Fifty-Five Area Runners and Walkers Come to Downtown Hobbs for the 1st
Annual LEACO Scholarship Scamper 5K Run and Two Mile Pet Walk
Hobbs, NM
– (August
3, 2009) Jacob Lozano and Blanca Zubia take home overall male
and female wins in the 1st Annual LEACO Scholarship
Scamper 5K run. The
18 year old Lozano posted a time of 16:18 as the overall winner
while Julian Florez, age 16, finished overall second with a time
of 16:32 and was followed by Dustin Francke, 18, who ran a
17:14.
Blaca Zubia, 17, finished in 23:19 and was the top women’s
finisher, followed by Ashley Hailey, 16, who finished second
with a time of 24:08.
Third place in the women’s division went to Allison Reber,
19, with a time of 24:28.
Top finishers in the 2 Mile Walk were Vernon Dyer, 67 who
finished in 23:53 and Monica Villalobos who finished in 23:51.
A complete list of times
is attached and available on our website at
www.leaco.net. Additional
photos are also posted on the site.
The winner of the 1st
Annual Funniest Pet Hat Contest was Minnie, a Pomeranian who was
accompanied by her guardian Jennifer
Timms.
She received a $100.00 gift certificate courtesy of
PetSen$e. Second
place received a goody bag of pet items also donated by PetSen$e
and was taken by a black cocker spaniel named Bridgett.
Bridget was accompanied by her guardian, Bobby H. Graves.
Runners and walkers started from the LEACO office at 220 W.
Broadway at 7:30 AM on Saturday, August 1st and
traveled the out-and-back course from Broadway up
Turner Street, circling a block
around Rojo before returning.
Runners and walkers enjoyed the best marked course in the
ten years of the run as the City of
Hobbs
graciously allowed for the easternmost side of Turner to be
blocked during the race. City policemen and women donated their
time to ensure each intersection was monitored and safe for the
participants.
The Leaco Rural Telephone Education Foundation is a non-profit
foundation committed to provide scholarships to rural youth in
Southeastern New Mexico.
In 2009, LEACO awarded nine $500.00 scholarships to area
high-school seniors and hopes to double that amount in 2010.
Leaco Rural Telephone signed Articles of Incorporation June 1,
1954, and celebrates their 55th Anniversary this
year. LEACO is a
leading provider in Southeastern New Mexico
of wired and wireless technology and serves a population area of
nearly 175,000 people.
LEACO’s serving area includes the communities of Antelope
Ridge, Artesia, Carlsbad, Crossroads, Dexter, Eunice, Hagerman,
Hobbs, Jal, Lake Arthur, Lovington, Maljamar, Millnesands,
McDonald, Roswell and Tatum. LEACO offers pre-paid and post-paid
cellular services, High-Speed Internet, fiber and radio T1’s and
special circuits, and local and long-distance telephone
services. LEACO also
specializes in business system installation and maintenance.
For more information please contact Leaco Rural Telephone
at 575-370-5010 or 800-851-0554 or on the web at
www.leaco.net.
