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Pedal Power
Cyclists taking to the roads for diabetes research.
a "casual rider." Permut owns a
recumbent bike, which tilts the
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body 45 degrees back, is more
aerodynamic and goes faster. He
onnie Schreiber will
calls it "absolutely great for bad
ride his third Tour de
backs."
Cure cycling benefit
"My grandmother's life was cut
to do his part in the
short by diabetes," says Permut,
battle against diabetes.
who is planning to ride the seven-
"It's easier than it sounds," the
or 15-mile course. "If I can help
Oak Park man says. "People
raise funds to help cure this dis-
shouldn't feel like they can't do
ease, so much the better."
it."
Dr. Michael Lipson of
Schreiber, network manager
Farmington Hills is another Team
for DuPont, volunteer worker for
Franklin member. An optometrist
Jews for Judaism, and an Internet
at OptimEyes in Farmington
Judaic embroidery operator
Hills, many of Dr. Lipson's
(www.rokernneedlearts.com) will
patients are diabetic. "It's a cause
be riding his third Tour de Cure
I believe in strongly," he says.
on Sunday, June 11.
An experienced rider who also
He will follow the lead of
runs and plays racquetball, base-
Howard Sherizen, 47, of Oak
ball and softball, Dr. Lipson rode
Park, a team captain of this ye a . r's
in the Tour de Cure two years
ride. The Tour de Cure course
ago. He remembers "a killer hill"
traverses Island Lake State
at around the 45-mile mark.
Recreation Area near Brighton,
Other than that, he says the event
Oak Park's Akiva Goldman and Howard Sherizen
just south of Kensington
is "a beautiful ride, with nice,
in Moab, Utah.
Metropark.
well-planned rest stops."
The riding event is non-com-
John Jacobs of Huntington
Americans — one in 20 — have dia-
petitive. Cyclists choose from a variety
Woods, an attorney with Doepken,
betes.
of ride routes, ranging from a seven-
Keevican and Weiss, P.C., in
While not a "Jewish" disease, per
mile scenic ride along paved pedestri-
Southfield, is himself a diabetic. This
se, disproportionate numbers of Jews
an paths in the recreation area to a
will be his second time on the tour.
are afflicted with diabetes, especially in
100-mile ride through rural roadways,
He plans to ride the 50-mile course.
their later years.
forests, farmlands and small towns.
"It's a lot of fun," Jacobs says. "It's a
Sherizen, an insurance counselor
Tour de Cure is an annual nation-
beautiful area to ride in, and of
and financial consultant with the
wide bicycle-riding fundraiser to sup-
course, it's for a great cause."
Farmington Hills office of the Mass
port the research and other services of
Full support services will be avail-
Mutual Financial Group, is an avid
the American Diabetes Association.
able to participants, including profes-
cyclist who has participated in this
In 70 sites across the U.S., 100,000
sional medical support, massage thera-
event forthe past five years. His
men and women will raise money by
pists and bike mechanics.
maternal grandmother, Fae Skolnik,
collecting pledges and raising at least
Sherizen even has arranged for
had diabetes.
$100 each. Last year, 500 rode in
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kosher refreshments, courtesy of
He hopes to put together a team of
Michigan and raised $100,000.
Whole Foods/Sperber's Gourmet
50 riders. To recruit, he's hooking up
Proceeds help the ADA work toward
Delights of West Bloomfield.
with the Franklin Fitness and Racquet
the prevention of and cure for diabetes
"The Tour de Cure bicycle ride is
Club in Southfield, which is offering
and also to improve the lives of those
about as good as it gets," Sherizen
affected.
an incentive of complimentary train-
says. "It's very well organized. It's a fun
ing ("spinning" classes) to Tour de
Diabetes, a disease of the endocrine
day of fresh air and exercise, and helps
Cure participants, both before and
system, affects the body's ability to
a worthy cause."0
after the ride.
break down and metabolize sugars and
So far, simply by word of mouth,
starches. The inability of the pancreas
more than a dozen cycling enthusiasts
to secrete sufficient quantities of
To participate, pledge or find
have signed up for "Team Franklin."
insulin, if not controlled by medica-
out more about Tour de Cure,
Steven Permut of Huntington
tion and diet, can have deleterious
Woods will join Schreiber and others
call Howard Sherizen, (248)
effects on health. Complications
855-1010, ext. 317, or Franklin
for the first time. The patent attorney
include heart disease, stroke, blind-
Fitness Director Itzi Saar, (248)
with Troy-based Reising, Ethington,
ness, kidney disease and nerve dam-
352-8000, ext. 73.
Barnes, Kisselle, Learman
age.
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