Dave German

Hey Keith - what if we hung out at the gates during the afternoon communte
hour and alerted the riders of the situation. And asked that they keep it
at safe speeds while in the cemetary.

Dave

>From: "Keith A. Prior"
>To: "Jonathan Maus" ,
>CC: david@riverviewcemetery.org
>Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Riverview Cemetery
>Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:31:48 -0700
>
>I would be the first to step up and volunteer to work an afternoon at the
>cemetery
>as a way to mend fences with the crew and owner(s). Actions speak louder
>than words.
>
>
>-Keith
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org]On
>Behalf Of Jonathan Maus
>Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:16 AM
>To: obra@list.obra.org
>Cc: david@riverviewcemetery.org
>Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Riverview Cemetery
>
>
>Jeff,
>
>Thanks for the heads up on this (and thanks for talking with me this
>morning). I've posted something on my site to help spread the word and I
>also forwarded this to another bike community email list (Shift).
>
>Here's my story.
>http://bikeportland.org/2006/04/26/safety-concerns-may-close-popular-cemeter
>y-route/
>
>(btw, if you'd like your comments to be seen by a larger part of the
>community than the OBRA list I encourage you to leave them on my site).
>
>Thanks.
>
>--Jonathan
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>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jeff Tedder"
>To: "Amber Murray" ;
>Cc:
>Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 8:50 AM
>Subject: [OBRA Chat] Riverview Cemetery
>
>
> > Good morning everyone,
> > I just wanted to post a message about riding in Riverview Cemetery. For
> > those of you that don't know this is a very popular route from the
> > Sellwood
> > bridge up to the top of Taylors Ferry and Terwilliger area. I had a long
> > talk with David Noble from the head office on Tuesday and there has been
> > talk of stopping the cyclists from riding this route, this would be a
>blow
> > to hundreds of cyclists that commute and train in the cemetery. The
>reason
> > for this is the speed of riders going through the narrow roads around
>the
> > areas like the parking lot at the front office, the maintenance shop on
> > the
> > back side and several other areas that have sharp turns and people
>cutting
> > corners and almost hitting cars head on. There has been several close
> > misses
> > lately he said and they do not want any accidents. So please slow the
> > speed
> > going down through the cemetery, especially around the areas that I
>talked
> > about. I would hate to see us loose the privledge of using these roads,
> > they
> > are nice enought to allow us access so lets not screw it up, please put
> > the
> > word out to people that may not be on this chatline. Thanks everyone for
> > listening and any questions let me know.
> > Jeff Tedder
> > Hammer Nutrition Products
> > 503-246-2388
> > cell 503-473-7650
> >
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