March 2013 Newsletter

Chapter “N” Newsletter

Jackson, TN

Website http://GWRRA-TN-N.org

Volume 5 Issue 3

March 2013

Chapter Officers

Chapter Director/

Photography

Tony & Lori Douglas

[email protected]

Phone: 731-676-9917

Chapter Assistant Director/

General Store

Eldon & Debbie Seaton

[email protected]

Phone: 731-845-6069

Membership Enhancement

Sandy Hayes

[email protected]

731-845-6025

Couple of the Year 2013/

Treasurer

Diane & Avery Davis

[email protected]

731-689-3719

Chapter Educator

Shannon Seaton

[email protected]

731-343-0203

Chapter Staff

Historian/COY 2011

Billy & Shirley Mullins

[email protected]

731-645-7823

Webmaster

Joe Terket

[email protected]

731-420-9572

Newsletter Editor/

Photography

Sandy Hayes

[email protected]

731-845-6025

District MEC

Chapter COY 2012

Reginald & Kim Seymour

reginald&[email protected]

Phone: 731-676-9917

District Directors

Richard & Becky Griffin

1921 Warmingfield Dr.

Murfreesboro, TN. 37127

Ph. 615-890-1578

[email protected]

Region N Directors

Alan & Carolyn Little

[email protected]

Director of GWRRA

Jere Goodman

540-623-0447

[email protected]

Chapter Meeting 1st Saturday every month

Old Country Store, Hwy 45 By-Pass, Jackson, TN Eat at 5:00pm Meeting at 6:00pm

GWRRA Chapter TN-N

Cover 1

Director news 2

Asst Director news 3

Chapter Educator 4

Couple of the Year 5

Member Enhancement 6

Training Class-February 7

Dinner Ride-Majestic 8

Monthly Gathering 9-11

Event—Pageant 12

Dinner Ride-Hig’s 13

Chapter Y Fun Day 14-15

Getting To Know You 16

Member Notes 17

National, Region News 18

District news 19

Chapter Gatherings 20

Spring Fling Happening2013 21-23

Upcoming Conventions 2013 24

Calendars 25-27

Misc. Info, Find a Friend 28

Win a Goldwing Promotion 29

Sponsor Ads 30-31

Next Mtg Mailer 32

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Well we started out March with a bang, had a house full at the meeting. We had a total of 64 Wingers at the

meeting. Had to move the meeting to the Casey Jones Theater to hold everyone. Those Chapters love to chase the

wood. We had Chapters Y, Z, G and W2 come for the wood. A total of 34 visitors with Chapter Y showing out with

20 visitors from their Chapter and they were the winning Chapter and took the Tennessee Traveling Plaque back

with them. Speaking of Chapter Y, Len from the Chapter brought a letter from the stolen horse that was taken

from us at the Winter Event. It basically said that our horse was missing us and we needed to come and get him at Chapter Y Fun Day. So, we will be traveling to Murfreesboro to get our homesick horse. By the time you read

this, we will have our horse back.

Chapter TN-N has a lot of things planned in the future, Dinner Rides, visiting Fun Days of other Chapters, visiting other Chapters and Spring Fling which is just around the corner. If you are not registered, time is run-

ning out, try and get this in before April 5th. This is the deadline for early registration. You can print a registra-

tion form off of the District Website. After Spring Fling, we have the Humboldt Strawberry Festival coming up and

have to get ready for. This will be our first time setting up there and will be raising money for St. Jude. We hope

to do well and make it an annual event.

We had a Dinner Ride Thursday night on the 14th and went to Hig’s Restaurant in Milan, Tn. We had 14 to

come out to Dinner. Everyone enjoyed getting together for some fellowship with Fun and Laughs. Two of our new-

est members came and joined in, Wes & Marlyn Youmans. I think they are here to stay! We just keep growing,

word is getting out to motorcyclist that we are having the time of our life and they want to come and join in on

the FUN. Along with Wes & Marlyn, we have James (Rosey) Rosenthal and now Rosey’s brother Henry (Bo) Rosen-

thal is interested and has inquired to join and we are glad to have them.

Everyone in Chapter TN-N is fired up and ready to ride, now that the weather has become a little warmer. I,

myself, uncovered my bike the other day and rode it to work in Camden, TN. It’s about an hour away. It was a

very nice evening drive, had to be at work at 7pm and I enjoyed the ride. Besides, diesel is pretty high right now

for the truck.

Sandy Hayes attended the Horizon’s Class and had a ball. Someone captured her on the floor again with their

camera and low and behold, the picture made it back to us before she did. If you have noticed in the other news-

letters, we have caught her in the floor laughing so hard she couldn’t get up. But, that’s the way we roll, FUN,

FUN, FUN!!! Now she is at the OCP class as I am writing this. I know she is going to come home full of knowledge

and about to bust at the seams. Also, if there is any FUN in it, she’s going. Just think, about a year or so ago, we

had to beg her to join, now you can’t go anywhere without her. That’s the way we like it!

So, check out our website, http://gwrra-tn-n.org, we have a lot of things coming up in the fu-

ture and going places. Any and everyone is invited, so come and have some FUN, FUN, FUN!!!

Until then,

Ride Safe, Ride Often, Have Fun

A Word from the

Directors

Tony & Lori Douglas

Happy Easter!!! Len, glad to hear the horse is missing us. Marshall Dillon says they still hang horse thieves.

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Well, March is here and almost gone. The weather has not been very nice to us. Debbie and I did get to ride

one day. Rode about 50 miles in the north end of the county. Had some great scenery. Rode down by the Tennes-

see River and really had a wonderful time. So go ride, even if it is only for a short time.

We had a great turnout for our February meeting at the old Country Store. It is always great to get together

with all of our friends and family. This is what is great about being a member of GWRRA. When you join, your

family gets really big, and you have kinfolk in all of the 50 states and all over the country. Well, Jeff was at the meeting, and the horse thief showed up with what you might call a ransom note. It was

kinda like we will pay you if you will come and get your horse, hay is expensive. So the weekend of the 23rd,

some of Jeff’s friends, Eldon, Debbie, Nolan, Bill, Sandy, Billy and Shirley, went to Murfreesboro to rescue old

Trigger.

Not only did we bring back Trigger, we also brought back the wood again. Now we should have a few more

coming to our April meeting to see if they can win it back. Hope to see all of you there. Until next time, Ride a lot,

be Safe, and learn all you can.

Here is a thought to leave you with.

Ride A Lot, Be Safe, Have Fun, and learn all you can.

A Note from the

Assistant Directors

Eldon & Debbie Seaton

Debbie is bringing Trigger home. But the new costume MUST go!! Where’s that red bandana?

Bill Eldon and Debbie visit along the game corridor.

We still have important information to share after visitors leave for the night.

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Thanks to Jim Cobb for the contribution this month. Article is taken from the District newsletter.

Here are excerpts from an e-mail that we just received from Harry Dollarhide, Director of Rider Course Develop-

ment.

Subject: Zippers - Rider Gear Change to the Rider Education Handbook.

This subject was raised when a GWRRA RCI initiated an inquiry (complaint) to the effect that we should not

be the clothing police. He was specifically addressing the zipper issue, so we also looked at the entire proper rid-

ing gear list. After receiving feedback on this subject from the RE & MIT community, coordinating with Director

Rider Education and GWRRA Director we have settled on the following change to the Rider Education Handbook,

page 61, paragraph H.1, Requirements Policy on all Rider Education Events, Proper Riding Attire:

Required attire for all Riders and Co-Riders participating in GWRRA range activities is in concert with indus-

try standards – DOT approved helmet, eye protection, long sleeved jacket/shirt (no "riding pull on/off

sleeves") , long legged sturdy pants, full fingered gloves and over the ankle footwear.

These requirements shall apply at any GWRRA-sponsored Rider Education or competitive riding event.

They do not apply to any "non-educational” or “non-competitive" riding activity, such as a Chapter ride,

parade, fun/poker run, etc.

GWRRA Rider Education should set minimum standards and only provide detailed guidance for specific

clothing/equipment as a recommendation in classroom discussion on Riding Gear. We recognize GWRRA Rider Education’s responsibility to present safety information to the members, however making specific items

(zippered) prohibited makes us the “clothing police” to many members. This causes a negative attitude towards

rider education and takes away from the positive message we try to present to the members.

We will incorporate detailed guidance for specific clothing/equipment as a recommendation into the Rider

Coach Instructor Guide’s for each specific riding course for RCI led discussion in the class-room. This will pre-

sent the safest recommendation to the members and let them (adults) determine to what extent they will incor-

porate this advice into their riding. This is the real world adult approach. There are multiple places in several

rider education publications that will need modification. The first change will occur in the Rider Education

Handbook. As you can see, this goes along with the recent e-mail on OCP being voluntary instead of mandatory.

Our leaders are listening to the members and putting programs in place to help them and put more fun back

into GWRRA and less regulation. I applaud them for their caring and leadership ability.

Enjoy the Ride!!!!

Chapter Educator’s

Classroom Notes

Shannon Seaton

Our Motto...

"Safety is for Life"

Our Mission...

" To Save Lives Through Quality, World Class Education"

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WOW, What a gathering March was. We had to move to the Casey Jones Train Museum to accommodate the

crowd. And we met in almost darkness. There was a lighting problem and all we had were a couple of small spot

lights at the front of the room. Thank goodness Jeff was on his best behavior. Can’t imagine him in total dark-

ness. Bet he would have some fun. Chapter Y took home the wood. After the gathering Chapter N went back to

the regular meeting place to prepare for Spring Fling. Watch out TN, Chapter N will be in Chattanooga in full

force. We are all looking forward to Spring Fling being in the Chattanooga area. It is such a beautiful area for riding.

The Cherohala Skyway is one of the most breath taking rides you will ever go on. A couple of years ago, Avery

and I rented a cabin in Tellico Plains and spent time on the Cherohala. We even went to Coker Creek. Didn’t

pan for gold but would like to some time. If you have time before or after Spring Fling, ride the Skyway and

make some of the side trips. I promise you will love it.

On a sad note: A member of our Chapter N Family lost a brother since the last newsletter. Chapter N is truly

like a family. When one hurts we all hurt. Several members went to Trenton to a Candlelight Vigil for Jeanette’s

brother. Our prayers are with Jeanette and David Bowens. We love you guys.

Happy Easter!!!

COUPLE OF THE YEAR

2013

Avery & Diane Davis

Chapter Treasurer

Gattie, Teo, Preacher, Precious, Nancy, James, Bo Rosenthal (visitor), Jeff, Diane and Avery visit around the tables and discuss plans for the Spring Fling.

Chapter N regroups upstairs of Casey Jones after the visitors left. We had to finalize some of the plans for our FUN approach to Spring Fling!! We worked on some plans but we still have other things to get done. But we will be rolling into Chattanooga in BIG numbers. Teo, Diane, Avery, Reginald, Kim, Billy, Shirley and Don discuss Spring Fling.

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Here we go again having all that fun!! We started March right for our monthly gathering on March 2—we had chapters visiting for the wood. Chap-ter Y brought 20 members and walked away with the plaque. Way to go Chapter N—another great attendance

with 30 members and one visitor: Eldon, Debbie, Nolan, Hayley, Jake, Sandy, Gerry, Thomina, Kathy, Bill,

Billy, Shirley, Janet, Don, Reginald, Kim, Diane, Avery, Preacher, Precious, Shannon, Gary, Anna, Nancy,

James, Tony, Jeff, Teo, Gattie, Oliver and visitor Bo Rosenthal.

After the gathering, some of the members surprised our own Shannon Douglas and gave her our support at

her recent school pageant. Be sure to see the pictures. We had fun and she made for a very lovely contestant.

We think she should have won. Attending the event was Jeff, Shari, Tony, Reginald, Kim, Gattie, Oliver and

Teo. On March 14, we traveled for a dinner ride to Hig’s in Milan. We enjoyed the buffet which included, yes—

fish. Those attending included Tony, Sandy, Preacher, Precious, Wes, Marlyn, Nancy, Jeff, Shari, Thomina,

Gerry, Oliver, Gattie and Teo.

During the early part of the month, a leadership decision changed the OCP training from mandatory to volun-

tary. But I decided to go and learn all about the operations of GWRRA and the Chapter. I had a great time. I

may have gone to the training by myself but as Eldon stated in this month’s letter, I had a whole family attending

as well. The training was fabulous and I learned a lot about GWRRA and its operations. I am very glad I went. When you get a chance to do so, I would recommend everyone take time to attend.

A few of us braved that crazy” weather and attended Chapter Y’s Fun Day. And it was that. WOW! How did

we do that? We came back with the Tennessee Traveling Plaque. Thanks Bill. I am sure that because you

rode your motorcycle we had more miles than that next chapter. Attending was Billy, Shirley, Bill, Sandy,

Nolan, Debbie, and Eldon.

We have one more event this month and we will cover the story in next month’s newsletter. Our dinner ride to

Lambert’s will be March 30th. Come ride with us.

Mark Your Calendar

March 30, 2013, Dinner Ride to Lambert’s, Sikeston, MO.: April 6, 2013, Monthly Gathering: April 11, 2013,

Dinner Ride to Blue Grass Diner, Lexington: April 20, 2013, Dinner Ride to Martin Restaurant, Martin: April

25-27, 2012, Spring Fling, Camp Jordon, East Ridge: May 9-11, 2013, Strawberry Festival For St Jude, Hum-

boldt: May 18, 2013, Dinner Ride to Meo Mio’s, Bath Springs: May 23, 2013, Dinner Ride to Dairy Queen,

Lexington:

Membership

Enhancement Coordinator

Sandy Hayes

SAFETY FIRST THEN ALL THE FUN YOU CAN HANDLE

OOPS! Newspaper retraction. This was not Chap-

ter Y’s Couple of the Year. But have we had fun with the retraction, or what? Sorry Mikki and

Len.

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Best of the Best—Late Entry TN-N Training Classes-February

Hi David! David is joined by

Jeanette (studying already), and CDs Ivan and Leesa Coburn from W2-Mempis. Billy and Gattie are in the background. Ready for the Medic class.

Patti who put you in the corner?

Ok Tony and Bill. Were you listening?

Mary and Patti are ready for the Medic Class.

Oliver, Gattie, and James in Medic.

Great job, Gary!!

We have FUN at everything. Glenda’s mid-dle name is “smile”.

Next presentation please. Glenda and Gary take turns.

Last of the computer entries.

Classroom break and back for the rest of the classes. Thanks to all the training staff for spending Saturday with TN-N.

Early Saturday morning but Al and Bernadette are ready to learn.

All done. Travel safe Shirley and Billy.

Ok Shannon and Eldon were you listen-ing. Debbie and Sandy look on.

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Best of the Best—Late Entry February Vigil and Dinner Ride – Majestic

All the Gang, Precious, Preacher, Lori, Gattie, Oliver, Avery, Diane, Shari, and Jeff. Tony at the camera.. Visiting After the Meal!!

Jeff and Shari enjoying good friends. Happy faces!!!

Always count on “g” for smiles on faces!!

Never a shy Teo!

Great looking couple. Preacher and Precious!

Doesn’t she have a great smile? Diane and Avery Davis—2013 Couple of the Year.

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Best of the Best—March Monthly Gathering— Visitors

Ed delivers updates for Chapter Y

District MEC Reginald Seymour delivers updates.

Dickson gives up-dates for the month and invites everyone to the meeting in March.

CD Ivan Coburn at W2—Memphis shares those with him from Memphis.

Chapter Y brings a BIG team (20) and walks away with the Tennessee Traveling plaque!! Congratulations.

CD Larry at Tullahoma.

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Best of the Best—Monthly Gathering Visitors

Looks like a police line up. Two people will be the lucky 50/25/25 winners.

We have a Jeff. And he is why we have so much fun. He encourages us to step out and enjoy out meetings. Mary Cobb gets into the act. Having FUN Mary?

Luck of the ticket draw. Participants race to blow up all the balloons. Chapter Y takes 1st and 2nd place. TN-N comes in third. But what fun. The balloons were really tiny.

Jeff makes Mikki work for her selected prize. With Jeff you are going to have fun.

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Best of the Best—Monthly Gathering—All About Us

Jeanette. Nancy, James, Jeff, Bo, and Preacher.

Just good fellowship at our meetings. Everyone is ready for our meeting after all the others left for the night. We made plans for Spring Fling. But we can’t tell you what they were.

Bo Rosenthal is our special guest. He is in the back corner.

I think the story went like this. Janet thought she left the Deer Poop Award at home in the dresser. But Shirley knew she had lost it in Shirley’s driveway. It made for a great surprise on Janet. And yes, for the 3rd month in a row, Janet went home with the award. Janet, I don’t think I would share any stories next month.

Eldon and Tony call the lucky numbers.

Teo and Jeff. Told you

Teo is not bashful.

Bill Kathy

Janet, Thomina, Gerry, Debbie, Eldon

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Best of the Best—Our Shannon Douglas’s Pageant

Shannon Douglas is First Place to us. Way to Go SHANNON!!!!!

1 2

3

5

4

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7 1) Shannon’s on stage presence

2) Up Close and personal

3) Jeff—One proud father

4) Shannon with Oliver and Gattie

5) Shari—One proud mother

6) Reginald and Kim sharing the pageant fun

7) Shannon’s GWRRA support.

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Best of the Best—Dinner Ride—Hig’s in Milan

The food

The friends

The fellowship

Goodnight all!

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Best of the Best—Chapter Y Fun Day

Chapter N attends Fun Day. Eldon, Debbie, Nolan, Sandy, Shirley, Billy, and Bill.

We think Bill’s hat was the winner. While he was on the way back to enter the contest, the winner was chosen. Nice hat Bill.

Friends are the best part of GWRRA. Rich-ard and Becky were having a great time.

We had to threaten an arrest warrant but we brought Trigger home.

A figment of your imagination. Bill does not have two heads.

Without Jeff someone had to give the hugs. And Max—I had the camera. District an-nounces Y as Tennessee Chap-ter of the Year.

A big thank you to the cook. Great food Mike.

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Best of the Best—Chapter Y Fun Day

Way to go Y. Chapter gets double accolades at Fun Day. Chapter announced as Region N Chapter of the Year.

Our numbers may have been small but they were enough to give us the points to bring back the Tennessee Traveling Plaque.

Richard receives University Trainer Certification.

N is the first to step up for the Chapter Challenge.

Farthest traveled on Motorcycle.

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Getting To Know You

Gold Wing Road Riders Association TN-N

Hello, my name is James Robertson. This is a great idea that will allow us to get to know more about each of

our members in Chapter N. So I will start with a little about my roots.

I was born in Brownsville, Tennessee and I grew up there. I still live in Brownsville today.

I work at BTC as a professional tourist and have worked there for the last seven years.

Over the years, I have owned a Kawasaki and four Gold Wings. I currently have a Gold Wing Trike.

I cannot pick out just one favorite trip I have taken since being a GWRRA member. Every trip up to now has

been my favorite.

I joined GWRRA in December 1989. And I have been a member of Chapter N since that date. I was one of

the charter participants for the Jackson Chapter N. One of my favorite offices I have held has been to be the St.

Jude Coordinator. I have also been a Couple of the Year.

I am not married but my partner of over 30 years and my co-rider is Nancy Utley. I have 2 children and one

wonderful grandson.

Some of my favorite hobbies other than riding motorcycles include, spending time with my family and with

my friends.

Again there is not just one favorite memory for me as a GWRRA member. I enjoy the fellowship and the

friends throughout the year.

The Best of James Being James

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All In The Family

Notes from the Youngest Gold Wingers

Just a small note from Hayley Seaton.

Hey everybody, looking forward to seeing all of you at the meeting. I have been busy this month, been to

special church meetings, been helping at Relay for Life. Going to Church on Sunday morning, Sunday night, and

Wednesday night.

I have been a cheerleader for 3 years, and this year, I decided not to continue because I need more time

for myself to do all the things I want to do. Now that I am driving, there is so much more to do.

Here are some thoughts to leave you with.

An even shorter note from Jacob Seaton.

You know I do not like to write but I do like posting pictures.

From Nolan’s notes. Well March is almost over, that means there is only two months of school left. I can hardly wait. Spring is

here and I have got the fever to ride the four wheeler. I have a couple of mud holes in the yard that I keep getting

stuck in. Peepa will come pull me out but he was sick last week when I got stuck and Meema made me get a

shovel and dig it out. She said that if I was goofy enough to keep getting stuck in the same whole—just dig it

out. Took about 3 days but I got it out.

Well I am going to go ahead and tell you that I will probably be getting the Deer Poop award this month. When

I went to the Chapter Y Fun Day, I had my arm band cut off. I threw it away and they called my number for the

$500.00 cash prize. Boy did I look like a

fool. Oh well, didn’t have it when I went,

didn’t have it when I left. Taught me a

lesson.

Half the fun of a FUN DAY is finally getting there.

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Wing Ding 35 at the TD Convention Center (formally the Carolina First Center) in

Greenville, South Carolina, just minutes from the airport and historic downtown. The

TD Convention Center will feature a newly renovated 280,000 square foot exhibiting

hall, on-site parking, and an award-winning culinary staff!

So plan on riding in, parking the bike and enjoying the ceremonies, hundreds of exhib-

its, manufacturer demo's, seminars, entertainment and more all in one location! We

look forward to seeing you in Greenville, South Carolina next July 3-6, 2013!

Copy and paste the link below to your web browser to register for Wing Ding 35 at

Greenville, SC.

http://www.wing-ding.org/

News From Region N

We are sure you have thought often about your pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, and not just for St.

Patty’s Day. What on earth are we talking about? Well, how about a couple of hints? We have two pots of gold,

one in the form of a two-wheeler and one in the form of a three-wheeler. We sit upon our pots of gold…. You

guessed it! Our pots of gold are in the form of our Goldwings! Among our precious gems and coins are thousands

of jewels. Some might consider our “jewels” being our shinny safety chrome and safety lights. For us, our gems

are the thousands of members within GWRRA.

This is the time of the year we get very excited! Flowers are starting to bloom, trees are budding out, tempera-

tures are rising and the buzz we are hearing from our extended family are the making of preparations for the

convention season. Which, of course always means we will be in full ‘riding’ season before we know it!

In your preparations for the upcoming Conventions, did you remember to add a special invitation to your

Non-GWRRA friends and family to join you on the ride? Well? What are you waiting for? Get those invitations

out! Did you know if you recruit five new members your membership is free? Yes, we said free! GWRRA has a

Find A Friend program that could get your membership paid for you. Did we hear some of you are

‘uncomfortable’ with recruiting or not sure what to say? Let us help you! At each of the Conventions just look for

the Membership Enhancement Booth and help is just a “whisper” away! If that avenue just doesn’t seem to work

for you, then catch us at the Conventions and just introduce your Non-GWRRA friend or family member to us

and we will be happy to take your clue from there! What could be easier? So lets shine those ‘pots of gold’, get out our check list of everything we need to pack and get started today

getting in your registrations and getting your special invitations out for the upcoming Region N Conventions! We

will see you there!

On a special personal note, we want to thank all our many special extended family members for the emails,

phone calls, cards and prayers we received during Russ’ recent back surgery. Recovery is perfect and on target.

Just three weeks out of surgery his Doctor gave him the green light to ride! So….. all is well in our world, due

largely to our ex-tended GWRRA family! Thank-you!

Once again, it is our number one goal to be available and assist our members in any manner we can. So as

you are off and running with the many activities GWRRA has to offer, don’t forget to keep us abreast of what

your chapter and district has planned, and don’t hesitate to contact us if we may be of service to you.

And Remember….. If it ain’t FUN, don’t do it! Russ & Kj Kimmet

Vol.19, No. 2 March 2013

News From Region

News From National

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News From District

Richard & Becky Griffin

Hello Tennessee Wingers!

By the time you read this, your April issue of Wing World will probably be in your hands and you will notice

we are very visible in this issue. The Chattanooga Visitors Bureau has placed an ad welcoming the GWRRA to

Chattanooga, Southern Powersports has placed an ad for Spring Fling 2013 at Camp Jordan and an author,

Kevin Wimple, affiliated with the CVB, has written an article highlighting your trip to Spring Fling and all there is

to do in and around Chattanooga. I am very pleased with all of this and I hope it inspires all of our Tennessee

participants to get their registrations in early and come to East Ridge to join us. The members wanted a change

and this is your Convention. Now let’s all come and make this the best Spring Fling ever, and by the way, our

Vendor Coordinators, Ron Janes, Bill Archer and Jim Rambo are making sure there will be more Vendors than ever to make all your bling-bling dreams come true. And our own Marie McGill and Beverly Rambo are heading

up a special event for our ladies. And no, you guys are not invited even if you dress up like the ladies.

Another topic I would like to address this month is the Couple of the Year program. It is a common miscon-

ception that the Couple of the Year Program is a required position within the Chapters. We select a couple based

on their contribution to the Chapter for the previous year and it is an honor we bestow upon them. There is

nothing else required. I hear too often, “I can’t get anyone to take this position”. This is absolutely the wrong way

to go about it. Directors should appoint a selection team and identify the couple who has gone above and beyond

for the Chapter and then honor this couple with-out any further expectations. It is up to the Couple from that

point forward if they want to go further in the selection process. We do encourage them to do so because we

know it will be the time of their lives, just ask those that have been there and you will hear the same thing. So

this message is for the Chapter Directors and the prospective couples, don’t be apprehensive about the program

because you think it comes with a bunch of responsibilities, it is the exactly the opposite. I encourage the Direc-

tors to go on the GWRRA website and read the guidelines for this program and communicate this to your Chap-

ter so all the misconceptions can be put to rest. Another topic you have probably heard about by now is that the Officer Certification Program (OCP) is no

longer “Mandatory”. This decision was passed down to us by Jere Goodman, Director of GWRRA, and I think

this was the right one for the members. I, for one, think this training is still very important and I encourage all of

our Officers to attend this so that we all are on the same page and present a united front when presenting pro-

grams and policies to our members. This training can be done online and in the classroom, but after talking to

some that have taken it online, I believe they will tell you to go to class. You will be with a group to interact, have

instructors to answer your questions and will make lasting friendships. I encourage any member that would like

to know more about how our organization is run and why our programs are a success to come and learn, it will

benefit you in the future even if you are never an officer in the Chapter. Oh, by the way we will try to make it a

fun day as always. Just ask the folks that attended the recent Horizons Program. The participants had so much

fun and laughter they were rolling on the floor, right Sandy Hayes?. When you see her you will just have to ask.

But as the saying goes, “What happens at Horizons, Stays at Horizons”.

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Lets Go Visiting! Tennessee Chapter Gatherings

Please be sure to check the District Website (TNGWRRA.org) for any gathering changes:

Chapter A Last Tuesday ~ Eat 6:00 pm/Meet 7:00 pm : Golden Corral, 315 Old Lebanon Dirt Rd., Hermitage, TN

Chapter A2 4th Monday ~ Eat 6:00 pm/Meet 7:00 pm : Ryan’s, Hunters Crossing

Chapter B 1st Tuesday ~ Eat 6:00 pm/Meet 7:00 pm : Shoney's, 2405 Andersonville Hwy, Clinton, TN (I-75, Exit

122)

Chapter C 3rd Tuesday ~ Eat 6:00 pm/Meet 7:00 pm : Mama's House Buffet , 2608 North John B Dennis Hwy,

Kingsport, TN

Chapter C2 3rd Saturday ~ Eat 8:00 am/Meet 9:00 am : Ryan's, 2854 North Main, Crossville, TN

Chapter F 2nd Tuesday ~ Eat 6:30 pm/Meet 7:30 pm : Shoney’s, 1933 West Andrew Johnson Hwy., Morristown,

TN

Chapter G 3rd Thursday ~ Eat 6:00 pm/Meet 7:00 pm : Damron's, 714 E. Lincoln, Tullahoma, TN

Chapter G2 1st Monday ~ Eat 6:30 pm/Meet 7:30 pm : IHOP, 1802 Parkway, Sevierville, TN

Chapter H 4th Saturday ~ Eat at 8:00am / Meet at 9:00am : Honda of Cool Springs, 1096 West McEwen Dr,

Franklin, TN

Chapter K Last Saturday ~ Eat 5:30 pm/Meet 6:30 pm : Family Restaurant, 100 Suzanne Dr, Dickson, TN

Chapter L 1st Saturday ~ Eat 8:00 am./Meet 9:00 am : Ryan's, 405 S. Cumberland , Lebanon, TN

Chapter M 2nd Tuesday ~ Eat 6:00 pm/Meet 7:00 pm : Fort Loudon Medical Center Cafeteria on Hwy 321 in Le-

noir City, TN

Chapter N 1st Saturday ~ Eat 5:00 pm/Meet 6:00 pm : Old Country Store, Casey Jones Village, Hwy 45 Bypass,

Jackson, TN

Chapter O 1st Saturday ~ Eat 9:00 am/Meet 10:00 pm : Golden Corral, 350 Stuart Rd. NE (I-75 Exit 27), Cleve-

land, TN

Chapter P 1st Tuesday ~ Eat 6:00 pm/Meet 7:00 pm : Catfish House 3424 Tom Austin Hwy, Springfield, TN

Chapter Q Last Monday ~ Eat 6:00 pm/Meet 7:00 pm : Ryan's Family Steak House, 2702 Wilma Rudolph Blvd,

Clarksville, TN

Chapter R Chapter has become inactive - Fayetteville, TN Check TNGWRRA.org for updates

Chapter S 2nd Saturday ~ Eat 12:00 pm/Meet 1:00 pm : El Azteca Mexican, 121 Main St, Portland, TN

Chapter T 4th Tuesday ~ Eat 6:00 pm//Meet 7:00 pm : Charlie’s Pizza, 7002 Maynardville, Pike, Maynardville, TN

Chapter U 2nd Tuesday ~ Eat 6:00 pm/Meet 7:00 pm : Nicks, 895 South Jefferson, Cookeville, TN

Chapter V 2nd Saturday ~ Eat 9:00 am/Meet 10:00 am : Honda Southern Powersports, 1394 Workman Rd , Chatta-

nooga, TN

Chapter W2 3rd Saturday ~ Eat 6:00 pm/Meet 7:00 pm : Perkins, 1340 S. Germantown, Pkwy, Memphis, TN

Chapter Y 3rd Saturday ~ Eat 7:45 am/Meet 9:00 am : Sloan’s Motorcycle, 2233 NW Broad St, Murfreesboro, TN

Chapter Z 2nd Saturday ~ Eat 5:30 pm/Meet 6:30 pm : Bonanza Steak House, 800 S James M Campbell Blvd,

Columbia, TN

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WHAT’S YOUR TALENT?

Come and share it with us! Sign up soon for the 2013 Tennessee GWRRA Convention (Rally). The deadline for having your entry in is

April 1st. The first place winner for each of the three categories (Tennessee serious, Tennessee comedy, and out of state combined)

in addition to winning $250.00, will be able to strut their stuff again as the opening act for the Friday evening entertainment. Find the

sign up form on our website, www.tngwrra.org. We know that there is lots of talent in our GWRRA family, so come show us what you’ve

got.

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GWRRA Anniversaries

Reginald & Kim Seymour 2009

March 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 TN-N Gathering

Traveling Plaque

3 4

Linda Kirk

5 6 7 8 9

10 Daylight Savings Time

Begins

11 12 13 14 Dinner Ride

Hig’s—Milan

15 16 OCP—Lebanon

17 OCP—Lebanon

St. Patrick’s Day

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David Scates

19 20 First Day

of Spring

21 22 Earth Day

23 TN-Y Fun Day

24 25 26 27 28 29 Good Friday 30

Dinner Ride TN-N

Lambert’s—

Sikeston

31 Easter Sunday

Did you Know!

Pearls melt in vinegar.

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GWRRA Anniversaries

Bill Henson 1993

Eldon & Debbie Seaton 2010

April 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Diane & Avery

Davis

3 4 5 Don Rinehart

6 TN-N Gathering

With Tennessee

Traveling Plaque

7 8 9 10 11

Dinner Ride

Blue Grass Diner—

Lexington

12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 Spring

Fling—2013

Chattanooga

26 Spring Fling— 27 Spring Fling—

28 Spring Fling— 29 30

April

Fools Day

Dinner Ride TN-N

Martin’s Restau-

rant— Martin

Eldon & Debbie Seaton

Anniversary

Did you know!

The Bible, the world best-selling book, is the world’s most shoplifted

book.

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GWRRA Anniversaries

Max Grant 1988

David & Mary Scates 1991

May 2013 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Bud McMahan 2 3 4 TN-N Gathering

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6 7 8 9 10 11

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Mother’s Day

13 14 15 16 17 18 Armed Forces Day

19 20 21 22 23

Dinner Ride

Dairy Queen

Lexington

24 25

26 27

Memorial Day

28 29 30 31

St Jude Fund Raiser

Strawberry Festival

Dinner

Ride

Meo Mio’s

Gerry Alexander

Oliver Welch

Did you Know!

Ten tons of space dust falls on Earth every day.

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For upcoming events, visit TN GWRRA (http://www.tngwrra.org/ District Website) or GWRRA

(www.gwrra.org/ National Website) to see what is going on in the near future.

Take time to read the other Chapter Newsletters, they are full of information and fun to read. It keeps you in-

formed of what is going on in the other Chapters.

Bob’s House of Honda in Jackson, TN. and Joe’s Cycle Shop in Bolivar, TN. are very supportive of Chapter TN-

N. If you are a GWRRA member and need something, be sure to tell them. They will give you a discount on

anything you buy, but tell them before they ring you up. Let’s support these businesses!

For upcoming events, if you want to see a flyer or registration form, visit

www.tngwrra.org, all flyers and registration forms are on the Events Calendar.

Program Details:

• For every five new memberships you recruit (households), you will receive a gift certificate with the

equivalent value of a Family Membership - $55.

• You must recruit new memberships only, not renewals. Each membership (household) counts as “ONE”

regardless of the number of family members in the membership. (They will however, count under the

Find-A-Friend pin and T-shirt program.)

• Gift certificates are non-transferable and will have a one year expiration date.

• There is no maximum number of gift certificates that can be earned.

• Free years are issued and redeemed in the form of a gift certificate that is sent by the Home Office.

• Upon achieving the count of five new memberships (households), Members have the "option" to

redeem gift certificate(s) for:

♦ GWRRA Membership Renewal

♦ GWRRA Official Merchandise

♦ Wing Ding Registration

♦ Chapter Charter Fees

• Memberships recruited during special events (mall shows, rallies, motorcycle shows, etc.) qualify for this

program.

• Life Members may use the gift certificates for GWRRA Official Merchandise, Wing Ding

Registration or Charter Fees.

• Free year’s membership may be applied toward consecutive years necessary for Life membership.

• Trial membership applications may be used for the recruiting efforts. Membership fees must be paid to

qualify for this Find-A-Friend program.

Visit GWRRA’s web site: www.gwrra.org or call (800)843-9460 or (623)581-2500 (in Phoenix) for more informa-

tion.

For Your Information

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Gold Wing Road Riders Association

Forked Deer Wings

Chapter “N”

Sandy Hayes

Newsletter Editor

P.O. Box 751

Parsons, TN. 38363

Ride Safe, Ride Often, Have Fun

Next Meeting

April 6

Old Country Store

Hwy 45 By-Pass

Jackson, TN Eat at 5:00p, Meet at 6:00p

Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge

Gold Wing Road Riders Association

A Not-For-Profit Organization