Edition 5-25-05

Plant City Bike Fest
1st Sat of the Month

2nd Annual
Pete Renner Cancer Poker Run
Harley Davidson Ft Myers
June 6, 2005 11:00AM

If your shower curtain doesn't slide smoothly on its rod, rub baby oil or a bar of soap on the rod.

Summer cooling: A reversible fan installed in the attic will bring in cool night air and let out warm daytime air. This will save energy if you have an air-condition- ed house.

Putting an Efferdent tablet (denture cleaner) in the toilet overnight will remove stains and hard water deposits.

When buying a non food item, always look in the back to see if you can find the identical item marked at a lower price. Often when prices increase, it doesn't apply to the items already marked.

Use fabric softener sheets to clean bathtub rings and to shine faucets and other chrome fixtures. Makes them really sparkle!

If any one of the following are true Your in trouble:
1. You get new loans to pay for old loans;
2. You don't know how much you owe;
3. You charge items because you have no cash; or you borrow to pay for food and utilities.

Airplanes
1. Airplanes usually kill you quickly, a woman takes her time.
2. Airplanes can be turned on by a flick of a switch.
3. Airplanes don't get mad if you do a "touch and go"
4. Airplanes don't object to a preflight inspection.
5. Airplanes come with manuals to explain their operation.
6. Airplanes have strict weight and balance limitations.
7. Airplanes can be flown any time of the month.
8. Airplanes don't come with in-laws.
9. Airplanes don't care about how many other airplanes you've flown before.
10. Airplanes and pilots both arrive at the same time.
11. Airplanes don't mind if you look at other airplanes.
12.Airplanes don't mind if you buy airplane magazines.
13.Airplanes expect to be tied down.
14. Airplanes don't comment on your piloting skills.
15. Airplanes don't whine unless something is really wrong.
16. However, when airplanes go quiet, just like women, it's usually not good.
PirateJohn

* Take Action, Support the Yellowstone Buffalo Preservation Act
A buffalo protection bill was reintroduced in the 109th US Congress yesterday, May 18, by Representatives Maurice Hinchey and Charles Bass. In 2004, BFC volunteers made several trips to Washington, DC to educate Congress on the plight of the buffalo leading to increased support and additional co-sponsors for the Preservation Act, resulting in 105 co-sponsors in the 108th Congress. This time, and with your help, we can do even better. For more information on the Act, including a link to a PDF version of the language, please click here http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/legislative/buffalopreservation.html Please contact your House Representative today and urge them to support the Yellowstone Buffalo Preservation Act. To find out who your Rep is and to contact them, click here:
http://www.buffalofieldcampaign.org/actnow/politicians.html

Saturday, May 21, 2005 Bike Week committee approves site plans By JOHN KOZIOL Staff Writer jkoziol@citizen.com LACONIA[EM]The city's Motorcycle Technical Review Committee has concluded its work for Bike Week 2005, approving 75 applications, which is up almost 20 percent from last year.

The committee must approve site plans for any property owner who wants to have their property used for temporary parking, camp sites or vending during Bike Week, which this year takes places from June 11-19.

The committee's permission is required as a condition of obtaining a vending license from the city's Licensing Board.

In 2004, the committee okayed 64 Bike Week site plans, which was 10 more than in the prior year.

Last year, the city had total Bike Week revenues of $206,516, which is made up of $17,050 in site review fees, $13,000 for renting space on the municipal boardwalk, $2,471 for use of the Lakeside Avenue photo tower and $173,995 in vending fees.

The revenues resulted in the city realizing about a $20,000 profit after covering the costs of providing fire, police and public works services during the nine-day rally.

While the committee is done with its work for 2005, one applicant, the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, has indicated it may challenge the conditions of its approval for a 50-site campground on Fillmore Avenue, where the club owns a clubhouse.

Representatives of the Hells Angels on Wednesday objected to the MTRC's requirement that they maintain a registry of guests using the campground and make it available to police upon request.

Laconia Police Lt. Mike Moyer has acknowledged that the latter condition may be improper and said he will ask the MTRC to strike it.

Overall, however, Attorney P. Scott Bratton, who represents the Hells Angels, has said the city uses a "double standard" in dealing with his clients and that the only way to address the situation is to challenge the city's licensing and Bike Week site plans regulations through the courts.

In a coordinated operation, police raided 40 sites on Tuesday in Germany, Luxembourg, Norway and Sweden, seizing weapons, drugs and computers, Europol said in a statement. The identities of the three arrested suspects were not released.

One of the men arrested was the result of the Norway arm of the operation. National Criminal Investigation Service (NCIS) told Aftenposten's online edition that they raided four addresses in Norway on Tuesday, three in Oslo and one in Stavanger.

"Among other things, weapons, ammunition and computer equipment were confiscated," Ole Petter Ekhaugen, head of the NCIS intelligence division said.

One of the leaders of Bandidos Norway, resident in Oslo, was arrested for possession of drugs. A total of four arrests were made in Norway.

The investigation into the bikers club was launched in 2003 following the death in Bolzano, Italy, of a Bandidos leader. A member of the rival Hell's Angels was sentenced to 22 years imprisonment for the murder, Europol said in a statement.

Europol, which coordinated the operation at the request of the Italians, said the Bandidos club was suspected to be involved in smuggling weapons and in extortion. It expected more evidence to surface against the bikers from an analysis of the seized computers.

The Bandidos has been involved in gang warfare and crimes for years, especially in the Scandinavian countries.
Turf wars between it and the Hell's Angels in the 1990s left 12 people dead and more than 70 wounded in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.

Earlier this year Lars Harnes, the head of Bandidos Norway, was convicted and sentenced to over four years in prison for his role in a robbery at Aker Brygge in downtown Oslo.

The Hells Angels and Bandidos have clashed in Norway for some time and in 1997 a Hells Angels bomb leveled their rivals' headquarters in Drammen.

The majority of parents do a pretty good job of parenting their children, which helps to ensure that most children will grow up honoring and loving their parents -- and offering eldercare. But what happens when an abusive or absent parent, now up in years, turns to his or her resentful adult child for help? How in the world do you care for a mother or father who showed no love, compassion, or understanding to you when you were a child?

A sense of moral obligation and love motivates many people to take care of such neglectful parents -- but no law says that you must provide financial, emotional, or physical assistance to a parent. Whatever you choose to do, be clear about your expectations. Providing care in the hopes of finally getting a parent's approval or love may be a setup for disappointment.

You can resolve deep-seated hurts and anger between parent and child (or spouses or siblings) as the end of life approaches, but it's still a rare occurrence. On the brighter side, the experience of forgiving a parent and expressing long-buried questions and feelings (and providing care) may be one of the most satisfying experiences of your life.

Eldercare For Dummies, by Rachelle Zukerman, PhD., shares friendly, practical information and insight into caring for your elderly relatives.