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Lead Stories: Tuesday, December 2, 2008

TFS News Briefs: 10/22/07

Posted October 22nd, 2007 at 1:55 PM by Jimmie R. Markham

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Track & Field, Olympics, TFS News Briefs

Back and Batons: Classical Music Festival to Coincide with Olympic Trials
The Oregon Bach Festival, a two week classical music festival of “choral-orchestral concerts centering on the music and wide-ranging influence of J.S. Bach,” will coincide next year with the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials. OBF executive director John Evans said, “I see this as a long-term investment, with the festival reaching out to a broader state-wide audience year on year, while presenting leading Portland-based artists and ensembles here in years to come.” Read more at: [DailyEmerald.com][Oregon Bach Festival]

Journalist asks “What’s a Runner?”
Journalist Natalie Sayewich (right), a staff writer at the Sun Journal in New Bern, NC struggles with the question, “what’s the difference between someone who runs and a runner?” as she prepares to compete in her first 10k race this coming Saturday. Read more at: [New Bern Sun Journal]

Race for the Cure Weekend
The annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure nationwide event was held this weekend to raise money for and awareness of breast cancer. Check out some of the hundreds of articles on Google News. Read more at: [Google News]
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