5K run supports disaster relief operations

PHOTO BY JOHN ZORNOW

Kimberly Law clocks in with a time of 19:39 seconds to place first in the female category at the fourth annual Market Alternatives Run For The Red 5K.

NEWARK - The fourth annual Market Alternatives Run For The Red 5K was held Saturday, June 13 in Newark. Over 100 runners completed the 3.1-mile course through the village.

Matthew Roberts, of Henrietta, was the overall winner of the event with a time of 17:33. Kimberly Law, of Newark, was the overall female winner with a time of 19:39.

Participants ranged in age from 73-year-old Dawn Wilcox, of North Rose, to 6-year-old McKinley Miller, of Newark.

Funds raised from the event will be used to support the local Wayne County Disaster Relief Fund. The fund is used to provide emergency food, clothing, shelter, medications and mental health counseling to hundreds of Wayne County residents each year who have been affected by fires, floods and other man-made and natural disasters.

The American Red Cross would like to thank the following sponsors: Larry DePauw and Market Alternatives, LLC, Colacino Electric, Kreher's Farm Fresh Eggs, Legendary Auto Interiors LTD, Nesbitt & Williams, Hunt's Family Flooring, , Sinicropi & Healy LLP, George Denniston Allstate Agency, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, M.J.B. Enterprises, Do-All Home Services LLC, Zappia Vending, Village of Newark, Newark Fire Police, Newark Police Department, Dr. Rus Jeffrey, Newark Ambulance, Newark Fire Department, Alex Eligh Community Center, Newark Public Library, The Newark VFW, Antonio's Pizza, DeVito's Barbershop, The Tire Rack, Erie Falcon Golf Club, Bee Tee's Drive In, Save A Lot, Taranwould Golf Course, Showplace 6, Doug Kent's Rose Bowl Lanes, East Newark Grill, South Of The Boarder, Mark's Pizza, Parker's Grill & Tap Room, and Great Wall Chinese Buffet, Tracy Clingerman, Michael Miller, Kurt Wertz, Stan Weller, Dr. Fred Hicks, Chief Dave Christler, John Clingerman and the volunteers of the Wayne County Chapter of the American Red Cross.

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