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1 GOLD WING ROAD RIDERS ASSOCIATION INDIANA CHAPTER O2 DINNER RIDES are every Thursday night May-Sept. (except meeting night). Meet in the parking lot BEHIND Discovery Middle School on Ash Road. Leaving promptly at 6:30 PM ELKHART, IN. REGION D DIRECTOR Lloyd and Becky Glydewell 937-322-7156 DISTRICT DIRECTOR Ron & Melinda Faber 765-307-0134 ASSISTANT DISTRICT DIRECTOR Wolfgang & Connie Gless 269-476-2321 CHAPTER DIRECTORS Bob & Sue Chute 574-250-0193 ASSISTANT CHAPTER DIRECTOR Richard & Cari Durecki 574-226-4956 CHAPTER EDUCATOR Connie Gless CHAPTER TREASURER Bruce McLeish MEMBERSHIP ENHANCEMENT Wolfgang Gless RIDE COORDINATOR Richard Wright COUPLE OF THE YEAR Wolfgang & Connie Gless CARDS & FLOWERS Cathy Rummel ACTIVITIES Deb Whetstone PHONE TREE Bernadette Harwood CHAPTER VISIT COORDINATOR Wolfgang Gless WEBMASTER Cari Durecki NEWSLETTER EDITOR Vernon Daly RONALD McDONALD RIDE MONTHLY MEETINGS are held the 1st Thursday of each month at the Perkins Restaurant in Elkhart on Cassopolis Road just north of the Toll Road . Dinner at 6:30, meeting at 7:15 PM Indiana Hart City Wings ~ Chapter IN-O2 December 2016 www.gwrra-o2.com December 2016 FROM YOUR ASSISTANT CHAPTER DIRECTORS Richard & Cari Durecki Cari and I wish to extend best wishes to everyone this holiday season. Now that Thanksgiving is over; everyone is getting ready for Christmas and the New Year. We hope that you cherish the time spent with family and friends far and near. We had a very nice turnout at December’s meeting; it was great to see some new faces too. We had a couple of guests that we all welcomed, Carl and Rhonda Tribble who live in Niles. We hope that you enjoyed the meeting and are able to come and join us again. November 6 th was our planning meeting at Bob and Sue’s. A number of activities were planned and I’m sure more will be added as the upcoming year shakes out. Vern sent everyone an e-mail of activities and dates; some are tentative. If you want to do an activity/ride that’s not on the schedule please let us know and we’ll try to work it in. We’re all about trying different things. On November 12, Gless’s and myself attended the District meeting in Lafayette. Indi- ana’s Winter Rendezvous activities and changes were discussed. There will no longer be a “Float Parade” as in the past. If chapters wish to make a float it will be on display all day on Saturday. Registration has also been changed. The Saturday night sit down dinner is no longer part of your registration. This year’s theme is SUPER HERO’S, which leads to all kinds of interpretations. This will be held February 17 & 18 in Co- lumbus IN. Registration and Hotel info can be found on indianaonwings.org. With winter on the way our group is smaller but we still want to get together. We are always looking for ideas for winter activities, so any suggestions are welcome. There will not be a dinner gathering in December due to being so close to holidays and low attendance in past years. We’ll resume the gatherings in January. Happy holidays everyone Until next time Rich & Cari

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GOLD WING ROAD RIDERS ASSOCIATION

INDIANA CHAPTER O2

DINNER RIDES are every Thursday night May-Sept. (except

meeting night). Meet in the parking lot BEHIND Discovery

Middle School on Ash Road. Leaving promptly at 6:30 PM

ELKHART, IN.

REGION D DIRECTOR

Lloyd and Becky Glydewell

937-322-7156

DISTRICT DIRECTOR

Ron & Melinda Faber

765-307-0134

ASSISTANT DISTRICT DIRECTOR

Wolfgang & Connie Gless

269-476-2321

CHAPTER DIRECTORS

Bob & Sue Chute

574-250-0193

ASSISTANT CHAPTER DIRECTOR

Richard & Cari Durecki

574-226-4956

CHAPTER EDUCATOR

Connie Gless

CHAPTER TREASURER

Bruce McLeish

MEMBERSHIP ENHANCEMENT

Wolfgang Gless

RIDE COORDINATOR

Richard Wright

COUPLE OF THE YEAR

Wolfgang & Connie Gless

CARDS & FLOWERS

Cathy Rummel

ACTIVITIES

Deb Whetstone

PHONE TREE

Bernadette Harwood

CHAPTER VISIT COORDINATOR

Wolfgang Gless

WEBMASTER

Cari Durecki

NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Vernon Daly

RONALD McDONALD RIDE

MONTHLY MEETINGS are held the 1st Thursday of each month at the

Perkins Restaurant in Elkhart on Cassopolis Road just north of the Toll

Road . Dinner at 6:30, meeting at 7:15 PM

Indiana Hart City Wings ~ Chapter IN-O2 December 2016 www.gwrra-o2.com

December 2016

FROM YOUR ASSISTANT CHAPTER DIRECTORS

Richard & Cari Durecki

Cari and I wish to extend best wishes to everyone this holiday

season. Now that Thanksgiving is over; everyone is getting

ready for Christmas and the New Year. We hope that you

cherish the time spent with family and friends far and near.

We had a very nice turnout at December’s meeting; it was

great to see some new faces too. We had a couple of guests

that we all welcomed, Carl and Rhonda Tribble who live in

Niles. We hope that you enjoyed the meeting and are able to come and join us again.

November 6th was our planning meeting at Bob and Sue’s. A number of activities were

planned and I’m sure more will be added as the upcoming year shakes out. Vern sent

everyone an e-mail of activities and dates; some are tentative. If you want to do an

activity/ride that’s not on the schedule please let us know and we’ll try to work it in.

We’re all about trying different things.

On November 12, Gless’s and myself attended the District meeting in Lafayette. Indi-

ana’s Winter Rendezvous activities and changes were discussed. There will no longer

be a “Float Parade” as in the past. If chapters wish to make a float it will be on display

all day on Saturday. Registration has also been changed. The Saturday night sit down

dinner is no longer part of your registration. This year’s theme is SUPER HERO’S,

which leads to all kinds of interpretations. This will be held February 17 & 18 in Co-

lumbus IN. Registration and Hotel info can be found on

indianaonwings.org.

With winter on the way our group is smaller but we still want to get together. We are

always looking for ideas for winter activities, so any suggestions are welcome.

There will not be a dinner gathering in December due to being so close to holidays

and low attendance in past years. We’ll resume the gatherings in January.

Happy holidays everyone Until next time Rich & Cari

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FROM YOUR CHAPTER EDUCATOR

Connie Gless

Indiana Hart City Wings ~ Chapter IN-O2 December 2016 www.gwrra-o2.com

Craigslist Motorcycle Theft Scam

This is a story about a man who purchased a motorcycle on craigslist. The individual

purchased a 2008 Suzuki motorcycle for $6,000.00 with only 4,000 miles on the bike.

Later that evening, after he brought it home, he decided to ride the bike over to a

friend’s house. He was inside his friend’s home when he glanced out of the window

and saw to guys putting his bike into the back of a truck. They were gone in less than

a minute. The bad part of this story is that he didn’t put insurance on the bike right

away. (Within 24 hours his bike was stolen). He later learned that the man he pur-

chased the bike from stated that he had the bike for a couple of years, but he later

discovered the title stated the man only had the bike for a couple of months. He also

learned that a GPS Tracker was placed on his bike by the seller, and that they were

tracking were he went, followed him, and snatched the bike. He also discovered that

they take all the parts off of the bikes and put them on another frame so they can get

a new title for it, re-sell the bike, steal it back, and start the process all over again. So

“beware” of buying on line.

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Meeting Notes:Meeting Notes: By Vernon Daly By Vernon Daly

With our Chapter Directors now in Florida,

the meeting was run by our Assistant Direc-

tor, Rich Durecki. Rich opened the meeting to 21 Chap-

ter Members and two guests, Carl & Rhonda Tribble.

After the pledge of allegiance, Rich discussed past

events, including the Pound Auction, the combination

Holiday/Birthday party and the Planning Meeting. It was

mentioned that Vern had send out an e-mail containing

the 2017 schedule of events. Vern mentioned that if any-

one had not received it they should send him an e-mail

indicating so and he would re-send it.

Rich also talked about the “Holiday Giving” in which the

chapter participated, which included gifts to the Niles

Salvation Army, the Nurse at Goshen High School, as

well as a gift to Harwood’s Daughter, who is going

through some rough times. In this vein, Cary read thank-

you notes from both Harwoods and their daughter.

Rich then mentioned upcoming events, of which there is

only one, the Game Night on January 28th, 6PM at

Normans. A signup sheet was passed around for this

event.

Rich then talked about past and upcoming district, re-

gional and national events, the main one being winter

Rendezvous on February 17 and 18 in Columbus, IN.

Connie mentioned that there are several new activities

planned for that rally.

Rich then talked about the possible upcoming Hunter Ice

Festival, which is normally held around the third week-

end in January. Both Rich and Vern mentioned that they

had both looked on-line and were unable to find any in-

formation on the date for this event. Rich also asked

Vern if any plans had been set for an open house at the

new Ronald McDonald House in South Bend. Vern said

that he had not heard of any date being set yet but that he

would check into it.

Connie Gless then gave a talk about being careful of a

motorcycle sale/theft scam on Craigslist wherein some-

one sells a motorcycle only to trace it to the new owner’s

house, steal it, part it out and re-sell it.

Wolfgang then gave the MEC report and mentioned

those who will be up for renewal in the next few months.

He also gave a short update on discounts available to

Indiana Hart City Wings ~ Chapter IN-O2 December 2016 www.gwrra-o2.com

Save those pop tabs for Next

year’s Ronald McDonald Ride

Date: TBD

Monthly Item:

Pick anything from the Wish List

Past Events

GWRRA members including a couple of car rental compa-

nies.

Rich announced the upcoming “Thursday dinner” on Janu-

ary 19 which will be at Jade Garden in Elkhart. In addition

to this, the restaurants for the rest of the non-riding season

were selected. You can find the list on the What’s Coming

Up page.

Cathy Rummel then recognized this months Birthdays or

which there were six, including a couple of past members.

Rich then asked for presentation of the Dumbo Privilege

and Udderly Fantastic Award. Vern said that Dumbo

would be staying with him for at least another month and

that it was appropriate after the crash with the waiter which

dumped all of Norman’s food on the floor and required a

re-make.

Udderly was given to Jim and Deb Whetstone for all the

work they have done lately on both the Ronald McDonald

ride and the Holiday party.

Lastly, Wolfie mentioned that his summer ride would be a

3-day ride up north and would be held on August 18, 19

and 20. Keep those dates open as Wolfie’s rides are always

good.

With that, Rich thanked everyone for attending the meeting

and adjourned until next month.

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Indiana Hart City Wings ~ Chapter IN-O2 December 2016 www.gwrra-o2.com

Birthdays & Anniversaries Anniversaries:

Jan 8 . . Robert & Diane Coryn

Birthdays:

Jan 21 . . Cathy Rummel

Jan 22 . . Bruce McLeish

Jan 30 . . Cindy Norman

Jan 30 . . Joyce Casselman

Summary

Jan 5 . . Chapter Meeting

Jan 28 . . Game Night, Norman, 6:00

Feb 3 & 4 . . Ohio Cabin Fever

Feb 17 & 18 . . Winter Rendezvous, Columbus, IN

Feb 19 . . Spring Officer’s Meeting, Columbus, IN

Feb 24 & 25 . . Michigan Wingless Weekend, Houghton, MI

Thursday Dinner Rides

Dinner RIDES for the year are now over and we will

be reverting to the once-a-month dinners, which will

be held the third Thursday of the month. (two weeks

after the monthly meeting). The restaurants will be

listed in the newsletter. Be at the restaurant at 6:30.

What’s Coming Up

As you can see, the schedule of events for the

rest of 2016, and even into the first part of 2017,

is pretty sparse. This is mostly due to the holi-

days during November and December.

However...If anyone would like to host a game

night, or just a chapter gab-fest get-together,

there’s a lot of weekends available those two

months. Contact Bob or Rich if you’d like to host

something. I’m sure we could work something

out.

Winter Rendezvous Winter Rendezvous, at the Clarion hotel in Co-

lumbus, IN is coming up February 17 and 18.

Be thinking about if you’d like to attend.

Game Night There will be a Game Night at Norman’s on

January 28th. Y’all know the drill. Bring a

dish to pass.

A Christmas Poem By Deb Whetstone

Tis 24 days until Christmas and all thru Chapter 02 People are finding so many "Christmas" things to do. They are shopping and baking....and soon dodg-ing the snow.. Except for our snowbirds...who all have some-where warm to go. We try so hard to pick out the right gift for every-one...whom ever it may be... When the real gift is enjoying God's creation..and our friends and family. So take time to watch a snowflake as it falls slowly down..... And see its individuality before it hits the ground. Take time for each individual that you can.....appreciate them too Yes that will give a wonderful Christmas to each and every one of you! MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL

December . . No Thursday Dinner due to Holidays

January 19 . . Jade Garden, Elkhart

February 16 . . Between The Buns, Elkhart

March 16 . . Fiesta Tapatia, Mishawaka

April 20 . . Red Lobster, Elkhart

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Got an item that you would like to sell? Advertise it

here in the “For Sale” listing of the newsletter. This

publication is seen state wide and could help to locate

someone that is looking for your item.

Your Chapter Store Representative:

Cindy Norman

Chapter items for sale:

Hats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $13.00

Chapter Flags . . . . . . . . $12.00

Gold Wing Clocks . . . . $15.00

Various pins, patches etc. also available. See Cindy for

details.

Other News

Indiana Hart City Wings ~ Chapter IN-O2 December 2016 www.gwrra-o2.com

T-Shirts Needed As some of you are probably aware, Berna-

dette was not able to make a “Places vis-

ited, T-Shirt quilt” for this year’s Pound

Auction. That’s because she didn’t have

enough T-Shirts for the job. Please read

the note below and think about donating

one.

To ALL GWRRA members;

Bernadette Harwood from Chapter O2 collects

t-shirts, new or gently used, from various

places you’ve visited on your motorcycle, to

make quilts for our Pound Auction. The more

variety of places and colors the better for her

quilts. Please consider donating one or more.

They can be dropped off at her house, 52552

Grape Road, Granger, or you can give them to

ANY O2 member, or better yet, bring them to

the Chapter O2 meeting. Any questions you

can call Bernadette at 574-904-9802. Remem-

ber, all proceeds from the Pound Auction go to

the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Changes and Corrections

No changes or corrections this month.

Please note that changes and corrections will

not be repeated, so be sure and check last

month’s newsletter to make sure you didn’t

miss anything.

For Sale: 2004 GL 1800

White with Graphic’s & Pin Stripping.

109,000 touring miles.

Loaded with chrome aftermarket parts including

wheels, valve covers, timing chain cover and many

more. Baker Air Wings are also included.

Decorative Lighting is installed from front to back.

A bargain @ $11,000.00

269-476-2321 or 269-816-4745

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Indiana Hart City Wings ~ Chapter IN-O2 December 2016 www.gwrra-o2.com