COSHOCTON The 2013 Coshocton County Relay for Life ended with the traditional final lap around 6 p.m. on Saturday evening, May 18 at the fairgrounds. Event co-chairs Mike Farley, Heather Jamison and Julie McFarland thanked the hundreds of volunteers and dozens of committee members that helped make this year’s event a success. With the amount not yet final, the event raised over $112,000 to help fund research to help find a cure for cancer. The Keene United Methodist Church team raised the most money overall with over $17,000 raised. Watch this week’s Beacon for more photos, details and check this website for photo galleries of the Relay.
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Mark Fortune, along with his wife Nancy, is the former owner and founder of The Coshocton County Beacon, the highest circulated newspaper in Coshocton County. He has over 40 years in the publishing business with sales, marketing, and journalism experience. After selling The Beacon to the AloNovus Corp., in January 2020, Mark has been a Business Development Strategist with the company. They publish a network of weekly news publications with almost a half million distribution weekly, a quarterly tourism magazine and a digital division. Mark enjoys
history, and has a passion for genealogy, currently researching and discovering his Fortune ancestry. He and his wife Nancy live on a small farm outside of Coshocton.
