Gold Wing Road Riders Association
Northeast Region “B”
Pennsylvania Chapter “K”
FEBRUARY 2008
Gold Wing Road Riders Association
Northeast Region “B”
Pennsylvania Chapter “K”
FEBRUARY 2008
UPCOMING EVENTS
MARCH
2008
4 WHAT: STAFF
MEETING
WHERE: HOSS’S IN ENOLA
WHEN: 6:00 PM
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9 WHAT: DINNER AND A MOVIE
WHERE:
WHEN:
DETAILS: TO BE ANNOUNCED
21
WHAT: OLD FARTS BREAKFAST
WHERE: SWATARA DINER
WHEN: 9:00AM
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30 WHAT: CHAPTER GATHERING
WHERE: Enola Sportsman’s Club
WHEN: 8AM BREAKFAST
9AM GATHERING
.
APRIL
2008
1 WHAT: STAFF MEETING
WHERE: HOSS’S
IN ENOLA
WHEN: 6:00 PM
6 WHAT: BUS TRIP
WHERE: TO WASHINGTON DC
LEAVE 8AM FROM HARRISBURG EAST MALL, STOPPING FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER
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13 WHAT: MS WALK IN CAMP HILL
27
WHAT: CHAPTER GATHERING
WHERE: Enola Sportsman’s Club
WHEN: 8AM BREAKFAST
9AM GATHERING
CHAPTER DIRECTORS’
COMMENTS
Saturday, February 16th was our chapter’s 21st Anniversary Party. (Where were you?) . 31 of our friends attended and we all had a great time. We would like to have more friends show up next year so put it on your calendar. The bowling party had 13 people and high game was rolled by Kitty it was a 171. She said it was all due to her new ball it just curved right in. I think the guys need to practice more. Cindy Parsons broke 100 with the help of the bumpers, way to go Cindy. 15 went to dinner at The Texas Road House.
The bus trip to D.C. on April 6th now has 29 people signed up. This will fill the small bus we have on hold. The dead line is February 24th. If any one still wants to go, we can get a larger bus but we need to fill 50 some seats.
The 1st Annual Chapter K Hobo Stew is May 18th. We need everyone’s support and I know we’ll get it. It will be held outside at the pavilion on the Enola Sportsman’s ground.
We want to thank all the people on our staff for their support and help over the last few months, and everyone in the chapter for their understanding as Maria and I get adjusted to our new home.
Dale and Maria
Well Ground Hog day is past and the furry little critter sez six more weeks of winter. Some of us have not ridden since last fall, others have not stopped riding. Those who kept riding have not had a chance to get rusty, only their bikes will if they don’t keep the crud cleaned off. The rest of us are starting to get antsy about riding. Myself, I am counting down until the Trike comes out of hibernation. If we get a couple of nice days in a row it may be taken for a short ride to get the reflexes back in shape.
If you are like me and have not ridden over winter please don’t jump on the bike and go for a long ride. Instead take a short ride to make sure that the bike is working OK. You did check it out before you started, didn’t you? Your battery is fine because you had a battery tender on it over winter. Your tank had stabilizer put in before the bike was put away. However people don’t have a place to connect a battery tender or a lid you can open and pour stabilizer into so it is the human part that needs polished. A section of road where you know every twist and turn, and every pothole too, will work to get you ready for a longer ride. You all know the drill-smoothly leave out the clutch while feeding in a little throttle. Darn, stalled it, I guess I did get a bit rusty over winter. I will have to polish up on that. Do you need to polish up your riding skills?
Take care, be aware,
Denny
ENTERTAINMENT BOOK SALES RESULTS
Much effort was made by 15 of our Chapters members to make the 2008 entertainment book sales a great money making success. 78 books were purchased to sell netting a profit of $710.00 thus far. The more books we sell over our goal (which was last year’s sales amount of 62 books) the more profit we make per book. The largest numbers of book sales were made by Gert & Joe Bryson (18) and Vicki & Dave Hutchison (19). We will be selling the 2009 books starting in August; they can be used as soon as they are purchased.
Rally Registration Flyers will be
available at the Gathering
The rally flyers are out and available from your Chapter
Director, Assistant Chapter Director, and/or from the web page. “Get
your rally registration in early and avoid the rush and assure yourself a place
at the rally.
One major change this year is “TO COMPETE IN
ANY RALLY EVENT, YOU MUST BE FULLY REGISTERED FOR THE RALLY”;
Ex: Bike Show, Light Show, Chapter
Competitions, Hospitality Room and COY competition.
Remember,
this year our “CASH BONANZA” gives you 40 chances to win. There will be (2)
$1,000.00 winners, (2) $500.00 winners, (4) $250.00 winners, (10) $100.00
winners and (22) $50.00 winners.
The tickets
will sell for $5.00 each and we are asking ALL the chapters to support
this fundraiser for 2008.
In
addition, 50% of the net profits will be divided among the 24 chapters based on
the number of tickets each sold to do with as they see fit. So the more tickets
the chapter sells the bigger their percent of return in the final distribution.
We will be supporting the West End Food Pantry in
Johnstown. The following items are needed:
KETCHUP MUSTARD
SALAD DRESSING
PEANUT BUTTER 18 OZ JAR
CANNED FRUITS
CANNED VEGETABLES
SPAGHETTIOS
SOUPS OF ALL KINDS
PASTAS JUICE
TISSUES TOILET PAPER
DIAPERS PICKLES
UPCOMING
EVENTS:
BXLAZY, JUNE 21, 2008 @ Knoebels
Park.THIS IS OPEN TO ALL CHAPTERS so come out for a great day of fun. -
ALL CHAPTERS - JULY 18, 19 & 20 - COME OUT AND ENJOY A GREAT WEEKEND AT PIONEER PARK near Somerset. Hosted by Chapter “T”.
You can
help set a record in The FAMOUS Guinness Book of Records for the Worlds Largest
Gold Wing Motorcycle Parade ever to be established.
When and where? Wing Ding 30,
on July 3-6, 2008, in Greensboro, South Carolina, we will be the first to
establish this new record category. The Event Management Staff of Wing Ding 30
has made contact with Guinness, filed all the proper applications and have
received back their confirmations. They have been working directly with the
City of Greenville CVB, as well as media coverage for the record attempt. To
make the event worthy of consideration, we must provide 4 independent counts as
well as a video or DVD of the attempt and the proper paperwork, which the Event
Staff will provide.
Why?
Because we can, after all…We are Gold Wing Road Riders! Our goal is to
get at least 1100-1200 Gold Wings in the parade, so please pass the word that
EVERYONE’ s assistance will be needed.
Mike
and Julie Walters, our Region Couple of the Year Coordinators, have decided
that, effective immediately, they are relocating to the Sunshine State. . So Florida’s gain will be New Jersey’s
loss.
Lorraine & Earl Knight
NATIONAL
NEWS
Office Hours: The Phoenix office hours have changed. They are now
open from 6:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., MST, Monday – Thursday. Remember, they
are closed on Fridays.
MARCH
BIRTHDAYS
3
DICK MENTZER
9
BETTY WILLIAMS
11
JUDY ROBERTS
12
SANDY KNOX
14
JOE BRYSON
19
ERICKA DELLINGER
21
EMMET NORRIS
MARCH
ANNIVERSARIES
18
LARRY & GRACE HUGHES
23
MARLIN & JUDY SWEIGART
The year is 1907……..100 years ago
What a difference a century makes!!
Here are some of the United States
statistics for the year 1907
1.
Pneumonia and influenza
2.
Tuberculosis
3.
Diarrhea
4.
Heart disease
5.
Stroke
Wonder what the next 100 years will bring?
Dale & Maria Bretz
237 Kempton Ave
Harrisburg, Pa. 17111
Home 717-564-2395
Maria’s Cell (717) 805-8631
Dale’s Cell (717) 903-6075
mariabretz@comcast.net
ASST. CHAPTER DIRECTORS
Wayne & LuAnn Hendrickson
1134 Highspire Road
Harrisburg, Pa. 17111
Wayne’s Cell:
(717) 350-4777
LuAnn’s Cell: (717) 856-5466
Wayne: waynehendrickson@yahoo.com
LuAnn: grammy2_8@hotmail.com
Dennis Schardt
112 Water Street
Summerdale, PA 17093
(717) 732-0255
Kitty Schardt
(717) 732-0255
CHAPTER WEBSITE
CHAPTER WEBMASTER
(717) 697-8132
Rich
Wirt
(717)
432-2783
Cindy Parson
(717) 957-4549
CHAPTER COY COORDINATORS
Dennis & Kitty Schardt
P.O. Box 196
Summerdale,
PA 17093
(717) 732-0255
CLOTHING COORDINATOR
(717) 432-2783
Gary & Judy Roberts
(717) 838-0802
Vicki
Hutchison
Gary & Judy Roberts
312 Eisenhower Road
Palmyra, PA 17078
(717) 838-0802
GOOD WILL
Joella Borsz (Lady J)
Emmet Norris (PBW)
DISTRICT
STAFF
DISTRICT DIRECTORS
Chuck & Evelyn Stone
105 Robin Lane
Everett, PA 15537
(814) 652-6554
SE ASSISTANT DISTRICT DIRECTORS
Gordon & Pat Geissler
30 Aspen Lane
Gilbertsville, PA 19525
(610) 367-7920
DISTRICT COY COORDINATORS
Steve & Carol
Daley
25675 Wilson Road
Union City, PA
16438
(863) 465-0387
DISTRICT TREASURER
GOODIE COORDINATOR
Marcy
& Bob Gabriele
8 Laurel Lane
Levittown, PA
19054
(215) 547-3417
Dan
& Tammy Artman
1102 Artman Lane
Vandergrift, PA
15690
(724) 845-1655
REGION
STAFF
Lorraine & Earl Knight
(401)
723-5959