Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge GWRRA Region N NC District Catawba Valley Wings NC O2 2015 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 Chapter Couple 2015 Gerald Sipe and the late Lena Sipe Newsletter Editor Beverly Chapman Next Gathering: January 17th 2016 Dos Amigos 1222 Conover Blvd W Conover NC 28613 Eat @ 5 Meet @ 6 November 2015 Hello Fellow Goldwingers, Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving (and did not over-eat)! There is nothing I like better than to be with family while enjoying a good meal. Things are really starting to come together for our 2016 Chapter Staff. Thank you so much for stepping up to fill the staff positions! It has been amazing! We are looking forward to 2016 and the excitement being generated! The first event for 2016 will be on January 1 st when we have our Ain t Got a Lick of Sense Ride. We will have more details about this soon. Still coming up in 2015 will be the annual Christmas Parade at J Iverson Riddle Center on Thursday, December 3 rd. We are looking forward to riding in the parade and seeing the happy faces of the residents. On Saturday, December 5 th the Western Chapters of GWRRA will celebrate Christmas with the residents at our annual Christmas Party at the Center. We hope all NC O2 members will attend. It s a great way to start your Christmas Holidays. AND Don t forget our NC O2 Chapter Christmas party on Saturday, December 12 th in the fellowship hall of Our Savior Lutheran Church. Please plan to arrive around 5pm and we will eat at 6pm. After dinner we will exchange gifts and play some games. Each person bring a $15 gift. See you soon! Ron and Bev Chapter CDs Mooresville Chapter L2 captured the Western Travelers Plaque at our November Meeting Dave & Wendy Silverstein, Terri & Tom Pennoni 1
Marcus Phillips November 2 Jeff Hill November 19 Darlene Pruitt November 20 Tony White November 29 Bev Chapman December 17 Sara Shelly December 22 Scott and Dee Andrews November 1 November GWRRA Anniversaries: None Visit our web site: www.catawbavalleywings.com Join us on Facebook at: GWRA Catawba Valley Wings NC 02 and friends &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& NC O2 -- November Dinner Outing at Untouchable s Pizza Celebrated Jeff Hill s Birthday Eleven members and three visitors 2
NC District Newsletter November 2015 Thanks to NC O2 members for helping with our newsletter! Barb? Charley? Lamar 3
The Sky Is Falling Well, it really is not the sky that is falling. But there are leaves falling like a January Nor easter. They cover everything in sight. I know it is not much of a problem most of the time. Until you have to rake and blow and rake and blow and then more fall. We work until they finally quit falling and now we have a nice brown lawn. There is another problem with this phenomenon. These leaves also like to lay on the roads that we like to ride. With four wheels there is not too much problem, but with only two wheels, now that is a different story. Be aware of this and make sure that your speed is adjusted to the situation. They also will stick if no one has driven on them. When they are dry, they can also create some slipping. Ride defensively. I have also been on a lot of roads lately that are filling the sides with gravel. Watch out for this as well. When the next truck runs off the road there will be stones there. Look for this in corners. Now enjoy the weather and do what we all enjoy doing and that is RIDING!!!!!!!!!!!!! Be Safe, LaMar Shelly NC O2 Chapter Educator 4
2015 Thanksgiving at the Beach Sara Shelly Sometimes it is not always possible to be with family on Thanksgiving. This Thanksgiving my sister gave us her timeshare on Hilton Head Island. Friends joined us, along with 70 degree weather, making for a wonderful, awesome, relaxing Thanksgiving. Sara +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 5
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Welcome John Cardea to Hickory NC O2 John Cardea came to Hickory NC O2 from the Statesville Chapter when in closed earlier this year. John was born in Welch, West Virginia He says this about himself: I have been a mechanical engineer for 40 years, and I have been working at GKN Driveline in Newton for 16 years. I love to design and build things. I do all of my motorcycle maintenance myself. I also repair small engines for those in need. I love to ride my motorcycle when I can. I am divorced and have a son that is 25 and married. I am a good cook, and basically an independent person. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Find The Hidden Animal Proud Parents! 7
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Old Mill Village at Henry River. Wade Shepherd owned the mill village and he died 11-08-15 at 87 years old. The old mill was our little claim to national fame. It was featured in the first movie of the Hunger Games. Sara Shelly Western ghost towns get all the attention. Tourists flock to the dusty remnants of mining towns left over from the peak of the Gold Rush era, now abandoned but still filled with iconic tumbleweeds and horse troughs, hoping to soak in a little of the Old West. But there was another financial boom in the early 1900's; one that that eventually left just as many abandoned villages in its wake the Industrial Revolution. As new methods of manufacturing and automation swept the northeastern United States like wildfire, tiny towns and villages sprung up along rivers and shipping ports, attracted to easy transportation and the unlimited (and free) power the steady flow of a river could provide. Thus the mill town was born, with the quaint image of a riverside factory attached to a giant waterwheel just as iconic as any horse-drawn carriage serving as its crown jewel. The Henry River Mill Village was just one such town. Pictures by Sara Shelly The mill opened in 1905, and like so many gold-panning towns, the promise of jobs and prosperity followed. And it delivered. Before long, the town grew to incorporate more than 20 buildings, supporting a population that worked almost exclusively at the mill, producing miles upon miles of fine yarn for half a century. But like any boom town, this one was destined to go bust. As industry marched on, the mill town became less and less useful (as did, one must admit, having an abundance of yarn), and the Henry River Mill shut down in 1973. Even before that, the town had begun to die. People moved away. For work, for family for a more thriving environment. Almost as a metaphor for its bygone era, the people supported the mill rather than the other way around, and when the people started to leave, the mill finally went under. The town was finally abandoned in 1987, when its last resident left. All that now remains is a strikingly modern ghost town from the industrial age. More curiously, it's entirely owned by a single man. 83-year-old Wade Shepherd is a nearby resident, and now owns all 20 buildings in Henry River Mill Village proper. He bought them because he could, because why not, and because of safety before he did, the village was becoming an unseemly place, attractive to vandals and rapscallions up to no good. A brief breath of life came back to Henry River Mill Village in 2012 by way of fame and fortune Hollywood big wigs thought the run down village would serve as the perfect setting for the post-apocalyptic dystopia "District 12" featured in the film "The Hunger Games." The town was featured in several scenes, and briefly thereafter was descended upon by tourists and thrill-seekers, running tours, trails and sight-seeing trips hoping to capitalize on the story's monumental popularity. One wonders, though. After the fandemonium calms down, and Henry River Mill Village turns back into a metaphorical pumpkin of a town, what then? This piece of history isn't quite finished, but more than anything it's a living museum demonstrating the boom of an America now past, and it will continue to be that, if nothing else. Contributor: Mark Casey (Admin) Atlas Obcsura Edited by: dmathews, Statik2083, Rachel (Admin), scamb66, stephanieconrad77, tyler (Admin), EricGrundhauser (Admin) 9
Hap s Gill -- Salisbury NC submitted by Paul Kennedy What s better than a nice ride and a good place to eat? Let me recommend Hap s Grill @ 116 N. Main St, Salisbury NC. It s a neat little place that has only stand up eating inside and two small tables outside. The hours are 10am 3pm Mon Sat. Get there early as the hotdogs and hamburgers are highly desired by all. Boomer really likes the hotdogs and encourages everyone to try a hotdog or burger (if you don t like it, Boomer says save it for me). Check it out and see if it might be worth a trip for the chapter. They are on face book also. If anyone knows of someplace they would like to ride, let me know as I am always on the lookout for good places to visit. After eating and you want someplace else to go. Try the NC Dept of Transportation Museum located at 411 S Salisbury Ave, Spencer, NC 28159 (aprox. 3 miles from Haps). Check out their website as there is too much to tell about in this article. FYI, if you have little ones they offer a polar express to the North Pole to visit Santa. Take care and ride safe.. ATGATT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Two small county judges both got arrested for speeding on the same day. Rather than call the state Supreme Court for a visiting judge, each agreed to hear the other's case. The first judge took the bench while the second stood at the defendant's table, and admitted his guilt. The sentencing judge immediately suspended both the fine and costs. They switched places. The second judge admitted that he was speeding, too. Thereupon the first judge immediately fined him $250 and ordered him to pay court costs. The second judge was furious. "I suspended your fine and costs, but you threw the book at me!", he fumed. The first judge looked at him and replied, "This is the second such case we've had in here today. Someone has to get tough about all this speeding!" 10
2002 GL1800 trike (pewter in color) with less than 58,000 miles Trike is a Motor Trike 2+2 conversion, disk brakes on rear unit, on board air ride and new VStream windshield. Hartco touring saddle, CB, Bike mp3, Garmin GPS, and teal LED lights done by Lightumup. 1999 Kompak trailer (color matched to trike) has been changed to 12 inch tires Also included: Heated vests Helmets with J&M headsets. Riding chaps Battery Tender All for $19,000 Call: 828-612-5380 FOR SALE 11
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. 12
FUN PAGE A Football team was on the field during practice, when to their surprise; a big turkey suddenly walked up to the coach and demanded a tryout. Are you crazy, hollered the coach, we don t give tryouts to turkeys. Before he knew it the turkey started dashing towards the football and made a fantastic catch. That was amazing, exclaimed the coach I have never seen anything like that! How much do you want for a year? Don t worry about money, said the turkey, let me just ask you something, does the season go past thanksgiving? ************************************************************************* 13