From The Director's Pen

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1 Chapter #2860 H.O.G. September 2014 TALK Harley Owners Group - Space Coast Chapter Newsletter 2014 Officers Bob Parker, Director director@spacecoast-hog.com Nick Galluzzi, Assistant Director asstdirector@spacecoast-hog.com Nick Galluzzi, Merchandise merchandise@spacecoast-hog.com Georgia Nelson, Secretary secretary@spacecoast-hog.com Georgia Nelson, Activities activities@spacecoast-hog.com Debbie McElwain, Treasurer treasurer@spacecoast-hog.com Rich Orahood III, Head Road Captain headroadcapt@spacecoast-hog.com Jim Chaloux, Co-Head Road Captain headroadcapt@spacecoast-hog.com Stan McElwain, Sgt at Arms saa@spacecoast-hog.com Grover Schaffner, Safety Officer safety@spacecoast-hog.com Kathy Cote, Membership membership@spacecoast-hog.com Joyce Hilins, Editor editor@spacecoast-hog.com Kim Shaffer-Morgan, Ladies of Harley loh@spacecoast-hog.com Don Morin, Webmaster webmaster@spacecoast-hog.com Howard Miller, Photographer pictures@spacecoast-hog.com Ken Gordon, Historian historian@spacecoast-hog.com Roxanne Buttaccio, Hospitality hospitality@spacecoast-hog.com Wayne Cote, Volunteer Coordinator volunteer@spacecoast-hog.com Jeff Smead, Facebook Editor facebookeditor@spacecoast-hog.com From The Director's Pen Hi Ya ll. I hope you had a great August and enjoyed a lot of riding. It has been a really HOT summer with a lot of rain. As usual Georgia planned a lot of great rides. Check out the Road Captain s article for specifics. And to think that with all of those rides and all that rain we didn t have to cancel a single ride. Of course, Georgia has another fabulous ride schedule planned for September. Let s hope the weather cools down and it rains a lot less. This month s overnight ride is to the Medieval Times dinner show in Kissimmee So bring your lances and battle axes to be prepared for a really fun time. September is the month of our Key Note Event to help raise money for the Haven House for Children in Brevard. Charley Anderson and his team have done as expected a fabulous job putting together a fun event which includes this year a golf outing, a first for Space Coast HOGs. I look forward to seeing every one of you at this important charity event. A fun time will be had by all and some money will be made for the kids. Another important event will take place at this month s club meeting as it will be the first of two months in which nominations for the four primary officers of the club will take place. There are a few of items that everyone needs to be aware of: 1. Before nominating a person you need to discuss your plans with the individual you plan on nominating to make certain that they wish to run. 2. The person being nominated must be present in the meeting at the time of the nominating to except the nomination. 3. Anyone being nominated for director must have served on a SCHOG board. I look forward with excitement to hear the names of our future leaders of Space Coast HOG. As always ride often, ride safe, and ride your HOG. We own Harleys, let s ride!! Bob Parker

2 September 2014 For up-to-date information, please call the HOG line at Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday SCHD Customer Appreciation Day (1) 7 Bourbon Street Bar-B-Q (2) 8 Board Meeting (3) 9 Full Moon Ride (4) 10 Key Note Meeting (5) 11 Patriot Day Ride (6) Chapter Meeting (7) SCHD Bike Night (8) 14 Dixie Crossroads (9) Key Note Meeting (10) Day Off Ride Grills (11) 20 Overnighter Medieval Times (12) 21 Kick Off Party Key Note Event (13) Key Note Meeting (14) 25 Day Off Ride (15) Basket Making Night (16) SCHOG Key Note Event (17) 28 Orlando Key Note Event (18) October SCHD Customer Appreciation Day

3 1. Space Coast Harley Davidson Customer Appreciation Day-.Enjoy Customer Appreciation Day at the dealership, 11am to 3pm, Free food (while supplies last), live music, corn hole competition and bikini bike wash. Mark your calendar! 1 st Saturday of each month. Come out and support our sponsoring dealer!!! 2. Bourbon Street Bar B Q in Jensen Beach(CL)- Leaving 9:00am, south pickup at Shell, US1 & 53 rd in Vero at 10:00am, Road Captain James Chaloux. 3. Board Meeting (MB)- Beef O Brady s Lake Washington Road, Melbourne Meeting begins at 7:00pm, If you ar e eating please ar r ive at 6:000pm, led by Dir ector Bob Par ker. All Members W elcome!! 4. Full Moon Ride to Cantina Dos Amigos (CL): Leaving 7:00pm, Road Captain Jim Glazar. 5. Key Note Planning Meeting (MB): Help plan our Key note Event, meet at 5:30pm, led by Charlie Anderson. 6. Patriot Day Ride (CL): Join Road Captain Rick Orahood in celebration of Patriot Day! Leaving 7. Chapter Meeting (OP) Meeting at Space Coast Harley Davidson- Coffee & 10:00am, Road Capt. 10:30 am, LOH 10:30am, Chapter 11:00 am. New member orientation directly after the meeting. There will be a lunch ride after the meeting. 8. Space Coast Harley Davidson Bike Night- Bike Night at the dealership. Food, Beer and lots of fun. Activities include bike games, entertainment by Doc Holiday, food by Beef O Bradys. 5pm to 10pm 9. Dixie Crossroads, Titusville (CL)... - Leaving 12PM Noon, Road Captain Mickey Goshen. 10. Key Note Planning Meeting,(MB)- Help plan our key note event, Meet at Space Coast Harley 5:30pm, led by Charlie Anderson, Key Note Coordinator. 11. Grills (CL) leaving SCHD 10:00am, Road Captain Shahmard Hakimi. 12. Overnighter to Kissimmee & dinner show at Medieval Times (CL)- This will be an exciting overnighter. More information to come but the Dinner Show cost is approx per person, more info to come as soon as available. Road Captain Gary Corbett. 13. Kick off Party for Key Note Event at Lou s Blues check web and eblast for details. 14. Key Note Planning Meeting (MB)- Meet at 5:30pm. Led by Charlie Anderson. 15. Ryan s Pizzaria (CL)- Join Road Captain Nick Galluzzi for lunch, leaving SCHD at 11:00am. 16. Silent Auction Basket Organizing Night (MB)- Join Jim and Tammy Chaloux as they work to put together the silent auction baskets. Need all hand available for this night! Please come out and help prepare for our big event. 17. SPACE COAST HOG KEY NOTE EVENT BENEFITING THE HAVEN HOUSE FOR CHILDREN (CL)- Come out and support this local charity, if you want to volunteer please contact Way ne Cote. 18. Orlando HOG Key Note Event (CL): Road Captain Ed Crampton will be leading the way to help a Orlando HOG chapter raise money for their Key Note Event. This will be a multi chapter ride, leaving SCHD at 9:00am. RIDE TIMES = KICK STANDS UP! PEASE ARRIVE 30 MINS EARLIER SCHD= Space Coast Harley-Davidson (CL) = Closed events are those chapter events which are open to chapter members and one guest per member (MB) = Member Events are events that are open only to HOG Members (OP) = Open events are those chapter events which are open to chapter members, National HOG members and other guests as desired

4 Director: Meeting was brought to 11am at the FOP Building in Melbourne. Pledge to the Flag, motion to accept the minutes as printed in the newsletter approved, say hello to your neighbor. Announced that Haven House will be our Key Note Event beneficiary for Kim Strater: Director of Haven House made presentation, visit Charlie Anderson: Key Note Coordinator, Golf Tournament Sept.6 and the Main Event Sept. 27. Our Sponsoring Dealership, Space Coast Harley Davidson has agreed to pay for a majority of the event expenses which will help maximize the monies raised for the event. Jim Chaloux: He and Tammy are managing the Silent Auction. Need fillers for the baskets. Sponsor letters available. Bring items to Sept. meeting. There will be a new rider orientation after the meeting. Charlie Burton: discussed the Golf Tournament. $55.00 a player, BBQ lunch after. Bobby Wheeler is helping coordinate this event. 4 man Best Ball, Turtle Assistant Director: As of this date we should be back at SCHD for the next meeting. Volunteer Coordinator: Need volunteers for the event, passing volunteer sheet and bucket. Secretary: Report given, also discussed activities. Treasurer: Report given. Assistant Director: Apparel will be 50% off at next meeting, State Rally- October- Destin. LOH: Upcoming Events, Golf Tournament, Key Note, Pink Ride, Christmas Party. Need help wrapping for holidays, starting on Black Friday. Sign up log will be at shop at Customer Service Desk. Safety Officer: Advanced Rider Courses. Membership: Introduced New Members. Director: Quarterly Rider Awards 1 st -Charlie Anderson, 2 nd Gary Corbett, 3 rd Wayne & Kathy Cote. Rider Patches awarded, Volunteer awards presented, Monthly Rider award presented. 50/50. Assistant Director: Announced upcoming events at dealership. Treasurer: Leading Ride to Off the Trax for lunch, HOG is buying. Head Road Captain: Volunteering is a good feeling. Try it. Director: Meeting adjourned at 11:54am. Respectfully Submitted, by Georgia Nelson, Secretary Hello LOH! September is upon us. We have lots and lots to do! We need all your help for a very successful gold outing (get with Charlie), the key note event (see Charlie or Wayne) Next up, begin preparing your PINK bra for the October 12th LOH ride. It will be a fun filled day! There will be a PINK bra contest, a bug on the boob contest and more surprises! But of course there will be LUNCH! Also, Christmas party tickets will go on sale at the OCTOBER meeting. Details will be announce at the September meeting.

5 Well our 3 rd quarter is well under way and I think the Cote s have said OK enough everyone else has had their chance and they have moved back into the lead so far for most rides, a slim lead but the lead, but it is early so let s see how it all plays out for the rest of the quarter. The month of July as usual was a wet one, but no rides got canceled. I think we all had enough right after our first ride which was to Finn s in Flagler beach. Luckily, I went north to Savannah for a preride right after lunch, I heard from many that it was quite a trip home. Fortunately everyone got home safe and sound; I was so glad to hear that. July was a very nice month s ride schedule, planned for us thanks to Georgia Nelson. We had a wide variety of places to see and eat at. Starting at Bella Luna for our full moon ride lead by Grover. A very pleasant breakfast at Disney of Vero lead by Shahmard. Rick Knutson took us to Sebastian Beach Inn for a day-off ride. Our 2 nd or 3 rd overnighter so far this year was a nice trip to Savannah Georgia for a 2 night, and for some, a 1 night stay. Also, if you didn t make that trip, Jim Glazar had a fantastic ride that Sunday for breakfast then to the Navy Seal Museum in Fort Pierce. Grover s 2 nd ride of the month was a brunch ride to Roberto s. And, last but not least, Wayne Cote finally was able to make his ride to the Breezeway in Sanford, which had been canceled about 4 times over the last year and a half. I know the food was well worth the wait. July we also held our 2 nd RC info meeting of the year and with a few new faces that showed up we should hopefully be well equipped with a good staff of RC s to end the year with. We will hold one more info meeting in the fall so anyone wishing to become a RC or just sit in and see what it s all about please, all are welcome. Be on the look-out in the eblast or at our chapter meetings for announcements. Some stats: as of August 1 st. Jim Glazar and Grover Schaffner both have 8 lead rides, Nick Galluzzi still at 7, Shahmard Hakimi with 4 leads, followed close by Georgia Nelson with 3 leads. Our sweep standings are as follows: Wayne/Kathy Cote now with 16 sweep rides, Ray Lugo at 10, Howard Miller with 9, Rick Knutson and Shahmard both with 5 sweeps. Again, watch the calendar close as we have some great rides coming up in the months to come. So let s ride and have some fun to get us through the rest of the year! Promise COOLER weather is not too far away now. Thanks to all of our RC s for your support and dedication to getting us all their safe!!!!

6 Electrical Storms - Riding out from under them could be a big mistake You are out in the country and an electrical storm blows in. There is no shelter for a hundred miles. Should you ride out the storm? If not, what should you do? You may have heard that if a lightning bolt hits a car the occupants are safe because the car is riding on rubber tires, etc. Actually, this is almost true! So long as the occupants stay away from anything metal they will more than likely survive a lightning hit without any injury whatever. What protects occupants of a cage is not just their rubber tires, but also the fact that they are enclosed in a metal container. If a lightning bolt hits the surface of the car it spreads around the occupants, NOT THROUGH THEM, and goes to ground. A lightning bolt that hits you or your motorcycle is a different matter entirely. Though rubber is a pretty good insulator at the normal voltage levels we humans deal with, it is not very effective against the voltage in a lightning bolt. The master fuse on your bike handles about 30 amps before it blows. 30 amps can easily kill you because it disrupts your heart's electrical system and the heart then simply stops working. Your heart doesn't stand a chance against a lightning bolt. An average lightning bolt produces a current of about 20,000 amps. If you are out in the open on your bike when lightning flashes begin, and if you can hear the thunder caused by those flashes in less than three seconds from when you see the flash, it's time to stop your bike and get off it. Immediately find low ground, but NOT under a single or small group of trees. Squat on the ground with your legs together, head lower than back, but NOT touching the ground. Do NOT lay on the ground. LET YOUR CLOTHES GET WET!!! In this way, if you are hit the majority of the electricity will follow the moisture of your wet clothes around your body. Do not get up until thunder following a lightning flash is AT LEAST five seconds after the flash. Which means the lightning struck more than 1 mile away. If there are more than 5 seconds between the lightning flashes and your hearing that thunder, head for shelter. This is the only time trying to ride out from under an electrical storm makes any sense. The best shelter, of course, is a hard covered surface connected to ground with metal. Get under it and wait out the storm. Finally, ride safe, wear your helmet and remember to fasten the buckle.

7 By Ken Gordon, Historian DOIN TIME CHOPPER - OLD SCHOOL CHOPPER WITH A NEW THEME The Al Paquette Ministry was started in Feb. of 2000 by Sharon & Al Paquette. They have been in prison ministry since Sharon & Al have been together since In 1985 Al was called out of the fast paced biker lifestyle and freed from his addictions overnight. They both went through a healing process that brought them to the start of an exciting journey. Since 1986 they have served in many different ministries and have helped coordinate motorcycles to go into prisons all over Florida. Here s the story (in Al s words) behind the bike: Back in Feb. of 2005 I was in a prison with my motorcycle by my side. I watched as an inmate inspected every piece of my Harley Ultra Classic. After an hour I thought, "What if I had a bike with prison stuff on it." That was all it took. I went to see my good friend (since '73') Brian Dady at the Motorcycle Clinic in Kissimmee, FL. I told him about my idea of a prison theme chopper. I no sooner said that when someone walked into his shop with a v-twin for sale. The rest is history. The 'DOIN TIME' chopper was on her way. I thank Brian for his confidence and many hours of fabrication to make this dream bike a reality. He really is a doctor for motorcycles. This chopper is dedicated to all men and women Doin Time. Every allen head bolt cover is a bullet shell that was fired at a prison rifle range. The handcuff fender struts are authentic Peerless handcuffs. The razor wire adorning the back fender comes from a prison. The license plate bracket is a door handle from a prison door. The jail house keys are from a jail in Orlando. There are many more prison/jail themed features to see and much more to read about the work and ministry at: Words and photos used by permission from Al Paquette Ministry.

8 Due to internet problems while creating the page for the pictures I was unable to retrieve them from the SCJOG web site. Thanks to Donna Miller I was able to get these pictures from the July Meeting. Sorry for any inconvenience. Joyce