Texas Bicycling News August 19th 2022
Planning for 2023 Autumn in Bonham Bike Rally underway
By Sam Lumpkins | www.ntxe-news.com
Bonham, Texas — It is with great excitement that The Bonham Area Chamber of Commerce announces the official reinstatement of their sponsorship of Autumn in Bonham.
On August 11, the Chamber Board of Directors met with the Autumn in Bonham Bike Rally Committee and agreed that henceforth the Bonham Area Chamber of Commerce will be the official sponsor of the Autumn in Bonham Bike Rally. Both entities have agreed that the specific goal of Autumn in Bonham is to continue to support the integrity of this longstanding event through the efforts of the Bike Rally Committee and the Chamber. …
Man charged with second degree felony after 2018 hit-and-run
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Clayton Dunn was given a 15-year sentence after hitting a cyclist.
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Jacob Martinez was riding his bicycle northbound in 2018 on a San Angelo road when he was suddenly struck by an oncoming truck.
Driver Clayton Dunn hit Martinez from behind at 6:05 p.m. Nov. 21, 2018 on North Van Buren Street and instead of stopping to help, he continued to drive off.
Martinez experienced serious injuries on site and witnesses called 911 to assess the situation. He was taken to Shannon Medical Center for further assistance but died as a result.
Meanwhile, Dunn kept driving with the bicycle attached to his truck.
Some evidence was left behind on Van Buren and law enforcement were able to find …
Jury Sends Dunn to Prison for Bicycle Dragging Death
By Matt Trammell | sanangelolive.com
SAN ANGELO – The man accused of running over 33-year-old Jacob Martinez on Thanksgiving Eve in 2018 and dragging him to his death was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday afternoon.
The jury trial of Clayton Dunn vs. the State of Texas has come to end after four days. San Angelo LIVE!, the only media outlet in the courtroom, reported earlier that the jury closed out day 3, Aug. 17, with the guilty verdict. The court resumed on Aug. 18 at 8:30 a.m. for the punishment phase.
The most impactful moment of the punishment phase came when Martinez’s mother, Patricia Hernandez, took the stand. She told the jury what she lost on Thanksgiving 2018. She said that they were all gearing up for Thanksgiving festivities by cooking and baking in the kitchen.
She had work the day of the accident and by the time she was home Martinez had already …
Dallas entrepreneur looks to increase living kidney donation awareness with new film
By Allison Hatfield | www.dallasnews.com
Donald Griswold is producing a 90-minute documentary about what psychologists consider society’s most extreme altruists.
Shannon Catalano climbed Mount Kilimanjaro this past March. This very paper told her story just a few weeks before the 44-year-old left for Tanzania to scale the mountain with almost two dozen others from across the United States. The awareness-raising effort was impressive — but it’s not the most impressive thing the Plano resident has done: Four years ago, Catalano donated a kidney to a stranger.
It was an act 33 years in the making, she says. “I kind of knew at 11 that I was going to be a kidney donor.” It wasn’t until she approached the milestone of her 40th birthday that she leaned into the decision to actually become one.
Some of us might take a bucket-list trip or get a divorce in midlife. Catalano’s heart took her in a much different direction. Now there’s a woman living in Colorado with one of Catalano’s organs.
And there’s a man living in Dallas planning an event where Catalano and more than a dozen other living kidney donors will tell their stories. …
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Shannon Catalano’s nonprofit, Lone Star Wheelers, organizes bike rides for wheelchair-bound individuals and loans wheelchair-adapted bikes to North Texas families.(Courtesy Shannon Catalano)
Long-planned D-FW ‘super highway’ trail finally gets a name
By Sarah Bahari | www.dallasnews.com
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A new sprawling pedestrian and cycling trail that will span Dallas to Fort Worth now has a name.
Welcome, DFW Discovery Trail.
Completion of the 66-mile trail, which will link Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving and Grand Prairie, is expected in early 2024.
This spring, the North Central Texas Council of Governments narrowed the name to two possibilities — DFW Discovery Trail and DFW Trinity Trail — and asked people to vote online.
In a nail-biter, DFW Discovery Trail won with 51% of the vote.
North Texas leaders and transportation planners have described the trail as a sort of “super highway” that will promote healthy living, …
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Bicyclist dead after slamming into semi-trailer on Texas highway
By Annie Gimbel | www.cbsnews.com
CORSICANA, Texas (CBSDFW,COM) – Roy McCarty, 71, of Palestine was killed after he rode out on his bicycle in front of a truck tractor and struck an attached semi-trailer.
It happened on Aug. 18 on US79 one mile southwest of Palestine in Anderson county.
Police said the truck driver tried to avoid hitting McCarty by veering to the shoulder of the roadway. But McCarty still managed to hit the semi-trailer.
Police haven’t yet determined why McCarty was riding his bike on the roadway.
The driver of the truck tractor, John Looney, 51, of Buffalo was not injured.
The investigation is on-going.
Cove House holds annual Bike Tour
By BRITTANY FHOLER | www.coveleaderpress.com
More than 80 riders showed up last Saturday morning to support the Cove House Emergency Homeless Shelter by participating in the 19th annual Cove House Classic Bike Tour, riding distances of 26 miles, 50 miles or 63 miles.
A total of 85 riders registered for the annual bike ride, which was started in 2002 and serves as one of the largest annual fundraisers for the Cove House Emergency Homeless Shelter. The shelter runs on donations, and all proceeds from the bike tour will go to the shelter’s General Fund to be used for expansion efforts and the Free Clinic.
“We’re in the process of trying to do some remodeling and some expansion because we just need more room, now that we’re a longer-term program,” Executive Director Brian Hawkins said. “We can’t help as …
Texas Biking from Twitter
Register to attend the virtual public input meeting about Denton’s next major trail: Pecan Creek Trail.
— Bike Denton (@bikedenton) August 19, 2022
Meeting is on Tuesday, August 30 at 6 PM.
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STOLEN – Blue Trek TREK DOMANE AL 2 52 GLOSS MULSANNE in Dallas, TX https://t.co/VfivocozHS pic.twitter.com/2bD9SvW4wb
— Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) August 19, 2022
STOLEN – Black Trek TREK WAHOO 26 14 TREK BLACK/VOLT in Dallas, TX https://t.co/S9VroVfl9h pic.twitter.com/fmxnllfor5
— Bike Index (@bikeindexstolen) August 19, 2022
Register this weekend & save money over late registration prices!!!!
— Hotter'n Hell 100 (@HotternHell100) August 19, 2022
You have until midnight Sunday August 21 to sign up for any of our HHH events at https://t.co/gPTk40gE6v before our late registration (and higher prices) which begin at 12:01 a.m. Monday Aug. 22. pic.twitter.com/LgAPutFYWV
Beginning Monday, Aug. 22, demolition work will start for the trail connection between Cottonwood Creek Trail North and the existing trails at Oak Point Park & Nature Preserve. The eastern-most trail at Oak Point Park will be closed through Oct. 31. See map for detour info. pic.twitter.com/FJjPmv6FPJ
— Plano Parks & Rec (@PlanoParksRec) August 19, 2022
— SA Wheelmen (@sawheelmen) August 19, 2022
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— BikeTexas (@BikeTexas) August 19, 2022