Miles 4 Melanoma

[This article appeared in the Harrison News-Herald of Cadiz, Ohio.]

By ROBERT A. DEFRANK

News Herald Staff Writer

AFTER GEORGE Madzia of Adena passed away in November of 2002 from melanoma, his son decided to help find a cure, even if meant traveling across the width of the nation.

Kevin Madzia, 39, of Pittsburgh, Pa., will participate in the Coast-to-Coast Community Challenge, a bicycle tour organized by the Cycle America touring company. About 50 bicyclists will set out from Seattle, Wash., June 20 and pedal their way to Gloucester, Mass., on Aug. 21. The bicyclists will be riding for the charities of their choice.

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[Note: This article appeared in the Steubenville Herald-Star.]

It’s sheer coincidence that Adena native Kevin Madzia’s 4,200-mile cross-country bicycle trip begins on June 20, Father’s Day.

But it’s no accident that he’s riding through 13 states and Ontario, Canada, to raise funds for melanoma research and to generate more awareness about the deadly form of skin cancer that claimed the life of his father, George Madzia, who died in November 2002 at the age of 62.The 39-year-old Pittsburgh resident, also the son of Sandy Madzia of Adena, will begin his coast-to coast Miles for Melanoma journey in Seattle and nine weeks later on Aug. 21 arrive at his final destination – Gloucester, Mass.

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