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Texas Bicycling News – August 8, 2023

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City Council to proclaim a day in honor of College Station athlete

By Megan Calongne | www.kbtx.com

COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX) – College Station leaders are set to celebrate a Brazos County athlete with a day in her honor.

The City Council plans to proclaim Aug. 10 as ‘Allison Dohrman Day’ at the council meeting on Thursday night.

Dohrman represented the U.S. at the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin, competing alongside over 200 athletes.

The College Station resident brought home silver and bronze medals in cycling.

Chasing Watts with Scott Minard

Drop Bar, Texas: A cycling podcast By Paul Negrete | podcasters.spotify.com

Scott Minard and I met up at The Yellow Cup in Houston to talk about Chasing Watts, the app he co-created to help you find the best group rides near you. If your a ride creator, then Chasing Watts will also help you grow your ride. I also take a look around what’s coming up on the Texas cycling calendar and share a bit about my recent vacation in El Paso and Durango.

Upcoming Rides

Fort Worth Bicycling Association | www.fwbaclub.org

Burleson and Beyond
Thu, August 10, 2023 7:30 AM
Spokes Parking Lot, 155 W Bufford St., Burleson, TX
Fort Davis 2023
Thu, August 10, 2023 8:00 AM
Fort Davis, Texas
Rusty Romp
Thu, August 10, 2023 8:00 AM
Benbrook YMCA, 1899 Winscott Road, Benbrook, TX 76126
No Wind No Hills
Sat, August 12, 2023 7:30 AM
6240 U.S. 287 Frontage Rd, Arlington, TX 76001
Anna May Daulton Joe Pool Lake - Rusty Chain Gang
Sat, August 12, 2023 8:00 AM
Grand Prairie, Texas
Cresson Circuitous
Sun, August 13, 2023 7:30 AM
9401 Altoona Street, Cresson, TX
7:00 AM Start Chisholm Rusty Chain Gang Ramble
Tue, August 15, 2023 7:00 AM
4936 McPherson Blvd, Fort Worth, TX

Trial of ex-Waco principal charged in hit-and-run death of Baylor student postponed

By Tommy Witherspoon | www.kwtx.com

Tammy Blankenship Harlan (left) is charged in the hit-and-run death of David Grotberg. (Jail photo/courtesy photo)(KWTX)

WACO, Texas (KWTX) – The trial of a Waco educator who was arrested in March 2019 in the 2016 hit-and-run death of a Baylor student was postponed Tuesday after the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office filed an 11th hour amendment to the indictment against her.

Tammy Renee Blankenship, a former school principal who worked at Midway schools, was set to stand trial Monday, Aug. 14 in Waco’s 54th State District Court on manslaughter and failure to stop and render aid charges. She is charged with leaving the scene after hitting Baylor sophomore David Grotberg, 19, of Fergus Falls, Minnesota, who was cycling on Franklin Avenue.

However, prosecutors Tara Avants and Will Hix filed a motion on Monday, Aug. 7 to amend the indictment against Blankenship, and …

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In 1999 I had a burning desire to create a web site focused on Texas bicycling. Over the years this web site has existed many people have visited. As I think of information I need to bicycle I add them to the web site.

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