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06-29-04, 10:18 PM
The last two days have been very good for bicycling advocacy in Oregon. Two separate articles, on two separate issues, made the Oregonian newspaper. One hit the front page, and one had a photo on the front of the Metro section of today's paper.
Tour of Hope (http://www.oregonlive.com/metro/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/108851074544510.xml
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The Tour of Hope shows an Oregon Health Sciences University oncologist and researcher, Dr. Brandon Hayes-Lattin, as he trains for his Tour of Hope ride. The above article describes the ride, which will originate in California, go for 3,500 miles, and end in Washington DC. Dr. Hayes-Lattin is trying to have more people become aware of the opportunities for participation in cancer clinical trials; as a cancer survivor himself, he is hoping others will become aware that these trails provide opportunities for treatment that are unavailable elsewhere. For further information, contact the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Center (http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials) or call 800-422-6237.
Standing Up to ride on Mount Hood (http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/front_page/1088423781141770.xml?oregonian?fpfp)
On the front page of yesterday's Oregonian was the above article about mountain biking on Mount Hood. There is a proposal to increase the amount of wilderness on Mount Hood. The expansion, however, would close many trails to mountain biking, however, and that has conservationist Paul Thomasberg feeling that they will be shut out off of the mountain. It's very interesting reading, and discusses the trails available, and the attraction of Mount Hood to mountain bikers. "The July issue of "Bike" magazine reports 'some of the finest single-track in the mountain bike universe lie within an 80-mile radius of Hood River.'" Much of this area would be affected by the proposal.
John
Tour of Hope (http://www.oregonlive.com/metro/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/108851074544510.xml
)
The Tour of Hope shows an Oregon Health Sciences University oncologist and researcher, Dr. Brandon Hayes-Lattin, as he trains for his Tour of Hope ride. The above article describes the ride, which will originate in California, go for 3,500 miles, and end in Washington DC. Dr. Hayes-Lattin is trying to have more people become aware of the opportunities for participation in cancer clinical trials; as a cancer survivor himself, he is hoping others will become aware that these trails provide opportunities for treatment that are unavailable elsewhere. For further information, contact the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Center (http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials) or call 800-422-6237.
Standing Up to ride on Mount Hood (http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/front_page/1088423781141770.xml?oregonian?fpfp)
On the front page of yesterday's Oregonian was the above article about mountain biking on Mount Hood. There is a proposal to increase the amount of wilderness on Mount Hood. The expansion, however, would close many trails to mountain biking, however, and that has conservationist Paul Thomasberg feeling that they will be shut out off of the mountain. It's very interesting reading, and discusses the trails available, and the attraction of Mount Hood to mountain bikers. "The July issue of "Bike" magazine reports 'some of the finest single-track in the mountain bike universe lie within an 80-mile radius of Hood River.'" Much of this area would be affected by the proposal.
John