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Monday, Memorial Day, felt like a Sunday. We missed the parade in Bemus Point, alas, preferring to hang out at home and enjoy the sunny day. We treated it as a Sunday, a day of 'large leisure.' While Evie basked for a good part of the day on the dock, I found some mojo and packed my bike in the Pilot and drove over to Bemus. I took my usual ride, from the bridge to Bemus, down Lakeside Drive to Long Point Park, then through the park to Long Point's tip, then home. It's about an hour ride and it felt good to be back on my bike. When I got home, I joined Evie for an hour on the dock, reading and to my surprise, getting some sunburn.
Evie went in around 2:30, to shower and get ready for dinner at the Viking Club. When we got there, the parking lot was almost full as at least 400 members took advantage of the barbecue chicken dinner. For ten bucks, we got a half of chicken, macaroni salad, potato salad, cole slaw, beans, roll, and dessert.
Selfie At Viking Club |
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Photo By Our Neighbor, Joe |
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I am not too excited about my morning because I am getting a root canal at 9:30 in Jamestown, the prequel to getting a new crown. I should have been a dentist.
Finally, I am including a picture and article about our Grandson Tyler's 'very good friend, ' Helen. She spent a couple of days with us at the lake two years ago and impressed us with her dedication, running 9-10 miles every day she was here. We thought she was a 'wonder woman.' Obviously, she is!
Helen, Running For Dartmouth College |
When the bell rang for the final lap of the first of two quarterfinals of the women’s 1,500-meter run at the NCAA East Preliminaries, Dartmouth senior Helen Schlachtenhaufen was sitting in fifth place, the last automatic qualifying position. Little did the rest of the field know what she had left.
From there she covered the final lap in 64.25 seconds, leaving everyone else in her wake, as she clocked the fastest time by an Ivy Leaguer (4:11.15) in the event in 27 years. The only woman to ever run faster was Cornell’s Stephanie Best, who ran 4:09.85 to take third at the 1990 NCAAs.
Not only did Schlachtenhaufen’s time hold up as the fastest time in the East, it was also far better than anyone ran in the West as well. Helen will be in Eugene, Oregon for most of Dartmouth's graduation weekend competing in the NCAA finals.
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