Spokin’ Times News SLOW SPOKES BICYCLE CLUB P.O. BOX 792 STERLING HEIGHTS, MI 48311-0792 February 2013 March 2013 President Paul Wilhelm Vice President Jane Mayle Treasurer: Clara Herndon Secretary: Ed Schultz Newsletter Editor: Jim Walter Newsletter Distributor: Lennie Raines Membership Chair: Lennie Raines Sunshine Liaison: Rita Zupan-Wilhelm POAR Chair: Jane Mayle Ride Chair: Rose Marie Jacobs Webmaster: Tom Miller Website: www.SlowSpokes.org Mailing Address: Slow Spokes P.O. Box 792 Sterling Hts, MI 48311 February Slow Spokes Meeting The February meeting will be this Friday, February 1st. Regular time and place, 7:30 pm at the Wheeler Community Center and Administration Building, 24076 Frederick Pankow Blvd. in Clinton Twp. One topic will be the committee report on where to give our club donations this year. This group of Slow Spokes was on the Clinton River Trail ride in September. One of the club donations was to the Clinton River Trail group, for which they recognized us as a sponsor of the event. So we got our picture taken in front of the sponsors sign. Two of us took our helmets off to make a fashion statement. Friends Meetings The Friends of the MOT (Macomb Orchard Trail) will meet on February 26th at 7 PM at Wolcott Mill Metropark, Camp Rotary Activity Bldg., 20505 29 Mile Road, Ray Township, Michigan. If you are interested in going, you might talk to Shelly about going with you. She sent the info to the Newsletter editorial staff. The Friends of the Clinton River Trail meet this Tuesday, January 29 at 7 pm if we happen to get the newsletter to you by then. They will meet at the Auburn Hills Community Center, 1827 N. Squirrel Road, Auburn Hills 48326. Looks like both Friends groups meet the last Tuesday each month! Friendly?
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Spokin’ Times News
S L OW S P O K E S B I C Y C L E C L U B P . O . B O X 7 9 2 S T E R L I N G H E I G H T S , M I 4 8 3 1 1 - 0 7 9 2
February 2013 March 2013
President
Paul Wilhelm
Vice President
Jane Mayle
Treasurer:
Clara Herndon
Secretary:
Ed Schultz
Newsletter Editor:
Jim Walter
Newsletter Distributor:
Lennie Raines
Membership Chair:
Lennie Raines
Sunshine Liaison:
Rita Zupan-Wilhelm
POAR Chair:
Jane Mayle
Ride Chair:
Rose Marie Jacobs
Webmaster:
Tom Miller
Website:
www.SlowSpokes.org
Mailing Address:
Slow Spokes
P.O. Box 792
Sterling Hts, MI 48311
February Slow Spokes Meeting
The February meeting will be this Friday, February 1st. Regular time and place, 7:30 pm at the Wheeler Community Center and Administration Building, 24076 Frederick Pankow Blvd. in Clinton Twp. One topic will be the committee report on where to give our club donations this year.
This group of Slow Spokes was on the Clinton River Trail ride in September. One of the club donations was to the Clinton River Trail group, for which they recognized us as a sponsor of the event. So we got our picture taken in front of the sponsors sign. Two of us took our helmets off to make a fashion statement.
Friends Meetings
The Friends of the MOT (Macomb Orchard Trail) will meet on February 26th at 7 PM at Wolcott Mill Metropark, Camp Rotary Activity Bldg., 20505 29 Mile Road, Ray Township, Michigan. If you are interested in going, you might talk to Shelly about going with you. She sent the info to the Newsletter editorial staff.
The Friends of the Clinton River Trail meet this Tuesday, January 29 at 7 pm if we happen to get the newsletter to you by then. They will meet at the Auburn Hills Community Center, 1827 N. Squirrel Road, Auburn Hills 48326.
Looks like both Friends groups meet the last Tuesday each month! Friendly?
Notes from the Newsletter Editor:
Every attempt will be made to include all articles as they are submitted, and in their entirety, in the newsletter. However, due to space constraints, this may not always be possible. If you do not want your article edited in any way, shape or form (even if typos and/or grammatical errors are apparent) please make a note of that when the article is sent.
Meetings—Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held at 7:30 p.m. on the first Friday of every month at
the Wheeler Community Center and Administration Building at 24076 Frederick Pankow Blvd. in Clinton
Township. Refreshments are served.
Ride Information—Send information for rides and walks to Rose Marie Jacobs via email:
Newsletter Information—Send articles you’d like published to Jim Walter. Email the information to
him at [email protected]. Articles must be received by the 15th of the month for inclusion in the
newsletter. Feel free to call Jim at 248-879-2405.
If you want to know of impromptu rides and other information of special interest not found on our website or in the newsletter, please make sure you forward your correct email address to Paul Wilhelm at [email protected]
DO WE HAVE YOUR CORRECT EMAIL ADDRESS?
Carylee Kensler, Shelby Twp
WELCOME NEW MEMBER
Holiday Party
The Slow Spokes Annual Holiday Party was held on Saturday, January 5th and was enjoyed by all who attended. We would like to thank all who helped to make it a success.
A Special thanks to all of the following:
• To Rita Zupan-Wilhelm for, once again, doing a terrific job of organizing the event.
• To Rose Marie Jacobs for providing her condo clubhouse for the party.
• To Tom Miller for the highlights video of all of the great moments of 2012.
• To all those who helped set up and clean up.
• To anyone else who helped out that I don’t know about.
And finally, thanks to all those who attended and joined in our annual holiday celebration.
MILEAGE FOR 2012
The people above sent in their mileage for 2012. We have a few people who ride a lot of miles and keep very close track of it. We even have one person who likes to keep track to the nearest tenth of a mile. I guess every little bit counts.
So, congratulations to every-one who hit their goals for 2012. And now, it’s time to set new goals for 2013. Here’s hoping that everyone has a great biking season, and maybe next year, some more people will add their names to the list.
Tom Graham 6605
Clara Herndon 6597
Rita Zupan/Wilhelm 5247
Jim Walter 5206
Tom Miller 5177.7
Paul Wilhelm 4863
Bernie Sustrich 4490
Carol Sustrich 3464
Bill Appleberry 3012
Bob George 2793
Don Windhorst 2224
Carol Ritchey 2143
Pictured above is the design for the wicking t-shirt
for the 2013 Peach of a Ride.
Bob George sent the above picture from Arizona (where he is enjoying warm weather while we suffer through the cold winter). He sent the following info about the picture:
When we were hiking in the Arizona dessert yesterday we came upon a couple of ladies on mountain bikes. Instead of carrying their gear in panniers or a trailer they had a donkey. Something to consider for our next self contained bike trip.
So did the donkey run along after the bikes? How did this work?
LEADER: Carolann Green (586) 206-7381 or (586) 872-6031
MEETING PLACE: St. Hubert Church located at the SW corner of Metropolitan Parkway and Prentiss Rd.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Walk into and around St. Clair Metropark.
No walk if it is raining.
McDonald’s coffee stop after the walk.
Think Spring! This past week has been really cold. The only Slow Spokes biking are the ones who are enjoying Florida or Arizona.
As we wait for Spring and warmer weather, watch for impromptu events which will be posted on the website and sent to members via email. It’s tough to get leaders to commit to events far in advance in the winter.
Bill Appleberry sent me this photo of Carol Ritchey and himself.
They rode from home to Armada for lunch at Papa’s in December.
From Carol’s house, it was 47 miles, and from Bill’s house it was 40 miles.
I would really be impressed if they had then turned around and biked another 40 or 47 miles to get back home.
But after a wonderful lunch at Papa’s, they decided to get sagged back home.
Marie met them for lunch and sagged them back home.
I can’t really say anything. In this one ride, they did more miles than I did in the entire month of December.
