1. Friends and running partners Lisa Roe, 44, of Angola
and Susan Allshouse, 36,
of Orland both finished the
marathon last year, but quickly
found themselves swept up
in the chaos that followed the
twin explosions near the finish
line. Bostonians and much of
the nation watched in shock
as images of once-celebratory
crowds gave way to footage of
bloodied pavement, scattered
bodies and fleeing runners and
spectators.
But the race will go on this
year, albeit with heightened
security.
“I’m a little bit nervous,
but I’m not going to let them
scare me off – you can’t let
[terrorists] dictate. I’m going
to go, and I’m going to run,”
Roe said.
This year they plan to
run the April 21 race as their
husbands and a handful of
friends cheer them on from
the sidelines, but they won’t
be taking their children along
this time.
“I just think it would be
better to leave the kids at
home,” Allshouse said.
The day of the run
One year ago this week, they arrived in Boston after
months of training. The night before the race, Roe said she
ate the same dinner she always does before a marathon:
three breadsticks and a large bowl of spaghetti, chased
by water and two cans of Coors Lite (for extra carbs,
she said). In the morning, she had oatmeal, a bagel and
a couple of bananas before heading off to the starting
line. The weather was great for a run: partly cloudy with
temperatures in the high 40s.
“It was a beautiful day, the weather was perfect,” she
said.
But leg cramps brought her to a halt near the halfway
mark. She had not trained for the downhill grade, which
put an extra strain on runners’ quadriceps. Stopping at a
FACING
THEIR
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Area runners to compete
again in Boston Marathon
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Merry Lea to host
birding weekend
Merry Lea Environmental Learning
Center of Goshen College’s Midwest
Bird Expedition will be April 25-27 at
the Merry Lea campus near Wolf Lake.
The expedition usually travels out of
state, but the location this year offers
more time for birding and ornithology
instruction, as well as the chance to
participate in Merry Lea’s bird-banding
research.
The 1,189-acre nature center includes
diverse ecosystems from fens to shrub
carr to oak savanna.
Merry Lea participates in the
Monitoring Avian Productivity and
Survivorship program, a continent-wide
effort to monitor bird demographics. The
program is organized by the Institute for
Bird Demographics.
This year’s expedition partici-
pants will have the chance to join the
bird-banding team and experience
holding live birds in their hands or
taking close-up photos of captured birds.
Merry Lea bird-banding program
chief Dr. Lisa Zinn will co-lead the
weekend with Paul McAfee, a lifelong
birder and bird photographer. Zinn
hopes to show participants cerulean
warblers, a species with a declining
population, but which nests at Merry
Lea.
The group also will travel to other
birding “hot spots” in the region,
including Eagle Marsh near Fort Wayne
and Pisgah Marsh near Pierceton.
The registration fee of $225 includes
lodging art Merry Lea’s Reith Village,
guiding and five meals. One meal is
at the participant’s expense at a local
restaurant.
To register, email jenniferhs@
goshen.edu, find a registration form at
merrylea.goshen.edu, or call 799-5869.
Registrations are due by Tuesday.
Magic Squares dances
held twice monthly
Magic Squares holds dances at the
YMCA, 500 E. Harcourt Road, Angola,
on the second and fourth Fridays. Early
rounds are at 7:30 p.m. and squares and
rounds are 8-10 p.m.
Upcoming dances are April 25
(1950s dance), May 9 (pie walk), (no
dance Memorial Day weekend), June 13
(root beer and strawberry floats), June
27 (hors d’oeuvres), July 11 (Hawaiian
luau) and July 25 (homemade ice
cream).
The club callers are Dick and
Mary Lou Duckham. Contact them at
269-781-5914 or Caller4sq@aol.com.
Club cuers are Sonja and Alvin
Miller. Contact them at 517-765-2068 or
dancingcouple56@yahoo.com.
Presidents are Will and Pat Iler.
Contact them at 665-6401 or pat@iler.
com.
Vice presidents are Lynn Routsong
(210-264-5231) and Barb Rose
(665-2480).
Secretary/treasurers are Alyce
Hughes (475-5569) and Karen Hughes
(475-5559).
JA of Noble County
Spring Fling April 25
Junior Achievement serving Noble
County will host a Spring Fling April
25, from 7-9:30 p.m. at Cobblestone
Golf Course and Event Center, 2702
Cobblestone Lane, Kendallville.
A silent auction, giveaways with a
cash bar, light hors d’oeuvres and a wine
and beer tasting will be offered.
Ticket sales benefit Junior Achieve-
ment programs in Noble County schools.
To purchase a ticket, call Jana Miller
at 894-3459 or email at jana.miller@
lakecitybank.com.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Running partners and friends Susan
Allshouse (left) and Lisa Roe sport
the jerseys they wore in the 2013
Boston Marathon that was bombed.
They plan to return April 21 to run in
the 2014 race.
O N E Y E A R A N N I V E R S A R Y
“I’m a little bit nervous,
but I’m not going to let
them scare me off – you
can’t let [terrorists]
dictate. I’m going to go,
and I’m going to run.”
Lisa Roe
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“I think going back is
something to show them
that they didn’t win, and
that we will carry on
and continue the race no
matter what. You can’t
keep us down because
we’ll just get back up.”
Susan Allshouse
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T
he bomb blast that killed three
and injured hundreds at the
2013 Boston Marathon missed
two local runners by a matter
of minutes, and although they both intend
to run it again this year, they admit to
feeling some jitters.
BY JOEL ELLIOTT
jelliott@kpcnews.com
In this April 15, 2013, file photo,
medical workers aid injured people
near the finish line of the 2013
Boston Marathon following two
bomb explosions in Boston. In the
course of a year, limbs have been
replaced, psyches soothed, the
wounds sustained in a moment at
the marathon’s finish line have at
least begun to heal. At the same
time, a city shaken by an act of
terrorism has returned to its usual
rhythms — sadder, but some say
stronger, as well.
BOSTON MARATHON:
Susan Allshouse
trains near the
Angola YMCA in
preparation for
the 2014 Boston
Marathon.
JOEL ELLIOTT
AP