Texas Bicycling In Action for February 27, 2024
Two trails in Denton are being officially renamed — learn more about who they’re honoring
By Christian McPhate | dentonrc.com
Denton City Council is honoring two people who died with connections to Denton’s trails by renaming trails at South Lakes Park and Hartlee Field Mountain Bike Park.
The two people were Dylan Dorrell, a 17-year-old Guyer High School student, and Jeff LaQuey, a 69-year-old cyclist who helped design and build several trails in Denton.
The “Dylan Dorrell Memorial Trail” will be located at South Lakes Park, while the “Jeff LaQuey Memorial Trail” will be located at the Hartlee Field Mountain Bike Park.
City staffers didn’t have …
Xtreme Education – NICA First Aid & CPR
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March 9 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Online Lecture via Zoom on March 4 and 6, 6-8:00 pm
In-Person Skills will be held March 9, 8-noon at Reveille Peak Ranch Burnet, Texas
This expert-level program is designed for the person who needs or desires more first aid training than that for Basic First Aid certification, but not to the level of Emergency Medical Response. Perfect for corporate emergency response teams, this course presents many of the most common illnesses and injuries coaches are likely to encounter.
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Texas MS 150: Two ConocoPhillips employees share why they ride
BY GUS MORGAN | www.conocophillips.com
Andy Flowers and Caroline Barrett will be among the ConocoPhillips employees participating in the Texas MS 150 2024 on April 27-28. While multiple sclerosis (MS), has impacted their lives in different ways, both are united in their fight against this neurological disease. Read on to learn why they ride.
‘You’ve got to have a positive attitude’
It’s been over 27 years, but Andy remembers the day his wife’s mobility took a turn for the worse.
At the time, Andy and his wife, Rena, were living in Houston, about a year after their daughter, Annie, was born.
“I remember coming back to the house — we had a two story — and Annie needed changing, but the supplies were upstairs, and Rena couldn’t climb the stairs to get them. She was very upset.”
That concerning occurrence, in addition to earlier motor-control incidents and other mysterious …
Council streamlines bicycle lane plans on Horseshoe Bay Boulevard
By Erin Herndon | www.highlandernews.com
The Horseshoe Bay City Council is discussing the proposed addition of a bicycle lane on Bay West Boulevard. The council introduced the topic during their Feb. 20 meeting at Horseshoe Bay City Hall, 1 Community Drive. “We put a bicycle lane on Horseshoe Bay Boulevard two or three years ago, and it’s been well received. It came up during the Transportation Committee’s review that there’s some…
Fort Worth moves forward with bike lane project east of downtown
By Teresa Gubbins | fortworth.culturemap.com
In a win for the bicycle community, Fort Worth is moving forward with a new bike lane project coming to East 1st Street and East 4th Street, east of downtown.
The East Fourth Street/First Street Bike Lane project is significant not only because it increases bicycling options, but also because it uses a new technology that will make it safer.
One existing lane along East 4th Street/East 1st Street will become a bike lane, which will run in both directions in a 2-mile span from I-35W to Haltom Road. They’ll also build in …
Video: Waco ISD encouraging students to ride towards perfect attendance
By: Heather Healy | www.kxxv.com
WACO, Texas — For the past two years, Waco native and Chicago Bear defensive lineman Andrew Billings has had an initiative with J.H. Hines Elementary where every six weeks, two bikes are given out for each grade level (kindergarten-fifth grade) for perfect attendance, or, missing two or less days of school. It’s an incentive that Billings says starts to implement early so these kids have a bright future ahead.
BROADCAST SCRIPT “What kid doesn’t want a bicycle?,” said J.H. Hines Principal Cynthia Wise.
This scene looks a little out of place, as you usually don’t see bikes given out until the holidays, but this giveaway is little different. …