Happy Wanderings The Official Newsletter of the Happy (OK) Wanderers South Central Area FMCA An Affiliated Chapter of the Family Motor Coach Association more information Vol. XXIII Issue 1 March, 2014 For those of you that might be interested, Rob- ert, from RV Mobile Lube will be available at the March Rally to provide oil changing services. If you are new to the club, several of the members have used this company for several years and have been happy with the ser- vice. You may check prices by going to the web-site at www.rvmobilelube.com. If you plan on having service done, please arrive on Wednesday of the rally week. There is a place on the reg- istration form that we would like for you to fill out so that we can give Robert some idea of how many service calls he will have. MARCH RALLY TO BE ON WEST SIDE OF FORT WORTH, JUST OUTSIDE OF WEATHERFORD, TEXAS AT THE OAK CREEK RV PARK I hope that this first newslet- ter of 2014 finds you begin- ning to thaw out after this past winter! I think the Arizo- na HOW group found the best place to winter this year. Regardless of where you spent the winter, now is the time to begin thinking about this year of rallies and making plans to get out the rig and having some rally fun. Our hosts have begun making the plans to keep us entertained so let’s get stared with the first rally in Oak Creek RV Park just outside of Weather- ford, Texas. The registration form can be found on the last page of the newsletter along with a schedule on page 5. Please note the deadline for registra- tion and have your money and form sent in ahead of time. Also note the place on the registration form to sign up for service on your coach. This will be provided at your site so you will not need to move your coach to receive service.
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Happy Wanderings The Official Newsletter of the Happy (OK) Wanderers
South Central
Area
FMCA
An Affiliated Chapter of the Family Motor Coach Association
more
information
Vol. XXIII
Issue 1 March, 2014
For those of you that
might be interested, Rob-
ert, from RV Mobile Lube
will be available at the
March Rally to provide oil
changing services.
If you are new to the club,
several of the members
have used this company
for several years and have
been happy with the ser-
vice.
You may check prices by
going to the web-site at
www.rvmobilelube.com. If
you plan on having service
done, please arrive on
Wednesday of the rally
week.
There is a place on the reg-
istration form that we would
like for you to fill out so that
we can give Robert some
idea of how many service
calls he will have.
MARCH RALLY TO BE ON WEST SIDE OF FORT WORTH, JUST OUTSIDE
OF WEATHERFORD, TEXAS AT THE OAK CREEK RV PARK
I hope that this first newslet-ter of 2014 finds you begin-ning to thaw out after this past winter! I think the Arizo-na HOW group found the best place to winter this year. Regardless of where you spent the winter, now is the time to begin thinking about this year of rallies and making plans to get out the rig and having some rally fun. Our hosts have begun making the plans to keep us entertained so let’s get stared with the first rally in Oak Creek RV Park just outside of Weather-ford, Texas. The registration form can be found on the last page of the newsletter along with a schedule on page 5. Please note the deadline for registra-tion and have your money and form sent in ahead of time. Also note the place on the registration form to sign up for service on your coach. This will be provided at your site so you will not need to move your coach to receive service.
March Page 2
Elected Officers-2014 President
Frank and Sandy Taber
1st Vice-President Don and LaVonna
Kinnamon
2nd Vice-President Jim and Sandy Sturdivant
3rd Vice-President
Dwayne and Dee Davis
Secretary Cyndi and Frank Timchak
Treasurer
Rita and Tommy Team
National Director Judy Janicke
Alt. Nat. Director
Faye Shelton
2014
Nominating Committee Rod Cleavelin Chris Curtis
La Vonda Waldron
Member Support Membership Betty Shedrick
Hospitality Lois Austin
Club Clothing
Webmaster John Trivette
Newsletter Earl Powell
Devotional Leader
Ron Wadley
“Mr. Coffee” Carl Threlkeld
Rally Sites for 2014 March 17-20 FMCA 89th
Family Motorhome Rally Perry, GA
March 20-23 Oak Creek RV Park
Weatherford, TX
April 24-27 River View RV Park
Colbert, OK
May 15-18 KOA
Checotah, OK
June 19-22 Cedar Oaks RV Park
Grove, OK
August 13-16 FMCA 90th
Family Motorhome Rally
Redmond, OR
September 18-21 WinStar Casino RV
Thackerville, OK
October 1-5 South Central Rally
Fairgrounds Shreveport, LA
October 23-26 Wanderlust RV Park Eureka Springs, AR
TBA Christmas Luncheon
Stroud, OK
Rally Hosts for 2014 Happy (OK) Wanderer’s Rallies
Oak Creek RV Park, Weatherford, TX
March 20-23 Don & Lavonna Kinnamon Charlene & Ben Sasser Marvin & Chris Curtis Neal & Betty Von Tungeln Jim & Lyda Walker
River View RV Park, Colbert, OK April 24-27
La Vonda & Gary Waldron Rita & Tommy Team Roy & Cindy Standridge Dwayne & Dee Davis Steve & Julie Bivin
Checotah KOA, I-40 & Pierce Rd,
May 15-18 Jim & Sandy Garrelts Tony & Betty McCoy Joe & Lois Sturgil Earl & Mary Powell Leroy & Lois Hinderliter Tom Murdoch
Cedar Oaks RV Park, Grove, OK
June 19-22 Ron & Betty Wadley Frank & Sandy Taber Bob & Donna Waller Rod & Ginger Cleavelin Gary & Dorothy Van Fosen Kent & Linda Van Fossen
WinStar Casino RV, Thackerville, OK September 18-21
October 23-26 Jim & Sandy Sturdivant, Carl & Delores Threlkeld, Frank & Cindi Timchak, Dave & Darlene Demuth
Christmas Luncheon Steve & Julie Bivin
In Memoriam Bunnie Morgensen
Mary English
Don’t forget to pay your Happy (OK) Wanderers’ Dues to Rita and Tommy Team
March Page 3
Early arrivals to the Christmas Luncheon
take time to visit before the Noon meal.
Pictured are Mary Powell, Dee Davis,
Marvin Curtis, and LaVonna Kinnamon.
Twinkling giant ice formations
adorned the tables and sparkling
white trees set the stage for the Win-
ter Wonderland vision for our Christ-
mas Luncheon at the First Christian
Church in Stroud on December 14.
Once again the Sunday School class
there hosted us and provided a deli-
cious meal of chicken and pork loin
entrees complemented by roasted
potatoes and green beans, green
salad, heavenly Red Velvet Cake for
dessert and a table generously laden
with tasty hors d’oeuvres—all as a
treat for us and a fund raiser for them.
Julie and Steve Bivin and Ken Mush-
rush’s daughter, Marilyn, have volun-
teered for at least 12 years to bring
us this wonderful end of the year
event. We all appreciate such a gen-
erous gift of their time and talents
during a very busy season.
Fellowship was the key and it was
great to see so many members and
catch up with the details of their lives.
Marlene and Dick Pinstaff have gone
from full-timers to apartment dwellers;
JoElla Jordan is recuperating in a
care facility; Randy Plant has sched-
uled hip replacement surgery in Feb-
ruary; Carl Threlkeld announced his
engagement to Delores Tyler; Aaron
Hubl accompanied his folks; Don and
Carol Wells from Edmond were
guests of the Standridges. And a sad
news announcement of the loss of
former members Anne Thomas and
Carl Brock.
President Dave and Darlene Demuth
thanked all the rally hosts for making
it such a great year of rallies and
also expressed appreciation to all
the officers and support members
for their efforts to keep the chapter
running so smoothly. They also
thanked all the Tulsa and Oklahoma
City monthly dinner hosts for extra
efforts to keep us all in touch with a
little extra special time. Dave
Ruttman offered an opening prayer
and Julie introduced their Sunday
School class hosts to much ap-
plause and appreciation.
President Demuth thanked Past
President Chaz Allen as he present-
ed the 2014 Officers for installation.
Jim Sturdivant, 2nd Vice President
Elect, announced the opportunity for
all members to meet their obligation
to serve as a rally host once a year
and circulated a rally site list for
completion. Membership Chair Bet-
ty Shedrick announced the member-
ship total at 75 coaches.
President Elect Frank Taber encour-
aged host participation and thanked
Kent Van Fossen for serving as a co
-Chaplain with Ron Wadley as he
fulfills his National FMCA Chaplain
services.
Treasurer Elect Rita Team and
Treasurer Dave Ruttman collected
dues payments before the luncheon.
Our Christmas Luncheon once again
was a great final “rally” for the year,
and a wonderful opportunity to enjoy
our friends in the Happy (OK) Wan-
derers.
Winter Wonderland
Dewayne Davis and Chaz Allen do some
catching-up at the beginning of the Christ-
mas Luncheon. More about Chaz’s win-
ter in Arizona on the next page of the
newsletter.
March Page 4
Just Some Bits and Pieces
Congratulations to our own Ron Wadley who was tapped to serve as National FMCA Chaplain for 2014. This is a Volunteer position with no compensation. His first du-ties will take him to the Na-tional Rally in Perry, GA this March. Be safe in your trav-els Ron and Betty!
There have been a couple of changes in who is serving Member Support. (See Page 2 of this Newsletter) A spe-cial Thanks for those that volunteered to help perform these important jobs. Also, Thanks to those that helped in the past. We still need some volunteers!
Thought you'd like to know that Chaz
Allen won the dancing contest called
Dancing with the Valle Del Oro Stars.
Based upon the TV show, Dancing
with the Stars, the Valle Del Oro RV
Resort held a contest in which six
contestants were selected to train
and present a dance with profession-
al dance students from the Utah Ball-
room Dance Company.Chaz and his
beautiful young partner taped an in-
terview which was followed by a live
onstage East Coast Swing. Most of
the other five interviews were very
serious, telling the audience why the
dance couple thought that the audi-
ence of at least five hundred should
vote for them. Chaz opened his in-
terview with "I'm Going to Kill My
Wife for Getting Me Into This". This
set the tone for the upcoming dance
wherein Chaz came out dressed in
dress-casual attire overlaid with a
hospital gown, walking like an oldster
with a walker. His partner, dressed in
a cute little nurse's uniform, helped
him shed the walker and they set
about with a very lively East Coast
Swing dance. The audience loved
it! And the three judges loved it as
well!
When all dancers had finished
their dances, and the entire audi-
ence cast their ballots, the audi-
ence was delighted with the an-
nouncement that Chaz and his
partner had taken first place. The
mirror-ball award looked great as
Chaz accepted his well-earned
reward. Chaz says he could hear
onstage the hooting and hollering
of the contingent of Happy Wan-
derers which included Sandy
Johnson, Ron and Betty Wadley,
Bob and Donna Waller, Frank and
Sandy Taber, Tommy and Rita
Team, Paul and Barbara Isenberg,
Gary and Dorothy VanFossen, and
Kent and Lynda VanFossen.
HOW Activities in Arizona
By Kent Van Fossen
Winter Mini - HOW
Rally South of
Houston
Not all HOW members ventured out to Arizona for the winter. Some stayed a little closer to home and braved some cool weather of their own in the area between Houston
and Galveston.
Pictured above are Penny Razinck (friends of the Hinderliter’s. Her husband, Earl, is taking the picture,) Lois and Leroy Hinderliter, Norma Hamel, June Guess, Mary and Earl
Powell.
We had just finished a wonderful meal at the famous Rooster’s Din-ner. Those of you who are fans of the Duke should know who the din-ner is named after, and what movie he starred in that was made in the
area. Hint: It was not a western.
For answers you will need to attend a rally this year and ask one of the
diners.
Welcome New Members
Michael and Lyanna McKinney
Grove, OK
Keep these members in your
Prayers
Judy Janicke Marie Childers Janie Ruttman
March Page 5 March 20-23
Oak Creek RV Park Weatherford, TX 76088
Thursday
Dinner - 5:30 pm Potluck
Please bring Salad, Meat, or Cassarole Hosts will provide dessert Evening Activities
Visiting to catch up on winter activities and Spring plans Friday
Breakfast - 9 am
Sausage, biscuits, gravy, fruit Lunch - On Your Own Dinner - 4:15 pm Dutch Treat Brazos River Catfish Cafe
Upon arrival at the campground, you will be asked to choose one of the following for your Friday Evening Meal: 2 pieces of regular fried catfish dinner, or One plain grilled chicken breast, or
One lemon/pepper grilled chicken breast, and
Baked Potato, or Regular Fries, or Sweet Potato Fries, and
Regular green Salad, or Cole slaw, plus Hush puppies, beans and sweet tomato relish.
Cost will be $9.75/person (does NOT include tax or tip) Payment will be made at the Café. Evening Activities
Group Game back at rally hall followed by Cobbler and Ice cream Saturday
Breakfast - 9 am
Eggs, gravy, biscuits, ham, fruit Lunch on your own Dinner - 5:30 pm
Group game followed by ice cream and cookies Sunday
Breakfast - 8:30 am
Cinnamon rolls, juice Devotion
If you have signed-up for service to
be performed on your coach by RV
Mobile Lube, please plan to arrive
no later than Wednesday. Robert
arrives to begin service, you will be
here and ready to be serviced.
March Page 6
March 20-23
Oak Creek RV Park 7652 West I-20
Weatherford, TX 76088 817.594.0200
Lat: 32.69953 Lon: -97.96760
Directions: From Jct. of FM 1189 and I-20 (Exit 397), Go 1/2 mile west on North Service Road. Campground is located on the Right side. Cost: Rally Fee is $15/person attending rally. Camping cost is $31.50/night and payable to the RV park upon
arrival. Arrangements for arrival before Thursday, March 20 should be made directly with the campground. Extended stay after March 23rd will not be allowed since another rally arrives Sunday afternoon. Also 3 apartment/suites above the clubhouse are available at $75/night each. Contact the park directly to reserve. Sites: Sites are 30/50 amp full hook-up, parked on Concrete Pads. Registration: Deadline is March 6th. Rally registration checks should be made payable to Happy (OK) Wanderers and mailed to: Ben and Charlene Sasser 4317 Tamarisk Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73120 405.749.1775 (Home Phone) 405.627.2333 (Cell Phone) Hosts: Ben and Charlene Sasser, Jim and Lyda Walker, Don and LaVonna Kinnamon, Marvin and Chris Curtis, and Neal and Betty Von Tungeln