Manitoulin Island runner takes first place honours in Ramsey Tour race
SUDBURY—Manitoulin Island runner Kaitlyn (Tallman) Toohey, finished in first place in the 2016 Ramsey Tour half-marathon.
Ms. (Tallman) Toohey, a Manitoulin Island native and former Villanova Wildcats (NCAA) cross-country athlete took first place in the event, which organizers said will likely go down as the closest across the board in the history of the race.
Ms. (Tallman) Toohey won the race with a time of 1:22:32, just one second ahead of Megan Kuikman of Minesing.
There was also a second Manitoulin athlete entered, who placed fourth in the race. Sixteen-year-old James Scott posted a time of 1:31:24 to finish in fourth spot among the 44 runners who completed the 21 kilometre course.
Roger Nash releases new book at Harbour Centre October 2
GORE BAY—Fans of Canadian poet and storyteller Roger Nash will have a chance to hear some of his most recent work and pick up a signed copy of the new book at Gore Bay Harbour Centre on Sunday, October 2nd at 2 pm. The publication entitled ZigZags comes courtesy of Black Moss literary press based in Windsor.
Manitoulin residents have enjoyed Mr. Nash’s unique perspectives and memorable verse several times in recent years. The current professor emeritus at Laurentian University is a past president of the League of Canadian Poets and served as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Sudbury. Some of his awards include the Pen/O. Henry Prize Story, the Canadian Jewish Book Award, the Confederation Poets Award (twice) as well as first prizes from Prism International and Fiddlehead contests.
The book launch is hosted by the Gore Bay Museum.
