{"id":673,"date":"2010-11-09T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2010\/11\/09\/john-streich-farewell-to-a-friend\/"},"modified":"2013-01-05T20:05:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T20:05:50","slug":"john-streich-farewell-to-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2010\/11\/09\/john-streich-farewell-to-a-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"John Streich: Farewell to a Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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John Streich was one of the first volunteers I met when I joined the Bicycle Alliance staff in 1994.\u00a0 A friendly and personable guy, John liked to volunteer for things that allowed him to interact with others.\u00a0 You may have met him staffing our booth at Bike Expo, greeting guests arriving at the auction, or stuffing envelopes at our month end work parties.<\/p>\n

John was an adventurous man who led a colorful life.\u00a0 A technical engineer,\u00a0he called me one winter\u00a0to tell me that he needed to back out of a volunteer commitment because he was on his way to Canada to help with avalanche control.\u00a0\u00a0John loved the outdoors.\u00a0 Besides bicycling, his pursuits included hiking, climbing and sailing.<\/p>\n

One of my fondest memories of John was at a volunteer party several years ago.\u00a0 He was explaining how he had worked aboard a cruise ship one season as a dance partner to single ladies, then demonstrated his dancing skills by dipping<\/b><\/a> a surprised volunteer.<\/p>\n

John Streich died last week after a\u00a0brief bout with cancer.\u00a0 He will be missed by his friends at the Bicycle Alliance.\u00a0 Pedal in peace, my friend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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