Relay for Life cancer fundraiser a testament to strength of the human spirit

ONE STEP AT A TIME-Above, with the help of her 5-year-old daughter, Madison, Tara Asmus pushes son Ryan, 2, as they lead off the Relay for Life at Adolfo Camarillo High School lasweekend. Asmus was diagnosed with gastric esophageal cancer last December. The average lifespan following diagnosis of this type of cancer is one year. Above right, former co-workers Mary Ann Webster of Camarillo and John Johnson of Oxnard are happy to see each other again. Webster's brother has cancer; Johnson lost his wife to the disease seven years agoJohnson says life goes on, but good memories sometimes make it hard.