Ken Gilley; Jane Luco;

Truman Dobbins;

Audra Jason; Mary Lou

Van Atta; David

Layman; Dorothy

Hearon; Pam Weed;

Cecilia Coleman; Bob

Avella; Sue Milgrom

The “SCARY” Oct rally was held

at the Johnson Creek

RV Resort and Pecans

located in Ingram,

TX. Even though the

attendance was not

our usual, everyone had a

great time. Some arrived early

(by Wednesday evening, most

attendees were here and dined

at Billie Gene’s) and “partied

hardy” but the rest arrived

just in time to “party scary”.

By Thursday Attitude Adjust-

ment, we found the

rally hall to be dec-

orated in Western

Halloween style.

There

were

ghosts

and

pumpkins sitting

around. The table

decorations by Jo-

eena Davis

were clev-

erly crafted witches

hats (which several

people claimed and

took home). Even the

food had a spooky theme.

Before dinner was a contest of

matching the villain to the

correct horror movie. Phyllis

Avella won a bottle of red wine

for matching 13 out of 15 cor-

rectly. After dinner we played

card BINGO.

Gary Swindle

(2 pots) was

the big winner

of the night

Editor: Phyllis Avella

Secretary, South Texas Renegades

Prayer

Concerns Carol Goss; Ronny

Hibler; Diana

Nyby; Dorothy Richey; all

Hurricane victims

Sheriff’s Report

$4.25

Volume 5; Issue 10

Rick Lowrance/Pam

Weed; Doug & Carol

Newhard; Rick & Denise

Starzyk; Larry & Sylvia

Cernosek; Richard & Car-

ol Goss; Joe & Nancy

Wright; David & Jody

Gressett

followed closely by Rhonda Lay-

man (1 1/2 pots). Even though it

was a little chilly, a few folks

decided to continue the festivi-

ties by sitting out and visiting.

Friday lunch was held at The

Lakehouse. The food was good

and the fun

continued when

Doni Gordon

presented Bob

Avella with a spe-

cial “belt” so he

could keep his

hands down. (A few years ago

Bob was sitting next to Craig

Dorset during lunch and while

explaining something, knocked a

plate of Enchiladas and Rice out

of the waitress’ hands and onto

Craig’s lap. He will never live

that down!) After lunch folks did

their own thing by visiting the

area attractions. Dinner Friday

evening was

cook your own

steak and while

we were wait-

ing for the

grills to get

ready, we played

another game.

This one was

multiple choice

and the winner

was Chris Kisling. After dinner

we played L-C-R.

Baylor Randle was

the last

one with

money, so he took it

all! Think this is the

second time he has

won the L-C-R pot (Wonder if he

shares with Janet?).

We got to sleep late on Saturday

morning since breakfast wasn’t

until 9. It was a hardy break-

fast and very good. The busi-

ness meeting followed break-

fast and then folks once

again scattered to

“do their

own

thing”

many

went

down-

town Kerrville to check out

the CHALK FESTIVAL. The

artists were just getting

ready so if we wanted to see

the finished pictures, would

have to return later.

Saturday dinner, while wait-

ing for the “fish to fry”, there

was a Halloween costume

contest. There

were varying de-

grees of costumes,

and the best were

awarded

trophy’s. Best Couple

went to Dan & Linda

Eaton, Best

Female

went to

Joeena

Davis and

Best male

went to

Tony Jason.

After eating all the

fish we wanted,

“ELVIS was in the

house!” He and his

cowboy singing part-

ner provided a concert

of “his” classics and some

country.

Overall, the rally was a suc-

cess and we look forward to

seeing everyone at Buckhorn

back here in Kerrville next

month.

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HURRICANE UPDATES

Dave Mason, the web master, does a GREAT job keeping the website up to date, so

don’t forget to check it out! The website Gallery is now our “scrapbook” as he adds

captions to each photo.

Summer travels, con’t from Sep newsletter From Janet & Baylor: Baylor and I went to see my sister and her husband in Duluth ,MN, who I hadn't seen for 9 years. We had a wonderful trip . The motorhome performed perfectly. What a joy. Her husband Don who has had Alzheimer's for sever-al years, it was good to see him too. He has now passed on and will be greatly missed. We have wonderful memories and we are so glad that we took this trip. Seeing and being with all of her family was wonderful, they kept us busy every day going places and feeding us .We traveled about 3000 miles and were gone about 2 weeks.

Neil & Gail Noffsinger: “Thanks for checking in and we are doing fine. Yesterday was 6 weeks in our coach & we have a nice site on the water, fairly close to our flooded home. Work is proceeding & sheet rocking is in process. They are still telling us in will be another 3-4 months before we will be able to move back in. Wish we could get away in the rig but we are making daily trips to the house to check on contractors, continue outside clean-up, etc. Please tell the Renegade crew we are thinking of them & wish them well, but unfortunately it will be early next year before we will be able to make another rally. Can't wait!! Take care & best regards-- Neil & Gail” Ken & Marcie Gilley: “Our home in Port Aransas is a total loss along with all our things in it. I was able to save some of our family photos but not much else. It will be torn down. This town is looks like a war zone. Guess now we will be full time even tho we hadn't planned on doing that.” Dick and Charlotte Kohrs “….are living in their RV at their San Leon property and are so glad they bought the Allegro last year. The house on the Dickinson Bayou is probably a total loss, however, they are buying a home in the Village at Tuscan Lakes and will call League City home soon.” Rick and Pam Lowrance (Ransom Road RV Park ) , “we are safe and staying in our coach at the park. Park suffered heavy damage to above ground water and electricity. A dozen trailers overturned ( some people didn't heed the man-datory evacuation order) and debris everywhere. Our crew started cleaning up on Monday and we are up and running and open for business. Needless to say we have a great group of people here at the park. Thanks for the thoughts and prayers.”

2017

Sep 7, 8, 9

Jamaica Beach RV Park

Galveston, TX

WM-Thresa McCellen & Gene Roblyer

Oct 12, 13, 14

Johnson Creek RV

Ingram, TX

WM-Rhonda & David Layman

Nov 9, 10, 11

Buckhorn Lake RV Resort

Kerrville, TX

WM-Rhonda & David Layman

2018

Jan 11, 12, 13

Lake Conroe KOA

Montgomery, TX

WM-

Feb 8, 9, 10

Skyline Ranch

Bandera, TX

WM-

Mar 8, 9, 10

Lake Livingston/Onalaska KOA

Onalaska, TX

WM-

Apr 12, 13, 14

Dad’s RV Park

Victoria, TX

WM-Larry & Doni Gordon

May 10, 11, 12

Seawind RV Resort

Riviera, TX

WM-

Jun 14, 15, 16

Braunig Lake RV Resort

Elmendorf, TX

WM-Bob & Phyllis Avella

Rally Sites

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Wiemken’s

VISITORS Joseph “ELVIS” & Brenda Fagenbush

Alan & Dona Love

Skip & Bobbie Ferguson

MEMBERS Amori’s

Avella’s

Bratcher’s

Butler’s

Gallego & Cruz

Davis’s

Eaton’s

Gordon’s

Jason’s

Kisling’s

Landrum’s

Layman’s

Randle’s

Swindle’s

RALLY ATTENDEES

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This Month in STR History 1982

Traveler’s World Trailer Park in San Antonio was the location of this month’s rally. Bob & LaVonne Humphreys, co-founders of

Renegades, were presented with a special plaque. 24 member coaches were in attendance and “...was the largest rally they ever

had…” A tour of the SAS factory took place as well as playing games and eating! They were planning for the Winter National

Convention which was held at Joe Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio. Renegades were responsible for the information booth.

1983

La Floresta RV Park in Mercedes is where this rally was held. 27 member coaches were in attendance and there were 4 visitor

coaches, also. They traveled into Progresso, Mexico for dinner, played games, had a golf and shuffleboard tournament, swam

and sit in the hot tub. Rally fee was $10 per person and parking fee was $5. My how times have changed!

1984

Maricopa RV Park, Canyon Lake was the site for this month’s rally. There were 31 members listed among these were a record 9

new members listed! There was several contests held, how many M & M’s, Where are you in this picture?, What is in the Hal-

loween bag? There was a seminar on generators and inverters presented. The evening festivities included games and skits.

1985

Maricopa RV Park, Canyon Lake was the site of this month’s rally with 44 member coaches in attendance. During the business

meeting, they attempted to set a $15 limit for the rally fee, but it did not pass. Besides the usual activities of eating and playing

games, they watched a movie about the Mount St Helens eruption.

1986

Fun N Sun Park, San Bonita was the site of this month’s rally and apparently it was 6-State. 80 Renegade coaches attended!!

During this rally, they ate lots of food, went into Mexico for shopping, attended lots of seminars. The entertainment included a

Mariachi Band and Folk Dancers. Some also attended the Confederate Air Show at the Harlingen Airport. There was also a

USO show of the 40’s complete with uniforms and Big Band Music.

1987

Riverview RV Park located in Kerrville was the site of this month’s rally. There were 29 member coaches and one guest coach

in attendance. They ate and ate and ate. They participated in a fashion show and gave away a lot of door prizes. They were go-

ing to vote on the revision of the by-laws at the Nov rally. Some of these revisions included: membership read “...shall be eligible

for invitation to membership…” and “...membership...shall be limited to 125 coaches. To be eligible...must attend two regular

meetings in a 12 month period…” They also had a waiting list “...of eligible candidates.” And “ ...a majority vote of those in at-

tendance at a regularly scheduled meeting...” before they can become members. Also apparently they held a rally in Dec at this

time. Wagonmasters were appointed by the Executive Committee.

1988

The rally was held at the Maricopa RV Ranch in Canyon Lake. Apparently new members had to be voted in, as they welcomed

two new member coaches at this rally. There were 38 member coaches in attendance. They played Bridge as well as Hearts and

31. There was even soothing piano music during dinner.

1989

The rally was held at the Maricopa RV Ranch in Canyon Lake. This rally was a big one with 39 member coaches, 4 guests

coaches and 2 member couples and one guest couple staying in cabins. They had planned a golf tournament, but lacked enough

participants. Also scheduled was a Bridge tournament and a Tripoli tournament. There was entertainment on Saturday even-

ing in the form of an accordion player. Gary & Sindy Smith were guests at this rally.

1990

This month’s rally was held at the Stone Creek RV Park in Schertz. They participated in a golf tournament (Gary Smith was on

the third place team), a Bridge tournament (Sindy Smith won the Good Sportsmanship award) and a Domino tournament (Gary

Smith was 3rd place winner). There were 28 member coaches in attendance (this was Gary & Sindy’s second visit). They report-

ed 93 members during this rally.

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Renegade Recipes

1984 Renegade Recipe: serves 35

LUBY’S BEEF STEW

20 lbs choice chuck, diced

in large pieces

8 lbs each potatoes, carrots

and onions

Beef Stock

KOA members, did you know KOA

now offers coupon savings for plac-

es like Jiffy Lube, Burger King,

Interstate All Battery Center and

more? Check out their Mobile App.

All you do is register your VKR #

and you get lots of

information.

If anyone has info

to pass on, just let

me know. Thanks.

Doni Gordon has a collared

South Texas Renegades shirt

for sale. It is size Med. Con-

tact Doni if you are interested

in purchasing this shirt.

The chapter now has t-shirts,

hats, flags, and bags for sale

at the rallies. Be sure to check

them out.

Avella’s are selling a “KING Tail-

gater Automatic Satellite for

DISH” with cable and carry-

ing/storage case, $125. Contact

them if interested.

They also have a 30 amp ex-

tension cord, $25.

CLASSIFIEDS

Check out the

Passport Amer-

ica website for

all the really

neat caravans

planned for

2018. They all

sound like a lot of fun.

Coat meat with flour and

braise. Put in pot of beef

stock and cook until almost

tender. Add vegetables and

cook until tender. Thicken

broth with mixture of flour

and water.

Future Dates

The 2017 6-

State get to-

gether will be

in Texarkana,

AR 26-29 Oct

and the 2018 6-State will be

held in Shaw-

nee, OK 19-22

Sep (you can

attend the rally

in Durant and then stay in the

area to attend six state).

97th International Convention

& RV Expo will be held in Per-

ry, GA 15-18 March, 2018

The 98th International Con-

vention & RV Expo will be

held in Gillette, WY 18-21 July,

2018.

Our ADM/Fiscal year runs 1 Jan-

31 Dec.

Dues for each ADM/

Fiscal year are due

by 1 Jan. (If not

paid by 15 Feb,

membership will be

dropped, see By-

laws Article III (7)

(E)) Bridget will

begin collecting

dues during the

Oct Rally. Annual

dues are $10.

The price of replacement nametags is

$11.25. If you require a new nametag,

please let the membership chairper-

son know. You will be given an order

sheet to send in with your payment.

The payment will no longer go

through the treasurer to the nametag

people, thus cutting out the middle-

man.

This newsletter

belongs to you

as a member of

the South Texas

Renegades. We

would like to

include updates from members

(recipes, tips for the RV lifestyle, etc),

please send contributions to Phyllis

Avella at

cruisinsenior@gmail.com

PLEASE NOTE!!

The following schedule will be ob-

served by the secretary:

The rally notification will be

emailed as soon as received from

the wagon master for that rally,

usually right after the previous

rally. If you do not receive it by the

20th of the month, please contact

the secretary.

The minutes will be emailed with-

in 4-7 days of the end of the rally.

The newsletter will be emailed

within 7-10 days of the end of the

rally.

If you do not receive either email

within the stated timeline, please

email Phyllis at

cruisinsenior@gmail.com

Thank You.

Membership inquiries

avellabob@gmail.com

(210) 787-6316

REMINDERS

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