Luminarias light way for cancer walkers
Cancer survivors and their supporters walk at sunset for the survivors lap at the start of the 2011 Gallup Relay for Life on Friday. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

By Richard Reyes
Staff writer

GALLUP — The lights at the Gallup Sports Complex were shut off so that almost 500 luminaria bags could glow to honor those who have died of cancer, and in the pitch black Friday night, the stars in the sky twinkled back down on them.

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