{"id":1310320,"date":"2019-05-15T13:12:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T19:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=978236"},"modified":"2019-05-15T13:12:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T19:12:46","slug":"hundreds-race-to-the-finish-line-to-fight-cancer-at-silt-fun-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/hundreds-race-to-the-finish-line-to-fight-cancer-at-silt-fun-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds race to the finish line to fight cancer at Silt fun run"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Emoji Fun Run was held in Silt on May 1. Over 200 people attend the 1K race.<\/strong>
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Nearly 200 people helped raise over $1,000 for the National Brain Tumor Society, as the Go Gray in May 1K race in Silt May 11 was about more than who crossed the finish line first.<\/p>\n

The 1K Emoji Fun Run, held at Roy Moore Park on Saturday morning, was organized by Garfield County teachers and students to support those individuals and families in the community impacted by brain tumors.<\/p>\n

While cancer has touched everyone who participated in different ways, many of the runners, walkers and riders who came out on Saturday did it in support of Riverside Middle School\u2019s Olive Byman.<\/p>\n

A sixth grader, Byman has been battling a brain tumor since she was 3 years old. though the tumor took her sight, she remains an inspiration to many in the community.<\/p>\n

While promoting the event, Byman said she was the oldest of seven kids in her family and one of 70,000 Americans living with a brain tumor today \u2014 \u201c16,830 people will die from a brain tumor diagnosis this year. That number is way to high,\u201d she said during the presentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

She concluded that it is her hope to increase brain tumor awareness in the community through the event, and to help those fighting brain tumors to see they have a community supporting them in their fight.<\/p>\n

Olive Byman (front) enjoys the sunny skies with other participants at the Emoji Fun Run in Silt on Saturday<\/strong>
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Colorado River Board of Cooperative Education Services (BOCES) teacher Brooke Miller, who teaches students with visual impairments in Roaring Fork Schools, Garfield Re-2 and Parachute schools, said the event couldn\u2019t have happened without volunteers. She thanked the town of Silt for putting it on.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want Olive to know there are other people in the valley suffering from brain tumors, and no one is alone in their fight,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The race ended at Veteran\u2019s Memorial Park and went straight to the Silt Police Department Bike Rodeo.<\/p>\n

Beth Byman, Olive\u2019s mother, said they were very humbled and thrilled with the turnout they saw on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Byman family moved to Silt a year ago on the date of the run, and while it was not an easy decision for them to make, Beth Byman said it ended up being a great fit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe feel like the community has really embraced our family and our daughter\u2019s story,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought we wouldn\u2019t be able to [make the move] but she wouldn\u2019t let this stop her, and we have to pursue our dreams,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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The Emoji Fun Run was held in Silt on May 1. Over 200 people attend the 1K race.Provided Nearly 200 people helped raise over $1,000 for the National Brain Tumor Society, as the Go Gray in May 1K race in Silt May 11 was about more than who crossed the finish line first. The 1K […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1310320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-17 10:53:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}