Racing to Help Others
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Racing to Help Others

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Racing to Help Others

Some 1,100 people participated in the Rev3 Run Rogue 5K and 1K, Saturday, March 23, at Fairfax Corner, raising an estimated $10,000 each for Life with Cancer and Accelerated Brain Cancer Cure.

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Bonnie Hobbs

From left are Roseann Doughtery and brain-cancer patients Anya Zvorsky and BethAnn Telford before the 1K event. Telford ran in Anya’s honor.

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Photo by Bonnie Hobbs

At the 1K starting line for the Rev3 Run Rogue 5K and 1K, Saturday, March 23, are brain-cancer patients Tara Sankner (pink shirt) and Fair Lakes’s BethAnn Telford; behind them is Tara’s mom, Tammy. Tara’s a second-grader at Lees Corner Elementary. More photos, page 5.

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Bonnie Hobbs

Manning the donation table for Tara Sankner and Accelerated Brain Cancer Cure are Billy Freesmeier and Sharon Ricciardi of Main Street Bank.

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Bonnie Hobbs

And they’re off: Runners begin the Rev3 Run Rogue 5K race.

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Bonnie Hobbs

Josef Tessema, 24, of Springfield won the 5K in 15:08. He coaches distance running at Lee High School and runs about 95 miles/week.