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NEWSLETTER (Sept. 6, 2005):

* Webmaster's Note:  Info concerning jobs available (for clean-up work) and contacts, are listed below.
If you know of a Katrina survivor who needs a job, please pass the info on to them!

Posting Newsletter for:
Graham CMA, "Suds & Butterfly", True Few M/C,
BlackSheep MC, Houston B.A.C.A, DickweedMC,
Houston BMC, TMRA2 and for the hurricane survivors.

Your help is needed.  Anything you can give, or do, is appreciated.
Thank you,
Sunny
I.R.P.K.
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NEWSLETTER:

From: "Suds & bttrfly" <sudsnbuttrfly@aol.com>

More messages from all over Texas concerning hurricane help.
2nd message is a Poker Run to benefit hurricane victims @
Thunderhorse Saloon in Lewisville this Sat. 3rd message concerns jobs
for help cleaning up the mess...  ~S&B


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Date: 9/1/2005
From: Colleen@Royer-furn.com

Found this info on the City of Fort Worth site and thought you all
might be interested.

*
Refugees displaced by hurricane Katrina are flowing into the
Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, many in need of shelter and other basic
necessities. The Fort Worth/Tarrant County Emergency Management
Office has activated the Emergency Operations Center to coordinate a
response to incoming refugees from hurricane Katrina.

Current information regarding sheltering is as follows. This
information will be updated as new information becomes available.

TARRANT COUNTY SHELTERS: The following temporary shelters will be
opening to support those fleeing from states affected by Katrina.
Basics necessities will be provided. Pets, alcohol, drugs or weapons
are not permitted in the shelters. Smoking will be allowed in
designated areas. Other shelters may be opened as the need increases.

* Fort Worth
Worth Heights Community Center
3551 New York Ave. 817-871-8722
Capacity: 200

The Resource Connection
1100 Circle Drive 817-531-7600
Capacity: 250

Salvation Army Mabee Center
1855 E. Lancaster 817-344-1800
Capacity: 75

* Arlington
Salvation Army Arlington Family Life Shelter
712 W. Abrams 817-860-1836
Capacity: 100

* Animals
- Fort Worth Animal Care and Control: 817-392-3737
- North Texas Humane Society: 817-891-6203

RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO HELP:
* Monetary donations: For those residents wanting to help,
authorities suggest contacting the Salvation Army at 1-800-SAL-ARMY
or the Red Cross at 1-800-HELP-NOW to make a monetary donation.

* Non-monetary donations: Summer clothing, personal hygiene items,
diapers and other donations can be taken to the following Salvation
Army locations:
Fort Worth: Salvation Army Mabee Center, 1855 E. Lancaster
Arlington: Arlington Family life Center, 711 W. Border

OTHER IMPORTANT CONTACTS:
* American Red Cross: 1-800-GET-INFO; donations 1-800-HELP-NOW
* Salvation Army: 1-800-SAL-ARMY
* Road Condition Information: 1-888-588-2848
* Federal Emergency Management Agency: 1-800-621-3362
* Other service needs: United Way 2-1-1

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Date: 9/1/2005
From: thunderhorseslucky@yahoo.com

HURRICANE KATRINA POKER RUN - SATURDAY, September 10th

Registration on site $15.00
Registration begins @ 8:30 a.m.
*First Bike Out 9a.m.
*Last Bike Out 10:30 a.m.
Last Bike In 2 p.m.
1st Place Hand - 300.00
2nd Place Hand - 150.00
Worst Hand - 50.00
FUNDS RAISED WILL GO TO THE VICTIMS OF KATRINA

** SPONSORS ARE **
Cousins Biker Apparel
DFW Cycle Towing
Western Cycle Works
Texas Roadhouse
American Eagle Harley-Davidson
Denton County Choppers

AFTER PARTY IS AT THUNDERHORSE SALOON...
DRINK SPECIALS FOR THE ONES THAT GO ON THE RUN!!!

Starting Point - Western Cycle Works
218 S. Hwy 156 Justin, TX      940-242-0207

Join Me For This Ride!!!
For More Info:  Please Call Lucky @ 214-502-9963

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Date: 9/1/2005
From: rmckeown@ugaais.com

HI, This is Ricstir from the BlackSheep MC club out of Seagoville,Tx,
just wanted to pass this on, maybe it can help some in some way..
This is the company my wife works for, and my buddies...they need
people NOW!!! no training necessery...GOVerment pay!!!! lots of clean
up to be done, 4 to 5 months of good solid high pay work..
They are one of the companies that got the cleanup contract with the
goverment, they also did the shuttle clean up too!!!

Please pass this on

Also, if you have people or family down there not knowing what to do
or out of work, they will hire them and pay them to help clean up so
they can have wages while doing it...GOVERMENT PAY...is good money!

WANTED
40 HOUR HAZWOPER TECHNICIANS
GENERAL LABOR WORKERS
HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS
(DOZER, TRACKHOE, BACKHOE, GRADER)

Job Location: Louisian, Mississippi, Alabama
When: Must be ready to leave Thursday, Sept. 1
Duration: Approximately 2 to 5 months
For: Hurricane Clean-Up

*GOVERNMENT WAGES
*PER DIEM ALLOWANCE
*HARD WORK
*LONG HOURS

Group Interviews:
Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at 10am
9204 Hwy. 287 NW
Fort Worth, TX 76131

817-847-1333

35W North (North of Western Center Blvd) to exit 287 North. Go approximately
3 miles and we are located on the right. No exit, we are on the freeway
between the Harmon Road and 156 exits.

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Date: 9/1/2005
From: casey@uschoice.net

It's bad  folks , it's real bad.......
Organize your clubs and friends, neighbors, etc.,  ask them to start
doing the following.   Get a box or two or three, go thru your house
and start collecting the following;  (Place like items in the same
box like food in one, bedding in another and so on)

Water  (Do not put in the box.  Cases of bottled water, 20 fl oz
plus, set aside)
Canned meat and other canned nonperishable foods
Peanut Butter  (lots of peanut butter)
Diapers (Baby bottles, toys, books)
Towels (Used and worn are fine as long as they are clean)
Bedding of any kind
Clothing (socks, t-shirts, old jeans, etc)
Cash (Doesen't matter how much or how little, just whatever you can spare)

Mark the boxes with the items they contain and seal with tape.  We
will organize collection points once more information is obtained.

The authorities have asked that we do not pile into cars and head
that way, even to Houston.  I know we all want to help and the best
thing we can do is to start stock piling the much needed supplies
listed above. They will be needed !!

Casey
True Few M/C
Chairman / UCOA
(512) 272-8645

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Date: 9/1/2005
From: wmma@houston.rr.com

S&B:
It has never failed to happen.
In times of "need" any type of need, the biker community of Texas has
come to help.

Anyone, anytime... Texas Bikers join together to ensure that enough
money, food, clothing, toys and more than anything, HOPE is given to
those who have little or none.

Although I can't ride any more, I still read this S&B newsletter.
Each time I see the names of people I have met throughout the
years...still riding tall to help "people" in need. I see your faces,
as we cross lanes, holding our hands out to say hello, brother/sister.

To S&B, and all the riders who read this incredible newsletter, my
prayers and blessings go out to each and every one of you.
You have never needed a reason to ride, but, because of who you are
inside, choose to do so. I was honored to be among you.

"Wheeler"

First B.A.C.A. Houston President
(Love and Miss You, Doc)
Former Owner Texas Full Throttle Magazine

Bless You All

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Biloxi Blues - For real this time
Date: 9/1/2005
From: robert@bikers-stuff.com

I am down in Biloxi, my home town, and trying to get in to check on my
parents and family.  I evacuated when the storm approached, they did
not. The pictures do not do anything to show how horrible this is.
There are injured people everywhere and tens of thousands of people
with no where to go and no way to leave.

I've heard the news people and others say why didn't these people
leave. What's wrong with them?  I stayed on the coast during Camille,
now after Katrina the second worst hurricane.  When you live 5 or six
miles inland, you feel that the only thing you have to worry about is
tornados and wind damage.  When all of a sudden the seas double what
they were predicted to do and now you have water 6 to 8 miles inland,
well you're screwed and you loose everything.  Your house, car, food,
water, clothes, and sometimes even your life. This thing was way
bigger then expected.

If you can not give money, give blood or something to help and give
it now. If you donate cash, please mark it as for the hurricane
relief.

This is an American tragedy and we really need to help if we can.
Most of these people are very hard working Americans and have always
helped other areas in time of need. Mississippi doesn't even have
enough National Guard to help because they have the highest
percentage of troops in Iraq of all the nations Guard units.

Anything you can donate would greatly be appreciated by everyone here.
TAZZ
President, DickweedMC
www.bikers-stuff.com
tazz@bikers-stuff.com

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Date: 9/1/2005
From: bandidojan@hotmail.com

Jan the Man
West Houston BMC

forwarded message--------

From: tiggirl@swbell.net
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005

HI Jan,
I made a hurricane help page on our website and will be adding any
additional info to it as it comes in. I figure the more folks who can
spread the word the better.
Here's the page -
http://scootertramps.net/hurricane.html

It also lists all the 800 numbers for the emergency organizations at
the bottom. Everyone is welcome to copy/post/send any and all of this.

Rebecca

http://scootertramps.net

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Date: 9/1/2005
From: secretary@tmra2.org

To all Texas Bikers and Friends:

The Texas Motorcycle Rights Assoication is providing an update of
places to go and places to stay for those who have lost their homes
in Louisana, Alabama, and Mississippi.  We have been sent many
e-mails we are keeping from bikers who have land and/or are willing
to take in families for maybe months on end.  Because of the great
need to help our southern brothers and sisters, I have started
"Operation take in a family"..  If you are willing to take in even
one person, one family, even pets, until they can get back on their
feet, which maybe several months, we want to hear from you.  We need
bikers and friends in Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio,
wherever.  We need bikers who have land, ranches, camp grounds,
anywhere we can place people and have them fed and confortable after
going through this horrible ordeal.

You can contact me, Terri Williams,  at 512-971-8777, or Sputnik at
512-971-6777.  Our office number is 1-800-391-7608, or local Austin
area call 512-281-0537.  my E-mail addresses are unseenpast@aol.com,
tmra2secretary.org or Sputnik's e-mail at chairman@tmra2.org.

We also need e-mail addresses and phones numbers sent for any biker
clubs and/or groups in these three states so we can get the word out
to them when their phones are working that we have places for them to
stay in the central Texas area.

We all know that if this happened to Texas, the people of Louisana
and surrounding states would take us in their homes IN A HEART BEAT.
We need to do the same for them!!!!!

Thank you
Terri Williams-AKA Running Deer
TMRA2 Secretary


Terri Williams
State Secretary


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Ride Free  ~Suds & bttrfly

http://sudsandbutterfly.homestead.com/

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