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AUGUST 2017

WHAT’S INSIDE

StateWide News…. Downed rider success …. Page 7

Aug/ Sept calendar….. Page 2 Hide Yo Kids, Hide yo… Page 7

Ride to remember…. Page 3

Juggling Chainsaws…. Page 4 Chapter Officers….. Page 9

Special Thanks….. Page 4 Membership Application….. Page 10

Cone Killing… Page 5

Riding Skills... Page 6

AUGUST 2017

SEE HOW YOU CAN USE YOUR

SKILLS TO HELP KEEP LINCOLN

LAND ABATE FIGHTING FOR YOUR

RIGHTS AS MOTORCYCLISTS

- SEE PAGE 1

Live Music Every Fri & Sat Night

Party Packages Available for

Up to 200 People

Proud ABATE Sponsors & Members - Motorcycle Parking in Front

WEEBLES Bar & Grill 4136 N. Peoria Road - (217) 528-3337

Huge Beer Garden & Outside Bar

Kitchen Open Seven Days a Week

M-Th 11A-3P & 5P-9P Fri-Sun 11A-10P

Hottest Video Gaming machines

HELP

WANTED

Statewide News ...Statewide News ...Statewide News ...Statewide News ...

Hello Lincoln Land hope this finds you healthy and in good spirits.

Another state party has come and gone in Petersburg. Hope you are one of the Lincoln Land members who came in and join the party. Thanks to those who helped at

the event.

Here are some of the things that came up at the BOD meeting. Motorcycles are out of the noise bill, decimal meters in Chicago would cost the State Police too much money.

Cycle Rider training money this supposed to be put in a trust fund with a trustee, trying to get a trustee put in place. They say it sounds like they're trying to let the cycle Rider training die. If the budget isn't passed the training will stop July 1st. We need to call our Representatives and say this training is important.

Let the state Legislative coordinator know about any motorcycle profiling.

As soon as the budget is passed the off-road park will get started up. They are ready to start making the trails and getting other things in place.

Paul Burden was appointed our historian and we'll come up with the written history of the 30 years of A.B.A.T.E.

Support our sponsors, keep those membership applications with you.

Promote A.B.A.T.E.- George

Chapter President

George Hurst

LONGBRANCH TAVERN

Main Street ~ Athens, IL

~ Video Gaming ~

OPEN SUNDAYS 1 PM TO 9 PM

A.B.A.T.E. Sponsor & Member Host Downed Riders Benefit

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& Vi^_o S_rvi]_s

ABATE Riders & Bikes Photo by Cutting Edge

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HELP WANTED - LINCOLN LAND ABATE IS LOOKING FOR GOOD PEOPLE FOR:

Activities Coordinator - Help plan and promote local ABATE events. Got an idea for a fun Chapter Event? This might be for you.

Newsletter Editor - Produce the Monthly Newsletter, track advertisers, and distribute extra copies around the community. If you’re good at creating flyers & docs, this is your chance to shine.

Public Relations - Create press releases for ABATE events, direct media to the appropriate officers in ABATE when they have questions, Coordinate the Local Government Proclamation program. If you’re interested in community outreach, this is the spot for you. Media interview skills aren’t needed, but a general ability to talk about ABATE is helpful.

If you’re interested in learning more about these positions, contact any officer listed on Page 9

September 2017 September 2017 September 2017 September 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

Summer Thunder Tour - 6p-8p

Weebles

Springfield MILE

State Fairgrounds

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Springfield MILE

State Fairgrounds

Officer’s Meet 6:30pm - VFW

Stockyard Rd


Corner Pub

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Vintage Iron Riders - 7pm

RT66 Hotel


The Alibi

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

Chapter Meet 7pm - VFW

Stockyard Rd


Stadium Bar

Midstate Party

Taylorvillle

Fairgrounds

24 25 26 27 28 29 30


Aqua Club

ABATE Meetings -1st & 3rd Thursdays

VFW- 2349 Stockyard Rd - Springfield

To the best knowledge of Lincoln Land ABATE, all event times, dates and locations are accurate at the time of printing and are subject to change or cancellation.

August 2017 August 2017 August 2017 August 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5

Officer’s Meet 6:30pm - VFW

Stockyard Rd

PR Training 7:30p


Crow’s Mill Pub

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

DRB Committee

6:30pm - VFW Stockyard Rd


Boones Saloon

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Vintage Iron Riders - 7pm

RT66 Hotel

Chapter Meet 7pm - VFW

Stockyard Rd


Raceway Bar

20 21 22 23 24 25 26


The Keg

Fun Run to Lincoln Balloon

Festival

27 28 29 30 31

ABATE Meetings -1st & 3rd Thursdays

VFW- 2349 Stockyard Rd - Springfield

Juggling Chainsaws in a Hostile EnvironmentJuggling Chainsaws in a Hostile EnvironmentJuggling Chainsaws in a Hostile EnvironmentJuggling Chainsaws in a Hostile Environment

Greetings and salutations from you friendly Legislative / Public Relations / Newsletter / Social media / whatever else is needed - Chapter Officer. If you wonder what it's like having that many offices, well the title of this article should clue you in. Here's the thing when juggling, no matter how good you may be, eventually you drop something. That would be why we didn't have a July newsletter. I only have so much time available.

Now I know what you're thinking, "Ski, if you don't have enough time for this stuff, then why do you take it on?" The answer? Because no one else has stepped up despite my asking for volunteers. I'm your legislative person, and I can handle PR related to legislation. In order to do that effectively, I need others to step up to newsletter, and to PR for Chapter events. If you're interested in helping on these things, let us know. I promise you will have support in those roles from experienced people.

As for current legislative issues, there really isn't anything moving at this time. What is happening is behind the scenes positioning for elections next year. I'm working with our supported candidates to make sure they have resources available from ABATE if they need it. This is the secret to how ABATE remains successful at the State House and in Congress. It's also very difficult because of the incredibly hostile environment that is Illinois politics.

Politics in general has become a very polarized and nasty business where drive by attacks and big money carry the day over common sense and working together. This has caused many good friends at the State House to lose faith in the process and retire. There may be a record number of retirees this season, which means a whole new crop of freshman to teach about ABATE next year. The first impression we make with these new faces is how they will remember ABATE.

Keep that in mind when you interact with elected officials online, or when you call their office. If you're nasty, rude, or angry with them, that's the impression they will have of ABATE in general. If you have a profile pic of your bike, your vest, or ABATE, and you leave nasty comments on Facebook for elected offi-cials - guess what? You just helped create a negative image of bikers everywhere. Keep these things in mind when making the calls that you'll be asked to make on our issues in the upcoming season.

I’ll see you at the VFW on August 17th at 7:00pm - SKI

Legislative - Josh “SKI”

Witkowski

Motorcycle Dealers & Accessories Local Businesses

Capitol City Motorsports ------------------------ 217-529-8850

Hall’s Cycle ------------------------------------------ 217-789-0107

Hall’s Harley Davidson--------------------------- 217-528-8356

Lou’s Cycle Service------------------------------- 217-438-6043 Overturf Powersports----------------------------- 217-544-0126 Pony Keg Leather---------------------------------- 217-544-3774 World of Powersports----------------------------- 217-528-5859

Coyote Den (Salisbury)-------------------------- 217-626-1322

Knucklehead’s-------------------------------------- 217-789-1488 Pam’s Jailhouse------------------------------------ 217-744-7267

Trailblazers Pub------------------------------------ 217-679-2456

A special “Thank You” to our local Dealerships, Accessory shops and Businesses for their support of Lincoln Land ABATE’s 2016 Membership Initiative. Remember to frequent these establishments and support their businesses.

What is Cone Killing? Mondays 6PM @ Halls HD

(Weather Permitting)

Come out and learn how to navigate Cone Patterns and improve your riding skills! Features 2 patterns used for the state driving test - the cone weave & the right hand turn with the U turn.

Other patterns combine different skills of tight turns in a limited space. Turn in circles of 18-24 ft & figure eight inside of a 30-32 ft circle, plus cone weaves

Various different patterns will be setup different weeks to improve your skills. There’s also an area to practice the Slow Drag.

2301 S Dirksen Pkwy - Springfield 200 Main Street - Mechanicsburg

Open at 11am Every Day Bike Runs Welcome

Open 8am - 1am 7 Days a week Next to Abe’s Hideout - Springfield

HARLEY RIDERS

6768 Old Rte 36 ~ Riverton

(217) 725-4794

Sunday ~ Food Free Pool ~ Horseshoes ~ Bags

Wooded Backyard

Accidents & Riding Skills ….

There have been an awful lot of motorcycle fatalities already this year. They are blaming dehydration on a lot of accidents this year. Drink plenty of fluids( other than al-cohol) when you are riding in the warm weather.

If you have to take the writing test to renew your license, or just want to hold up on your writing skills chapter member Don Huckstep can help you. Don sets of cones to ride around behind Halls on Mondays at 6 p.m. when it's not raining. You can call Don at 899-6467.

Promote motorcycle Awareness

Ride Aware - George

Safety & Ed

George Hurst

Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Family Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Family Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Family Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Family ---- We signing everyone up!...We signing everyone up!...We signing everyone up!...We signing everyone up!...

LINCOLN LAND STRONG!!!!

We are doing a good job again this year, but not as good as we have in years past. We sit at 124 new members for this year which is a great job. If you have signed someone up this year, I thank you very much. If you haven’t, you need to get out and sign someone up. We all are membership coordinators in this organization. One person can’t do it all so everyone needs to do their part by recruiting a new member or bring someone back into the chapter.

Sign your Mom's and Dad's up, sign your Sons and Daughters up, Sign your Aunts Un-cles and Cousins up. Hell, sign up your boss and coworkers..... REMEMBER, you don't have to own a motorcycle to be a member, just the willingness to support our cause.

If you get 10 members you get a free membership. Make State A.B.A.T.E. Pay for your membership. Leave no body unasked to be a member of Lincoln Land ABATE.

Remember to tell everyone ALL RIDERS AND BIKES WELCOME. COME TRY US OUT FOR SIZE.

******* ONE SIZE DOES FIT ALL HERE*******

Please keep the Social Hour going and keep it interesting.

REMEMBER, IF WE GET A NEW MEMBER OR GUEST, MAKE SURE WE ALL GO OUT OF OUR

WAY TO MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME These are our new Brothers or Sisters.

Membership

Dwayne

“Rudedog”

Rudolph

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This is being written the day before the Downed Rider Benefit, the weather is supposed to be good and we are ready for the benefit. Want to thank all the people who donated and worked at the benefit. I hope you came and enjoyed yourself.

Results of the benefit and names of all the supporters will be in next month's newsletter

Downed Rider Benefit

George Hurst

Buses & Limos for Any Event - Parties, Prom, Bar Crawls, Charity Events too

Riverton Village Tap

305 Jefferson Street, Riverton

(217) 629-9120 Games - Video Gaming Sundays Free Food with

$1.50/16 oz Cans

Bikers Wel-come!

Proud ABATE Supporters &

Members

ONEONEONEONE

MOREMOREMOREMORE

(309) 538-4534

BIG SHOTS TAVERN

. Let us host your Party Large Beer Garden &

Plenty of Parking. Darts, Pool, & Bags

$10 domestic buckets $10 domestic buckets $10 domestic buckets $10 domestic buckets ---- $2.50 well drinks$2.50 well drinks$2.50 well drinks$2.50 well drinks $4.00 Jack $4.00 Jack $4.00 Jack $4.00 Jack ---- $3.50 Captain$3.50 Captain$3.50 Captain$3.50 Captain

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PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT TREASURER SECRETARY

George HurstGeorge HurstGeorge HurstGeorge Hurst (217) 306-1944

Georgehurst1221@ gmail.com

Brett Malone Brett Malone Brett Malone Brett Malone (217)971-0080 Brett-Cindy@ comcast.net

Paul TruaxPaul TruaxPaul TruaxPaul Truax (217) 741-2233

[email protected]

Charissa ReedCharissa ReedCharissa ReedCharissa Reed (217) 341– 7956

[email protected]

LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES PUBLIC RELATIONS SAFETY & ED

Josh “Ski” WitkowskiJosh “Ski” WitkowskiJosh “Ski” WitkowskiJosh “Ski” Witkowski (217) 816-2646

joshua.witkowski@ gmail.com

OPEN! Josh “Ski” WitkowskiJosh “Ski” WitkowskiJosh “Ski” WitkowskiJosh “Ski” Witkowski (looking for volunteers to

take over)



PRODUCTS MEMBERSHIP NEWSLETTER SGTS AT ARMS (2)

Kathryn MonroeKathryn MonroeKathryn MonroeKathryn Monroe (217) 652-5041

kathryn03@ casscomm.com

Dwayne “Rudedog” RudolphDwayne “Rudedog” RudolphDwayne “Rudedog” RudolphDwayne “Rudedog” Rudolph

(217) 622-9275 Rudedog181

@sbcglobal.net

OPEN! Dellann Stutsman Dellann Stutsman Dellann Stutsman Dellann Stutsman

(217)473-2295 Stacey FurlowStacey FurlowStacey FurlowStacey Furlow

(217) 638-3912

CHAIRMAN TREASURER SECRETARY



Howard Nation, JrHoward Nation, JrHoward Nation, JrHoward Nation, Jr Bobbi OzanicBobbi OzanicBobbi OzanicBobbi Ozanic DOWNED RIDER

BENEFIT

COMMITTEE

LINCOLN LAND ABATE OFFICERS

A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois, Inc. Lincoln Land Chapter P O Box 5774 Springfield, IL 62705-5774

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~ Lincoln Land Chapter Newsletter ~ Published Monthly~

Upcoming Chapter Meetings

August 17th - 7pm

September 21st- 7pm

Chatham

Tap Room

104 East Mulberry Chatham, IL 62629

217.697.1942

Craft Beer & Comfortable Video Gaming

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