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WILLIAMSPORT HOGPEN
Volume 13 Issue 1
Williamsport
HOGPEN
January 2016
Williamsport MD Chapter 1544
MAKE IT A GREAT YEAR
IN THIS ISSUE
And we’re off…
by Bob Corley
The New Year is here and we’ve already got a
ride under our belts. We don’t mess around.
Didn’t take us long to continue the “ride
every month” mantra. After staying up well
past my bedtime New Year’s Eve, we were
off bright and early to watch the annual
Williamsport Polar Bear Plunge on New
Year’s Day. And boy was it cold! I’ve included
some pictures in my short ride recap on page
4.
We have also had some pretty cool pickup
rides from the Yahoo site. Recently a ride
was organized to Woodstock Virginia. See
Mike and Don’s articles on the next page for
more info on the Yahoo Group and the
recent ride to Woodstock.
Next weekend the road captains will be
meeting to plan out the rides for 2016. I’m
looking forward to seeing the schedule and
I’m sure with several new road captains we
will have a variety of ice cream, lunch, and
overnight rides to choose from.
Although there are no more scheduled
chapter rides for January, we still have the
chapter holiday party coming up on Saturday
the 16th to look forward to. Be sure to join us.
It’s a good time.
Change in Officers
As Mike mentioned last chapter meeting, we
have some changes in the officer lineup.
Kevin Stouffer will be taking over the
Treasurer responsibilities for the departing
Jim Ryan and Michelle Stouffer will assume
the Senior Road Captain position.
Polar Bear Plunge Ride Recap
Bob Corley recaps the Polar Bear Plunge Ride.
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Well that’s all from me this month. I hope
everyone enjoyed their time off over the
holidays and were able to spend some quality
time with family.
“No one hates winter like a
person with a Harley sitting in
his or her garage”.
January Safety Tips
Ken Conway shares safety tips for cold weather riding
conditions in this month’s article.
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Group. This Group is for members of the
Williamsport HOG Chapter only so be sure to
include a note with your name so you will be
approved right away. Once you join, you can
explore some of the other functions on the
site. Go…Join Now…you can finish the
newsletter afterward…
From the Director
by Mike Pearson
Something special happened this past
weekend. It may have been one of those
once or twice in your lifetime events, but it
happened none the less. As many of you
know we have a Yahoo group. Many times
during the year someone will suggest a ride
on Yahoo and a pick up ride is born. What
made this ride so special, was one of our
newer members sent out the suggestion. She
asked in the e-mail for one of our road
captains to lead the ride and one of our
newest road captains took up the challenge.
He led us on a ride that was just absolutely
incredible.
We had 14 bikes and 21 riders for a pick up
ride. That is amazing. It was one of the
highpoints of the year. By the way, did I
mention it was on December 27th. Did I also
mention it was nearly 70 degrees. We rode to
Woodstock Virginia and ate at the Spring
House Tavern. The ride was great. The
company was fantastic and the memories are
priceless.
Mike
Assistant
Director
by Don Goglio
Thanks to El Niño we have been able to get
in more riding than we usually would for this
time of year. Without many Chapter rides on
the calendar, it has been great having the
Yahoo Group to put together some group
rides when the weather got exceptionally
nice.
What is the Yahoo Group?! Well, if you don’t
know what it is, you have been missing out
on a lot of fun and riding with other Chapter
members. When you join the Williamsport
HOG Yahoo Group you are able to send and
receive email messages about non-Chapter
“pick-up” rides put together by members, on
their own, to fill in any gaps in the calendar
that may exist. Most of the time these rides
are as large, or larger, than some Chapter
rides. It could be a short ride to dinner or a
nice long ride to someone’s favorite
destination or hot spot. If you don’t want to
miss out on any more of these rides, join the
Group right now! Just go to the Chapter
website at www.williamsporthog.org and
click on “Yahoo Groups” in the “Tools &
Utilities” section on the left column and click
on the “Join Group” button at the Yahoo
Group page to request membership into the
With the new year upon us, it is time to tally
up your Chapter Challenge booklets for last
year to see if you got in enough seat time to
win one of the prizes. The Chapter Challenge
lets you earn points for the miles traveled on
your motorcycle, for attending HOG rides
and events, as well as points for visiting HD
dealerships, National and State Parks,
restaurants, and each Maryland County
during the 2015 calendar year. The member
that turns in the booklet with the most points
wins a $200 gift card to Harley-Davidson of
Williamsport plus a free one-year Chapter
membership, 2nd place wins a $100 HDW gift
card plus one-year membership. Bring them
to the Chapter meeting on January 18th and
we will announce the winners and hand out
the prizes. Good Luck!
Lastly, we are gathering up the ride sign-in
sheets to add up the Chapter miles for every
member to see who wins the Chapter
Mileage Challenge patch and bragging rights
for the next year. You didn’t need to do
anything for this contest other than attend as
many Chapter rides as you could throughout
the past year. The member with the most
miles ridden on 2015 scheduled Chapter rides
will receive the patch. The winner will be
announced at the January or February
meeting.
I am looking forward to another great year as
your Assistant Director! We have a lot of
great things planned for 2016 and I can’t wait
to get going! A huge and sincere "Thank
you!" to everyone at HDW and to every
member for all the support throughout the
year! HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Don
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Treasurer Tidbits
Senior Road Captain
by Kevin Stouffer
by Michelle Stouffer
Another year is in the books now and we can
wrap things up financially after the Holiday
Party. And speaking of the Holiday Party,
don’t forget the western theme. It seems
fitting to have the Western theme for our
party. After all we did have a Wild West ride
this year.
The next riding season is looking great. We
have a number of new Road Captains this
year with plenty of fresh ideas. We are also
planning a second fundraiser this year. It will
be an observation ride. Each rider will ride to
designated locations and answer questions
unique to each location. Every participant
with all of the correct answers will be entered
into a drawing for prizes. I think it is a great
idea and I’m looking forward to it. So I say
let’s hurry up and get this winter over with so
the fun can begin.
Kevin
Safety Tips
by Ken Conway
I hope everyone enjoyed the 2015 rides your
Road Captains planned and hope you were
able to participate in a variety of them. I look
forward to serving as the Senior Road
Caption for 2016, as I could not ask for a
more awesome group of folks to work with.
Due to many new additions to our Road
Captain roster, I think we are going to have
an even more amazing year in 2016. Hard to
imagine how it could get much better.
Maybe a little more cooperation from the
weather would help. We will be having the
planning meeting on January 9th where we
will put many rides on the schedule for the
year. I can’t wait to see the new calendar. It
will be jammed packed with something for
everyone. Don’t forget, we will be having the
Most Chapter Miles contest, so my New
Year’s Resolution is to make as many chapter
rides as possible this year. How about you?
Michelle
2016 is upon us and time to think of being
prepared for the riding season. As I said last
month, some of us continue to ride in the
cold weather. Effective and appropriate
riding attire for all conditions is necessary to
be comfortable and not be distracted by
being too warm or too cold or wet. That
distraction can be detrimental to your riding
safety. It can cause loss of concentration on
the most important part of riding, which is
constantly SEEing. This is a very short
discussion but contains a lot of room for
thought on what you may want to get for
upcoming riding.
Ride safely, have fun and stay comfortable.
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Polar Bear Plunge Ride Recap
by Bob Corley
What’s crazier than a bunch of people riding
their Harley’s on New Year’s Day? A bunch of
people jumping into the frigid Potomac River
on New Year’s Day. Twelve members braved
the cold to witness this spectacle. Although it
may have been the shortest ride that we will
do this year (roughly 3 miles), it definitely will
be one of the coldest. Even with heated gear,
the wind and the freezing temperatures
made for an uncomfortable ride. That said,
when the festivities were over, most of us
were not ready to pack it in just yet. So we
rode to the Hagerstown Dinner to enjoy
lunch and the typical camaraderie that
makes these rides special.
Here are a few pictures from the day. Thanks
to Michelle Stouffer and James Kisner for the
pictures from their Facebook posts.
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CHAPTER OFFICERS
Director - Mike Pearson
[email protected]
301-730-1046
Volume 13 Issue 1
Upcoming Rides
and Events
Asst. Director - Don Goglio
[email protected]
304-261-8115
Secretary - Brittany Harpel
[email protected]
304-676-6632
Treasurer – Kevin Stouffer
[email protected]
301-223-4065
Membership - Bill & Barb Dutton
[email protected]
301-991-5368
Friday, January 1st 11AM
Polar Bear Plunge
Saturday, January 16th 6PM
December Meeting Gift Card
Winners
Chapter Holiday Party
Dave Baker
Monday, January 18th 7PM
Bob Barkdoll
Chapter Meeting
Gale Stouffer
Neil Gilbert
50/50 Winner
Sr. Road Captain - Michelle Stouffer
[email protected]
301-223-4065
Gale Stouffer
Webmaster – Brian Baker
[email protected]
301-331-4813
Safety - Ken Conway
[email protected]
301-739-3590
Merchandise - Michelle Stouffer
[email protected]
301-223-4065
January Birthdays
Historian – Don Goglio
[email protected]
304-261-8115
Susan Brown
01/03
Danny Nieves
01/06
Chaplain - Steve McCarty
[email protected]
301-991-4293
Bob Barkdoll
01/17
Bill Dutton
01/17
Editor - Bob Corley
[email protected]
301-908-4208
Kurt Mogard
01/20
Richard Sheffield
01/25
James McKeever
01/27
Activities – James Kisner
[email protected]
301-991-9612
Photographer – Susan Brown
[email protected]
301-639-1918
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