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Tour-de-Trails coming to Slice of Shoreview BY NOELLE OLSON SHOREVIEW PRESS EDITOR
Shoreview embodies nearly 90 miles of sidewalks and trails. Shoreview is a bike friendly community with an elaborate trail system that allows residents to connect to parks, shopping areas and the community center. The Bikes and Trails Committee will sponsor a booth at the Slice of Shoreview on July 22-24. “We answer questions about bike safety and the trails in Shoreview,” Ted Haaf, of the Bikes and Trails Committee said. “We also sponsor a bike ride at the Slice and it’s affectionally called the Tour-de-Trails.” The ride will be held from 7:30 to 11 a.m. Sunday, July 26 and begin at the Deluxe
Corporation parking lot, 3680 Victoria Street N., underneath the Shoreview water tower. Riders must start by 8:30 a.m. and finish by 11 a.m. The cost for the Tour-deTrails bike ride is $7 per person or $20 per family. Participants must register by July 21. Mark Stange, of the bikeways and trails committee, said riders can register online, at City Hall, or mail payment to City Hall. There will be no dayof registration this year. Riders can check in anytime between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. “Route maps will be provided at check-in and riders will receive a free T-shirt,” Stange said. According to the city’s website, the short route is 13.07 miles perfect for family groups and casual SEE TOUR-DE-TRAILS, PAGE 3
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Lynne Abbott in ‘the Barbie Room’ at her home in Shoreview.
Barbie collection journeys from Australia to Shoreview BY NOELLE OLSON SHOREVIEW PRESS EDITOR
For 10 years, Lynne Abbott’s Barbie collection was hidden from the world. “The Barbies have taken a few international journeys,” Abbott said. “When my husband John and I sold our home in Sydney,
Australia 10 years ago, we packed up the Barbie collection and took them out of storage when we moved here to Shoreview.” Over 1,000 Barbie dolls and accessories are displayed in a room Abbott affectionally calls “the Barbie room.” CONTRIBUTED
Riders on the bike trails at a preview of Tour-de-Trails.
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