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Honoring Bob Bartling
               Aug. 26, 1926 — Feb. 24, 2024



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​​Thank you for your donation to the Friends of Bob Bartling Scholarship fund drive..
   In a span of six months, members of Prairie Striders Running Club and the family and friends of Bob Bartling were able to move the scholarship endowment from $50,000 to just beyond our $100,000 goal.
  With gifts early this year, we now stand at $102,000 for the Friends of Bob Bartling Scholarship Endowment for the South Dakota State University cross country/track and field program.
  On behalf of Prairie Striders Running Club, which Bob Bartling helped to found, thank you for your gift to advance the SDSU athletic programs that Bob treasured!

  
For a photo tribute of Bob click HERE

As you may have noticed in the Striders most recent newsletter, former SDSU runner Dick Beardsley, of Bemidji, Minn., is struggling with an antibiotic-resistant MRSA infection in an oft-replaced artificial knee. That has led to a growing medical debt and involved frequent, multiple-day trips to Sioux Falls.
 
A go-fund.me account is available at: https://gofund.me/503c10f5
 
As a self-employed fishing guide and motivational speaker, Beardsley has had little to no income for more than a year.
 
However, Beardsley also is an author. These two very entertaining books—"Staying the Course: A Runner's Toughest Race” by Beardsley and Maureen Anderson and “Duel in the Sun” by John Brant are for sale on Beardsley website.
 
We encourage you to discover a couple running classics or revisit a couple of favorites while giving a spark to the Beardsley family. Order directly here: https://www.dickbeardsley.com/books.html

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