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Last I knew it was! On that, have you heardabout how the Illinois State Police are profilingbikers! Hard to imagine? Not at all! It happenedon 20 between Belvidere and Rockford. (Downthe road from Jane’s Place and Hammer TimeSports). The Illinois State Police were pullingONLY bikers over for a safety check and havingthem do a breathalyzer test. If any of you werepart of the ones that were pulled over please

contact me with all the information that youhave. If this happens to you please get theirbadge numbers, names, and supervisor’s information, time of day and location. I want toforward this to ABATE Legal services and seewhat they can do. I saw an article that said theState police were going to do this. What can wedo? Contact your Illinois State Representativesand Senators and let them know this flat outdiscrimination. Again be polite and to the point. The best ways to contact your legislators ismail, e-mail, phone call, or visit them in theiroffice.As I have said so many times if you do not likewhat is going on, be part of the process ofchange!! We are Americans and have the rightto let our voice be heard. Too many have giventhe ultimate for us to let our freedoms go without a fight. Get involved now, do not delay! Your President,Mike “Livid” MyersKishwaukee Valley A.B.A.T.E.

FROM YOUR PRESIDENT

I want to thank all the membership that showedup to our chapter meeting in June and the fournew members. It was a great day out to rideand many of you decided to attend our chaptermeeting and be informed as to what is going onwith your right to ride free!It seems that the media and the State of Illinoisare hell bent to give ALL bikers a hard time. Allwe want is to be left alone and enjoy our rides.Let me start with the media. Why is it wheneverthere is a motorcycle accident they want tomake sure that everyone knows that they werenot wearing a helmet? If the motorcyclist wasnot wearing a helmet they were riding their bikein accordance with the laws in the State ofIllinois. Yet the media feels that they must stateno helmet. What message do you think mostnon-riders think?· If you wear a helmet you are invincible andcan ride as stupid as you wish and you willnever be hurt or die.· No other vehicle will pull out in front of you.· No other vehicle will try to share your lane andrun you off of the road.· No other vehicle will run you over while doingtheir nails, reading the paper or text messaging.I think you get the message. I know I ampreaching to the choir. But it is time the choirgot up and said enough is enough. I for one amso tired of their stupidity. If the media reallywants to help in reducing motorcycle accidents,then they should report when the other vehiclepulled out in front of the bike and how importantit is to look for motorcycles when driving theirvehicles. Furthermore, how drivers shall donothing else when they are behind the wheelexcept take care of the business of driving safely. And some ask me why “Livid”? It disturbsme to keep hearing about our brothers and sister getting hurt or killed by a driver that wasdriving illegally. The only way to stop this is toflood the media with letters, e-mails, phone callsand personal visits. As always be polite and tothe point. Is this not our America the Land ofBrave and Home of the Free?

The Illinois State Police werepulling ONLY bikers over for asafety check and having them do a breathalyzer test.

Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.

Submitted by Members:From Bob Nordvall on 6/15It was brought to my attention that the StatePolice were on Hwy. 20 by the old Frank Gayspulling bikes only over into the Bar-B-Queplace next door and making all that werepulled over to take a breath test. They wereletting all cars go, just bikes. This is gestapocrap and the breath test stuff is bullshit.ABATE needs to get off it's ass, as well as all members and call their representatives.This isn't for our safety, this is profiling andharrassment. Saying this is for our safety isjust a way that the State Gestapo can get usoff the roads. I think a warning needs to go on the website as well as the newsletter in BIG BOLD TYPE of this "terroristic" activityand for all to call the congressmen and representatives. Freedom is disappearing likeit is in a wildfire. Two beers will get you a DUIif you blow. Refuse the test. If enough of uslock up the courts with jury trials, maybe wecan stop this crap.(Editor’s note: “BIG BOLD TYPE”, consider it done Bob.)

From “Livid” on 6/17Illinois will begin using photo radar in freewaywork zones in July. One mile per hour over thespeed limit and the machine will get you a nice$375.00 ticket in the mail. Beginning July 1st,the State of Illinois will begin using the speedcameras in areas designated as "Work Zones"on major freeways. Anyone caught by thesedevices will be mailed a $375.00 ticket for theFIRST offense. The SECOND offense will cost $1000.00 and comes with a 90-Day suspension. Drivers will also receive demeritpoints against their license, which allow insurance companies to raise insurance rates. This is the harshest penalty structure ever set for a governmental unit involving PHOTOspeed enforcement. The State already has twocamera vans on line issuing tickets 24/7 inwork zones with speed limits lowered to 45MPH. Photos of both the driver's face andLicense plate are taken. Pass this on to everyone you know who might be affected!!!(Editor’s note: It never ends: Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.)

Submitted by Members:From Fred Schwartz Jr. on 6/15At our Board/Officer meeting we were discussing having a Rescue Riders class inMarch or other cold month. I think there wasenough interest that we could have a classsooner. We are out there now. Why wait?Maybe make March an annual class.Maybe a Rescue Riders chapter will be formedand they can deal with doing future classes.I bet the Officers and Board that are interestedwould be enough for a class. Maybe July 25 or26th or August 15, 16, 23, 29 or 30th.(Editor’s note: See more on this subject inFred, Marion, and Karl’s reports.)

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WE MEET ATTHE VFW

The Kishwaukee Valley Chapter ofABATE of Illinois meets at the VFW

located at 2018 Windsor Road in Loves Park, (Alpine and Windsor).

Meetings are held on the 2nd Sunday of each month at 2:00pm.

There is great parking for the bikes and the kitchen and bar are open and ready to serve the meeting!

We appreciate VFW Post 9759 for their hospitality and opening

their door to us.

Our chapter website: www.abate-il.org/kishwaukee/Our state website: www.abate-il.org

We Need You ToRenew YourKVA ABATE

MembershipOur strength comes froma strong membershipworking together to protectthat which we cherishmost...OUR FREEDOMS!Please see page 18 tosee if it’s time for yourrenewal or if your renewal is coming up in June.

NOTICE:The views expressed or implied in this newsletter do NOT necessarily reflect the views, opinions or policy of Kishwaukee Valley Chapter or ABATE of IL. The opinions expressed or implied in these articles are of the author. This publication encourages its members to express their own beliefs and/or opinions. Kishwaukee Valley Chapter accepts no responsibility for the opinions, views or comments contained in this publication. Kishwaukee Valley Chapter reserves the right to edit any article for publication for misspellings or inappropriate language.

Bob Anderson 7/23Laura Anderson 7/16

Lucas Bowers 7/1Peter Brommelkamp 7/28

Karl Dahlin 7/10Hollis Deets 7/23John Elvin 7/21

Ken Ferguson 7/15Dale Gardner 7/17

Patrick Heaslip 7/17Troy Hendel 7/6

Timothy Hennip 7/31William Heyer 7/9

Joy Hilton 7/6Kurt Hussen 7/3

Dennis Leary 7/29David Long 7/11

Kevin McCarthy 7/20Kathleen Napier 7/24

Rocky Napier 7/24Oats 7/4

Michelle Peterson 7/6Mona Richmond 7/28

Dale Runia 7/13Michelle Sadewater 7/8

Dale Sparks 7/15Beth Ward 7/21

Waymon Wallis 7/28

SILENT MEMBERSMike “Pisser” SchauldSteve “Mackie” Miracle

Ed Gray“Pug” WithrowMyrna Tackett

Richard “Dickie” WilliamsDavid “Jake” Jacobsen

Brian BurnsBrad DodgeJimi Palmer

“Chopper Bill” SchaferDan Pasch

D.A. RichardsGary Sadewater

Bo ConnerNorman GerthBecky Harmon

Mike “Gonzo” GuirlandoDale Dahl

Butch JohannJerry Henrey

Dan Back Teresa WarrenCarol Albrecht

Joshua AndersonBill SoudersRusty Welch

Chuck AlbrechtJeff Lindvall

William “Willie” GledhillJerry “T-Bone” Shadden

Scott WilcoxenRon Johnson

Bob SmithFrank ChelinskySteve Swanson

Terry “Tooltime” Boland

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EXECUTIVE STATE OFFICERSNorthwest Regional Coordinator: Scott Gerke 815-238-3092 or [email protected] Manager: Pauli Ward - 800-87-ABATE or [email protected] State Coordinator: Jim “Legs” Korte - 618-224-9180 or [email protected] State Coordinator: Jeff Marsh - 217-422-4269 or [email protected]

KISHWAUKEE VALLEY ABATEOFFICERS 2009

President - Mike “Livid” Myers 621-7184Vice President - Debbie Crawford 654-7322Secretary - Tina Edwards 985-4988Treasurer - Kathy Kelley 874-6345State Board Rep - Bob Anderson 272-1594Membership - Marion Elvin 988-9298 Legislative - David Kelley 874-6345Products - Karen Beksel 519-7285Activities - Mary Frew 742-6802

Teri Ratzlaff 601-5976Sgt. At Arms - Marty Wick 399-9571Safety & Ed - Karl Dahlin 630-715-7059Newsletter - Dave Moneysmith 985-4881Road Cleanup - Dale Runia 399-1444Media - Stacy Clemmons 874-7026Webmaster - Fred Schwartz Jr. 218-9133 Board - Sheila Phillips 721-7178

Wayne “Waybe” Tufly 721-6187Elias Carlos 964-0210Fred “Dozer” Ulrich 874-5632Dennis Crawford 654-7322Bob Scroggins 965-1215

All phone numbers are Area Code 815 except as indicated.

RhondaWELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Wally SpilotroHolly Lynn

Gerald MakinenGeorge Limberis

Lori LimberisMichelle RiceScott Mc Cray

Garry PinkstonDan Mc Intyre

RhondaWELCOME BACK

Charles AddisGeorge Daily

Betty Hohl Maurice RalstonPamela Ralston

Paul Berger

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Officer Reports

MembershipHello Everyone,Well the weather is finally cooperating at little bit. We had nine new members thismonth and six members that have comeback to ABATE. So not bad for the month.But the bad news is that there are about 25-30 people who expired two months agoand who have not renewed and they will begoing off the membership list. This is notgood odds what has been hurting us withour membership numbers. We have to keepup on the renewals. Unfortunately it is notjust our chapter. This is happening statewide. It got a little better in March and Aprilwith the helmet law bill but then it slackedoff. If you see someone whose name is onthe list remind them to renew and pick upsome forms to give them.The Membership Contest is going good sothat does help some what. Bert Perry has 8,Trish Boland has 7, Ed Elvin has 11 (he didthe talking not me), Karl Dahlin has 8 andpast how many years winner Bob Nordvallhas 6. (He finally made a showing). Plus,there are a bunch of people who havesigned up at least one person, if not more.The top five people have signed up 40 newmembers so that is a great showing. Butthere is always room for more people. Soget out there and talk to people. If you haveany questions, please give me a call. I willbe more than happy to get you any answer.Thanks a lot to all who have signed up newmembers. If everyone signs up just one itwould double our chapter and that is not abad idea. The picnic had about 30 people. Mostshowed up after the rain stopped and thesun came out. A big thanks to Rosie andBob for getting the grills ready and gettingthe things for the picnic. They did a greatjob. And also thanks to our cook MikeMyers. The burgers, brats and hot dogswere great. And we even got one of ournew members, Dan McIntyre who bravedthe rain and came out with his son. Mary Frew manned the booth for me at Bike Jam with some help and got 3 newmembers and 1 renewal so it was worth setting up the booth in the rain that morningwith Ed. Thanks to everyone who helpedout there. I appreciate your help. We had the Rescue Riders at the Junemeeting and they are offering classes forAccident Scene Management. Both basicand advanced classes. The closest classesto us are in Lake Zurich so it is being considered to bring the classes to us locallyif there is an interest. The classes are

are $30.00 each per person. Normally theyrun $55.00 but there is a grant that willcover $25.00 of the class. It was discussedto try and do one in February or March rightbefore next riding season and open it toother chapters and groups and see if wecant get a big enough class to make it worthwhile. Plus right now a lot of the times havealready been taken. One of our members,Brad Meisenburg is a Rescue Rider and he was the one that brought them to ourmeeting. If anyone has any input or questions I will try and look into gettingsome classes set up and I just need toknow how many people would like to attend.There has to be at least 10 people to makethe class worth while. Please contact me bye-mail or phone. Well that is all for now. I hope to see everyone at the Independence Run on July11th. Check out the Newsletter and Website for further information. Marion

State Board RepHi Everybody!This is Stacy, the new Media officer. Notmuch to report this month. Everything is stillnew, and I just got "the folder" from Rosieyesterday. It is probably going to take mostof the next month just to go through it,organize it, update it, and figure out what Iam supposed to be doing!!As I catch up though, I am going to beadvertising our monthly meetings more, totry to get our name out. I also have to finishpulling the proclamations together to sendthem down to state. Other than that I amjust hoping to start making some more contacts, etc. so that we can expand ourreputation, name, and goals a little more.I will be trying to make it to as many different events as possible, and also bringmore attention to them. If anyone has anychildren, nieces, whatever that would beinterested in babysitting a seven year oldgirl, going on thirty, let me know! It would bea big help, and allow me to really be moreinvolved. :)Thank you to everybody who has been supportive of me trying to do this position,and to all that have offered to help. Godknows I will probably need it in the monthsto follow!Until next time, live life, laugh, smile (anddon't bitch about the media!)Lots of luv........... Stacy [email protected]

Safety & Ed ReportAfter a busy May with presentations and thewindow wash, things have slowed down.School is out for the summer so we have no upcoming presentations. We did haveinteresting guest speakers at our Junemeeting, the Rescue Riders. They are anorganization that trains bikers in EmergencyScene Management. They work withMedical Reserve Corps and other emergency response agencies to assist in training in how to handle emergency situations. They teach us, the motorcycle riding community, how to respond shouldthe need arise. It sounds like a good ideaand we will work on trying to set up traininghere in the Rockford area for those who are interested. We will talk to the othermotorcycle groups in the area to see if wecan combine efforts and get some qualitytraining. It’s something we all could use. As Tersa put at the meeting "I'm a trainedprofessional at accident scene managementbut what happens if I go down." We needmore people out there who can respond. I myself am an accident manager but who'llsave me if I go down? Something to thinkabout. Check out their web site and voiceyour opinion at the next meeting.www.rescueriders.orgABATE ticket sales are up, this last monthwe sold almost 14 books! That's great! Weneed to keep the momentum going. It’s a $5ticket that funds our organization. For each$5 ticket we sell we get a dollar back fromthe state to help our chapter out. So pleasemake a special effort to sell or buy a tickets.All tickets are due back by the August meeting. Thanks,Karl DahlinSafety & Ed.630 715-7059

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KVA Legislative ReportJune 2009

FROM SPRINGFIELD, 2009 BILLS TOWATCH.HB 422 - Clean Car Act - ABATE opposes- Would impose California style emissionsregulations on all vehicles in IL, includingmotorcycles. Re-referred to House RulesCommittee to (hopefully) die.HB 1181 - Titling of Mopeds - ABATE supports - Passed the House 114 - 0.Passed the Senate unanimously and iswaiting for the governor’s signature.CPSC COMMISSIONER NOMINATION -President Obama nominated Inez MooreTenenbaum as new head of the ConsumerProduct Safety Commission (CPSC) earningpraise from lawmakers who sought removalof acting CPSC Chairwoman Nancy Nord.The National Association of Manufacturersalso praised the pick and urged swift confirmation. Under Chairwoman Nord’sdirection, the CPSC voted to not overturn a ban on youth ATVs and motorcycles forexceeding a new lead content law.NHTSA NOMINEE WITHDRAWS - CharlesHurley, executive director of MothersAgainst Drunk Driving (MADD), withdrewhimself from consideration for the top vehicle safety post at the NationalHighways Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA), but declined to elaborate on why.Pres. Obama nominated Mr. Hurley in April,but the Senate had not moved to confirmhim. The MRF opposed the nominationfrom day one. PEDESTRIAN DETECTION TECHNOLOGY - Sensors, cameras, radar,lasers, detection technology, motion sensors. All new technology that willbecome more common in new cars eachyear. A shining example is the new VolvoS60; the first vehicle equipped with "FullAutobrake and Pedestrian Detection." Acomplex mixture of radar, cameras and software the car will "see" people in thecrosswalk or to the rear of the vehicle evenif the driver does not and bring itself to animmediate stop. (Remember Hal from “2001Space Odessey”?) According to aspokesperson at Volvo the S60 will detectmotorcycles moving or stationary. Volvosaid, "The system is being designed forvehicles including motorcycles, stationary ormoving in the same direction. This meansthat the system will apply the brakes if amotorcycle is detected and it is determinedthat the driver of the car is not acting toavoid the accident."NEW MOTORCYCLE SALES DECLINE INQ1 - Despite six straight years of newmotorcycle sales eclipsing the 1 millionmark, the sagging economy has impactedU.S. sales in the first quarter of 2009

resulting in a 30.5% decline compared to thesame period last year. RIDE TO WORK DAY - Next Monday, June15, is national Ride to Work Day. Thismarks the18th national Ride to Work Day.Ride to Work Day is a Minnesota-basednon-profit with the mission of "advocatingthe use of motorcycles and scooters fortransportation and everyday utility riding tothe public." MRF encourages everyone toparticipate, noting that every day ought to beride to work day. Probably not in Minnesota(or around here!).MANDATORY REFLECTIVE VESTSURGED FOR FILIPINO BIKERS - TheMetropolitan Manila Development Authority(MMDA) is proposing mandatory trainingand the wearing of reflector vests for motorcycle riders in an effort to curb risingdeaths and injuries. According to MMDAChairman Bayani Fernando there is a needto "enhance the skills" of motorcycle driversnationwide, and further suggested that thegovernment adopt the practice in Bogota,Colombia where motorcycle drivers aremandated to use reflectorized vests to allowfor greater visibility during nighttime andeliminate road mishaps. WEIRD NEWS: MAN FAKES KIDNAPPINGTO FIND STOLEN MOTORCYCLE -After hours of searching for a toddler whose father claimed he was attacked by motorcycle thieves who abducted the child, police arrested the Florida man forfabricating the kidnapping to get police tolaunch an intensive search for his stolenmotorcycle. "His thinking was if they thoughtmy child was missing, there would be a more intensive search than for the motorcycle," a Sheriff's Office spokesmantold the paper. The bike and the thieves arestill at large.QUOTABLE QUOTE: “It is incumbent onevery generation to pay its own debts as itgoes. A principle which if acted on wouldsave one-half the wars of the world.”

- Thomas Jefferson

WebmasterWe had 562 visitors, which makes our average 16 visitors a day since our lastmeeting. Photos page is #1 with 108 views.Home page is #2 with 90. June calender is#3 with 41. Our Kickstart newsletter is #4with 38.Last year we averaged 7 a day for the year.2306 total. So far this year's average is 16 a day. 2705 total being 400 more than all of last year.RescueRiders.org were at our meeting.They provide training so you can be of better assisstance at an accident or otheremergencies. The class is about 6 hoursand costs $35/person with a minimum of 10 people. They will come to us to give theclass at the VFW. At the Board/Officermeeting we were discussing having a classin March. I think we should do it sooner andhave another in March. Contact Marion ifinterested in attending a class.Sign up for Dave Kelley's email list, if youhave not received anything. He had a littleproblem and the previous list was lost.NIU's Basic Rider Courses are full throughOctober. If you want to go you better signup now. There is a new 8.5 hourIntermediate Rider Course designed for persons with previous motorcycle ridingexperience. Only one local class left onAUG 8th. The Experienced Rider Course is FULL. Need your license? The DMV willwaive the riding test, if you complete anIntermediate or Basic class.Check the site regularly for new event flyers, event changes or to track LEGISLATION. I am a truck driver and nothome every day, so click on the bill numberand get the latest directly from The IllinoisGeneral Assembly website.Take any bike photo on your camera phone,and send a pic message to:[email protected],Fredwww.abate-il.org/kishwaukee

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ActivitiesThe Never Forget Veterans Run was a great way to honor them. 54 riders signedup to travel to some really awesomeMemorials. We ended up at the VFW whereour meetings are held and they grilled us a nice supper to end the run. Thanks somuch to Kenny and everyone else whopitched in. Special thanks go out to MikeBowers for his generous donation of gifts forour Vets who were on the run.The day didn’t start out too great for thePicnic or Biker Jam but it did clear up andeveryone got to enjoy our President’s cooking at the picnic. Thanks to Mike andspecial thanks to Rosie and Bob for handling the Picnic. Mary and I spent theday at the Biker Jam tent - Thank YouMarion and Eddie for setting up the booth.The day resulted in 2 new members and 4 renewals.

June 20th - The White House inRiddot has a run/pig roast sign up is at Mullen’s in Davis.

June 20th - “Ride For The Red”,Davis Park Rockford.

June 26/27/28 - STATE PARTY inEffingham.

JULY 4th - Parades: 9am sign up at the High School in Winnebago.6pm sign up at 7th St. and RailroadAve. in Rockford.

JULY 11th - “Search For ParadiseRun” - SEE FLYER.

July 19th - Freeport Fun Day,Cedar Inn, Cedarville, IL.

July 25th - Freeport “Bark at theMoon”, White House in Riddot

August 22nd - KVA Anniversary Run and Party.

Secretary’s ReportCHAPTER MINUTES

June 2009Meeting opens with pledge of allegiance andmoment of silence.President - Welcome new members, guestspeakers Brad Meisenburg from RescueRiders - medics on wheels. They train peopleto help people in accidents. How to treat trauma and direct traffic. For information, goto http://www.RescueRiders.org. It’s free to bea member, $55 per class, it’s good to take theclass so you may not get sued. There was 47members that showed up for the meeting.Secretary - Waived.Vice Pres - Wavied.State Board - Next Sat. State Board meetingdownstate. Mike Myers is going.Treasurer - See report.Legislative - See report.Safety&Ed - 3 presentations,165 students -54 fliers handed out at window wash in monthof May. 13 raffle ticket books sent this month.Newsletter - Need reports by Thursday the18th, by 3:00pm.Membership - 4 new members - 25-30 people will not be members this month. Youhave to read the newsletter to see if you haveto renew.Products - See Karen for orders, voted for20th Anniversary patches, $3 each. Oneopposed.Media - Waived.Road Clean-up - Next month the 12th of Julymeet at Cherryvale Restaurant at 11:00 forbreakfast or meet at road at 12:00.Activites - May 24th, Vets run thank you toMike Bowers for specal gifts for the vets andfor the VFW for the food. Family picnic MikeMyers cooked the food, we had a booth atBiker Jam. 3 renewals, and 1 new member.For the Anniversary Party, working on t-shirts.Need more sponsors for the back of shirts.Get a hold of Teri or Mary for info. 4th of JulyParade line up in Rockford at 6pm, 7th Streetand Railroad. 9am, Winnebago by the HighSchool.Webmaster - 16 visiters a day.Old Business - Banner on State and ShawRd. Media open, we nomanted StacyCummings. We all voted for her.New Business - Tea Party down at HaightPark at noon on July 4th. Card Drawing - king of hearts rolled over tillnext month.Donation Drawing - $60 Fred Schwartz Jr.won, he donated $30 back to chapter.Finaly some nice weather, ride safe.Tina Edwards

Coming To AmericaOne day, the Pope is visiting America anddriving around Washington in his limo whenhe gets an idea."Driver? Can I drive for a while?""Sure," says the driver. How can you say noto the Pope? So the Pope takes the wheeland starts driving like a maniac all aroundWashington - dodging in and out of traffic,going eighty, cutting people off. Soon, a coppulls him over. But when the Pope rollsdown the window, the cop stops dead in histracks, and goes back to the car."We got somebody really important here,"he says to his partner."Who is it? Is it a senator?""No. More important.""The president?""No. More important.""An ambassador? Who?""I don't know. But the Pope is his driver."

Life’s SuccessesAt age 4, success is...not peeing in yourpants.At age 12, success is...having friends.At age 16, success is...having a driver'slicense.At age 20, success is...having sex.At age 35, success is...having money.At age 50, success is...having money.At age 60, success is...having sex.At age 70, success is...having a driver'slicense.At age 75, success is...having friends.At age 90, success is...not peeing in yourpants.

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Editor’s note: This article was forwarded tome by a KVA member and I thought it wasworth passing on with a few personalcomments.

In the top paragraph, in the second column, it states that “the KishwaukeeValley Chapter got committments fromlawyers...” note the plural. I received one committment from one firm, this firm, andfollowing proper procedure did not take thead because of rules established at thestate level. I have no problem followingrules governing our organization which areestablished and voted on by a leadershipelected by the statewide membership andState Board Reps from every chapter.

Besides ABATE of Illinois, the UnitedStates Post Office also tells me who I cannot run ads for as well. I am not permitted to run ads for travel agencies,insurance companies, and credit relatedbusinesses otherwise we risk losing our non-profit postage rate.

Continuing in the same paragraph itstates, “Kishwaukee was prevented evenfrom providing it’s members with writtenmaterial relevant to bikers’ rights...” Sometime back I was contacted by an attorneyfrom this firm and at his request providedhim with my address so he could FedExmaterial to me to provide to the chapter. It never showed up. I wonder if it wasbecause I mentioned that I would behappy to receive the material, and presentit to the chapter leadership to look over first.

Other than talking on the phone a whileback regarding the above mentioned ad and the expected FedEx package, I have no other personal experience withthis business. I am certain that it is a finefirm consisting of many fine people. I haveheard from people who have dealt withthem and were quite pleased with theirresults. But I wonder about the tone, tenorand true agenda of the article.

In the last paragraph it says, “...4,302Americans have died fighting for our freedoms there.” So I decided I had thefreedom to pass this article on with mypersonal viewpoint because of the mentionof our chapter and my experience was different than the facts stated in the paragraph talking about KishwaukeeValley.

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For Sale By Members

FOR SALE ‘02 HARLEY-DAVIDSON NIGHT TRAIN 4,000 miles.Many extras. Mustang seat, Vance & Hines Pipes, Silver Mag rims,Kuryakyn Pegs, upgraded air cleaner, plus more. Was asking$12,500...Economic downturn special $10,000 or trade or? Call 815-289-5116 (cell) or 815-399-9571 (home).

FOR SALE, PRICE REDUCED! 1988 Harley-Davidson FXRS LowRider. 1340cc, 23,500 original miles. Newer tires, seat, paint, andbelt. Bike wants to ride, owner can’t. Garage stored always. MUSTSELL! $6,000. Call Wendy at 815-332-9101.

FOR SALE 1978 CHEVY VAN 4X4 factory, too much to list. 121245miles. Asking $3000 or o.b.o. 1977 Yamaha XS750 with driveshaft.18337 miles. Asking $750 or o.b.o.1980 GMC 3500 1.5 ton flatbed.191079 miles with newer motor. Asking $1800 or o.b.o. CallWayne after 4:30pm at 815-636-9764.

FOR SALE Complete, like new ‘03 TC88, full top end. This stuff isnice! Asking $950.00. Call 847-931-1519.

FOR SALE ‘03 SHADOW 13,000 miles. Hard chrome 3in. pipes,sounds like Harley. Hyper charger on intake. Light bar, saddle-bags, backrest, and custom paint. Asking $4800. Call John at 815-519-7641.

FOR SALE 1967 CHEVY 4X4 Rebuilt 400 Pontiac motor and trans-fer case. Dana 70 rear end axle, Dana 60 front, 513 gears. Goodsheet metal, needs wiring and needs to be finished. Asking $2,700.Call 815-670-6734.

FOR SALE VANCE & HINES 2 INTO 1HEADER Good condition.$300.00 ($600.00 new). Fits Softtail. Call 815-544-4399.

FOR SALE 1949 INDIAN SCOUT basket case, 98% original partsthere, 70% together. Asking $2500.00. Call Bob at 815-979-7619.

FOR SALE 2005 ROAD GLIDE FLTRT 17688 miles, 5 speed,88CI, fuel injected, cruise control,AM/FM/CD. Excellent condition.New rear tire and brakes. Asking $13,500. Contact Dave at 815-289-5977.

FOR SALE HD Thunderstars Brand new - in the box. HDThunderstar black and polished mag wheels. 21” front wheel and16” rear wheel. Asking $600 for pair but will sell separately, $300each. Call Jerry at 630-338-5036.

FOR RENT 2 plus bedroom apartment in nice neighborhood. $650 a month with $650 deposit. Landlord next door. Call Dave orLori at 815-399-5130.

FOR SALE ‘02 Night Train 5500 miles. Asking $9750. Also, HD Dyna Glide with extras, asking $6450. Call for details at 815-289-5116 (Cell) or 815-399-9571 (Home).

FOR SALE 1988 Ford F250 six cylinder, 5 speed, good on gas.Heavy-duty work truck. Asking $650. Call 815-289-5116 (Cell) or815-399-9571 (Home).

FOR SALE 1993 Ford F150 4x4 extended cab. Needs some minorrepair. Was asking $1000 bottom dollar $700. Call for details at815-289-5116 (Cell) or 815-399-9571 (Home).

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If your name appears on the list above, WE NEED YOU! Our rights and freedoms are being threatened and taken away, now more than ever.Remember that all of us need to be proactive people who believe that bad things can be prevented by identifying problems headed our wayand acting on them now, instead of waiting until it’s too late. Our strength comes from our members working together to protect that which we cherish most...OUR FREEDOMS!

IMPORTANT NOTICE. The list above is compiled from the most recent list received from State in June. If you have renewed andyour name is listed above please notify Marion Elvin, our Membership Coordinator at 815-988-9298.

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CURRENT KVA MEMBERS:Don’t forget to pickup MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS at the next KVA meeting. Let’s get out there and increase our numbers!

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