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On the road to finding Canada's MOST Rider Friendly Community!!!!

<span style="font-family: inherit;">The judging portion of Canada's MOST Rider Friendly Community Contest is now over and the finalists have been announced!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Holly Sorgen and the crew at Community Futures of Grande Prairie & Region did a fantastic job of weighing and evaluating the 66 nominations that were received!</span><br />
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">Two Hills, AB</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;">6 of these communities have already won a $1,500 marketing package from Belt Drive Betty Media- which 6 will be determined when the final votes are counted beginning February 26th.  All votes cast will go through a rigorous vetting before they are included in the final totals.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">The 6 communities that "win" in this round move on to phase 2 of the voting on their way towards being named Canada's MOST Rider Friendly Community! 4 will be guaranteed to win a $2,500 Marketing Package </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">supplied</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> by Belt Drive Betty Media & the sponsors </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">of</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> the contest! </span></span></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The final two will duke it out for the  $10,000 runner up prize and the Grand Prize $35,000 marketing campaign and the right to call themselves</span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">....</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt;">Canada's MOST Rider Friendly Community of 2105!</span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visit <a href="http://www.riderfriendlycontest.ca/">www.riderfriendlycontest.ca</a> to find out more!  </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">Help the community you would like to see win....Voting begins Monday February 8th, 2016 at 10 AM MST.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At this time we want to acknowledge all of our <a href="http://riderfriendlycontest.ca/index.php/our-sponsors">wonderful sponsors </a>- without them we would not be able to host a contest like this!</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Congratulations to the 12 communities that made it through the judging portion and a heartfelt thank you to all who took the time to nominate their community!  It's wonderful to see riders and community leaders showing so much pride in their wonderful communities!</span></span><br />
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On the road to finding Canada's MOST Rider Friendly Community!!!!

Belt Drive 0 Canada's MOST Rider Friendly Community, First Round Voting, Marketing Prizes 11:36 AM

The judging portion of Canada's MOST Rider Friendly Community Contest is now over and the finalists have been announced! Holly Sorgen and the crew at Community Futures of Grande Prairie & Region did a fantastic job of weighing and evaluating the 66 n… Read more »

06Feb2016

A Vancouver Island Rider & Community Pillar under attack

Belt Drive 1 Cumberland BC, Cumberland Motorcycle Roundup, Jean Cameron, Police, Police Brutality, Teenage bicyclist, Vancouver Island 11:06 AM

For those from Vancouver Island, the Cumberland area in particular, Jean Cameron is an icon, a pillar of their community.<br />
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This hard working barber/hairdresser was the brawn behind the 7 year old Cumberland Motorcycle Round-Up.</div>
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Cameron had cancelled the event for 2016 due to issues with the local police force and now finds herself in the most bizarre of situations.</div>
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You see, last week, a mountie on bicycle patrol took down a 14 year old who was riding without a helmet and on the sidewalk. From what I have learned talking to the locals there, this young person had just gotten his bike out of the bicycle repair shop. Apparently the 14 year old would not give the officer who tried to stop him his name and he was rude. That's when the officer decided to take him down.</div>
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Instead of following the young man home when he refused to stop or answer the officer in a civil manner, this officer decided to tackle the young man who, remember, was helmetless, risking this young man hitting his head on the pavement. </div>
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<b>It is unclear as to why the officer chose this type of take down,</b> instead of, as I said, just following the young man home OR going to the repair shop to find out who he was and addressing the 14 year old's parents.</div>
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The 29 year veteran of the RCMP involved in this take down is a corporal, which has me questioning what his conduct record looks like that after 29 years in the force he's still a constable. But that's just me - I question everything.  </div>
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Now back to the situation at hand...Jean was called out of her salon by a bystander telling her that a child was being beaten by a man. Jean came outside and saw a man in a neon vest with a choke hold on this young man as is evidenced in the video below.</div>
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By all accounts, from the bystanders who have spoken out, they say the officer went too far.</div>
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He was dealing with a minor, who although he is 14, is small for his age and looks more like 12 or so I am told and Cumberland is after all a very small town of only 3,400 people.</div>
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Ms. Cameron has been handed an order to appear in court and a judge will decide if she should be charged for obstruction of justice/interfering with a police officer.</div>
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I spoke briefly with Ms. Cameron who was reluctant to talk about the issue for fear of further reprisal. All she could tell me was that this man had this slight youngster, in a choke hold when she came out of her salon. She felt that the child was scared and that is why he was struggling against the officer.  Jean tried to calm him down so the officer wouldn't hurt him anymore and she admits that her language was at times colourful as she berated the man for taking down a minor in this fashion.</div>
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I have met Jean Cameron a few times and I have seen how the kids in this community look up to her and turn to her for advice and guidance, she really is the aunty to every kid in the community. <br />
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Based on the video, the comments from most locals and what I know of Jean I would say she felt she was doing what was right, protecting a child in her community.  The police see it differently.<br />
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I have called the RCMP, but as of this moment, the official statement that is in the video is all they are offering.<br />
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Jean can not afford the legal fees and so the folks in the village of Cumberland have started a defence fund for Jean.</h3>
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If Jean is charged, she will need a lot of financial support. </div>
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If she is not charged, any funds raised in excess of the legal bill will be donated to <a href="https://www.yanacomoxvalley.com/donate/"><b>YANA </b></a>for sick kids.</div>
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The cheque should be made out to Cresslyn FAY & Terry Morrison and in the memo, Jean Cameron Defence Fund</div>
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If you are blessed enough to be where you can ride today, PLEASE remember to ride like everyone around you is blind and can not see you and please consider dressing for the slide and not the ride.</div>
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A Vancouver Island Rider & Community Pillar under attack

Belt Drive 1 Cumberland BC, Cumberland Motorcycle Roundup, Jean Cameron, Police, Police Brutality, Teenage bicyclist, Vancouver Island 11:06 AM

For those from Vancouver Island, the Cumberland area in particular, Jean Cameron is an icon, a pillar of their community. This hard working barber/hairdresser was the brawn behind the 7 year old Cumberland Motorcycle Round-Up. Cameron had cancelled t… Read more »

05Feb2016

An unpleasant chapter finally closed!

Belt Drive 2 Beat the PMS Blues Online Show n Shine, Joan Hansen, Lawsuit, Ray Sasseville, Sturgis North 8:31 AM

As many of you have noticed, I have not been blogging as much as I normally do.<br />
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There are a number of reasons for that.  I have been dealing with a number of very time consuming and draining issues and late yesterday I got news that the most draining of them all has finally concluded.<br />
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On December 22nd of 2013, I along with 6 others were slapped with lawsuit papers by Ray Sasseville, Joan Hansen and Sturgis North.<br />
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Bernie Aubin, Steven Hammer, Vince Lewis, the Sicamous Chamber of Commerce, the Mayor of Sicamous and the City of Sicamous and myself found ourselves embroiled in a nuisance, shot gun lawsuit where in among other things, libel and slander were the predominant complaint.  It did not take very long for the City and Mayor of Sicamous to have the case against them dropped.  A few months later, the case against Bernie, Steve, Vince and the Chamber was dropped, leaving me the only one left to fight the case.<br />
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Over the course of the last two years I have seen the lawyer for Sturgis North et al be suspended, not once but twice. I attended the BC Securities hearing against Ray, his wife Edith and his accountant, Norm Keller. The result of that hearing was just recently announced.  Ray Sasseville was banned from trading for 5 years and fined $10,000, his wife was banned for 1 year and fined $5,000 and Norm Keller, their accountant was banned for 1 year and fined $5,000.  Click<a href="http://www.news9.com/story/30717636/bcsc-panel-fines-and-orders-bans-against-bc-company-and-three-bc-residents-for-illegal-distribution"> here to read more</a> about the bans and fines.<br />
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Ray attempted to settle with me a month before his failed Merritt event by offering me passes and some cash to promote his event, he said that if I agreed, he'd drop the case.  In all good conscience, I could not and from that point forward all communications ceased.<br />
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My attorney, Rodney Chorneyko hit wall after wall attempting to move this case forward toward resolution.  In September of 2015, we finally got in front of a "judge" however, while the "judge" agreed the case could be quashed for want of prosecution, she did not like the way my lawyer had served Joan Hansen.  You see when Gerhard Pyper, their attorney was suspended, Ray filed to become self representing, Joan however, did not.<br />
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So, because Mr. Pyper was suspended a second time, Joan's file was in the hands of the BC Law Society.  It took several attempts to finally have Joan file as self representing, but the minute we were notified that it was done, Rodney served them all again and the culmination of that effort took place yesterday.<br />
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A consent dismiss order was signed and the lawsuit is now ended. I will not be getting any of my costs back, but then, even if I did get an order for costs, Ray's home is in foreclosure, he and his wife have $15,000 in fines to pay BC Securities and Mike Smith who has a judgement against Ray for $70,000 has, as of the best of my knowledge, not been able to collect on it. It is also my understanding that Ray paid $40K to the plaintiff in the Arizona Court case to end that lawsuit back in October/November of 2015.<br />
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Knowing all of these things about his financial standing I agreed to not go after costs, after all, the likelihood of collecting appears to be slim to none and any attempt to collect would be met with more costs.<br />
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FINALLY this lawsuit is over.</h4>
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It's been a tough road to walk, but now I feel somewhat vindicated. <br />
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I don't feel victorious though,  I am not gloating or shouting with glee. I should feel like celebrating, but all I can think about are all of the people that to this date, have gotten none of the promised compensation over three failed motorcycle/music fests.<br />
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I do feel good though after all I have done my level best to educate people so that they could make sound decisions. I have been condemned and criticized by some and praised and hailed by others for my attempts to stand strong and support the truth and this community.<br />
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To those who felt I deserved to be sued because you feel I am too outspoken, too passionate, too opinionated; I say thank you. You have been the best teachers I could have asked for.<br />
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To those who supported me, some financially, I say thank you, for you shored up my resolve when I felt weak or guilty over what the stress was doing to my husband.<br />
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To those who still hold the bag financially over their dealing with Sturgis North I pray you overcome.<br />
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My only regret about the outcome of this case is that we never actually went to court.  I truly wanted my day. I wanted to be able to make public all of the copious documents and email conversations from those whose businesses and lives were adversely affected by their dealings with the Sturgis North event management.<br />
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I wanted to hear a judge say that I was within my rights to put together the information I did, that I did it properly and well, and that by offering Ray the opportunity to speak though he chose not to, I had ensured the integrity of the body of evidence I had pulled together.<br />
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I am happy to have this case over. I am happy to see the relief in the eyes of my husband. I am happy that I don't need the services of Rodney Chorneyko anymore but I am grateful to Steve Hammer for introducing him to me as Rodney has been relentless in getting this case closed.<br />
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I am grateful for so very much this morning.<br />
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<b>Now I have one favour to ask all of you who ride.</b><br />
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Our 9th Annual Beat the PMS Blues entry has been extended because my Doctor, Dr. Feelgood says that I am not getting the massive dose of motorcycle photos that I need to deal with my PMS (Parked Motorcycle Syndrome.)  He says the number of entries we has so far is barley going to sustain me.<br />
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There are some MAGNIFICENT prizes to be won - a Drift Ghost S Camera from the Sports Camera Store, Swag from Nashville Bike Week, a set of Love-Jugs to keep your hot motorcycle cool, books from Chris Holesheck and survival gear from Prospector Central - that collapsable cooler/stool is a rally survival must have!<br />
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So please folks, enter your bike in our online show n shine and help me get through the PMS Blues - I want to smile again, I need to smile again and seeing all of your wonderful motorcycles will make that happen - I know they will! Click on the banner below to go to the show n shine page....<br />
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