Riding a modified 1960s purple Schwinn Slik Chik Stingray bicycle, 5-year-old Emma Dupuis, left, of Mexico and Alison Legere, 6, of Rumford on a newer model Barbie Ride With Me Bicycle, slowly cruise past walkers participating in Saturday... Tyler Steward yelled, pedaling his bicycle on the Hosmer Field track during Saturday's Holy Savior Catholic School Bike-a-thon benefit. The milestone, pardon the pun, meant the Holy Savior student had pedaled 60 laps to help 28 other children from the school raise more than $2,000 in two hours for St. Jude's Children's Hospital. As he rode past, the pattern of back-wheel bicycle spray from riding in rain puddles on the track was distinct on his green, Holy Savior T-shirt, attesting to the many laps. Four-year-old Orbin Honor of Mexico, riding a neon-green Hot Wheels bicycle, rolled to a stop beside Holy Savior seventh-grade teacher Michelle Ladd of Byron. Twenty laps around the track equals 5 miles. Like a stock-car racer doing victory laps, Steward proudly pumped his fist and right arm into the air, repeatedly yelling, &ldquo. Honk your horn.
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