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SB 248 remains on the Senate calendar - keep the phone calls and emails going and thank your senator if they are in support of the bill!

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I got this in my email - I'm sure most of you all have gotten it too -

>NO GAS...On May 15th 2007
>
> Don't pump gas on may 15th
>
> ..in April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest
>of
>gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.
>
>yada yada yada

But here is the thing - in order for this to actually WORK we would have to not USE any gas on that day as well - because in actuality, we still buy the gas, we just buy it a few days before or after. They still get the money.

That entire week happens to be "National Bike to Work Week" and I am doing my part by riding my bicycle to and from work - ta heck with em, I am not only not BUYING gas, I am not BURNING any either!

So - for those of you who hate high gas prices, give a cyclist a little more room when you pass, be patient when you get behind us and wave nicely at us! We'll wave back with all 4 fingers, a thumb and big smile! We're doing our best to drive gas prices down for YOU!

Michelle

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Please check out the amazing story of this incredible young lady who has already endured incredible odds and now is taking on a great challenge within our sport.

Monday, May 7, 2007 – (Chattanooga, Tn.) With the kickoff of the twentieth annual Chattanooga Bike Club’s 3-State, 3-Mountain Challenge Saturday morning, Samantha Gilley, a nine time cancer survivor, took the first step toward realizing her dream of riding her bike 400 miles from Chattanooga to Memphis this October to raise money and awareness for St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis.

Leading 2,500 cyclists for about four blocks as the ride’s Honorary Lead Rider, Samantha finished the day riding just over fifty miles proving to the other riders and spectators along the way that nothing, not even cancer that has taken her eye sight and much of her hearing, can stop her from achieving her goal.

Samantha was diagnosed with bilateral retinoblastoma at only 6-weeks of age.. At that time she was given less than a 10% chance of reaching her first birthday. But, Samantha has proven the doctors wrong and now, as she approaches high school graduation, she has set her sights on a bigger goal: Giving back to the hospital that has given her life. She calls it the “Sights Unseen” tour.

So, in October, Samantha, and a sighted co-pilot, will begin the journey to Memphis on a tandem bicycle. Heading north from Chattanooga, the planned route goes over Monteagle Mountain to Nashville and then west to Memphis. Each day, a new co-pilot will take over, but Samantha will ride the ‘stoker’ position all the way to the end. Actual depart dates are being worked out now and will depend mainly on Samantha’s endurance, however her arrival in Memphis is slated to be October 12, the date of St. Jude’s “Survivor Weekend,” an annual celebration held by the hospital.

A web site has been set up to at samsride.org. It features a more extensive biography, blog and soon will contain video clips and pictures of Samantha riding and training for her trip.

Donations, which are tax deductible, can be made through the web site or by sending a check or money order to:

Samsride.org

c/o Capital Bank

PO Box 2146

Fort Oglethorpe, GA 30742

Corporate benefits include prominent ad placement based on the particular contribution. See web site for details.

http://samsride.org

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