Fundraiser offers participants a chance to bike, hike, get messy
(Kathyleen Ellyn :: Statesman Journal) This event is a little bit different than the sort of item that I usually feature in the column because it's not a fundraiser for a nonprofit at this point.But it's a short step from putting on a successful event to sponsoring an event that breaks even and raises money for a good cause -- and this one is good for your health and your heart rate.
It's the Pringle Creek Community Cyclocross Race, scheduled to begin with registration and warmups at 9 a.m. Saturday at Pringle Creek Community, 2110 Strong Road SE, in Salem.
Now, I pedal gently around the rural back roads where I live and occasionally take a mountain bike out on an easy cross-country trail -- but if I had the time (and the body) to condition for it, I'd cyclocross because it's the bicycle equivalent to cross-country horse racing (which I've done). In a word: it's a blast.
Cyclocross, for those of you unfamiliar with the event, is a high-endurance hybrid of cycling, mountain biking and hiking on a short 1-to-2-mile course filled with difficult obstacles and terrain, steep slopes and mud pits. It's messy, intense and fun to watch, too.
This is the first time in 13 years that Salem has hosted an event such as this, and I hope it will be the start of a series of great biking events.
The Cyclocross is sponsored by Pringle Creek Community, Santiam Bicycle and the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association.
Professional cyclists, such as Salem-born Omer Kem, will be there, as well as sales representatives from Kona and Bianchi bikes.
Free bicycle maintenance workshops and other bike-related activities are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Painter's Building.
Food provided by The Mount Angel Sausage Co. will be available for sale.
You won't freeze, as there is an indoor heated space and covered outdoor areas for spectators to observe the race.
Race categories include junior and master categories for men and women.
Race fees range from $5 to $20.
Call Chris Morscheck, Santiam Bicycle, at (503) 831-1040 or James Santana, Pringle Creek Community, at (971) 285-7744.
Attachment-disorder seminar is scheduled
The citywide effort to create successful foster homes for children removed from homes where methamphetamine has wreaked havoc continues.
Now, Nehemiah's Ranch for Youth has arranged an informational seminar about attachment disorders, 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the ranch's training-center offices, 7625 Sunnyside Road SE, Salem.
The program will feature presentations by Dr. Debra "Kali" Miller, the founder of Corinthia Counseling of Portland and Susan Scott of the Northwest Neurodevelopmental Training Center in Woodburn. Miller is a licensed psychologist and specialist in dealing with reactive attachment disorder. Scott will explain the "brain-retraining" method of rehabilitating children with attachment disorders.
The program is free for adoptive parents, foster parents, caseworkers and the public, but space will be limited to 100 people, so please R.S.V.P. to (503) 315-0772.
It's the Pringle Creek Community Cyclocross Race, scheduled to begin with registration and warmups at 9 a.m. Saturday at Pringle Creek Community, 2110 Strong Road SE, in Salem.
Now, I pedal gently around the rural back roads where I live and occasionally take a mountain bike out on an easy cross-country trail -- but if I had the time (and the body) to condition for it, I'd cyclocross because it's the bicycle equivalent to cross-country horse racing (which I've done). In a word: it's a blast.
Cyclocross, for those of you unfamiliar with the event, is a high-endurance hybrid of cycling, mountain biking and hiking on a short 1-to-2-mile course filled with difficult obstacles and terrain, steep slopes and mud pits. It's messy, intense and fun to watch, too.
This is the first time in 13 years that Salem has hosted an event such as this, and I hope it will be the start of a series of great biking events.
The Cyclocross is sponsored by Pringle Creek Community, Santiam Bicycle and the Oregon Bicycle Racing Association.
Professional cyclists, such as Salem-born Omer Kem, will be there, as well as sales representatives from Kona and Bianchi bikes.
Free bicycle maintenance workshops and other bike-related activities are scheduled from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Painter's Building.
Food provided by The Mount Angel Sausage Co. will be available for sale.
You won't freeze, as there is an indoor heated space and covered outdoor areas for spectators to observe the race.
Race categories include junior and master categories for men and women.
Race fees range from $5 to $20.
Call Chris Morscheck, Santiam Bicycle, at (503) 831-1040 or James Santana, Pringle Creek Community, at (971) 285-7744.
Attachment-disorder seminar is scheduled
The citywide effort to create successful foster homes for children removed from homes where methamphetamine has wreaked havoc continues.
Now, Nehemiah's Ranch for Youth has arranged an informational seminar about attachment disorders, 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday at the ranch's training-center offices, 7625 Sunnyside Road SE, Salem.
The program will feature presentations by Dr. Debra "Kali" Miller, the founder of Corinthia Counseling of Portland and Susan Scott of the Northwest Neurodevelopmental Training Center in Woodburn. Miller is a licensed psychologist and specialist in dealing with reactive attachment disorder. Scott will explain the "brain-retraining" method of rehabilitating children with attachment disorders.
The program is free for adoptive parents, foster parents, caseworkers and the public, but space will be limited to 100 people, so please R.S.V.P. to (503) 315-0772.
posted by Ryan Amirault at Tuesday, November 29, 2005
