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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 8, 2004

CONTACT: Stacia Reilly
Health Educator
(573) 874-6345

Family Fun Fest will be held Sept. 10

	(COLUMBIA, MO) - Join the fun at the "Family Fun Fest" to be
held Friday, Sept. 10 from 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. at the Activity &
Recreation Center (ARC). The Fest is sponsored by the PedNet
Coalition's "Bike, Walk, & Wheel: A Way of Life in Columbia"
program and is designed to show children and their families that it's
fun to be physically active. 
	 Walkable communities promoter Mark Fenton will be the keynote
presenter at this public, family-oriented event. Mark is host of the PBS
show "America's Walking," former editor of "Walking" magazine and an
accomplished entertainer. In addition to Mark Fenton's address, KFRU's
David Lile will host a stage version of his call-in show with Tom
LaFontaine and Melinda Hemmelgarn, TRYPS (Theater Reaching Young People
and Schools) will perform skits about physical activity and there will
be a gallery display of the winning posters from a kids' contest on the
subject "Why I Like to Walk and Ride My Bike."  
	Other sponsors of this event include Boone Hospital Center and
KFRU 1400 News/Talk Radio. For further information, contact Stacia
Reilly at the Columbia/Boone County Health Department at (573) 874-6345
or email srreilly at GoColumbiaMo.com.

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