We TOLD you our Cecil Park/Montour Trail event was fun. It was an absolutely beautiful day and the faces reflect the happy spirit.

Of course, $600 in prizes, a full ditty bag for entrants, great food and beverages of your choice for both runners and walkers are some of the reasons the race was such a success. This photo presentation appears in your newsletter for the first time. Many thanks to our amateur photographers: Debbie Dillis, John Hooton, John Wasco and Ned Williams. Let us know if you like the idea and we'll try it again on occasion.

Our sponsors over at Burgh's have been busy acquiring and implementing a new restaurant computer system at press time, so we don't have a final Race fundraising figure to announce just yet. However, Tom Daily, one of the partners, did say to our Trail's Board, "We'll be very close to meeting our $15,000 target." A sure sign of continuing success compared to $12,000 last year and $6,000 two years ago, the first year of Burgh's Run/Walk.

Again, we repeat the increasingly significant role these private events play in the funding of your Trail. Every week we read in the public press about the financial problems the federal and state budgets face. Grants are hard to come by for Trail development and equipment purchase. Thanks to people like the Daily brothers, owners of Burgh's Pizza and Wing Pub in Bridgeville and other public and individual donors we can progress. Renew your membership or join if you are not a current member. Keep it up and help us more if you can.

- John Hooton