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MVW Race #4 - Ottawa
Lake "Road Race in the Rough"
Results
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“Bike to the Capital” with Senator Fedor May
16-19. You are welcome to join Senator Fedor at any of her stops in
Toledo, Bowling Green, Findlay, Upper Sandusky, Marion, and Columbus or ride
with her on her route as she rides on her “Campaign for Healthy Kids”.
More Details.
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On May
21, 2008, at 7:00 PM, the Ride of Silence™ will begin in North America and roll
across the globe. Lucas County's Ride of Silence will start and end at the
Nature Center in Secor Park.
Details Here
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If you didn't know,
Heather Mitchell crashed at the Cone-Azalia race on Sunday (May 4th) and sustained
some serious injuries. She was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in
Ypsilanti for care. She sustained a laceration to the side of her face and
to her elbow which have been taken care of. No neck or spine injuries were
found and no broken bones.
There was concern about her mental status and a dilated pupil at the
Hospital and she was temporarily placed on a ventilator. The ventilator has
been removed and she is breathing on her own and is able to sit upright in
bed and is more alert. Her CT scan showed a very small amount of bleeding
in her brain which the neurosurgeons are following but at this time are not
overly concerned with. She will be evaluated by an ophthalmologist in the
morning but at this time the doctors are confident that her pupil issue
could be an isolated one and does not necessarily indicate more serious
damage. Of course things can change and further information will be
available when she is evaluated in the morning. - Mark Armstrong
5/5/08 am
Here's another update on
Heather as relayed to me by Michael and some of her doctors. Please forward
to the club. She continues to recover and make progress at St. Joseph's
Hospital in Ypsilanti. She has sustained an injury to a nerve to the eye
that has affected her pupil and her eye movement. The doctors are hopeful
she will recover from that but want to continue to observe her at the
hospital. She has been moved out of ICU but it is probably best to allow
her to regain her strength and limit the number of visitors at this time. -
Khalil Raffoul 5/5/08 10:00 pm
Thanks to all for your
caring and concern for Heather. I hope to bring her home on Wed. We have
arranged some therepy with UTMCO ( speech and OT) and she'll be examined for
her eye trauma thru Khaliel's office.She will need some time to heal but
everything looks promising. She remembers the race and says she was kickin'
ass with the leaders and then..... it was Tuesday. If you wish give her a
quick call on
Fri..@419-531-4452. Thanks again you band of Merry Pirates.
Michael Mitchell
Keep Heather in your thoughts and prayers!
Updates will
be posted here as they become available.
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Wheelmen took a trip to Georgia/Tenn. to do the Cohutta 100 and Big Frog 65
mountain bike races. There are photos
HERE (the story
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What's going on in Avignon?? Keep up with your Head Webmaster, Mr.
Barnes: Read his
Blog
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Equinox 2008 - 32 riders turned out for a bit better than typical
weather to ride to McClure, OH. Read/watch the
UPDATES:
Click
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Essential
skills for the cyclist. (opens a new window.)
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Another Mike
I. find: Legally
Speaking - with Bob Mionske: Attack
of the abominable snow (plow) man. And now, Will McLaughlin
responds. See
his take here.
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Steve Sams
sends us some fine links covering Ohio Cycling Law. See
the Laws section on the links page.
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Look
what Denny Noward found - this kid built a (temporarily, I'm sure) functioning
bicycle entirely of wood and glue!
Take
a look at the details
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Chuck
Plaskey has a Spin Class at Bally (5215 Monroe St, Sylvania). Mondays at
6:00 p.m. $5 ($3 for Bally members) Bring your own bike or use Bally's.
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Old Wheelman
Tim Hinckley found our 1982 Club photo -
his
comments are here. We heard from him again after he found a photo
of Dave Teall winning the citizen's race at
the
1982 Glass City Classic.
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Here's a
website you might like - you can map your favorite rides, and see what others
have done. Take
a look.
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The
2007 Awards Banquet was
Thursday Evening,
November 8, 2007. Adam Slough was honored as Wheelman of
The Year and Club Champion. Heather Mitchell was recognized as the year's
Most Improved Rider. Karen McKee is the Ladies' club Champion.
More
photos are here.
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  Widely
published English professor Kevin J. Hayes
(University of Central
Oklahoma) was interviewed
recently about his book, "An American Cycling
Odyssey, 1887". Kevin was editor of MVW's Dirty Derailleur sometime in the
1980's. He's in a 1982 club photo, here.
The photo to the left (click it) is of old Wheelman Dick DeLombard at the
Octoberfest parade in Minster, Ohio.
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Thanks to everyone that showed up to help with ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY River Rd
Clean-Up. on 4/27/08. Approximately 18 people made the cleanup along the
two-mile stretch of road go quickly – there was still time for a ride to
breakfast and a trek through Oak Openings afterwards.
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Photos:
River
Road Cleanup
10/14/07 |
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Photos of the last one are
here.
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Last Updated
05/11/08
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