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MLPD holds Bike Rodeo this morning

 

mountain lake police featureThe Mountain Lake Police Department (MLPD) held a Bike Rodeo for young bicyclists this morning (Saturday, June 10) in the parking lot of the Cornerstone Bible Church. On hand were Mountain Lake Police Chief Doug Bristol and Mountain Lake Police Officer Emily Mathiowetz. Assisting were Community Wellness Partners Active Living, Workplace Wellness and Diabetes Prevention Lead at Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services Amber Hughes, along with biking aficionado Luke Winger. Cornerstone Bible Youth Group members, led by Youth Pastor Micah Siebert, also helped with the rodeo drills, and served up lunch to the participants.

Winter and Bristol kicked off the event completing safety inspections and making minor adjustments to bicycles (inflating tires and checking and correcting brakes, pedals, bike chains, handlebars and reflectors), as well as fitting rodeo participants with free bike helmets.

Below are some photos from this morning’s Bicycle Rodeo:

 

MOUNTAIN LAKE POLICE Officer Emily Mathiowetz, right, fits Keymoni Bent, left, with a new (and free) blue aerodynamic bicycle helmet.

 

LUKE WINGER MAKES some adjustments tothe handlebars of this bicycle.

 

OFFICER MATHIOWETZ, LEFT, watches as Danika Gohr, center, approaches the cones during this rodeo drill. At back right, Mountain Lake Police Chief Doug Bristol readies the other young bicyclists particpating in the rodeo.

 

TEO WINGER, FRONT, practices pedaling and looking backwards (by taking a gander at Dory). Behind are, Keymoni Bent, front, and Adalynn Kufahl, back. At right is Chief Bristol.

 

OSHANE BENT SWINGS around the cones during this slalom drill.

 

STRENGTHENING HER SKILLS on riding bike and making a left turn arm signal at the same time is Adalynn Kufahl, left, observed by Community Wellness Partners Active Living, Workplace Wellness and Diabetes Prevention Lead at Des Moines Valley Health & Human Services Amber Hughes, right.

 

 

 

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