BikeNews; SR2S Amarillo

International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) celebrated the third annual Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day on Saturday Oct. 7 2006. Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day celebrates the life of an avid teenage mountain biker from North Carolina who had a true passion from the sport from an early age but pass away in 2002. […]

Yes, there are bike lanes in Gene Howe neighborhood and the students want to know how to use them safety. That’s why PE teacher Janet Sheen asked Texas Bicycle Coalition Local Outreach Coordinators Fernando Martinez and Joyce Cunningham to conduct a Bike Safety day for all 543 Gene Howe students. Sheen met the LOCs at […]

By Jeff Frazer Caprock High School, Amarillo AP Government/ U.S. History I got into the bicycling projects by accident. Several years ago, the Amarillo Library was having its International Week with the featured country being France. The students got extra credit for each activity that they went to. One activity that year was a bike […]

The Girl Scout’s Thin Mint is growing in popularity. The second annual Thin Mint Challenge was held Sunday, September 10, 2006, at the Girl Scout Camp Kiwanis bicycle trails. “It was a very enjoyable event and no one got hurt!” was the comment by Maria Stickel, Executive Director of the Girl Scout Five Star Council. […]

Upon entering Hereford you will see a billboard announcing , giving you a picturesque image of this friendly Texas panhandle town. That friendliness was extended by Deaf Smith County Extension Agent Dawn Watson and Amalia Mata of the Blue Water Garden Learning Center. Watson invited Outreach Coordinators Fernando Martinez and Joyce Cunningham to provide a […]

Kohl’s department store wants to let Amarillo know that their Kohl’s Cares for Kids is not just a program, it’s a promise. They have partnered with Northwest Texas Health Care System’s Children’s Hospital to provide hope for a brighter, healthier future for kids in our community. On August 26, 2006, Joyce Cunningham and . The […]

National Safe Kids Week was May 6 through 13. School activities highlighting the importance of gun, water, fire, animal, home, poison, motor vehicle, and bicycle safety were presented to Amarillo area students throughout the week. One elementary school, Avondale, was selected to host a safety fair for all their students on Friday, May 13. More […]

Texas Bicycle Coalition Amarillo Outreach Coordinators Fernando Martinez and Joyce Cunningham were invited to help judge Caprock High School’s 11th Annual Cluster Intermediate School Science Fair. On Friday, May 19, 2006, nine elementary schools in the Caprock cluster participated in the event. More than 1,200 students prepared 335 projects for judging in the Activity Center. […]

The Children’s Fair was presented by Clear Channel Radio at the Amarillo Civic Center – North Exhibit Hall on Saturday, April 29, and Sunday, April 30, 2006. More than 2,000 kids from around the Amarillo area to attended the two day event. Booths with free of charge activities included Imagination Station (arts & crafts), miniature […]

Boy Scout Troop 80 was joined by two other troops to attend a bicycle safety education clinic led by Texas Bicycle Coalition Outreach Coordinators Martinez and Cunningham last Monday evening. Many exciting stories were told in response to the question, “Have you had a bicycle accident before?” Margaret Wills Elementary School allows the group to […]