Bicycle Tour Detailed

The fourth annual bicycle tour of the Wheeling Heritage Trail will be May 30 at Heritage Port in Wheeling. Registration begins at 9 a.m. The tour will start at 10 a.m. This is a non-race event for cyclists and trail enthusiasts.

Pre-registration by May 28 is $20 per person. Registration the day of the tour is $25. The family fee is $10 for each additional family member to a maximum of $50. Children under 12 enter free with a registered adult. Helmets are required for cyclists.

Registration covers a pre-tour bicycle safety check, snacks and water at rest stops, lunch, t-shirts to the first 200 pre-registered, and ride assistance. The tour will take place rain or shine.

Participants will return to Heritage Port for lunch. Join in the fourth year of celebrating the Wheeling Heritage Trail.

To request a registration form place “Registration Request” in the subject line and mail to to bsix1@bikerider.com.

Rodney D. Hanson Memorial

Golf Scramble Approaching

The ninth annual Rodney D. Hanson Memorial Scholarship Golf Scramble to benefit area college students will be held on Monday, May 24 at the Belmont Hills Country Club.

All proceeds from the scramble directly benefit the Rodney D. Hanson Memorial Scholarship, designated for students attending Ohio University’s Eastern Campus. During the last eight years, participants have raised more than $75,000 for students.

The endowed scholarship was established by Hanson’s wife, Debbi Hanson Shutler, with the support of the St. Clairsville Sunrise Rotary after her husband Rodney, a St. Clairsville attorney, died in February 2000. “Our family truly appreciates the continued involvement of the event’s sponsors and golfers,” said Hanson Shutler. “It is such a wonderful thing that Rodney is memorialized by this scholarship that provides assistance to Ohio University students at the Eastern Campus. He would be so humbled by the success that this scholarship fund has received.”

Lunch is at 11:15 a. m. with a shotgun start planned for 12:15 p.m. A dinner at the country club will follow the tournament. The entry fee is $125 per golfer or $500 per team which includes golf and all special events (skins, $10,000 putting contest, mulligan and throw), lunch, dinner, prizes and refreshments on the course.

The top four teams will win pro shop credits including $600 for low gross, $600 for low net, $500 for runner-up low net, and $400 for third place low net.

Those who want to attend the dinner only may buy tickets for $25 each. Dinner will be served immediately following the scramble.

To obtain an entry form, please call Zach Hanson at 740-526-0284. Contact: Director of Marketing and Public Relations Crystal Lorimor at 740-699-2356 or email to Lorimor@ohio.edu

New Martinsville Running Club Forming

The inaugural New Martinsville Running Club 5K Fun Run/Walk will start and finish at the New Martinsville Hydro Dam on April 25, at 3 p.m.

The entry fee is $15 for adults and $10 for kids age 15 and under. Receive a $2 discount if you register by April 21. Awards are given out in standard age groups, plus the fastest time by a New Martinsville student and fastest Magnolia runner.

For further information, contact John Holiday at 740-458-1758 or write to him at NMRC, 47693 Cain Ridge Road, Clarington, Ohio 43915.