October 6, 2008
- Lewiston, Idaho
Can you "Make the Grade"?
By Matt Loveless
CLARKSTON - Tomorrow's your chance to conquer the grade... On two wheels.
Hundreds of those wheels will be turning for the 28th annual "I Made the Grade" bike ride, which starts tomorrow morning. "It's a bike ride, a lot of people call it a race, but it's a bike ride, and it's for old and young," said Jan Steiner, "I Made the Grade" Coordinator. "We really enjoy and we think that it's an important event, which is why the church sponsors it," said Pam Moore, Assistant Coodinator, "We'd really like to see more families coming out, because it is just a 'Let's see if I can make it to the top of the hill; kind of thing. We don't give prizes and it's not a race, because we just want to encourage people to come out and have a good time." They have about 100 registered already, one from as far away as Pennsylvania. Moore said they haven't figured out who the youngest rider is, but they know the oldest, and he's a regular. "He is retired, doctor Bill Manschrek," said Moore, "and he has ridden it every single year, and he's in his early 80s. He enjoys it." The Bike Ride is sponsored by the First Presbyterian Church in Clarkston. If you're up to it, the ride begins at Chief Timothy Park at 8:00 and will run to 15th and Bridge Street in Clarkston, cross the Red Wolf Bridge, and make it's way up the Old Spiral Highway. There will be water stations, and transportation if you can't make it up the hill. Jan Steiner said they anticpate a number of people signing up at the last minute. "Last year they registered 80 Saturday morning, so if our not registered you can still register, and somebody will be out there Saturday morning at Chief Timothy Park to help," said Steiner. |
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