Columbus, IN September 2017 Newsletter G.W.R.R.A. Gold Wing Road Riders Association. Indiana - Chapter "W" Gathering at.

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1 Birthdays Gloria Dettmer /03 Kim Hall /27 Columbus, IN September 2017 Newsletter G.W.R.R.A. Gold Wing Road Riders Association Anniversaries Dewayne & Jackie Liebrandt /05 Loran & Marie Sarver /14 Chapter Directors Dave & Sheila Shaffer Asst. Chapter Directors Keith & Kim Hall Membership Enhancement Coordinators Mike & Beck Van Antwerp Secretary/Treasurer Gloria & Paul Dettmer Ride Educators Dart & Donna Liebrandt Newsletter Editors Richard & Vickie Lewis Indiana - Chapter "W" Gathering at Sirloin Stockade 3114 N. National Rd. Columbus, IN First Wednesday of each month 6:00 pm 7:00 pm Activity Committee Tommie Acton Kim Hall Dianna Mohr President of GWRRA Anita & JR Alkire President@GWRRA.org Region D Directors Lloyd & Becky Glydewell lglydewell@att.net Indiana District Directors Ray & Melinda Faber indd2016@yahoo.com Asst. District Directors, S.E. Ken & Jessica Hunter hunter.kenneth@comcast.net

2 Indiana District Events 2017 EVENT: WHERE: WHEN: Southwest/Southeast Dist. Gathering Boggs Park, Loogootee, IN September 23 Northwest/East Dist. Gathering Center Lake Park, Warsaw, IN September 23 Fall District Meeting Brady Lane Church of God Lafayette, IN 2018 Indiana District Events October 21 EVENT: WHERE: WHEN: Winter Rendezvous Farmstead Inn & Conference Ctr. Shipshewana, IN National Events 2017 February 9 & 10, 2018 EVENT: WHERE: WHEN: Wing Ding 39 Grapevine, TX Aug. 29 Sept. 2 Ride to Mike Lennig s Restaurant Louisville, KY

3 News & Notes 3rd Wednesday Dinnner Outing September 20th, ordering at 6:00 pm at Poplar Street Tavern & Restaurant 513 S. Poplar Street Seymour ********************** HELP! HELP! HELP! Still time to volunteer to lead a ride or offer a ride destination. It doesn t make a difference where we go as long as we have fellowship and FUN together! **************************** New...New...New On the 2nd Tuesday of each month, the Tuesday Breakfast Ride leaves Casey s at 8:00 AM riding for breakfast determined only by those that show up. Get in a little ride and eat breakfast at a great restaurant with friends! And....Don t Forget To Read.... The Indiana District Newsletter **************************** The Region D Newsletter

4 Chapter W 2017 Ride - Activity Schedule rev: 8/30/2017 All Rides Leave from Casey s General Store at time listed. Check latest rev: date for any changes. DAY DATE ACTIVITY LEADER DESTINATION Sunday 4/30 Afternoon Ride - 2:00 pm Dave Cancel Weather Wednesday 5/3 Monthly Chapter Gathering - Sirloin Stockade-Columbus Tuesday 5/9 Breakfast Ride - 8:00 am Dave Townhouse Café, Seymour RAIN OUT Wednesday 5/10 Evening Ride - 6:00 pm Davc Hickory Hills BBQ, Edinburg Thurs-Sat. 5/11-5/13 Spring Wing Warm Up "Fun in the Sun" - Tipton Co. Fairgrounds - Tipton, IN Wednesday 5/17 3rd Wednesday Dinner Outing - Beffet China Seymour Sunday 5/21 Afternoon Ride - 2:00 pm Dave Grandma s Pancake House Rest. Shelbyville Wednesday 5/24 Evening Ride - 6:00 pm? RAIN OUT Wednesday 5/31 5th Wed. - NO RIDE X X X X Wednesday 6/7 Monthly Chapter Gathering - Sirloin Stockade-Columbus Sunday 6/11 Afternoon Ride - 2:00 pm Ed Trains End Tack & Grill, Story, IN Tuesday 6/13 Breakfast Ride - 8:00 am Dave Flapjack s Pancake Rest. Bargersville Wednesday 6/14 Evening Ride - 6:00 pm? WEATHER POP UP STORMS Wednesday 6/21 3rd Wednesday Dinner Outing - Chicago s Pizza Saturday 6/24 Day Ride - 9:00 am Mike Florida Crackers BBQ, Greenfield, IN Wednesday 6/28 Evening Ride - 6:00 pm Keith The Brick, Jonesville Wednesday 7/5 Monthly Chapter Gathering - Sirloin Stockade-Columbus Sunday 7/9 Afternoon Ride - 1:00 pm Keith Glory Days Rest.-Clay City, IN Tuesday 7/11 Breakfast Ride - 8:00 am Paul Larrison s Rest.-Seymour Wednesday 7/12 Evening Ride - 6:00 pm Keith El Jefe Mexican Rest.-Edinburg Wednesday 7/19 3rd Wednesday Dinner Outing - Arni s Restaurant-Columbus Saturday 7/22 Day Ride - 9:00 am Mike Mike Lennig's Restaurant, Louisville, KY Wednesday 7/26 Evening Ride - 6:00 pm Paul Dettmer's Ice Cream Ride Wednesday 8/2 Monthly Chapter Gathering - Sirloin Stockade-Columbus Saturday 8/5 Central INDIANA DISTRICT Ride-In - Alexandra, IN Sunday 8/6 Afternoon Ride - 1:00 pm? Rain Out Tuesday 8/8 Breakfast Ride - 8:00 am Dave Sweet Temptations Restaurant - Trafalgar Wednesday 8/9 Evening Ride - 6:00 pm Paul Stacks Restaurant - Greensburg Thurs-Sat. 8/10-8/12 Region D / Michigan Rally - Osceola Co. Fairgrounds - Evart, MI Wednesday 8/16 3rd Wednesday Dinner Outing - Camilla s Mexican Rest.- Columbus Saturday 8/19 Day Ride - 9:00 am Keith River Watch Rest.- Lawrenceburg, IN Wednesday 8/23 Evening Ride - 6:00 pm Doug Corner Café - Hope Sunday 8/27 Afternoon Ride - 1:00 pm Dave Squealer s BBQ - Mooresville Wednesday 8/30 5th Wed. - NO RIDE X X X X Wed.- Sat. 8/29-9/2 Wing Ding 39 - Grapevine, TX Wednesday 9/6 Monthly Chapter Gathering - Sirloin Stockade-Columbus Saturday 9/9 Day Ride - 9:00 am?? Tuesday 9/12 Breakfast Ride - 8:00 am? Ride to eat breakfast - leaders choice Wednesday 9/13 Evening Ride - 6:00 pm?? Sunday 9/17 Afternoon Ride - 1:00 pm?? Wednesday 9/20 3rd Wednesday Dinner Outing - Poplar Street Tavern & Rest. - Seymour Saturday 9/23 INDIANA DISTRICT SW/SE Gathering - Boggs Park - Loogootee, IN Wednesday 9/27 Evening Ride - 6:00 pm?? Wednesday 10/4 Monthly Chapter Gathering - Sirloin Stockade-Columbus Sunday 10/8 Afternoon Ride - 1:00 pm?? Tuesday 10/10 Breakfast Ride - 8:00 am? Ride to eat breakfast - leaders choice Wednesday 10/11 NO Ride X X X X Saturday 10/14 Chapter Weiner Roast - Lewis home - eat at 5:00 pm. Wednesday 10/18 3rd Wednesday Dinner Outing - TBD Sunday 10/22 Afternoon Ride - 1:00 pm?? Wednesday 10/25 NO Ride X X X X

5 From The Chapter Director Dave & Sheila Shaffer As usual the summer months seem to fly by. Here it is the last couple days in August with Labor Day nearly upon us. We only have about two months left of scheduled chapter rides. Seems like just a couple days ago we started chapter rides. That was May, here it is almost September. Where has the time gone? We ve had over 20 chapter ride opportunities thru August. We still have a few more ride dates scheduled in September and October. This is your chapter and everyone can and should make suggestions for rides or activities. We hope you ll join us for the remaining scheduled rides. Please check the latest revision of the Ride-Activity schedule in this month s chapter newsletter for the latest info. This past month we had some really great rides and enjoyed some good food too! Thanks to Paul, Doug and Keith for good rides and great restaurant destinations! New this year we added a Breakfast Ride on the second Tuesday of the month. When the weather wasn t a factor, we ve been having about seven or eight people attend. We ve gone to some really great new places serving some good home cooked vittles. Generally we ride about minutes at most to the restaurant. For those of us working from home (retired) won t you join us for a ride, good food and fellowship? In case you haven t heard and are wondering, the 40th annual WingDing will be closer to home next year, back in Knoxville, Tennessee from August 28 September 1, Dave & Sheila

6 From The Secretary / Treasurer Gloria & Paul Dettmer Chapter W gathered on Wednesday August 2, 2017 at the Sirloin Stockade in Columbus. Paul Dettmer opened the gathering with the Pledge to the Flag with 20 members present. Dave Shaffer, Chapter Director, announced several changes that National will be making in They will be doing away with the position of Rider Educator and replacing it with Chapter Ride Coordinator to assume that position. There will be no Regions. Paper work and any information will go from Chapters to Districts to National. MEC's will add social gatherings to their position and the Treasurer will add money making project to their position. Upcoming rides will be: Sunday August 6 afternoon ride, Wednesday August 9 ride, Saturday August 19 all day ride, Wednesday August 23 evening ride and Sunday August 27 afternoon ride. The third Wednesday August 10 dinner ride will be at the Mexican Restaurant on Central. Don't forget the 2nd Tuesday morning breakfast rides. Nothing from MEC. Doug Hollenbeck talked about when a person rides solo to ride on the right side of the road and if following a car swirl back and forth occasionally to remind the driver ahead that you are back there. When passing a semi go around quickly. Reminder that there are still rides needing leaders. If you know of a place to go and do not want to lead please let Kim or Keith Hall or Dave Shaffer know and they will be glad to help you. They are around 4 of us going to Wing Ding this year. Have a safe ride. Secretary, Gloria Dettmer

7 From The Ride Educator Dart & Donna Liebrandt Fellow Riders, The scariest thing on the road now days is a distracted driver - texting, ing, making calls, and etc. Automation can be a blessing and a curse. One of our fellow Ch W members was behind a driver on US 31 that appeared to have their head down and swerving. Thinking they may be having a issues due to illness or something they drove next to them and to their amazement it was a young lady deeply concentrating on her cell phone apparently texting. The number one cause of accidents these days are distracted drivers. Just look at the increased number of accidents in construction areas - mostly due to distracted drivers. This can include using your GPS. Plus a lot of newer vehicles have all kinds of automated gadgetry that can distract us. We need to make sure we are not one of these distracted drivers or riders. Program your stuff ahead of time. If you need to do any of this while on the road find a place to pull over and do it so as not to endanger yourself for someone else. Please keep an eye out for the other driver, and make sure you pay attention also and not distracted. It is with sadness that I must inform you that Donna and I have decided to sell our GL1800 and buy a classic car convertible. Donna no longer feels safe riding a motorcycle due to some of my comments above and due to our age. Considering the cost of triking our bike - we can purchase a classic car with a convertible top. Plus I know how to work on classic cars but struggle to work on these newer GL1800s. We want to continue being GWRRA and Ch W members and attend the winter card parties. Thanks for all your support. Dart and Donna Liebrandt Chapter W Rider Educators

8 Camping at the First & Last Region D / Michigan Rally By Kim & Keith Hall The Hall's had a great time camping at the Region D/Michigan Rally. We set up camp on Wednesday evening after riding for 11 hours and then went out for supper. When we got back, campers had set up all around us. To our surprise out walked Lonnie Hunter from the camper next door. No better neighbor to have for the weekend. On the other side of us was a chapter from Canada. They were a fun group. The weather was perfect except for a pop-up rain shower Thursday evening but that didn t stop us. We got out the Skip-Bo cards and played a few rounds of golf inside the camper. During the day Thursday, we took a ride up to northern Michigan to the Tunnel of Trees and rode along the shoreline of Lake Michigan. It was a beautiful ride. We spent all day Friday at the rally. There were several activities going on and lots of people to talk to. There were also several vendors so we got to do some shopping. We also participated in the scavenger hunt (we were given hints and had to figure out what to find). We watched as our own Indiana COY Rick and Debbie Warmels, were chosen to be the Region D COY. They did a great job with their presentation. We had a great time talking to Michigan Chapter W, they are a large active chapter. Kim got a few ideas from them that she may try with our chapter. Smile! She knows you can't wait. :) Ride ON!! Kim & Keith

9 Ride to River Watch Restaurant in Lawrenceburg 8/19/17

10 FOR SALE 2005 ABS Honda Gold Wing 1800, blue with beautiful pin striping. CB, intercom, auxiliary port, GPS mount, Butler cups and holders, and trailer hitch. Has Ultimate 1800 seats also a sheep skin cover. Current odometer reading is 81,000 miles. Will throw in an older motorcycle trailer, helmets, chaps, riding jackets, and all the original parts. To many extras to mention, see photos. Can also have helmets, riding jackets, a pair of chaps, gloves and lots of other neat stuff. Dart and Donna Liebrandt Cell phone:

11 For Sale Chapter W Members place your items for sale FREE-send to ricklewis205@gmail.com Non Members place your items for sale $1.00 per Month Member Input Share with the Chapter... A picture of a GW ride or event, A favorite recipe or??? For Sale Custom made motorcycle trailer. Has cooler holder, storage rack on top, aluminum body. Call Mike Van Antwerp for more details. $600. OBO * * * * * Don t forget to check your Membership expiration date to make sure you stay current.