"Winds of Change" 
will be the theme of the 19th annual NCOM Convention, being held May 6-8, 2004 at the Biltmore Hotel in Oklahoma City, located at 401 S. Meridian, and hosted by ABATE of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Confederation of Clubs. For room reservations call (800) 522-6620, and mention NCOM for a special room rate of $64.00 single/double. 

8th Annual Leesburg Bikefest 2004
   Sponsor/Organization: Leesburg Partnership & City of Leesburg
   Type: OPEN       Event ID: 1225
   Location: 111 South 6th Street, Leesburg, Florida   
   Event Dates: 4/23/2004       Through        4/25/2004
   Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 23, 24, 25, 2004 in Historic Downtown Leesburg. Lake County comes alive with the roar of over 80,000 thousand of bikers from throughout the South. Downtown is closed to motorcycles only! Live bands, Ms Bikefest Contest, Rat's Hole Custom Motorcycle Show, Biker Games, Festive Food, Vendors. Non-Stop Street Party! Presented by the Leesburg Partnership and the City of Leesburg, call 352-365-0053 for further information or on the web at leesburgbikefest.com

Parents in New York City are paying up to $1,500 for last- minute tutoring to help their third graders pass standardized tests in late April. The city's new policy requires third graders be held back if the child does not pass the reading and math tests, the New York Daily News reports. Parents aren't certain the last minute tutoring will help but they want to do everything they can. "This isn't stuff you can cram in," says Robert Blumenthal, who owns Blumenthal Tutoring, whose business rose by 25 percent since the social promotion crackdown. "It's not like college, where you can pull an all- nighter." 

1. A bicycle can't stand alone, because it is two-tired.
2. What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway).
3. Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
4. A backward poet writes inverse.
5. In democracy, it's your vote that counts. In feudalism, it's your count that votes.
6. She had a boyfriend with a wooden leg, but broke it off.
7. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
8. If you don't pay your exorcist, you get repossessed.
9. With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
10. Show me a piano falling down a mine shaft, and I'll show you A-flat minor.

MILWAUKEE (AP)--Five motorcycle owners have filed a lawsuit against Harley-Davidson Inc. (HDI), claiming they were fraudulently induced to buy or lease defective bikes.
  The lawsuit, filed by attorney Ted. M. Warshafsky Monday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court, seeks to overcome a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling last month that dismissed an earlier claim that the company knew or should have known motorcycle cams made in 1999 and early 2000 were defective.
  The court ruled 5-1 that the claim was too uncertain and speculative to sue for damages.
  In the new lawsuit, the owners said the company failed to disclose the defect and fraudulently sold or leased the motorcycles. They also claim Harley-Davidson breached its warranties and profited from selling the defective motorcycles.
  A message left late Monday for Harley-Davidson by The Associated Press was not returned.
  The plaintiffs are seeking class-action status, claiming owners of motorcycles with the defective engines risk sudden breakdowns and a loss of value.
  Harley sent letters to customers informing them in early 2001 that the rear cam in a small number of motorcycles had failed. The company extended its warranty for the part and separately developed a $495 kit for dealers and service departments to repair the original cams.
(END) Dow Jones Newswires

Stephane "T-Bone" Trudel, a reputed Hells Angels hitman with operations in Ottawa, is being hunted after police named him in a global auto-theft ring.

The Citizen has learned Mr. Trudel left Ottawa on Dec. 5 after taking a transfer to a Montreal chapter of the crime corporation.

Mr. Trudel, 39, was originally transferred from Quebec Hells Angels to Ottawa in January 2001 to ensure the new chapter's membership did not fall below the six-man minimum.

In 1994, Mr. Trudel was sentenced to five years in prison for attempted murder after a man was gunned down in a Montreal parking lot. The target identified him before slipping into a coma.

In December 2000, Mr. Trudel quit Rock Machine to become a prospect for the Quebec Nomads -- the same gang that once included him on a hit list. That defection was led by Hells Angels boss Paul 'Sasquatch' Porter.

In biker and police circles, Mr. Trudel is known as a violent criminal. He once worked for Salvatore Cazz-etta, a founding member of Rock Machine.

LOWCOUNTRY BLUES FESTIVAL AIR SHOW 
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April 24-25, 2004 Beaufort, SC http://www.beaufortairshow.com/home.shtml 800-638-3525 The Lowcountry Blues Festival Air Show, featuring the Blue Angels is scheduled for the end of April. Entering their 58th performance season, the Blue Angels' primary mission remains to inspire young people to serve their country in the United States Navy and Marine Corps. Since 1946, the team has had the privilege of performing for more than 380 million people. 

Other featured performers will include the Red Baron Squadron, Patty Wagstaff and the Super Shockwave Twin Engine Jet Truck - among others! They ask while enjoying the performances, displays and other attractions, please take an opportunity to talk with some of the young men and women around you who have already accepted the challenge and opportunity to serve in the United States Armed Forces. They are America's finest, proudly demonstrating their commitment to this great nation. Many of the Marines and Sailors participating in this year's air show have been directly involved in the global war on terrorism. A big THANKS to them all! 

Duran Duran took their name from a mad scientists in the movie Barbarella.