{"id":671,"date":"2008-09-16T14:41:04","date_gmt":"2008-09-16T20:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/bsutoday\/?p=671"},"modified":"2021-11-01T15:52:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T20:52:16","slug":"20080920-bike-bemidji-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/2008\/09\/16\/20080920-bike-bemidji-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Bemidji State to co-sponsor \u201cBike Bemidji!\u201d event on Sept. 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BEMIDJI, Minn.<\/strong> &mdash; Bemidji State University will help sponsor &ldquo;Bike Bemidji!,&rdquo; an event to excite and educate the Bemidji community on the many benefits of riding a bicycle, on Saturday, Sept. 20.<\/p>\n<p>The event is also sponsored by the Bemidji Area Climate Change Coalition, the Bemidji Skate and Bike Association, the Indigenous Environmental Network and Shifting Gears Bicycles.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Bike Bemidji!&rdquo; will begin with a ride around Lake Bemidji. Participants can either start at Diamond Point Park in Bemidji at 9 a.m., or join the ride en route at Lake Bemidji State Park at 10 a.m. or the Lincoln Elementary School trailhead at 10:30 a.m. Refreshments will be offered at both en route locations, and t-shirts will be provided to the first 75 participants in the ride.<\/p>\n<p>The event will continue at Diamond Point Park with lunch and live music beginning at approximately 12 p.m., and free bike tune-ups will be offered from 1-3 p.m. The main park building will also host a variety of presentations on topics such as bike trails, winter biking, safety and adventure biking. There will also be an event for children.<\/p>\n<p>Drawings for bike equipment and accessories will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Those who attend any of the day&rsquo;s presentations can register for drawings in three categories &ndash; children, Bemidji State students and others.<\/p>\n<p>All events are scheduled to take place rain or shine. For more information, contact Erika Bailey-Johnson, Bemidji State sustainability coordinator, at (218) 755-2560.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR YOUR CALENDAR<br>\n Sept. 20<\/strong> &ndash; &ldquo;Bike Bemidji!&rdquo; event, co-sponsored by Bemidji State University, Bemidji Area Climate Change Coalition, the Bemidji Skate and Bike Association, the Indigenous Environmental Network and Shifting Gears Bicycles. 9 a.m. bike ride around Lake Bemidji, leaves from Diamond Point Park. Lunch and other events begin at noon at Diamond Point. Information: Erika Bailey-Johnson, Bemidji State University sustainability coordinator; (218) 755-2560.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEMIDJI, Minn. &mdash; Bemidji State University will help sponsor &ldquo;Bike Bemidji!,&rdquo; an event to excite and educate the Bemidji community on the many benefits of riding a bicycle, on Saturday, Sept. 20. The event is also sponsored by the Bemidji Area Climate Change Coalition, the Bemidji Skate and Bike Association, the Indigenous Environmental Network and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[681],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44377,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions\/44377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}