“This not a clubby, exclusive group,” Marks said. “It’s great to attract people from out-of-town to your events, and we do that,” she said, “but our main focus has always been the people who live here, helping them run and walk and get fit from week to week.” “You need to build something that’s there for people week after week.” “We wanted to make running part of the culture here, and you can’t do that if you just have a few events a year,” said Sharon Marks, longtime board member. They have organized running clubs in all high schools.
Each board member directs at least one event. More than 1,000 people – including more than 400 kids – participate each year.Īfter 20 years, the club is still volunteer-run. Parkersburg’s River City Runners and Walkers Club offers more more than 30 events a year, including national award-winning beginners’ clinics. “We want the kids to learn to love running and associate it with a good time and good health.” Photo courtesy Mark Cucuzzella “The kids events are mostly for fun,” said Dr. Gaetz, who is under investigation for possible sex trafficking, faces two GOP challengers Tuesday in his bid for reelection.When the Shepherdstown adult runners have a run for grownups, they often pair it with a kids’ event. Meanwhile, Florida Republicans will decide whether they want to keep embattled Rep.The race has, at times, also turned nasty and revealed simmering fissures among Florida Democrats. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.), a former governor and congressman, faces State Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in their party’s primary to win the chance to unseat DeSantis. In Florida, Democrats face their first test in a bid to defeat Republican Gov.And Jones is now running for a rare open seat in New York’s 10th, but he’s facing a crowded field. Alessandra Biaggi, a liberal Democrat who has the backing of Rep. As a result, he was challenged by state Sen. Mondaire Jones, into running for a seat in another district. Maloney - no relation to Carolyn Maloney - faced strong pushback from more liberal Democrats this year after he pushed fellow Democrat, Rep.
Sean Patrick Maloney, the head of the House Democrats’ campaign arm, who is mounting a bid for New York’s 17th District.
Another contestant in the race is 38-year-old lawyer Suraj Patel - the only one who has expressed support for a Biden 2024 reelection bid. Both septuagenarians have been in Congress for 30 years and while the two had the chance to move districts, neither did. The clash between the two committee chairs - Nadler heads the House Judiciary Committee, and Maloney chairs the Oversight Committee - has gotten ugly at times. Nadler and Maloney were forced to run against each other after a redistricted map combined their once-neighboring seats on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and Upper West Side, respectively, into one district. Maloney and Jerrold Nadler face each other in the race for the 12th District. In New York, longtime allies and Democratic Reps.
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