Born To Ride Georgia Magazine #28

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Contents

April Issue 28

Ad Index

Features

Southern Devil HD Grand Opening Legendary Route 66 Test Ride Finz Finds Trilogy Thunder Beach Rally Gauntlet Thunder in the Mountains

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Columns

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Women’s World

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Heaven’s Saints

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Craven Moorehead

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Departments Born To Ride News Georgia Bike Events Born To Ride Kids

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Reports Lilly Bunn Needs Our Help Knight Hawk Rally Live & Times of Motorcycles Ride Safe Ride Smart Help Mike and Gavin Tatum

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On The Cover Thunder Beach Panama City Beach, FL April 29-May 3, 2015 www.thunderbeachproductions.com

AAA IFC All Balls Dirt Drag Team 38 Angel City 3 Biker Barn 42 Burford Accounting 38 BTR Facebook 42 BTR Lifestyle 11 BTR Media 45 Boardwalk Beach Resort 27 Chattahoochee Biker Gear 13 Copperhead Lodge 31 Cycle World of Athens 15 4D’s Trucking 42 H-D Killer Creek 29 Hog Wild Motorcycles 38 Knight Hawk Rally 7 Leaf Grocery 11 Leesburg Bikefest 43 Love Jugs 30 Lost Southern Boys 42 Mid State RV 4 Milledgeville Thunder Rally 37 Motorcycle Freight 35 Motorcycle Safety Day 17 Mountain Motorsports 19 Paddy’s Pub 38 Roadhouse 42 State Line Tavern 13 The Drake Firm 1, BC The BTR Mobile App 38 Thunder Beach Rally 24 Thunder in the Mountains 33 Sales Reps Wanted 35 Vacation Pro Cruise & Travel 42 Xtreme Cycles of Dallas 38 Yelvington Designs 34

WHY BORN TO RIDE? WHY NOW?

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BTR 2 | BORNTORIDE.COM Start Born To Ride TV and Magazine in your city! Call 888-795-5779 The information contained herein is provided by Born To Ride Magazine or by its advertisers. BTR makes every effort to present accurate and reliable information in the issue. Born To Ride Magazine does not endorse, approve, or certify such information, nor does it guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy, timeliness or correct sequencing of such information throughout this magazine. Use of such information is voluntary on your part, and reliance on it should only be undertaken after your independent review. Reference herein to any specific manufacturer, company, commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, service mark, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement of or recommendation of said by Born To Ride Magazine.” “Born To Ride Magazine (including its employees, contributors and agents) assumes no responsibility for consequences that may result from the use of the information herein, including the use of the information obtained at www.borntoride.com and it’s linked sites, or in any respect for the content of such information, including (but not limited to) errors or omissions, the accuracy or reasonableness of factual or scientific assumptions, studies or conclusions, ownership of copyright or other intellectual property rights, and the violation of property, privacy, or personal rights of others. BTR Magazine is not responsible for damages of any kind arising out of use, reference to, or reliance on such information. No guarantees or warranties, including (but not limited to) any express or implied warranties are made by BTR Magazine with respect to such information contained throughout the site.” No part may be copied without written permission of the publisher, Born To Ride, Inc. P.O. Box 3021, Brandon, FL 33509. 888-795-5779, Fax 813-689-2996. ­­

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LILLY BUNN

NEEDS OUR HELP

BORN TO RIDE Magazine

PO BOX 1428 Cedartown, GA 30125

PUBLISHER

Ron Galletti rg@borntoride.com Cell: 813-785-3895 888-795-5779

CO PUBLISHER

Deb Galletti dgalletti@borntoride.com 888-795-5779

PROMOTIONS & MARKETING Stuart Fincher sfincherhd@yahoo.com 706-969-0017

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING Parker Willis Parker@borntoride.com

EDITORIAL DIRECTOR

Jesse Williams jwilliams@borntoride.com

ART DIRECTOR Shawn Jones art@borntoride.com

WEB DESIGN/SOCIAL MEDIA Juan Guzman

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Jesse Williams jwilliams@borntoride.com

CONTRIBUTORS

Cravin Moorehead, Eric Albright Hayley B. Colina, Susan Hurst Eric Wieberg, Bob Nadeau Stefanie Drake Burford Chris Carr, Paul Pence, Tom Scruggs, Roger Wiles

PROMOTIONS Gator Dick 863-661-0388 Tom Scruggs 678-951-3541

Two-year-old Lilly Bunn is a very happy little girl who has endured many struggles in her young life.

At two-months-old she was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia; a life-threatening condition in infants where bile becomes trapped in the ducts causing bile buildup and ultimately damages the liver.

On December 6, 2013, Lilly received a new liver, and with the transplant came more adversities and hospital visits. She has to take anti-rejection medications and has her blood drawn at least every two weeks, sometimes more often. Recently, Lilly’s body has begun to reject her liver and she has to undergo monthly IVIG infusions to boost her immune system.

With all of these procedures come extensive costs.

Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) is the source of hope for the Bunn family. “The Children’s Organ Transplant Association helps children and young adults who need a life-saving transplant by providing fundraising assistance and family support.”

• COTA does not charge a transplant family or patient for its services • Every dollar raised in honor of COTA’s patients is used for transplant related expenses • COTA funds are available for a patient’s lifetime for almost any transplant related expense So here’s the call to action biker community: Lilly Bunn needs our help to make COTA funds available

for her medical care the rest of her life. Any money raised for Lilly’s medical costs will go directly to COTA in her honor. The goal for the Bunn family is $50,000, so if you have the means to donate to the cause please do; if not, you can volunteer your time or services to the fundraising team to help the Bunn family reach their targeted goal. Also, prayers and well wishes work wonders. For more information to get involved please call Rhonda Miller at 404-6979552 or email webinfo@cota.org.

Let’s all help reach the goal of $50,000 and put a long lasting smile on The Bunn Family. Thank You, Born To Ride.

We received a note from Lilly’s Grandmother: I wanted to thank you for putting our flyer in your magazine. I saw the flyer and was very heart happy. Little Miss Lilly is in the hospital this week, and my fear is we will eventually be doing another transplant. The only positive thing about this ordeal is that I have met wonderful people like yourself.

Thank you again, Rhonda Miller

Visit http://www.cota.org for more information about this life-changing organization

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THE CREEPER

Imagine a typical scene from a nature-Riding along a suburban street, you approach a slowmoving car. You would like to pass, but the driver keeps speeding up and slowing down, causing you to delay that action After following the creeper for several blocks, you become frustrated and decide to accelerate by. As soon as you pull out to pass the creeper, the driver makes a sudden left turn into a driveway, leaving you no room to stop or swerve.

Strategy: The car’s erratic pace should have tipped you off that the driver was searching for something (a street address, perhaps) and that her attention was elsewhere rather than on surrounding traffic. Evaluating the situation, you should have predicted that the driver might turn or stop suddenly. Your best strategy in a situation like this is to separate yourself from the hazard. You could have dropped back at least two seconds.

If you choose to pass, do so only after clearly establishing contact with the driver, preferably after receiving a hand signal from her. Never pass at an intersection or other traffic situation where the car could turn in front of you.

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GRAND OPENING CELEBRATION

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Congratulations to Southern Devil Harley-Davidson速, Cartersville, GA (678)-721-0203

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Mike Tatum and his son Gavin were hit on his motorcycle when a driver ran a red light on 03/15/15-They need our help!

At Paypal.com, Please donate to: mtatum0075@gmail.com All funds go directly to the Family. His friends and family are at his side and thank you for the prayers, kind deeds and donations.

More info: 678-800-3197

IN D N A T L A H P S A F O 2 ,4 4 8 M I L E S

Route 66--the fabled ribbon of asphalt and concrete still winds its way across the country from Chicago to L.A. And it has also wound its way into the very soul of America. Although superseded in the 1970s by the Interstate freeways, the magic and mystic of the Mother Road has never died. Within the pages of the superbly illustrated book is a colorful illustrated history of the road and its landmarks of the famed RT 66.

Put that together with Jim Bush’s story of devotion and passion as he has dedicated a true epic of ink to the legendary RT 66 on his body to show tribute for all to see. We at Born to Ride are thankful and excited to tell both sides of the story.

ABOUT THE BOOK: It started in the heartland and originally ended in Los Angeles (not, contrary to myth, at the ocean). It carried truckers crossing the country, Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl, vacationers seeking the sun. It was Americas Main Street, the Mother Road, the Will Rogers Highway, and, at its dangerous curves, Bloody 66. Get your kicks on Route 66 with this wonderfully illustrated tribute to the bestloved highway in this car-loving nation. Michael Witzel shares his expertise and wealth of personal, archive, collector, and contributing photographer images in these pages, offering a nostalgic tour of the charms and oddities of this road through American cultural history.

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photos in then-and-now pairings, and includes Route 66 postcards, road signs, trinkets, maps, brochures, and advertisements.

Here we see Route 66 as it was in its heyday and as it is now, the neon glamour of yesterday versus the ghost towns of today.

Witzel and his wife, Gyvel Young-Witzel, recount the highways history, its role in popular culture, and its demise, as well as the individual stories of famous sights. Several profiles of those with close ties to the Mother Road, including the woman who played Ruthie Joad in the The Grapes of Wrath film, are included.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Michael Witzel and Gyvel Young Witzel are some of the best known American car culture historians. Michael is the author of Route 66 Remembered as well as a dozen other pop culture histories, including with co-author Gyvel, Soda Pop! and The Sparkling Story of Coca-Cola.

Michael Witzel and Gyvel Young-Witzel reside in Austin, Texas.

BOOK SPECS: Title: Legendary Route 66: A Journey Through Time Along America’s Mother Road Author: Michael Karl Witzel and Gyvel Young-Witzel ISBN: 978-0-7603-2978-8 Published: October 2007 Publisher: Voyageur Press Page Count: 256 Images: 252 color & 298 b/w photos

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About one minute into listening to Jim Bush’s bike and tattoo story I knew it traveled beyond the norm, if norm is ever used in the world of tattooing and custom bikes. The Bolingbrook, Illinois resident is a walking and talking monument for a major slice of American culture. He’s covered, figuratively speaking, with nearly 2,500 miles of ink stretching from Chicago to Los Angeles. To be specific, he’s paved in the history of the famous Route 66.

Route 66 is America’s first transcontinental

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roadway and the subject of countless stories, books, and songs -- not forgetting that famous 1960s TV show of the same name.

Before we head down that road, a background check on Jim reveals that while he’s an engineer by training he’s an expert in “Loss Prevention” for commercial and industrial Fortune 500 companies. He adds, “It’s a career that pretty much will put you to sleep.

It involves engineering work for an insurance company that insures factories against

business interruption.” Jim says its best to leave that explanation as it stands without delving further, and I agreed! My interest was his ink and bike story. The ink motoring down his arms is an incredible profusion of indelible images.

It all started years ago when Jim decided to get his first tat, something patriotic. “I was just going to get a little American eagle and that was going to be it.” He began researching

U.S. Route 66 (also known as the Will Rogers Highway, “Main Street of America” or the “Mother Road”)

FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED “40 YEARS STRONG” 1975-2015

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through all the images but here’s some highlights. On Jim’s left arm there’s a turquoise ’55 Chevy with a license plate that reads 2448 that commemorates Route 66’s total mileage. The Standard Oil gas station attendant on his right arm is the image of his grandfather. “That filling station opened in the early 1950s on Route 66. It’s still there, owned by my family.

My grandfather’s sons still work there with my cousins.” And if you look carefully you’ll find a Ferris wheel on Chicago’s Navy pier.

Walking up to that Ferris wheel, Larry has drawn the figures of Jim, his wife, and his youngest son. Jim’s art is amazing but Jim also has an award show winning Black Pan, but that is another story for a future issue.

Do you have a memory of Route 66? Tell us about your Route 66 story. Email content@ borntoride.com or call 888-795-5779.

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R oute 66 served as a major path for those who migrated west, especially during the 1930s.

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Front brakes: 2 x 270 mm rigid discs, radially mounted Brembo monobloc calipers 4-piston, 2-pad Rear brake: 270 mm disc, 1-piston floating caliper with integrated parking brake Parking brake: Electromechanical Front tires: KR31 165 / 55R15 The Spyder F3 comes with the proven Rotax 1330 ACE engine, Rear tire: KR21 225 / 50R15 which offers an exciting blend of power and torque, underlined Aluminum front rims: 6-spoke Metallic Silver, 15 x 5 in. by a new signature exhaust note. Additionally, the Spyder F3 (381 x 127 mm) features the exclusive UFit system, allowing riders to personalize Aluminum rear rim: Metallic Silver, 15 x 7 in. their Spyder F3 with customized peg positions and handlebar (381 mm x 178 mm) options to express their own personality and riding style. The personalization is enhanced further by a range of new parts, accessories, clothing and hero packages, including the Touring Escape, Muscle Attitude and Urban Nights packages.

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Transmission options: 6-speed manual with reverse (SM6), 6-speed semi-automatic with reverse (SE6) Color options: Steel Black Metallic, Pearl White SAFETY & SECURITY SCS - Stability Control System TCS - Traction Control System ABS - Anti-lock Braking System DPS - Dynamic Power Steering Anti-theft system - Digitally Encoded Security System (D.E.S.S.) DIMENSIONS L x W x H: 104 x 58.9 x 43.3 in. (2,642 x 1,497 x 1,099 mm) Wheelbase: 67.3 in. (1,709 mm) Seat height: 26.6 in. (675 mm) Ground clearance: 4.5 in. (115 mm) Dry weight: 850 lb (386 kg) Storage capacity: 6.5 gal (24.4 L) Maximum vehicle load: 438.7 lb (199 kg) Fuel capacity: 7.1 gal (27 L) Reserve: 1.2 gal (4.5 L) approx.

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Angel City, Copperhead Lodge Thunder Beach Born To Ride Finz Finds Rides (643 Miles - 12 Hours 19 Minutes)

This is a self-guided ride, so travel at your own pace. These routes were chosen to avoid highways and offer a more scenic way of getting to your destination.

Starting at Angel City 775 Bembry Road Unadilla, GA http://angelcitymotorcyclerally.com/ (235 miles – about 4 hours 50 minutes) Head northeast on Bembry Road (0.4 miles) Bembry Road turns left and becomes Josh Road (0.3 miles) Turn right onto Jeanette Drive (0.5 miles) Turn right onto GA 230 East (0.9 miles) Turn left onto GA 7 North/U.S. 41 North/Pine Street (14.4 miles) Sharp right onto U.S. 41 North/Marshallville Road (0.3 miles) (Signs for Georgia 7/Georgia 224/Georgia 127) Turn left onto Courtney Hodges Boulevard (1.1 miles) Continue onto Commerce Street (0.5 miles) Turn left onto GA 11 North/U.S. 41 North/Macon Road (15.8 miles) Turn left onto GA 11/Houston Road (7.0 miles) Slight right onto Broadway/Houston Road (3.8 miles) Continue onto Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard (1.7 miles) Continue onto Coliseum Drive (0.6 miles) Turn left onto GA 11 North/GA 19 North/U.S. 129 ALT/U.S. 23 North (0.3 miles) Turn right onto GA 22 East/2nd Street (13.1 miles) Turn left onto GA 44 East/U.S. 129 North (22.9 mi) Turn left onto U.S. 129 North/U.S. 441 North/West Bypass (22.9 miles) Turn right onto GA 24 Bypass East/U.S. 129 BYP North/U.S. 441 BYP North/Madison Bypass (4.2 miles) BTR 22 | BORNTORIDE.COM

Continue onto Georgia 24 North/U.S. 129 North/U.S. 441 North (22.1 miles) Turn right onto White Oak Road (0.2 miles) White Oak Rd turns slightly left and becomes Macon Highway (1.7 miles) Turn left onto South Milledge Avenue (0.6 miles) Turn right onto East Campus Road (1.9 miles) Continue onto South Thomas Street (0.7 miles) Continue onto North Avenue (0.3 miles) Turn left onto Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (0.2 miles) Continue onto Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway (0.8 miles) Continue onto GA 15 North/U.S. 441 North/Commerce Road (39.9 miles) Turn left onto Willingham Avenue (1.6 miles) Turn right onto Duncan Bridge Road (9.0 miles) Turn left onto GA 115 South (6.1 miles) Turn right onto Courthouse Square (269 feet) Courthouse Square turns slightly right and becomes GA 11 North/ U.S. 129 North/North Main Street (30.5 miles) Continue straight onto Cleveland Street (0.6 miles) At the traffic circle, take the 4th exit onto Blue Ridge Street (0.5 miles) Turn right onto Murphy Highway (427 feet) Turn left onto GA 2 West/GA 515 West/U.S. 76 West (7.0 miles) Turn left onto Nottely Dam Road (0.9 miles) Copperhead Lodge will be on your right Copperhead Lodge 171 Copperhead Parkway Blairsville, GA 30512 www.thelodgeatcopperhead.com (407 miles – about 7 hours 29 minutes)

Head northeast on Nottely Dam Rd (0.9 miles) Turn left onto GA 515 West/State Route 515/U.S. 76 West (43.6 miles) Turn right toward GA 136 West (0.2 miles) Slight right toward GA 136 West (217 feet) Slight right onto GA 136 West (2.3 miles) Slight left onto GA 136 Connector South (2.7 miles) Turn right onto GA 53 West (9.0 miles) Turn left onto GA 61 South/Salacoa Avenue (20.9 miles) Turn right onto East Main Street (0.4 miles) Turn left onto Etowah Drive (0.2 miles) Turn right onto GA 113 South/West Avenue (17.8 miles) Turn left onto GA 101 South/GA 6 East/U.S. 278 East (3.7 miles) Turn right onto GA 101 South (16.8 miles) Turn right onto GA 101 South/Industrial Boulevard (2.2 miles) Continue onto GA 61 (8.5 miles) Continue onto GA 166 West (2.9 miles) Turn left to stay on GA 166 West (3.4 miles) Take the U.S. 27/GA 16 ramp to Carrollton/ Lagrange (0.2 miles) Turn left onto GA 1 South/GA 16 East/U.S. 27 South/South Park Street (40.6 miles) Continue straight onto GA 219 South/Whitesville Street (15.8 miles) Turn right to stay on GA 219 South (24.6 miles) Slight right onto Veterans Parkway (1.9 miles) Turn right onto 13th Street (0.6 miles) Continue onto 13th Street (0.2 miles) Turn left onto Broad Street (0.6 miles) Keep right to continue on Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway North (3.6 miles) Continue onto AL-1 South/U.S. 431 South (91.6 miles) Continue straight onto Reeves Street (1.3 miles) Turn left onto AL-1 South/AL-53 South/AL53 BUS South/U.S. 231 BUS South/U.S. 431 BUS South (16.6 miles) Continue onto FL 75 South/U.S. 231 South (64.0 miles) Slight right onto FL 368 West/East 23rd Street (5.4 miles) Turn right onto FL 30 West/FL-30A West/U.S. 98 West (2.3 miles) Slight left onto FL 30 West/Front Beach Road (2.6 miles) End at Thunder Beach, Panama City Beach Florida

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Women’s World Ready to Live the EQ LifeStyle

turn to really live your life, time to see and start experiencing life in a whole new way. Time to experience the EQ LifeStyle!

Living the EQ LifeStyle is living like others only dare to dream! -- Hayley B. Colina I walk the talk; I don’t just spout a bunch of motivational hoopla at you. I want to awaken you to a life that is so incredibly fascinating where you will scream “I cannot believe how much time I wasted simply existing!” I want to hear you scream in utter delight as you discover the person inside you who you did not know existed and is so unstoppable!

My biggest reward is seeing you step out of your comfort zone and watching how strong you become with every step. Observing you melt away your excuses and doubts every time you experience another step out of your comfort zone is rewarding. My passion has always been to see women succeed, and my recent cancer experience has taken my passion and purpose to a whole new dimension.

The cancer diagnosis was actually a blessing in disguise.

Last year I was diagnosed with lung cancer. I haven’t smoked in over 18 years so it is not a smoker’s cancer: it can happen to anyone. Last year, I faced the darkest moment in my life not knowing if I would survive and/or for how long. However, that experience was also an incredible gift. I know it sounds crazy to many but it is true. Allow me to explain.

The cancer experience opened up my world like an invincible fish living in a tiny dark pond that can now swim fearlessly in the huge sea.

After my diagnosis, life took on a whole new level of meaning. Like many of you, I also believed all the things people go around saying: like “life is too short, “To Live is the rarest experience in the world! Many people dream big, blah, blah, blah. However, it hit the depths of my merely exist.” Are you living or are you simply existing? It soul when I was lying there in a hospital bed and it was just is so easy to get caught up on life’s rollercoaster and all of me and God. I realized what life really is all about—I began societies imposed expectations. Consequently, you may lose to remove the societal blinders so to speak—blinders that your true self—the person with all the dreams, hopes, and kept me from experiencing being my true self and living my visions. Some of us settle for a life of mediocrity because of life the way I was meant to live it. Sadly, so many people will fear, doubt, or ignorance. Sometimes we are simply unaware die without ever experiencing such an awakening and never of the unbelievable power and strength we possess. tasting the core of their being with such an immense passion.

When you were young did you have dreams or aspirations Instead they tend to foolishly focusing their time and energy that have gone unfulfilled? Are you living other’s expectations on insignificant pursuits while losing the valuable gift of life instead of your own? Have you allowed yourself to be prothat stands before them. grammed to live a routine life that you have accepted and just When facing mortality, my life flashed back and I saw how settled for? foolish I was—how foolish the human race can be. We go While you go through the motions of just living your life, the through life focusing and placing our energy on insignificant days turn into months, the years turn into decades until your goals or ideologies. Many people go through life whining and life has passed you by. It’s time to create more passion, more complaining, not taking action to create change but instead purpose, and more meaning into your existence. It’s “Your” BTR 28 | BORNTORIDE.COM

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Craven Moorehead

WHAT IF?

What if you woke up one day in a very unusual world where all the surroundings, sounds, smells, visions and all things you are so very familiar with seem to have vanished? It’s not like you just went to sleep and never woke up; it’s more akin possibly to the feeling of confusion and uncertainty that one would experience after consuming some smoke, two bottles of Jack, and a 12-pack. (Not that I am promoting the use of drugs or alcohol—but it’s always worked well for me!) So now that I have established a mysterious and somewhat vague stage for you to see my play on, I will open the show with the lost but entertaining art of illusion. Magic if you will.

Prevarication—smoke and mirrors or worse. This is what makes you wonder if magic is real.

When you look at the sky and you know it’s blue: you have a pretty valid, cognizant, and stable realization of your knowledge regarding your surroundings. If someone hands you a baseball and you know it’s a baseball, but the person handing it to you swears that it is a pickup truck; you know for certain the one of two possible things have happened. One: You are hallucinating (see toxicology disclaimer above) or Two: Someone is trying to blow smoke up your butt. Why you ask am I wasting both of our valuable time and sanity with my reeling diatribe about some person place or thing that I have not yet revealed to you, the dedicated reader of this column whom deserves a sane and comprehensive explanation as to what the Hell I’m talking about. That’s just how I roll bitches!

If it walks like a Duck there’s a very strong possibility that someone has handed you a Goose. It’s very rare that I receive any mail here in the trailer park. This fact due to the very careful screening of incoming transmittals by management and staff for the covert gleaning of the intended recipient’s monthly welfare or disability check. This isn’t redolent of the very obvious & careful search of letters and packages that a person would receive in a Correctional Facility; it’s just a sneaky way to see what’s up with your neighbors and occasionally profit through conversion (read: accidental loss) of that particular person’s money. Because I do not get any of that sort of benefit, I am usually not the target of the alleged ‘inspection’ that I am discussing. But once again I digress. One day when I was certain that the sky

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was blue and the grass was green I retrieved my mail from the park office.

Along with all those usual bills that I don’t pay there was an interesting item which I was not familiar with and had never seen the likes of in my life.

Addressed to my legal name and address was a letter (well actually not a letter) informing me that I had to pay a “Fine” for running a red light. Ok I finally gave away the plot. I had gotten what is commonly called a Red Light Camera Ticket. … This as a fairly official looking document and some people may actually be persuaded to send away $158.00 to an address somewhere in the state of Ohio. Wait … I thought we were in Florida. Oh silly me, I must have been befuddled or no—I haven’t been drinking—so obviously there’s something wrong with this picture. After carefully examining the document I learned that there are a few options available to the recipient. Two of the options are just pay it although there is an option to download an affidavit from the web. This affidavit allows the lucky recipient of this scam to rat-out the person driving (your) car so that the perpetrators of this debacle can attempt to collect the money from that person instead of you. (In my case I wasn’t driving the car at the time, but I’m not into ratting folks out.) So it’s off to the Clerk of the Court to see about setting a court date. I hand the ‘ticket’ to the man behind the counter and he does the usual ‘looking up of the records’ and then informs me that there is NO traffic violation against my DL number. Ok “so what’s this thing here that I have in my hand” I had to ask. “Oh you got to call the number on the back of this ticket to set a hearing.” “What? So now it’s a ticket, but YOU can’t set a court date?” WTF? Further examination of the document didn’t reveal a phone number, but it did have a return coupon to pay the fine if you want to call it that and in small print on the back you have the option of setting a hearing by mailing the item back to the very same address in Ohio. Does this mean that I have to go to traffic court in Ohio? Let’s hope not.

So what IS this thing that has no official title? Yes it exists because it’s a piece of paper but yet it only lives within itself according to the Courts.

Additional research yielded interesting facts regarding this particular type of citation. Some of the facts are a little hard to believe since they are not in harmony with the Constitution of the United States or the state of Florida.

Some jurisdictions are removing the cameras altogether while in one South Florida county a Judge has ruled the tickets unconstitutional dismissing the ‘charges’ upon their face. If a person is dumb enough to believe that there exists a positive to this sort of ‘enforcement’ (other than the fact that the privately owned companies who operate these cameras are making billions), then those people should leave the recreational intoxicants alone for a while. There is a class action suit here in Florida that will make these scam artists pay back anyone that was duped into just paying the fine but until these cameras are all dumped into the sea where they belong, rest assured that “Big Brother is Watching.” Do set a court date however: I attended Traffic Court once and the judge in that venue was not a big fan of these programs. He would reduce the fine if you want to call it that significantly for a no contest plea and the entire fiasco would be forgotten. Because there are no points issued against your license in these cases, I would suspect that the Insurance Lobby would either call for points to be issued or to have the cameras abolished. So should the city for that matter, since their take of this scam is miniscule in comparison to what the operators are making. “It is what it is” is all that comes to mind now.

So until next month, “Speed safely and smile for the camera!”

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Train Yourself to be Sensitive to the Voice and Promptings of the Holy Spirit

While participating with my HSMM chapter in our annual fundraiser, my wife and I were parking cars in a large pasture at the NHRA Southern Nationals. After using my set of keys to run to the truck, the Holy Spirit spoke to my spirit and prompted me to retrieve the keys from her. I knew the Holy Spirit’s voice but was busy parking cars and failed to immediately obey His promptings. Time passed and I asked for the keys back, but they were gone.

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but turned up nothing. The next day, I went back to continue parking cars at the race. I searched the fields again but no keys. As I walked alone and searched, the Holy Spirit again begin to speak to my heart and told me that my wife was not the issue nor were the keys, but the issue was the fact that He had spoken to my heart and I failed to immediately obey.

He stressed to me the importance of immediately recognizing and obeying the smallest of promptings by the Holy Spirit; you never know what the promptings are about and what the ramifications of not obeying can bring. Keys are replaceable

but had the voice of the Holy Spirit been about something of a life or death nature, then the outcome could have been detrimental. The Lesson: Train yourself to be sensitive to the voice and promptings of the Holy Spirit and immediately obey Him in all things. He speaks and leads for a purpose, whether you understand the “why” or not at the time of the leading.

Byron “HogDoc” Loyd

Chaplain HSMM NE GA Chapter

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