World Photo by Lou Sennick Feet and shadows meet on the track at Sunset Middle School on Saturday afternoon during the annual Relay for Life of North Bend/Coos Bay to help raise money for the American Cancer Society.

Cancer survivors and those battling the disease led the Survivors Lap at the start of the Relay for Life of North Bend/Coos Bay on Saturday afternoon. At the center of the charge was 2009 grand marshal Gordon Everett, a North Bend man who was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer earlier this year.

Organizers had set a goal for this year's relay of $100,000. Volunteers had counted $89,000 as of this morning, reported relay committee co-chair Connie Bradley.

More than half of the money raised will help fund cancer detection, treatment and education services through the American Cancer Society.