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22 UCW AUGUST 1-7, 2018 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM AUG. 3 • DINNER RIDE with the Fort Bragg chapter of Harley Owners Group, or HOG. Departs from Fort Bragg Harley- Davidson. Kickstands up at 6:30 p.m. Visit fortbragghog.com or email mmrowles1@hotmail.com for more information. Text FBHOG to 84483 to receive ride/event alerts from Fort Bragg HOG. AUG. 4 • GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING with the Fort Bragg chapter of HOG at Fort Bragg Harley- Davidson. Visit fortbragghog.com or email mmrowles1@hotmail.com for more information. AUG. 11 • PAYING IT FORWARD BENEFIT FOR LEE & DEE SEMEL at 4624-4 Bragg Blvd., Fayetteville. First bike out at noon. Food, auction and lots of love. Call 910-867-2364 for more information. SEPT. 7-9 • CHEROKEE BLUE RIDGE RUN 2018 at Cherokee Fair- grounds and Harrah's Cherokee Resort, Cherokee. The second annual Motorcycle & Music Festival is back. Multi-class bike shows, live bands, vendors, tattoo artists, demo rides, food trucks, craft beer and more. Featured bands include Vince Neil, Molly Hatchet and Jasmine Cane. $15 a day or $30 for the entire weekend. Visit blueridgerun.com for more information. SEPT. 7-9 • THUNDER IN THE SMOKIES FALL MOTORCYCLE RALLY at Maggie Valley Festival Grounds, Maggie Valley, Hosted by Handlebar Cor- ral Productions. Come ride the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Dragon's Tail, the Cherohala Sky- way and more scenic roads. Win $1,000 at the Bike Games or win $1,000 at the Bike Show. Stock up on gear with a great selection of vendors. All bikes and ages welcome. Join in for a rumbling weekend where thousands of bikers roll in for the busiest motorcycle weekend in town. Visit www.HandlebarCorral.com, email handlebarcorral@aol.com, or call 828-246-2101 for more information. SEPT. 22 • 9TH ANNUAL WE RIDE FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T REMEMBRANCE RUN AND POW-MIA RECOGNITION DAY CER- EMONY at Fort Bragg Harley-Davidson, 3950 Sycamore Dairy Rd., Fayetteville. Reg- ister 8 a.m. the day of the ride or early online at www.rollingthunder-nc1.com. $20 per bike, $10 per passenger. Ceremony begins 10 a.m. Kickstands up 11 a.m. Visit facebook.com/RollingThunderNC1 for more information. OCT. 13 • CAR, TRUCK AND BIKE SHOW SUPPORTING WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA in the J.P. Riddle Stadium parking lot, 2823 Legion Rd., Fayetteville. Register from 9-11a.m. Judging starts at 11:30 a.m. Award presentation at 2 p.m. $30 registration fee. Free to the general public. Food trucks will be onsite and restrooms open at the stadium. All profits will go to purchase wreaths for veteran's graves in December for Sandhills Veterans Cemetery. Call Craig Hardy at 910- 322-3893 for details. 4624 BRAGG BLVD. AUG 11 AUG 11 POKER RUN Paying it Forward Benefit for LEE & DEE Semel 1st Bike Out at Noon Food • Auction • Lots of Love FROM THE ROAD The Buffalo Soldiers by JIM JONES JIM JONES, Motorcycle Enthusiast. Comments? Editor@upandcomin- gweekly.com. 910- 484-6200. If you have lived in Fayetteville for any amount of time, you have probably been stuck in traffic while hundreds of motorcyclists jam up the roads in some kind of motorcycle procession. I know times like this may be frustrating, but your patience and understanding help others safely travel to raise money for various charities, groups and individu- als in the area. One of these charitable groups is the Fayetteville Chapter Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club of the National Asso- ciation of Buffalo Soldiers & Trooper Motorcycle Club. On July 21, Buffalo Soldiers Motor- cycle Club presented five checks for $1,000 each to five high school students. e gift was part of the club's College Scholarship of Excellence awards. e recipients of this year's academic achievement awards are Nyah Kite, Harnett Central High; Destiny McMil- lian, Fairmount High; Mailyn Nelson, E.E. Smith; Myles Nooks, E.E. Smith; and Jesenia Ortiz-Ruiz, Cumberland International Early College High School. e Buffalo Soldiers' proud history originally started with members of the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed Sept. 21, 1866, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. is nick- name was given to the all-black cavalry by Native American tribes who fought in the Indian Wars. e term eventu- ally became synonymous with all of the African-American regiments formed in 1866 and still celebrated today. e heroic efforts of the original Buffalo Soldiers led to the creation of a motorcycle club named in their honor. e Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club of North Carolina was formed June 1, 2001. e idea was to have Fayetteville and the state of North Carolina repre- sented by some of the finest military and civilian personnel and to also up- hold the legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers from the 9th and 10th Calvary. For more information about the Buffalo Soldiers motorcycle club, visit www.ncbuffalosoldiers.com or con- tact their Public Relation Committee chair, Dorian "ShoTime" Brunson at shotime.bsmc@gmail.com. If there is a topic you would like to discuss, you can contact me at motor- cycle4fun@aol.com. RIDE SAFE! Left to right: Frank Autry, Darrell Smith, William Johnson, Jesenia Ortiz Ruiz, Myles Nooks, Destiny McMillian, Nyah Kite, Mailyn Nelson, William Judd and Anor Burnside.