THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, September 30, 1994 TAG: 9409280120
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 03 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 38 lines
A relay at Portside lasting 24 hours - from 10 a.m. Saturday to 10 a.m. Sunday - to benefit Easter Seals raised $21,500.73.
Teams of 20 participants took turns walking, running or rolling their wheelchairs on a track in a continuous relay fashion, with each person completing one mile from eight to 12 times during the 24-hour period.
When they were not on the relay course, teams competed in volleyball, a mini Olympics and a Trivial Pursuit tournament. Other events included a team fashion show at 9 p.m., movies at 10 p.m., ghost stories at midnight, Pictionary at 1 a.m. and poker for peanuts at 2 a.m. A sunrise worship service was held at 7 a.m. Sunday, followed by breakfast at 8 a.m.
Participating teams included Continental Airlines; Eagle 97.3; Hampton Roads Easter Seal Board of Directors; Decker, Cardon, Thomas, Weintraub; Tabb Titans; Century 21 Brokers Council; Century 21 Greg Garrett; L.P. Phillips International; Mary Kay Cosmetics; Social Security Administration; Med-Systems and SIMA NAB. ILLUSTRATION: Photos by GARY C. KNAPP
Dean Burgess entertains the walkers in the Easter Seal relay with
ghost stories as they pass by the cemetery on High Street.
At the end of the 24-hour Easter Seal relay are, from left: Cindy
Mogenstern, Kathy Mallery, David Carpenter and Dave Hance.
Walkers took a break by playing a board game. Ray Rogers and
Michelle Stout played on the same team in Trivial Pursuit.
by CNB