Kelowna Daily Courier – July23

Rotarians, Riders, Friends – you are invited by your friends at the Kelowna Capri and the Lake Country Rotary Clubs to join fellow Riders from across Western Canada and the U-S.

They will be rallying in Kelowna, B-C on August 21st to Ride the Rock – treating motorcycle riders to a journey through the volcanic formed, glacier carved Okanagan Valley.

Hosted in the beautiful Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, the Ride to the Rock will provide a day long journey that twists through sub-alpine hills, along vineyard and orchard vistas skirting the beautiful valley bottom lakes.

This Year’s Ride to the Rock will start Saturday morning at 9 AM for registration at the Kelowna Curling Club (coffee will be available) – afterward riders will saddle-up for a staggered start.

At day’s end, riders and friends will finish back at the Kelowna Curling Club to relax to an informal dinner and an evening of fellowship.

Join them for a fun filled weekend.

Registration Fee:

$25 single / $50 rider w. passenger.

$25 – dinner only

Proceeds from Ride to the Rock will support Rotary’s End Polio Now – the last hurdle campaign

Registration Fee includes: Ride to the Rock kit and a BBQ dinner on Saturday evening.

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A motorcycle rider has suffered serious injuries after smashing into the back of an R-C-M-P cruiser.

Police say the cruiser was stopped Highway 22-X near Rockyview yesterday afternoon waiting behind another vehicle that was waiting to turn left.

The 51-year-old motorcycle rider was thrown from the bike but his injuries aren’t believed to be life-threatening.

The officer in the cruiser was not injured.

The 10th Anniversary Motorcycle Ride for Dad’s Celebration Tour is a once-in-a-lifetime national event that links the Military Families Fund and Motorcycle Ride for Dad, a grass-roots national movement of people who have a shared passion for motorcycling and prostate cancer awareness.

Starting in windswept St. John’s Newfoundland on August 1st and finishing in Victoria on August 29th, an Army of Chrome and leather will weave its way through the Canadian heartland spreading the twin messages of Prostate Cancer awareness and Support for our Troops.

Some riders will be doing the whole trip, some will join for the local segment.

The Mountain Stage is the seventh and final stage of the Tour across Canada to celebrate the Motorcycle Ride for Dad’s ten year fight against prostate cancer.

A Tour that also highlighted the support of all Canadians for our troops.

It begins in Edmonton.

Before they tackle the mountains, they will leave Edmonton, the City of Champions and head straight south to the Stampede City, Calgary.

They will meet with our Calgary Chapter before heading on to Banff for the night.

The Mountain Stage is 8 days of what arguably could be the most beautiful scenery in Canada.

They head into the foothills from Calgary, and swing north west through Banff and the famous Lake Louise before heading west into the Rogers Pass through the Selkirk Mountains to Revelstoke.

They turn south and follow the course of the beautiful Columbia River, crossing Upper Arrow Lake on a ferry and swinging south east across the Central Kootneys to the Slocan River valley and on to Nelson.

They travel further south and west across the top of the US border before swing back north up the West Kettle River valley to Kelowna and a meet with the Okanagan Chapter.

They travel north up the Okanagan valley to rejoin Hwy.#1 at Salmon Arm and a swing west into Kamloops.

Leaving Kamloops traveling west they swing south down the Thompson & Fraser River Valleys to Hope, and then south west to Chilliwack for a lunchtime meet with the Westcoast Chapter.

They continue west from there to Delta.

On the last day they head north from Delta through Vancouver to the ferry at Horseshoe Bay, and crossing to Vancouver Island at Nanaimo.

Finally they travel south down the island on Hwy.#1 Langford and a parade into CFB Esquimalt for the End of Tour Celebration.

Hockey ikon Don Cherry and retired General Rick Hillier are co-chairs of the ride.

Donate at www.ridefordadcanada.org

Motorcycle Accident Claims Life of Kelowna Man

On Tuesday July 20, 2010 at approximately 09:00 pm five friends riding motorcycles were returning to Kelowna along Highway 33.

Two of the riders lost control of their motorcycles and crashed approximately 10 km’s north of Beaverdell.

One rider, a 38 year old male, died at the scene while the other rider, a 44 year old male, was taken to Kelowna General Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

Highway 33 was closed in both directions for four hours while the Central Okanagan Traffic Services and Traffic Re-constructionist performed their scene investigation.

The BC Coroner Service is also involved.

At this point contributing factors appear to be speed and alcohol however the investigation is continuing.

The name of the deceased male is not being released pending notification of all next of kin.

The Kelowna RCMP are asking anyone who may have witnessed the accident to call Constable Chad LUCASH of the Central Okanagan Traffic Services (250) 980-5353.