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January 2009, Volume XIX, Issue Ihttp://www.gwrramdb.org
Gold Wing Road Riders AssociationNortheast Region B, Maryland District, Chapter B
Willing Worker BeesChapter Director
Bruce Hill, 301.856.2329 [email protected] Chapter Director
Grayson Dixon, [email protected] Educators
Bruce HillTreasurer
Charles Simms, Ms. SunShine
Lillian Cruz-Bradford, 301.257.2557Newsletter Production & Dist. TeamShirley Dorsey, [email protected]
Margaret Dockery, [email protected]
Membership Enhancement CoordinatorsHamp & ShaRon Conway 301.210.5091
[email protected] [email protected] Coordinators
Shirley Dorsey, 301.843.7721 [email protected]
Harry Dockery, 301.856.2911Newsletter Editor
Kenneth Trass 301.430.5119 [email protected] Store Proprietor
Kenneth Trass 301.430.5119 [email protected] Webmasters
Richard & June Reynolds, (301) [email protected], [email protected]
Ride for Kids CoordinatorsLillian Cruz-Bradford, 301.257.2557
Sharon Summers, 703.751.8751Phone tree Coordinator
McAllister (Brad) Bradford [email protected] 301.3369.2514Motorist Awareness Coordinator
Kenneth Trass 301.430.5119 [email protected] District Directors
Allen and Gwen Willingham (MD-J)Phone: 410-535-0414 [email protected]
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2009 Polar Bear Riders
From The Desk of the Chapter Director
Well, we completed that journey once again. Yes, another year has passed just that quickly. As
we say good-bye to 2008 and welcome yet another year, I wish you and your families a very safe and prosperous New Year.
Last year we run into a couple of bumps in the road, but were able to overcome them. In saying good-bye to the old year, we unfortunately had to say good-bye to some of our friends and family Chapter B experienced these losses as some member of the Hive lost close family members, as well as GWRRA family members.
Although we experienced losses, GWRRA and the Hive increased its membership as well. To our newest members I’d like to say WELCOME!! We are glad to have you as part of our family, and feel free to join us on as many rides as your schedule will allow. If there is something you would like to add to the 2009 Ride Schedule just let us know.
This is the beginning of a new year and with it comes some new and different challenges and adventures. We’ll face the challenges head on, one at a time, while we enjoy the new adventures together, like all good B’s in a Hive. When you review the 2009 Ride Schedule, pick something you can participate in, then commit to it, and make an asserted effect to see it through.
I will continue to emphasize keeping our Chapter visitation efforts alive. In past years, we managed to visit each Chapter in the District and Delaware at least once. I propose that we set a goal for this year to do it again. For years, we have won the District’s travel award (based on a point system) for our nationwide travels as a chapter. I don’t expect everyone to visit every Chapter but “do try to commit to visiting three chapters during the year as part of a B Hive activity.” The point system has changed, and this year and we will provide you copies of the new rules.
I also would like to see the Hive be contenders again in 2009 for the high mileage award at the District level. This is also an achievable goal. We would like to have more members turn in their mileage, because the top ten high mileage counts towards the Chapter’s Mileage award. We were edged out last year for the Chapter award, but won the individual Male and Female high mileage awards.
Some of us ride all year and even though some of us consider this to be off season. I just wanted remind you that motorcycle safety is the responsibility of all of us. So let’s not drop our guard and when the others come out of moth balls and hibernation, we’ll be able to ride and welcome them.
I want to remind you, there will be a business meeting immediately following the Chapter Gathering next month on January XX (a new date due to the Presidential Inauguration traffic in the Metropolitan area). So plan to stay a little later and bring any ideas and suggests you have for the coming year with you.
WINTERTHING 2009 It’s not too late to join us in Ocean City, MD. I
hope you will be able to participate in WinterThing, January 8, 9, and 10. This is a good opportunity to recertify your rider education “KNOWLEDGE” and “SAFETY” requirements for the 2009 riding season (Co-Rider Seminar, CPR/1st Aid, etc.). If you can’t stay for the whole time, hopefully you can come for a day or two.
Chapter B has the responsibility for fresh fruit at Hospitality Room. We are also responsibility for running The People/Chapter Games from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Chapter B members can gather at the Cabana room next to the pool. Soda will be provided and you can drop off snack starting Thursday night.
We are Listening, What is your Solution?
Bruce HillMD-B Chapter Director
2008 TRAINING/SEMINARS:
Remember the challenge in the January 2008 Newsletter stating that at the end of the year there would be special recognition for the highest number for Training/Seminars
attended. Well Chapter “B” you did it and based on the information that each of you provided to us regarding the Training/Seminars that you attended we were able to compile the following list; at the December 15, 2008 Chapter Gathering we congratulated and thanked each of the following Members who took that challenge, and in parenthesis next to their name is the number of Training/Seminars attended:
Shelley Greene (1) , Ken Trass (5), Sharon Summers (2), McAllister Bradford (1), Marlene Bobo (3), Dan Bobo (2), Richard Blake(4), Jackie Whitney (4), Maggie Brooks (1), Lana Chapman (1), Hampton Conway (1), ShaRon
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Conway (1), Barbara Cruise (1), Betty Harris (2), Clifton Harris (1), Allen Jackson, (1) Audrey Saunders (1).
We had three (3) members who took the challenge to the top and they were awarded a special plaque for their efforts, they were as follows:
3rd Place Plaque Winner was Lillian Cruz-Bradford who attended 7 Seminars.
2nd Place Plaque Winner was Bruce Hill who attended 9 Seminars.
1st Place Plaque Winner was Regina Smith who attended 10 Seminars.
Again, congratulations to all the above members. Keep up the good work and continue attending training and seminars.
Thanks Again.Charles & Shirley Dorsey
Former Chapter “B” Educators
KIDS CHRISTMAS PARTY 2008
T’was the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…………..
I am sure all of you are familiar with that Christmas Story of old, but on Wednesday, December 10, 2008, Maryland Chapter B of the Gold Wing Road Riders Association, wrote its own Christmas story.
Chapter B showed up in force. Everyone participated in setting up tables and chairs to get the Recreation Center ready for the start of the festivities. The ladies set up a banquet table of the most tantalizing foods. There was turkey with dressing and gravy, ham, mashed potatoes, candied yams string beans, macaroni and cheese and the list goes on and on. Then there was the desserts—cupcakes, cookies, cake—all of our
favorite things. In all, approximately 100 kids and recreation staff were served. What a feast!!
And then to everyone’s wandering eyes appeared Santa Claus. And what a jolly Santa he was (our very own Damon Hill in full Santa attire). Oh what excitement from the children! They could hardly restrain themselves. The noise level arose several octaves. Old Saint Nick was in the
house. Every child (all ages and sizes) sat on Santa’s lap and told him all the things he/she wanted for Xmas. And Santa, in his jovial way, gave all the kids a big hug and sent them on their way.
All the kids were given toys (which were organized in groups by age and gender), and a bag of treats. You
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should have been there to hear all the commotion going on in that room! And for the grand finale twenty five 66 thirty, all of the kids names were placed in a pot and two bicycles were given (boy and girl) and scooters too! The quality and selections of gifts were outstanding. A special thank you goes out to those involved in that process.
What a heartwarming event. Kudos to everyone of our Chapter B members who made this happen, because without your donations and the generous giving of your time, this could not have happened. Thanks to all for giving the children of the Seat Pleasant Recreation Center a very Merry Christmas.
Chapter B recognizes the true meaning of Christmas—by giving generously of your time and gifts we can emulate the great gift of Christmas.
W.C. Jones wrote “The joy of brightening others’ lives, bearing each others’ burdens, easing others’ loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts, becomes to us the magic of Christmas.”
Grayson DixonAssistant Chapter Director MD-B
Ever wonder how cold it really is? Here is a Wind chill chart to answer those questions for you.
Christmas for the Kids 2008
I want to thank all the Bee-Elf’s of the hive who came out on Wednesday, December 10, for the annual Christmas Party for the kids of Seat Pleasant Community Center, in their after care program. Some members were there as early as 1:30 pm to help set up and decorate.
A big hand for Regina Smith and her helpers. Regina headed up the collections and gift purchase assisted by Karen Smith, Sharon Summers, Lillian Cruz, Grayson Dixon, Stan and Shelley Greene, just to name a few . Thanks to all those that shopped or gave donations for the gift shopping and those non-GWRRA folk who also gave donations of toys and/or money.
This year from some non-GWRRA member we received 2 NEW bicycles and 2 NEW Razor scooters with safety gear. Kesean McNeeley and Jennifer Trigueno won the scooters in a draw of names and Akira Williams and Yared Jackson won the bicycle in a draw.
A very special thank you for the person that gets the longest distance travel plaque, Santa himself (Damen Hill) who has been doing this now for 10 years, and always does an excellent job!
Let us not overlook the sorting and wrapping party at the home of Sam and Debbie Lewis, on December 6, there was Sam and Debbie of course, Rich & June Reynolds, Stan Greene, Lillian Cruz, Regina
Smith, Charles Simms, Dwight & Maggie Brooks, and your truly. That was also a good time.
Again, I want to thank you all for whatever part you played, because the effort by all of the hive is what made this event a huge success.
Bruce Hill Chapter Director
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January Birthdays
Tommy “4 Paws” Malson 1/1Ethan Trass 1/1ShaRon Conway 1/6Robert Malson 1/7Linda Waters 1/8Larry Harris 1/10Eric Waters 1/10Jackie Bell 1/14Ruby Price 1/17Marlene Bob 1/18Ronald Dyson 1/26Debbie Lewis 1/26Cedrick Harris 1/28
January Anniversaries
Anthony & Ruby Price 1/19
HospitalityDecember was a busy month for the Hive. We started with the Seat Pleasant Community Center’s After School Program “Christmas for the Kids” on December 10. It was a huge success. Ms. Sunshine coordinated the food. The Hive’s chefs worked overtime on a beautiful meal. Regina Smith coordinated the gifts. We had an early visit from Santa Claus (Thank you Damon Hill!!!!) None of this would have been possible without help from all the Hive’s elves donating their time and money: preparing and serving the food, purchasing and wrapping the gifts, and opening their home so we could wrap gifts (Thank you Sam and Debbie Lewis!!!). Please give
yourselves a big THANK YOU!!
The following Monday, December 15, the Chapter’s Christmas Pot Luck was just the invitation needed to fellowship during this Christmas Season. We had good food and good Friends. Even though we didn’t have an ice cream ride that night, we did have “ice cream cake,” pies, cookies, banana pudding and cakes. The Pot Luck was delicious. It was a blessing to have some of our member’s who because of work schedules had not be able to attend as many Chapter gatherings as they would have like to this year joined us. Members of Maryland Chapter I also joined the celebration. Thank You Chapter B for a bountiful meal!!
The Hive is looking for members to prepare the Hospitality for the months in 2009. Please contact me at 301.257.2557 to let me know which month you can provide a meal (homemade or from the store). The Chapter will reimburse you for your expenses. Just a reminder, the Chapter provides the beverages and paper products for each month’s gathering except for March. Instead of a gathering, we meet at a restaurant to celebrate the Chapter’s anniversary for the month of March.Ms. Sunshine
Polar Ride 2009It was a cold 25°F when this group of
warm blooded MD-B riders took to the road for the annual Jan 1 ride. They are left to right, Stan Greene, Kenneth Trass, James Bradford, Bruce Malson, Bruce Hill, Lillian Cruz and Rich Reynolds. June Reynolds and their daughter Ashley were there to send us off and meet us for lunch.
The ride traveled through northern Prince Georges and west to central Arundel counties. It
was 51 miles in distance which took about 1 hour and 20 minutes to complete. The planned departure of 0915 was not met. The ride leader
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delayed departure to allow the group to assemble (what a wimp). It was a part urban and part country road ride. Thanks to the cold (what crazies would be out in this weather voluntarily) and the Holiday festivities of the previous evening the roads were empty of drivers even leaving at 0945. The roads were hazard free. We were blessed not to have any precipitation in the days prior to the ride.
We stopped for a meal at the Double T Diner. Pulling into the parking lot, you had to wonder who picked this place. It was packed. We were in a back up just to get into the lot. The line was out the door. Discussions emerged about changing locations but to our surprise we were seated in about twenty minutes. The food was good and we had a great time in fellowship with one another.
There was supposed to be a second leg but due the late departure and other commitments (particularly the ride leader) it was not run. Kenneth and Brad experienced some nuisance electrical problems during the ride, nothing that hazarded the bikes however. All in all a good time was had by all.
Kenneth Trass
Newsletter Editor
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