| Magnetic poetry and a fun run in Ester This fun 5-kilometer footrace and poetry composition contest took place for the first time Sunday, October 12, 2008, despite a brisk breeze and a thick snowfall. The race started and ended at the new gazebo, looping through west Ester and the Tailings. Contestants were judged on times and literary compositions, with extra credit for costumes. Some t-shirts and sweatshirts from the first year are still available. | | |
| Race Results Race Times: Kids: - #174 - Oliver Rogers, 49:08
- #176 - Stanley Rogers, 51:58 (overall Red Lantern winner)
- #190 - Roger Luick, DNF
Men: - #193 - Glenn Thompson, 25:34
- #181 - Cameron Baird, 27:02
- #191 - Tyler Straub, 31:47
- #194 - Joe Taylor, 33:58
- #184 - David Shaw, 36:58
- #186 - Tobben Spurkland, 43:44
Women: - #178 - Heloise Chenelot, 27:33
- #192 - Ellen Trainor, 29:07
- #188 - Brook Gamble, 30:46
- #185 - Tania Spurkland, 30: 51
- #180 - Becky Baird, 30:59
- #189 - Jann Laiti, 31:08
- #187 - Andrea Chin, 31:20
- #179 - Katie Murra, 31:23
- #183 - Michelle St. Martin, 33:59
- #182 - Suzanne Worker, 34:44
- #177 - Ann Knowlton, DNF
Costumes: - #187 - Andrea "I'd rather be surfing" Chin, first place, for the fastest afro north of Wisconsin
- #188 - Brook Gamble, second place, for a color sense that smacks of fashion makeover
- #179 - Katie Murra, the "Watch out! Blondes are on the run!" Award
Thanks to Beaver Sports, Golden Eagle Saloon, Gold Hill Liquor & Gas, Gulliver's, and Toy Quest for providing drop-off points for registration forms, plus extra thanks to Toy Quest for providing us with numbers for the runners to wear. Joe and Pat Taylor provided beverages and fruit for the runners, Carl and Annette Coulter helped out with registration and magnetic poetry, Jeff Rogers and Ed and Nannette Rouleau provided organizational backbone and support. Thanks, everyone! Hans Mölders was our costume judge, while Jeff Rogers and Ed Rouleau determined times. Marjorie Kowalski Cole, author of Correcting the Landscape and winner of the Bellweather Prize for Literature, was our magnetic poetry judge. Winning pieces will be published in The Ester Republic. | |  | |
| Race Sponsors: - "An Ester Running Family"
- Bad White Dog
Ester-based graphic designer: www.badwhitedog.com - Ester Republic Press
book and newspaper publisher: www.esterrepublic.com - Evergreen Alaska Mortgage
Alaska-based internet mortgage company: www.moneyalaska.com - Harmony Log Works
log home chinking and woodwork: Joe Geiss, 388-4546 - Inua Wool Shoppe
yarns, fleeces, patterns, and needlework classes: www.inuawool.com - Judie Gumm Designs
Ester-based jewelry designer: www.judiegumm.com - McRoy & Blackburn, Publishers
publisher of Alaska-themed fiction: www.alaskafiction.com - Hans Mölders, carpenter
houses, toys, furniture: Hans Mölders, 687-6666 - Tanana Truck & Tractor
dirtwork: Scott Allen, 456-3580 - Tolovana Hot Springs
cabins and hot springs in a remote natural environment: www.tolovanahotsprings.com - Tony's Construction & Remodeling
carpentry and more: Tony Tangermann, 907.460.6657
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