GWRRA Chapter E Trail Dusters Directors: Rick & Maggie Filson

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1 GWRRA Chapter E Trail Dusters Directors: Rick & Maggie Filson mineexam@royell.net Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge GWRRA Directors: Ray & Sandi Garris Illinois District Directors: Steve and Diane Gottschalk March 2018 Monthly Social: Miners Restaurant 304 S Macoupin St, Gillespie Il. 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m. Second Thursday of each Month CB Monitoring Channel #1 Website: Assistant Directors: Rick & Carol French Couple of the Year: Ed & Jackie Essen Treasure: Kathleen Rondi Chapter MEC: Callie Morgan Chapter Historian/Scrapbook: Sue Roberts Callie Morgan Connie Booker District Assistant Directors: Virgil & Connie Booker MAP Coordinator: Wayne & Shirley Schmidt Ride Coordinator: Jerry Rondi Road Captains: Rick French Ed Essen Bill Morgan Webmaster/Newsletter: Bill Morgan

2 Please support our Sponsors Niehaus Cycle Sales, Litchfield R&B Restaurant, Staunton Geno s 140 Club, Bethalto Maedge s, Alhambra Frank s, Cottage Hills Tilley s, Mt. Olive Polly s, Cottage Hills Olive Branch, Jerseyville Plaza Café, Carlinville For items to include in the monthly newsletter, please contact Bill Morgan at billm@wamusa.com, or at the monthly meeting. Illinois weather - you just have to love it!! Hello everyone. Just when you think it's warming up, Old Man Winter decides to tell Mother Nature he wants to stick around for a little bit longer. LOL. Spring is around the corner and riding season will be in full force before we know it... During times of yucky weather when we can't ride our bikes, maybe that can give us some time to check over our bikes, give them a good cleaning, check the tires and valve stems, test your CB, check helmets/riding gear, and all the important things that you must do before hopping on and going on that ride! Our Staff has been busy getting our schedule filled for this year and we are looking forward to getting out our motorcycles and having lots of fun rides and events. (YES, there will be lots of restaurants and DQ's on the schedule - Rickey wouldn't survive without those stops, especially the ice cream stops - lol) You do NOT have to be a GWRRA or Chapter member to join us at any events or on any ride. Everyone is always welcome to ride along with us and bring a friend or two!! If you're unable to ride your motorcycle for whatever reason, you can always join us and follow in your vehicle! You won't be the 1st or the last to go in your truck, car, or other vehicle, so please join us at any time... We will be having our Annual Yard Sale on August 11th. This is one of our big fundraisers that benefit the Juvenile Diabetes (JDA) and Relay For Life (ACS). Over the years we have had people thank us for having the sale because they are able to get clothing, shoes and other things that their children can use for the school year and they rely on us to have this sale... It melts our hearts knowing that we can help people out in some way. It may seem small to us, but to some, it is a huge thing to them with us doing the sale... At the end of the sale, we always give away items to anyone that wants them and then we take any leftover items and give them to charities in Litchfield. If you have items that you would like to donate for this sale, please contact Maggie and I will make arrangements to get the item(s) from you. All donations are greatly appreciated!

3 We hope to see you on some of the rides and at our events throughout this riding season.. Below is just a few of the rides and events that we have planned for March and April. Take care, have fun along the way, but most importantly, STAY SAFE!!!! Rickey & Maggie Filson, Chapter E Directors 2018 (217) (R), (217) (M), mineexam@royell.net A note from the Chapter MEC Happy March. How exciting! We are getting close to riding weather. Chapter U is having their spring maintenance day at Ron s warehouse on March 24th. Contact Steve, Ron or Bob if you are planning on going to make sure that they will have the tools and parts on hand. Plans are to head to Keysport for dinner afterword. Also on the 24 th Niehaus Cycle Sales is having their Spring Demo Days. Stop in for demo rides, hot dog lunch, special discounts and door prizes. There will be a brick dedicated for Carolyn at the annual bike blessing and dedication at the biker memorial at Roxana Park on March 25th. Information about this year's MAP Fun Run is up on the district website. Meet the chapters kick-off is on April 7th. It will be in Pontiac, IL. at the Eagle Performing Arts and Convention Center. There will be a buffet lunch catered by Edinger's Filling Station. Get more information about these and other events at the district website: It's all about the FUN! See you all on the road. Callie Morgan, Chapter E- MEC, Sam4sewing@gmail.com Just a reminder: Visit our website : Please join our chapter E Facebook gwrra illinois "E"- Traildusters

4 Past events: January 19 th 20 st was Winter Warm-up. There were a dozen or so from our chapter in attendance and everyone had a great time. We won lots participation awards. For chapter level we won 1 st for chapter banner, 3 rd for chapter scrap book and 3 rd for chapter costume. We also participated in the chapter skit, t-shirt, hat and chapter display. Virgil and Connie got 2 nd in the couples costume contest and Virgil got 2 nd in the male Our Chapter Pride table at Winter Warm-Up costume contest. Connie got 1 st place in the Goldwing Trike category of the virtual bike show. Bill got 2 nd in the MAP poker run and Virgil got 3 rd. In other raffles Virgil won a flat screen TV and Callie won a full-size historic Rt. 66 sign. Also one of our newest members, Tim received an award for 4 th quarter recruiter and tied for recruiter of the year for the state of Illinois. Chapter E Chapter Costume Contest at Winter Warm-Up January 20 th was game night at Ed and Jackie s. They had 10 people in attendance and everyone had a great time. Future events: March 17 th is game night at Ed and Jackie s home starting at around 5 p.m. This will be the last one until the fall. Bring a side dish or snack and whatever you would like to drink. March 24 th we will have a breakfast ride at Polly s in Cottage Hills meeting at 9:00 a.m. March 24 th Niehaus Cycle Sales will be having their spring demo days event. They will have demo rides (including the 2018 Goldwing and Yamaha Venture), free lunch, parts specials and door prizes. March 24 th chapter U will be having a maintenance day at Ron s warehouse. If you want to participate, contact Steve, Ron or Bob to make sure that they will have the tools and parts on hand. Afterwards they will be heading to Keysport for dinner.

5 March 25 th is annual bike blessing and dedication at the biker memorial at Roxana Park. This year a brick will be dedicated for Carolyn. 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. March 28 th we will meet at the Brass Door in Carrolton at 6:30 p.m. for our coffee break. We will gather across the street at the gazebo and be seated as a group. April 7 th is the meet the chapters kick-off. This year it will be in Pontiac, IL. at the Eagle Performing Arts and Convention Center. Edinger's Filling Station will have a buffet lunch including pulled pork or Italian beef sandwich, baked beans, coleslaw and soft drink for $10 total, tax and tip included. Pie will be available for an extra charge. We will be leaving from Niehaus Cycle Sales at 8:30 a.m. April 12 th is our monthly social. We will meet at Miners restaurant in Gillespie. Eat at 5:30 p.m., the meeting will start at 7. April 14 th is the annual moonshine lunch run. For more information you can go to their website: April 21 st and 22 nd chapter U will be hosting trailering courses. Trikes on the 21 st and bikes on the 22 nd. On Saturday after the course at approximately 4:30 they will go to supper at the Keyes restaurant in Keysport. Registration forms are available at the district website. April 28 th is dinner and a movie night. Details at the April social. April 29 th is the annual Blessing of the Bikes at Bald Knob. Information for this event is on Facebook:

6 An update from the District Educator: The year has started out fast. Just waiting on a good rain to get rid of the salt. We have scheduled riding courses in Vandalia and Sterling. In Vandalia we are having a Trike Trailing course on April 21, and a Bike Trailing course on April 22. In Sterling we are having a Bike ARC course on May 5 and a Trike TRC course on May 6. The forms are on the District website under the Safety banner, then to the drop-down box to Rider Educators, then to Rider courses. Scroll down to the course you want to take and print it out and send it to me. You can scan the form and send it or use snail mail. Just be sure you sign the form and send the money with it. Those in the Levels program, for the rider this is part of Levels 2,3 and Masters. For the co-rider, this can replace the co-rider seminar as long as the corider completes the classroom and range exercises, not just one or the other but both. Continue to ride safely and if there are any questions about any portion of the Rider Education programs. courses, seminars, Levels, or patches and bars, contact me. My phone or is on usually till 10:30pm. If I can t answer the question, I will get the answer for you. The powers to be (Phoenix) are still getting the Rider Education program rewritten. Steve Brungard Illinois District Educator sbrungard2@yahoo.com W. St. Louis Ave., Vandalia, IL Check the SIU Motorcycle class schedule on the website:

7 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 3/23 Bob & Vickie DePew Coffee Breaks (meeting time: 6:00): 3/7 3/14 3/21 Olive Branch, Jerseyville Maedge s, Alhambra Plaza Café, Carlinville 3/28 4/4 The Brass Door, Carrolton We will meet at the gazebo. Frank s, Cottage Hills

8 March 2018 March 2018 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa April 2018 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Feb Mar B (Tim Hennessy) Food Expo B (Ed Essen) 6:00pm CB (Olive Branch) 7:00pm Monthly Social B (Doug Bunt) 6:00pm CB (Maedges) B (Linda Billehus) B (Brenda Dressel) 6:00pm CB (Plaza Cafe) A (Bob & Vicki DePew) B (Wayne Schmidt) 9:00am Breakfast Ride (Polly's) :00pm Bike Blessing (Roxana Park) 6:30pm CB (The Brass Door)

9 GOLDWING ROAD RIDERS ASSOCIATION ILLINOIS E SERVING THE COUNTIES OF: JERSEY MACOUPIN MADISON MONTGOMERY ST. CLAIR JOIN US FOR: FRIENDS FUN SAFETY KNOWLEGE Maggie & Rickey Filson Chapter E Directors Quarton Rd Palmyra, Il