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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF GWRRA Region E Illinois District IL-Z2 Chicagoland Wings Chapter Directors: Tony & Sharon Sundt antaknee@aol.com 708-287-5613 Asst Chapter Directors: Robert & Char Ullrich ullrichr@sbcglobal.net Volume 17 Issue 7 News from the CD Greetings July 2014 Chapter IL-Z2 News Chapter Directors Tony and Sharon Sundt Treasurer: Chris Shore cshore@compu-classic.com Chapter Educator: Ron Walldren rwalldren@hotmail.com 847-698-4247 Secretary: Danni Schwieger wingn2gether@gmail.com Membership Enhancement Steve Willuweit 630-484-4138 Ride Coordinator: John Meyers acri83@aol.com Asst. Ride Coordinator: Don Schwieger swiger2@sbcglobal.net Historians: Butch & Mary Thielenhouse Thouse912@att.net Events Coordinator: Doug Koglin citymtd@yahoo.com Special Evens Coordinator Bill Bijou wjb1948@sbcglobal.net Ambassadors: Earl & Pat Hobbs earlrh@sbcglobal.net Newsletter Editor: Don Shore dons@hydraforce.com We had a great time at Wing Ding. I hope you had a chance to ride up, at least for the day. It all started with great weather, all three days that we were there. A big thank you goes out to Doug Koglin who arranged our great rooms. Also, a big thank you goes to Robert Ullrich for a great ride on Friday and a great Fish Fry restaurant suggestion. After the chapter meeting, the ride to Waterfront Pub and Eatery in Lake Delavan was led by John Meyers and it was a beautiful ride with very little traffic and a great lunch. A good crowd joined on the ride and a few more that made a brief stop at home, then joined us for lunch. After lunch, we split up into a couple of different groups. We made an unplanned stop for Ice Cream at Greg s Frozen Custard in Mundelein. You can see pictures on our Facebook page. I heard that the Three Rivers Adventure Ride was enjoyed by the participants. There was a nice sized group that rode alongside the Mississippi, Wisconsin and Rock Rivers. Hopefully, Doug can fill us all in on the fun from this ride at our chapter meeting. The last scheduled chapter ride was my surprise ride. We rode 122 miles to Poopy s in Savanna, IL and 153 miles coming home. It was a great day for a ride. The weather was perfect, although we encountered six rain drops on the return ride home. I ll be honest. I was stumped on where to take everyone for my ride. But, I did know we wouldn t be headed for Wisconsin. For years, Ron Walldren has been suggesting that we ride to Poopy s. I was pretty set on not wanting to ride all that way to a biker bar. I did some research on line and was toying with the idea of riding in to Indiana to a working Dairy. After seeing that the Dairy was approximately the same distance as Poppy s, and the traffic would be lighter heading out to Savanna, I changed my mind. In this issue News from CD Pg. 1-3 Pictures Pg. 3-4 Ride Schedule Pg. 5 Meeting Notes Pg. 11 Calendars Pg. 12 Sponsors Pg. 13 (Con t on pg 2) ARC Training Pg. 16-18 Region E Rally Pg. 19-20 Summer Rally Pg. 21-22 Arkansas Pg. 6 Chapter Educator Pg. 7-10 Directory Pg. 14 Member Benefits Pg. 15 Visit us on the web at www.ilz2.com:

Page 2 Chapter Meeting Location (Continued from page 1) July 2014 Chapter IL-Z2 News I knew Ron would want to go, but with the heat and humidity, he would probably come in a nice air conditioned car. Unfortunately, Ron could not join us for the ride, as well as, many other chapter members. Next time, Ron. We left the Sunmist at 9 AM and along with Don and Chris Shore, Doug Koglin and Jan Matson, and Robert and Char Ullrich. We headed 120 miles straight west on Route 64. We didn t need a GPS for this ride. We rode to Sycamore when Robert and Char had to peel off for home. The group stopped in Oregon for a comfort stop at a McDonalds. I was experiencing a slight transmission problem on my CB. My fix was unplugging the microphone then, re-plugging it in. Problem solved. In the meantime, Doug had moved the ground off his CB and fiddled around a little more. Then, he decided to remove the antenna splitter. He re-connected the CB to the antenna and now his CB was working also. GWRRA Chapter IL-Z2 Meets at the Denny s restaurant at 17 W 660 22nd Street in Oakbrook Terrace, IL on the second Sunday of every month. Breakfast at 8:00 AM, meeting at 9:00 AM. We ride after the meeting!! (weather permitting) For additional updated information, go to our website at www.ilz2.com BREAKFAST CLUB Are you free on Wednesday mornings? Come and join our Breakfast Club it meets every Wednesday at 9am at the Sunmist Restaurant & Café located at 501 E. Lake Street in Addison. Weather permitting we will schedule an ABR (after breakfast ride.) We were back on the road heading to Savanna. Don and Doug could hear me and Doug was not transmitting BWAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH when he keyed his microphone. We arrived at Poopy s and sat down for lunch. The food was insanely abundant in size. I ordered a regular hamburger which weighed in at 10 ounces. After lunch, a nap was in order, but we pressed on. We went south and east to Rochelle where we picked up Route 38 and took that back home. What a day of riding. Go to page 4 to see a few of the pictures of this ride. This past week, we attended Wing Ding in Madison. I want to thank Doug for locating a great hotel. It really was a nice place to stay at and the staff was very friendly towards us. We had 12 of us stay in the hotel together. We walked around the convention center on Thursday after noon until 5 PM when they shut it down. We went back on Friday at 11 the next day did the same walk about. Some purchases were finalized and packed away in our trunks. At about 1PM, we left the Alliant Energy center for a nice ride. Thank you to Robert for mapping out a beautiful ride. We headed West on Rt. 12 and smack in to some traffic that turned out to be a 2 motorcycle and a car accident. It was not a very pretty sight. It served as a reminder to all of us to ride safe. There were several other Gold Wing accidents that I had heard of during Wing Ding. Hearing about them is one thing; driving up to the scene of the accident is another. We continued cautiously on our ride. The ride was around 76 miles and brought us to Green Acres Restaurant for a Fish Fry. Why not? It after all is Friday and we are in Wisconsin. We helped Dennis Dwyer eat the huge plate of fish that was placed in front of him. Then, we were all headed back to the hotel. We have some pictures of our ride beginning on page 3. We have a ride scheduled after the chapter meeting to the Plush Horse in Tinley Park. On July 24, a ride is scheduled to attend the Illinois District Rally in Mt.Vernon Illinois. We are looking for someone to lead that ride, as of right now. (Continued on page 3)

Volume 17 Issue 7 Page 3 (Continued from page 2) The Ride for Kids on July 20 th is the Chicagoland Ride for Kids. Chapter G (Gurnee) sent me this email: This year s Ride for Kids is being dedicated to the memory of Melanie and all children who have lost their battle with brain tumors. We have developed a team called Mel's Angles for this year s ride. We are hoping to honor Melanie's memory by being the largest fund raising team in Chicagoland. You can join Mel's Angles team by going to Chicagoland Ride for Kids, join a team, put in Mel's Angels. The password is Nugent. Our goal is $60,000 but we are really hoping for much more. Please help us to honor Melanie in such a special way. Please help us to continue her legacy in fighting for a cure. She truly loved the Ride for Kids and all involved. Thank you, Steve and Loretta Hatch If you are going to participate in the Ride for Kids, please Join Chapter G s Mel s Angels team. You can click this link to register: http://pbtf.convio.net/site/tr/2014rideforkids/general?pg=entry&fr_id=1592#.u7xvf5rdwh0 August 7 the Region Rally will be in Wisconsin Rapids. We are looking for someone to lead that ride also. We really are into the thick of riding season. I hope to have you join us on our mystery dinner rides, pot lucks and all of the chapter rides. The more the merrier. Get out there and ride. Wing Ding 36 2014 Tony and Sharon Sundt

Page 4 July 2014 Chapter IL-Z2 News 3 Rivers Ride June 20-22, 2014

Volume 17 Issue 7 Page 5 Z2 2014 RIDE SCHEDULE OCT. 12, CHAPTER MTG. Lake Shabbona, Local Fall Color Ride Led by John Meyers OCT. 25, MYSTERY DINNER RIDE JUL. 13, CHAPTER MTG. Ride: Plush Horse Tinley Park *JUL. 24-27, DISTRICT RALLY, Mount Vernon Ill. NOV. 9, CHAPTER MTG. Annual Frost Your Buns Ride. *AUG. 7-9, Region E Rally Wisconsin Rapids DECEMBER Prediction: Extreme Cold & Heavy Snow. AUG. 10, CHAPTER MTG Tour of Oswego Led by Bill Bijou AUG. 17, SYCAMORE STEAM RALLY Led by Al Nurczyk AUG. 23, (sat) MYSTERY DINNER RIDE Hosted by Nick & Barbara SEPT. 6, (sat) MYSTERY DINNER RIDE Hosted by Doug & Jan SEPT. 14, CHAPTER MTG. Ride:TBA *SEPT. 20-28, ARKANSAS ADVENTURE Led by Harry & Rita Pacynski 2015 WING-DING, September 3-9 Huntsville Alabama *Multi-Day Rides *OCT. 3-5, FALL COLOR RIDE Destination TBA Led by Tony Sundt

Page 6 July 2014 Chapter IL-Z2 News ARKANSAS RIDERS ACCOMODATIONS SEPTEMBER 2014 HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS, HARRISON ARKANSAS DATES: Check in; Sunday, Sept. 21 Check out; Saturday, Sept. 27 Room rates: Rate based on room selection, check with Hotel Reserved Name; CHICAGOLAND WINGS PHONE: 870-741-3636 Thanks to Doug Koglin for housing arrangements.

Volume 17 Issue 7 Page 7 Chapter Educator John Meyers had sent me this information and I would like to share it with the rest of the chapter. Here are a few excerpts from the ebook written by Brian Whitworth, Of Riding Safely. http://ridingsafely.com/index.html I recommend that you visit this website and read this valuable information. Ron Walldren & Missy Why Ride Safely? Riding plugs you directly into the real world Why ride safely? Well why ride a motorcycle at all? Riding is fun, a joy, a feeling of being free. I started riding because it was a cheap way to go from A to B. That's still true, but riding is also a great way to go from A to B. People ride for many reasons, but for me, now, it's the experience. Riding plugs you directly into the real world. For a time you forget everything but the here and now. Its a sense of "being there" that's more than fun - its life incarnate. Riding safely is for riders who enjoy riding, and want to keep doing it If you enjoy something, don't you want to keep doing it? This book helps you do just that, because if you can t ride safely, you won t ride long. Few ride motorcycles to be safe, but equally few ride with a death wish (or a hospital bed wish). Given fun or safety, I choose fun and safety. Why trade short term pleasure for long term pain, when you can have long term pleasure? Real riding and real safety can go together. Riding safely is for motorcycle riders who enjoy riding, and want to keep doing it. Managing Risk Riding safely means managing risk Riding safely means managing risk, but what is risk? Risk has two parts. The most obvious is the degree of damage, but risk also depends on the chance the damage will happen. For example, planes are risky because plane crashes are so horrible. Yet your chances of being in a plane crash are far less than your chances of being a car crash. So this makes planes less risky, and indeed people are much more likely to die on the road than in the air. Riding a bicycle is risky for a different reason. People riding bicycles, especially young people, quite often fall off, though usually they are not hurt badly. Here the risk comes from the likelihood of hurt, not the degree of hurt. If risk depends on both the degree of damage, and the chance of damage, there are two ways to reduce it: 1. Reduce the degree of damage, e.g. with protective gear. 2. Reduce the chance of damage, e.g. by safe riding skills. This book advocates both ways. Risk sense A good risk sense is critical for riders Naive people just see what is, but with experience, one sees what might happen. This "sense of risk is your ability to know the likelihood of accident. This sense is not like vision or hearing, as it comes from the mind, not your eyes and ears, but a good risk sense is critical for riders. Experienced riders re-assess the current risk every moment they are riding along. It is like a value their mind calculates, that goes up and down as they ride. It is like a snake sensing the heat of its prey with its tongue, or like a Geiger counter that clicks when radio-activity is near. Your risk sense picks up when there is danger. Without it, you are like a sheep among wolves. (Continued on page 8)

Page 8 July 2014 Chapter IL-Z2 News (Continued from page 7) When you start riding, it is important to listen to your risk sense, as this is the key to learning to ride safely. If you ride without a helmet, your risk sense should tell you your risk is up, as your possible damage is up. If it starts raining, your risk sense should tell you your risk is up, because the chance of an accident just increased. Now what you do next is another thing, and a lot of this book covers that. However to respond to risk, you have to first "sense" it. From moment to moment, your risk sense guides you, but you have to listen to it. Male intuition I believe in male intuition. Everyone knows about female intuition, when a women has a bad "feeling" about someone or some situation, but few talk about male intuition. Perhaps women have a better publicity department. Women's intuitions about people can seem like mind reading, but male intuition is just as powerful, and can seem like precognition. It is when in a physical situation you know what will happen. In both cases one knows intuitively what one should not. The trick however is to trust it. Suppose you were riding and suddenly, for no apparent reason, got a feeling to slow down - would you? I would. Political correctionists note that both men and women have male and female aspects in them, e.g. all men and all women have both male and female hormones running around in their bodies. So both men and women can have female and male intuitions. Handling risk People tend to flip-flop on risk. One approach is to shut your eyes and charge blindly ahead like a bull. The other is to open your eyes, see the danger, and be paralyzed like a deer in headlights, or run away like a frightened rabbit. Both approaches, fight and flight, have their problems. Tempt fate Taking risks proves you are not afraid. It also shows that you are stupid The brave deal with risk by confronting it. They do wheelies, and other risky things, to prove danger has no power over them. They are not scared. It is a macho thing to take risks to prove you are not afraid. It also shows that you are stupid. It is stupid to act as if you are above life. The Greeks called this stupidity hubris (or pride), and said Pride comes before a fall. They argued that because we are not "gods", to act like we are is to invite their revenge. It is to "tempt fate". My view is that there is a law of life that accidents happen, and this applies especially to motorcycle riders. To tempt fate is to arrogantly think one is above this law of unexpected events. There is enough risk in the world already without asking for more. Daedalus, an ancient Greek, once designed some wings so he and his son Icarus could escape from a prison. Despite his father s warnings, Icarus tried to fly up towards to the Sun. The heat of the Sun melted the wax holding on his wings, and he fell into the sea and was drowned. This ancient story shows how pride comes before a fall. In riding, it is equally important to know your limits. Ignore the risk Ignoring a risk makes you feel better, but doesn t alter the risk The opposite of tempting fate, of choosing to be risky, is to ignore risk entirely. While some unwisely tempt fate, others deal with risk by shutting it out, like an ostrich with its head in the sand. They tend to only only ride slowly on sunny Sunday afernoons, so can ignore the risks of everyday riding. Pretending there is no risk might make you feel better, but it doesn t alter the risk. In fact it increases it, because not knowing of a threat makes it harder to handle. You can better deal with what is out there if you know about it. Risk is like a menacing dog the more you avoid it, the more it will chase you. The best way deal with risk is to face it, but not invite it in, the eyes wide open approach. (Continued on page 9)

Volume 17 Issue 7 Page 9 (Continued from page 8) Eyes wide open Risk seekers are as obsessed by risk as those that run from it Ignorance is not bliss when it comes to riding a motorcycle. Nor is bravado. On a motorcycle, risk is the enemy. Deal with it neither by seeking it nor by ignoring it. Deal with it by knowing it. If you know your enemy, then forewarned is forearmed, and you know how to deal with it. Risk seekers are just as obsessed by risk as those that avoid it. The opposite of both is to not to be hypnotized by risk. You see the risk, but neither move towards it nor away from it. This "eyes wide open" approach has three parts: Face risk (as a reality of life). Deal with it (as best you can). Accept the outcome (whatever it is). Facing risk means accepting it as part of life. Dealing with risk means managing your degrees of freedom, as this book explains. Accepting the outcome means understanding that we propose but the world disposes, so we never know what will happen. The value of acceptance is it lets you think about the unthinkable - like a crash. If you can t accept that crashes happen, you cant think about them, and if you cant think about them, you cant avoid them. Attitudes No Hurry Part of adapting is to never hurry. If you are in a hurry you have a fixed goal. A fixed goal means you cant adapt as well. The attitude of hurrying contributes more to accidents than speeding. More accidents involve right of way and failing to give way than involve speeding. I say forget speed, but never hurry. The problem with hurrying Hurrying is never worth it, as it increases every other accident cause When you hurry, your attitude is GO! GO! GO! Hurrying makes you not wear gear (reduces readiness), not respect weather conditions, and ignore road situations. Don't be misled because hurrying sometimes works. It always increases your accident probability, i.e. your risk. You can hurry 99 times and be OK, but one day, you may be slowed down for life. Hurrying is never worth it, as it increases every other accident cause. When two hurriers meet on the road, it is usually in accident alley. Never hurry situations The never hurry rule applies especially in two situations: Intersections Changing lanes Both these situations involve cross-flows. This one decision can reduce your accident chances enormously Decide right now to NEVER EVER HURRY at intersections or when changing lanes. This one decision can reduce your accident chances enormously. When you hurry, you put yourself above the world. You have your plan, which makes you hurry, but Life also has its Plan. Life's Plan will always take precedence over your plan. Trust me on this. Hurrying causes accidents, as it disconnects you from the world. So tune into the world, not yourself. Never hurry, unless you wish to hurry to disaster (Continued on page 10)

Page 10 July 2014 Chapter IL-Z2 News (Continued from page 9) Intersections An intersection is a high risk traffic cross-flow Most accidents occur at intersections, so whatever your initial speed, always slow down as you pass through the intersection. Never accelerate into an intersection, e.g. to beat a red light. I can't stress this enough. If the light turns red, accept it and stop - that's life. You can't win them all (except in your dreams). At intersections the rule is: stop accelerating, drop a gear and cover the brake. Be ready to stop, because an intersection is a high risk traffic cross-flow. Changing lanes Highways solve the problem of intersections. However they create another problem just as bad - that of changing lanes. Many highway accidents occur when people change lanes. So the rule is: never be in a hurry to change lanes. A sudden lane change is an invitation to an accident party. If you don't have time to change lanes, then don't. Just stay in the lane where you are, and then you will live well and prosper. Question: Sometimes I find I am in the wrong lane for my highway turn-off,. If I miss it, it means another 15 minutes to turn around further on. However to get it, I would have to cut across two lanes in busy traffic. What should I do? Answer: Miss it and stay alive. While you are going back around, you can remind yourself to get in the lane in advance, so it is not time wasted. Remember folks, be careful out there. If you can't ride it safely, park it and walk! As usual, drive safe, be safe, watch out for those cagers, politicians, and as always, avoid those nasty Illinois potholes... Ron Walldren & Missy, Chapter Educator

Volume 17 Issue 7 Page 11 Tony thanked : everyone who had help plan, set-up, and participate in our Family Picnic and Observation Ride everyone who participated in the Earl s Surprise Ride that ended up in Whitewater WI at Jessica s Restaurant the hosts for the Mystery Dinner Ride, Harry and Rita and everyone who had participated to the Upper Crust Pizzeria and Pub in Pell Lake On June 28th we have a Surprise Ride Sunmist Restaurant at 501 E Lake Street, Addison, IL and clutch out at 9 AM Thursday July 3 we will leave for Wing Ding in Madison Sunmist Restaurant at 501 E Lake Street, Addison, IL and clutch out at 10 AM Happy birthday wishes to Nick Schmitz 6/8, Laurie Healy 6/13, MaryAnn Anderson 6/15, Donna Walldren 6/25, Bill Bijou, and Russ Pritchard 6/27 Happy Father s Day to all the Dad s John Meyers spoke on the 3 Rivers ride that is on the 20 th Earl Hobbs thanked everyone who participated in his Surprise ride it was a big success. 52 people from 6 different chapters participated and reminded everyone of the District Rally and the Region rally that are coming up Doug Koglin wants everyone to book their rooms in Arkansas now Progressive (did not have a current GWWRRA Membership card) 50/50 Dennis Murphy, John McHugh, Alice Willuweit Next meeting July13th with a ride to follow Submitted by Alice Willuweit Happy July Birthday!!! Ken Nagle 7/1 Barbara Schmitz 7/12 Bob Seibert 7/12 Ron Morrison 7/15 Joan Nurczyk 7/23 Harry Pacynski 7/26 If your birthday is this month and it is not listed here, please contact Don Shore at dons@hydraforce.com and let us know!!!

Page 12 July 2014 July 2014 Chapter IL-Z2 News Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 9AM Breakfast Club @ Sunmist WING-DING Madison Wisc 3 WING-DING Madison Wisc 4 WING-DING Madison Wisc 5 WING-DING Madison Wisc 6 7 8 9 9AM Breakfast Club Sunmist in Addison 10 11 12 13 Chapter MTG Denny s Oakbrook Terrace 9AM Ride: Plush Horse Tinley Park 14 15 16 9AM Breakfast Club Sunmist in Addison 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 9AM Breakfast Club Sunmist in Addison 24 District Rally Mount Vernon 25 District Rally Mount Vernon 26 District Rally Mount Vernon 27 District Rally Mount Vernon 28 29 30 9AM Breakfast Club Sunmist in Addison 31 August 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 9AM Breakfast Club Sunmist in Addison 7 Region E Rally Wisc Rapids 8 Region E Rally Wisc Rapids 9 Region E Rally Wisc Rapids 10 Chapter MTG Denny s Oakbrook Terrace 9AM Tour of Oswego Bill Bijou 17 Sycamore Steam Rally Led by Al Nurcsyk 11 12 13 9AM Breakfast Club Sunmist in Addison 18 19 20 9AM Breakfast Club Sunmist in Addison 14 15 16 21 22 23 Mystery Dinner ride Led by Nick & Barbara 24 25 26 27 9AM Breakfast Club Sunmist in Addison 28 29 30

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Volume 17 Issue 7 Page 14 Region E Directors Bruce & Barbara Beeman bbbeeman@charter.net GWRRA National Web site www.gwrra.org Wing World Magazinewww.wingworldmag.com Assistant Region Directors Bob & Nicki Fowkes Lance & Diane Brozek Bob & Diane Phelps Region E Educator Jerry & Sue Allhands Sponsorship Coordinator Chet Stephens District MFA Coordinators Mike & Jan Buzick District Treasurers Sue Allhands District MED Coordinator Position Open Leadership Training Division Steve & Sandy Schlager Photographer Walter & Jean Potwora Asst Chapter Directors: Robert & Char Ullrich ullrichr@sbcglobal.net Treasurer: Chris Shore cshore@compu-classic.com Chapter Educator: Ron Walldren rwalldren@hotmail.com 847-698-4247 Secretary: Danni Schwieger wingn2gether@gmail.com Region E Medic First Aid Mike & Jan Buzick Region E MED Coordinators Brian & Tammy Anderson Region E Treasurer Robin Petitt & Fred Rennpferd Couple of the Year Region E Leadership Trainers Bill & Nancy James Region E Patch Shop Wally & Jan Wallace Region E Webmaster Bruce Watkins Region E Newsletter Editor Cheri Walloch Region E Vendor Coordinators Mike & Jane Hultine Region E Public Relations Coord. Walter & Jean Potwora Region E Indie. of the Year Belinda Schearf Illinois District Directors Mary Adams Hondagirl711@yahoo.com Assistant District Directors Steven & Diane Gottschalk- S IL Jack & Hazel Burton - Western IL Earl & Pat Hobbs - Chicagoland Greg & Annette Shields - North IL Tom & Pam Waller - E IL District Educator/MAD Dan & Linda Davis LTD Instructors George & Ketra Wanamaker Don & Cindy Janas Dave & Sherre Leavans Jim & Jean Stout Ron & Cheryl Deckard Mike & Jan Buzick Steve & Sandy Schlager Walter & Jean Potwora Dan & Martha Ribbing Kimberly Morgan Ed Haggerty Dist. COY Coordinators Steven & Diane Gottschalk District Couple of the Year Jim & Helen Rusher District Individual of the Year Ruth Skelton District Patch Coordinator Lori & Ron Heffelfinger District Newsletter Editor Dennis and Jean Bose District Webmaster Gary Dabney Chapter IL-Z2 websitewww.ilz2.com IL-Z2 monitors CB Channel 2l Chapter Directors: Tony & Sharon Sundt antaknee@aol.com 708-287-5613 Membership Enhancement: Steve Willuweit 630-484-4138 Ride Coordinator: John Meyers acri83@aol.com Asst. Ride Coordinator: Don Schwieger swiger2@sbcglobal.net Historians: Butch & Mary Thielenhouse Thouse912@att.net Events Coordinator: Doug Koglin citymtd@yahoo.com Special Evens Coordinator Bill Bijou wjb1948@sbcglobal.net Ambassadors: Earl & Pat Hobbs earlrh@sbcglobal.net Newsletter Editor: Don Shore dons@hydraforce.com Emporium: POSITION VACANT

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Volume 17 Issue 7 Page 17 Course will start at 8:00AM at the Riverside Medical Center. Please arrive by 7:40AM to allow time to complete required paperwork. All courses will be held rain or shine. Late arrivals will not be admitted to course. There is a minimum of 6 trikes for the course to take place. All courses offered are taught by GWRRA and/or Motorcycle Safety Foundation Certified Instructors. You will need to supply GWRRA Membership Card, proof of motorcycle endorsement on driver license and proof of registration. Any subsequent insurance coverage, if applicable, will be a result of errors or omissions of your instructors and/or facility. Rider and Co-Rider must have proper riding attire. By signing this form and any additional forms at the time of instruction, you are agreeing and understanding these terms. Further, you agree to follow the rules and instructions of the facility and instructor of this event. No refunds within 30 days of start date.

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