, the first-ever Gandy Dance in Dayton, October Ghost Walk Tours through downtown Carson City and more!

The statistics are staggering. Thirty percent of the people diagnosed with breast cancer go on to get metastatic breast cancer.

Metastatic beast cancer is an incurable disease. It is when breast cancer has spread beyond the breast, possibly to the lymph nodes or other organs in the body. Around 40,000 people a year in the US die from it. It is the advanced part of breast cancer and it is rarely discussed.

With October designated Breast Cancer Awareness Month, dozens joined Carson Tahoe Health for its 18th "Think Pink" breast cancer awareness event held Tuesday at Red's Old 395 Grill in Carson City, which hosts and sponsors the annual event.

Carson City, Douglas County, the American Cancer Society, and much of the community teamed up Saturday to participate in the 2018 Relay For Life at Mills Park in Carson City.

Cancer patients were treated Friday morning to a fly-fishing retreat in Gardnerville co-hosted by Carson Tahoe Cancer Center and Casting For Recovery, a national organization that has been funding outdoor events for cancer patients over the past two decades.

Please remember that I am just the messenger and the bad news is that you can only be one place at once. You'll have to choose between a Beatles Experience in McFadden Plaza and the concert at the Brewery Arts Center Minnesota Street Stage, where the Big Bad Voodoo Daddies kick off the first of the Levitt Concert Summer Series. Get yourself registered for the Karson Kruzerz' annual 'Run Whatcha Brung' at the Max Casino and stick around for Route 66 on the stage. You'll have to keep reading for the rest of it - summer fun has arrived in full force.

FRIDAY:

Join us for a Focus Group discussion in Carson Valley, Nevada. We want to hear about your experiences during and after treatment to better understand the needs of cancer survivors and to help develop resources and programs to meet those needs. All survivors, including those currently living with cancer, are invited to participate. Location is the East Fork Fire Station #12, 3620 N. Sunridge Dr.; Carson City, Nevada from 5:30PM - 7:30PM. You must enroll to participate and enrollment for this session is open thru February 16, 2017.

Join Carson Tahoe Health in celebrating life with local cancer survivors, patients, and families. All participants will receive a free continental breakfast and t-shirt to commemorate the event (while supplies last). Take a scenic stroll along our serene wellness trail, explore information on preventing and treating cancer, and enjoy an Art Show. For further information, contact (775) 445-7500

In recognition of National Cancer Survivors Day, Sunday, June 5, 2016, Carson Tahoe Health invites the community to attend “Survivors Expressions,” a free event in honor of people who have been touched by cancer.

The American Cancer Society will be holding its annual celebration for cancer survivors and caregivers at Relay for Life. The event will be held at Mills Park in Carson City on Saturday, May 21. Relay for Life is a family-friendly event with entertainment, food, games, raffles, bounce house, and other activities included.

There was not a dry eye at Mills Park on Saturday night during the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life Luminaria ceremony.

On Saturday July 11th, 2015, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office will be participating in the American Cancer Society’s “Relay for Life” to be held at Mill’s Park from noon to midnight. Team leaders Chief Sharon Daniels and Deputy Kip Lee who are recovering cancer survivors are looking for additional walkers and runners to join their team during this most worthwhile event.

The 2015 Carson City Relay For Life is scheduled for Saturday, July 11 at Mills Park in Carson City. The event kicks off at noon with featured speakers including Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell, a cancer survivor. Music for the Opening Ceremony will be by The Whiskey Heroes with the Luminary Ceremony featuring Carson City singer Molly Seals beginning at 9 p.m.

Minden, Nev. – Local H2O at Home® Independent Advisor, Pamela Mann, is donating her commission made from her H2O at Home® sales in October to Breast Cancer Fund.

Mann has donated her October commission for the past three years to Breast Cancer Fund in memory of her mother who passed away from breast cancer in 2013.

The Annual “Cancer Sucks 5K” is celebrating its 5th year on Saturday, October 5. For the past several years this event has welcomed hundreds of men and women who choose to run or walk in honor of Cancer survivors, lives lost, and Cancer research. Additionally, one of the goals of this event is to provide funding for care to those who are in desperate need.

CARSON CITY — Carson Tahoe Health announces that the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons granted a three-year renewal of accreditation to the Carson Tahoe Cancer Center. The surveyors awarded seven extra commendations for exceeding industry standards, making CTCC the first cancer center in Nevada to achieve a “gold level” designation.

Mary Thompson remembers being on the cusp of turning 40 and "glum about getting older."Then she was blindsided by a breast cancer diagnosis, and it forever changed her perspective."Now I'm just ...

Create more birthdays for cancer survivors by joining hundreds of thousands of people in cities across the nation to raise money for cancer research with Carson City's Relay for Life 2011. Relay for Life is the American Cancer Society's major annual fundraising event. Carson City will celebrate, remember and fight back this year at Centennial Park on Saturday, July 16 at 10:00 am. We won't stop until Sunday, July 17 at 10:00 and have an entire filled with activities and entertainment. Call for more information and to learn how to create or join a team before the Relay. (775) 315-9428.

Carson City area walkers will go around the clock in the battle against cancer during the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

This celebration brings together numerous groups and individuals concerned about cancer in a unified effort to fight back.

Teams of enthusiastic residents will gather at Centennial Field for an overnight relay from 10am July 16th to 10am July 17th. The event celebrates anyone who has battled cancer and their caregivers and also remembers loved ones lost.

We are bringing mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends together to learn from the experts about how breast cancer effects family risk factors. Sponsored by The Safeway Foundation, PROJECT PINK 2010 is designed to target women who have had breast cancer or who have an immediate family member with breast cancer.