The Andy Barela Story
Andy Barela is a family man. Andy, a custodian at Niwot High School in Longmont, Colorado, and his wife of 23 years, Mary, have three boys, Andrew (22) , Cody (18) and Dalton (14). Andrew and Cody have graduated from Longmont high, where Dalton is attending as a Freshman. In…
Muchas Gracias Santiago’s!
Here’s a huge “muchas gracias” and tip of the sombrero to our friends at Santiago’s Mexican Restaurant, a two year sponsor of the Happy Smackah. What a great success story this restaurant has to tell. They started out as a tiny business on Main Street., grew little by little and…
T-Shirts By Skazma, Oh Yeah!
LOOK OUT! You are about to see 600 safety green Happy Smackah t-shirts flood Lake McIntosh this weekend! SKAZMA Custom Apparel is a two time sponsor of the Happy Smackah and has provided the custom artwork and t-shirts for both races. SKAZMA grew from the sporting goods store, The Play…
Glug… Glug… Ahhhhhhhh!
Ah, Eldorado Natural Spring Water, let us count the ways we love thee… You are Pure! You are Refreshing! You are Healthy! And, you are generous and loyal! Eldorado Natural Spring Water stepped up and helped the Inaugural ‘Smackah participants in 2011 stay hydrated as we tromped/skipped/and ran around the…
Whoa… 500!
Man, that did NOT take long… we posted earlier TODAY when we hit our original goal of 400 Happy Smackah participants for the 2012 Happy Smackah 5k Fun Run – and KABAM – here we are late in the day and we’ve just crossed 500! W00t! Like we said –…
Times Call Features Happy Smackahs
The Longmont Times Call ran two feature articles today on the Happy Smackah. The feature article on Kaylee and Aubree Adams provides considerable insight into the challenge and adversity the girls are facing in their battle with kidney disease. Those who know and love the girls are familiar with their…
400! Woo Hoo!
You Did It! We knew that there were lots of Happy Smackah’s out there! What a fantastic community we have. In support of Kaylee and Aubree Adams we set a challenge to get to 400 participants for the 2012 Happy Smackah 5k Fun Run – and you responded by blowing…
A Message From Dan and Karen Cribby
Dear Friends, Amazingly, a year has passed since you, as a community, came together to support my wife and me with the Happy Smackah Fun Run. I was just one day out of the hospital on that day, and was both overwhelmed and humbled by your support. There is really only one…
