Thursday, June 21, 2018 $1.00 For more, log on to: www.mycameronnews.com Cameron, Missouri Community hits it out of the park for Home Runs for Rose Photos by Annette Bauer Just a few of the heroes and their families of this year’s Home Runs for Rose. Proceed from this year’s festival will be granted to the families of Ashton, Eowyn, Kevin, Maddie and Silas By Annette Bauer Editor [email protected] On Saturday June 16, the 3rd Annual Home Runs for Rose was held at the Cameron Elks Lodge south of Cameron. A softball tournament began at 6 a.m. and teams played throughout the day. There was a pancake breakfast, petting zoo, vendors, silent auction, face painting, sand pits, a misting area and play area for children, and music all day, superheroes and even the KC Wolf, with the final act of the evening being Shenandoah, who made Home Runs for Rose a stop on their 30 year anniversary tour. Another special opportunity was presented at Home Runs for Rose with volunteers on hand to take swabs for people to be checked to see if they are a match on the bone marrow registry and to sign up to be a bone marrow Photo by Annette Bauer donor, 72 people signed up that day. The Hulk, Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Supergirl, Batman and Superman The Home Runs for Rose fundraiser Lowenstein’s daughter Rose went through were all in attendance at the Home Runs for Rose festival, showing their began three years ago when the Lowenstein’s many treatments and was declared no sign support of the battle against childhood cancer and spending time with the daughter Rose was diagnosed with cancer, of disease in 2016, with regular checkups kids in the children’s area. a long time family friend Matt Vaughn scheduled, but Billy and Brittany, her parents stepped up and said let’s have a softball had seen the impact the travel, the stress, the Photo by Annette Bauer (Left) Rose Lowenstein, Brittany and Billy Lowenstein’s daughter and the face tournament to raise money for the family’s See ROSE on page 2 expenses as they travel back and forth. The of the Rose Lowenstein Foundation dances at the music festival on Saturday. Municipal Band dedicates concert to Price family By Annette Bauer Photo by Annette Bauer community for their support over The band will provide free Editor Cindy Price Svehla was the years. ice cream to all, through the [email protected] thanked for her many “Cameron, you have a really Cameron Historical Society, as years of playing with the great thing here, don’t ever let it go long as supplies last. Donations The Cameron Municipal Band Cameron Municipal Band away,” Svehla said. to the Historical Society are gladly Concert on Thursday June 14 and presented with a dozen During the concert vocalist accepted! was dedicated to the Price family red roses (her favorite color) Staci Harvey performed They Next week, join the CMB as we as Cindy Price-Svehla played her and a vase. Svehla and her Can’t Take that Away From Me and celebrate the ‘Land That We Love’, final regular concert with the band. husband are relocating to the Clarinet section was featured the good old USA! Patriotic pieces Cindy has been a life-long member Arizona and she will no on Clarinet Escapade. will include popular guest soloist, of the band and has played clarinet longer be playing regularly Don’t miss the Cameron Andy Henry with ‘God Bless the for 44 years in the band. Svehla with the band. Municipal Band concerts every USA!’ You won’t want to miss has been the prinicipal and solo Thursday evening at 8 p.m. our Independence Day musical clarinest for most of her 44 year long time friend all the best and The following preview for this offering! tenure. spoke of how music connected week’s concert is provided by Jeff Hinton, Shane Fuller, Svehla recently retired from their families and will continue to Director, Ann Clark: Mallory Mahon, Bob Long the Liberty School District as a th connect them over the miles. Concert – June 28 Chris Heil, Ted Keck, Blake Duren music educator, where she had a Svehla was presented with We All Scream for Ice Cream! very successful studio of students a vase by the band in gratitude This week, join the Cameron Cyrus the Great - King; Jeff and had a professional career as a relocating in their retirement to of her many years with them. Municipal Band and it’s line-up Hinton, Conductor, MWSU clarinetist in the KC area for many Arizona. The engraving on the vase read, of guest conductors for a sweet Western Winds years. Svehla and her husband are Ann Goodwin-Clark, Director “Cameron Municipal Band treat of ice cream and great American Civil War Fantasy - of the band, was unable Manager presented to Cindy Price music. Successful educators and Grundman; Shane Fuller, to be in attendance but Svehla for 45 years of devoted conductors from throughout the Liberty North High School sent her brother Dave service to the Cameron Muncipal area, also members of the band, When You Wish Upon a Star, Goodwin a note to read Band July 14, 2018 will conduct favorites of young to Svehla which bid her Svehla thanked the band and the and old alike! See BAND on page 2 2 - Citizen-Observer The Jump Thursday, June 21, 2018 ROSE __________________________________________________________________ from front page time off work takes on families One person can raise awareness at an eye doctor’s appointment a Amanda, mother of Eowyn, program in the park to tell them it first hand and they decided to begin of childhood cancer, but it takes a doctor noticed her optic nerve was stepped forward to tell the story of looked like there was a tumor in the Rose Lowenstein Foundation community to make a difference, is inflamed and told her to go to the her daughter. She decided to tell Kennedy’s leg and they had sent to help support families whose the motto of the Rose Lowenstein ER immediately. Shannon began how quickly your life could change it off to Children’s Mercy. By the children are battling cancer. Foundation and the Northwest chemotherapy and in March of when your child is diagnosed with next morning they wanted them at As Brittany Lowenstein said at Missouri Community certainly 2017 she had the tumor removed cancer. Every year, her husband has Children’s Mercy by 9 am. That Home Runs for Rose, there are stepped forward to show the truth and on January 31 of this year after a family picnic and they took their was in 2014. many organizations who support in that statement at Home Runs for almost a year of chemo, she was family to the picnic and Eowyn There was a tumor in the back childhood cancer research and Rose. declared cancer free. was super excited. Every time of her leg and they removed seven they are extremely important, but Here are some of the stories of The Gaige Robeson family she stood up, out of her chair, she inches of her fibula, since it is not the focus of the Rose Lowenstein the Home Runs for Rose Heroes stepped forward to talk about knocked chairs down and everyone a weight bearing bone, they did Foundation is to raise awareness whose families will be receiving Gaige’s journey. Gaige was was joking about who brought the not replace it. The doctors had to about the prevalence of childhood donations from this year’s Home diagnosed with Pilocytic “drunk baby to the picnic.” After remove muscles, veins, tendons, cancer and also to directly assist Runs for Rose. One in 285 children Astrocytoma (Brain Tumor) at a long, fairly normal day, Eowyn, including the tumor. They spent all families in the community who are diagnosed with childhood 5 years of age. He endured 6 who was 4 went to get ready for holidays in the hospital that year. are having to travel for treatment, cancer. consecutive months in the hospital bed and fell down the stairs. Her When they went in, they told them, taking off work, and dealing with Maddie is only three years old following 15+ surgeries. 95% of family took her to Children’s give us a year of your life and we the day to day impact of childhood but hasn’t yet known a life that the tumor was resected, however, Mercy and according to Amanda, will make it better and they did. cancer on their lives. hasn’t involved doctors visits, the other 5% they were not able they are a soccer family and were Byron, Kennedy’s father stepped Every year the community of tubes, and needles according to to remove due to location. He is ready and understanding of how forward and spoke about “scan Cameron and Northwest Missouri her uncle, Paul, who told her story considered legally blind, but is to deal with a concussion. After anxiety” – the fear every time you has stepped up to support this at Home Runs for Rose. Maddie constantly going to therapy to the observation for a concussion, go in for another scan wondering if organization and the Home Runs was diagnosed with failure to get better and better. He recently Eowyn wasn’t yet walking right. it is going to be clear or if they are for Rose Softball Tournament and thrive and was diagnosed with started school - major milestone They did a CT scan and they came going to tell you that the cancer in Music Festival and this year was failure to thrive and an allergy to for him and his family! back and told them, there was a your child has returned.