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By Ken Askew

Borrowing the phrase from the Indianapolis 500 auto race, “Gentlemen (and ladies): Start your engines!” The 2nd annual “Ride for the Wreaths” kicked off for a 50-mile jaunt through Washington County.

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Coming from Waynesburg was a comfortable ride on Barb Cleavenger’s 2012 Can-Am Spyder Limited. This new design puts two wheels up front, instead of the traditional style of two wheels in the back of a trike.
The purpose of the motorcycle ride was to raise money for the “Wreaths Across America” program (www.wreathsacrossamerica.org) and the “Wounded Warrior Project”
(www.woundedwarriorproject.org). Wreaths Across America commemorates the sacrifices that fallen military personnel have given, whereas the Wounded Warrior Project empowers military veterans who have incurred service-connected injuries.




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Mike Holtkamp, from McMurray, makes a last-minute check of his Buell bike
The ride began at the Steel City Motorcycles dealership on Washington Road / Route 19 in Washington; proceeded to the Cemetery of the Alleghenies near Cecil, where thanks were offered to the fallen military personnel and prayers extended to their families; and concluded at The Bible Chapel in McMurray, where lunch and music were provided.

A police escort was provided by both the North Strabane and South Strabane police departments.

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