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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paws-Fur-Thought/165464803600780">Paws Fur Thought</a> Folks here is yet again another article about Thai..... so this weekend when you are celebrating with friends and family, I would like you to consider doing 2 things.  
 
1. Could we each recruit a another person to come join the cause.  
We double our awareness... and we can only hit our goal if we have the money to force a governments hand.  
 
2) So the Bluensoe Charity Challenge,(<a href="http://metronews.ca/news/halifax/675277/blue-nose-marathon-marks-beginning-of-halifax-veterans-awareness-campaign/">Link in the article</a>) is a great way to do it...  
Have a Pawsitively Pawsome Weekend, Thai & I 
 
From <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/248400351962414/">R.A.G.E. in Saskatchewan</a>: 
JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THE *MAY IS MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS* RUN <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1310512525" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0">TOMORROW 
   REGINA - WILL LEAVE THE LEDGE AT <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1310512526" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; position: relative; text-align: -webkit-auto; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0">12 NOON AND RIDE TO A&W IN DAVIDSON - WILL BE LEAD BY R.A.G.E. SASKATOON - WILL LEAVE THE GRASSWOOD ESSO AT <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1310512527" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; position: relative; text-align: -webkit-auto; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0">NOON AND RIDE TO DAVIDSON TO MEET THE REGINA GROUP - WILL BE LEAD BY THE LONEWOLVES AND R.A.G.E. MOOSE JAW - WILL MEET REGINA IN CHAMBERLAIN AT <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1310512528" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; position: relative; text-align: -webkit-auto; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0">12:45 AT THE ESSO AND CARRY ON TO DAVIDSON     NORTH BATTLEFORD - LEAD BY THE CANADIAN LEGION RIDERS - LEAVING SPLISH SPLASH CAR WASH AT <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1310512529" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; position: relative; text-align: -webkit-auto; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0">11 AM YORKTON - LEAD BY THE YORKTON HOG CHAPTER - LEAVING YORKTON HD  
AT PRINCE ALBERT - LEAVING TIMS ON MARQUIS - KICKSTANDS UP AT <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1310512531" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal; position: relative; text-align: -webkit-auto; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0">10:30 AM (WILL BE MEETING UP WITH NORTH BATTLEFORD)     IF ANYONE IS ABLE TO COME OUT AND TAKES PHOTOS AND VIDEOS OF ANY OF THESE RUNS IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED - ALSO IF YOU HAVE R.A.G.E. GEAR PLEASE WEAR IT!! WE REQUEST THAT EVERYONE RIDE WITHIN THE LAW AND STAY ALERT AS YOU WILL BE RIDING IN A GROUP - IF YOU DO NOT KNOW GROUP HAND SIGNALS PLEASE DO YOUR HOME WORK! WE WANT AS MANY BIKES OUT PROVINCIALLY AS WE CAN - SO IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A RUN IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITY PLEASE POST YOUR LEAVING TIME ON THE EVENT PAGE - THERE IS NO COST FOR THIS RIDE - HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE AND KEEP THE SHINY SIDE UP :) 
 
Classy Chassis in Lakefield Ontario is having their season opener event soon:  
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A veteran and his service dog....R.A.G.E. and Classy Chassis...

Paws Fur Thought Folks here is yet again another article about Thai..... so thi s weekend when you are celebrating with friends and family,...

Today is typical of pretty much any Monday during riding season. 
 
We have another rash of rider fatalities/crash news to deal with. 
 
On the weekend in Edmonton AB,  <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/27862-motorcycle-involved-in-fatal-crash-was-stolen">a rider was killed when he ran from police</a> - he was on a stolen motorcycle. I lift a prayer for his family. 
Karma got him, but sadly it is his family that will pay the price for his misdeeds. 
 
Also in Alberta, <a href="http://beaconnews.ca/blog/2013/05/okotoks-motorcycle-collision-kills-didsbury-woman/">a lady rider was killed in Okotoks.</a> 
 
Then news out of Penticton is that two riders were killed between <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/1650-bc-rider-down/27863-b-c-s-police-watchdog-investigates-fatal-motorcycle-crash-near-penticton">OK Falls and Penticton.</a> 
 
My prayers go out to those affected by these crashes. 
 
In Newfoundland, a menace rider is off the street thanks the the RNC...<a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/301-news-newfoundland-labrador/27867-another-debt-ridden-driver-nabbed">the man has over $30,000 in unpaid fines</a>! 
 
I am tired of the death and mayhem already and the season has only just begun. 
 
Now, I want to address a video that I came across. 
 
What would you do if you came across a police officer breaking the law? 
 
How would you expect that officer to conduct him/her self? 
 
In every community there are those who feel that they are somehow superior to others and conduct themselves in selfish and arrogant ways that affect the perception of the rest of their community. 
 
The police services are no different. 
 
Watch this video and then please, tell me what you think of the young man who filmed this and the police officer's conduct. 
 
 
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I WANT YOUR feedback! 
 
Have a good Monday, and PLEASE, Do Your Part and Ride Smart - ride like everyone around you is blind and can not see you. 
 
Belt Drive Betty 
Editor & Rider