Ride for Dad a big hit Final Edition

After a brief opening ceremony that included a prayer for the riders and congratulatory remarks from Orillia Mayor Ron Stevens, Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop, Barrie-Simcoe-Bradford MPP Joe Tascona and OPP Deputy Commissioner John Carson, among others, the phrase that the riders had patiently wai...

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Published inOrillia packet and times
Main Author Doyle, Joan
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Orillia, Ont Postmedia Network Inc 30.05.2005
Subjects
McCoy, Jason
Trahan, Wilf
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Summary:After a brief opening ceremony that included a prayer for the riders and congratulatory remarks from Orillia Mayor Ron Stevens, Simcoe North MPP Garfield Dunlop, Barrie-Simcoe-Bradford MPP Joe Tascona and OPP Deputy Commissioner John Carson, among others, the phrase that the riders had patiently waited for, was finally shouted into the microphone: "Start your engines." Colour Photo: Joan Doyle, The Packet & Times / Prostate cancer survivor [Wilf Trahan] and his wife, [Betty], collected $936.58 in pledges for the first annual Huronia Motorcycle Ride for Dad.; Photo: Joan Doyle, The Packet & Times / Bikers wait in line for the start of a 225-kilometre ride that went south to [Barrie] and west to Collingwood before returning to Orillia via Elmvale and Midland.
ISSN:0837-1989