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First-Ever Motorcycle Ride for Prostate Cancer Set for Saturday

--Us TOO International:

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WHAT:    Let's Ride for Prostate Cancer, a motorcycle ride and benefit
         for Us TOO International, a non-profit organization that
         offers education and support services to prostate cancer
         patients and their families
            --  $25 donation includes food, drinks and a T-shirt
            --  Includes a silent auction

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WHEN:    Saturday, August 20, 2005
            --  Ride begins at noon (check-in begins at 10 a.m.)

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WHERE:   Thompson Park, West St. Paul, Minn.
            --  Roundtrip ride will travel through Stillwater, Taylors
                Falls and Cambridge, returning to Thompson Park around
                4 p.m.
            --  Distance is approximately 160 miles
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WHY:    Let's Ride for Prostate Cancer was started by Gulf War veteran
        Scott Hellzen and his wife, Ana. After celebrating his 40th
        birthday in Kuwait and Iraq, Scott returned home, where he
        received a complete physical. Within days, he was diagnosed
        with prostate cancer. Shocked by the news, the couple began to
        investigate treatment options, finally finding information,
        answers to their questions, friends and support for their
        entire family from Us TOO International, a non-profit prostate
        cancer education and support network for prostate cancer
        patients and their families.

        While Scott is healthy today, he and his wife wanted to raise
        awareness about the importance of early prostate cancer
        detection, so they created this ride, which they hope to make
        an annual event. To demonstrate their appreciation for Us TOO
        and the work it does to help families through a diagnosis,
        Scott and Ana designated Us TOO as the beneficiary of all
        proceeds from the event.

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About Prostate Cancer

-- Every year more than 232,090 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer; about 30,350 die.

-- One out of every six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime.

-- It is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in American males today.

-- Risk is increased for those with a family history of the disease.

-- It affects as many men as breast cancer does women, but lacks the national awareness and research funding breast cancer currently receives.