MAPLE CITY WINGS GWRRA Region D Michigan Chapter W ADRIAN, MICHIGAN Bob & Marcia Kinsey Chapter W! 2012 Michigan Chapter of the Year! Monthly Gatherings Join us at our next monthly gathering at the Family Kitchen in Adrian! Family Kitchen is located at: 2984 Treat Street Adrian, MI (Intersection of Treat & US-223) Our Monthly Gathering is held the 2nd Sunday of the Month. 8:30am for social time & breakfast. Come and enjoy the camaraderie of your fellow GWRRA Members and our Chapter W Family! Our next Gathering is April 12th 9:30am with breakfast first at 8:30. Gold Wing Road Riders Association Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge! Bob and I would like to thank everyone who took the time to attend the installation of Bob and Marcia Kinsey as CDs Fred and Randa Probst as Assistant CDs of MI Chapter W. The chapter members that took new positions in the chapter, and the members who continue to keep the positions that they held while Ken and Patti were C.D.s Thank you so much. Remember this is not the Kinsey and Probst Chapter this chapter is made up of all that belong to Chapter W. If you have any questions or suggestions please contact us we will do our best to answer any questions you may have and to consider any suggestions. Remember we are not perfect,we will do the very best we can so please be patient. Congrats to all our winners, Don Stoddard for winning the district raffle tickets, Larry Reiner the 50/50 ( sorry Scott ) And no one won the chapter pride ( sorry Nancy ) Bob Natter introduced us to a new way to play 50/50 we had a winner who graciously donated his winnings to our Toy Run thank you ( Ron Smith ). Also the Oogley award was located and Cal Deline was the winner again. Wonder who might be the lucky winner next month keep your eyes and ears open. Remember we need your help to put together a new phone tree, anyone interested in being a callers let us know at the next gathering. We also would like to see if anyone is interested in designing a new Toy Run Flier, use your imagination and see what you can come up with. Also what dates would work for the Fish Fry and Campout in Aug. we have two dates the 15 th of Aug or the 29 th,we are planning on going back to the Totem Pole unless someone has a different location we are open to suggestions. We are so excited to get started on this riding season I think we all can say we are TIRED of this cold. Let the fun and sun begin. If you plan on going to the next two dinner rides 3/11 Bob Evans Adrian and 3/18 Country House Tecumseh please call Marcia at the number listed below Fred and Randa will be on vacation in the Sun Shine State. We want to thank Fred and Randa for choosing the dinner rides for March. Please consider picking the dinner rides for a month if you are afraid that you may not be able to attend each Wed. night dinner, no problem as long as you call, some of us will be able to lead the ride. We would love to have some new suggestions for restaurants if you know of a place please let us know. Thanks Bob and Marcia Kinsey Proud New CDs of Michigan Chapter W 12170 M-156 Morenci, MI 49256 Home Phone # 517-458-6807 Page 1
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Fred & Randa Probst Randa and I are happy to be your new ACD's and are looking forward to the coming riding season. Glad to see the nice turn out we had Sunday. It was great to see all the friendly faces. Hope to see you riding this summer somewhere down the road. Thanks, your New ACD's. Fred & Randa Probst March 7th 2015 Ken & Patti Kintner along with Craig & Tanya White presented the 10 modules that make up the OCP to a class of 29 members! Page 4
March 8th 2015 Assistant District Directors, Bob & Nancy Natter, 2014 District COY Gary & Carol Williams and guests from Chapters J, C, H2 were present for the installations. Our new officers were installed - Bob & Marcia Kinsey Chapter Directors and Fred & Randa Probst as our Assistant CDs. Former patches were given to Ken, & Patti Kintner and Tanya White for serving the members as CDs and ACD. Ride Coordinator, Cal DeLine confessed to riding a rented Harley on a bike path to receive the Oogley Award! Page 5
March 8th 2015 Bob Natter led us in a fun game of Heads or Tails. Last Man Standing - Ron Smith from Chapter J won the pot and donated it back to the Chapter W Toy Run! Nancy HAS Chapter Pride But NO Queen of Hearts! Page 6
Important Dates for Upcoming Events! NATIONAL EVENTS September 3rd - 6th 2015 - WING DING 37 - Huntsville, Alabama REGION D EVENTS July 23-25 REGION D RALLY/Convention Jay County Fairgrounds - Portland, Indiana MICHIGAN DISTRICT EVENTS August 20-22 MICHIGAN DISTRICT RALLY - Fairgrounds in Evart, MI CHAPTER W & Area Events Wednesday Night Dinner Rides (see calendar) March 29th Nashville Fireman s Breakfast Kent & Annette Lead, 8am April 11th Chapter C Anniversary Party - RSVP by April 4th - SEE FLYER April 12th Chapter W Gathering - Family Kitchen 8:30 Gathering at 9:30 April 18th Chapter R Mystery Dinner - RSVP to Ken or Patti by April 1st April 25th Chapter J Mall Show - Dave & Bev Lead, 1pm April 29th Men s Ride to Pigeon Forge, TN - Don Stoddard Leads, 8am Red Roof Inn, 2826 Parkway, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863 1-865-453-9151 Mention - Don Stoddard for room rate! Total for 4 Nights $217.21 (For more information on region & district events go to the events page on the Michigan District Website.) www.gwrra-mi.org Page 7
2015 MI-W Couple of the Year Kent & Annette Naugle Directors of GWRRA Ray & Sandy Garris director@gwrra.org Region D Directors Lee & Kay Tieche leetieche@hotmail.com Region D Couple of the Year Gary & Carol Meyherholtz Michigan District Directors Bob & Kim Scott bobscott@ejourney.com (989) 429-9144 Michigan District Educator Richard Andreen (810) 834-9125 Assistant District Directors Southeast Section Bob & Nancy Natter (734) 421-8250 2015 Michigan Couple of the Year Bob & Marcia Kinsey 2012 Michigan Chapter of the Year The Chapter W TEAM Chapter Directors Bob & Marcia Kinsey (517) 458-6807 Assistant Chapter Directors Fred & Randa Probst (517) 424-8241 Chapter Educator TBA Secretary Pat Szymanski (517) 263-4196 Treasurer Deb Bailey (517) 436-3735 Membership Enhancement TBA Newsletter Editor Ken Kintner (517) 902-9893 W-News Reporter Suzy Stoddard (517) 263-7754 Brag Book Beth DeLine (517) 263-1550 Sunshine Person Karen Papworth (517) 451-8435 Goodies Dick & Karen Papworth (517) 451-8435 Awards, Plaques, Pins Dan Bailey (517) 436-3735 Chapter/District Ticket Sales Kent & Annette Naugle (517) 423-7884 Fun Fairy TBD Public Relations TBA 2015 Toy Run Coordinators Scott & Sherrie Griewahn (517) 263-6008 Ride Coordinator Cal DeLine (517) 263-1550 Road Captains: Cal & Beth DeLine (517) 263-1550 Scott & Sherri Griewahn (517) 263-6008 Ken & Patti Kintner (517) 902-9893 Kent & Annette Naugle (517) 423-7884 Dick & Karen Papworth (517) 451-8435 Fred & Randa Probst (517) 424-8241 Ed Philo (517) 605-0417 Dave & Bev Seeburger (517) 436-3391 Craig & Tanya White (517) 263-3510 Show YOUR Chapter Pride! Need Chapter Shirts? Call Vicki Philo 605-0592 Page 8
April Events 4/11 Chapter C Anniversary Party RSVP by April 4th 4/12 8:30am Breakfast Gathering 9:00 Family Kitchen 4/18 Chapter R Mystery Dinner RSVP by 4/1 Ken & Patti Lead 3:30pm 4/25 Chapter J 25th Annual Mall Show Dave & Bev Lead 1pm 4/29 Tennessee Ride Don Stoddard Leads 8:00am Chapter Directors Bob & Marcia Kinsey (517) 458-6807 Assistant Chapter Directors Fred & Randa Probst (517) 424-8241 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 EASTER 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Vicki Philo GATHERING Golden Wok Hoagie Man Deli ZZ s Bar & Grill 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Texas Roadhouse 26 27 28 29 TENNESSEE 30 Fiesta Ranchera Cal & Beth Scott & Sherrie DINNER RIDES Selected by: Roscoe & Judy Ward CALL reservation to 264-6134 before 5:00pm Meet at restaurant 6:00 pm (now till May) 4/1 - Golden Wok - 1002 S. Main St. - Adrian 4/8 - Hoagie Man Deli - 103 Sand Creek Hwy. - Adrian 4/15 - ZZ s Bar & Grill - 520 College Ave. - Adrian 4/22 - Texas Roadhouse - 6137 Trust Dr. - Holland, OH 4/29 - Fiesta Ranchera - 1675 E. US 223 - Adrian Beth DeLine Homer & Irene C - Anniversary R - Mystery Dinner J Mall Show TENNESSEE TENNESSEE TENNESSEE THIS MONTH NEXT MONTH April Birthdays 4/12 - Vicki Philo 4/17 - Beth DeLine April Anniversaries 4/16 Cal & Beth DeLine Scott & Sherrie Griewahn 4/17 Homer & Irene Chambers May (next month) will be the start of our Dinner Rides leaving from Family Kitchen Parking Lot at 6pm - if you will join us at the restaurant - please call the ride leader before 5pm to RSVP!
G.W.R.R.A. of Michigan, Chapter W Ken & Patti Kintner 820 Toledo Street Adrian, MI 49221 GUEST COPY The Gold Wing Road Riders Association Friends for Fun Safety and Knowledge! Directors Ray & Sandi Garris Region D Directors Lee & Kay Tieche District Directors Bob & Kim Scott District Educator Rick Andreen Region D COY Gary & Carol Meyerholtz Michigan District COY Bob & Marcia Kinsey Assistant District Directors Southeast Section Bob & Nancy Natter Chapter W Newsletter Team Chapter Directors Bob & Marcia Kinsey Assistant CDs Fred & Randa Probst Chapter Educator TBA Membership Enhancement Coordinator TBA Newsletter Editor Ken Kintner