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Participants in the first MLK Dream Run take off from Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
and Alberta for a Sunday race that embraced the diversity o f north and northeast Portland.
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Dream Run Success
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Inaugural MLK race draws 250 people
L ee P erlman
tim e N ike executive G eo ff H ollister,
T he P ortland O bserver
for w hom the 15 k ilo m eter race w as
M ore than 250 people got in som e n a m e d . C o u n ty C o m m is s io n e r
early exercise as they gathered at
7:30 a.m . Sunday to kick -o ff the first
annual M L K D ream R un sponsored
by the N o rth -N o rth east B usiness
A s s o c ia tio n to c e le b r a te th e
m u ltic u ltu ra l n e ig h b o rh o o d s in
north and northeast Portland.
T h e runners co v ered courses o f
five, 10 and 15 kilom eters through 11
n e ig h b o rh o o d s. T h e tim e re p re ­
sented a co m p ro m ise w ith the c ity ’s
transportation bureau. O rganizers,
in clu d in g H enry V E v en ts, had
w anted to race on S aturday to avoid
interfering w ith Sunday church ser­
v ic e s . T h e e a rly S u n d a y s ta rt
av o id ed conflicts, and as it h a p ­
pened, spared co m p etito rs heat that
reached 94 degrees later in the day.
S o m e 150 v o lu n teers assisted
w ith the event. E m m anuel T em ple
B ishopG .T . W ells provided a prayer
fo r the sendoff, and a song from
Jo sep h Lee W en. T he top m en and
w om en finishers received their prizes
from Lurleen S ham sud-D in o f the
b u sin ess group and C ity C o m m is­
sio n er A m anda Fritz.
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S ham sud-D in w as a stand-in for
N N E B A ch airJo iceT ay lo r, w ho was
ill o n ev en t day.
Jo ice has done so m uch for this
c o m m u n ity ,” Fritz said.
A lso on hand w ere D ante Jam es,
the new ly hired ex ecu tiv e directo r
o f the P ortland O ffice o f E quity, and
W endy H ollister, w idow o f long-
finisher in 16:38. M arisa Shoem aker
w as the overall w inner for the 10 K
ev en t in 32.21, w hile D an Franek
w as the top m ale fin ish er in 37.21.
T he 15 K w inners w ere L aw rence
Jordan Welling was the top male finisher and Larisa Manuel the
top female racer in the inaugural MLK Dream Run. The Sunday
morning event drew more than 250 people.
L oretta Sm ith gave out the five kilo­
m eter aw ards.
Jordan W elling w on the 5 K event
in 15 m inutes and 15 seconds, w hile
L arisa M anuel w as the top w om an
M errifield in 5 6 .0 0 and Hallie Janssen
in 57.57.
Franek, a local resident, said he
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