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Speaker 1: Here at Beethoven Elementary. We're not sure if students were

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Speaker 1: more excited about the two dozen new training bicycles unveiled

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Speaker 1: inside their auditorium or for their al mascot who was

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Speaker 1: riding one.

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Speaker 2: I think they were just as excited about Hoodini as

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Speaker 2: they were the bikes. The mascot was a hoot, no

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Speaker 2: pun intended.

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Speaker 1: That's Lenny DeNardo, former Red Sox pitcher and two thousand

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Speaker 1: and four World Series champ. He joined Mayor Wu and

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Speaker 1: BPS Superintendent Mary Skipper for the surprise events.

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Speaker 3: It's just it's so important, you know, our Mayna talks

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Speaker 3: about this all the time. Safety and having every kid

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Speaker 3: learn how to ride their bike in the city.

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Speaker 4: It is our goal and this is a big step

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Speaker 4: toward that.

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Speaker 1: This was made possible with a public private partnership between

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Speaker 1: the city and the nonprofit All Kids' Bike in West Roxbury.

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Speaker 1: James Rojas w b Z, Boston's news radio