BIKE HIKE: Tom Frigo’s sister, Betty Ann Frigo Hays, deserves a
“shout out” upon completion of her most-recent biking
accomplishment.
Tom, who lives in Custer City, brought in an e-mail from his
sister – a former Bradfordian who now lives in Phoenix – in which
she recounts details about her trip with the CrossRoads Cycling
Adventures tour company.
From Sept. 17 to Oct. 12, 2008, Betty biked from Portland,
Maine, to Daytona Beach, Fla. – a distance of 1,601 miles with only
three days’ rest.
The average daily mileage was 75 miles.
A total of 29 riders made up the tour, 22 men and seven woman.
The youngest was 40 years old, and the oldest? 79 years old!
“Betty is 63 years old,” Tom said. “She said it was OK to tell
her age.”
For those of you feeling any phantom hamstring pain just reading
this, think of how amazingly fit – and inspirational – are these
athletes of all ages.
Tom also brought in an ‘RTS column from 2004 in which we saluted
Betty and her fellow cyclists when they biked across the country
from Los Angeles to Boston over a period of two months, a distance
of 3,415 miles.
TALL TREE: What’s the largest, oldest tree in Bradford? That’s
a question answered in the pages of the May issue of The Inkwell,
the Bradford Historical Society’s May newsletter.
Bob Harris, a local master gardener, is featured in its pages as
having “scoured” the streets of Bradford, tape measure in hand,
looking for the largest and oldest tree in our city.
He asked the folks at the historical society if they had any
record of historic tall trees in our city. The answer was no.
“Bob was undeterred,” the story reads. “One day, from a
viewpoint up on Oak Hill Cemetery, he spotted (the tallest tree).
Its tall branches could easily be seen from the hills surrounding
the city. And the search was over.”
Where is it? The tallest tree is on the corner of Forman and
Florence streets, across from the back entrance to the post
office.
CITY RECORDS: The Bradford Historical Society’s newsletter also
noted that the society has acquired early fire report books of the
Bradford Fire Department (as far back as 1887) and of St. Bernard’s
Catholic Church records from 1917 (the 1947 flood having destroyed
church records before 1917).
