Sheila Catherwood
THE RECORD
May 24, 2000

An incredible record breaker has taken place for the 23rd annual Great Walk, with registration at a whopping number of 970 as of Friday, May 20. As usual, the Head Bay Road will be closed from 4:00am to 4:00pm, and will be patrolled by the Tahsis Rangers.

Something new for this year's "tremendous trek" however is the new finish line at Captain Meares School, where the awards ceremonies will also take place. The Great Walk committee realized the previous one at the Rec Centre was too small for the vast amount of participants registered, and felt it would be better to split the event over two buildings.

Once the "prestigious pedestrians" cross the finish line, the Rec Centre facilities will be free for those who wish to eat, shower, sauna, and reclaim their baggage. Normal services in the facility will be suspended for the public on this day.

Another new addition to the event is a bus that will leave Tahsis at 3:30pm for those who do not wish to wait until 10:30pm for the later bus. As in the past, Tahsis and Gold River will have many new and old faces in our Villages on June 3, with participants from as far as Florida and Wisconsin.

JoAnn Grsic
CORRESPONDENT
THE RECORD
May 24, 2000

Tahsis is buzzing with Volunteers preparing for this years 23rd Annual Great Walk. The Riverside Church Ladies have been busy in the Home Ec. room at Captain Meares Elementary

and Secondary School baking approximately two hundred dozen cookies for the Checkpoints. (Okay, give or take a few, it was a tough job but somebody had to test them). With a registration of over nine hundred Great Walkers any donation of healthy snacks would be appreciated. In Tahsis please contact Lion Jo Ann Grsic 934-6535 or in Gold River contact Lion Tom Hartford 283-7114