MAPLE CITY WINGERS GWRRA Region D Michigan Chapter W The Chapter W TEAM Chapter Directors (517) 902-9893 Assistant Chapter Directors OPEN Chapter Educators Craig & Tanya White (517) 263-3510 Secretary Pat Szymanski (517) 263-4196 Treasurer Deb Bailey (517) 436-3735 Member Enhancement Tanya White (517) 263-3510 Newsletter Editors (517) 902-9893 Wing 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 Ticket Sales Kent & Annette Naugle (517) 423-7884 Fun Goddess Mindy Rapp (419) 531-2635 Public Relations OPEN (Continued on Page 2) Get those bikes ready! It s time to ride! Finally we are starting to see a change in the weather! May is here and that means it is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in Michigan. Patti & I just got back from Lansing, where they held a press conference on the steps of the Capitol. The new Secretary of State, Ruth Johnson rode in on a Harley to kick off Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, she reaffirmed that the best way motorcyclists can stay safe on the road is to get trained and licensed, wear the proper gear and for all motorist to Share the Road. We were joined by Chubb Griewahn, & Pooh Larry Reiner. It was a little cool riding up and back, but we didn t get wet. Although there were a few drops here and there. I saw a shot of Patti on Ch 10. April started with Chapter R s Mystery Dinner. That was a first for Patti & I. The dinner is a mystery, cause you don t know what your going to get, and when. Loads of fun, Patti actually got her hotdog & bun on the same plate. I was not that lucky. My first course consisted of Potato Salad, Corn & Chips. Try eating corn & potato salad with a potato chip sometime I found out that it can be done. (A fork was on the scrambled menu list but I didn t get mine until about the 3rd course.) If you missed it, you missed a lot of FUN. Most all of you were at our Chapter W Breakfast, Patti had fun in the maple leaf costume, and all of you did a great job to make everything happen. Jan Smith was there with a Raggedy Ann Doll to benefit Rider Education. Also Jan gave us two more dolls for our Relay For Life team. To be sold at Relay for Life. Continued on page 3... Page 1
The W TEAM (Continued from Page 1) Toy Run Coordinator Cal DeLine Annual Breakfast Coordinators Beth DeLine (517) 263-1550 Brenda Garner (517) 423-9026 Ride Coordinator Cal DeLine (517) 263-1550 Craig & Tanya White This month I would like you to take look at an article by James R. Davis who is a recognized expert witness in the fields of Motorcycle Safety/Dynamics. His article is about: Slow Speed Shortest Radius Turns. Please take a few minutes to read this very interesting article. You can find the article on pages 5, 6 & 7 of this newsletter. Craig & Tanya White Chapter W Educators Road Captains: Cal & Beth DeLine (517) 263-1550 Scott & Sherri Griewahn (517) 263-6008 (517) 902-9893 Ron & Marlene McKimmy (517) 263-0384 Kent & Annette Naugle (517) 423-7884 Matt & Kelly Osburn (517) 759-8479 Our newsletter is supported by 50/50 sales held at the Chapter Gatherings. One visit within 90 days is all it takes to help support the Chapter and continue to receive a mailed newsletter. It would be GREAT to see all of you there more often. Also, color printing costs the chapter much more than B&W. So the mailed newsletters will be printed in Black & White. If you have internet access and signup for emailed newsletters you not only save the chapter postage, but the printing costs as well! Of course, when you view the newsletter online, it is in FULL COLOR and you can print in color if you choose. Contact Ken Kintner to be added to the email list. You will get an email each month when the newsletter is ready! Also if you know of anyone who would like to receive our newsletter by mail or email. Please contact Ken at 902-9893 or Email: ken@vplenawee.com We openly welcome new members! Dick & Karen Papworth (517) 451-8435 Fred & Randa Probst (517) 424-8241 Ed & Vicki Philo (517) 423-8369 Dave & Bev Seeburger (517) 436-3391 BIKE NIGHT at Culver s June 7th, July 5th, August 2nd, September 6th Sponsored by Dexter s with door prizes Show our Wings & GWRRA Chapter Pride Chapter W has been given permission to sell Bike Tickets at this event! Important Dates Bike Tickets must be sold and turned in by June 30th Please get your tickets from Kent Naugle! Toy Run 9/11/11 Craig & Tanya White (517) 263-3510 2011 Couple of the Year Don & Brenda Garner 2011 MIDNIGHT RIDE INFO: August 18-19-20, 2011 Chapter W stays at the Normandy Motel - St.Ignace, MI to reserve a room call Elvis or Judy @ 1-800-227-6373 Total $189.66 for the 3 nights. Don Stoddard is leaving from Hobby Lobby at 8am Thursday Morning & Returning on Sunday Girls who want to ride with Suzy, Call Suzy at 263-7754 Page 2
Continued from Page 1... Patti, Craig & I attended the Spring Officer Meeting on April 16th. Just before lunch we had Cowboys (V2-CD Kim Bargeron & ADD Farmer Rodgers) staged a shoot-out, fighting over saloon girl. Patti Kintner. (AKA MITZI). They were starting to ramp up the excitement of the District Rally in West Branch. Don t Miss It! After lunch we broke out in separate rooms to talk about specific subjects. I (Ken) was with the Chapter Directors group and we got involved in a discussion about - so called members of GWRRA who have not renewed their memberships. And it s not fair for the people who ARE current members to be paying for their (Friends for FUN Safety and Knowledge), who are participating but not current members. So if your membership has expired, please take the time to renew it. Just go to gwrra.org, or if you don t have internet, ask our Membership Enhancement Coordinator, Tanya White for a membership form. The other thing that I got from the breakout session was, the primary function of GWRRA is not fund raising, or education, or training. Even though we do a lot of that. Primarily we are an association of Motorcycle Riders! So let s keep our memberships current, then ride & have FUN doing it. As for the Men s Tennessee Ride, I understand they went thru some pretty bad weather. I m sure they had a great time riding the hills, once they got down there. We are glad that everyone made the trip down & back safely. While they were in Tennessee, some of us participated in the Advanced Rider Course in Tecumseh. For me, it was a fun day and I know I am now a little better at the slow speed tight turns. It s always great to get the coaching that the instructors provide, and Randy Wescott & Bruce Thayer did a great job. We had some Members from Chapter J, Chapter C, and one gentleman from Indiana, along with Dick & Karen Papworth, Kent & Annette Naugle, Ed & Vicki Philo, Wayne Escott and Patti & I. It was a FUN learning experience. Larry Wittkopf also participated in the Trike course on Sunday. Continued page 4... Page 3
Now we have finally made it to the month of May when we start meeting at 6pm every Wednesday night in front of Hobby Lobby for dinner rides. Remember when riding with a group, make sure you bike is ready, gassed up, and in good mechanical condition. Ride your own ride, tell the leader if you have any preference of lane position, or special needs. Road Captains are trained to take care of you and to do what is safest for the entire group. Other than dinner rides, we have Chapter L s picnic in the park, in Lansing on May 15th. Take a dish to pass and Chapter L will furnish Hot Dogs, Buns, & Drinks. There will be a 50/50 drawing to defray the costs. May 21st there will be a dinner ride leaving HL at 4pm. May 22nd is the Chapter R2 Chili Run @ $5.00 per person. And May 30th we will be dressing up the bikes in Red White & Blue to ride in the Tecumseh Memorial Day Parade. Almost forgot that Craig White and myself did a motorist awareness seminar for the Adrian Area Salaried GM Retiree Club on April 13th. If any of you know of a group who might like to listen to us - we would like to make people aware of motorcycles and May is the best month to do this. Patti has some BIG plans for FUN at the Chapter W campout in August so look at the flyer and get your campsites reserved NOW! We just got ours and there are many sites available at this time! We have just been granted permission to sell Bike Tickets at Cabella s on May 21st & 22nd. There are also rides scheduled on both of those dates. So whether or not you are going on the rides - Please contact Kent & Annette Naugle to schedule YOUR time to help sell tickets! They can be reached by phone at: Daytime 423-3121 or Evening 423-7884. They are compiling a list of timeslots to schedule ticket sales on these two days so please give them a call! We are here to serve YOU the Members! Ken & Patti MOTORCYCLES FOR SALE 1928 Honda 750 MAGNA Custom Paint $2,000.00 or best offer 1982 Honda 450 Custom $1,200.00 or best offer Call Dave at (419) 822-1192 Page 4
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(James R. Davis is a recognized expert witness in the fields of Motorcycle Safety/Dynamics.) Page 7
April 10th 2011 Thanks to Beth DeLine & Brenda Garner - for all their hard work organizing our annual breakfast! Page 8
April 10th 2011 HAPPY! To win the 50/50 Page 9
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April 27th - May 1st 2011 2012 TENNESSEE RIDE MOTEL INFO: Arrive on Wednesday April 18th Check Out on Sunday April 22nd Chapter W stays at the Lazy Bear Inn 3228 Parkway - Pigeon Forge, TN to reserve a room call Bob @ 1-865-453-5568 Mention Goldwing Group and reserve your room for $49.99 + tax per night Don Stoddard is leaving from Hobby Lobby at 8am Wednesday & Returning on Sunday Page 11
Upcoming Rides and Events: NATIONAL EVENTS July 6th-July 9th WING DING 33 - Knoxville, Tennessee REGION D EVENTS September 15th-17th REGION D RALLY - Coldwater, Michigan MORE INFO visit www.gwrra-regiond.org MICHIGAN DISTRICT EVENTS July 29th-31st MICHIGAN DISTRICT RALLY - West Branch, MI CHAPTER W & Area Events Wednesday Night Dinner Rides (see calendar) May 8th Gathering - Bike/Couple Pictures After (weather permitting) May 15th Chapter L Picnic - Dish to Pass - Ken & Patti Lead 11:15am May 21st & 22nd - WE ARE Selling Tickets at Cabella s - Call Kent & Annette Naugle to schedule your time! Day 423-3121 Night 423-7884 May 21st Saturday Dinner Ride - Craig & Tanya Lead 4pm May 22nd Chapter R2 Chili Run - Ron & Marlene Lead 10am May 30th Memorial Day Parade - Tecumseh Big Boy 8am Lineup 9am June 5th Chapter W2 Birthday - Fred & Randa Lead June 12th Gathering 9am - Bike / Couple Pictures After June 18th Ohio District Rally - Day Ride - Dave & Bev Lead meet at : Papa s Coney Island - Treat & 223 at 7am or Hobby Lobby at 8am June 19th Ice Cream Run - Cal & Beth Lead at 2pm June 25th Dinner Ride - Scott & Sherrie Lead at 4pm June 26th Chapter D2 Fun Run - Dick & Karen Lead (For more information on region & district events go to the events page on the Michigan District Website.) 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. CHAPTER W WEBSITE: www.gwrra-mi.org/chapter/w GPS - Google Map Location N 41º 54' 18.60",W 84º 01' 55.40" Page 12
Chapter W June Events 6/5 W2 Picnic (Third Birthday) Fred Leads 10:30am $10.00 person 6/11 or 6/12 ARC - Stockbridge 6/18 Ohio District Rally - Day Ride Dave & Bev Lead 7am Papa s Coney Island 8am Hobby Lobby 6/19 ICE CREAM RUN Cal & Beth Lead 2pm 6/25 Dinner Ride Scott & Sherri Lead 4pm 6/26 D2 Ride to Hell & Back Dick & Karen Lead 9:30am $8.00 per $15.00 couple Chapter Directors (517) 902-9893 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 Becky Liedel Farm House Pizza 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 W2 Picnic Wayne Escott Blissfield Coney Island 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ARC Stockbridge Jim Faust GATHERING Pictures AFTER Dale & Juanita Mitchell Don Stoddard Saucy Dog s OHIO DISTRICT RALLY 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ICE CREAM RUN Scott Griewahn Marlene McKimmy Mancino s 26 27 28 29 30 Rick & Dianne Marsh Frank & Teresa Nadeau Dinner Ride D2 - Hell & Back Bob & Marcy Kinsey Mark Szymanski Cherry s Cafe DINNER RIDES Selected by: Rides leave Hobby Lobby parking lot at 6:00 pm If you are joining at restaurant CALL reservation to 902-9893 B4 5:00pm June 1st - Farm House Pizza - 126 Carey St. - Deerfield, MI June 8th - Blissfield Coney Island - 108 Lane St. - Blissfield, MI June 15th - Saucy Dog s - 212 E. Chicago - Jonesville, MI June 22nd - Mancino s - 106 S. Defiance St. - Archbold, OH June 29th - Cherry s Cafe - 1429 Cooper St. - Jackson, MI Maple City Wings June Birthdays 6/1 - Becky Liedel 6/6 - Wayne Escott 6/14 - Don Stoddard 6/18 - Jim Faust 6/19 - Scott Griewahn 6/20 - Marlene McKimmy 6/28 - Mark Szymanski June Anniversaries 6/18 Dale & Juanita Mitchell 6/23 Rick & Dianne Marsh Frank & Teresa Nadeau 6/27 Bob & Marcy Kinsey
G.W.R.R.A. of Michigan, Chapter W 820 Toledo Street Adrian, MI 49221 820 Toledo Street Adrian, MI 49221 Region D Directors Roger & Penny Hurley District Directors Bill & Vicky Young Region D COY Kirby & Sandy White Michigan District COY Southeast Section Assistant District Directors Ron & Valerie Jones Chapter W Newsletter Staff Editors & CDs Chapter Educators Craig & Tanya White Membership Enhancement Coordinator Tanya White