GWRRA Chapter E Trail Dusters Directors: Virgil & Connie Booker

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1 GWRRA Chapter E Trail Dusters Directors: Virgil & Connie Booker sgtvb82abn@yahoo.com csbpanda@yahoo.com Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge GWRRA Directors: Anita and JR Alkire Illinois District Director: Mary Adams March 2019 Monthly Social: Maverick, 201 Ohren Dr, Litchfield, IL 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Second Thursday of each Month CB Monitoring Channel #1 Website: Facebook: GWRRA Illinois "E"-Traildusters Assistant Directors: Wayne & Shirley Schmidt Couple of the Year: Ricky & Maggie Filson Treasurer: Kathleen Rondi Chapter MEC: Callie Morgan Chapter Historian: Sue Roberts Scrapbook: Callie Morgan Ruth Ann Dikis MAP Coordinator: Wayne & Shirley Schmidt Ride Coordinator: Bill Morgan Road Captains: Rick French Ed Essen Bill Morgan Virgil Booker Connie Booker District Assistant MAP Coordinator: Virgil Booker Webmaster/Newsletter Social Media: Bill Morgan

2 A Note from Chapter "E" Directors Spring forward! March is here and soon Chapter E will be back on the road again, exploring both new and old Trails together. Our team is working to coordinate your ideas into a calendar year filled with fun events and amazing rides. As we go forward together as a chapter please remember that we are looking for new ride ideas, but even more importantly we are looking for new member s/ Lets invite everyone we meet to come to the maverick and have dinner with us or come to a coffee break or just go on a ride with us. No bike, no problem they can still join GWRRA even if they don t own a bike. People can become members just for the friendship and fun. Speaking of fun, some of us recently attended Chapter E (Iowa) Sweetheart Weekend in Nauvoo Feb 18th, we had a ball. Congratulations to Bill & Callie for bringing home the first place trophy in the horse race and to Jack & Gloria 1st place Horse Traders. Jack won our Chapter 50/50 and Connie and I won a $100 Wal-Mart gift card & Connie also won a gift card for Dollar General. Probably the most fun of all is when Roger & Linda found a skeleton resting in peace as Roger opened a dresser drawer in their hotel room. Do you believe in GHOSTS? FrEedom also went along on the trip after all FrEedom is a bald eagle and Nauvoo is on the banks of the mighty Mississippi. We spotted several more eagles while driving, next year our hope is that more Chapter E members will join us. Chapter E Iowa really knows how to have fun, everyone in attendance won a door prize just for coming. On Feb 23rd Chapter E had our Dress up night at Castelli s in Alton, IL we had 6 couples in attendance, food was great and everyone had a good time, Connie won our Chapter 50/50. Everyone that participates in GWRRA is a winner. The prizes and money that we sometimes win are always nice, but what really matters is the people. Being able to get out and ride, reconnecting with friends and making new friends along the way. We cherish our memories and look forward to our next opportunity for fun. We have plenty of opportunity s coming up during the year, are you ready for some fun? Spring Forward Virgil & Connie Chapter E Directors , sgtvb82abn@yahoo.com csbpanda@yahoo.com

3 A note from the Chapter MEC February has gone and this snow is still here. We just have to be done with this snow so that we can get the bike out and start riding. Who agrees with me? In February we had two fun activities. The first one was going to Iowa Chapter E (Our sister chapter) "Sweetheart weekend." It was a great time. Bill and I meet more new Goldwing members. Our second year of a fun time, good food and great company. We did get money thrown at us. I tried to catch one and it bounced right out of my hand. I got it. It was a dollar and a candy kiss. Saturday night, everyone walks away with a gift. Saturday afternoon, Bill and I played the horse race game and won first place. That would be a great game to share with other chapters (Maybe summer rally or southern Illinois ride-in). The second activity was our chapter "Dress up night" We had 6 couples. Great food, service and great company. Hopefully, on March 24 there will be nice weather for the blessing of the bikes. Bill is still looking for more ideas for places to ride. More rides are being planned for the coming up months. Stay tune lol. To get the most up-to-date information: Chapter E website: Chapter E Facebook page: gwrra Illinois "E"- Traildusters. Illinois District website: GWRRA National site: It's all about the fun, see you on the road. Callie Morgan, GWRRA- chapter E-MEC Sam4sewing@gmail.com

4 Dear Gold Wing friends, We enjoyed dress up night at Castelli's (Moonlight), even though there was a small group. The food was delicious! We hope the weather will warm up soon and stay warmer. Happy St. Patrick's Day, and remember to wear some green on March 17 th. We are looking forward to spring. It's time to dust off your bike, if you put it away for the winter. It's time to check the tires, battery, oil, and brakes. We want everyone to have a safe ride. Meet the chapters will be April 6 th in Pontiac. We look forward to going. Assistant Directors Wayne & Shirley Schmidt Past events: January 18 th & 19 th was Illinois District Winter Warm-up in Springfield. We had a dozen from Chapter E in attendance. In the chapter competitions, Chapter E took first place in mascot, 3 rd place in chapter costume, 3 rd place in chapter skit, 3 rd place in chapter banner, 3 rd place in chapter scrapbook. Other awards were: Virgil took 1 st in male costume and 1 st in the MAP fun-run and Bill & Callie took 3 rd in couple s costume. There was also a crazy sock contest. There were 5 awards for the 40 or so participants and Chapter E took 4 of them! Bill won Most Unusual, Callie won Most Creative, Virgil won the Absolute Crazy Crazy, and Kyler (Virgil & Connie s granddaughter) won Most Original. For Sale: 2009 GW Trike and trailer (and much more) 2009 GL1800 W/ 2017 CSC Trike Conversion 2 years left on warranty 41K mile on Bike, 5K on Trike conversion Helmets w/ headsets, jackets, original parts from conversion included. Lots of chrome and lights added. Contact Rick French: Rfrench49@yahoo.com Click Here for more information

5 Future events: March 14 th is our monthly social. We will meet at Maverick restaurant in Litchfield. Eat at 5:30 p.m., the meeting will start at 7. March 16 th we will have a Chapter training day starting at 10:00 a.m. We will have 2 seminars. The first will be on planning a chapter event and the second deals with how to recruit new members. This will be at the United Methodist Church, 900 Broadway St, Gillespie. There will be a lunch break in between the 2 seminars and the Church is having a corned beef and cabbage fund raiser. More details at the March meeting. March 24 th is annual bike blessing and dedication at the biker memorial at Roxana Park. We will be leaving from Casey s in Gillespie at 10 a.m. and 10:45 from Walgreens at Routs 111 and 140 in Alton. April 6 th is the meet the chapters kick-off. This year it will be in Pontiac, IL. at the Pontiac Family Kitchen, 904 W Custer Ave. We will be leaving from Niehaus Cycle Sales at 8:30 a.m. April 17 th we will be participating in new driver awareness program held at the Gillespie High School. More details at the March meeting. April 18 th is our monthly social. We will meet at Maverick restaurant in Litchfield. Eat at 5:30 p.m., the meeting will start at 7. April 26 th - 27 th there will be ARC, TRC, MFA/CPR and Road Captain s courses presented in Vandalia. The TRC is on Saturday and ARC on Sunday. MFA/CPR and the Road Captain s course is offered both days. For the full schedule, download a copy of the registration form here: ildistrict.com/uploads/3/5/1/3/ /safety_weekend_2019-vandalia_updated_ pdf

6 Birthdays, Anniversaries and Coffee Breaks: Birthdays: 3/2 3/7 3/13 3/16 3/23 Tim Hennessy Ed Essen Doug Bunt Linda Billehus Wayne Schmidt Anniversaries No March Anniversaries Coffee Breaks (meeting time: 6:00): 3/6 3/13 3/20 3/27 Lumpy s, Gillespie Miners, Gillespie Plaza Café, Carlinville R&B s, Staunton 4/3 4/10 4/17 4/24 Frank s, Alton Olive Branch, Jerseyville Geno s 140 Club, Bethalto Jodanni s, Benld

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