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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:blue'>Ladies and Gentlemen,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:blue'>A reminder of the event coming up in OK.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Nimrod MT","serif"'>In celebration
of the grand opening of the Gen. Tommy Franks Leadership Institute and Museum,
Gen. Tommy Franks will lead up to 1,000 bikers in the Rumble Motorcycle Parade
through downtown Hobart to his recently renovated facilities. The bikers will
participate in the Freedom Motorcycle Ride and Poker Run from Lawton to Hobart;
one lucky biker will win a 2008 Harley-Davidson Sportster XL1200C.</span> <br>
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The motorcycle rally and the 2:30 p.m. Rumble Parade are scheduled on May 23 in
conjunction with an entire day of events in Hobart’s Memorial Day weekend
"Celebration of Freedom.” Also scheduled is the 1 p.m.
"Celebration of Freedom Parade" with an anticipated 50 entries.</span>
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Registration for the Freedom Motorcycle Ride begins at 9 a.m. at Pro-Team
Harley Davidson, 301 S.E. Interstate Drive in Lawton (no pre-registration
required). The $30 fee includes one Poker Run entry and one chance for the Sportster
drawing. Prizes will also be awarded for the top and low poker hands ($300,
top; $100, low); other prizes include a leather jacket signed by Willie G.
Davidson, Harley-Davidson’s founder. Bikers must participate in the
Freedom Ride and Poker Run to qualify for the drawing and must be present to
win. Gen. Franks recommends attaching an American flag to the motorcycles.</span>
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The last bike leaves Lawton by 10:15 a.m. Riders pick up cards at designated
stops--through Medicine Park, the Wichita Mountains, Saddle Mountain,
Roosevelt, Blair, Quartz Mountain Lodge--and ends at the Hobart Regional
Airport, southeast of Hobart on U.S. 183. The last bike must arrive by 2 p.m.
After the awarding of prizes, bikers may visit the museum, take photographs
with Gen. Franks and stay for the evening concert.</span> <br>
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For places to eat and spend the night in Hobart or for more information, call
580-726-5900 or check <a href="http://www.celebrationoffreedom.net">http://www.celebrationoffreedom.net</a>.
Accommodations will be available for bikers to camp out. For questions on the poker
run, e-mail retired Army Col. Michael Hayes, member of the museum’s board
of directors, at <a href="mailto:mth@tommyfranks.com">mth@tommyfranks.com</a>.</span>
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“I think everybody will love the route through the Wichita Mountains and
the wheat fields, which reflect this part of the country; it’s a good
ride," Col. Hayes said.</span> <br>
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Celebration of Freedom Parade participants will convene at 12:15 p.m. at the
former Eugene Fields School on S. Main in Hobart. At 1 p.m., the parade will
travel north on Main Street past the Gen. Tommy Franks Museum, where each entry
will be announced, then to 3rd & Main Street, east to Jefferson Street and
south to 6th & Jefferson. To enter the parade, call Sylvia Quintero at
580-752-5636, Connie Preston at 580-752-4005 or Marilyn Thrift at 580-726-3242.
“We anticipate around 50 entries—local floats, military floats,
Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, in addition to many antique cars; and we’ve
asked them all to use a military theme,” said Quintero, Freedom Parade
chairman.</span> <br>
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The event-filled day also includes an airport fly-in and pancake breakfast, a
carnival, Arts on the Square art show, softball tournament, quilt show and
fishing tournament. Topping off the day will be a concert by Country Music Star
Neal McCoy, three-time platinum recording artist, performing live on a mega
stage with Wayne Newton and other entertainers and speakers. To show
appreciation to the nation’s heroes, Hobart will offer free concert
tickets—with identification--to active duty military and dependants,
National Guard, Reserve and all who have ever served in the military.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#0000FD'>Steve Lucas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#0000FD'>Deputy State Captain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#0000FD'>North Texas PGR<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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