We would like to send special thanks to the following people for making thethe funnest race in greater Cincinnati:

Residents of Mt. Lookout and Hyde Park, particularly those who live along the Reggae Run course;

Members of the Cincinnati Park Board;

District 2 police and park police;

Roger Bacon High School, especially the ever-faithful cross country teams and their coach, Dave Feichtner, who did a bang-up job on cleaning up after the race;

Jim and Barb Olberding for flying in from Kansas for their first Reggae Run, giving us near-perfect attendance for the Olberding clan;

Cyril Bieger, Bill and Minalee Dresmann, the Schmitgens and the entire Korn family for coming in from points North, South, East and West and making this such a fun Dresmann reunion;

Don and Carol Connolly for serving as race directors;

The set-up and clean-up crews - too numerable to list - whose untiring efforts carried them from early in the day to the wee hours of the morning;

Bob Conrad, Cheryl Dresmann, Minalee Dresmann, Christopher Barker and Allison Born for taking the great photos which appear on these pages;

Kevin Ansberry (you're awesome!);

The Beach Waterpark for providing wrist bands, grills, chafing dishes, cooking utensils, plastic ware, etc. - and Doug Martin for coordinating it all;

Kay Hipskind and her super group of Mt. Notre Dame High School volunteers for helping with the balloons and distributing water;

Everyone who solicited for financial and in-kind contributions, particularly Bernie Bacevich, Joe Chism, Bob Dresmann, Don Dresmann, Ken Krusling and John Thorp;

Sue Bacevich for being of great assistance in coordinating the volunteers - a job which seems to get bigger every year;

George Rohde of the Basco Company for allowing us to use his deluxe grill to cook all of the hot dogs, metts and brats;

Cheryl Dresmann, Joyce Rademacher, Shirin Dastur-Simmons, Linda St. Clair and Carl Bleh for browning meat for the Olberding chili;

Jean Cox, Cheryl Dresmann, Nancy Dresmann, Kathy Finger, Peggy McDannold, Lorna Rechtin, and Mary Weibel for making all of those healthy salads;

The many cookie and brownie makers;

Elaine Binder, Don and Cheryl Dresmann, Mary Jo Kiffmeyer, Roger and Ruth Klug, and Joyce Roell for helping with registration at Bob Roncker's;

Kevin Ansberry, Cyril Bieger, Ralph Cammett, Jason Covalcine, Dan Fiehrer, Karl Gerhart, Bruce Gibson, Al Goldschmidt, Darrell Kohx, Ken Krusling, Doug Martin, Scott Overstreet, Sam Vogelsang and Tony Willman for running all over town for pick-ups and deliveries;

Ken and Mary Ann Krusling and Roger and Ruth Klug for their registration trouble-shooting;

Employees of the American Heart Association for helping to unload the supply truck on their lunch break;

Everyone who distributed posters around town, including Lou Albers, Joe and Clarice Chism, Patti and Maria Diersing, Jeannie Grimes, Steve and Michelle Luebbe, Charlie Ritchie, John and Julie Thorp, and Mary Weibel;

Lisa Wanstrath for going out of her way to get coffee makers;

Tammy Vogelgesang for her suggestion to organize a race/party in Maria's memory and for her dedication to making it better;

The Ark Band for the jammin' sounds;

Ralph Cammett for the use of his huge reggae grill, crafted especially for this event;

To all of our friends and family - too numerous to list - who have made such generous donations to the Reggae Run over the years;

Father Jim Willig and Julie Ritchie for all of their prayers;

Meredith Burton and Johnna Coakley for going the extra mile; and

Last but not least, our thanks to God for a beautiful evening. (Maria, you know how to throw a great party!)

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