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The third death in 10 weeks - I am reeling.

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<i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tonight I sit here dumbfounded. Stunned, feeling empty and hollow.</span></b></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Three generations of a family gone in the space of two months. Three people we have cared about, shared our lives with, three people who not only wrote for our humble little newspaper, but became a part of our extended family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The grief I feel is enormous, like a giant weight crushing my chest. I can't stop crying, thinking, remembering.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">On January 14th, our columnist William Perry lost his lengthy battle with cancer.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">His daughter Lisa died of bowel cancer on March 17th after having been diagnosed only a few weeks prior and tonight his grand daughter Kaylee was killed when she lost control of the Ducati Monster she was riding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Distraught after the recent passing of her aunt Lisa and still reeling from the death of her grandpa, Kaylee went for a ride. It began lightly snowing, she swerved to avoid some people walking down the lane/street and crashed.  She was just two weeks shy of her 18th birthday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If I had to name only one thing that I admired about them all  - it was their sense that life was an adventure meant to be well lived. Outgoing, strong willed, opinionated, loving, crazy, quirky, thee are a million adjectives a person could use to describe the Perry's who are no longer with us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">My prayers are being lifted tonight for Beth, Kaylee's mom, her little brother, Ashton and sister Susie, her aunt Kathryn, aunt Marion,  Melek, Adelle and all of the Perry clan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Three beautiful bright lights have gone out in the space of 10 weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I ask you to join me in a prayer for the Perry family. They are going to need all of the love and strength we can offer them.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">May God lift you up in this time of sorrow and wrap you in his arms.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am so deeply, profoundly sorry for your loss.</span></i><br />
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<i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Belt Drive Betty</span></b></i><br />
<i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Editor  & Rider</span></b></i>

The third death in 10 weeks - I am reeling.

Tonight I sit here dumbfounded. Stunned, feeling empty and hollow. Three generations of a family gone in the space of two months. Three p...

A day of crazy stuff in the news...

<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Some mornings I shake my head a lot as I read the news feeds. Today is one of those days.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In an article from Great Britain, an insurance company went to great lengths to dispute information that the BBC had in a show called "How Safe are Britain's Roads"</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/news/international-news/286-news-international-/26897-groupama-disputes-bbc-motorcycle-deaths-claim"><span style="color: red;">According to the article: </span></a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"Insurer refutes that loss of control is main cause of motorcycle deaths</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Groupama Insurances says it has “proved categorically” that other road users are the main cause of motorcycle deaths, refuting the suggestion on the BBC TV programme ‘How Safe are Britain’s Roads?’ that loss of control on bends is the main cause." <b>End Quote</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So, how could the BBC get things so wrong? Is this investigative journalism?  Things that make you go hmmm..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Then out of Salt Lake City Utah comes this headline:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Apparently the Later Day Saints do not know the difference between a riding club and a gang...or how wrong it is to label people inappropriately -  interesting.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In the how petty can you be category...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A veteran sued his boss for firing him because he bought tickets on a Harley from a rival of his boss.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/news/international-news/286-news-international-/26891-veterans-lawsuit-against-forsyth-county-sheriff-settled-for-96k"><span style="color: red;">According to the article:</span></a></b> The lawsuit alleged that Schatzman fired Russell in November 2010 after Russell bought $100 tickets in a motorcycle rifle organized by Dave Griffith, who was running against Schatzman for sheriff. Russell said he just wanted to win the motorcycle and was never told buying the tickets would get him fired. <b>End Quote</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In Australia, the Chief Commissioner Ken Lay, has decided it is time to clean house. "Blitz on Rats in the Ranks" is his effort to rout out bad cops on his force. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/news/law-a-politics/1920-bad-cop-no-donut/26893-blitz-on-rats-in-the-ranks"><span style="color: red;"><b>According to the article: </b></span></a>'What we have uncovered in the past three to four months is really worrying that some of our police are behaving criminally. They are either very naive or have been very carefully cultivated by members of outlaw motorcycle gangs. It is not just about compromising Victoria Police now; it is about compromising the organization in five, 10 or 15 years' time.''</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I really wonder at some of these reports about police services - no matter where they are in the world, police are people and with that comes all of the flaws of humanity.  Just because you are a police officer does not automatically guarantee you are going to be one of the good guys. And that my friends can be said in any profession and any community around the world regardless of skin color, race, creed....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Out of Ireland come two divergent articles. The first is about the <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/moviestv/26892-belfast-biker-gang-web-comedy-now-released-online"><span style="color: red;">goofiest sitcom on bikers being released on line</span></a> I have ever watched!<a href="http://theclandestine.tv/play/episode/powerranger"> <span style="color: red;">"The Clandestine"</span></a><span style="color: red;"> </span>is about a group of office workers who decide to form a bike gang.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The other is from MCN Magazine and is about the<span style="color: red;"> <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/intl-off-road-racing/26896-tt-chief-offers-stark-warning-to-irish-road-racing"><span style="color: red;">TT Races and the man who promotes them, Paul Phillips</span></a></span>, who says that if Irish Road Racing died it wouldn't affect the sport.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And the man so many "Love to Hate"<span style="color: red;"> <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/news/international-news/286-news-international-/26885-jesse-james-marries-drag-racer-alexis-dejoria"><span style="color: red;">Jesse James got hitched to pro drag racer Alexis DeJoria</span></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I guess the fact he cheated on Sandra Bullock and has done so many times in the past to other gals doesn't faze this fast lady...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In Ontario a 23 year old female rider is <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/ontario/296-motorcycle-television/26890-motorcycle-chase-ends-in-charges"><span style="color: red;">charged with stunting and dangerous driving</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A train and a motorcycle collided in <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/home/rider-down/1650-bc-rider-down/26888--traffic-backed-up-in-surrey-after-motorcycle-collides-with-train-"><span style="color: red;">Surrey BC yesterday</span></a> - there are no details available as of yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There is a ton of other <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/"><span style="color: red;">news in the feeds today</span></a> </span>- these one's just caught my eye and some made me go hmmm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I need a giggle - how about you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">These were shared with me by friends from Facebook and via emails:</span></div>
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