Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge GWRRA Region N NC District Catawba Valley Wings NC O2 Staff: Chapter Directors Ron and Beverly Chapman 828-256-7192 ronbevch@charter.net Assistant Chapter Directors Tony and Rita White Chapter Treasurers Goody Sales Sara & LaMar Shelly Chapter Educators Lamar & Sara Shelly MEPC & Ride Coordinator Steve Pruitt Ways & Means Archie & Brenda Reynolds Chapter Couple 2015 Gerald Sipe and the late Lena Sipe Newsletter Editor Beverly Chapman Next Gathering: November 15th 2015 Dos Amigos 1222 Conover Blvd W Conover NC 28613 Eat @ 5 Meet @ 6 October 2015 Hello Fellow Goldwingers, October has been a good month. Good weather for visiting and riding to see the beautiful leaves in the mountains. We visited Chapter meetings at Mooresville, Morganton and Gastonia where we got the Western Travelers Plaque. The Western Chapters are getting ready to get our Christmas Season off to a great start at J Iverson Riddle Dev. Ctr. on Thursday December 3 rd with their Christmas parade, and on Saturday December 5 th with the Gifts on Cycles Christmas party hosted by GWRRA. Jerry Herman is looking for GWRRA members who would like to ride in the December 3 rd parade. Please contact him if you are interested. There will also be a bike parade on Dec 5 th and you can volunteer to ride a resident which they love to do. Coming up on Saturday, December 12 th at 5PM will be our Hickory Chapter Christmas party. The party will be at Our Savior Lutheran Church. We will have a covered dish dinner. Sure hope all will be able to attend. OUR Hickory Chapter has several positions open which need to be filled. Some of our new members have stepped up and offered their help, and we also need help from everyone in our Chapter. The positions we need to fill are: Rider Educator, MEPC, Chapter Couple, Ways and Means, Goody sales, Ride Coordinator, and Sunshine person. If one of these positions especially attracts your attention, please, PLEASE, let us know!! (We know that a lot of our members have done these jobs before, and that means you have the experience needed to keep our chapter alive.) Please step up and help. Our up coming November 3rd Dinner Outing will be to Untouchable s Pizza in Conover. It s on the corner of Hwy 16 and 10 th St in Conover beside Holiday Inn Express. At our November 15 th Chapter meeting we will be passing the Western Travelers Plaque to the next lucky Chapter. See you soon! Ron and Bev Chapter CDs 1
Brenda Reynolds October 20 Meredith MacMillan October 30 Darlene Pruitt November 20 Tony White November 29 November GWRRA Anniversaries: None Visit our web site: www.catawbavalleywings.com Join us on Facebook at: GWRA Catawba Valley Wings NC 02 and friends &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Whiskers is at it again -- another detailed quilt pattern: Brain storm... I made a square of 10 x 10 pieces (photos) of material...used that as a quadrant of final design...by rotating the quadrants...i was able to make the 2 following designs...both are sewed together the same way until you sew the 4 quadrants together. I can use the same pieces of cloth that I have already cut for either design. I will probably make the pattern that forms an X. Happy Halloween I took this picture at a wedding near Camp Linn Haven. The sun was just right when I took the photo of the "bride" that makes her look like a ghost. Whiskers 2
NC District Newsletter October 2015 Barb? Charley? Lamar 3
Fall Back Well it is that time of the year. I know you are thinking of time change. I am thinking of riding style change. The weather is cooler and with that also means a change in riding habits. Our tires don t get as warm as they do in the summer months. Therefore they won t cling to the road as they do in warmer weather. Guess that means cornering will not be as sticky as warmer climates. Maybe I will need to slow it down. Just a thought. Then we have to deal with wet and dry leaves. The wet ones don t blow as easy and will subject you to a slicker surface. Now comes that cold blast of air today when yesterday it was very comfortable. Oops, did I pack that extra warm clothing, just in case? When you are chilled, response time slows down. All we think of is how to get warm and our mind is not as alert to the dangers on the highway. I think this is the most important part of riding in the fall. Being comfortable during the ride helps keep our minds on the ride. Maybe stopping earlier and starting later is a great idea for our rides now. So let s slow it down a little, watch for the wet leaves, and make sure to dress or be able to dress appropriately for the weather conditions. Ok, now lets ride. Be Safe, LaMar Shelly NC O2 Chapter Education 4
Hickory NC O2 at Billy Graham Library for Bikers with Boxes Jeff & Teresa Hill Ron, Bev & Sarah (not pictured John Cardea) 5
News from National Insight October 2015 6
Ironman Triathlon Wilmington NC October 2015 Brian Shelly, son of Lamar and Sara Shelly, did an Ironman on Saturday, October 17th in Wilmington, NC. He swam 2.2 miles, rode bike 112 miles and ran 26.2. He did it all in 13 hours. Brian was ahead of his goal for the swim, bike and the first half of his marathon. He got sick and struggled after mile 20 of the run; but, he still finished!!! Was an exhausting day for us. We didn t feel we had a right to be exhausted. after all, Brian just completed an Ironman. Sara Congratulations Brian!!! Proud Parents! 7
Region N Appalachian Gazette October 2015 8
Fall Beauty Captured by Sara Shelly Ghoulish Pictures from Beach 9
Introducing Paul Kennedy, Paulla Little and ME BOOMER Hello, my name is Boomer and I would like to tell you about myself. My momma is Paulla Little and my best buddy in the whole wide world is Paul Kennedy. I really like riding with them on the motorcycle everywhere we travel. (see my picture??) Would you believe I have been over 1200 miles this year already? We are members of GWRRA, Hickory O2 Chapter. I have met so many nice people in this organization. I even helped work the registration desk at Wings Over the Smokies in July, and met so many nice people. It is true that you meet the nicest people on a Honda. If you happen to see us out on a ride give us a shout and feel free to take my picture, as I enjoy posing. You won t see me on the bike with Paul alone, as Mom doesn t trust the two of us together without adult supervision..ha-ha.. Remember to ride safe and wear the right gear, I do.. see ya ll on the road.. Boomer Oh, I almost forgot if you want to follow my travels, be my friend on Facebook --- Bouncing Boomer. 10
New Members Hickory NC O2 Jeff and Teresa Hill Hello everyone, Beverly ask if we would write a article for the newsletter telling something about ourselves. So here it is. We joined GWRRA in May of 2008. We have been an active couple from the start. We love meeting people and making new friends. We work hard for our home chapter, and try to help any way we can. We were the couple of the year in 2012 and we are the couple of the year for 2015 for our old chapter in Tennessee. We were the MEC for two different chapters, because we like to visit with friends from other chapters our chapter CD ask us if we would be chapter TN Y's Visitation Coordinators so we did that till we moved over to chapter TN L in February of 2014. We are in the levels program and just got our Senior Master patches in September. As you will see in another article we have been to 13 States on our Gold Wing. Love to ride and just got our 100,000 mile patch this year. Since joining GWRRA we have recruited sixteen people to GWRRA. Two of which are members of NC O2. So lets go have some fun and go riding. Ride safe and often. Jeff & Teresa Hill 11
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FOR SALE Contact Johnny Perry 828-396-3777 2003 Cyclemate 200 LTD cargo trailer Light inside trailer, 1900 cubic feet $1200 Also for sale: Ladies "Cruiserworks" leather motorcycle boots, size zipper, like new, size 9, $100.00. 13
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