As you've may have already heard, Jeanne's mother, uncle, aunt and cousin have all lost their homes in the fire Saturday at the Oak Ridge Mobile Home Park. They escaped with just the clothes on their backs. As a member of the Blues we are asking you to donate $10.00 (or more) so that they can purchase clothes and other necessities until their insurance kicks in.
Sunday, November 23rd is the 10 mile time trial run. There will again be six water stops for the 10 mile course. And five miles of that will actually be the first five miles of the Half Marathon. But we start up the hill a mile away from the actual start at the Zoo. Same course as last year. No changes in the 10 miler or the actual Half Marathon. Sadly, that is the Sunday, four days before Thanksgiving, so some may be away. But it is the perfect time on the training schedule.
Directions:
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Take the 101 to the 134 West |
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Exit at Victory Blvd and turn right |
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Turn right on Zoo Drive toward Travel Town |
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Park on Zoo Drive. |
Note: The club is meeting with the City of Angels training group for this run. Look for the green awning, with the blue City Of Angels large banner across the front of it.
Duffy has hit the mother lode and could use our assistance.
On Friday, December 12th at 8:30 AM, he is going to pick up
1000 bags from A.C. Stelle Middle
School, 22450 Mulholland Hwy. in Calabasas and take them to the Public Storage
facility at Balboa and Roscoe where he will have a garage ready.
He will need:
- Anyone with a truck who can get free that Friday morning to help transport
bags.
- 4 or 5 people at the Public Storage to help unload and stack bags.
Let Duffy or Stan (sblock@socal.rr.com) know if you can help.
Here's hoping for a rapid recovery for Judith Miller, who broke her arm in a fall at the the NBB campout.
Our thanks go to Nancy and Larry Dervin for their very generously donation of $700 to the NBB Cross-Country Fund from the proceeds of the Valley Crest Half Marathon.
Dear Bulldog Volunteers,
I wanted to share the Runner's Comments with you all. Please use the link to
view the comments on the race website. Your help at Bulldog on August 23 was
invaluable to the runners. Your generosity of time and talent touched them
all. It would not be possible to put on trail races such as the Valley Crest or
Bulldog Runs without your help. Thank you, thank you all so much. Here is the
link to the comments... enjoy!
http://www.trailrunevents.com/bd/2008-runner-comments.htm
Happy Trails, Nancy
http://www.trailrunevents.com
| 1 | Clue Renslow | 1:43 |
| 2 | Mike Kukuchka | 2:08 |
| 3 | Zach Rayman | 2:14 |
| 4 | Ellen Kukuchka | 2:15 |
| 5 | Vic Cohen | 2:32 |
| 6 | Pauline Freeland | 3:00 |
| 7 | Deb Clem | 3:15 |
| 8 | Helga Jessen | 3:23 |
The fees for membership in the New Basin Blues are:
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$30 for single membership |
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$50 for a family |
Mail to:
New Basin Blues
P.O. Box 280502
Northridge, CA 91328
We have been entered as a team for the Pasadena Marathon on November 16th. Please post the following on the website. Note that there is no discount for teams this year but members should still sign-up as a 'Team registration" for the New Basin Blues Running Club. If we get 10 members to sign-up, they will put our club logo on the race website and we may qualify for other benefits.
Quick reminder that registration fees will be going up on June 1st!
The group with the most participants will receive the following:
· A tent near the start/finish line for the exclusive use of the team’s participants. The size of the tent will depend on the number of participants registered for the event.
· The team’s logo with a link to the team’s website on the Pasadena Marathon home page
· Recognition on Pasadena Marathon website beyond the first year
· Recognition throughout the event as the largest team present
· Separate goody bag pick up table at Expo for faster processing
· Two invitations to Pasadena Forward’s Black & White Gala, on December 6th, 2008, where the team will be recognized for their participation
To be considered a “group”:
· Group representative must register the group name in the registration process. To do so follow these steps;
o From the Pasadena Marathon website select the “Register Today” button at the top of the home page
o Once in the registration page select the “Team Captains – Create Your Team” button
o Follow the prompts and ensure that your “team” has been created
· A minimum of ten people must select your team name when registering for an event. This is of no additional cost, and they can choose to represent your team through any event (marathon, half-marathon, bike tour, 5k, and fun run/walk).
· e-mail the team’s representative contact information to Israel@pasadenaforward.org, and the team’s logo in an EPS format to li@pasadenamarathon.org
This one was seen between Mulholland and the gate at Vanalden.
Hello my friends,
Hope all is well with you.
I don’t know what happened to the last two months but they seemed to have been in high-speed. I guess working full time, going to school half-time and remodeling my master bath has a habit of putting us in time-warp speed!
Anyways, I apologize for the late news but Paul and I got engaged on Christmas Day! We are very excited about sharing our lives together. We plan to get hitched in the summer time in a very small intimate wedding with family. Our families are delighted with the impending reunion.
Hope to talk to you soon.
Love,
Teresa
The following were winners at the annual NBB Awards Banquet held on 2/2/08 at the DeAnza Park Rec Center:
| Humanitarian Award | Lynn & Duffy Walton |
| Best of the Blues Award | Jean & Stan Block |
| Phil Clarke Award | Vic Cohen |
| Most Improved Male Runner | Steve Matsuda |
| Most Improved Femal Runner | Diana Rush |
1/26/08
The Blues Hotline Number is 818/845-5711
The fees for membership in the New Basin Blues are:
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$30 for single membership |
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$50 for a family |
Mail to:
New Basin Blues
P.O. Box 280502
Northridge, CA 91328
As a reminder, dues are due in June.
