The Chapter W TEAM Chapter Directors (517) 423-8369 MAPLE CITY WINGERS GWRRA Region D Michigan Chapter W Assistant Chapter Directors (517) 902-9893 Chapter Educator Craig White (517) 263-3510 Secretary Pat Szymanski (517) 263-4196 Treasurer Deb Bailey (517) 436-3735 Member Enhancement OPEN IF INTERESTED PLEASE STEP UP! Newsletter Editors (517) 902-9893 Wing News Reporter Suzy Stoddard (517) 263-7754 Brag Book (517) 902-9893 Sunshine Person Karen Papworth (517) 451-8435 Goodies Dick & Karen Papworth (517) 451-8435 Awards, Plaques, Pins Dan Bailey (517) 436-3735 A NEW YEAR AND NEW CHALLENGES Vicki and I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and are looking forward to an exciting new year. We have a lot of ideas we would like to try. We also have had some ideas given to us by other members. Most of the comments and ideas we have had or heard before, some are brand new. We need to reach out to all of our members and find out what is important to them. In any large or small group of people you will never have complete agreement on any or all issues. We are in this position to work for all of you and everyone is important. One of the biggest challenges for all of us is the economy. We have been looking at ways to make life in the chapter a little easier on all of our pocketbooks. Nothing we do in our chapter is mandatory. NO ONE should feel pressured to do things, or to be at every function. We can only do what we can, when we can. We will be bringing some of these items up at our gatherings and try to reach the best option for the chapter. The levels program is and will be important to me. For the most part, the cost is only the patches or classes you might take. Some of you may or may not participate. That is your option! Some of us choose to wear our chapter shirts and vests to proudly represent our Chapter. Some want to have a diner ride every week, some don t. We ourselves can only make one or two dinner rides a month. You do what fits your schedule and budget best. We need to remember that we need to show a presence at other chapter events if we want them to come to ours. Should we cut back on our own rides in order to incorporate other chapter events into our schedule? Whatever we do, always remember to have fun first. Do only what you can do when you can do it. Never feel you have to do something because everyone else is. Relax and enjoy the ride. Life is too short to spend it with a heavy heart. Your new CD s Chapter Ticket Sales Kent & Annette Naugle (517) 423-7884 Fun Goddess Mindy Rapp (419) 531-2635 Public Relations (517) 423-8369 (Continued on Page 2) Page 1
The W TEAM (Continued from Page 1) Chapter Visiting Coordinators Bob & Edna Wetherell (517) 266-7116 Toy Run Coordinators Bob & Marcia Kinsey (517) 458-6807 Toy Run Chairs Don & Brenda Garner (517) 423-9026 Annual Breakfast Coordinators Beth DeLine (517) 263-1550 Brenda Garner (517) 423-9026 Ride Coordinators OPEN IF INTERESTED PLEASE STEP UP! Motorist Awareness OPEN IF INTERESTED PLEASE STEP UP! Road Captains: Cal & Beth DeLine (517) 263-1550 Scott & Sherri Griewahn (517) 263-6008 Ron & Marlene McKimmy (517) 263-0384 Kent & Annette Naugle (517) 423-7884 Dick & Karen Papworth (517) 451-8435 (517) 423-8369 Mark & Patty Szymanski (517) 263-4196 Craig White (517) 263-3510 2010 Couple of the Year Happy New Year! We never knew when we attend our first Chapter Gathering in June of 2008 where that would lead us. That one gathering has taken us in new directions. We were two empty-nesters with nothing to do but ride our Wing alone, now we have lots of friends and lots of places to go. We feel so blessed to have joined an organization where we fit in and it seems we have known you all forever. We are glad to represent our chapter, We hope to bring new ideas and take new ideas from all of you and make our chapter bigger and better, with lots of fun. We want to thank all of you for voting us your 2010 Couple of the Year, it is such an honor and we will try our best to represent Chapter W and do you all proud. We're looking forward to Wingless weekend, it will be our second year to go. It was a lot of fun last year and in comes along just in time to take you away from Cabin Fever. Please let us know if you see anything in the newsletter that needs to be corrected, sometimes it takes a third or forth eye to find a mistake. We can always change the online version after the newsletter goes out. We are open to new ideas so please feel free to speak up. As I was putting this newsletter together and changing the staff names & numbers I was reminded of all the people who do what they do to make the chapter function and that we are in need of help. BIG THANKS to everyone on the list - and if you do anything for the chapter but are not on the staff you also deserve a thanks as well. We still need a couple of spots filled. There is information about what is involved with all of these positions on the District Website. If possible we would like to have a Motorist Awareness person or couple. Chapter W needs new Ride Coordinators since Scott will be having some surgery on his knees we really need someone to fill his shoes/boots! Also Mark gave his last Member Enhancement report due to his schedule - Since we would like to see the chapter grow - we need someone for that very important job! Membership Enhancement is all about FUN and that leads me to my favorite part of GWRRA. Poor Karen. We didn t know how much fun a Mascot could be till we introduced our new Chapter W Mascot at the January gathering - then lost him on the very same day Now some of us will be going to re-claim him. Almost forgot - his name is Waldo and he is a wolverine. Now it s a new year and a new riding season will begin in a few short months. Get your gear and your bikes ready, think about rides and places to go. We re on this ride together and we hope to ride with all of you sometime this year. Your New ACDs & COY Ken and Patti Kintner ATTENTION Anyone interested in going to Wing Ding please contact Ed Philo or Ken Kintner we are looking for a motel that would be 6-8 miles from the convention center that would be a little more cost effective for a 5 night stay. We plan to leave on Tuesday and return on Sunday. This will be our first Wing Ding so we would like some input from some who have been to Wing Ding before. Page 2
Craig White Here is a reader digest version of what I said on Sunday : Here is another reason for taking advantage of our First Aid/ CPR class on February 6 th. We are all getting older and the possibility of a heart attack or stroke is becoming higher and higher. There are some signs of each that we should know and recognize when they appear. For a heart attack some of the signs are: tightness or pain in the chest, hard time getting a breath, tingling in the arms and hands, pain shooting down your left arm. Women may have the same symptoms or may have others such as fatigue, blurry vision, and headaches are just a few. Signs of a stroke have some of the same symptoms along with others such as slurred speech, droopiness on one side of the face, numbness on one side of the body, unable to control one side of the body, and unable to move your limbs on one side. Again women may have other signs that men do not. In either case, if you are not feeling right you should seek medical attention immediately. It is always better to error on the side of safety. Although our First Aid and CPR class does not make us able to treat such situations, we will be able to calm and make as comfortable as possible anyone until skilled medical help arrives. Craig White Craig White - Email To & From Chapter H-2 Hi Angel, You mentioned that you might have a couple of people interested in taking this class on February 6 th. If there is anyone interested, please let me know ASAP. It was nice having the two of you at our gathering. Please take good care of Waldo until we can come and get him. Thanks, Craig White - Chapter Educator-Chapter W ANGEL Waldo is having fun and will be waiting for you to come pick him up. It is easier on him since he wasn't abducted but I don't know how he is taking the fact that he was given away for some bike tickets. Angel CD-Chapter H-2 Page 3
December 16th Where there s smoke THERES FIRE! December 23rd-Hoagie Man Deli This is where some of us saw Waldo for the very first time. Marcie is showing him with the vest she made for him. Page 4
December 30th at the Family Kitchen Karen was excited to learn a new skill; -she learned to save a name and phone number in her new cell phone This was the first time we let her watch Waldo... While she's doing that I m just goanna catch a few Z s 2010 TENNESSEE RALLY INFORMATION: April 21-25, 2010 There are a few rooms still available so call now to reserve a room NOW! LAZY BEAR INN 1-800-448-3040 ask for Bob or Randy Page 5
Mark gave his last MED report & Scott gave his last Ride Coordinator report Craig White was presented a plaque for a job well done in serving as our past Chapter Director We had two visitors from Chapter H-2, Ken Wiggle and CD Angel Cancel Karen Papworth was somehow put in charge of watching Waldo. Chapter H-2 was there to tell us about their Anniversary Party that is coming up on January 23rd. WHERES WALDO? We let our guests draw the tickets for our monthly drawings... Page 6
Just as Kent was having H-2 Draw the lucky winner Karen Papworth said If you Draw Dick s ticket - I ll give you Waldo So that is exactly what happened to Waldo! Dick won the bike tickets, and Karen gave our new mascot - Waldo, to Chapter H-2! And the winner is Dick Papworth! Ken Wiggle of Chapter H-2 says Give him up Dick gets the tickets and H-2 gets Waldo KAREN IS LUCKY I LEFT IT AT HOME Karen will get him back at H-2 s Anniversary Party LUCKY WINNERS at the January Gathering Raffle Tickets 50/50 Chapter Pride - Dick Papworth - Wayne Escott - Larry Wittkopf Waldo last seen with this man! Page 7
Upcoming Rides and Events: NATIONAL EVENTS June 30th-July 3rd, 2010 WING DING 32 - Des Moines, Iowa REGION D EVENTS September 16th-18th REGION D RALLY - Coldwater, Michigan MORE INFO visit www.gwrra-regiond.org MICHIGAN DISTRICT EVENTS February 12th-14th July 29th 31st WINGLESS WEEKEND Still Rooms Available! MICHIGAN DISTRICT RALLY - West Branch, MI CHAPTER W & Area Events Wednesday Night Dinner Rides (see calendar) January 23rd January 30th February 6th February 7th April 21st May 2nd Sept. 12th Sept. 24-26th Chapter H-2 Anniversary Party FUN NIGHT - s House CPR / 1st Aid Class 9am-4pm - VFW February Gathering Men Ride to Tennessee Chapter W Breakfast 26th Annual Toy Run Chapter Campout (For more information on region & district events go to the events page on the Michigan District Website.) www.gwrra-mi.org FRIENDS FOR FUN, SAFETY AND KNOWLEDGE Visit Chapter W Monthly gatherings: Held the 2nd Sunday of every month at 9:00 a.m. at the VFW Hall located at 726 N. Main Street in Adrian. (The February Gathering will be on 1st Sunday due to Wingless Weekend) CHAPTER W WEBSITE: www.gwrra-mi.org/chapter/w GPS - Google Map Location N 41º 54' 18.60",W 84º 01' 55.40" Page 8
GWRRA Michigan Chapter W February Events 2/6 CPR / First Aid Class 2/7 Gathering 1st Sunday due to Wingless Weekend FEB 12th - 14th Wingless Weekend (Summer Camp) Chapter Directors (517) 423-8369 Assistant Chapter Directors (517) 902-9893 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 FRIST AID CPR CLASS PIZZA HUT 7 8 9 10 11 12 SUMMER 13 CAMP Kathy Sell WINGLESS WEEKEND GATHERING ZZs Lenawee Rec 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 WINGLESS WEEKEND WHISTLE STOP 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Nancy Griewahn Chapter J Mall Show Chapter J Mall Show 28 SUNNY SIDE CAFE Chapter J Mall Show Chapter J Mall Show DINNER RIDES Selected by: Don & Brenda Garner CALL reservation to 423-9026 leave message before 5:00pm Meet at restaurant 6:00 pm (now till May) 2/3 - Pizza Hut - 1001 S. Main St. - Adrian 2/10 - ZZ s Sports Bar & Grill - 520 College Ave. (Bowling Alley) 2/17 - Whistle Stop Station - 114 W. Chicago - Britton 2/24 - Sunny Side Café - 2495 E. Maumee St. - Adrian Maple City Wings February Birthdays 2/6 Kathy Sell 2/20 Nancy Griewahn February Anniversaries NONE
G.W.R.R.A. of Michigan, Chapter W 820 Toledo Street Adrian, MI 49221 820 Toledo Street Adrian, MI 49221 Region D Directors Ron & Dianna Miller District Directors Brad & Connie Garner District COY Dick & Ginney Beardsley Assistant District Directors Fred & Randa Probst Chapter W Newsletter Staff Craig White