Chief O’Brien rides for a cure

Orcas Fire Chief Kevin O’Brien completed the two-day, 175-mile multiple sclerosis bike ride in early September with his team the Swedish Smyelin Babes and around 2,000 other riders through the Skagit Valley, around Fidalgo and Whidbey Islands, and up the Chuckanut Range.

Orcas Fire Chief Kevin O’Brien completed the two-day, 175-mile multiple sclerosis bike ride in early September with his team the Swedish Smyelin Babes and around 2,000 other riders through the Skagit Valley, around Fidalgo and Whidbey Islands, and up the Chuckanut Range.

O’Brien rides in honor of his wife Nancy.

Over the past five years, they have raised more than $25,000 in the effort to support people with MS.