Memorial poker ride set for Saturday
Friday, July 30, 2010
CASHMERE — A poker ride in honor of Kathy (Eadie) Robertson, a Cashmere resident who died April 12, will be held Saturday.
The ride begins at Club Crow, 108-1/2 Cottage Ave., in Cashmere. Sign-up starts at 10 a.m., and the ride begins at 11 a.m. All vehicles are welcome.
During a poker run, riders must visit five to seven checkpoints and draw a playing card at each one. The point is to have the best poker hand at the end.
Proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society.
For more information, call 860-7545 or 670-3107.
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FerdBerfel (Ferd Berfel) says...
Lori, a poker ride for whom? Motorcycles? Bicycles? Skateboards?
July 30, 2010 at 9 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
fishtracker (J Taxpayer) says...
Motorcycles, starting at club crow, but to where?
July 30, 2010 at 9:08 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
carol (Carol DeWolf) says...
It says FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 860-7545 or 6703107
July 30, 2010 at 9:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
FerdBerfel (Ferd Berfel) says...
Point is....if there was a little more information in the article, people wouldn't have to call. I can't imagine being on the other end of those phone numbers and having to answer the same question(s) over and over when all it would have taken to prevent that was a little more info in the article.
July 30, 2010 at 9:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
FerdBerfel (Ferd Berfel) says...
"All vehicles are welcome"
Bicycles and skateboards too?
July 30, 2010 at 9:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
whyarealltheusernamestaken (Anon ymous) says...
Poker rides are typical to motorcycles, they tend to have poker runs weekly in some areas. You could bring a bicycle or skateboard - but by the time you reached the first checkpoint, everyone else will have been long finished.
July 30, 2010 at 10:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
shiggy (Don Person) says...
why... Poker rides may be typical to motos, but hardly exclusive to them. I have participated in poker rides on horses (VERY common), road and mt bikes, and on foot. And why I looked at notice. More info about Ms Robertson would have been appropriate, too.
As Ferd mentions, the addition of just a few words could have avoided many questions.
July 30, 2010 at 10:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Flamebike (Just Cuz) says...
Fishtracker & Ferd--Obviously, you've never been on a poker run--cuz if you had, you'd know the answers to ALL the questions.
All the information you need (to begin with) is the start location and time. Once you get there, they'll have you draw a poker card from several decks, and tell you where the next destination is. At each "stop" you'll (draw) another card and again at the next location and so on, until you have 5-7 cards. This is as much a fun event as it is a fund raiser. These stops are usually at food and beverage establishments, and friends tend to ride together from place to place--it's not a race, and every "Motorcyclist" is on his/her own to safely ride at the pace they feel most comfortable at.
At the end, best POKER hand wins---it's that simple.
July 30, 2010 at 10:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Flamebike (Just Cuz) says...
Oh--by the way--The Motorcycle riders in this valley knew that it was for "motorcycles" CUZ--it's starting at "Club Crow"--really no where to park your horse--leagally!!
July 30, 2010 at 10:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Bond (James Bond) says...
Journalism 101:
Who? What? When? Where? How?
July 30, 2010 at 1:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Flamebike (Just Cuz) says...
Bond--I agree, but we need to give her a bit of a brake--she's a newsroom "assistant" (an apprentice, just learning the trade).
July 30, 2010 at 2:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
fishtracker (J Taxpayer) says...
Thanks for the info flamebike but all I was wondering is which direction the ride was going. It helps to attrackt more people when the destinations are posted.
July 30, 2010 at 2:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
fishtracker (J Taxpayer) says...
Sorry attract. Got to brush up on my typing.
July 30, 2010 at 2:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
didricksen (Lori Didricksen) says...
Hi, this is Lori, I wrote this brief. At press time, this was the only information available. We felt that it was an important event the people of the Valley would want to know about, and those who were interested could call one of the numbers listed.
July 30, 2010 at 3:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
timrice (tim rice) says...
What a great turn out it was.Too bad the world chose not too send someone there to report on Saturday(morning/afternoon).The winner of the Poker Run donated the winnings to the American Cancer Society!
August 1, 2010 at 10:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )