Thanks again to the McNeill family, we have hundreds of beautiful John A. McNeill Awards to present to everyone who completes the Walk / Run, the Paddle or the Bike & Hike Personal Endurance Challenges. We also have the award for our X-TREME!ists and we have CREW tokens you can buy ($2) for people who helped you reach your goal.

Also, don't forget the Collier's Jewelers Lee J. Greer gold medallion for completing the Swim Personal Endurance Challenge!

I should apologize – but I won't – for plastering a 30-foot-long cow on the front of a seafood restaurant (Eat more Seefud!). Julie Monroe has sure been patient with me over the years, with a school bus and a jail house, but now this? 

Anyway, I want to thank Seattle fine art photographer Steven Whiston who donated the background image for our 2014 banner on Dale's Restaurant. He worked much harder than I expected to ensure we had a beautiful presentation (if not a tacky one, thanks to you-know-whom.) Thanks Steven and Julie and everyone else for humoring me and my sense of humor over the years!

You can see more of Steven's work at Fallenlog.com, and you should see the banner in the next few weeks!

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