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About 40 runners turned out Saturday to race in the annual Juneau Family Health and Birth Center’s Labor Day weekend Fun Run.<\/p>\n
The birth center’s staff and volunteers cheered on participants as they either ran the 1-mile or 5-mile course from the Salmon Creek hill to the Power House and back.<\/p>\n
The race raised more than $600 for the center, which supports prenatal, birth and postnatal care to women and families throughout Southeast Alaska.<\/p>\n
Ida Meyer, 10, won the mile race, with a time of 7:06. Jeff Gnass, 71, was hot on her heels, and came in second place, with a time of 7:58. For the 5-mile race, the top five finishers were: Hiram Henry, 43, 34.44; Justin Dorn, 34, 35.11; Drew Stafford, 25, 36.20; Jim Ustasiewski, 54, 37.57; and Bethany Gollin, 24, 38.32.<\/p>\n
Birth Center Director Madi Nolan Grimes thanked all who donated their time, energy and funds to make the fun run a successful event, including: Paul DeSloover and Juneau Trail and Road Runners (formerly Southeast Alaska Road Runners) for lending race supplies, Shawn Miller for operating the race timing equipment, Costco for healthy post-race snacks, and Birth Center staff and volunteers Christine Johnson, Paige and Tell Spragg, Johanna Crossett, Derrick Grimes, David Ottoson, Bob Bartholomew, Rob Steedle, and Jetta Whittaker.<\/p>\n
Juneau Family Health and Birth Center is soon hosting another event to support the donated health care fun: a gourmet dinner at Salt prepared by 2017 Seafood King Lionel Uddipa. To find out more about the dinner or services offered by the birth center, call 586-1203 or visit www.juneaubirthcenter.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"