Miss Delaware 5K walk and run raises funds for charity
On May 4, the Miss Delaware
Scholarship Organization held a
5K Walk/Run for the benefit of
the Supporting K.I.D.D.S. pro-
gram and the Miss Delaware
Scholarship Organization. The
race featured 200 runners and
walkers and raised $5,000 for the
two organizations.
The overall men's winner was
Greg Watson with a time of
17:03; finishing first overall for
the women was Kirsten Walther
with a time of 18:39. Twenty-six
different categories of winners
were recognized in a variety of
age groups. A complete list of
winners and their times is avail-
able at the Miss Delaware pageant
Web sit at <www.missdelaware.
org>.
A part of the race proceeds will
be used in the form of scholarship
assistance made available to
young Delaware women on June
10, when Miss Delaware 2000 is
crowned in Rehoboth Beach. As
part of the Miss America Organi-
zation, the Miss Delaware Schol-
arship Organization is part of the
largest single source of women's
scholarships in the world. Last
year alone, the Miss America Or-
ganization made available over
$32 million in scholarship money
to deserving young women.
Proceeds will also be donated
to the Supporting KTD.D.S. pro-
gram. This is a nonprofit agency
that provides support for children
involved in death, divorce or sep-
aration. The program provides a
safe and caring environment for
children and teenagers facing a
significant loss. Proceeds raised
will be used to purchase books,
videos, games and activities that
benefit grieving children.
The 5K Walk/Run was organ-
ized by Kama Boland, the reign-
ing Miss Delaware 1999, and
Jody Kelly, Miss Delaware 1998.
Each year, the current Miss
Delaware, along with the previ-
ous year's winner, organizes a
benefit race to support the Miss
Delaware Scholarship Organiza-
tion and the charity of her choice.
+'As a volunteer for Supporting
K.I.D.D.S. over the past four
years, I have watched the count-
less children who are going
through the most trying times of
their lives, greatly benefit from
the support group setting,"
Boland said. "With over 200 run-
ners and dozens of volunteers at
the event, it was exciting for me
to see so many people supporting
a program I really believe in."
For more information, contact
Boland at 302-234-9808.
Submitted photo
Shown (l-r) race sponsor Craig Whitten, owner of Whitten's
Fine Jewelry; race organizer Miss Delaware 1999, Kama
Boland; men's overall race winner Greg Watson.
Brinckmeyer named
to high Lions post
Lion Jack Brinckmeyer of the
Rehoboth
Beach Lions
Club was re-
cently elected
vice district
governor of
District 22D
at the multiple
district con-
ference in
BRINCKMEYER
Ocean City,
Md. on June 3. Lion Brinckmeyer
will serve under governor Lion
Debbie Thompson of the Glas-
gow Club.
He will move into the gover-
P.O. Box 406, Rehoboth Beach
DE 19971.
Also, the Midway Lions Club
offers wheelchairs, walkers and
crutches to lend out to •those in
need by calling 645-7429. If any-
one has any of these items that are
no longer needed, the Lions will
put them to good use.
The Midway Lions, who meet
for a noon luncheon the first and
third Mondays of the month at the
Lamp Post Restaurant, are hold-
ing a yard and bake sale from 8
a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, June 10,
on the green in the south area of
Midway Shopping Center. All
proceeds go to the blind and other
local organizations.
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a daily meal, annual physical and
transportation costs.
As volunteers, foster grandpar-
ents serve at schools, Head Start
and day care centers, mental
health facilities, juvenile deten-
tion centers, orthopedic units and
residential/nonresidential treat-
ment centers and shelters for
abused and neglected children.
For more information, call 856-
5262.
Marine archaeology
group sets talent search
The Delaware Marine Archae-
ology Society will hold a talent
search for individuals with abili-
ties in the following areas: at-
norship in 2001-02. Foster grandparent chaeology, ...... history, artifact con-
servatlon, arcnlvai research, puo-
volunteers needed lic speaking, information sys-
Mid.way Lions offer child
The Foster Grandparent Pro- terns, scuba diving, marine opera-
eyestght testing at center gram (FGP) is seeking low-in- tions, seamanship, communica-
The Midway Lions Club is of- come senior volunteers, 60 and tions, logistics, remote sensing,
fering MTI PhotoScreener, an in- older, to work with children with biology, microbiology, paleontol-
novative vision testing procedure special needs, ogy, pathology, art, foreign lan-
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usually by age five, and when the
child is old enough to read an eye
chart, it may be too late.
Now there's a solution. Using
Polaroid technology, the MTI
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photograph of a child's eyes,
safely and painlessly, without di-
lation.
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minutes and can be done at a
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For more information, call 537-
5334.
Selbyville library plans
summer youth program
A wide variety of summer ac-
tivities for Seibyville youth will
begin when a representative from
the NASA visitor center at Wal-
lops Flight Facility brings their
living in space demonstration to
the Selbyville Public Library at 3
p.m., Tuesday, June 20.
The summer reading program
starts the week of June 19 and
participants will meet each week
from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m., Thurs-
1re redeemable for prizes through-
out the summer.
Kids of all ages are invited to
take part.
A favorite annual activity, the
murder mystery, will take place
from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Monday,
July 17, and a special Game Night
will be instituted from 6:30 to
7:30 Monday nights from June 26
to July 31.
Other special programs will are
scheduled for the summer
months, including backgammon,
storytellers and visits from repre-
sentatives of various organiza-
tions, including the SPCA.
For more information, call the
library at 436-8195.
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