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17th Annual SUMMER Guide #2


Sonoma Raceway Hosts “Bike The Track” July 14, 2016 – Bicyclists Get Rare Opportunity To Ride On The Racetrack !


Sonoma, CA. ~ On July 14, 2016 from 5-8 p.m., Sonoma Raceway will host “Bike the Track,” a rare opportunity for local cyclists to ride their bi- cycles on the racetrack. Admis- sion for adults and teens 13 and older is $25 in advance, $30 at the gate. Children 12 and un- der are $10 in advance or at the gate. The event supports Sonoma County’s effort to be- come the healthiest county in the state, with proceeds ben- efitting a one-to-one challenge grant for Helen Putnam Re- gional Park. The Sonoma Valley Hospital Foundation also is a benefi- ciary of the event. “We love the parks, we love Sonoma Valley Hospital, and we love bikes,”


explained Steve Page, presi- dent and general manager of Sonoma Raceway. “This event seemed like a fun and innova- tive way to bring all of those features together.” Bike the Track will open at


5 p.m. with a Bicycle Rodeo, Bike Clinic and live music by the popular local band Power Glide. These activities, as well as food and beverage sales, will continue when the bicy- cles take to the track at 6 p.m. Ambitious riders can choose the 2.3 mile racetrack loop, while those who prefer an eas- ier option can bike the flat drag strip. Additional details and advance tickets are available at http://bikethetrack.brownpap- ertickets.com.


July 2016 • 8 Weird Facts & Fun Trivia - 3


Sometime between 600 and 900 C.E., Chinese alchemists accidentally mixed saltpeter (or potassium nitrate) with sulfur and charcoal, inad- vertently stumbling upon the crude chemical recipe for gunpowder. Supposedly, they had been searching for an elixir for immortality.


Even some of the very first Independence Day celebrations involved fireworks. On July 4, 1777, Philadelphia put together an elaborate day of festivities, notes American University historian James R. Heintze. The celebration included a 13 cannon display, a parade, a fancy dinner, toasts, music, musket salutes, “loud huz- zas,” and of course fireworks.


“Mind is a


flexible mirror, adjust it, to see


a better world.” Amit Ray, Mindfulness


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98 A Month 8 • July 2016 • UPBEAT TIMES, INC. History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” ~ Winston S. Churchill


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