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Revitalized Peach Festival saw 'great support'
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(left to right) Lisa Bayuk, Mr. Peach and Shelly Gingras enjoyed the 24th annual Peach Festival.
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By Courtney Llewellyn
Reminder Assistant Editor
WILBRAHAM The 24th Annual Peach Festival "the festival that almost wasn't," according to Jennifer Nowak, financial vice president of the Wilbraham Community Association was a great success last weekend, with more than 30,000 visitors stopping by.
"The community really pulled through," Nowak said. "They showed that they really do want this festival."
The Peach Festival was in danger of becoming extinct earlier this year because of a lack of interested volunteers. A large group of new volunteers came together early this spring to ensure the town's yearly harvesting celebration didn't fade away.
"We had great support," Nowak said. And, even though it rained Friday evening, she said the rest of the weekend was "gorgeous."
Although overall attendance was a bit lower this year, individual events grew in popularity. The pancake breakfast served over 1,000 hungry visitors and the road race had 218 runners participate up from approximately 160 last year.
"And the fireworks were fabulous," Nowak noted.
Peach Fest Road Race 2008 Results Top 50
1. Mike Sullivan (27:54)
2. Brian Nelson (27:57)
3. Patrick Regan (28:30)
4. Marco Ianello (28:35)
5. Bob Landry (28:43)
6. Michael Weisse (29:18)
7. Richard Sobey (29:28)
8. Josh Hummel (29:44)
9. Charlie Muse (29:47)
10. Brian McCormick (30:45)
11. Celio Hernandez
12. Cody Hodgins
13. Dan Surdyka
14. Nicky Hummel
15. Craig McCarl
16. Aleksandr Godlew
17. Robert Morton
18. Alex Bandoski
19. Joe Fois
20. Dan McNair
21. Mark Degrandpre
22. Eric Figueredo
23. David Rau
24. Sam Pierangelo
25. Gary Kratovil
26. Joel Boucher
27. John Birmingham
28. Catherine Ianello
29. Sam Marcotte
30. Shane Hogan
31. Meaghan Roy
32. Sara Pragluski
33. Joe McCormick
34. Connor Mooney
35. Paul Huijing
36. Nathan Larkin
37. Nick Manolakis
38. Danielle Meunier
39. Sean McBronth
40. Leo Coughlin
41. Jill Herrick
42. Jill Liston
43. Bart Lipkens
44. Sam Hurley
45. Sashi McKay
46. Keith Kennedy
47. Timothy Londo
48. Molly Brunelle
49. Gerry Kane
50. Kathleen Woytowicz
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