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Gary Ditsch finishing his 500 miles as a Stumbler
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NEW STUMBLERS AND
VISITORS
June 17, 2006 John Brown of Winchester ran with the Stumblers for
his first time. John is with Delta Gas in Winchester and we
expect to see him back as a regular. Jerry McDonald, also of
Winchester, made a cameo appearance. Jerry became a member of
the 500 Club in 1987 and has continued to run, but his schedule
doesn't bring him out to run with the Stumblers very often. We
were glad to have him out and hope he can rearrange his running
schedule to come back out a little more often. Barry and Judy
Collins have their daughter, Beth, son-in-law Chris Hickey and their
two daughters, Amanda and Julia, visiting with them and the whole
family came out to the clubhouse. Granddaughter Amanda even
ran her first Stumbler mile, thus continuing a family tradition.
Way to go Amanda!
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NEW STUMBLERS
June 10, 2006
Welcome to Joey and Aimee Mau who drove all the way from Wilmore to
join us. We hope to see them again soon. Jim Gallagher
got both his daughters out to run with him, Colleen and Kathleen are
both quite good runners and may have humbled their old dad.
New
Stumblers Joe and Aimee
Jim Gallagher with daughters Colleen and Kathleen
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LETTERS OF THANKS May
31, 2006 The Stumblers participation in the county wide litter
pickup in March, and subsequent contribution of the litter bounty to
the Victim's Advocacy Division of the Clark County Attorney's
Office, was noticed and appreciated. Clark County Attorney
Gardner Wagers wrote a personal letter of thanks to the Stumblers
and he and Victim's Advocate Julie Briscoe wrote a letter to the
editor that was published in the Winchester Sun. Click here
to read the letter and here
to read the letter to the editor. We enjoy running the rural
roads of Clark County and the litter pickup is one of the things we
do each year to say Thank You to Clark County.
Here's the requisite reminder... you knew it was coming... let's all
stay safe and remember to follow the Rules of the
Road!
Wrensey
Gill with thumbs up after 13
miles
New
Stumblers
Barry Collins and George Mason enjoying a post 13 mile caffeine pickup
L
to R: Kristin Rager, Chrissie Balding, Kris Comstock, Kym Tichenor,
Janet Liang
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WELCOME
NEW STUMBLER April
22, 2006 Welcome new Stumbler Rhonda Morphew! Rhonda lives and
works in Winchester. Rhonda cross trains with aerobics, weight
lifting, and
hiking. She plans to join Stumbler Jenny Green this summer for a hike
into the Grand Canyon. Rhonda should serve as an able guide as she has
done the Grand Canyon hike a couple of times before.
Rhonda
Morphew after her first TR run
SPRING
FLING April
22, 2006 The
annual Todds Road Stumblers Spring Fling was a great
success. Stumblers came together on this beautiful Spring morning to
share breakfast eats, running stories and just plain ol' fun. It was
good to see Vernon Childers and Larry Brown in attendance after an extended
absence. Thanks to everyone who brought food to share or helped in
some other way. STUMBLERS
TAKE ON BOSTON
April 17, 2006 Five Todds Road Stumblers ran the Boston Marathon
today. All finished with very respectable times. Congratulations
to them all!
Jon
Walker 3:35:07
Carol
Miles 3:29:34
Virgil
Johnson 3:25:38
Jim
Pierce 3:34:04
Delaine
Thiel 3:47:49 WELCOME
NEW STUMBLER April
15, 2006 Shannon Means joined the Stumblers and ran 13 miles her first
time out. Shannon plans to run the Louisville mini and we think she's
ready! She lives in Winchester and during the week runs with
relatively new Winchester Stumblers Jenny Green and Pashia Cowen. In
addition to improving her running fitness level, Shannon is getting in shape
for backpacking a 100 mile section of the Appalachian Trail.
Shannon
Means still smiling after 13 miles
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SPRING
FLING The
annual Todds Road Stumblers Spring Fling will be April 22. This
is an event for all Stumblers, past and present, old and new. Bring a
breakfast/brunch item to share after the run. Steve Olson will be
making pancakes and there will be lots of other yummy things to eat.
Consider this reloading after the Boston marathon, or loading for the
Louisville mini.
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April
2, 2006 After a courageous battle with his illness, Van Quigley passed
away at home this morning around 10 AM.
Local visitation will be Tuesday, April 4, from 5:00-8:00 PM at
Kerr Brothers Funeral Home at
3421 Harrodsburg Road
. Burial will be in
Atlanta
later this week. Survivors include Van's wife, Julia, Matt (19), Nick
(17) and Catherine (15). Expressions of sympathy can be sent to: Family
of Van Quigley 3277
Mantilla Drive Lexington,
KY 40513 Van
was a regular at Todds Road and always had a ready smile and an encouraging
word to say to others. He was an excellent runner and earned his
membership in the 500 Mile Club on August 28, 2004. Please remember
his family in your prayers.
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April 1, 2006 About 20 Stumblers stayed after their runs to
participate in our annual roadside cleanup. 31 bags of litter
were collected along Colby, Becknerville, Basin Springs, and Combs
Ferry Roads. This was a community service project to
show the Clark County community our appreciation for running through
their beautiful countryside. Clark County pays a bounty for
each bag of litter that was collected; the Stumblers donated this
money back to the Clark County Domestic Violence unit. For photos of the
litter cleanup effort click here.
Thanks to Judy Collins for baking the wonderful coffee cake.
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April
1, 2006 We welcomed five new Stumblers on this glorious Spring
day!
DeeAnn
Miller, Colleen Lye, Delaine Thiel, Joshua Loewen, Sam Cullum
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March 25, 2006 Thanks to everyone that participated in the
Spring cleaning of the clubhouse. Judy2 provided this in-depth
report of the work.
"Everyone
that stayed to help clean did a bang up job! They pulled
furniture from the walls and vacuumed behind and under. We
took pictures down and rearranged. Ed Dove and Chuck cleaned
out the refrigerator and scrubbed the shelves. Marty and Tom
McCullough cleaned out the kitchen closet. John Benson cleaned
out the front closet. Jim Kurz cleaned the side room, Paula
cleaned all the inside windows and John Gostomski cleaned all the
outside windows. Barry and I cleaned out all the paper (stuff)
from the drawers and cabinets. I brought home all the pictures
and important historical papers to put into a scrapbook. Lynn
Phillips, Judy Collins, and Phil cleaned upstairs. I scrubbed
the stairs and started cleaning the wood work – Terry Ringle
picked up where I left off on the wood work. Jon Walker and
Tom McC cleaned out the trophy case and dusted the trophies and
pictures in the case.
I
was so proud of everyone – they all chipped in. I think what
was more amazing was that most of these guys had just run 15 – 20
miles and they came in warmed up a bit and then started cleaning.
You know they were tired and there legs were probably jelly!
But they pitched right in!
The
place looks great and I am sorry that I didn’t have my camera!
There would’ve been some good shots. We could’ve used the
pictures to blackmail the guys, because they said they didn’t want
their wives to hear they had been cleaning."
And
Barry Collins reported "Most runners stayed after running and
helped do a much needed cleanup and renovation of the clubhouse. Everything
from window cleaning, cobweb removal to throwing out junk that
has accrued over the last 30 years. It looks much better!
We
owe thanks to Jon W, Don N, Ron M, Paula,
Lynn
, Jim K, Terry R, John B, John G, Marty, Judy 1, Judy 2, Phil, Ed,
Chuck, Barry and Tom Mc. A special thanks to Tom Mc, for using
his truck to take away a load of garbage after cleaning and for
donating some plastic containers to put the paper supplies in.
Also a special thanks to Judy1 for bringing homemade
banana, pumpkin bread, and brownies to enjoy after the cleanup."
If
you helped and we missed your name we apologize. If you
weren't able to help last Saturday, you can make up for it this
Saturday by helping with our annual roadside cleanup. See you
there!
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March 18, 2006 WE HAVE HEAT! Thanks to the continuing
generosity of the "Original, Old Stumbler", Alex Campbell, the clubhouse
has a nice new wall mounted heater. The heater was much
appreciated on this brisk 24 deg. morning. Although many of
today's Stumblers haven't met Alex, they have been the recipient of
his generosity time and time again. It is through him that the
clubhouse, the t-shirts, the coffee and donuts, and practically
everything about the Stumblers is made possible. THANK YOU
ALEX!
Jim
Gallagher and daughter Colleen, enjoying the warmth of the new heater
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March 18, 2006 Paula Heron and Scott Fleming are the two
newest Stumblers. Paula is originally from South Africa and is
a Physiology grad student at UK. Scott hails from Louisville
but attended UK and is now an architect working in Lexington.
Make sure to say hello to them the next time you see them.
Paula
Heron
Scott Fleming
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March 11, 2006 Welcome new Stumblers Kevin Moody and Pashia
Cowen, both coincidentally from Clark County. Kevin is a
familiar face to many Stumblers, having visited
at the clubhouse with his dad, Wes, many times over the years.
However, until now Kevin has never run with the Stumblers and
finally agreed to do so after his dad cajoled him into it by saying
he didn't think he could
run six miles. He ran seven miles and finished ahead of his
father. Pashia was brought out by relatively new Stumbler
Jenny Green and easily ran 13 miles her first time out. We
hope to see Pashia and Kevin back soon and often.
Kevin
Moody with dad,
Wes
Jenny Green and Pashia Cowen
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From time to time we will publish a profile on a Stumbler, both old and
new. Scroll down to Items of Interest below and click on Get to
Know. Check out the interview with long time Stumbler and
Grand Poobah, Martin Ginocchio.
Marty
enjoying his donut - BEFORE Lent
Adam
receiving his TRS t-shirt
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March 4, 2006 When the furnace is out, who you gonna call...Richard
and Tom, that's who. The clubhouse was cold and two technically minded
Stumblers decided to see what they could see. Alas, they weren't able
to fix the furnace but we hope to have it fixed by this Saturday.
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Feb. 25, 2006 CONGRATULATIONS to Chuck McQueen in completing his 500
Miles! Chuck ran 10 miles on this beautiful morning to hit an even
500. The requisite celebration was held. Seems like Chuck was on
target to hit this milestone one rainy morning several weekends ago and was
halfway to the clubhouse with Ed Dove when Ed suggested they turn around and
go back home, lest they catch a cold running in the rain. Ed, there's
a word for guys like you.... but I can't remember what it is.
Chuck
McQueen Crossing the 500 Mile Finish Line
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Feb. 25, 2006 Was
that Kevin Dicken back out on the course!? It was! Welcome back
Kev! Kevin endured a constant barrage of insults from Don Nicholson on
his first Stumbler run in a while, but managed a few zingers of his own.
Those running with Jim Thornton thought they heard a dog whining, but no, it
was just Jim complaining about his aches and pains. This must have
been one of the larger groups in a while, 35 cars were parked around the
clubhouse. Click here for photos.
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Feb. 25, 2006 Welcome
Jenny Green! Jenny is from Winchester and had been hearing from
other Winchesterites about what a fun time it is running with the
Stumblers. Jenny came out and ran the 6 mile loop....twice. She
must have had a good time, her previous furthest distance run had been 7 miles.
Rhonda
and Jenny after their run
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Feb.
11, 2006 Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... This
past Saturday the hardy runners that ventured forth enjoyed a beautiful
winter morning, with a new fallen snow making the scenery even more
spectacular. Clark County road crews had plowed the roads of most of
the snow, leaving the roads only wet. Several Stumblers got into the
spirit of playing in the snow and made a "Snow Stumbler".
Click here for photos of the fun morning.
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Feb. 11, 2006
Tom Scally even came out, his first visit in almost two years. Tom is
back in town and we'll be seeing more of him from now on.
Tom
Scally visiting with Judy2
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On Feb. 4, 2006 we had a
surprise visit from Stumbler Dan Wells (500 Club 12-15-84)who has lived in
the Washington D.C. area for the last 11 years. Dan came out with Jim
Kurz and braved a steady winter rain to run with us. Dan plans to
retire from his position with the Social Security Administration in the next
few months and plans to move back to Lexington. We look forward to
seeing Dan more regularly in the near future.
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Dan and Barry
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Dan Wells after his cold, wet
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Dan talking with Martin Ginocchio |
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Feb.
4, 2006 - Karen
and Tom McCullough are expecting a son and are trying to choose a name for
him. They have been getting lots of help with names from Stumblers,
we're partial to Rudolf Poulan. If you would like to suggest a name,
please let Karen and Tom know, they'll really appreciate it.
Tom
and Karen contemplating boys' names
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Congratulations to
marathoners Carol Miles and John Gostomski. Carol's 3:19:30 at the
Marshall University Marathon on November 13 2005 earned her the 3rd woman
overall spot. John ran 2:40:58 at the Kiawah Island Marathon on December
10, 2005 and was the 2nd overall finisher. Way to go John and
Carol! Also at Kiawah Island, Terry Ringle finished 3rd in his age
group, Steve Olson placed high in his, and Ron Mayer's training paid off for
him.
John Gostomski at
the Kiawah Island Marathon
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