XX..bulletin.....pumpkin Dash race....10/26.15

What a Saturday last Saturday was...Rain, rain, rain...Wind, wind,wind! Cold, cold, cold, and yet in spite of all of the hardships that October 24th threw at our club and 10 stalwart, runners, the

2015 October Dash 5K race came off with the finest bunch of club members working together, putting up about 8 canopies, fighting the wind, putting up about 12 tables more or less, with the rain beating down on everyone, drenching every inch of everyone. As the old saying goes, in spite of everything that could go wrong, nothing deterred all of the best Kiwanis club members never complained, but pitched in, knowing that after setting everything up bringing the runners packets, t-shirts, fruit, water, Gatorade, donuts, pumpkins, hay bales, and the greatest Kiwanis spirit that anyone could have asked for. Why didn't we cancel? Because there were 10 eager, cold, determined runners that had enough faith in our club to come out to run, and run they did. Kelli Whigham and her committee committed themselves that in spite of horrible conditions, they had a race to run, and even though we didn't have the runners we expected, the ones that did show up were absolutely wonderful in spirit and true grit. (that's a little phrase by John Wayne) Thanks to all who came out to help. You were wonderful. Those from the club were: Ted Breihan, Randall Grizzle, Chad Burns, Randy Cook, Pam Cook, Gary Nelson, Garry White, Frederick, Case, Kellie Whigham, Steve Whigham, Glen Rydl, Del Brown, Francis Mendez, Beverly Crumley, Moe Johnson, Rob Martin, Charles Johnson, Tracy Herman , Doug Balkman, & Dan Langden.