Cancer survivors celebrate at fundraiser

About 40 people wearing purple Cancer Survivor T-Shirts gathered behind a banner at the Havre High School track Saturday for the annual Relay for Life ceremonies.

Music played as survivors slowly walked around the quarter-mile path and crowds cheered them on. The announcer read off the names. Some, feeling the effects of cancer or old age, fell behind. When they finished the course, they got even louder applause.

Then they gathered for a butterfly release. As a sign of hope, instead of releasing balloons, each caregiver and each survivor was given a butterfly, and on a count of three all relea...