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FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1992
WB Commissioner
To Pedal 1,000 Miles
STEVE STEIN
Special to The Jewish News
M
aurice Freed is will-
ing to go to great
lengths for some-
thing he believes in. Even
1,000 miles — on a bicycle —
in just three days.
Mr. Freed, a member of the
West Bloomfield Parks and
Recreation Commission,
plans a solo ride around the
perimeter of Michigan's
Lower Peninsula to raise
funds for the proposed West
Bloomfield Recreation Ac-
tivities Center.
He will leave West Bloom-
field on June 19. If all goes
well, Mr. Freed will be some-
where between Alpena and
Rogers City in the northeast
corner of the state that night,
he said.
Mr. Freed, 37, will need to
ride for 17 hours a day, cover-
ing around 335 miles, to
make it back in three days.
"I'll make it," Mr. Freed
said. "Sure, there could be
some mechanical break-
downs, or we could be stopped
by rain or a tornado. But
that's not going to happen.
No way."
Mr. Freed, who stands
5-foot-7 and weighs 150
pounds, is an experienced
long-distance cyclist who rode
434 miles in 24 hours in 1984.
He's also an accomplished
runner, skier and rower. He
has been training for next
weekend's ride since the end
of March.
Mr. Freed picked days
which will have the most
hours of daylight of any dur-
ing the year. If the skies are
clear, there will be a full
moon at night.
To save time, he will be
eating and drinking while he
is riding. Of the remaining
seven hours during each
24-hour period, about five will
be spent sleeping. The others
will be devoted to relaxing
and taking care of hygiene.
Mr. Freed's crew includes
Billy Jacobson, owner of
Jake's Bike Shop in Harper
Woods, who will be following
behind in a car. He will have
at least one spare bike and ex-
tra wheels.
Mr. Freed would like to
make Empire or Frankfort
located southwest of Traverse
City by the end of Saturday.
He wants to be back in West
Bloomfield on Sunday after
taking a route through
Muskegon. All travel will be
on secondary roads.
Mr. Freed said he'll make
the ride in no more than five
days. If he's back in four days,
he wants those who pledged
money per mile to double
their donation. If he's home in
three days, he wants the
pledges to triple.
If the ride takes longer than
five days, "I'll let everyone off
the hook," Mr. Freed said.
The proposed Recreation
Activities Center is a $6
million project. At least $1.6
million is needed to complete
the first phase. It is hoped
that all the money will come
from private sources.
"I'd like to raise that $1.6
million through the ride," Mr.
Freed said. ❑
Washtenaw JCC
Readies Maccabi Team
This summer, Washtenaw
County will send its largest-
ever delegation to the inter-
national North American
Jewish Community Center's
Youth Maccabi Games, in-
cluding the county's first-ever
girl's basketball team.
Eighteen youngsters signed
up for the Olympic-like
games for Jewish athletes to
be held in Baltimore Aug.
23-30. Young people, ages
13-16, are eligible for the
biennial games which include
over 2,000 young Jewish
athletes from all over the
globe, including the former
Soviet Union, Israel, Mexico
and Australia.
Local delegates will com-
pete in girls and boys basket-
ball and a number of in-
dividual sports.
Currently, both the boys
and girls basketball teams
are meeting twice a week at
the JCC for practices under
the direction of head coaches
Noel Aaron Cimmino and
Mark Singer. Cimmino, who
grew up in Bergen County,
New Jersey, is a veteran of
two Maccabis and worked as
a coach for over four years
when he was in high school.
Cimmino will be the head
coach for the boys team in
Baltimore.
Singer, 20, grew up in
Muskegon where he played
varsity basketball and work-
ed as a coach at basketball
camps throughout his high
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