These questions were answered in a magnificent way this past Friday during the Marion County Relay for Life, the annual 12-hour fund-raiser held this year at the Tabor College track. The many participants from Marion County and beyond came together and showed what can be accomplished when everyone works together for a cause-raising money in the fight against cancer.

Since I had never participated before, I had no idea how much work and planning organizers put in to make it such a resounding success.

Highlights I observed were the opening lap by cancer survivors, the more than 1,100 luminaries and the 30 miles Arlene Hett walked around the quarter-mile track over the entire 12-hour period. When I asked her why she did it, she simply said she had cared for countless courageous people who had battled cancer and was walking in their honor.

Hats off to Gene Winkler for providing the sound system and music-and for weathering the sprinkler system that inadvertently came on, threatening to douse his electronics.

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I have to apologize for my column jumping to a second page two weeks in a row. Somehow my template grew while I wasn't looking and the nonsense flowed unchecked.

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Last week my pocket knife and nail clipper disappeared and were nowhere to be found. Days later, I found them the square pockets of my new shorts. A lot of stuff can get lost in the back corner of square pockets.

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Since anyone can now get a copy of his or her credit report for free one time a year, I decided to check mine out. I went to the Web sites of the three main reporting agencies: Equifax, Experian and Trans Union. If you can figure out a way to get a free one from their sites, please tell me.

One site, however, will direct you to the reports on the providers' sites. The address: www.annualcreditreport.com.

My report was great...except for the errors. Some items can be corrected online but some you would have to phone in to fix. As for the mistakes-they don't know where I work and don't always know how to spell my name.

You could probably spend a day looking at all of the information available and what it means. I saw enough in 30 minutes to last until next year...when I can look again.

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I wonder if surgeons got the idea to poke little holes to get big things done, or if the folks putting in the new pipes along Hillsboro's Lincoln Street took their cue from the surgeons.

Call it lathroscopic water lines.