CHAPTER FL2-N OFFICERS

Chapter Director Jim & Elaine Beattie 321-480-4342 Jbeattie7@cfl.rr.com Assistant Chapter Director Paul & Pat Lytle 407-873-1455 Chapter Educator Skip & Liz Sluder Chapter Treasurer Dave Furrow 321-890-6084 Membership Enhancement Paul & Pat Lytle 407-873-1455 CHAPTER TEAM

Newsletter Editor Elaine Beattie 321-480-4342 Ride Coordinator Jake Rhodes & Connie Mavis 321-474-8265 Public Relations George & Kathy Faith 321-406-0438 /321-537-4053 Sunshine/Goodies Sales Vacant

Individual of the Year - 2017 Robert Freeman Motorist Awareness Vacant Web Master / Beth Scott

FL2N Web Site www.fl2n.org/ Florida Web Site www.gwrraflorida.com GWRRA Web Site www.gwrra.org/

APRIL BIRTHDAYS

Barbara Sutton 04/01 Richard Canup 04/24 Kathy Faith 04/11 Connie Mavis 04/26 Richard Rizor 04/26

APRIL ANNIVERSARIES

Erick & Heather Rost 04/01

GWRRA OFFICERS & STAFF Director of GWRRA Ray & Sandi Garris Deputy Directors East Bob & Nan Shrader

Region “A” Directors Jim & Sue Jackson Senior District Directors Bill & Gina Berry Assistant District Director Rally Work Assignment Coordinator Cliff Hotchkiss Assistant District Directors Membership Enhancement Bill & Cheryl Smith Assistant District Directors Motorist Awareness Coordinator Nate & Danelle Kinion Assistant District Directors District Rally Vendor Coordinator Denis Turcotte & Nikki Baha Assistant District Directors District Rally Hospitality Harry & Lynn Anderson Assistant District Directors Rally Registration Coordinators Goodie Sales Geno & Kathie Jette Assistant District Directors Couple of the Year Coordinators Jeff & Lisa Duffy District Leadership Trainers Norm & Maggie Van Dame Senior District Rider Educators Rick & Pam Northrop Assistant Rider Educators (South) Ray & Claudia Vega Assistant Rider Educators (North District Webmaster Scott & Kathy Kelly District Treasurer Chapter of the Year Coordinators Pat Van Lengen District Leadership Trainers District Photographer District Couple of the Year Norm & Maggie Van Dame

Space Coast Wings GWRRA SOUTHEAST REGION “A”

CHAPTER FL2-N

APRIL 2017

FL2-N Gathering Wednesday April 26 Jimmies Restaurant

1729 Admiralty Blvd, Rockledge Eat @ 6:30PM, Meet @ 7:30PM

One of 6 flats of strawberries

Member Contribution

I cannot tell a lie. I love this time of the year. The berries are in bloom and smell sooooo good. It’s strawberry season. And with that, comes strawberry shortcake, with ice cream, redi whip, and preserves. Strawberry preserves all year long.

I don’t know if you have ever had six flats of strawberries in your house at one time, but it is absolutely amazing. You walk into the house and there is a wonderful sweet smell of strawberries. There is no air freshener on the market that can compete with this fragrance.

I know that the strawberry run was covered last month, but we finally finished all of the berries not consumed by preserves, and I am so disappointed. I can’t wait for next year!!! The District Rally was this past month, and even though we were kicked out of the original rally place the rally at the Hilton turned out to be a very good venue, in my opinion. I believe it will be at the Hilton again next year. Thank you to all of those who could help us with the Games this year.

Congratulations to Nolan who won a whole bunch of money.

For those of you who were not at the last chapter gathering, we had the whole restaurant to ourselves. Literally. Jimmie’s has changed their hours and are now closing at 3:00pm. They are only opening in the evenings just for us. The nice thing about this is that they will extend the Prime Rib special for us. If you would like their prime rib next meeting, let me know ahead of time so I can give Jimmie’s the heads up on how many prime ribs to have available. This will help in their preparation. Congratulations to Skip and Liz Sluder on their official appointment to the chapter staff position of Chapter Educators. Thank you Skip & Liz for stepping up to the plate. Liz, Loved the bunny song, parade, and eggs!!!

Ride Safe and Ride Often Mo & Ro FL2-N Members

The Florida District Rally was really a good one this year. This was the first year that every ticket was sold for the Goldwing giveaway. Clearwater was this year’s winner for ticket sales having sold 3400. This was a great accomplishment for them. This means that next year’s raffle tickets will be blue, there Chapter color. Both Wesley Chapel and Fort Myers did a tremendous job as well.

The selling of the Rider Ed tickets for the Goldwing and cash prizes, enables all members in Florida to take advantage of free motorcycle and safety classes.

Note: There will be a Medic First Aid class held on April 23rd in the Palm Coast area. For more information, please contact Marcia Shad @ (386) 788-5232 or email marcia7780@gmail.com.

There could be other classes held in our area, just keep watch on your calendars. We need you to contact Skip & Liz Sluder, Chapter Educators with what classes you might be interested in.

Paul & Pat Lytle FL2-N Assistant Chapter Directors

From Region A Newsletter

Chapter Educator

FL2-N Safety Corner

I’ve been talking the last few newsletters about the Rider Education Levels Program. Earlier, I talked about Level I, Safety by Commitment, and Level II, Safety by Education.

This month, we add Level III, Safety by Preparedness, or Certified Tour Rider. “It represents the commitment of the Rider and/or Co-Rider to be prepared in the event of an accident to give aid and possibly save lives.

This is done by being knowledgeable in First Aid or CPR and carrying a first aid kit on their motorcycle at all times.” Meaning, we take a First Aid course and CPR, these can be through any agency, but often, members participate in the Medic First Aid programs that cover both in a single session.

At our meeting in March, I mentioned “88 feet per second” and “1.5 seconds.” If we are travelling at 60 miles per hour, we are covering 88 feet per second. The typical reaction time is 1.5 seconds, meaning it takes that long (or longer for some of us) to recognize a problem and take evasive action to the problem. So, we want our spacing (the distance between vehicles) to give us enough room to react (that’s the 1.5 sections) to something happening in front us. Most riding courses suggest at least 4 seconds between us and the vehicle ahead, giving us time and space to react.

The times we have ridden with FL2-N have been enjoyable thanks to ride leaders and others being aware of the needs and limitations of others in the group. We all ride safely for fun and friendship.

Ride (and drive) Safe,

Skip & Liz, FL2-N Educators

The following is the list of upcoming Chapters double point visits:

4/1 FL2-F Punta Gorda

1st Saturday @ 8:00 AM

4/1 FL1-E2 Ft. Walton Beach

1st Saturday @ 9:00 AM

4/13 FL1-B Brandon

2nd Thursday @ 7:00 PM

4/22 FL2-G North Fort Meyers

4th Saturday @ 9:00 AM

We had a new location for the Florida District Rally this year. It was held at the Hilton Hotel at Altamonte Springs. There were 14 Chapters who donated COY baskets for the raffle. Proceeds from the raffle went directly to the new Florida District Couple of the Year. The money from the raffle helps alleviate some of the travel expenses for the couple throughout the year as they attend the various other District Rallies within Region A. They also are expected to attend Wing Ding 39 in Grapevine, Texas. The four couples that participated in the selection process were as follows:

Jan & Rick Meredith, FL1-L2 – Wesley Chapel

Ed & Dottie Bahrenburg, FL2-L – Lakeland

Nikki Blaha & Denis Turcotte , FL2-G – Fort Myers

Don & Cathy Scantlan, FL2L-A – West Palm Beach

And the new 2017 Couple of the Year for the Florida District is Jan & Rick Meredith, FL1-L2 from Wesley Chapel.

Time to thank all the “Worker Bees” who helped with the games on Friday from our chapter, Mo Dalton, Ro Molignaro, Jim & Elaine Beattie, Emily Berggen, Bill & Barb Sutton, Nolan Polley, and Pat & Paul Lytle.

Skip and Liz Sluder were also in attendance on Saturday with GWRRA friends from Bloomington, Indiana.

The rider Ed Motor Awareness and other prize drawing results were as follows:

1. Clearwater FL1-M - $500.00 gift card from Seminole Power Sports 2. Wesley Chapel, FL1-L2 - $250.00 gift card from Seminole Power Sports 3. South Carolina – 1 set of 1800 tires 4. Georgia Chapter S – 1 set of 1800 tires 5. Fort Lauderdale, FL2-R – Riding jacket 6. Wesley Chapel, FL1-L2 – Sharron Maltz a stay @ Hilton for the 2017 Florida Rally 7. Tennessee – Stay two nights at the Hamilton Inn in Arkansas

50-25-25 Drawings:

1. Daytona - $301.00 2. Georgia Chapter S - $301.00

The most motorcycle raffle tickets were sold by Clearwater, FL1-M, which means the tickets next year will be blue.

There were three Grand Prize drawings:

1. 2017 1800 Goldwing which was won by a gentleman in Tennessee. Will Horsley won $200.00 for selling that ticket.

2. $1,000.00 cash was won by one of our own, Nolan Polley. Just in time for his trip “40 to Phoenix” on Wednesday, March 29th. No one signed that ticket, so they lost out on $200.00.

3. $500.00 cash was won by N. Bruski and Tim won $200.00 for selling the ticket.

There were lots of prizes given away at the District Rally. What a great rally, living up to our motto of having fun!!!!!!!

Paul & Pat Lytle FL2-N Membership Enhancement Coordinators

Upcoming GWRRA Events

2016/17 Florida/Region/National GWRRA Events Date Event

April 15, 2017 FL1-G Motorcycle Safety Safari April 29, 2017 FL1-K Chapter Rally "Just Another Day in Paradise!” May 5th -7th , 2017 South Carolina, Winging it Southern Style May 18th – 20th , 2017 Alabama District Rally, Sitcom Mania June 22nd – 24th , 2017 Georgia District Rally, Wingin at the Races August 29th – Sept 2nd , 2017 Wing Ding 39 October 12th – 14th , 2017 Mississippi District Rally, Masquerade on the MS-Coast

Don’t forget to check out our website WWW.FL2N.ORG for all of the latest updates and changes. If you are having issues getting the website to work, please let me know and I will help the best I can.

APRIL 2017

SUN MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT

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Double Points visit: FL1-E2 Ft. Walton Beach

Breakfast @ 8:00 am Meeting @ 9:00 am

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5 KICKTIRE – Krystal 2914 S Washington Ave, Titusville, FL 32780 krystal.com (321) 267-4994

6 7 8 Brevard Lawride Meet at Winn Dixie parking lot, Port St John @ 8:00am KSU @ 8:15am

9 10 11 12 KICKTIRE – Molly's Seafood Shack 1580 E Merritt Island Causeway, Merritt Island, FL 32952 mollysseafoodshack.com (321) 453-1288

13 Double Points visit: FL1-B Brandon Dinner @ 6:00 pm Meeting @ 7:00 pm

14 15 FL1-G Deltona Motorcycle Safety Safari 9 am – 2pm

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19 KICKTIRE – Ryan's Pizza & Pub 4 Harrison St #100, Cocoa, FL 32922 ryansvillagepizza.com (321) 634-5555

20 21 22 Double Points visit: FL2-G N Ft Meyers Breakfast @ 9:00 am Meeting @ 10:00 am

23 24 25 26 MONTHLY GATHERING Jimmie’s Restaurant 1729 Admiralty Blvd Rockledge 632-4611 Dinner @ 6:30 pm Meeting @ 7:30 pm

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30 BK = Burger King @ 520/I-95 CB = Cracker Barrel Titusville Hwy @50/I-95 PSJ = Winn Dixie Parking Lot, @6107-6165 N Cocoa Blvd Port St John Lowes=Lowes, Rockledge @ Fiske/I-95 KSU = Kick Stands Up

PLEASE NOTE THE KICKTIRES DON’T MEET TILL 6:00PM THE PLACES ARE TOLD THAT ARRIVALS COULD START SHOWING UP 15 MINUTES BEFORE (5:45), PLEASE TRY AND DO SO. PLEASE INFORM THEM THAT ALL THE

FOLKS WILL BE ORDERING AS THEY ARRIVE AND FOOD ISTO BE SERVED WHEN READY NOT TO HOLD FOR OTHERS