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O C T 2 0 1 0 2010 Chapter L Officers & Staff
Georgia District Officers
IN THIS ISSUE:
Georgia District Directors Carlos & Dee Lozano
[email protected] (770) 932-4007
Cell: (864) 908-8199 Assistant District Directors/Rally Vendor Coordinators
Alan & Denise Head [email protected]
(770) 257-7721 Assistant District Directors/
Event Coordinators John & Linda Zimmer
[email protected] (478) 474-8821
Assistant District Directors/COY Coordinators
Dave & Betty Andrade [email protected]
(706) 342-3087 District Rider Educators
Tommy & Vicky Martin [email protected]
(770) 342-7279 Asst. Dist. Rider Educators
Roy & Julie Degler [email protected]
(678) 289-1627
Chapter Director Kevin Henkle & Sheri Harley [email protected] [email protected] 678-315-2791 ACD Marvin & Vicki Seritt [email protected] [email protected] 770-547-1204 ACD & 2010 C.O.Y Jerome & Jen Poole [email protected] 706-766-7272 Rider Educator Murry Cail [email protected] 706-235-8500 Treasurer Dawn Cail [email protected] Event Coordinator & Histo-rian Vicki Seritt [email protected] Membership Enhancement, Retention & Recruitment David Newby [email protected] Plaque Attack Coordinators Dave & Bennie Cole [email protected] Sunshine Coordinator Teri Taylor [email protected] Newsletter Jayta Long & Diane Long [email protected] [email protected] Webmaster Darryl Perry [email protected] Ticket Master Tuck Tucker [email protected]
Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge
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Having the Best time Ever...
Livin’ to Ride, Ridin’ to Eat!
From the CD Page 2
Sept. meeting re-cap Page 3
Plaque Attack News Page 4
Birthdays/Anniversaries
Page 5
Rider Education Page 6-7
October Calendar Page 9
GA Chapter meeting days
Page 16
2008 & 2009 Georgia Chapter of the Year
Click here to read the Georgia District Oct 2010 Newsletter
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Chapter Gathering Thursday, October 28 2010
Ryan’s 2305 Shorter Ave Rome, GA 30165
Eat 6:30 Meet 7:30 Contact Kevin Henkle at
[email protected] or 678-315-2791 for info
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Make sure you and/or the women you love do self checks and get a
mammogram!
Happy Halloween!
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What a beautiful day it was for the 4th annual Fun Day fundraiser in Rome this weekend! Ex-actly 200 people attended the event and merriment abound! There were PLENTY of door prizes, games, give-a-ways, and of course, Chapter Challenge! A congrats to Chapter S for managing to pass that lifesaver front to back of the line in true “Southern” style. But, for most folks the highlight of the day had to be the 20 minute performance by professional stunt bike rider, Aaron Twite. What he can do on a motorcycle is just plain amazing. The “stoppies”, “wheelies” and combinations with a back flip had all our mouths dropping open. The silent auction was a plethora of motorcycle attire, gift certificates, event tickets, breast cancer items, with a few knives to keep the guys attracted. Our donations this year far ex-ceeded any previous years, and a special thanks to Jen & Jerome Poole for coordinating the donations! Of course, Diane Long’s crocheted afghan was so beautiful! I’m sure it was hard to see it go – but go it did – straight into the arms of Vicki Seritt! Thanks Diane for all your hard work on that – it’s just lovely! While we’re discussing the Long family’s willingness to go the ex-tra mile, Dylan Long proved he’s Chapter L through and through. Dylan has taken a lot of kidding from all of us about his hair length, but at Fun Day, that length raised over $250 to-wards our cause. Dylan patiently sat while several B-2 members clipped and cut until they finally had his entire head SHAVED! Yes, shaved! Thank you Dylan – you’re one heck of a young man! Ken & Tracy Thrasher from Chapter S really cleaned house Saturday winning the Grand Prize of 3 nights at a cabin in Pigeon Forge, tickets to Dollywood, and dinner at Outback Steakhouse. Congrats to them! The plaque was fiercely competed for, but Chapter A was victorious! Way to go! None of this would have been possible without the outstanding devotion by all of the Chapter L members! The day was a huge success and we’ve received many congratulatory phone calls and emails. It’s you – the Chapter L participants who deserve all the credit! A very sin-cere and heartfelt thank you goes out to each and every one of you!
Ride Like the Wind in 2010
From the
Chapter Directors
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Didn’t make the September meeting? Here’s what you missed...
• We have MORE new members! Welcome Jim & Jan Poulos! • Chapter L will be riding in the Rome Christmas Parade on Tuesday, November 30. You must
be in line no later than 5:30. The theme is “A ‘GREEN’ Christmas-Reuse-Recycle-Renew” • Chapter L’s Christmas Party will be on Saturday, December 4 at Dykes Creek Baptist Church
Vest Game Marvin Seritt
Drawing winners at our September meeting were:
50/25/25 Dawn Cail
Peggy Rogers
Door Prizes Sheri Harley
Barbara Taylor Jerry Taylor Dave Cole Dawn Cail
Peggy Rogers Daryll Perry
Dinner Ride Drawings Sheri Harley
Monthly Mileage Male/Couple
Bobby Bradshaw Female
Dawn Cail Gas Card Drawing
Harvey Kinsey Excuse Hat Troy Long
Little Marvin has been rescued! Rumors had been floating around ever since Lil Marvin was kidnapped a couple of months ago but we've never been able to confirm the identity of his "mascot-nappers" - that is until September. Acting on a hunch (and maybe a tad bit of inside info), it was decided that one or more of us should visit our good friends at Chapter B-2 in Douglasville. While rising at 6 am wasn't anyone’s wish for this Saturday morning, we felt we had to follow up on this strong lead and have Lil Marvin home for our Fun Day on October 9th. Donna took one for the team and joined Sheri in the darkness as they made their way for the 8am breakfast buffet at the Golden Corral in Douglasville. Fortunately, Donna's sleep deprivation wasn't for naught - sure enough - Debra and Pete had taken our furry friend with them on their trek all the way into Canada and back! Lil Marvin has logged almost 7,000 miles since we've last seen him! Many of you may remember the photos, and now seeing how many new states are colored in on his patch, it's easy to see he was well cared for, and loved by all. A special thanks goes out to Snoopy (Chapter B-2's mascot) for staying hot on the trail and tracking them all down and bringing the little guy home! Lil Marvin is home in Rome, safe and sound - and very, very tired. He plans to take a couple of weeks off and out of the spot light before he returns to stardom at our Fun Day.
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Plaque Attack News Dave & Bennie Cole, Plaque Attack Coordinators L.L. Pap Legendary Leaders Plaque Attack Pup
Plaque Attack
Mileage Game Results
Between 19 members who turned in mileage, Chapter L logged 27,872 SAFE MILES between the August and September gatherings! We should all be very proud of our-selves. It’s not too late to start playing along, just give Dave & Bennie your mileage at our next gathering.
The 2010 Region A Wanderer Plaque was retired and awarded to Chapter L in September at the Region A Convention in Eufala, AL. Region A, as a whole, logged just over 38,000 miles passing the plaque around. Chapter L logged 14,795 of those miles capturing the plaque from different Chapters in Region A in the past year. While Chapter L missed capturing the Georgia Plaque in Warner Robbins by just over 200 miles, we were successful in bringing it home from Pooler/Savannah with just over 7000 miles. Congratulations to Chapter A for capturing the Georgia Plaque at our Fun Day! Chapter L will be taking off to Clearwater, FL to attempt to bring home the 2011 Region A Wanderer for the first time! FL1-M will be giving it away on October 24 at their annual charity bowling event. Con-tact Dave & Bennie for more information.
P A G E 5 From our Sunshine Coordinator
...Teri
If you haven’t already done so, make sure to renew your GWRRA membership. YOU are important to us!
October Anniversaries Jerome & Jen Poole 2006 Dave & Bennie Cole 2007 Noble & Yvonne Agan 2009 Troy & Jayta Long 2008
GWRRA Members Since…..
Raymond Hebert 10/2 Steve Chambers 10/4 Lucy Smith 10/9 Ron Trimble 10/11 Russ Rucker 10/14
Al Rogers 10/15 Janet Rucker 10/16 Carolyn Toles 10/21 Leslie Kleist 10/26 Betsy Kettells 10/30
Jerry & Barbara Taylor 10/14 Bobby & Karen Bradshaw 10/22
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We want to make sure that everyone gets to enjoy every issue. Please send an email to Jayta & Diane so that we can
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Whether you've been riding a motorcycle for days or for decades, a time may come when you find yourself wondering, "What on earth am I doing out here?" Where and when this happens is important in trying to figure out what it means, if anything. If you are trying to stay on two wheels in high crosswinds with 18-wheelers pass-ing, a fleeting wish to be elsewhere is understandable. Wanting to "get the ride over with" is probably not an abnormal attitude even for the hardcore, if the landscape you're looking at resembles a nuclear test site or if you've got a storm at your back. Sometimes, though, this question hits, and it just seems irrational. Remembering what learning to ride was like for me, and my sense of breathless amazement at going 50 the first time, I suspect new riders fre-quently wonder what on earth they are doing out there. When first learning to handle a motorcycle, whether it's on motocross trails or in the middle of city traffic, it's natural to be concerned for your own skin. Riding a street bike is risky. Dropping a bike is embarrassing if not painful, and the pavement can be soooo hard. Until the skills required to operate these complex machines become well-practiced, a rider might be asking "What am I doing out here?" several times in a day's ride. But for a more experienced rider who knows her own limits and can better manage her risks, this could mean she's riding too far, too fast -- and a part of her knows it. If a person is scaring herself regularly, maybe the search for adventure has become reckless thrill-seeking -- and dangerous to herself and others. One rider's loss of control creates an enormous risk for a group. This is one reason the Lone Star Ladies (LSL) regularly discuss and practice our group riding safety rules, es-pecially with those new to us, and they are asked to ride toward the rear. Once motorcycle touring gets into your blood, and you gain experience on your bike, your skill and confidence increase. Because you keep your bike well maintained and practice safety in the everyday details of riding, you learn to relax. Fear is forgotten in the glorious fun, in the sights and sounds and smells and people encountered on a run, in the companionship of the "family" as you travel, and in the interest you generate in the people you meet. A bout of irrational, stark terror becomes a rarity -- but it can still happen. Several years ago, as I started the first leg of a major trip, I had a panic reaction that stayed with me for several hours and was very hard to shake. (I needed sleep.) But I've heard about it happening to riders with far more years and miles on them than I have, and I've even seen several examples of it when, for no particular reason, a turn or a U-turn just looked "too hard" to make on a Gold Wing, despite the rider's demonstrated abilities. What should you do when you can't shake a negative feeling? Are you losing your nerve? Are your rid-ing days over? Without attempting some kind of "biko-psycho-analysis," I suggest that a crisis of confidence or in-tense fear while riding first calls for that rider's attention. The rider should signal for a stop if necessary to al-low her to pay attention to what is going on without endangering herself or others. It should not be ignored. Even in a moment of terror that comes out of nowhere, sudden movement on a motorcycle is not rec-ommended. A street rider expects to maintain control at all times. Unless you decide to put your bike down and give up control for some definite reason, chances are you will be fine if you just keep on doing all the right things. I've experienced a number of moments of discomfort when riding that seemed unrelated to road, traffic, or rain. It may have been a memory, or my imagination running away. I have ridden through them, but I couldn't ignore how uncomfortable I was. I continued to
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Murry Cail,
Rider Educator
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To Ride Or Not To Ride (That crisis of confidence moment)
By: Cash Anthony
P A G E 7 question whether I needed to make a "head-check" stop, whether my riding skills were being affected, whether I could "breathe through it," and what was really nagging at me. I stopped "casually" before many more miles, but I did-n't want to let my paranoia take over and make sure I crashed. After encounters with my demons of the road, I've looked back and tried to analyze the circumstances. I've real-ized a lot of things can cause my pleasure in riding to seep away, and my awareness of risk to grow irrationally. These include not eating and getting low blood sugar, fatigue, dehy-dration, cramped muscles, riding an unfamiliar bike, starting out on a trip without understanding the route or the stresses it would take, believing I should do some-thing differently to please someone else in the group, and not personally checking some aspect of my equipment. Any of these things can cause extra stress in the midst of what can be a stressful sport. Dealing with some of these factors takes a change in habits; some, a change in attitude. To ride safely and keep enjoying it, across, say, a 400-mile day, confidence has to play a big part. What about peer pressure to get through a bad ride or a shaky moment without "inconveniencing" the other riders? Most LSL fellow riders would tell you this: "If you've ever been 'inconvenienced' by having to follow a friend to the Emergency Room to see if she makes it, you can handle an extra five-minute break to keep a rider out of there." Besides, motorcyclists expect help from each other along the road: a helmet placed on the ground by a bike's front wheel is the universal signal that a rider needs assistance. In a Lone Star Lady group, as in many others, if a rider needs to stop for any reason -- or no "rational" reason at all -- that person will not be left to deal with a problem alone. Neither should a rider who has a crisis of confi-dence expect to be criticized. "Ride your own ride" puts the responsibility on each individual rider to exercise the proper de-gree of care and skill needed under the circumstances. Group riding LSL-style is not for everyone, but it has some definite advantages in the give-and-take. Some riders are sensitive to pressure from peers to test their skills and try something risky. If you want to experiment, don't take a dare. Do it in an environment you can at least partially control: on an empty parking lot, or in a quiet neighborhood, or on the training range at a Motorcycle Safety Foun-dation course. Being pushed into riding longer, faster, harder, on a bike you can't handle, or under con-ditions you find unsafe -- especially out in the boonies with people who don't respect your limits -- doesn't set up good conditions for success, or learning, or having fun, or being uninjured and well enough to ride the next day. When the Lone Star Ladies and Gents acknowledge and recognize our members who take a safety course or perfect a new skill, this attitude encourages all our riders to practice, share what is learned, and to feel good about it. "What on earth am I doing out here?" If it happens, the decision is yours: to ride or not to ride? If you just can't get to relaxed-but-aware, you may not enjoy yourself. If you have to stop to regroup emotionally and mentally, don't beat yourself up. Take a break, find a friendly back-seat, or come to club events on four-wheels. Attend to your needs, and don't ignore the signs: a candy bar might be all you need to feel safe again. If there's no 'real' reason for panic, perhaps you can ride through it and trust your common sense to keep you safe. Finding a way back to the fun is one of the challenges of motorcycling that has in-volved real personal growth, for me. It has taught me courage and self-control to deal with my fears. Like the old farmer, I find "I've had a lot of worries in my life, but most of them never happened."
Murry Cail,
Rider Educator
We live in the Land of the Free, only because of the Brave!
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rear end fluid change services. All major brands of oils, including Amsoil products are available. Contact Steve at [email protected] for more information.
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