Volume 20, Number 6
Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall
www.TownTimes.com
Friday, May 30, 2014
Memorial Day Parade in Durham By Mark Dionne
at the start of the parade. The parade also featured Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, the Although the day started 4-H club, Little Leaguers, fire with rain and the parade trucks, and bands from three started late, sunny skies and different schools. Local veterans were honthe familiar sights of the Memorial Day Parade soon took ored on a specific float. After the parade, the town over Main Street in Durham. Durham resident and for- green hosted the traditional mer Air Force and Army Ser- Memorial Day ceremony Local veterans were honored at the Memorial Day Parade with a veteran’s float, a Boy geant William Hamma served and the Durham Middlefield as the Grand Marshal and Washington Trail 4K/10K Scouts’ tribute to fallen soldiers, and the traditional closing ceremony on the town green. | Mark Dionne / Town Times rode in the white convertible began. Town Times
Go Far chooses ‘Galactic’ theme for running event By Mark Dionne Town Times
Runners at the 2013 Go Far Go Fast event ran part of their course through sprinklers to keep cool. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
Go Far, the non-profit organization promoting fitness and wellness in Durham and Middlefield, went to space to find a theme for its annual Go Far Go Fast running event. The race is scheduled for Saturday, May 31 at the Durham Fairgrounds. “Go Far Go Fast Go Galactic” is the title of the 5th annual race. Jen Schulten, Go Far’s founder and president, thought that a space theme would be a fun thing to do and give the fliers, T-shirts,
and trophies a good look. This year’s trophies feature a cheerful green-skinned alien astronaut. “I always look for what will give the trophies character,” Schulten said. “I like to think of them as unique as the kids running the race.” Go Far Go Fast Go Galactic will maintain Go Far’s orientation towards fun and non-competitive running. In the schools, students in the regular Go Far program run or walk at recess and have See Race / Page 6
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