Proudly Serving Those Who Served
P. O. Box 303, 3836 Teays Valley Road
Hurricane, WV 25526, U.S.A.
304-757-9766
VFW Post #9097 Holds First-Ever Cruzin Cooler Race during Labor Day Cookout
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Sunday, September 2, 2007
On Sunday afternoon, September 2nd, VFW Mountaineer Post # 9097 in Hurricane held their annual Labor Day Cookout. Besides the excellent food, the highlight of the day's event was the First-Ever Cruzin Cooler Race. In the first photo, (below) The Course Director (BJ) gives instructions to the riders (Gary Walton on blue cooler, and Post Jr. Vice Commander Ed Jividen on the black cooler)
In the second photo,
The race begins (The intimidator, Ed Jividen) tried to break away from the pack
(of two) in an effort to claim the early lead.
By the first turn of the first lap, Jividen had already claimed the lead
(primarily because someone - unknown, of course to Ed - had let most of the air
out of Walton's front tire substantially modifying the outcome of the
race.
By
the end of the first lap, Walton was coming in a distant second.
After
the race, Ed Jividen and Gary Walton were congratulated by Sr. Vice Commander
Raymond Lewis.
The Post hosted visitors, about 10 Veterans from the
Barboursville Veterans Home attended the cookout and enjoyed the hospitality
of Post 9097
In
the photo (left) former Post Commander Doc Garnes visits with some of the
veterans from the Barboursville home
Children
of
VFW Member Gary Lewis enjoy some time on the Cruzin Coolers after the
main event race.
and the food was excellent and there was enough to surely feed an army.
One of the largest crowds in memory turned out the enjoy the Sunday afternoon at
Hurricane's VFW Post #9097.
For further information, please contact Commander Bill Lambert at 304-757-9766
-0-