Frank Shorter in Coos Bay, Sept. 18

Olympic Gold Medalist Frank Shorter is the Grand Marshal of this year’s Bay Area Fun Festival Parade in Coos Bay and will also run in the 36th Annual Prefontaine Memorial Run. The marathon champion of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games will also participate in a speaking/appearance engagement open to the general public and free of charge to be held at Marshfield’s Heritage Hall on Friday evening, September 18th at 6:30 PM. Heritage Hall is in the main gymnasium on the Marshfield Campus with parking available adjacent to the gym, with access from 7th St. just below the intersection with Hall Ave. The Memorial Run begins at 10 a.m. at 4th & Anderson. It will finish at the high school on Prefontaine Track in Pete Susick Stadium.