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"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
A coating developed by Michigan Technological University, which was tested this winter on the iciest bridge in Wisconsin, might make winter commuting safer. The pavement is covered with a sheet of anti-icing epoxy covered with an aggregate that looks like kitty litter. "It acts sort of like a hard sponge," says inventor Russ Alger, of MTU's Keweenaw Research Center. "You put a light amount of de-icing chemical on there, and it keeps coming up to the surface." When salt trucks apply magnesium chloride to the bridge, it doesn't just sit on top of the concrete, later to be shoved aside by snow plows and washed into the river, it soaks into the overlay and stays put -- which resulted in no accidents on the bridge this winter.
Hostess Twinkies were invented in 1931 by James Dewar, manager of Continental Bakeries' Chicago factory. He envisioned the product as a way of using the company's thousands of shortcake pans which were otherwise employed only during the strawberry season. Originally called Little Shortcake Fingers, they were renamed Twinkie Fingers, and finally "Twinkies."
Mayonnaise is said to be the invention of the French chef of the Duke de Richelieu in 1756. While the Duke was defeating the British at Port Mahon, his chef was creating a victory feast that included a sauce made of cream and eggs. When the chef realized that there was no cream in the kitchen, he improvised, substituting olive oil for the cream. A new culinary masterpiece was born, and the chef named it "Mahonnaise" in honor of the Duke's victory.
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Apr 16, 2004
Butterfly Garden To Honor Carlie Sarasota Herald-Tribune SARASOTA - Carlie's Secret Garden is the proposed name of a butterfly garden at McIntosh Middle School. It is to be built in memory of 11-year-old Carlie Brucia, who was abducted and killed this year.
In its regular meeting Tuesday, the School Board will vote on whether to make the name official.
Donations of money and services through the Education Foundation of Sarasota County paid for the construction and future maintenance of the garden.
Students proffered proposed names, and teachers selected one in March on what would have been Carlie's 12th birthday, said McIntosh Middle Principal Robert Hagemann.
``This is something really beyond our original vision,'' Hagemann said. ``My estimate is this community has provided over $50,000 worth of in-kind services, in materials, talent and time, to get this constructed in very short order.'' After Carlie's murder, donations were made to the school in her name. Hagemann set up a fund through the Education Foundation until the school and Carlie's parents decided on a proper memorial.
The garden, which will have plants that attract butterflies, will be an outdoor classroom maintained by students in the Agriscience Program.
From
NCOM newletter
BILL FILED TO RE-ENACT LOUISIANA HELMET LAW A bill that would reverse a law pushed through the Legislature by former Governor Mike "Big Daddy" Foster giving adult motorcycle riders the option of wearing helmets has been filed in the Senate. Senator Joel Chaisson II, D-Destrehan, filed Senate Bill 29, which mandates all motorcycle riders to wear helmets with padding, a visor and a chin strap. That was the law until five years ago when Foster helped persuade lawmakers to allow a choice for riders older than 18 who are covered by at least a $10,000 health insurance policy and furnish proof of insurance to police if stopped. Foster, an avid motorcyclist, has always characterized the law he promoted as one aimed at giving adults a choice of wearing or not wearing a helmet. No state has enacted a helmet law since Maryland in 1996, but six states have repealed their helmet laws since then; Arkansas, Texas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Florida and Pennsylvania, making 31 states that currently allow adult freedom of choice.
Let's not go backwards!
FLFLHTC: It seems like all the riders in Louisiana need to start
working on getting their dear Senator Destrehan off the government
tit and back into the private sector. Sure does not look like he
represents the biking community.
More
from NCOM
WISCONSIN LAW PROTECTS HELMETLESS RIDERS Wisconsin Governor James Doyle signed a bill on Monday, March 15, that will ensure that motorcyclists who choose not to wear helmets do not face reduced awards in personal injury cases if they are involved in accidents.
In ruling on an ATV accident two years ago, the Wisconsin Supreme Court said that a jury could consider a person's decision not to wear a helmet if they received a head injury in a crash involving a "high speed open air motor vehicle," and reduce the amount of lawsuit damages paid to that person by up to 100%. Wisconsin only requires helmets be worn by motorcycle riders and passengers under 18 years old. "What we're saying in Wisconsin is that if you do something that is in compliance with the law, it will not be held against you," said Governor Doyle in signing Senate Bill 223.
S.223, which effectively nullifies the court's 2002 decision by dropping the allowable reduction amount to zero%, was authored by ardent motorcyclist Senator Dave Zien at the request of ABATE of Wisconsin. Zien, one of the founders of the bikers' rights movement in Wisconsin and a longtime member of the National Coalition of Motorcyclists Legislative Task Force (NCOM-LTF), says the new law prevents discrimination against motorcyclists by courts and insurance companies.
FLFLHTC: Thank you Senator Zien.
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