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September 10, 2012
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Tri-fecta: Celebration of Life raises money, awareness, health

Judy DeMaranville swam or walked in the Barbara Schmidt Millar (BSM) Celebration of Life Triathlon for years to support the community and help raise money for subsidized mammograms at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. After DeMaranville was diagnosed with breast cancer herself in 2009, the event took on new meaning. “I realized donating $25 wasn’t really what it was about,” DeMaranville said of her entry fee into the 5k walk. As the 18th annual Celebration of Life Triathlon approaches, DeMaranville has increased her involvement in the event and changed her perspective about the women’s-only competition. The Celebration of Life Triathlon began …

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