ROARING SUCCESS; LOVE RIDE 16 RAISES MONEY FOR CHARITIES.Byline: Lee Condon Staff Writer Some 20,000 motorcyclists turned out in Glendale on Sunday to join Love Ride 16, a 50-mile caravan to Castaic Lake Castaic Lake is a lake on Castaic Creek formed by Castaic Dam, in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, near the town of Castaic. The 323,700 acre foot lake (399,000,000 m³) is the terminus of the West Branch of the California Aqueduct, though some comes from the 154 mi² which organizers hope raised $1 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is an organization founded in 1950 which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating health professionals and the Reading by 9 literacy program. When the Love Ride was started 16 years ago by Oliver Shokouh, owner of Glendale Harley Davidson, it featured just 250 motorcyclists, but it has grown into the largest motorcycling fund-raising event in the world. Actors Lorenzo Lamas and Peter Fonda Peter Henry Fonda (born February 23, 1940) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. Fonda is associated with Western counterculture of the 1960s.[1] Biography Personal life served as grand marshals, and participants enjoyed a concert featuring Sammy Hagar Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13 1947 in Monterey, California, USA), better known as Sammy Hagar (aka "The Red Rocker"), is an American rock guitarist, singer, and composer. Hagar was the singer of Van Halen, and of the early 70s rock band Montrose. and the Waboritas at Castaic Lake. Other celebrity riders were actors Larry Hagman and Lindsay Wagner. Kathy and Russ Mills, who own a used-car lot in Leona Valley, were enjoying their fourth Love Ride together. Their first ride in 1995 was also their first date. ``We call it the `In Love Ride,' said Kathy Mills, who rides in the Liberty Sidecar 1. sidecar - Synonym slap on the side. Especially used of add-ons for the late and unlamented IBM PCjr. 2. sidecar - The IBM PC compatibility box that could be bolted onto the side of an Amiga. on the couple's Harley Davidson bike. ``Rather than buying a Winnebago, we bought this,'' Russ Mills said. Kathy Mills was happy to see that in addition to the Muscular Dystrophy Association the ride now also benefits the Reading by 9 literacy program. ``I think supporting literacy programs is really important. Too many people can't read,'' Mills said. Phyllis Gunther, a court reporter from Riverside, came clad in leather chaps and a shirt, bandanna and necklace, all featuring a skull and crossbones skull and crossbones alerts consumers to presence of poison; represents death. [Folklore: Misc.] See : Danger skull and crossbones symbolizing mortality; sign on poison bottles. theme. ``It's fun to just people watch and see all the bikes,'' said Gunther, who rides on the back of her boyfriend's Harley Davidson Fatboy motorcycle. ``It's a good group of people and it's a good cause.'' Maria Cabanilla, a 47-year-old grandmother of seven from Palm Desert, said fund raisers like Love Ride help dispel outlaw stereotypes about bikers. ``We're trying to change the image,'' Cabanilla said. As the the last group of bikers revved their engines before heading out to Castaic, Tony Ardito explained why he drove 600 miles from his home near Sacramento to be in Love Ride. ``We want to hear the thunder, man,'' Ardito said. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) Motorcycle riders head north on the Golden State Freeway The Golden State Freeway is a north-south freeway running through Kern County and Los Angeles County, California. Originally built as U.S. Highway 99, it was re-signed as Interstate 5 in 1964. from Glendale to Castaic Lake, in the 16th annual Love Ride fund-raiser. Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Staff Photographer (2 -- 4) At top, Honorary Grand Marshal Peter Fonda, right, leads the motorcycles out of Glendale at the start of the Love Ride fund-raiser for Muscular Dystrophy muscular dystrophy (dĭs`trōfē), any of several inherited diseases characterized by progressive wasting of the skeletal muscles. There are five main forms of the disease. and a literacy program. Above, Tom and Cindy Jones of Hacienda Heights wave to motorcycle riders from the Zoo Drive overpass. Top left, Shelley Montanez fixes her hair at the ride's end. Michael Owen Baker/Staff Photographer |
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