By Michele Smith
The Times
Dayton Man Finishes the Ride
Mike Ellsworth is recovering from severe injuries after being struck while riding his bike
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Mike Ellsworth is welcomed by friends at Country Cupboard in Dayton for a celebration of the completion of his bike ride.
DAYTON – On the morning of Wed., June 25, Dayton resident and volunteer fireman Mike Ellsworth set out on a fairly routine 24-mile bicycle ride from Dayton to just west of Waitsburg.
On the return trip, Ellsworth was clipped by a vehicle, also heading east, knocked off his bike, and slammed into the borrow ditch in front of Bill and Joanne Poolman's home on Highway 12.
"The last thing I remember is those two pink flamingoes on their porch," he said.
In the meantime, Ellsworth's wife Kathy heard about a bike accident and an unconscious biker on Ellsworth's fire scanner at home.
"I knew that was...
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