Mark Bosworth was an employee of Metro and Cycle Oregon volunteer who went missing from the event in September 2011. He has never been found. His family established a scholarship fund to provide entry fees to people for the Cycle Oregon Classic ride that Mark loved so much. Below are this year’s winners.
The fund has helped nine riders do the ride since 2013.
The number of mapped bike routes in the Oregon side of the Portland metro area has shot up 71 percent since 2010.
Tonight at Velo Cult will be an album release party that will have special meaning to many people in the local bicycling scene. Kelly Bosworth grew up singing songs and playing music at home with her dad Mark Bosworth. Mark is the man who went missing from a Cycle Oregon campsite in September 2011 and … Read more
See the press release below for information about a new scholarship fund in honor of Mark Bosworth, the Cycle Oregon volunteer who went missing while working at the event in 2011 and has never been found. The fund will be launched at the Cycle Oregon 2013 route announcement event in Beaverton tonight. www.markbosworthfund.org www.FindMark.org Contact: … Read more
Cycle Oregon’s Executive Director Jerry Norquist addressed volunteers and staff last night.(Photos: Will Vanlue/BikePortland) Volunteers and staff gathered in the World Forestry Center over the weekend to toast the past year and look ahead to the 25th annual Cycle Oregon. At the front of everyone’s minds was Mark Bosworth, the Metro employee and Portland resident … Read more
Julie, Claire and Kelly Bosworth joined the ride, which started at Peninsula Park in North Portland.(Photos © J. Maus)
The latest news in the search for Mark Bosworth is that his suspected medical condition is likely worsening with each passing hour. That sense of urgency has led to pleas from his wife Julie Bosworth for the public’s help in stepping up search efforts. As I write this, friends, family and volunteers are calling hospital … Read more
The family of Mark Bosworth has just announced a bike ride this Saturday to raise awareness of his disappearance. Bosworth has been missing since Friday, September 16th and a massive effort to find him has been underway ever since. Mark’s wife Julie Bosworth hopes the ride leads to even more visibility of Mark’s disappearance. She … Read more
The Bosworth family at a news conference yesterday.(Photo: FindMark.org) It’s been a while since I shared any news about Mark Bosworth, the 54-year-old man who went missing from a Cycle Oregon campsite in Riddle on September 16th. While there are no solid leads or major developments to share at this time; there are several updates … Read more
Updated flyer– JPG / PDF – Even after the large-scale, volunteer search effort in the Riddle area was downsized yesterday (not “called off” like I initially reported), the search for Mark Bosworth continues. It’s now been six days since Mark was last seen at a Cycle Oregon campsite in Riddle. The big development yesterday was … Read more
A volunteer search party combs the woods near Yokum Road just outside Riddle.(Photo: Steve Durrant) With no significant leads and no trace of Mark Bosworth in five days of searching rural Douglas County, officials have shifted gears away from the large-scale, volunteer search effort. “The volunteers have been asked to go home,” shared volunteer Mickey … Read more