Chance connection brings national cancer cycling relay to Dwight

Amy Oleen-Naaf, second from left on the front row and Karen Bliss, a United States Bicycling Hall of Fame inductee and second from right in the back row, pose with the Gale Force Five national cycling team and its coaches during a stop in Dwight. Naaf and Bliss became friends after a chance meeting in 2025.

What began as a search for a place where a group of cross-country cyclists could stop for lunch has developed into an annual connection between a national cancer fundraising ride and the small communi…

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