—Photo by DAVID GUNTER Mel Dick leads a pack of more than 30 riders Sunday as he begins the first leg of his cross-country, solo bike ride to raise funds for the Panhandle Alliance for Education early childhood literacy program. The riders, who pledged money to ride along for the beginning of the trek, accompanied him as far as Newport, Wash. The kick-off ride was part of Bike Week 2008.
June 2, 2008
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