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Little Compton runners had a heated run.
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Little Compton runners had a heated
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here for complete race results. They had a heated run. 25-year-old Chase Pizzonia
(below, left) of Brooklyn, NY (left) won the 31st annual Little Compton Road
Race in a tame but spirited 24:06 on a day dominated by heat and humidity and
unrelenting sun. There were no records set Saturday. Christopher Zablocki
(below, center) of Essex, CT took second 14 seconds later, and Providence,
RI's Patrick Moulton rounded out the top three men with a time of 24:29.
Katie DiCamillo
(below, left), Providence, took top women's honors at 26:40 (6th overall).
Katie Twarg (below, center), also of Providence
took second at 30:12 (18th overall, and Tenley
Godfrey of Mysti, CT third with 30:55 (20th overall).
"It was hot and I was really
sweating," said DiCamillo. Old records stand. Dylan Wykes
of Providence and Claudia Camargo of Danbury, CT, previously
set new course records at the 27th Little Compton Road Race.
The Women's
Record (25:45), held for several years by
Marie Davenport, fell in 2007 to Claudia Camargo, a
native of Argentina, clocking a time of 25:30. Prior to Davenport's record, Judi St. Hillaire
held the record since 1982
with her time of 26:14. Temperatures in the 80s with humidity
too match put 500+ runners to the test - beat the heat with measured running
and sprints at the finish line. Top three Westport finishers. Westport's Nick Lydia Gollner (below, left) was Westport's top finisher taking
17th place with a respectable 29:42; Larry Kidney (109) was next at 37:41;
Jim Quinn (113) at 37:45; and perennial runner Sean Leach (below, right)
(114) with one of his better runs at 37:46.
Youngest runner to finish first was Elliot
Howard, 8 years old, (398) of Little Compton with 51:27. And the most senior runner to cross
the finish line first was Jack Howard, 76 years old, (365) of Lincoln at
49:28.
Checking and setting their watches,
the runners are off at the crack of the starter's pistol. The historic
Brownell House is in the background.
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The 50th annual Quaker's "running for the books" got
underway Saturday morning in typical fashion - frenzied buying . And not a spine was unread or a cover left unturned. And so it goes at the mammoth Westport Quaker Book Fair put on by the
Religious Society of Friends
for the last 50 years. From King Lear’s Madness to Mad Magazine, there’s
something for everyone. Tens of thousands of titles in literature, novels,
romance, mystery, science fiction, and fantasy to history, media
personalities, science, education, health, hobbies, gardening, boating,
psychology, religion, self-help, cooking, art, music and large print. "I've been opening the book fair for each of the past 50 years,"
the book fair originator and now official book seller aficionado Kirkaldy said. "I haven't missed a year. It sure has grown over time, though." The large tents, one for fiction, the other for non-fiction had a
circus-like atmosphere with multiple acts in three rings. Tight-knit groups
of people were discussing their individual tastes and rummaging through the
hundreds of books in their favorite section. It wasn’t quite like Filenes'
Bargain Basement on bridal gown day, but in the early goings of opening day
it comes close.
"We schedule our camping trip at the Horseneck Beach Reservation campgrounds
around the book sale," Jon said. "Yah, and we always go to the
church rummage sale at the Point as part of our adventure," Deborah
chimed in. "This is so much fun, so many books, and so many people,"
Jon said. "It's a great day out." "Excuse me," Deborah said. "I have to go back for
another load!" The Quaker's Book fair is one of the area’s oldest, biggest and best
book sales. Thrifty shoppers can expect to find some 20,000 books, ranging
from six-for-a-dollar paperbacks to treasured hardbounds. One lucky browser
snagged a first edition of “Moby-Dick” one year. The success of the Book Fair is in the integrity of the Quakers to avoid
picking the "cream of the crop" of donated books for future sale at
higher prices. "All donated books are collected, stored and made secure until
our annual book fair," Kirkaldy said.
"All titles are sorted and put out on the tables by volunteers, and
nobody, including large book sellers, gets preferential buying or pre-selection
before the book sale." Everybody gets an equal opportunity when the flags are dropped. The collected money, and there is a pile of it, goes to promote the
Quakers charitable causes, the most important of which is to put books back
into circulation at affordable prices. The proceeds are used to maintain the
Quaker property on Main Road and are used for local causes or Quaker causes
chosen by a committee.
All book taken in are sold or dispersed. The Quakers ship any
remaining books overseas or to places they know that could use them, or to paper
recyclers. They start fresh every year. "We will bring the books we buy this year back to next year's
Book Fair, so they can be resold the following year," Deborah said. "These
books are truly a gift that keeps on giving."
One of the biggest, and best, selling categories
is Fiction.
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