Published: 6/13/2007

Bubbles and bike rides at the Bike-a-Thon and Family Fun Festival

Four-year-old Toledoan Jordyn D'Clute, above, demonstrates the art of blowing soap bubbles, among children's activities at Saturday's Bike-a-Thon and Family Fun Festival in Oregon. THE BLADE/LORI KING Enlarge | Buy This Photo

At right, Fred Gerke volunteers as a safety guard along Seaman Road as bicyclists pass through an intersection during a 20-mile bike ride through the heart of Oregon. Enlarge

The sponsor of the event at New Harvest Christian Church was the Oregon Community and Family Coalition.

.A bike rodeo and games provided fun for children at the church as adults took to the streets for the bike-a-thon, which had as its theme 'Pedal to prevent substance abuse.'

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