Walking for a cure: Seattle Brain Cancer Walk comes to Bellingham

Happy voices fill the air on a cloudless day at Bellingham’s Civic Stadium, but no one is in the stands. A live band pulsates a rock beat as people in their jogging shorts and shoes begin to congregate from the turf field to the brick-red rubber track. An announcer gives a countdown and the crowd on the track chants back. At zero, the throng of people begin walking the circular track.