{"id":9459,"date":"2011-08-17T22:59:54","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T03:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=9459"},"modified":"2011-08-17T22:59:54","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T03:59:54","slug":"texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-for-august-17th-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2011\/08\/17\/texas-bicycling-daily-news-roundup-for-august-17th-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Bicycling Daily News Roundup for August 17th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"http:\/\/ghorba.org\/trail-news\/support-tpwd\" href=\"http:\/\/ghorba.org\/trail-news\/support-tpwd\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Support TPWD<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nfrom GHORBA\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0by Veljko Roskar<br \/>\nTPWD, always on the Texas Legislative chopping block, had a particularly rough time this past session. Your support through anwering a <a title=\"http:\/\/204.64.0.121\/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=74ML7n4\" href=\"http:\/\/204.64.0.121\/TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=74ML7n4\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>survey questionnaire<\/strong> <\/a>shows that Texans highly value their State Parks.<\/p>\n<p>TPWD receives federal Recreational Trail Program funding through TxDOT, who has cut Recreational Trails in the past as part of other painful decisions in federal recission requests.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.argus-press.com\/news\/community\/owosso\/article_bcc14958-c8da-11e0-83b8-001cc4c03286.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.argus-press.com\/news\/community\/owosso\/article_bcc14958-c8da-11e0-83b8-001cc4c03286.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Owosso High School grad bikes home from Texas for 50th reunion<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nBy CHRISTINA GUENTHNER, Argus-Press Staff Writer | 1 comment<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\/argus-press.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/b\/ab\/bab6f2ac-c8da-11e0-afba-001cc4c03286\/4e4bcbf235c73.image.jpg?resize=288%2C183\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"183\" \/><br \/>\nFifty years after graduating from Owosso High School, Lois (Hart) Crawford isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t slowing down.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the 68-year-old, along with her husband Doug, is on the journey of her lifetime \u00e2\u20ac\u201d riding her bike from the couple\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s home in Baytown, Texas, to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.reporternews.com\/news\/2011\/aug\/16\/have-bicycle-will-travel\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reporternews.com\/news\/2011\/aug\/16\/have-bicycle-will-travel\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Have bicycle, will travel<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nMan follows heart to next fork in the road<br \/>\nfrom www.reporternews.com<br \/>\nBRECKENRIDGE \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Bicycle Bill has a destination: Colorado. He&#8217;s just not sure when he is supposed to leave.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.reporternews.com\/media\/img\/photos\/2011\/08\/16\/420110816201035001_t607.JPG?resize=607%2C460\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"460\" \/><br \/>\n&#8220;I tell people I&#8217;m going to Colorado, and people ask, &#8216;Are you going to ride your bike all the way?'&#8221; He laughed and looked to the blue sky overhead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The town knows me as Bicycle Bill, the soul that rides the bike constantly and for the Gospel of Jesus Christ,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>His real name is William Louise Wood, and he lives in an old trailer just inches outside of town. Slender with a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.fwmba.org\/forum\/viewtopic.php?t=5056\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fwmba.org\/forum\/viewtopic.php?t=5056\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>The Mountain Bike Whisperer &#8211; The DORBA North Texas Fall XC Series with Scott Holmes<\/strong><\/span><\/a><br \/>\nThis addition of MBW Radio is all abut the DORBA North Texas Fall XC Series mountain bike races. DORBA Race Director, Scott Holmes highlights the 2011 race venues, start times, classes, the importance of USAC permitting and licensing and the search for new water hand-up ladies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support TPWD from GHORBA\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0by Veljko Roskar TPWD, always on the Texas Legislative chopping block, had a particularly rough time this past session. Your support through anwering a survey questionnaire shows that Texans highly value their State Parks. 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