If you're planning on mailing your Bloomsday entry in you only have one day left! All mailed entries must be postmarked by Tuesday, April 16th.

This deadline only applies if your are using the U.S. Postal Service. If you plan on entering online you have until Sunday, April 21st. Entries are accepted up until the night before the race, but participants will have to pay an increased fee. If you enter by the April deadlines the fee is only $17.00.

Bloomsday entry forms are available at area Washington Trust Banks, Safeway Stores, Franz Bakery Outlets, Premera Blue Cross, Holy Family Hospital and Sacred Heart Medical Center. Runners can also sign up at Sports Authority’s two local stores until 9:00 pm on April 16th. To sign up online visit www.bloomsdayrun.org 

 

Bloomsday is just around the corner and even though the road race isn't until May competitors in the Cooperate Cup competition are already racing...at least for the title of best team name.

Bloomsday sponsors and organizers announced this year's top team names today. They have shortened the list from 300 to 25 with the top three slated to be announced after Bloomsday in the Inlander Souvenir Results Booklet. The first place team receives a plaque and will be honored guests at the annual awards luncheon. The Spokane Fire Department won last year's battle of wits sporting "Feeling the Burn" as their team name.

 

Spring must be in the air.

Spokane County announced today that Liberty Lake and MeadowWood Golf Courses open Thursday, March 7, while Hangman Valley's practice range will open this weekend and start taking tee times on Friday, March 15.

“Just in time for the start of the 2013 season, Spokane County's Parks, Recreation and Golf Department has a new tee time booking system for the golf courses,” a news release from the county said. “Call one county golf course and you'll be able to reserve tee times for any other county courses.”

Courses being open is contingent on the weather, the county urges golfers to contact the course before heading out.

Hangman Valley Golf Course – (509) 448-1212