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Vol.15 Number 34
Thursday, August 23, 2012
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Cycle of Hope team in Keremeos Team cycling B.C. interior to raise awareness of devastating disease By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview.com
Photo by Steve Arstad
Keremeos Mayor Manfred Bauer hosted a welcome lunch for the inaugural Cycle of Hope team last Wednesday. The cyclists hope to make the bicycle tour an annual event.
Keremeos will retain a bus stop as Napa Auto Parts acquires the depot Service moves next door; no change in bus stop location By Steve Arstad The Review Greyhound Bus
Lines has found a new home for its depot in Keremeos. Napa Auto Parts has agreed to take on the service. The depot transferred to Napa’s store at 608 Seventh Avenue on
Monday, August 20. The move is a short one - just next door to the existing depot. Freight will be held at the store and the bus stop will remain at its present location at the
corner of Sixth Street and Seventh Avenue. Bus service hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, said Napa owner Aaron Beauchamp.
He is hopeful that the addition of the service will allow him to make a full time position out of what is presently a part time position in the store.
The ALS Cycle of Hope pedalled into Keremeos on Wednesday, August 15 on the final legs of the cycling group’s 650 kilometre pedal through the interior of B.C. The six women began their cycle in Kamloops on August 8, making their way through the Okanagan with stops in Salmon Arm, Vernon, Kelowna, Penticton and Osoyoos prior to arriving in Keremeos. This is the inaugural run for the ALS Cycle of Hope. The team - which consists of six women from the Victoria area - and the idea for the ride began with team member Cindy Lister, who lost her father to ALS last fall after a three year battle. “I was so full of sadness at the time, trying to deal with my father’s death, when I was asked, ‘What are you going to do with all that grief?’ That’s when the idea took hold.” Lister began recruiting fellow cyclists who learned of ALS through Cindy’s experience. They acquired a coach and began to plan the ride. “The main goal of the Cycle of Hope is to raise awareness of the disease and try to explain to people what complex support is needed to care for people afflicted with the disease,” she said. The team’s intitial fundraising goal is a modest one initially - they hope to raise $5,000. With the positive response they have received through their journey, however, plans have already begun to make the ride an annual continued on page 5