Notes From Around The Region

Posted April 30, 2008 @ 7:56 am - Filed under: Miscellaneous

Chris from Olathe is ticked off because his son was hit by a car while riding his bike to school, and the driver took off (the boy’s OK, thankfully).
Greg French, a rider for the SKC Racing Team, was hit by a pickup while on a team training ride.
Steve Tilford is sticking to the sheets.
Eric Rogers is enjoying his new Dahon folding bike.
About 80 college students built hiking and biking trails at Melvern Lake as part of a new “Kansas Corps” program that uses student volunteers to serve the state of Kansas.
Sockrider from Lincoln, Nebraska wants drivers to stop talking on cell phones and pay attention!
“Trail Angel” Gillian Hoggard’s home was destroyed by fire in Ordway, Colorado. Gillian opened her home for touring bicyclists on the TransAmerica Bicycle Route, and was honored with a Trail Angel award in 2006.
Tom Ezell from Arkansas discusses why he wears a helmet.
Voters in Maryville, Missouri approved a bond for developing a network of trails.
Kansas City, Missouri is running a contest to name the new citywide trail system and design a logo.
One child killed, another injured in St. Louis, Missouri after the two children were hit by an SUV and then thrown into the path of a metro bus. More from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MyFox St. Louis.
In Norman, Oklahoma, students from the University of Oklahoma parked their bikes in metered parking spots for a full day in an effort to raise awareness of bicycles as a viable form of transportation.