[DB!-Announce] Time for eclipse ride and other news updates

[Davis Bicycles Announcements]

Eclipse ride is at 6PM, peak of eclipse is at 7:30PM.  In case of rain or complete cloud cover, let's go to the Sunrise Restaurant at 229 G St for hot soup and avocado milkshakes.  

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I spoke briefly at the City Council meeting tonight.  I encouraged them to keep up the forward progress, and make sure that they keep listening to the bicyclists in town.  That means ya'all need to keep _Speaking_ _Up_!  Show up at City Council meetings, talk to them at the Farmers' Market, send them emails and letters, tell them you want to see bicycles given a higher priority in Davis--attend to the needs of bicyclists, promote bicycles, install more bikeracks, fix problems etc.  And I encouraged them all to ride bikes themselves.  Remember--the squeaky wheel gets the grease!    

Don Saylor and Lamar Heystek both spoke favorably on our proposal for naming the 14th/Villanova corridor the "Frank and Eve Child Bikeway"  

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Does anyone want to copilot a U-Haul to Portland this weekend?  I'll pay return airfare for a good traveling companion.  

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Details on Unitrans 40th anniversary celebration is as follows (thanks to Geoff Straw for emailing out the info)
1. Fri Feb 29, Noon – Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony & Re-Christening of bus 2819, which is the only natural gas-powered vintage double deck bus in the world. We’ll be serving punch and double deck-shaped cookies, and giving out Unitrans lapel pins and mini-flashlights

2. Feb 29, 6:00 PM – Panel Discussion, including Bob Black, Tom Matoff, Jim McElroy and Wally Mellor. We’ll be serving lemonade, coffee and double deck-shaped cookies. You’ll also get a chance to see the Library’s Special Collections display showing some of our achievements over the past four decades.

3. Sat Mar 1, 11AM to 2PM – We’ll be operating two vintage London double deck buses on the original two routes throughout Davis. Rides are free to the public, so bring out the family! See www.unitrans.com for a map of the routes.

4. Mar 1, 11AM to 2PM – Finally, we’ll conduct an open house at our new-in-2005 maintenance facility on Saturday March 1 from 10AM to 2PM. A special Unitrans-themed cake and other refreshments will be served during this final event.