<![CDATA[INLANDER - The pacific northwest - Bloomsday 2011]]> http://www.inlander.com/spokane/articles.sec-98-1-bloomsday-2011.html <![CDATA[Bloomsday: 35 Years And Counting]]> HIGH SCHOOL NON-RUNNERS 26.]]> <![CDATA[Not a Simple Tee]]> “We don’t source any of our cotton from Asia,” says Todd Gilmer, a national account executive for the northwest division of the Russell Corporation, a subsidiary of Fruit of the Loom that owns the Jerzees brand, this year’s manufacturer of Bloomsday T-shirts.]]> <![CDATA[Don't Run]]> Spokane probably has the fastest county-wide cluster of high school distance runners in the nation. And Spokane has one of the world’s largest timed road races. But because of timing, the two phenomena rarely connect..]]> <![CDATA[Sister Act]]> Kelly recalls one man in particular, who shakes hands with the nuns every time he runs by. She also looks forward to seeing a couple from California whom she spoke to during their first Bloomsday race. Since then, they have always visited the convent the day after the race.]]> <![CDATA[Crossing the Bridge]]> They´ve slept under Spokane’s bridges and now, sitting in the downtown offices of Cup of Cool Water, a youth ministry, Zachariah Chavez and Chireé Sizemore debate the relative residential advantages of the Monroe Street Bridge versus the one over Maple Street.]]>