Members and guests of the Gainesville Cycling Club helped tidy up the Bicycle Memorial on Dec. 26-27, 1998. Despite cold rain, people came at various times over the weekend, and the Memorial looks much better!
The cleanup was slated for 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, December 26 and was to be followed by a potluck lunch and a bike ride. However rain interrupted the cleanup and the canceled the bike ride. Brave club members Laurie Triulzi, Linda Crider, Tim Strauser and Chandler Otis and guests Brad Guy, Eric Finnan and Craig Nikolaus, showed up at 9 a.m. Despite the rain, this group picked up trash, cans and bottles, however the weather was too wet for mowing or raking up leaves. A tentative plan to finish the cleanup on Sunday afternoon was suggested.
Linda Crider hosted the potluck lunch that featured Grandma Chandler's chicken soup.
Club members reassembled on Sunday at 3 p.m. to discover that Diann Dimitri and Chuck Broward had raked up all the leaves and had pruned the trees and shrubs earlier that day. Chandler Otis mowed the area, while Maureen Petersen, Ray (a holiday visitor whose last name we forgot), and City Commissioner Pegeen Hanrahan spruced up the area and trimmed the palm trees.
If you are riding by the Bike Memorial, take a moment to pick up any litter or bottles you may find. We will have periodic clean-ups of the memorial, tentatively as part of the Great Florida Cleanup this spring. If you would like to help organize this cleanup, please call Chandler Otis at 377-1728.