Relay for Life is Successful
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September 26, 2013
Above: Walkers make the circuit around the track at the Dayton athletic field Saturday during the Relay for Life event. Right: Members of the Columbia County Health System "Monster" team get ready to start walkin'.
DAYTON - Eighteen teams took part this year in what organizers said was a very successful Relay For Life event in Dayton Satur- day and Sunday.
The annual event is a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society and helps support research to find a cure for cancer. Opening cer- emonies were at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Dayton athletic field, with the relay lasting through the night. Closing ceremonies were Sunday morning.
Delphine Bailey, who helped organize the event, said that an estimated total of 400 people took part over the course of the event. More than 300 luminaries were purchased and mo...
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