Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
AT FAR LEFT, Gogebic County Circuit Court Judge Michael Pope continues to hold his arm up after shooting his starter gun for the fourth annual DOVE Color Run/Walk around Wakefield's Sunday Lake on Saturday morning. Standing to the right of Pope is announcer Luke Penrose, while a couple of "Star Wars" characters stand between them amidst the crowd.
By P.J. GLISSON
WAKEFIELD - The fourth annual DOVE Color Run/Walk had a sunny, warm welcome with Saturday temperatures that grew from the 50s to nearly 70 degrees.
"It's just awesome," said Jeanine Winkowski, executive director of Domestic Violence Escape, Inc., a women's shelter in Ironwood.
The fundraiser, which was based at Wakefield's VFW Post 9084, featured untimed runs or walks around Sunday Lake, as well as prizes, a 50/50 raffle and a pancake breakfast.
The event lived up to its name in that participants were given packets of nontoxic colored powders that they t...
