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Some young competitors never did run the course, deciding instead to linger in the arc of the hydrant.

As the relayers were making their way down and up the streets of town, Croaker Relay organizer Turtle Midyette explained this year’s theme and why those Awl-gripped croakers making their way thru the streets of Oriental were named “Sue”. The Sue being honored this year is Oriental artist and resident, Sue Henry.

Other parts of the course were drier.

In the past year, while undergoing a bone-marrow transplant to tackle multiple-myeloma, Sue has continued to paint. A print of one of her paintings would be the first prize in the 2009 Croaker Relay.

Teammates Selva Staub, Bora Staub and Don Staub and Scott Russett .

When Turtle moved to Oriental 28 years ago at the age of 22, he says that he was “looking for a role model” and found one in Sue, who was a sign-maker and an artist. One year, he says, “Sue made a wooden fish.” It would become the pattern for the Croaker Relay fish when Turtle organized the first Croaker Relay in 1998.

This year Sue was there, riding her bike in the relay.

Artist Sue Henry displaying her art and the plywood fish named in her honor.

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Posted Monday July 6, 2009 by Bernie Harberts