Wow, what a Great month May was. We don't know about anyone else but Ruthie and I had a lot of fun in May. For those of you that were unable to make it to the Arkansas District Rally in Hot Springs, well, all we can say is you really missed out on a GREAT TIME. It is al-ways such a pleasure to be able to visit with our GWRRA Family members who we do not get to see that often. We can't wait until next years rally. Ruthie and I are so excited for our trip to

Wing Ding that we can hardly wait. We are sorry we were unable to attend May's Chapter meeting, but we felt it was just a little important to attend our youngest child's High School Graduation, the youngest of six. How empty is our house going to be. I guess that means more bike riding time. We look forward to seeing everyone at June's Chapter meeting. Until then. Ride Safe, Ride Often. Mike & Ruthie

GWRRA Chapter AR-B J U N E , 2 0 0 7

Chapter Director: Mike & Ruthie Erskin 479-799-9562 mrerskin@cox.net

Assistant Chapter Director: Don & Pam Redinger 479-422-2338 dpredinger@earthlink.net

Safety Director: George & Dora Coiner 479-621-3175

Finance Director: Mary Collins (479) 636-5605 irish57@peoplepc.com

Couple of the Year 2007: Kent & Debbie Kuebler 479-631-7785 kueblerkookies@sbcglobal.net

Activity Director: Phyllis Tresner trepo79@cox.net

Newsletter Editor: Barbara Renken 479-855-1448 Bj.renken@cox.net

Membership Enhancement: Gene Renken 479-855-1448 Gene.renken@cox.net

Webmaster: Pam Redinger 479-442-2338 dpredinger@earthlink.net

Sunshine Couples: Ed & Judy Schreck Ed-ab5gr@juno.com

Odie & Phyllis Tresner trepo79@cos.net

Chapter Website: nwagoldwing.org

Region H

Eighteen NWA Goldwing riders attended the Arkansas District Rally in Hot Springs over the weekend of May 10-12, 2007. The threat of rain evaporated to blue skies and balmy weather for those who made the trip. Several took part in Rider Education and Leadership Training Seminars and of course many, many dollars were spread around the vendor show. The beautiful countryside around Hot Springs provided spectacular rides for some and other just enjoyed visit-ing with friends, old and new. Those attending from Chapter B were, Mike and Ruthie Erskin, Don and Pam Redinger, Kent and Debbie Kuebler, Gene and Barbara Renken, George and Dora Coiner, Nova and

Connie Brandon, Troy and Lynda Clearman,

Danny and Marie Clearman and Excell and Jose-phine Lafayette.

18 Chapter Members Attend District Rally

Mike’s Musings

Arkansas District

P A G E 2

“Never be

controlled by

those out of

Control.”

On the Safe Side by George Coiner

Remember: You should always carry a First Aid Kit and your updated medical & emergency information on the bike.

Eight Chapter B members rode to Bull Shores Park on May 5th to attend Chapter P’s rally. We had perfect riding weather over and back and plenty of time to visit with the other 90 Goldwingers from across the state who made the trip. Attending from Chapter B were: Ed and Judy Schreck, Carl and Gay Wampler, Nova and Connie Brandon and Gene and Barbara Ren-ken. How about you sign up for one of the upcom-ing rides and join the fun.

“Any truly great

venture has some

potential for

disaster.”

G W R R A C H A P T E R A R - B

8 Chapter Members Attend Rally

Our planned Memorial Day picnic with

Don and Pam turned into lunch at Atlanta

Bread Company while we waited for

“scattered storms” to pass. Once we de-

cided it was clear to leave for home the skies to the northwest were pretty dark so

we decided to head east to try and go

around the storm. Don and Pam went east

on 12, we took 62 northeast then 72 west to Pea

Ridge. As we turned north on 94 we could see

the rain ahead of us so we turned southwest on

McNelly Road. Here we were driving on wet

roads but only a few sprinkles still falling. When we got to 71, there was still rain to the north so

we turned south, back into Bentonville then west

again on 72 to Hiwasse and into Bella Vista on

Hiwasse Road.

Barbara

Check out other experiences with rain on page 5.

Playing Tag with Rain Drops

Chapter Celebrations

P A G E 3 “ W I N G S A W A Y ”

June Anniversaries!

5 – Kent & Debbie Kuebler 15 – Bill & Elizabeth Edwards 19 – Jim & Ann Newman

June Birthdays!

5 --Lynda Clearman 6 – Max McGaugh 9 – Lester Stone 18 – Odie Tresner 19 – Deborah Bailey 25 – Judy Schreck

A new feature this month as we recog-nize members celebrating their

GWRRA Anniversaries! Troy & Lynda Clearman - 05/2003

Frank & Sharon Maxwell - 05/2006

Gene & Barbara Renken - 06/1985

William Moore – 06/1998

Max McGaugh - 06/2002

( If we missed your special day, please

accept our apology and please notify

the newsletter editor so we won’t

forget you next year)

D & P EMBROIDERY Pam Redinger

(479) 422-2338 or (479) 530-9383 (cell) By Appointment

Custom Embroidery * Gift Items Shirts * Bags * Monogramming

Jackets * Hats

Above: Eighteen Chapter B Members enjoyed the first sched-uled dessert ride for 2007 at Boston’s in Bentonville.

Play Day/Parking Lot Practice after the June Chapter Meeting. Everyone is invited to partici-pate!

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“Admitting you’re lost is the first step to finding your way.” Either that or having a GPS that is programmed for U-Turns.

What’s Happening Arkansas District

Chapter A Rally

June 2, 2007, Little Rock

Chapter I Rally

June 9, 2007, Stuttgart

Chapter L Rally

June 16, 2007 , Toad Suck Park, Conway

Chapter R Rally

June 23, 2007, Van Buren

Chapter B Meeting:

June 9, 2007, Breakfast at 9:00 a.m. Meet at

10:00 a.m. Ryan’s Family Restaurant, Rogers

Staff Meeting:

June 4, 2007, 6:00 p.m. Western Sizzler,

Springdale

Chapter Activities:

June 1, 2007, Friday 6 p.m. Dinner Ride to Whole

Hog Café, Bentonville.

June 5, 2007, Tuesday 7 p.m. Dessert Run to

Hagan Dasz Ice Cream, Pinnacle Promenade,

Rogers.

June 9, 2007, Parking Lot Practice/Play Day after

the Chapter meeting

June 17, 2007, Sunday 6 p.m. Dinner Ride to

Tony’s Italian Garden’s, Rogers

June 27, 2007, Thursday 6 p.m. Dinner Ride to

Catfish John’s, Springdale.

Wing Ding:

July 4 -7, 2007, Billings, MT.

“If superglue is so ad-hesive, how do you get

it out of the tube?”

G W R R A C H A P T E R A R - B

“Honda Hoot” June 19-23, 2007 Knoxville, TN

Arrival at Hot Springs: Mike and Ruthie really stand out in their new summer riding jack-ets but someone must ask Mike to explain the police car.

P A G E 5 “ W I N G S A W A Y ”

HA! HA!- NO we did not make it home with no rain. We got dumped on. Mike got shocked by lightening at a stop light. It killed the bike and knocked his hand off of the clutch grip. Need-less to say, we ran the next stop light (we were the only ones at that light, thank goodness). We got into Lowell and stopped at the Kum and Go and parked under the awning. We shed our jackets and went inside and got some coffee and let Mike try to regroup from his electrifying experience. The woman wouldn't even let us pay for our coffee. Sure don't want to go through that again. We had two different couples stop and admire our Wing. Can joke about it now but wasn't much fun at the time. Ruthie

We made it home, safe and sound, just not dry. After we left the Whole Hog Café we went to Best Motors. We left there as quickly as we could and made it almost back to 102 before the flood hit. We found a Super 8 and pulled under their awning and went inside to wait it out. We were soaked though.

We left the bike at the body shop and brought the car on home. Don

My rain experience was not Friday night, but last Saturday the 26th, I left the gun show at the Clarion on rainbow curve about 3:30 and it was dry. Turning south at the J street light I managed to ride into worst thunderstorm ever. Out of habit, I put on my sunglasses and rode off. I'm guessing there were 200 bikes (I think from a poker run) parked in the lot approx 1/2 mile east of the Clarion. As I approached from the west, they began com-ing out of the lot by the dozens in a big hurry. I was able, with a little luck, to ride into and with the thunderstorm into Rogers on New Hope Road. After the fact, I believe if I had just sat still at the Clarion about 20 minutes, the thunderstorm would have gone to the north and missed me. I kept my rain gear in the saddle bag so as not to get them wet! I'm not saying it was raining hard, but water was 3 or more inches deep on the roadway in many low spots. Oh well, I dried out. Bob

Rain and Goldwings

Goldwing Keys Available For those of you who need an extra key for an 1800, Heartland isn't set up to make them. I found a place in Springdale that has the blanks and can cut the keys off a number or off another working key. $15.00 for cutting off a number and $2.00 off an-other key. Mulkey Locksmith, 505 Virginia Street (one block west of Busi-ness 71; off Huntsville road) 751-9661 Jim

Missouri District Rally On May 5, 2007, Mike & Ruthie with Dora & myself rode to the Missouri District Rally in Branson. I introduced Mike & Ruthie to John & Kathie (the couple that put the lights on my trike). Mike & Ruthie bought jackets, Dora & I ordered jackets. The only excitement was when my feet went higher than my head. After that, we left and ate at Shogun’s. A Good time was had by all. George.

808 SE 14th St Hwy 102 Bentonville, Arkansas 72712

Open 6 days a week—Monday—Saturday

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FOR SALE;

3XL First Gear T.K.O. Black Leather Jacket - $200 Zipper and wrist vents, thermoliner, and elastic leather waist and cuffs. Excellent condition. Andy: (479) 876-1606 or nanandya@cox.net

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FOR SALE:

Drag Spec. Cycle/Trailer electric (DC) plug in.. never used.

Windshield for Kawasaki 1500 Nomad.

Stock Seat Rider/Passenger for Kawasaki 1500 Nomad

Leather “River Road” throw over saddle bags.. never used.

Ed (479)254-0038

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FOR SALE;

2005 Grasshopper 727 60” cutting deck, hydraulic deck lift. Used very little. Paid $13,000

new asking $8,800. Contact Don Redlinger (479) 409-9566

Chapter Meeting Time & Place: 2nd Saturday of each Month at Ryan’s Family Restaurant, 102 S 21st St. Rogers I540 Exit 85 then 2 miles east. Eat at 9:00 a.m. and Meeting at 10:00 a.m.

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Don & Pam on Vendor Row Mike & Ruthie at Level IV Breakfast

“May all your per-sonalities be multi-taskers.”

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

More from the District Rally

D & P Enterprises

222 W. Apple Blossom

Lowell, AR 72745 (479) 409-9566 or (479) 530-9383

Thoroughbred Trailer and

Tag-Along Trailer

Dpenterprises@earthlink.net

P A G E 7 “ W I N G S A W A Y ”

Directions: Exit 72 From I-540, Just North of Cracker Barrel on 48th Street (Frontage Road) 479-751-7022 / 888-853-8468

Tues-Fri: 9am-6pm Sat: 9am-4pm www.heartlandhonda.com

Check out our website-online parts finder, online accessory catalogs, print brochures, compare product specs., secure online credit applications, online service appointments, and much, much more – all at www.heartlandhonda.com

Enjoy a fun ride and great fellowship on an HRCA Ride. They start at Heartland Honda Powerhouse at 9am on these Saturdays: May 12, June 9, July 21, August 11 and September 8. We encourage you to suggest an 80-100 mile ride route that take us from and back to the store. Email your route to rick@heartlandhonda.com

"Heartland Honda Powerhouse has one of the largest in-stock Gold Wing accessory displays in the midwest"

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A Word from the District Director

Arkansas District Directors dale1940@centurytel.net Dale & Carolyn Frieden www.argwrra.org 10647 Cowger Lane Phone: 479-229-3370 Dardanelle, Arkansas 72834 The District Rally is behind us and now your staff can reflect on the experience with the pur-

pose of determining how we can make it better for you in 2008. We appreciate all the surveys

the attendees took time to complete; your answers will be taken into consideration when mak-

ing decisions for next year.

We appreciate the support from those of you in attendance and have a request. If you had a

good time let the other members participating in your Chapter know about it and ask them to join in the fun next year. If you didn’t have a good time, let us know so we can make it better

for you in the future.

We also, want to thank each of you that assisted us in the various activities over the weekend. It

would be impossible to put on a rally without the assistance of the Chapters within the District.

We really appreciate the assistance you provided.

There are a lot of Chapter Rallies planned over the next few months and we would like to re-

mind you the roads in Arkansas run both directions. If you want other Chapters to support you,

then you need to support them at their activities.

For those of you planning longer trips this summer to other District Rallies, Honda Hoot, Wing

Ding, etc. be sure to give you bikes a good inspection of those items such as tires, brakes, trailer hitch, wheels & bearings etc. that can cause you to find yourself in an unsafe situation.

We don’t want anyone to have their trip ruined by something they could have prevented.

Until next time, ride safe and “Ride With Pride”.

Dale & Carolyn Our Goals

Train our members to reduce risk. Improve motorcycling image. To increase motorist awareness

Our Motto FRIENDS FOR FUN, SAFETY , AND KNOWLEDGE

G W R R A C H A P T E R A R - B

ARKANSAS

“The best way to grow old is to stay young

together.”

“29th Annual Wing Ding”

July 4-7,2007,

Billings, MT. .

GWRRA 30th Anniver-sary Members

Party. Sep 1&2, 2007, Nashville, TN

P A G E 9 “ W I N G S A W A Y ”

GWRRA Chapter AR-B

4 Foster Lane

Bella Vista, AR 72715

Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge