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WheelsOfGrace.com | Volume 11 Issue 1 | 23 HANDLEBAR NEWS Buell's small company expanded to a major manufacturer when Harley- Davidson bought into Buell in 1994. rival GanG memBerS riSk Their liveS To GeT BaPTizeD ToGeTher in TexaS maximum- SecuriTy PriSon A Texas mega-church has seen incredible things happen since plan ng a church inside the state's largest maximum-security prison six months ago. But what happened last week was a first in the history of the prison. The warden at Coffield Unit in Anderson County, which is located about 90 minutes outside of the Dallas/Fort Worth area and houses roughly 4,200 criminal offenders, invited Gateway Church to bap ze a handful of inmates in administra ve segrega on, or solitary confinement, where they spend 23 hours of their day behind solid, steel doors with air holes in them because of how dangerous they are. Niles Holsinger, Gateway Coffield Prison campus pastor, said what he witnessed last Wednesday was "mind-blowing." Gateway plans to launch six more prison campuses throughout Texas by the start of 2020. man reuniTeD WiTh STolen moTorcycle afTer recoGnizinG iT on The neWS DurinG Police PurSuiT ORLANDO, FL- An Orange County man is thrilled to be reunited with his motorcycle, just hours a er it was stolen. Chris Rodrigues says his $2,500 bike was stolen in the early morning, but a few hours later, he was shocked to see it on his television. It was during news coverage of a police pursuit in East Orlando when Rodrigues no ced the bike being chased looked awfully similar to his and remembered he le the bike's gas tank nearly empty. "That's why the thief pulled over, he ran out of gas. I had one bar le and riding like that, you can't get that far," said Rodrigues. "It was pre y funny, I was laughing at him on TV." He says the lack of gas may be the reason the suspect dumped the bike, ul mately resul ng in his capture. SecreT Service WelcomeS firST female inTo eliTe moTorcycle uniT (you Go Girl!) U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division Officer Alta Gunawan made history recently by becoming the first woman to graduate into the agency's elite Motorcycle Support Unit. Gunawan has been riding motorcycles since she was about 18-years-old growing up in a small town of about 400 people, according to a release from the Secret Service. She was determined to make it into the elite group of Secret Service motorcycle riders, despite not passing the rigorous training course the first me around. Only about 50% of students graduate from the intense two-week course that trains officers on all sorts of motorcycle skills and tac cs, the Secret Service said. When asked about the personal significance of her accomplishment, Gunawan said she hopes others are inspired. "I hope that I've inspired others, both women and men, to go a er what they want and not to give up un l they get it," said Gunawan. Now she'll be traveling the world in her agency issued Harley-Davidson motorcycle to protect America's top officials. inDian moTorcycle launcheS comPany'S firST-ever renTal ProGram Indian Motorcycle, America's first motorcycle company, began its first-ever rental program: Indian Motorcycle Rentals. Available now at select dealers around the country, Indian Motorcycle Rentals provides local residents and those traveling the opportunity to rent a new Indian motorcycle for as short as four hours or as long as several weeks. Indian Motorcycle Rentals is currently available through nine dealers around the country, with plans to con nue to expand throughout the year. Par cipa ng dealers will have a rental fleet with various models available. Each dealer's rental fleet will be updated out every 12-18 months to ensure riders have the opportunity to ride Indian Motorcycle's current model year lineup. Riders with a valid motorcycle license can go online to book their Indian Motorcycle experience in advance to ensure bike availability at the Indian Motorcycle Rentals' web page. Visit: IndianMotorcycle.com/ Indian-Motorcycle-Rentals/ to find Indian Motorcycle Rentals loca ons and book reserva ons.

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