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12 Independent & Free Press,Thursday, September 8, 2011 Your On-Line Source... For Home Town News... Back to School Special! FREE transitions ($100 value) with the purchase of any frame during September. See store for details. Burger hopes to raise $40,000 Continued from pg. 1 way by thousands of cyclists who will ride shorter distances in major cities across Canada. "There are many small factors to riding tandem that will make the ride twice as physically demanding as last year," said Burger. One example is controlling the speed of the bike when riding downhill. "Controlling speed is actually very difficult because we have twice the weight on the bike. We could be reaching speeds up to 100 km an hour (downhill)," he said. Burger, 34, who teaches indoor cycling part-time at Good Life Fitness, has been training for this year's ride since a month after he completed last year's. "My mileage is down from last year but the intensity is up," said Burger, who has been logging between four to 10 hours a day on his bike six days a week. He will be using his vacation days to do the work and paid a $3,000 registration fee to take part. Last year he raised $48,000, and this year to date has raised $27,000. He hopes to bring in $40,000 for the charity, of which he says 100 per cent of every dollar raised goes towards the programs it funds. For example, he said, funds raised through the rides goes to the cost of operating camps geared to children with cancer such as Camp Oochigeas. He stressed the funds go not just to research, but also to improving the quality of life for children and their families living with and beyond cancer. This year Burger's wife Erin will be coming along for a portion of the Ride as a volunteer RV driver from B.C. to Toronto. To learn more about the Ride or to sponsor Burger go to www.searsnationalkidscancerride.com, call him at 905299-6002 or email boardtopia@hotmail. com. He will also be writing a blog along the route, which can be followed at www. searsnationalkidscancerride.com Donations can be made to the Ride through the end of the year. 519-853-5133 COME AND SEE WHAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT! 4 MILL STREET EAST AT THE FOUR CORNERS IN DOWNTOWN ACTON Canadian Antique Hunters Roadshow presented by OXFORD AUCTION We pay cash for · Gold · Jewellery ·Coins · Antiques FIVE DA YS ONLY Thurs., Sept. 15 10 am - 5 pm Fri., Sept. 16 10 am - 5 pm Sat., Sept. 17 Sun., Sept. 18 Mon., Sept. 19 11:00 am - 5 pm 11:00 am - 5 pm 10:00 am - 5 pm We GUARANTEE to offer you a higher price than our competitors on most items. We are NOT affiliated with any other Road Show! See us BEFORE you sell to anyone else! Bring us your broken, unwanted jewelry, gold and silver coins, sterling flatware and serving pieces. Antique toys, old advertising signage and much more!! Sterling Flatware and serving pieces Gold & Silver Bullion British Gold Sovereign Silver Olympic Coins 1921 Canadian 50¢ 1948 Silver Dollar We Buy Gold & Silver! Maple Leaf Gold Coin Best Western Inn, 365 Guelph St. (Hwy. 7), Georgetown