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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-07-09, Page 13Healthy hobby becomes helpful hand out Riders travel 85 the, second d ' km the first day and 75 km refreshment towith frequent rest and overnight accomps The MS Society pays for ,the University of mOdation at '. Western Ontario. Prizes are handed out to top • futidrajers. Registration 'costs $50 and there is a- $250 fundraising minimum. between 20 ands of 40 .riders tart o pt from Grand Send at sta ggered times • -` beginning at 8 a.M. Last 'the Grand Bend to London for with 330 riders. i= ur raised- $110,000 or in en the tour, call 1-888-510-7777 'or (519) 680-7878. Biking together. The Hoovers hope they'll raise a combined $2,000 for the Canadian MS Society after the Grand Bend to. London Bike Tour on August 9 and 10. Here the family poses with their trusty modes of transportation, from left: Jan, Morgan, Craig and Doug. By Craig Bradford T r1 Reporter HENSALL - Doug Hoover has turned -his passion for cycling into a big boost for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada. Hoover, 43, is a member of Noranda Forest MS Bike Tour's $1,000 Club. This year's Grand Bend to London tour on August 9 and 10 will mark his "fifth straight year in the event. Each year Hoover raises between $1,100 and $1,300 from family, friends and colleagues (he's a London exotic and small animal veterinarian) with some help from corporate sponsors. His goal again this year is to raise more than $1,000, but he has some friendly' competition this,year. His wife Jan and two children, Morgan, 13, and Craig, 12, will be riding in the tour. Jan said their combined fundraising goal is $1,000. .l Hoover said he has many'reason why he tookup the MS Bike Tour torch. First; he's an avid cyclist, lbgging about'4,000 km a year.. Then there's the family connectiorts-to MS -- his I3iece.showed some symptoms siruitar to ones suffered who have MS (she doesn't have thedisease) and a friend of the family has MS. • "Almost everyone knows someone with it," he said. He then shared his, personal connection — five years ago he displayed some symptoms similar to those who have .MS that thankfully didn't last.. "MS has affected everybody and most people are happy to -give." A tour leader for the-Iast three years, Hoover said he gets a lot of satisfaction from doing something he already loves while doing good for others. • "It's one of those warm, fuzzy things you can do," he said. 'I think the fundraising will hopefully eradicate this d ebilitating disease." ,w, of LASER COLOUR COPIES Sized onto 8-1/2x11".. Cost $2.00 each $1.00 each (additional of same copy 424 Main St. Exeter (519) 235-1331 r 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Morgan said talking her.into riding this year wasn'thard. - "'I thought it would be fun from what I heard from my . parents and it is for a good cause,"she said. . • Jan added,she is trying the -ride this year mostly due to the. experience her niece went through; while Craig thinks it will be, -fun and likes that together his family *ill do something to help people. . Thosewho'd like to sponsor the Hoovers can field out more by calling them at 262-3545. Hensall boasts another $1,OQ0 - Club member - Brad Hartman. The 19 -year-old fourid out about the tour six years ago'when mom, Susan, brought home a brochure from a circus. The next summer he triedhis first tour and has been raising about $1,000 per year ever since:! . "I go door-to-door; I go to . businesses, I go everywhere," Hartman said of his fundraising drive. "It's a good cause and I - .. have ftin doing it." -His number one memory of the tours. is how hypnotist Dale.K made -Hoover impersonate Elvis while under his spell. • - "That was hilarious," Hartman said of Hoover's gyrating hip routine. • Brad Hartman AL «««.,,, i" 16.7 , RENTAL STOP- samuey . nIt the Do4tCenter 4-1/2" KING ANGLE Reg. $98.00 SALE $89.99 GRINDER . , MILWAUKEE H.D. RANDOM ORBIT Reg. $110 SALE $79■99 PALM SANDER . MILWAUKEE 5' • 12 AMP ANGLE Reg. $193.70 SALE $179.99 GRINDER JEPSON 14" • 15 AMP CUT OFF SAW Reg. $296.49 SALE $274.99 Doftceer �! PICK -UI ANI) DELIVE SERVIC AVAILAB _ww wi ES ► IM flll>-v fllll;IrT'I»ll "�