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Nice day for a run
Marketville features 5K
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Marketville race winners are pictured, from left, senior woman winner Linda Holder, Matthew Bratcher, Blaine Wilcher, senior man winner Richard Evans, overall woman winner Misty Griffith, and overall youth winner Madalyn Stubblefield. Not pictured is Addison Creighton.
Last Saturday at the Blue Building in downtown McMinnville, Marketville brought the excitement. The sixth-annual event included a car show, eating contest and several other activities for people around Warren County.The day started with a dash -- a 5K race for the first time in Marketville history.The race consisted of some familiar faces, including Blaine Wilcher, Matthew Bratcher and Kelly Slaughter of 105.3 WOW Country and co-host of the morning show Duke and Kelly.Race coordinator and Southern Standard reporter Lisa Hobbs had this to say about the outcome of the race and how she thought the race went in its debut.“It was a wonderful race,” said Hobbs. “You couldn’t have asked for better weather on a race day.