Edition 5-25-04

(Sun) May 30 Estero, “Vee-Dub Fest,” The LOVE Club. Miromar Outlet Mall. Pre-registered $20. Day of Show: $25. Vendors: $40. More info: call Lore at (239) 267-6658. Website: www.vwloveclub.org

RED EARTH NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL FESTIVAL
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June 4-6, 2004
Oklahoma City, OK
http://www.redearth.org/v2/index.htm           405-427-5228

For three extraordinary days, Red Earth, America's Greatest  Native American Cultural Festival will welcome the descendants of over 100 American Indian tribes. They will  gather in Downtown Oklahoma City to share the richness and diversity of their heritage with visitors from all over the  world. It is one of the largest cultural festivals of its type and has been voted one of the Top 100 Events to see in the United States according to Frontier Country.

POLISH FESTIVAL
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June 18-20, 2004 Milwaukee, WI http://www.polishfest.org 414-529-2140 Come to America's largest Polish Festival held in beautiful Milwaukee at Henry W. Maier Festival Park. Polish Fest is a celebration of all that is good, fun and tasty about Poland and Polonia. Wisconsin has a thriving Polish community, and did you know it's the second largest ethnic group in the state! Folk art demonstrations, Polish sheepdogs, traditional dance groups, delicious Polish food, ethnic musicians and dancers, and hands-on activities for children are just the beginning of what your family will encounter at this annual three-day event.

Entertainment highlights include; Roger Majeski & the Harmony Kings, Freeze Dried, Krakow Polish Dancers, Children's Stage, Chopin Piano Competition, and the Miss Polish Fest. Be sure to stop in and stay awhile!

James Madison, 5 feet, 4 inches tall, was the shortest president of the US. Abraham Lincoln was the tallest at six feet, 4 inches.

It seems as though there is no chance at all right now of Hulk Hogan returning to the WWE. Apparently there aren't even discussions about a possible return.

Hogan is busy helping his daugther Brooke out with her new CD. The last public appearance by Hulk Hogan (from a wrest- ling standpoint) was in NWA-TNA when he began a feud with Jeff Jarrett which was never finished.

A man filed a suit against his son's baseball team when he was asked to stop smoking so close to his kid's dugout. The father claimed that this caused his son great emotional distress. The judge fined the man and his lawyer $2,250 for filing a frivolous suit.
FLFLHTC: Score one for sanity in the court system

Mr. Spock's blood type was T-Negative

Did you know May 24 is probably THE most important day in soap opera history?
On May 24, 1999 actor Shemar Moore announced "And the winner is ... " at the Daytime Emmy awards, "The streak is over! Susan Lucci!" The announcement appeared to stun Lucci - who had been passed over for the award since she was first nominated in 1978 - more than anyone else in the crowd. The actress, who played Erica Kane on All My Children since 1970, received a standing ovation that lasted nearly 3 minutes at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. "I truly never believed that this would happen," she told the audience.

(Pierre, South Dakota-AP) -- Longtime South Dakota politican Bill Janklow has asked the state Supreme Court to overturn his second-degree manslaughter and other driving convictions.

Janklow's lawyers say he didn't get a fair trial because the judge mistakenly allowed highly prejudicial evidence.

Janklow was found guilty in December of causing an accident near Trent that killed Randy Scott of Hardwick, Minnesota. He spent 100 days in jail and will remain on probation for 33 more months.

The former congressman's lawyers say his entire driving history became fair game in a trial that should have dealt only with his driving on the day of the fatal accident last August.
Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
FLFLHTC: When will this son of a bitch get a clue! Grow and quit yer bitchin. You killed a biker and now you have to pay. Serve your sentence like a man.

Researchers have found petting a puppy can put people in a good mood and help fight depression. The scientists from the University of Missouri, Columbia, found interacting with animals creates a hormonal response in humans that can boost mood. "Our preliminary results indicate that levels of serotonin, a hormone in humans that helps fight depres- sion, rise dramatically after interaction with live animals, specifically dogs," said Rebecca Johnson, professor of nurs- ing and veterinary medicine, who presented the findings at a conference in Barcelona. "This hormone is critical in the psychological well-being of an individual. In addition, we have discovered that there is no substitute for the real thing."
FLFLHTC: No shit!

Australia - A Rockhampton city councillor and board member of Crime Stoppers has had a house which she owns seized by police in an operation targeting drug trafficking by outlaw motorcycle clubs.

A rental property belonging to Rose Swadling has been seized under proceeds of crime laws.

In the same operation, Rockhampton lawyer Doug Winning has been served with a notice to appear in court to face charges of official corruption and attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Cr Swadling was recently re-elected to the Rockhampton City Council and is liaison officer between council and the police. Her house was seized as part of Operation Mayflower - a 20-month investigation involving the Australian Crime Commission, Crime and Misconduct Commission and state police. It targeted the production and supply of amphetamines and other drugs by alleged criminal networks throughout Queensland.

Part of the investigation focused on the Rockhampton chapter of the Rebels motorcycle club, who Swadling's brothers, James and Brendan O'Brien are members.

The Rebels' lawyer Mr Winning allegedly was secretly recorded tipping off Brendan O'Brien about a police drug raid.

Mr Winning allegedly told Mr O'Brien that he had received information that police had arrived from Brisbane to help the local force raid addresses linked to the club's Rockhampton chapter the following morning.

It is understood Mr Winning also told him a briefing would be held at the Rockhampton police station just before the raids.

Last week, the CMC served Mr Winning with a notice to appear on June 2 to face charges.

Mr Winning declined to comment yesterday.

WINNIPEG (CP) - A committee set up by federal and provincial justice ministers is considering changes to one of the basic principles of criminal jury trials - that the accused can only be convicted if all jury members agree on a guilty verdict.

"That recommendation - getting rid of the unanimous verdict rule - came from the province of Quebec," Manitoba Justice Minister Gord Mackintosh told the Canadian Press.

"I understand it came from a concern about (jury) intimidation."

Manitoba, Quebec and other provinces are trying to find ways to better manage so-called mega-trials - cases where there are many accused people and usually involving allegations connected to organized crime.

The ministers are trying to avoid repeats of cases such as the Hells Angels trial in Quebec in 2002 in which 17 men were charged with crimes including gangsterism and conspiracy to commit murder.

There were months of pre-trial motions and trial testimony - all costing several million dollars.

The original judge withdrew from the case. The second judge later ordered a new trial, in part because of fears the number of jurors would drop below the legal minimum of 10 as the case dragged on.

Now Manitoba is faced with spending millions of dollars on legal aid, security and other costs in a case involving five suspected Hells Angels members and associates.

Pre-trial motions are expected to last until September and the trial itself could last more than a year.