NOVEMBER 2011 Region 7 members---thank everyone who came and brought some chile for the chile cook off--also Jimmy for the great veggie stu. This years winner was from the CMA group Lynn Melcher--i guess we will have to do better next year since Rudy and the CMA bunch have won the last 2 years--make sure if you are planning on going to the seminar get your room and dinner tickets before they are all gone!! if you want to get into region 7 skit call Marlene or Barbie or Shelby-Lansing is in our sights make sure you call Gov Snyder-517-373-3400 and ask him to sign S.B. 291 when it comes to him---X-mas party at Chizzes Dec 10th---Marlene will give the full details--- any suggestion on meeting places let us know---also our Jan-meeting will be held Jan 8th at Gillis instead of Jan 1st ---birthdays for November are-Brittany Brown--Nathan Brown--Sheila Keesler-Dallas H. Nichols--Karen Sheridan--Debbie Sutherland--Mike Wiederhold--Sherry Foley--November Biker of the Month is Dianne Thompson--we will be having a picture album day Feb 11th at Chizzes so bring your old pictures of your old Abate region 7 days & have some fun-winners this month 50/50 winner Kevin Zimmerman which he donated some back thanks Kevin---Sherry-Ethen--Colton--Chuck Thompson would have won a 1 year membership had he been at the meeting--also remember again our Jan monthly meeting will be Jan 8th NOT Jan 1st this will also start our Evergreen Park meetings--also our prayers go out to the family of Al Linberg who passed away recently---read your Michigan Rider to get all the information you need about what is going on in this state--RIDE SAFE --Butch
OCTOBER 2011
Region 7 members--Here are the members who worked very hard at the MOTM--Marlene-Jim Krause-K-Dog-Gomez-Pat Sheridan-Tom & Laurie Richmond-Vince Consilgo-Pam-Muz-Vince Hall-Mike & Shelly Weiderhold--Barbie Brown---Region 7 gave the MFR $2000.00 for all the hard work region 7 did in fund raising at our fund the mrf fund at Cindy's ---and Chizzies.---also we as a region gave $300.00 to Relay for life--Thanks to all our loyal members that donated money and worked so hard to make our events a success this last week-end at Evergreen Park--we received money and toys for our toy run---and raised some hard cash for our Bear Rock Moumenment---we have been challenged in our Chili cook-off by the CMA, so bring your best Chile next month at our monthly meeting at Gillis on Nov 6th---get your rooms for the winter seminar also dinner tickets if you want them--would like to mention that we had a couple of members get into some bad accidents this last few weeks Paul Smith got t-boned by a car on his motorcycle he is banged up and in Tendercare in Cass City also Elrod was t-boned by a truck and is in the hospital we hope you men get well fast----Marlene biker of the month--Birthdays are for October--Fran Gainsforth--Bill Lazarus--Dallas Nichols--Tim Polk--Pandora Wallace--Annv--Steve & Cindy Irvine-Gerry Lamoureux & Wife--again thanks to Parcus-Debbie and Doc for helping do our stone--and Leroy and Debbie for our seat ---Awareness--we still would like some more help contact Karen or Marlene if you would like to help in the schools---keep the tabs coming we are close to getting our goal---RIDE SAFE -butch-PS--forgot to mention that Rudy and Diane Thompson went SKY diving this past month--CARZZZZY--
July 2011 Region 7 members---Not much going on this month of July-- we are still looking for a monthly meeting place---Gillis run July 31st hope you can make it--some things i forgot to list last month from our Evergreen Park Event was the GREAT sponsers we have --Farmers Tavern--Gillis Hotel--Outfield Bar--Gilligans--Wild Johns--Woodyzzz Motel--Rayc's HD--Time Out Salon--Chizzes--Dallas Nichols--Thanks to these people who help us out to run the Park--also Marv Howell & his people who help put on the Aaron's Run they donate all the proceeds to our charitys for Region 7--Pandora for taken pictures for us this year--Remember we are NOT DOING the Ubly Drags any more--also we will NOT be having a B2BW days this year in Elkton, Mi--moving on--will keep you's posted on coming events--Thanks to Sam McGunegle for the donation of his collection of Easyrider-Biker-ITW magazines for the troops, we are still trying to get names of troops over seas to mail packages to and more magazines if you can give some up---come on out to our Bike nights at Outfield Bar in Kingston Mi on Thrusday nights 6-9 pm have some fun with us--Birthdays for the month of July are--Stacy Curtis--Jay Donnelly--Marlene Krause--Jerry Lamoureux--Carol Palmer--Tracy Powell--Deanna Wolschleger----Anniversarys for July--Marve & Wife Howell--Ron & Kristie Trombley--Mike & Shelly Wiederhold--Marlene is still having monthly meetings at Chizzes in Carsonville Mi, so come out to one--and have a say what goes on in your region--RIDE SAFE--Butch
June Meeting from Evergreen ! Region 7 members----Well Evergreen is in the books---what a great week-end & good weather--the attendance was still down but better to manage--thanks to everyone who came to support us--this event is a fund raiser for ABATE only--thanks goes to the so many REGIONS for coming to support this event--4-5-6-8-10-11-13-15-16-17-18-19-22--hope i did not miss some regions --also the clubs who came to support us--Also some thanks goes to crews who worked the front gate and to people who just did anything to help us out the list just goes on- Shelby & Barbie Oski for our BIG 50/50 Great job Ladies we could not do this event with out you people--come back next year and have some great fun====we will try to get the names right of the winners of the games and bike show---GAMES---Biker Bowling--Candice & Bernie--Weinie bite--Katie & Tausch--Slow Race--Marshall Veima--Road Kill--Mexican & Linda---Plank Race--Ryan-Churp-Fred-Paul---Bike Show--Open-Dennis Peddler-Shovelhead-Charlie Ulman-Foreign-Vincent Voight --Twin Cam-Lee Kitchen-Antique-Bob Mayer-Evolution- Ryan Osentoski--Rat-J.J--Softail-Bones--Trike-Linda Christian-Sportster-Jim Keefe--Special Interest--Jon Bouchard --Dresser--Tom France--People Choice--Tom France---Weapons winner were--Mike Reisner--Chris Stomack--Great things going on in Lansing this Week--read your newspaper--call your House Rep on this issue---let's get it done---Also thanks goes to the CMA for the parking for us GREAT JOB-- Rudy & his people--HEY-- We just set the ROCK for our RIP place--come on out and take a look---the utmost THANKS goes to Parcus-Doc-Dave-Brad-and the supporting crew for helping us get this done----this will be a great thing for Region 7--There is a lot of things going on around this great state look at the things Region are doing and go to a region function---we are looking at different areas to have our monthly meetings will let you's know---also we are NOT doing the drags races at Ubly this year---come to bike nights at Outfield Bar at Kingston,Mi on Thrusday nights 6-9. pm LOT'S FUN--Lot's of Prizes---Thunder of the Thumb say's THANK YOU for the support of there event---we also need address of service members to send packages to we need lots of easyrider-biker-hunting-golf-mags--drop off at butchs or Helen's---remember we are working the security for the MOTM in September get signed up know---Members if you have any issue with any thing this region does contact Butch--Birthdays for the month of--June-- Tom Cannell--Helen Eisinger--Tommy Richmond--Tommy Lee Brown--Karen Brown--Ann Lori Hoig---Frank-Cindy-Hughes--Jim Krause--our only Shelby Roby--Anniversarys--Jim & Nancy Davenport--Ken & Fran Gainsforth--Ken & Dawn Erick--Craig & Delores Zajac----Biker of the month are Shelby & Barbie for the hard work they do for our region 7-Go to a meeting & meet some great people--RIDE SAFE Butch
MAY 2011 Region 7 members Thanks for all the calls on behalf of my brother "HUMP" he will be missed greatly-- May is MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS MONTH a lot of riding events going on around the state-- also we have a lot of events in region 7 going on our RIP ride at Evergreen Park---Blessing of the Bikes at the Colling Church and our 18th Evergreen Park Benefit on June 2-5 so come on out and have some fun with us--- hopefully we can give you some positive info on our helmet issue soon the leadership is working very hard to get this issue done-- we are asking members who might have some old Biker--Gun--Easyrider magazines to donate to us for the troops when we make up the boxes---Helen Esiginer is running this program for us--- Rudy Thompson and his CMA group are having some fun nights this year again 3rd Sunday of the month at various churchs it will be on the web site--- The June 5th Abate meeting will be at Evergreen Park 11:00 am-- if anyone would like to help out at Evergreen they can still sign up contact Barbie--also please tell everyone who will be coming to the event NO AMIMALS-- Biker of the Month is Joy Ballard who just bought her self a new motorcycle-- 50/50 winner Rudy Thompson thanks Rudy for giving some back-- David Henning name was drawn not present-- Birthdays--Danny Brown--Jim Bowden--Marsha Boston--Eddie Cash--Dan Curtis--Jack Edwards--John Farver--Cindy Irvine--Julie Kreh--Ralph Moore--Kathy Muz--Randy Luce--Kevin Keesler--Craig Zajac--Cindy & Frank Hughes---Annv--Gary and Helen Eisinger--Jim and Marlene Krause--Kevin and Sheila Keesler--Doug and Rebecca Hassler--Rudy and Dianne Thompson--MJ and Bill Bouckaert-- also time is running short so get your field meet tickets---buy a bike ticket---RIDE SAFE Butch
APRIL 2011
Region 7 members----Spring is here some where we just have to find it--- Thanks goes to all the folks who came to our MRF fund night at Cindy's -- thanks to Fiz & Karen for driving up from Garden City, Mi to the event--Pat Sheridan for donateing his 50/50 money back to the MRF--Judy for her famous cookies--shelby for the mirror-- Cindy & Barbie for all the hard work they do for us-- GREAT JOB by everyone we raised $686.00 for the MRF. we hope to raise more before the M.O.M in Sept---Thanks to Rayc's HD in Lapeer,Mi for working with us on the police bike for Sanilac co-- it will be on the road this summer--thanks also goes to region 7 members for voting to help this project go.Karen & Marlene are holding drawings for awareness signs hope you win one---we also have them for sale so get one early for your front yard- Also region 7 will NO longer run the drags races at Ubly, Mi they have rasied the price of admission to a much higher price and won't give anything back any questions on this subject call me--- -- we are moving on to better things-- this should free up some time to get some riding in this year--The Bull ride in Region 6 did not go well for region 7 as we lost the event congrdulation to Region 6 we hope we can do better next time--thanks also to Region 6 for putting on the event the members do a great job for everyone to have fun---Remember May 21st our RIP Ride it starts at Evergreen Park--at NOON--and goes back to Evergreen Park it will be a ride to honor our RIP members---Also May is Motorcycle Awareness month --the Awareness team is gearing up as they are getting radio stations to air our LOOK TWICE SAFE A LIFE adds-- listen for them all summer---We are also doing a Awareness class at the Colling Church May 22nd & a blessing of the bikes--they are also feeding us from the grill,it starts at 11:00 am--come on out and see what the Awareness teams do in the high schools any questions call me---I also have field meet tickets come on down to HELL, Mi and have some great fun----Biker of the month--Judy Wallace for the great job of doing the baking of her famous deserts for the MRF--Birthdays--Barbie Brown--Laurie Richmond-George Brown-Ken Decker-Brad Firmingham-Jim Gillis-Sam Lafave-Diana Rich-Dave Raymond-Al Schmidt-Carol Stieler-Nick Stoick-Parcus Sutherland-Joe Tucker-Shelly Wiederhold---Annv-Jim & Betty Comment--Dan & Stacy Curtis-Tom & Carol Palmer---Lansing is going good for us for now- we are getting ready to push our SB-291 through the process for passage---lets get it done in 2011---RIDE SAFE -Butch
MARCH 2011 Region 7 Members-- hoping you get this on time to come over to Cindy's & Frank's at Farmers Tavern for our MRF Fund night--& help raise some money for the MRF-- Spring is in sight so get the motorcycles ready to go-also make sure you have the right insurance coverage for you & your passenger-- Bull Ride results next month-- if you would like to take a motorcycle safety class we will be putting one on at Bad Axe,Mi April 16th must have 12 people signed up or we will have to cancel it--- our Awareness teams are getting ready to go if you would like to join them call Karen or Marlene--- remember to buy your Bike tickets that you get in the mail return them to Pam or get them to Barbie Brown also we have books of tickets to sign out we must SELL-SELL -- i have also field meet tickets for sale--it is a really nice campground in Hell, Mi pool and all the fixings--- we will have our annual trash pick-up on April 13th for Evergreen Park at the park 6:00pm we will be having some kind of cook out call Barbie for info-- Thanks to Tom & Julie for the Daytona Run breakfast & members who came out for it-- Chris Stomaick name was drawed out must be here to win--we need you members to start coming to YOUR meetings so you have voice in what is happening in YOUR REGION-- Evergreen meetings are going great we will still need more members to sign up to help work the event see butch or Barbie--- Thanks Tim-Barbie for going to Lansing for our pizza & pop day great day for us--rember to call your Reps and Senators to voice your opinions on issues that you are interested in---- Reps Curt Dambrow # toll free1(888)254-5284--Rep Paul Muxlow # 1(517)373-0835--Senator Mike Green # 1(517)373-1777--let's get it done in 2011--Birthdays for the month are --Leroy Albecht-Jan Brown-Jim Comment-Daryl Peruski-Pat Sheridan-Mike Soha-Dave Steiler-Tom Warren-Delores Zjac--Annv-Leroy & Debbie Albrecht-Eddie & Sharon Cash-- Biker of the month is Daryl Persuki--Daryl is retireing from being the pilot of the region 7sponser race bike--i know the guy's & Mike at MC cycles in Bad Axe, Mi will be able to handle the pressure in finding a new rider-- RIDE SAFE--Butch
News Letters for February 2011 Region 7 Members-- Thank's to all the members who came to the Seminar, we had lots fun & helped raise money for Abate--I need the milage of your motorcycles to get into our yearly contest-- also spring is coming fast so if you need or know someone who needs a motorcycle safety class get signed up soon--places and phone # is in MR--also region 7 is putting on a ERC at Bad Axe, Mi April 16th sign up, call Butch. The party is OVER for our Born 2 B Wild day's in Elkton, Mi we are moving on. Don't forget our Bull Ride challenge at region 6 on March 19th in Crump, Mi 5:00pm we are taking a bus again this year so sign up now to have your seat--also we will be having our annual MRF Fun night March 26th at Farmers Tavern in Ruth, Mi come on out and help raise some much needed cash for the MRF--ABATE Bike tickets are being sent out in the mail PLEASE buy these it is the best way to raise money for ABATE, also sign out a book of these bike tickets & sell them to your friends & relatives--I have Field meet tickets for sale --Brad Klause was our 50/50 winner--Thanks Cindy & Tom for the donations -Biker of the month --Tim Polk--Birthday's Sharon Cash-Betty Comment-James Davenport-Leroy Howell-Darlene Lawson-Pam Loren- John McClelland-Dave Muz- Doug Nichols-Annette Pomeroy-Mike Rumptz-Marion Spencer- Diane Thompson-Ron Trombley-Kristie Trombley-Cheryl Woodruff---Annv-- Lisa & Terry Frank-David & Tracy Raymond-Karen & Pat Sheridan--- PS come on out to our Daytona Ride this March 6th ends at Tom & Julie's house, bring your swim trunks. forgot Congradulation's goes to Karen Sheridan & Pam Loren for getting there 5 year certificates for Awareness Instructors Thanks RIDE SAFE Butch
Newsletter for January 2011 Region 7 members--- Hope everyone had great holiday's-we had our first Evergreen meeting so we are now going for the 18th annual---come on out and have some fun at the meetings at Gillis -- we are also moving Marlene's meetings to Carsonville--Chizzies on main st---if you don't find the article for region 7 in the Michigan Rider check out the web site for it---- FLASH --The field meet will be in HELL, Mi--get your tickets early--anyone who wants to go to Lansing the next couple months we are going all out to get our agenda done we would like to RIDE FREE this summer-check out the events list in the Michigan Rider for things to do this coming summer--Member drawn and was not there was Kelly & Dale Ricker must be here---50/50 winner was Leroy Albrecht & he donated half back to Abate thanks Leroy-- Birthdays Dale Gordon--Christian Bambach--Brian Donaghy--Dave Donaghy--Gary Lewis-- Lisa Frank--Kevin Jandreau--Mike Lautner--Tom Palmer--Russ Bessey--Animal--Donna Pyrek-- and a Special happy birthday to my Grandson Aaron Brown-- Biker of the month was not nominated this Month!-- P.S. if you want in on any decision that goes on in YOUR REGION---come to the meetings & let your views be known-- RIDE SAFE Butch
Newsletter for December On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 10:46 PM,
Region 7 members---hope everyone had great holidays--we had a great x-mas party at Shady Shore thanks 2 everyone who came out--special thanks goes to the Harley dealers who donated prizes for this event--- Great Lakes HD & Rayc's Harley. It was voted on 2 have our monthly meetings at Gillis Hotel in Minden City, Mi until we can get back to Argyle--- winners of the night were--member of the year-Pat Sheridan--Member year Shady Shore- Pam Loren-- Bikers of the year-Gezzers Gone Wild Posse--Most Miles-(M)-Tim Sova--Most Miles (F) Marlene Krause-- also appreciation goes to Cindy & Frank from Farmers Tavern--Jim Gillis from Gillis Hotel-- Jim & Nancy from Shady Shore-- renewal for memberships were Sheila & Kevin Keesler-Mike & Shelly Weiderhold-- member who was not there for free membership was Charles Davenport you should have been here-- we still need members to GET INVOLVED and make a difference for YOUR REGION -- your new members off the Lansing Bunch are Senator Mike Green from Mayville, Mi Rep. Curt Damrow from Bad Axe, Mi--Rep. Paul Muxlow from Brown City, Mi contact these people and let them know your views on your concerns-- let's get it done LET'S RIDE HELMET FREE IN 2011--- Birthday's this month are--Debbie Albrecht-Pearl Hennick-Doug & Rebeca Hassler-Steve Irvine-Mike Reece-Mike Sheridan-Rudy Thompson-Terry Frank-Faye Hurran-Erin Jerore-Meggan Jenson-Larry Jenson-Mary Madia-- Anniversary's this month are-- Tom & Julie Cannell-Frank & Cindy HughesPreimer--Richard & Judy Wallace- Ride Safe Butch
Newsletter for October 2010 - Region 7 The summer is going by fast and I hope everyone is getting a lot of riding in. Since we have not had a meeting for me to report on, this newsletter will be short and sweet and next month I will be able to tell you about the Born to Be Wild weekend. Hopefully you have been able to make it to some of the Shady Shores meetings, the Ubly Drags and the rides that have been going on. Birthdays for the month of October are: Harvey Bland, Fran Gainsforth, William Lazarus, Diane McCabe, Dallas A. Nichols, Tim Polk, and Pandora Wallace. Anniversaries for October are: Cindy and Steve Irvine, and Jerry Lamoureux and his wife. Wish these people your best when you see them. Our next meeting will be October 3rd at Jimmy Gillis’ Bar in Minden City at 4:00. This is our annual toy run so don’t forget to bring an unwrapped toy and a dish to pass if you want. See you there.
Newsletter for September 2010 I hope everyone is enjoying their summer and getting a lot of riding in. Since we have not had a meeting since Evergreen just wanted to remind you all about a few things. As you probably know Charlie’s closed so our new meeting place starting in October with the Toy Run will be at Gillis’ Hotel and Salon in Minden City at 4:00pm. Remember to bring a $10.00 unwrapped toy and a dish to pass. September’s meeting will be at the Park in Elkton after Born to Be Wild on Sunday at 11:00AM. On July 25th Jimmy Gillis’ Run brought in $500 and it was decided to give the money to Steve Lynn who was in a motorcycle accident. We hope this will help him out. You can still take a motorcycle class in Bad Axe till the end of September. If interested let Jim Krause or Butch know. Don’t forget about Region 12’s party in Sturgis and the ABATE bike give away. Hope you all bought your tickets that came in the mail at a chance to win and also this is to help out the state with their expenses. This is just a reminder that Kingston is still having their bike nights on Thursday. Bikers of the Month are Jim Bowden and Pat Vargo. They became life members and also they bought a new Harley. Congratulations to you both and happy riding. Birthdays for September are: Butch, Gary Eisinger, Don Hoig, Shelly Reece, Drano Urick, Pat Vargo, and Deb Wolfe. Happy Birthday to all. Anniversaries for September are: Butch and Barb Brown, and Randy and Barb Osentoski. Congratulations to both couples. If I have missed anyone please let me know. That’s about it for now. See you all soon.
Newsletter for August 2010 from Region 7
Even though I do not have very much to write about what I do have to tell you all is very important. First of all if you have not heard Charlie’s Pub has closed so we will be looking for another place to have our meetings. If anyone has any ideas let Butch know. Try to come up with a place that is centrally located. We will still have our meetings at Shady Shores until we find a place. We have till our October meeting to find a place. Evergreen attendance was down this year due to the rain and whatnot, but we were still able to give ABATE at the field meet $15,000. That still is pretty darn good! Marion Spencer is recovering from her surgery and is doing okay. Remember her in your prayers so we get to see her real soon. Now, for some bad news. We lost one of our very dear members. Dave Raymond was hit by a deer and did not make it. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family. He will be greatly missed. Also, Steve Lynn was hit by a deer and he is in St. Mary’s. He is doing okay. We hope he gets better real soon. Biker of the Month is Al Schmidt. Al and Marion were supposed to be our Grand Marshalls for Evergreen but they did not make it. So here’s to Al and all his support, commitment and dedication to ABATE. Birthdays for August are: Julie Cannell, Marvin Howell, Tim Sova, Richard Wallace, and Tracey Zajac. Anniversaries for August: Jan and Dan Brown, Brad and Bonnie Firmingham, Dave and Kathy Muz, Nick and Mona Stoick and Cheryl and Roger Woodruff. Our best goes out to all of you. Don’t forget to put the Harley Drags on your calendar and hope to see you there. July 2010 Newsletter for Region 7
Here it is July already and would you believe Evergreen has come and gone! It was quite a wet weekend and the crowd was not as big as in the past but despite the rain everyone seemed to have a great time. First and most important a big thank you goes to all who participated in the weekend. Your support of Region 7’s events is greatly appreciated. Next, a big thank you goes to all the volunteers. The event could not happen without your help. Remember, all our proceeds from this event goes to ABATE and to Evergreen Park. I would like to take this time to announce the winners of our activities. Friday’s Burn out winner was Dennis Peddler and Saturday’s was Eldon Pierson. Thank you to Russ and Jena who were our judges. The winners of the Bike games were as follows: Weenie Bite, Maureen and Wes, Slow Race, Marshel, Bike Bowling, Bruce and Mindy, Road Kill, Kristen and Kurt, Trike Road Kill, Jody and Shawny and Plank Race, Carl, Mexican, Danny and Kyle. Congratulations to all and we hope you had as much fun as we had watching you. Also, thanks to Brandy, Doe, Jim and CJ for helping with the games. As for the Horseshoe Tournament, for the 3rd year in a row, Region 18’s Mexican and Carl won. Congratulations, guys. The Bike Show winners are as follows: People’s Choice, Blue, Open, Blue, Shovelhead, Robert Mayer, Foreign, Jeff English, Twin Cam, Russ Knowles, Antique, Sheik, Evolution, Roger Bugg, Rat, Dennis Grimshaw, Softail, Ryan Osentoski, Trike, Bill and Mary Jo Bouchaert, Sportster, Bob Austin, Special Interest, Shawn Coltson, Dresser/Touring, Tom France, and Judge’s Choice, Robert Mayer. Congratulations to the winners. Now, on to some business. The last Saturday of each month at Bad Axe High School motorcycle classes will be offered. If interested, talk to Jim or Al. Thursday nights The Outfield in Kingston will be having Bike Nights so if you are in the area, stop by. We would like to keep some very special people in our prayers. Senator Barcia’s wife who is fighting cancer, our own little sweet Miriam who had a tumor removed at the end of May, Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy who has always stored our Evergreen stuff during the year in their barn, are having some hard times right now, Marlene, who lost her mother and Butch who had to take a trip to the hospital and scared the heck out of us all. Remember them and think well of them. Our biker of the month is Cindy. Thanks Cindy for donating food for the cook out after Evergreen clean up on Sunday. Pat Sheridan is running for county road commission. If you live in Tuscola County he would greatly appreciate your support. This month’s name drawing for a free membership was Monic Wingett but since she was not at the meeting she did not win. For July and August, the meeting will be at Shady Shores and a name will be drawn both months. But remember, you have to attend the meeting to win. The “Watermelon Crawl” was awarded at this meeting. For those of you who do not know about this, twice a year one man and one woman is chosen to receive this prestigious award for something outstanding they accomplished during the preceding 6 month period. So I am pleased to announce the winners: For the men, Jack Edwards, who now can add to his list of achievements, drank two bottles of tequila along with the worms and then went looking for more worms along the river bank. This award, “I eat worms” will sit proudly on his shelf for months to come. Now for the women, Cindy Priemer was quite ingenious when she could not get her rubber boots off, declared that if she just stuck her feet in the campfire eventually they would melt off. Along with having a little bit of a problem walking, her award “These boots were made for walkin” amply applies. What more can I say? Congratulations, it’s all in fun! Do you or anyone you know of have any or all of the t-shirts from the past 17 years of Evergreen? If so, we would like to make a quilt out of them to be raffled off. So if you would like to help out with this endeavor, let Barb know. The following are birthdays for June: Brian Bezemek, Don Byrnes, Ron Byrnes, Tom Cannell, Helen Eisinger, Lori Hoig, Frank Hughes, Steve Jerore, Jim Krause, Ira Pyrek, Shelby Roby and Keith Smukala. Anniversaries for June are Jim and Nancy Davenport, Fran and Ken Gainsforth, Erin and Steve Jerore, Dawn and Drano Urick and Craig and Dolores Zajac. Wish all of these members well. I guess I have written enough for this month. Petrina will have to add pages to the Michigan Rider !! See you all at the upcoming events and remember to ride safe.
June 2010 Newsletter Region 7 By the time you get this newsletter the RIP Run and Evergreen Park Benefit will be over but it is too early for me to report to you about the happenings because my deadline is the 10th of the month. So I will have to wait to tell you about it all next month. This month it is mainly reminders and announcements so here goes. First, do not forget about the Ubly Drags in June and the Shoot and Scoot in July. At out May meeting we had Terry Brown as our guest speaker. It is nice to know we have someone on our side. Remember, register to vote and then remember to VOTE! We would like to thank Shelby and Marlene for attending the Swap Meet and selling so many tickets for the state bike raffle and passing out flyers for our upcoming events. Good job ladies. This month our 50/50 winner was Tim Polk and the winner of the one year membership was William Shulte. Congratulations to both of you. Remember, you must be present to win the membership if your name is drawn. Birthday’s for May are Marsha Boston, Jim Bowden, Danny Brown, Dan Curtis, Jack Edwards, John Farver, Cindy Irvine, Kevin Keesler, Julie Kreh, Ruth Kunka, Randy Luce, Chris Madia, Kathy Muz, Ralph Moore, Cindy Priemer, Roger Woodruff, Craig Zajac, John Fiks, and Jeff Gucwa. Wow! That’s a lot this month! Happy Birthday to all. Anniversaries for May are Helen and Gary Eisinger, Rebecca and Doug Hassler, Kevin and Sheila Keesler, Jim and Marlene Krause, Mary and Chris Madia and Diane and Rudy Thompson. Happy Anniversary to all the happy couples. Last but not least welcome to our new members, Chad Gardner, Elisia Werber, Diane Michalski, John Fiks, James Brennan and Kelly Wilt. I hope I did not forget anyone. See you soon and ride safe.
Newsletter for May 2010 If you did not make it to April’s meeting you missed a really nice 20th Birthday Bash. We want to say thank you to all who brought food to pass. We had enough to feed an army. And the drinks were great too. Did you know that Region 7 started in 1990, that we are the 3rd largest in Michigan and we have donated over $500,000 to ABATE over the 20 years? That is really something to be proud of. Evergreen is getting closer and the plans are just about finalized. Our May meeting will be at the park on May 2nd at 3:00. By the way, we will not have a meeting at Charlie’s until the October meeting. Tom will be signing up members to help with security and Barb will be looking for helpers to work the admission table. Please do your part as a member and help out. We need everyone to make this year a success. We also hope to see lots of members from all over the state. You can’t beat Evergreen for a great time. We did not do as well as we hoped at the Bull Riding Competition with Region 6 but everyone still had a great time. We would like to thank Shelby, Dennis, Jacob and Tim for riding for us. Thanks to all who came out to support us. I heard the bus ride was quite a trip. MRF Fun Night was also successful with the highest amount ever raised for MRF. And with that said Cindy and Frank are the Bikers of the Month. What can be said about these two wonderful people who are always there to do what they can to make any event we have great? Thank you Cindy and Frank for you dedication to Region 7. Jeff Mays was our guest speaker at the April meeting. He is running for Jim Barcia’s seat. Remember, register to vote and then make sure you vote! Jeff had a nice surprise for us and presented Region 7 with plaque that is a special tribute for our 20 years signed by himself, Terry Brown, Jim Barcia and John Espinoza. Thank you Jeff and good luck in your race. Awareness classes are off to a good start this year with 5 classes taught and 3 more scheduled. Good job Marlene and Karen and do not forget to save can tabs for Marlene. Put May 15th on your calendar for the RIP Run. The money earned will go to buy trees to be planted at Evergreen Park with plaques in remembrance of our deceased members. Darcy Davies name was drawn at the April meeting for a free membership but since she was not present she did not win. We want to see everyone attending meetings and getting involved in the events so this is just one way that we hope that every chance you get you come around. We would like to wish a Happy Birthday to Barb Brown, Ken Decker, Brad Firmingham, Jim Gillis, Sam Lafave, Dave Raymond, Diana Rich, Al Schmidt, Carol Stieler, Nick Stoick, Parcus Sutherland, Joe Tucker, Dawn Urick and Shelly Wiederhold. Anniversaries are Betty and Jim Comment, Dan and Stacy Curtis, Carol and Tom Palmer, and Debbie and Parcus Sutherland. Congratulations to all. Just a note….Tom thought he should get Biker of the Month for being married for 26 years to Carol but I have a feeling Carol thinks differently! Just kidding you two. Celebrate with much love because we love you. Enjoy the nice weather and see you all at the May meeting.
Newsletter for April 2010 Spring is almost here and along with the nicer weather comes lots of activities and runs. Make sure that if you do not want to miss out on all the fun you come to meetings, read the Rider, check out our website and the state’s website. First, I must tell you about a few housekeeping items. If you want to be in the mileage contest, give your mileage to Butch ASAP. Next, Karen is getting ready to put up awareness banners and is especially looking for spots along M-25. So if you know of anyone who owns property along that stretch, contact Karen or Marlene. If you want to be a prescient delegate, let Butch know, he has the applications for that. If you want anything on our website let Julie know or on the website go to CONTACT US. Barb has Field meet tickets if you are planning on going and do not forget to help sell raffle tickets for the state. If any of our members are sick or in the hospital, let Butch know so we can send a card to knowledge that we are thinking about them. And last, if you want to take a motorcycle endorsement class see Butch or Jim. Okay, now for the rest of the things you need to know about. Some dates to add to your calendar are April 14th for Trash pickup. It will start at 6:00pm at Evergreen Park with a cook out to follow. On May 15th we are having a RIP Ride in memory of all our deceased members. It will start at 11:00am at Gillis’ and end at Farmer’s Tavern in Ruth. We are starting a member incentive program. All members’ names will go in a jar. At our monthly meeting at Charlie’s one name will be drawn. If that member is present he or she will win a one year membership to ABATE. If you are a couple and both of you are present you both will win. This month Terry and Lisa Frank’s name was drawn but they were not present, so I am sorry to say they did not win the free membership. Hopefully we will have a winner next month. We will do this each month so everyone has 12 chances to win. When we do not have a meeting at Charlie’s than a name will be drawn at the Shady Shores meeting. We want to see everyone at our meetings and events and this is just one little way to say thanks for caring. The March 2nd Pizza and Pop in Lansing had a good turnout and Butch has set up for Jeff Mays to visit at our April meeting, Terry Brown at our May meeting, Jim Barcia will be at the Salute to the Vets at Evergreen and John Espinoza will ride with us in Thunder Across the Thumb. Here is an opportunity to talk to the candidates. We have a new member. Say hello to Alicia Manville. 50/50 winner was Jim Shemp and we voted to give ABATE’s share to John Dewey who is having health problems. Hopefully it will help him out. Biker of the Month is Danny Brown. He was one of the crazy ones who actually jumped into the cold water at the Daytona Run to Tom and Julie’s. But Danny is more than just a little crazy, he is one of our most dedicated members and no one works as hard as he does at Evergreen to get things set up and run the events. Thanks Danny for all you do for Region 7. Birthdays for March are Leroy Albrecht, Jan Brown, Jim Comment, Wayne McMann, Darrel Peruski, Mike Sopha, Dave Stieler, Tom Warren, Dolores Zajac, Melvin Sharbowski, Tim Stutterheim and Pat Sheridan. Debbie and Leroy Albrecht are celebrating their anniversary this month also. So congratulations to all. See you all soon and ride safely.
March 2010 Newsletter for Region 7 Even though it is only March plans for Evergreen are well underway. We will need lots of help from our members if we want to make this year another success. Please sign up to help, whether it is security, setup, admission table, games, bike show, or cleanup we need help every day all day. Besides, it’s fun to meet and talk to all the people who support our event. When you receive your raffle ticket from the state for the bike raffle it is very important that you support this fundraiser. Our region also has tickets to sell. Remember, we are a politically active organization and can only do the job we need to do with our members support. Remember also, to register to vote and to vote in the August primary. From our Awareness ladies, Karen and Marlene, we have a big thank you to all who participated and helped with the State Seminar Hospitality for our Region. Thank you to Bonnie Firmingham, Betty Comment and Karen Sheridan for telling fortunes, Cindy Premire for making the pizza, Roger and Cheryl Woodruff for the music and incense that they donated and to Randy Luce and Ruth Kunka who helped sell it, to Shelby Roby and Ruth who sold raffle tickets for the donated quilt, and Shelby who sold “her cherries”. A big thank you to all you helped decorate, make food and to all who dressed up. Everyone did a great job and raised the most money ever for Awareness. We would also like to congratulate Butch and Danny Brown for 15 years of dedicated service to the Awareness Program, to Gary Lewis for his first year as an instructor and to the following members who received 1st year certificates for awareness supporters. They are: Tribesmen M/C, John Farver, Erin and Steve Jerore, Ruth Kunka, Randy Luce, Chuck Turner, Craig and Dolores Zajac and Tracey Zajac. Pat Sheridan is looking for members to help out on committees. The committees and who heads them are as follows: Membership-Barb, Awareness-Karen, Marlene, Danny and Pam, Sergeant of Arms-Tom, 50/50 and Raffles-Shelby and Marlene, Webmaster-Julie, Legislative Officer-Butch, Products-Tom and Julie, We need someone to be our Road Captain, Photographer and Bulletin Board-Tracey, Chaplin-Sharon, Cares and Concerns- Pat and Sharon, Event Coordinator-Butch, MRF-Butch and Charity-Marv, Sharon, Barb and Ruth. So if you are interested in helping out see Pat or one of these members. Biker of the Month is Tracey Zajac. She has volunteered to take pictures at our events and keep the bulletin board current. Besides this job you can always count on Tracey to help out wherever and whenever it is needed. She is one of our youngest members but one of our most active. Thank you Tracey for all you do. 50/50 winner for February was Dean Kreh. Congratulations. Birthdays for February are Sharon Cash, Betty Comment, Jim Davenport, Leroy Howell, Darlene Lawson, Pam Loren, John McClelland, Dave Muz, Doug Nichols, Traci Raymond, Mike Rumptz, Marion Spencer, Diane Thompson, Ron Trombley, Kristie Trombley, Dana Wentworth and Cheryl Woodruff. Happy Birthday to all. Anniversaries for February are Lisa and Terry Frank, Traci and Dave Raymond, and Pat and Karen Sheridan. Congratulations to each couple. Hope to see you all at the upcoming events; Bull Riding Competition, Triathlon, MRF Fun Night, Birthday Bash and if not than hopefully at our next meeting March 7th at Charlie’s. ALSO the Daytona run is at Noon at Tom & Julie's... Breakfast brunch will be at 11:00 a.m. (scrambled DAYTONA omlet and biscuts and gravy) so if you like bring a breakfast something!
Newsletter for February 2010
Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone and I hope you were able to attend the Seminar in January. Since I am writing this newsletter before the seminar actually happens, I will have to tell you all about it in the March newsletter. We had our first Evergreen meeting on Jan. 3rd before our general meeting. Plans are underway and updates are in the minutes each month. Every month till the event everyone is invited to attend the planning meetings at 3:00 and volunteer to be on a committee. We can only pull off this major fundraiser with everyone’s help. Pat is forming committees not just for Evergreen but for the whole year and your input is greatly needed. If you do not know what to volunteer for or have any suggestions for committees or ideas, feel free to call Pat at 989-673-2984 or email him at hdfarm1@hotmail.com. You won’t know what is going on if you do not attend a meeting, read the newsletter, and check out the state website or our website. So keep informed and join in the fun. Volunteering IS fun and you get to meet a lot of really nice people. We need everyone to be a part of Region 7. You are all valuable and are greatly appreciated. At our meeting Cindy Priemer was presented with a plaque for all her hard work and dedication to our Region. You can always count on Cindy to be there when you need her. Whether it is with her time or donations Cindy is a true member with a big heart. We appreciate all she does and wanted to say thank you. A calendar of events was passed out and if you did not receive one I will have more copies at the next meeting. Also, it will be posted on our website and on the state website. Just a few reminders here, Triathlon on Feb. 13th at Shady Shores, Bull Riding Competition with Region 6 on Mar. 20th, the MRF Fun Night and Spaghetti Dinner at Farmer’s Tavern in Ruth and Our Birthday Bash on April 3rd. So mark your calendars and come join the fun. The Charity Committee consisting of Marv, Pat, Barb and Ruth dispersed money to help 7 families for Christmas, 2 cancer victims, 2 children who lost their mother and home to a fire, The Homeless Boys and Red Cloud Indians. This committee will meet when the need arises to decide how to use the money we have set aside for charities. So if you know of someone in need, let one of the members know about it and we still are looking for names of the troop packages. Birthdays for January are Brian Donaghy, Dave Donaghy, Bonnie Firmingham, Lisa Frank, Kevin Janrdeau, Gary Lewis, Tom Palmer (even though he said he was not having any more birthdays), Donna Pyrek, and Dale Gordon. So Happy Birthday to all including you, Tom! There are no anniversaries that I am aware of for January. Please let me know if I missed anyone. John McClelland won the 50/50 and donated $100 back to the family who lost their house to a fire in Tuscola County. Thank you John for your generosity. Also, John was named Member of the Year for Hog Town. Congratulations to you, we know you are a very dedicated member of Hog Town. They like us are lucky to have you as a member. Our Biker of the Month is Marv Howell. Marv is chairing our Charity Committee and all his work with Aaron’s Run we are proud to have you as a member. So that is about it for now. Hope to see you at the upcoming events and at our February 7th meeting at 3:00 at Charlie’s.
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