BU employees sponsor memorial ride

BU staff member Todd Karnes and his wife are sponsoring a "Tim Shaffer Memorial Ride" on Sunday June 22. Shaffer was 19 years old when stricken with testicular cancer and died at age 23 without insurance to help his parents, Marilyn and Mark Shaffer, with funeral expenses. The family has held numerous yard and bake sales to pay off the burial debts and have established the "Tim Shaffer Courage Against Adversity" Fund. This fund gives scholarships to students from the Columbia/Montour Area Vo-Tech School, which Shaffer attended, who face their own challenges and also helps other uninsured families pay for funeral expenses with similar situations as the Shaffer's.

Registration starts at 10 a.m. at TPC Power Center, Route 11, Bloomsburg. The motorcycle ride gets underway at 11 a.m. and will be 80 to 100 miles. Cost is $20 for the driver and $5 for a passenger, which includes a lunch buffet upon return and a ticket for the door prizes. The first 50 riders will receive a t-shirt and there are door prizes. There will be a Show and Shine competition and a Slow Bike Race with the winners receiving a plaque and also 1st choice of the door prizes.

Those who do not ride a motorcycle but still would like to join in the fun, you may enjoy the BBQ lunch and receive a ticket for a door prize with a $20 donation. Just show up at the pavilion on the property of the Bloomsburg Christian Church, 107 Deussen Drive, around 2 p.m. The Show & Shine contest and Slow Bike Race will take place there. The winner of the "Bug Splat" competition will also be determined.

Anyone wishing to make a monetary contribution may do so care of the "Tim Shaffer Fund", First National Bank of Berwick, 111 West Front Street, Berwick, PA 18603. For more ride info, please contact (570)458-6937.