TOTV Notebook

Traffic problem: Ron Garrett, TOTV’s chief referee, had to address a traffic problem along the course where Rt. 7 & 154 intersect. “It’s a problem because the riders are traveling down a hill and they don’t expect to be impeded by traffic. But the traffic people don’t know what to do because they only had one volunteer there trying to wave them through. He’s waving the cars through and the cyclists think he’s waving them through, so they take a wrong turn. It got a little confusing for a while, so I ended up helping [the volunteer] then went and got a police officer,” he said of clearing up the problem before the women and Pro Men 1-2 took to the course.

Java jolt: The Lazy Bean Cafe had delicious coffee for early-rising spectators, including a Brazilian blend. The Lazy Bean, owned by Brenda Polen, uses the motto: “Have You Been to the Bean Lately.”

Family reunion: Harry and Rita Wilson of New Castle watched their son Luke Wilson of Charleston, S.C. for a second straight day. Luke, a 1991 graduate of Union High School was in the Cat 4-5 race. “We haven’t seen him since Christmas,” Rita Wilson said of her 37-year-old son, who is a mechanical engineer starting a new job with Boeing. “He loves to do this,” his mother said. “he rides all year long down there.”

Different spot: Kemper Edwards of Sewickley, Pa. was a 14-year-old competitor thrown into the Cat 4-5 class because of lack of juniors. Edwards, who races for Fred Gohh’s Citius junior team, trains at Bud Harris Cycling Park in downtown Pittsburgh.

John Bassetti