Freedom Rights Rally & State Meeting April 9 - April 12
State Meeting: Sunday April 11 @ 12 Noon
Monticello - American Legion Hall

24 (Sat) Naples, “3^rd Annual Motorcycle Expo,” Golden Gate Chamber of Commerce. Golden Gate Community Center, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. More info call Keith Larson at (239) 455-2343.

31 (Sat) S. Ft. Myers, “2^nd Annual Armchair Quarterback Run,” ABATE, Estero River Chapter. Enjoy a great afternoon of football and riding, where you can be the hero of your own game!!! Game time & kickoff details coming soon. Two, Three & Four Wheels Welcome! More info call Tammy at (239) 289-2647 or Red at (239) 940-3397.

FLORIDA STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
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February 26-March 7, 2004                      Plant City, FL
http://www.flstrawberryfestival.com/            

The Strawberry festival offers some of nations finest entertainment in a fun filled family atmosphere. Last year's Florida Strawberry Festival was an outstanding success with thousands of visitors enjoying the midway, livestock, kids days, concerts, arts & crafts, senior days, shows, parades, exhibitions, contests, petting zoos, and horticulture.

SPOKANE, Wash. - Three men who thought it would be funny to streak through a Denny's restaurant had the joke turned on them when a thief drove away in their getaway car - with their clothes inside. As they stood naked in the 20-degree weather, the three streakers huddled behind cars in a parking lot until police came. "I don't think they were hiding. I think they were just concealing themselves," police spokesman Dick Cottam said. The trio had entered the restaurant wearing only shoes and hats, and had left the car running so they could quickly escape. But they watched through the windows as a man who had been dining inside drove off in their vehicle. The streakers did not receive any charges for the incident.

The scrutiny will be especially intense in the state's American Indian community, where the outspoken and opinionated Republican launched a colorful and controversial political career by confronting leaders of the American Indian Movement in the early 1970s.

Three decades after tragedy on the Pine Ridge reservation, hard feelings toward Janklow -- who served four terms as governor before being elected to the U.S. House in 2002 -- persist for many on South Dakota's nine Indian reservations.

To some, the thought of a law-and-order conservative facing prison time for speeding through a stop sign last August and killing a Minnesota motorcyclist is justice of sorts for what they've long perceived to be his insensitive attitude toward them.

"What goes around comes around," said Clyde Bellecourt, a founder of the American Indian Movement.

"For Indian people, there is what we call spiritual repercussion," said Roberta Ecoffey, who was born and raised on Pine Ridge in southwestern South Dakota and works as a research analyst for the Oglala Sioux Health Administration Program there.

WINNIPEG (CP) - Nearly four years after plea bargains halted what was to be Manitoba's first biker mega-trial, lawyers are gearing up for a second high-profile case viewed as a test of the province's effort to crack down on organized crime.

But with estimates the trial for the five accused Hells Angels members and associates could last up to two years, some are questioning whether justice is served by one complex trial.

"This case is certainly the first test of the mega-trial concept in Manitoba," said defense lawyer Jay Prober.

"We've seen it tested in other jurisdictions and it's failed. Whether Manitoba can do any better or not remains to be seen."

Thirty-seven percent of U.S. adults use broadband connections to go online, according to a survey by Harris Interactive. Less than two years ago, only 22 percent of adults online had broad-band connections. Sixty-nine percent of adults in the United States are now online, up from 56 percent in 1999. Internet use was first tracked by Harris in 1995, when only 9 percent of adults reported they were online. While younger and more affluent people are online, 7 percent of those online are now
over 65 -- half of all adults over the age of 65.

HARLEYVILLE, S.C. - Harleyville is cashing in on the commodity of its town limit signs. The town is now peddling the signs that were once stolen at least twice a year, presumably by fans of Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

Harleyville started selling the green-and-white signs six months ago and more than 700 have been bought for $20 each, netting the town $5,600 after suppliers' costs were paid. It costs an additional $5 for shipping.

The signs, which apparently have a prestige among some cyclists, had been disappearing from their posts, prompting the police chief to plead with people not to steal them.