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.
June 18-19, 2004 Seldovia, AK
907-234-7614 Now here's a great sounding fest tucked away in Alaska, with a delightful mix of eclectic music from jazz and blues to bluegrass and
storytelling. This charming two-day festival is located across Katchemak Bay in one of the most beautiful settings in Alaska. It features more than 20 great acts, and includes a return performance by jazz ensemble Midnight Starlight. Headliner performances include Folk icon Rosalie Sorrels, and fabulous fingerstyle guitarist, Tim Sparks.
Alaskan performers include: Rick Brooks, Lili McGovern, Shawn Zuke, Radoslav
Lorkovik, Little Su, Fat Weasel, Son Henry and many more. Music and dance workshops you won't want to miss.
You may wonder, where is Seldovia anyways? Seldovia is located on the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula, about 250 miles south of Anchorage. Or how do you get to
Seldovia?
Well, by boat or by airplane of course (unless you are a very good and fast swimmer). There are no roads leading in or out of
Seldovia. The city is accessible only by air or water.
Seldovia doesn't even have a traffic light (hurrah!!!!) and there are very few paved streets. Sounds like Heaven. As the locals say, beautiful sounds in a beautiful place.
The Professor on "Gilligan's Island" was named Roy Hinkley. The Skipper was named Jonas Grumby. Both names were used only once in the entire series, on the first episode.
The four principal characters from the
cartoon series "The Chipmunks" are Alvin,
Simon, Theodore, and Dave.
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LACONIA - Lakes Region businesses predicted a strong turnout as the 81st annual Bike Week got under way this weekend.
Hotels and event promoters said lodging reservations were running stronger for the first weekend this year than for the same time last year. Bike Week once lasted only for a long weekend, but over the years has morphed into a nine-day event that attracts hundreds of thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts.
Last year an estimated 350,000 bikers spent about $240 million at the 80th annual Bike Week. Last year’s turnout was estimated at 100,000 higher than 2002.
On Friday, Weirs Beach and parts of Meredith were filled with workers putting up beer tents and vendor booths.
"The worst of this is done," said Steve Tronolone, of Orlando, Fla., who peered up at the white tent he put up in the parking lot at Hart’s Turkey Farm in Meredith. He sells silver bells, good-luck charms and other jewelry.
Tronolone sells at biker events nationwide and said he considers the Laconia event among the top must-attend rallies in the country, behind Sturgis, in South Dakota in August, and Daytona in the early spring.
State and local police said they were expecting an uneventful rally.
Members of the Hells Angels bike club often attend the event. But state police said intelligence reports related to biker activity around the country did not indicate there would be problems.
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The Japanese unit of
Harley-Davidson Inc. (HDI) of the U.S. said Friday it will recall
815 motorcycles in 17 models for free repair of defective rear and
brake lights, Kyodo News reported.
Subject to the recall are
motorcycles imported between July and December last year,
Harley-Davidson Japan K.K. said in a recall report filed with the
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Kyodo reported.
The 17 models include the XL883
Sports Star-883, XL1200 S Sports Star-1200 Sports, and the FXDL Dyna
Low Rider, Kyodo stated.
According to the report, the
lights have defective shapes and could come off while the
motorcycles are in motion, Kyodo stated.
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The Ultimate Warrior Lashes Out At NWA-TNA
The Ultimate Warrior has released a statement about NWA-TNA rumors and him asking for work at his official website, ultimatewarrior.com:
"Finally. And again. There are rumors circulating again that Ultimate Warrior is returning to the ring. If he is I don't know about it and I believe I'd be the first to know -- after all, his heart beats through me. The rumor, put out I've been told by NWATWA?, Jimmy Hart? and others, is that I even called looking for job. It's a lie. Another sham, this one revealing the tiny, shriveled impotent character of NWATWA and those over there.
For the record, let's get it straight. I don't call for a job. Jimmy and you others who can't seem to get on with your life beyond your failed wrestling experiments -- if there were or are to be any phone calls made, it's you making them because you need an UW, not because I need you. That kind of confidence smacks of arrogance to some, I call it doing the right thing -- defending myself and my integrity when bullshit comes down the pike. Apparently, you guys are on a never-ending mission to mischaracterize me, as well as use UW's name to create buzz for your soon to fail, always failing, wrestling ventures. The only positive hype you guys get is that you drop the Ultimate Warrior name; that you continue to do so says as much. And here I thought the whole world knew -- UW and I were such pieces of valueless, profitless garbage...
Still today -- STILL TODAY! -- UW's name, in wrestling genre forums, generates more interest, grabs greater attention than all others, even though apparently he was a no good, no talen- ted, no drawing SOB. I say, first, thank you for expanding the legend of The Ultimate Warrior. I really do appreciate it from the bottom of my f'all-you-pathetic-people heart.
Second, maybe you should quit beating the show horse none of you could ever be. Look in the mirror, grow up. Recognize I beat you already. Beat you at your own game, your own "work."
Was better. Still am.
I am Warrior."
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