To the editor:

Lawrence Relay for Life sponsored by the American Cancer Society.

Dates: Friday/Saturday June 9-10, 2006.

Venue: Overnight at Lawrence Free State High School track.

Number of police officers assigned to intercept illegal drugs and to maintain order at the Lawrence Relay for Life venue: Zero.

Average time it took for participants to park and enter the Lawrence Relay for Life venue: Two to four minutes.

Number of Lawrence civic and service organizations participating in Lawrence Relay for Life: Scores.

Number of persons participating in Lawrence Relay for Life: Hundreds.

Number of luminarias contributed by Lawrence individuals and organizations to honor or memorialize people with cancer at Lawrence Relay for Life: More than 4,000.

Amount of money raised by Lawrence Relay for Life to aid cancer research: More than $150,000.

Number of column inches published about Lawrence Relay for Life in the Lawrence Journal-World’s Saturday, June 10, and Sunday, June 11, editions: Zero.

Larry Day,

Lawrence