Volume 1 Issue 2
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02/07/05

Cabin Fever will be held February 11th-13th. We are sure E3 will leave an impression there as always. It is a fun weekend and we have nine couples planning on attending. Friday evening will be a fun night with the Grand Parade and Dance. Opening ceremonies will be Saturday morning at 9:00 AM followed by the couple of the year competition. Then we will all “Let the fun continue” as the day progresses.

Some facts that we shared from the November officers meeting are:
Region D membership is down 3.14% and Ohio Membership is down 4.75% from last year.

March 19th will be the Fun Shop at Ft Wayne Indiana. They will have seminars, bike judging seminars, and are going to have certified bike judges.
The State Traveling Plaque will continue the way it is until April, then it will replaced with sectional plaques.

Thanks to all the members who brought door prizes to the meeting.
 

Nancy and I want to thank each and every one that helped to make the Chapter Christmas Party for the kids and also the adult Christmas party a success. The kids and grandparents enjoyed Santa’s visit and look forward to the next Christmas party. We were concerned that we might have a problem with the party when we were setting up the building at Gavin and most of the building heaters wouldn’t work. The building was a little on the cool side and we contacted the Gavin plant Team Leader and ask for his help. He and his crew assessed the situation and determined that all but two of the heaters were bad and they didn’t have any replacements. They quickly ran to Wal-Mart and purchased several electric space heaters and brought a large LP torpedo heater to use to keep the building warm. That did the trick and we were able to enjoy the parties without any problems. We sent Gavin a thank you letter for the effort of their crew to make our party comfortable and for allowing us to use their building for our party.
 

This year’s Christmas Party will be held on December 3rd. We will be checking on the Gavin recreation building again and will keep everyone posted as to whether we are able to get it. We are planning on combining with Chapter C2 for our Christmas party this year. We had a great turnout from C2 at this years party and I think everyone had a great time. I know we enjoyed having them join us. We would like to have a live band for this year if possible, we plan to try and have another great party again this year, we’ll keep everyone posted as things develop.
 

 to look at those tires and make sure the tread is still in good shape. Also look at those brake pads and while your there fire her up and make sure you let it run long enough to cycle the cooling fans a few times.

If you know you need some work done on your bike before riding season now is the time to start think about getting it done, if you put it off a few more weeks you may miss out on some good spring riding while your bike is tied up in the shop.
We have several nice rides planned for this year so you want to be ready to go when the weather breaks.
 

Paul's Corner

Several of us attended last year and had a great time. I’m looking forward to going again this year. Anyone interested in going should plan on meet us at the Park and Ride at Rt7 & 124 at about 5:45 PM.

Don’t forget that our next dinner ride is February 26th. We’ll be going to the Golden Coral in Parkersburg followed by an evening of bowling at Emerson Lanes. We had a great time at last year’s bowling night and look forward to this years bowlarama.

Before you know it Spring Fling will be here. It will be April 22nd - 24th in Pigeon Forge, TN. This is always the kick-off to the rally season and it’s in one of the prettiest areas of the country. Keep this one on your calendar, it is the true sign that spring has sprung.