April 2012 Newsletter - GWTA Air Capital Wings
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April 2012 Newsletter - GWTA Air Capital Wings
WINGWORD April 2012 Director Comments IT’S HERE!! The time has arrived! Dinner ride season is here! Our first dinner ride is Wednesday, April 4th, with first gear at 6:15 PM. As a reminder --- our meeting place is the parking lot east of Gander Mountain under the Kellogg flyover. Don’t forget our annual “ROAD SHOW “ is on Saturday, April 14th at Mid America Powersports from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. This is a great time to share ideas, stories, and adventures. Our monthly business meeting and announcements will be held at the ROAD SHOW at 9:00. The 2012 riding season holds lots of promise with mystery rides, individual road trips, the word scramble, and GOLD RUSH in July. Please don’t forget the raffle at GOLD RUSH 101205for the cash/ motorcycle prize!! Most of all, STAY SAFE AND KEEP IT UPRIGHT!!!! JOHN & JANE EUBANK CHAPTER DIRECTORS CHAPTER A, GWTA Chapter A website has been updating !! Big THANK YOU to Rick Frost and son in-law (Brett) that helped him load the monthly newsletter and clean up the website. That’s a lot of tech stuff and the reward is a working/current Chapter A website. Job well done~! www.GWTAksChapterA.com (upper or lower case letters will work) WINGWORD Page 2 Wednesday Dinner Rides MEET AT RESTURANT April 4 Gobi Grille 21st & Ridge (425-7999) Wichita, KS April 11 Luciano’s Restaurant 216 W Main (777-0045) Mulvane, KS (call in order before going) April 18 Gambino’s Pizza 339 W Colwich Ave (796-1121) Colwich, KS (call in order before going) April 25 Las Palmas 119 W Central (733-2332) Andover, KS MAY dinner rides coming 2012 Chapter A Staff Director: John & Janet Eubank Assistant Director: Secretary: Dee Webber Treasurer: Anita McCune Calling Tree: Donna Felix Greeter: open Newsletter Editor: Jorja Hensley, [email protected] Rider Education: Gail Hensley Web Master: RickFrost Family of the Year: John & Janet Eubank GWTA Web Sites: http://gwtaregione.homestead.com/CHAPTER_NEWSLETTERS.html www.GWTAKsChapterA.com www.GWTA.org Chapter A Calendar: APRIL we ride to the Dinner rides. 1st gear at 6:30 parking lot of Gander Mtn at Main & Kellogg April 14 Road Show at MAP and Monthly Meeting 9am –4pm April 29 Shrine Riders Poker Run @ Mulvane Park, June 16 Monthly Meeting Picnic at Oxy Frontier Land starts at 10am and eat at noon. Bring covered dish (hamburger & chicken provided) Dinner Ride Sign Up March: McCune Aug: Howard April: Melson Sept: ??? May: Howard Oct: Melson June: Felix Nov: McCart July: Felix (only 11th & 18th) Dec: ??? CHAPTER 'A' MONTHLY MEETING MINI CARNIVAL Who says a monthly meeting hast to be just a meeting? As most of you can remember the WINTER CARNIVALS! Well, I was felling a little nostalgic while looking at the stuff I have from previous Carnivals. So, I suggested out Feb. monthly meeting would be a mini Winter Carnival. Since Valentines Day is in February we all dressed in red. Once dinner was over we started the games. A word game first, followed by the HEART TOSS, and ending with the marble suck game. We all had a great time. The following are the winners. WORD GAME 1st Donna 2nd Janet 3rd Lonny HEART TOSS 1st Janet 2nd Roger S 3rd Gwynn MARBLE GAME 1st Newt 2nd Jorja 3rd Rick F Midian Shrine Riders Poker Run April 29 Start at Mulvane , KS Old Main Park at 4th & Main. First bike out 10am, last bike out noon. Drawing at 3pm. Poker Hand $8.00 Normally the Poker Run is in September, but are trying April this year for the Poker Run GoldRush July 23-26 Lake of the Ozarks Osage Beach, Missouri at Tan-TarA Resort You will need to register for the event and hotel. Goto www.gwta.org for GoldRush details Page 4 WINGWORD The March meeting of GWTA Chapter A was held at the Calvary United Methodist Church, 2525 N. Rock Road, Wichita, Kansas, on March 17, 2012, where the group enjoyed a potato bake. There were 27 people present. The meeting was called to order by John Eubank, and the following items of business were discussed: • Dee Webber was asked to introduce our two guests for the evening who will later speak to the group on Long Term Care. • Birthdays and anniversaries were announced for the month. • John thanked everyone who worked at the booth at The Chill. He announced that we will probably have two new members joining the Club because of our presence there. • The April monthly meeting will held April 14 at 9:00 am at Mid-America Power Sports (MAPS), 333 N. West Street, where we will be meeting for the Road Show. MAPS furnishes coffee and donuts and we will again have fresh popcorn throughout the day. At this meeting, we will be presenting MAPS with an appreciation plaque for all their support to the Club. • Rick Frost, webmaster of our Chapter A website, will be adding a section for “Items For Sale”. Rick has done a fantastic job of getting the website up to date and we appreciate all the time he’s put into this for the Club. If you have any items you’d like to sell, please send the information to Rick Fros at [email protected]. • John announced that the Shrine Poker Run had changed from fall to spring and will be held the last weekend in April 29th. Watch for more information. • Gold Rush will be July 23-26 at Tan-Tara Resort at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri this year. It is expected that we will have 15 motorcycles going from our Club. Anita McCune is making a Memorial Wall poster for the Club. If you have any photos you’d like included, please send them to Anita. If you still have raffle tickets out, please get them in to Anita soon. • The member number in the newsletter was 105620, which was Rick Fros. • Tee Kahn and Sean Smith of Banker’s Life, guests of Newt and Dee Webber, gave the group general information about how Long Term Care works and answered general questions. If anyone is interested in contacting them to discuss anything related to Long Term Care, please call Dee Webber for their phone number. • Banker’s Life offered to give a $20 gift card to a restaurant of the winner’s choice. Richard McCart was the winner of the gift card and chose Carlos O’Kelly’s as the restaurant. • Dee Webber won the Mystery Bag this month and Alan Highland won the 50/50 in the amount of $29. The meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Dee Webber, Secretary July Touring News Magazine article Yearly price rates Effective Sept 1, 2011: any new memberships will be $75.00 (single or family) If you are an existing member before Sept 1, your yearly rate is only $50.00 each year. This means your 2011 membership has NOT expired before you renewed for 2012. If you allow your membership to expire, your new rate will be $75.00 per year. Note: this section does not apply to to hidden membership number! Membership expires in April 93537 13621 Membership expires in May 103374 101205 100322 Summary of February Monthly Meetings Due to space available in March newsletter, I could not get them in, but here they are now! • April 14 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, we will be at Mid-America Power Sports (MAPS), 333 N. West Street, for the Road Show. We will have the monthly meeting at 9:00 am. MAPS furnishes coffee and donuts and we will again have fresh popcorn throughout the day. • Lonny Mendenhall had the most single road miles this year with a whopping 14,747. Linda Mendenhall had the second most with 5,294 miles. The most 2-up miles were ridden by Dwayne and Linda Howard with over 6,000. Congratulations to all these riders. • Gold Rush this year will be July 23-26 at Tan-Tara Resort at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. Everyone is encouraged to attend this year. Neon yellow Club shirts can be ordered for this event. We have been asked by the Gold Rush sponsor to prepare a poster for the History Wall. Anita McCune will be in charge of this project. Actually, she is thinking of doing one for the Chapter A club and one for State as it will be our 25th anniversary this summer. Region E will be in charge of the mini golf tournament. There will also be a swap meet at the rally for Goldwing parts, so get out all your unused parts and equipment to take to Gold Rush. • Entertainment for the evening was games provided by Donna Felix. The first game was the Marble Suck-up in which Newt Webber won 1st place, Jorja Hensley won 2nd place and Rick Frost won 3rd. The second game was the Word Scramble. Janet Eubank won 1st place, Roger Scholl won 2nd and Gwynn Norris won 3rd. The last game was the Heart Toss in which Donna Felix won 1st place, Janet Eubank won 2nd and Lonny Mendenhall won 3rd in a toss off. Prizes were awarded to the winners. • Lonny Mendenhall won the Mystery Bag this month and Janet Eubank won the 50/50 in the amount of $26. • John announced that Rick Frost, one of our newest members, has volunteered to take over as webmaster for our website at http://gwtakschaptera.com/. Be sure to check back often on the website for new information as to activities and events. The meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Page 6 WINGWORD Page 7 Goldwing Touring Association Chapter A “The Air Capital Wings” 11304 E Killarney Cir Wichita, KS 67206 April 2012