BIKERS MOTOR INTO VENTURA TO HELP CHILDREN; CHARITY EVENT DRAWS THOUSANDS.Byline: Kevin F. Sherry Daily News Staff Writer The parking lot at San Buenaventura
The seventh annual Beach Ride brought Harley-Davidson enthusiasts and motorcycle buffs of all types to the beach. Organizers estimated this year's crowd at 9,000, a 50 percent increase over last year, said spokesman Harvey Farr. Each attendee paid $25, which will go to assist the Exceptional Children's Foundation, an organization that helps children and adults with developmental disabilities developmental disabilities (DD), n.pl the pathologic conditions that have their origin in the embryology and growth and development of an individual. DDs usually appear clinically before 18 years of age. . Last year's Beach Ride brought in $40,000, with $60,000 expected this year. Seven years ago, the foundation opted to try a motorcycle event to raise money in a different way, said Robert Shushan, the foundation's executive director. Bikers are as willing to help out charity as anyone else, Shushan said. ``It was a totally different part of the community that was going to be participating,'' he said. The organization also stages a run and golf tournament to raise money, Shushan said. About 500 volunteers were needed to make the Beach Ride run, he said. The 130 vendors at the event hawked wares ranging from comfortable bike seats to bandannas and novelty teeth. The dress code included cigars for men, tight tops for women and jeans, leather and tattoos for everybody. The sight of a few dozen bikers cruising on the freeways didn't seem to disturb other drivers, said Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. resident Terry Petrella. ``They give the thumbs up and wave,'' Petrella said. Many of the attendees said they came to help charity, to enjoy the music and to reunite re·u·nite tr. & intr.v. re·u·nit·ed, re·u·nit·ing, re·u·nites To bring or come together again. reunite Verb [-niting, -nited with old friends. ``You run into people you haven't seen,'' said West Los Angeles
Don Hix, a resident of Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, city (1990 pop. 281,140), seat of El Paso co., central Colo., on Monument and Fountain creeks, at the foot of Pikes Peak; inc. 1886. It is a year-round resort and a booming military, technological, and commercial city. , Colo., was in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, and heard about the Beach Ride only last week. He changed his plans and stayed for the event. Hix ran into a T-shirt vendor that he had met before in Colorado. ``It beings a lot of people together,'' he said. ``You meet people all over the place.'' Bikers do not need an excuse to have a party, but helping charity draws everyone in, Hix said. ``That's the main reason to have it,'' he said. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) (Ran in Conejo and Simi Editions only) This motorcycle's 54-inch fork hogs attention at Sunday's Beach Ride benefit in Ventura. (2) (Ran in Conejo and Simi Editions only) Bikers Robert Ibon and Margarita Margarita (märgärē`tä), island, 444 sq mi (1,150 sq km), in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela. With many smaller islands it constitutes the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta (1990 pop. 263,748). Archuleta of Torrance smooch during a concert fund-raiser. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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