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Gold Wing Road Riders Association
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SanDiego
California District, Region “F” April 1998
Chapter CA1F Issue #43
Gold Wing Road Riders Association
California District, Region “F” May 1998
Chapter CA1F Issue #44
CA-1FG
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SanDiego
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"GOLD WING ROAD RIDERS ASSOCIATION" Staff Members......Who's Who
National, Regional and State Officers: Executive Director Mike & Judy Wright (219) 248-8166 Region "F" Director LaMar & Carol Sullivan (435) 644-5078 Asst. Region "F" Director Wayne & Cathy Meyenberg (505) 899-7626 Asst. Region "F" Director Walt & Nancy Rice (520) 458-7747 Region “F” Educator Bob & Jan Willis (303) 420-2735 Region “F” Couple Of Year Rich & Donna Noah (719) 633-0345 CA District Director Ron & Fay Tolson (760) 240-1206 Asst. CA District Director Wilber & Nancy Hodges (818) 331-0254 “ Ed Sollars (415) 325-8169 CA District Educator Tom & Barbara Jefferies (909) 599-0486 CA District Couple Of Year Rick and Joyce Elmore (619) 748-1385
Chapter CA1F Staff Members:
Chapter Director Bill Mahan (619) 487-9601 Assistant Chapter Director Joyce Elmore (619) 748-1385 Chapter Educator/Safety Mike Solina (619) 748-6462 Sign-in Person Jim & Kay Zabler (619) 279-7326 Activity Coordinator Crystal Rush (760) 278-6482 Newsletter Editor Rick Elmore (619) 748-1385 Chapter Store Debbie Mahan (619) 487-9601 50/25/25 Jerry Miller (619) 748-1766 Chapter Ride Coordinator Craig Rush (619) 278-6482 Asst. Ride Coordinator Dan Dresser (619) 390-3124 Pie Ride Coordinator John Riley (619) 668-0986 Treasurer Chuck Riley (619) 748-4644 Hospitality Kathy Arnold (619) 889-4654 Public Relations J.R. Buller (619) 679-1131 1998 Chapter Couple Of Year Jim & Kay Zabler (619) 279-7326 Phone Tree Coordinator Trebie Solina (619) 748-6462 Phone Tree Limb D. ‘Max’ Maxwell (760) 527-5812 Phone Tree Limb John Riley (619) 668-0986 Phone Tree Limb Jim & Kay Zabler (619) 279-7326 Phone Tree Limb Janice Rathbone (619) 429-6663 Phone Tree Limb Jerry Miller (619) 748-1766 Webmaster David Dirig (619) 283-3191
http://yakshlab.ucsd.edu/dirig/CA1F
Mike Judy
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TOPIC PAGE OFFICERS AND STAFF ............................................................................... 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................... 3 CALIFORNIA CHAPTER MEETING LIST ..................................................... 4 CHAPTER DIRECTOR ................................................................................ 5 ASSISTANT CHAPTER DIRECTOR .............................................................. 6 “ ............................................................... 7 CHAPTER EDUCATOR .............................................................................. 8 “ ............................................................................... 9 ICE CREAM SOCIAL .................................................................................. 10 CHAPTER RIDE COORDINATOR ............................................................... 11 CALIFORNIA NEWS & VIEWS ................................................................. 12 “ ................................................................. 13 FROM MY SADDLE BY DAN DRESSER ....................................................... 14 “ ....................................................... 15 SAVOR THE MOMENT .............................................................................. 16 “ .............................................................................. 17 PROGRESSIVE DINNER RIDE .................................................................... 18 SCHAPIRO & LEVENTHAL (PAID AD) ....................................................... 19 MAY 1998 CALENDAR ............................................................................. 20 JUNE 1998 CALENDAR ............................................................................. 21 PRIZE WINNERS / MEMBER FOR SALE ...................................................... 22 HUNTINGTON HONDA (PAID AD) ............................................................. 23 CHAPTER STORE .................................................................................... 24 RICHARD LESTER (PAID AD) ................................................................... 24 EDITORS CORNER .................................................................................... 25 THANK YOU ............................................................................................ 26 PHOTO GALLERY - MYSTERY RIDE .......................................................... 27 MAP TO THE ZABLER’S ............................................................................28 UPCOMING EVENTS/BIRTHDAYS/ANNIVERSARIES .......................................29 CA1I VALENTINE RIDE ............................................................................30 REGION RALLY IN RENO ............................................................................ 31 “ ............................................................................32 CA2E ‘WING FEVER’ ............................................................................. 33 CA1R SWALLOWS RUN ........................................................................... 34 CA2J PRESENTS ‘J’S JUBILEE’ ..................................................................35 CA2S SCRABBLE RIDE ............................................................................. 36 CALIFORNIA DISTRICT RALLY ................................................................... 37 GWRRA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION ..................................................... 38 ADVERTISING .......................................................................................... 39
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CALIFORNIA DISTRICT - CHAPTER INFORMATION (Current as of 4/10/98)
Meeting Date/Time Chapter Chapter Director Meeting Location 1st Sun 7:30am CA1I Joseph Shoats
(909) 621-4440 Covina Bowl, 1060 W. San Bernardino Rd, Covina
1st Sun 7:30am CA1R Jim Wissman (562) 690-5643
Carrow’s Restaurant, 14346 Culver Dr, Irvine
1st Sun 8:30am CA1Y Jack Durant (805) 736-6995
Elks Lodge, 905 E. Ocean Av, Lompoc
1st Tue 7:30pm CA2S Bob Stephens (408) 747-1012
Coco’s, 1753 N. First St, 1st & Hwy 101, San Jose
1st Sat 8:30am CA1Z Roy Wielkie (909) 672-3937
Margarita Grill, 27345 Jefferson Ave., Temec-ula
1st Sat 8:00am CA1A Larry Pickens (805) 726-5145
Crazy Ottos, 1228 W. Ave “I”, Lancaster
2nd Sun 8:00am (7am breakfast)
CA1M Trent Reid (909) 824-9272
Julio’s Restaurant, 7750 Palm Av, Highland
2nd Sun 8:00am CA1Q Charles Sento (562) 926-5420
Po Folks Restaurant, 7701 Beach Bl, Buena Park
2nd Wed 7:30pm CA2R Robert Adams (408) 663-3699
Brooks Ranch Restaurant, K-Mart Shopping Center at Davis Rd, Salinas
2nd Wed 7:00pm CA2E Leroy Polgrean (209) 439-8757
IHOP, 3020 Tulare, Fresno
2nd Thur 7:00pm CA1H Richard Daves (805) 589-4973
Bar B Que Factory, 3401 Chester Av Bakers-field
2nd Sat 8:30am CA1B Frank Geiger (760) 367-6100
Blue Skies Country Club, 55100 Martinez Trail, Yucca Valley
2nd Sat 9:00am CA1F Bill Mahan (619) 487-9601
Filippi’s Pizza Grotto, 13000 Oak Knoll, Poway
2nd Sat 9:00am CA2N Gary Taylor (209) 795-5748
Perko’s Restaurant, 570 N Main St Angels Camp
3rd Sun 8:00am CA1D Dave McNeal (562) 428-4447
Paramount Elks Lodge, 8108 E. Alondra Blvd, Paramount
3rd Sun 7:30am CA1V Caroline Seip (760) 949-6541
Don’s Family Restaurant 14403 7th St, Victor-ville
3rd Sun 8:30am CA2Q John Ballard (510) 657-9272
Call for Location
3rd Sun 9:00am
CA2I Leroy Murrell (707) 822-3117
Call for Location
3rd Wed 7:30pm CA2J Mark Hagen (510) 754-2044
Country Waffles, 2921-C Harbor, Pittsburgh
3rd Sat 8:30am CA1S Jim Moynagh ((805) 647-2924
Carrow’s Restaurant, 4405 Via Real, Carpenteria
Call 9:00am CA2K Jay Hartland (707) 446-9459
Call for time and location Fairfield
4th Sun 7:30am CA1O Mike Hudson (714) 964-4788
Moose Lodge, 7451 Lorge Circle, Huntington Beach
4th Sun 9:00am CA2U Don Wilkins (209) 358-4491
Granny’s Pantry, 1221 Broadway, Atwater
4th Tue 7:30pm CA1N Rick Hinrichs (760) 723-7765
Harding Community Center, 3096 Harding St, Carlsbad
Last Sun 8:00am CA1C Bob Coffland (760) 723-7765
Two Sisters Restaurant, Inyokern
Last Sun 7:45am CA1K Ron Nicholas (818) 342-4112
Dimion’s Restaurant. 8272 Sunland Blvd. Sun Valley
Last Thur7:00pm CA2F Woody Sturm (916) 668-1707
Carrow’s Restaurant, 4601 Watt Av, North Highlands
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CHAPTER DIRECTOR
Thanks to Craig and Crystal for opening up their home again to the Chapter for a pot-luck-tour meet-ing. We man-aged to eat our way through a ride calendar for the rest of the year. With a lot of good rides planned. Judging from two of the Chapter rides we have had this month, we are in for some fun times. Dan set up a mystery ride last month that took us from the moun-tains near Julian, out through Anza Borrego State Park. We had a cou-ple of stops along the way to see some of the desert blooms (what was left) that we missed in March. Jumped on I8 at Ocotillo and headed west for dinner and then on home. That was a real nice all cli-mate ride, but no rain. Thanks, Dan, for a well planned ride. Two weeks later, 22 Chapter F members met at Wal-Mart to make a ride that was planned by Bob & Carla, to Yuma for lunch at the Cracker Barrel. We got to the res-taurant in about four hours after an-other all climate ride. We did meet with F Troop from Chandler, Ari-
zona. After lunch and a good time with new and old friends, we all headed for our respective homes. Again we had a great time. T hanks again Bob & Carla for the time and effort spent to make this trip a good one. Just a reminder that Region F and I Rally starts on May 19th in Reno, NV. Re-
gion F COY selection will be held on Monday, May 18th from 9am till noon in the ballroom at the Reno Hilton. Anyone that is in Reno on Monday morning is welcome to come and cheer for Rick & Joyce as they are entered in the competition. Best of luck to you guys! Well, I guess it's time to go for a ride. Until next time, ride safe and have fun.
Bill "Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously im-possible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it." Vaclav Havel
FROM THE DESK OF BILL MAHAN
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ASSISTANT CHAPTER DIRECTOR
Hope everyone had a great April, May is starting out to be fantastic. The weekend after our meeting a small group, 4 bikes and 6 people, took a ride up to Lompoc to do their poker run. We rode up with Chapter N, lea ving Oceanside around 8:30am. We had a nice ride up, visited with all the Chapters staying at the Tallyho Hotel and a good night's sleep. The ride was beautiful, through some great countryside. Granted the roads were just a bit bumpy, but we had a great time. We should plan on a larger group going up next year, the hills were so green and full of flowers after all the rain.
The next weekend, Crystal, Rick and I were supposed to ride up to Merced to do their poker run, but the weather didn't co-operate. So we went with everyone else out to Yuma for lunch. We met about 8 members from Chapter F in Arizona and had a really nice visit and a great lunch.
We women are planning a great ladies campout over the week-end of May 30th & 31st. We are going up passed Ramona to this really nice campground where Chuck and Shelley are members. We will probably bring too much food and stuff just like last year, but it will still be lots of fun. Anyone still interested in going, please let us know. Last Thursday we took our pie ride group to our new meeting place, Kearny's. I think we over-whelmed them just a bit, but I think our meeting will go over pretty good. Craig, Crystal, Bill and I went there for breakfast Sat. morning to test it out, and
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the food and service was very good. Sat. we spent all day out at the Motorcycle Awareness Expo over at the Wal Mart off of Aero Drive. It was kind of a bit of a let down, not all the vendors showed up, so there were lots of empty stalls. A few of us got to show off our bikes, thanks to Craig, mine was pretty shiny! We took a nice ride afterwards and ended up at the Golden Cor-ral for dinner. Sun. morning we took off from the McDonald's in Escondido to go up to Highland and do their poker run. We had 15 bikes, but it still wasn't enough to beat Chapter Q for the largest group, they had 35 registered partici-pants. The ride took us up into the mountains and the weather was not very nice. The fog got pretty bad, a bit wet, but no rain. It would have been nice to be able to see some of the beautiful scenery we were passing by, but the fog was too thick. We still had a great time, won a few of the door prizes, but no money. We stopped at our favorite wa-tering hole in Temecula on the way home, Rocky Cola. Next weekend is our Chapter
meeting at the new place, Kearny's. After the meeting we will have our first planning meeting for our Halloween Fun Ride in October. The meeting will be at Jim and Kay Zabler's, it is a pot luck and there are di-rections in this newsletter. If you need help, call them, their number is in the front of the newsletter. Come on out and give us ideas. Sunday is a ride up to Idyllwild, leaving at 8:30 from McDonald's in Escondido. Jim Zabler has planned this ride and it should be a good one, he even has a lunch spot picked out. The next Sat we leave for Reno!!! The early group is leaving at 6:30 from McDonald's in Escondido and the later group is leaving at 8:00 from the same place. We will meet up at the 76 station at the intersection of I15 & 10 between 10:00 and 10:30. Hope to see a bunch of you on the trip, should be lots of fun. Till next time, take care and ride safe.
Joyce, Rick and the girls
ASSISTANT CHAPTER DIRECTOR
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TAMING THE BEAST A trip through a city can require more attention and quick deci-sions than a speed-chess match. Most collisions occur in urban areas; but by being aware of your survival techniques, you can tame this beast. The first rule of thumb is: If the drivers and pedestrians around you have the choice to make the right move or the wrong one, ex-pect them to make the wrong one. Prepare for that and then be pleasantly surprised if they make a sensible decision. The second insight is that many people around you are self centered and thinking only of themselves.
Therefore, they think you know what they’re thinking about doing. If they are tailgating some-one in the next lane, they’re almost sure to make a jump into your lane. These are the “me first” folks that never use their signals. Watch for their head-motion and the body lan-guage of their wheels.
Scan you mirrors every three to five seconds for incoming cars and to keep aware of your es-cape routes. Watch for tailgaters and flash your brake lights if you think anyone needs waking up. A tailgater can put you in the hospital. Coming off the throttle for three seconds will get rid of most tailgaters. (The other way can get you arrested.) you need more following distance in heavy traffic and business areas because there are more possibili-ties of sudden tops. While driving along rows of parked cars, glance at them a half-block ahead of you. You’re watching for silhouettes of heads through the windshields or feet
CHAPTER EDUCATOR
FROM THE DESK OF MIKE SOLINA
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under the cars. Scan for shad-ows and motion. This will give you an early warning of the pop-out pedestrian. Hand signals are more visible to the cars close to you in traffic, but use both hand and electric signals when you can, just to cover your odds. In urban areas more than half of all collisions happen at intersec-tions; 22% of them because someone blows a red light or stop sign. Most motorcyclists get whacked by someone doing a left turn. Entering an intersec-tion is similar to swimming across a pool filled with pira-
nha...Crossroads are small, but they’re deadly. Scan every in-tersection as you approach it; be alert and smooth; stay visible; and keep as much space around you as possible. Yes, city driving is a beast. Even so, a good rider with the right attitude can make a day in the city as safe as a run through the countryside. Be alert, be aware, and....RIDE SAFE!!!
Mike
CHAPTER EDUCATOR (CONT.)
Below is a shot of the bikes parked at the Cracker Barrel in Yuma. We met some of our new friends from AZ-F in Chandler and some got to test their Belly Pans
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Summer time and the liv'en is easy......And if not easy, at least it should be fun. Come and join us for an easy after-noon full of fun and food of course. And what better food for summer time then ice-cream? How about home-made ice-cream and all the fixins..... We are having an ice-cream social at our house at 1:00PM after the June Chapter meeting on June 13th. If you have a favorite ice-cream flavor, topping or special goodies to go with it all, please bring it to share. All yummy contributions are welcome. Everyone is invited but we would like to get some idea as to how many will be coming so please sign the sign-up sheet at the May and June meetings or give us a call to let us know. The water in the pool is warming up so bring your swim suit, towel and rubber ducky too. We promise great weather and a fun fun afternoon. Our house is easy to find. From I-15 take Mira Mesa Blvd west approximately 11-12 stoplites from the freeway (11 if you are coming from the north, 12 if you are coming from the south) to Parkdale. Turn south on Parkdale to the 1st street. Turn west on Dancy Rd. Go two streets to Dancy Ct and turn north. We are in the center of the cul-de-sac. 10535 Dancy Ct.
Jim and Carole Waddell ............... 547-5912
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CHAPTER RIDE COORDINATOR
Sounds like you've all been out riding to me. As I'm sure you could tell by the lack of my presence my work shift has been a little messed up the last couple months. In at 3pm off at 1:30am and working every 4th Saturday (and those have been the 2nd Saturday of course). I did manage to make a few rides on the weekends though and this last weekend was one of the busiest. After working till 12:30 am. Crystal and I got up and met Bill and Joyce for breakfast at our new meeting place, worked the AMA motor-cycle awareness day and then
rode to Golden Corral (via Jamul) for din-ner, and if that's not enough still managed to squeeze in a movie with friends when we got home, and that was just Saturday. Sunday was the Spring Fling with CA1M I think everyone had fun even in the fog in the
hills. Nice ride I would like to do it again (in clear weather though). Well gotta go work to pay for all this fun I'm having see ya when I can and I can't wait till Reno.
Craig
FROM THE DESK OF CRAIG RUSH
Here we have the ‘back’ side of chapter F. How many can you name?
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Too often we spend too little time saying "Thank You" for all the time, effort and hard work that are expended in this volun-teer organization. Well, Fay and I would like you to know that we really appreciate all that you do. Let's start with the members who selflessly attend all the chapter Get to-Gethers, the chapter rides, poker runs, charity events, Dis-trict Rallies, Region Rallies and Wing Dings. We would also like to thank you for your con-stant support of the Rider Educa-tion program and the several other programs that we are al-ways asking you to participate in. Without your support there would be
no requirement for the rest of us. Next we would like to thank all the Chapter Directors their offi-cers and their staffs. These are the folks that plan all your ac-tivities and execute all those programs that come down from Dis-trict, Region and Na-tional. They are also the ones that have to take care of the neces-sary paperwork and reports that are re-
quired. Finally, we'd like to thank the district staff. Each in their own way contributes to the many suc-cesses enjoyed by the district. They are always there to help you in any way they can. They also spend many hours not only doing their own jobs but travel-ing on weekends to visit our many chapters and participate in activities throughout the district. When you put this all together you have an unbeatable team, supporting one another in a com-mon goal of FUN, SAFETY and KNOWLEDGE. Our thanks to all of you.
CALIFORNIA NEWS & VIEWS
FROM THE DESK OF RON TOLSON
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********************** This is our last opportunity to remind you of the upcoming Re-gion Rally in Reno. If you are going, come on over to Virginia City Monday night for some good BBQ and a party. We'll see you there. We have a fair number of people participating in the District Points Ride program but we think some of you may not un-derstand the purpose of this pro-gram. The purpose is to put some money in your pocket. Every dollar collected is re-turned to the members. All the rides that indicate they are a Dis-trict Points Ride you can regis-
ter, pay your dollar and roll the dice. You can even register for the ride and play by mail. We keep track of your totals and next November we pay money to the top ten finishers. First place gets 25% and the other nine finishers are proportion-ately less. Join the FUN. We have two new chapters out there. Please take time to visit CA1C and CA2K and welcome them to our ever growing family. Just Remember................IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!
Ron & Fay
CALIFORNIA NEWS & VIEWS
DISTRICT LOGO CONTEST
There will be a District Logo contest between now and 15 June 1998.
Design what you think best depicts GWRRA in California. All entries must be computer generated and contain no more
than four colors.
Winner will receive two free registrations to the District Rally in Sunnyvale
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FROM MY SADDLE BY DAN DRESSER
The rains are everywhere. A relentless onslaught that is California's equivalent to snow elsewhere. Standing in the ga-rage praying to the Omnipotent of your choice, "Please, just one clear, dry day!" We really need to go for a "RIDE!" No, not the run to the store; the daily commute to and from work, or even a PIE RIDE. A real honest to (insert Omnipotent of your choice here) "RIDE". If you can relate to this, you are a motorcycle (for lack of a better term) Junkie. A person that un-derstands the pleasures, the dis-comforts, and the freedom one feels out on the road. And the
longing to be riding when you can't. And if you can add a bunch of your friends, all the better!! So for some unknown rea-son, the rains let up for a day! And the "Mystery Ride" got it's chance to go down in the annals of Chap-ter F history. From the in-put I got, it was Great! Those that rode along can correct me if I'm, wrong. I will let those that came out tell the tale to those that were unable. Their stories will be ore colorful that
mine. They might even have pictures!! Thanks to everyone that came out. I had a good time sharing that ride with you! Well, now its time to haul my 1200 up on it's centerstand and stand on my saddle. For those that ride with us often, you know my penchant for riding "Back Door". Its almost as bad as our CD's. I really enjoy sitting at the tail end of a gaggle of motorcy-cles. Those that ride there know how impressive it can be. I also enjoy working with the "Front Door" to keep the group safe and well organized as it rolls onward into riding nirvana. Well, that changed for a day. Leading our group out through
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the hills and across S-2 and I-8 and back really woke me up as to what the "Front Door" experi-ences. Its one thing to let some-one else do the leading and fol-low along behind, doing the things a "Back Door" does. But, as I found out, it is a big respon-sibility (at least in my mind) to lead a large group. Many things run through your mind as you roll along. I won't discuss it all here, I know it will al be covered in "Group Riding Seminars" our Safety Director has planned. I will tell you that I was plum tuckered out that night, and slept 11 hours straight. Maybe I was too worried, after all this was my baby, and I wanted everyone to have a good time. As well as get home safe! But my fried old mind was going from start to fin-ish. So remember, the ones that vol-unteer to lead us on our rides, be
it 3 bikes or 20, are always thinking about those of us be-hind them or in front of them. Our safety is paramount in their minds. We owe them a thank you for their involvement. As one of those that volunteers, I thank all you riders in CA1F for helping to make all our rides most enjoyable indeed! After all, we are a group effort out there on the road. Well, I see I've squashed my heart foam again, and left a foot print on my seat cover! Soooooooooo its time to jump down from my perch and ride. Until then: "The lane is secure, Do your head check. From the rear, bring it over as a group!"
Dan
FROM MY SADDLE BY DAN DRESSER
The Mystery ride desert stop was on ‘hard packed dirt’ according to Bill. According to most others, it was loose gravel.
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Read this and then go for a ride! A Story To Live By by Ann Wells (Los Angeles Times) My brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister's bu-reau and lifted out a tissue-wrapped package. "This," he said, "is not a slip. This is lingerie." He discarded the tissue and handed me the slip. It was exquisite; silk, handmade and trimmed with a cobweb of lace. The price tag with an astronomical figure on it was still attached. "Jan bought this the first time we went to New York, at least 8 or 9 years ago. She never wore it. She was saving it for a special occasion. Well, I guess this is the occasion." He took the slip from me and put it on the bed with the other clothes we were taking to the mortician. His hands lingered on the soft material for a moment, then he slammed the drawer shut and turned to me. "Don't ever save anything for a special occasion. Every day you're alive is a special occasion." I remembered those words through the funeral and the days that followed when I helped him and my niece attend to all the sad chores that follow an unexpected death. I thought about them on the plane returning to California from the Midwestern town where my sister's family lives. I thought about all the things that she hadn't seen or heard or done. I thought about the things that she had done without realizing that they were special. I'm still thinking about his words, and they've changed my life. I'm reading more and dusting less. I'm sitting on the deck and ad-miring the view without fussing about the weeds in the garden. I'm spending more time with my family and friends and less time in committee meetings. Whenever possible, life should be a pat-tern of experience to savor, not endure. I'm trying to recognize these moments now and cherish them. I'm not "saving" anything; we use our good china and crystal for every special event-such as losing a pound, getting the sink unstopped, the first camellia blossom. I wear my good blazer to the market if I feel like it. My theory is if I look prosperous, I can shell out $28.49 for one small bag of groceries without wincing. I'm not saving my good per-
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fume for special parties; clerks in hardware stores and tellers in banks have noses that function as well as my party-going friends'. "Someday" and "one of these days" are losing their grip on my vocabulary. If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now. I'm not sure what my sister would have done had she known that she couldn't be here for the tomorrow we all take for granted. I think she would have called family members and a few close friends. She might have called a few former friends to apologize and mend fences for past squabbles. I like to think she would have gone out for a Chinese dinner, her favorite food. I'm guessing-I'll never know. It's those little things left undone that would make me angry if I knew that my hours were limited. Angry because I put off seeing good Friends whom I was going to get in touch with-someday. Angry because I hadn't written certain letters that I intended to write-one of these days. Angry and sorry that I didn't tell my hus-band and daughter often enough how much I truly love them. I'm trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter and luster to our lives. And every morning when I open my eyes, I tell myself that it is special. "Carve your name on hearts, and not on marble." - Charles S. Spurgeon "People often say that this or that person has not yet found him-self. But the self is not something one finds; it is something one cre-ates." -Thomas Szasz
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PROGRESSIVE DINNER RIDE
June 20, 1998
Sponsored by:
CA1-F and CA1-Z
Start Location : Margarita Grill – Temecula
Start Time : 1:00 p.m.
1st Stop – Appetizers: Dolan residence – Temecula
2nd Stop - Soup & Salad: Johnson residence – Hemet
3rd Stop – Main Course: Elmore & Riley’s – Poway
4th Stop – Dessert: Zabler’s – San Diego
Appetizers, Soups, & Salads provided by Chapter Z
Main Course & Desserts provided by Chapter F
Look for Sign Up sheet at meetings and pie rides or
call
Chuck Riley @ 748-4644
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MEMBER’S FOR SALE ITEMS For Sale: ‘95 Gold Wing SE, 20th Anniversary model. pearl white, 28K miles, very good condition. Call John @ (909) 926-1571 For Sale: ‘95 Honda 600 VLX Shadow, deluxe motorcycle. Looks brand new! Purple and white, leather saddle bags, passen-ger back rest, highway pegs, windshield. Less than 10,000 miles. Call Donna at (760) 83906724
GIFT DONATED BY WON BY Raffle Ticket Charlie Brown Bob Rathbone Instant Shoeshine Donna Read Charlie Brown Peanut Buddy Candy “ “ Dove Bunny Rick & Joyce Kay Zabler T-cup Candy “ Bill Mahan Wallet Duncan Saunders Elaine Archer T-Shirt Iris Cruzelle Michelle Bongiorno T-Shirt Dennis Brown Crystal Rush
50/25/25 WINNERS Rick Elmore
Rich Miller
PRIZE WINNERS / MEMBER’S FOR SALE
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HUNTINGTON HONDA
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Chapter Store Items - Debbie Mahan 487-9601 We have the following items in our chapter store!
GWRRA Patches 10” Back Patch $11.00 10” Back Patch (Black/Gold) $14.00 4” Pocket Patch $ 6.00 4” Pocket Patch (Black/Gold) $ 7.00 GWRRA Earrings $ 7.00 Chapter ‘F’ Patches 3” Embroidered $ 8.00 Visit a Chapter Header $ 5.00 Visit a Chapter Hanger (CA1F ) $ 2.00 Flag and Eagle Patches $ 6.00 4 x 6 Map $ 7.00 1 1/2 x 3 Map $ 3.00 Upper and Lower Rockers (CA1F and San Diego, CA) $10.00/Set 1 x 3 Gold Name Badges $10.00/Ea. Vest Clips $10.00 MSF Practice Guide $ 1.00 Blue Denim Vest with Red Yoke (New Item) $30.00 Above Vest with CA1F Logo embroidered on vest $35.00
CHAPTER STORE / RICHARD LESTER LAW OFFICE
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EDITORS CORNER
Well boys and girls, I guess it’s time for Joyce and I to start get-ting nervous. By the time you read this, Region Rally will be a week away and we will soon be competing for Couple of the Year for Region F. Unfortu-nately the competition takes place on Monday morning, so the audience will most likely consist of those who REALLY care about the program. It turns out there are only three couples competing, Colorado, Arizona and California, and we met the Co. couple last August when we went to their District Rally. In case you don’t know what COY is all about, let me share some of my thoughts about our experiences during the last 9 or
so months that we have been the California District’s COY. First of all, the most obvious dif-ference between our lives before and after winning is that LOTS more people now know us by name than we do in return. That’s made it a challenge for me personally since I’m not that great with names in the first place. Secondly, (and I’m not sure if this is because of the COY or just being part of a busy chapter) we have almost NO free weekends until the end of the year. I don’t know how much busier we could possibly be if we are fortunate enough to win at Region, but it should be inter-esting. Just in case, we have al-ready started to make plans for Wing Ding 1999 in Springfield Missouri. All in all, it’s been a very positive experience and we’re hoping that we can go ‘All the way’ for Chapter F. Wish us luck... That’s all for now. As usual, I’m working late putting this issue to bed and I need to have Joyce spell check my article so I don’t have any weird ramblings like sneaked in last month. :-)
Rick Joyce and the Kids
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THANK YOU
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PHOTO ALBUM – MYSTERY RIDE
Dan’s Mystery Ride provided a GREAT photo opportunity at the old Butterfield stage stop. You may see some of these in Wing World soon...
It’s not every day you can get 18 bikes with riders to hold still for a picture. If you look close, you can see Mr. Bill standing on his seat at the end of the line.
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MAP TO JIM AND KAY’S HOUSE
Meet at Jim & Kay’s house after the May meeting at 2pm to start planning
our ‘Halloween Fun Run’
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We would like to wish these people a very Happy Birthday! May 05 John Riley 14 Fran Sivertsen 30 Trebie Solina June 04 Ed Miller 04 Chuck Riley 21 Dori Dirig 24 Dennis Brown 26 Kay Zabler 28 Wes Arnold
And many Happy Anniversaries to:
May 04 Clay & Fran Sivertsen 08 Jim & Carole Waddell 28 Craig & Crystal Rush June 16 Barb & Dave Cox 24 Jim & Kay Zabler 28 Ed & Zelda Morris
Up-Coming Activities and Rides May 09 Chapter Mtg. 09 CA1I Valentines Run – Covina 10 Idyllwild Ride 16 Leave for Region Rally in Reno 17 Blue Nights Ride 19 Region Rally starts 30 Women's Camp Out 31 CA2E Wing Fever – Fresno June 06 Big Bear Ride 07 Fathers Day Ride 13 Chapter Mtg. & Ice Cream Social 14 CA1R Elvis Ride 20 Progressive Dinner with CA1Z in Temecula 27 Sunrise Highway Ride Hope to see you all out on the rides. Kathy & Wes Arnold
UPCOMING EVENTS/BIRTHDAYS/ANNIVERSARIES UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS/ANNIVERSARIES/RIDES
Notice: If you would like us to recognize you on your special day, make sure Rick knows the dates…
Thanks!
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CA1I VALENTINE RIDE
NEW DATE BECAUSE OF RAIN - MAY 9TH SAME TIME, SAME PLACE
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REGION RALLY IN RENO
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REGION RALLY IN RENO CA2E ‘W
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CA1R SWALLOWS RUN
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CA2J PRESENTS ‘J’S JUBILEE’
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CA2S SCRABBLE RIDE
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CALIFORNIA DISTRICT RALLY ‘THE BAY AREA EXPERIENCE’
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