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2008-06-24 17:11:40
November 2007 - The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is pleased to welcome Christine Paige Diers as its new Executive Director. Paige Diers began her tenure at the museum on Monday, November 26. Paige Diers is the full-time replacement for Pepper Massey, who resigned as the Museum’s Executive Director in June to become the director of the Sturgis Rally Department. Christine Paige Diers is a Rapid City native who has extensive background in working with non-profit organizations. For the past ten years, Paige Diers has served as the Community Relations Ambassador for the UND Center for Innovation, a business incubator on the campus of the University of North Dakota. In addition, she has operated her own Association Management company assisting two professional news associations in their day-to-day operations. Her experience also includes working in the Public Information Center of the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota where she dealt with disaster recovery and flood protection following the 1997 flood.
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2008-06-24 17:11:21
 October 2007 - The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is exhibiting the “Bush Bike”, the motorcycle built by Desperado owner Jeff Nicklus for President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign. The motorcycle will be delivered on Friday, October 12th at 10:00 am.
This one-of-a-kind, custom motorcycle bears the signature of the President of the United States, George W. Bush; First Lady Laura Bush; U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson (TX); U.S. Senator John Cornyn (TX); Texas Governor Rick Perry; California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger; Texas State Senator Tommy Williams; Ed Gillespie, Chairman of the Republican National Committee; David and Howard Bellamy of the Bellamy Brothers Band; and builder Jeff Nicklus. Nicklus used a 2005 model Jeff Nicklus Signature Series Desperado Motorcycle with a specialty built TP Engineering 124 cu. in., 145 hp polished motor; polished 6-speed transmission; chrome wheels in the shape of the “Lone Star” of the State of Texas; and is painted red, white and blue. The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of American is airbrushed on the tank, with the above signatures underneath.
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