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CRUISIN U’S NEWS Gold Wing Road Riders Association
Chapter “U” Dothan, AL. Southeast Region “A”
FRIENDS FOR FUN, SAFETY, AND KNOWLEDGE
CHAPTER DIRECTORS Bruce & Eileen Williamson
REGION “A” DIRECTORS Jim & Sue Jackson
ALABAMA DISTRICT DIRECTORS
Frank & Linda Teasley [email protected]
ASSISTANT CHAPTER
DIRECTORS Pat & Darnell Lapera [email protected]
DISTRICT COUPLE OF THE YEAR
2017-2018 Bill & Vicki Cater
ALABAMA DISTRICT TEAM
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS Ron Landers
Ron & Corky Alexander SUNSHINE LADY
Darnell Lapera [email protected]
MONTHLY GATHERING Second Tuesday of every month
6:00 PM Eat - 7:00 PM Meet Golden Corral, Dothan AL
RIDER EDUCATORS MOTORIST AWARENESS
Carl & Jan Breeding
CHAPTER EDUCATOR LTC James & Freida Clayson
334-791-3288 [email protected]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter & State Officers….2 District News………….......3 Chapter U Ride Coord…….4 NAADD News .. ……...….6 SAADD News ……………7 Bruce & Eileen’s Gab….….8 Calendar.……………....…10
LEADERSHIP TRAINERS
Roy & Anita Fosnight
TREASURER Melissa Stumpf
MEMBER ENHANCEMENT Danny Baker
NEWSLETTER EDITOR Richard Stumpf (334) 477-3667
COY COORDINATORS Terry & Barbie Cleveland
TECHNICAL ADVISOR Albert (Bubba) Houser
(334) 797-5058 [email protected]
VENDOR COORDINATORS Linda Teasley
DISTRICT CHAPLAIN Trina & Bill Barden
WAYS & MEANS Joan and Ray Collier [email protected]
TREASURER Sara & Harry Leach
CHAPLIN/EVENTS COORD. Ron and Peg Smith
(770)688-5478 [email protected]
WEBMASTER Larry & Penny Anthony
On the cover: Pics from a ride and our November meeting
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Greetings fellow riders, as this is being written we are less than a week from Thanksgiving. We would like to wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving and hope you have a very enjoyable, long weekend.
As the fall riding season is upon us and will not last very long, we hope you will get the chance to get out and enjoy mother nature and all of her beauty. Fall is our favorite time to ride and enjoy all the beauty she shows us this time of year. Please remember to layer for your ride as the temps can change drastically during the day. Please get out and enjoy this beautiful time of year.
With Thanksgiving gone we hope everyone is looking forward to the Christmas season. We hope you will enjoy all of the fun and excitement of family and friends during this wonderful holiday season. Most chapters are having Christmas parties during December and while you are enjoying being with all your chapter participants don’t forget this is the time of year to be naming a new Couple of the Year for 2018. We STRONGLY encourage every chapter to have a Couple of the Year. Please remember, they don’t have to do anything other than represent your chapter, no other requirements with this honor. Please remember also that we will continue to honor an Individual of the Year for the Alabama District going forward. If you have a person that fits the criteria for this honor please name them as well. As before, nothing is required of them beyond the chapter level. There are always couples who have gone above and beyond for your chapter and what better way to honor them than naming them your COY. Many chapters also have that individual who goes above and beyond as well so don’t forget to honor them as well.
Please remember to keep all of our military, first responders and their families in our thoughts and prayers during this holiday season. They serve and protect us each and every day. Please say thanks to them when you get the opportunity. Please remember the families of GWRRA members that we have lost this year and keep them in your prayers as well. We hope to see all of you out on the road,
Frank and Linda Teasley
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Rides and Events
Mon Dec 4, 2017 7 p m - 8 p m FL-1-L Gathering PoFolks Restaurant, 989 W 15th St, Panama City, FL 32401, USA KSU 3 PM @ Chevron Hwy 52 & Brannon Stand Rd Tue Dec 12, 2017 6 p m - 8 p m Cruisin" U's Christmas Party 177 Myrtle Dr, Ozark, AL 36360, USA Christmas Party at Ozark Church of Christ Thu Dec 21, 2017 6 p m - 8 p m AL-F Gathering Sweet Baby Jane's Buffet Montgomery, 6050 Atlanta Hwy, Montgomery, AL 36117, USA KSU 4:45 PM behind Hardee's Ozark Thu Dec 28, 2017 5 p m - 7 p m GA-H Gathering KSU 3 PM Hardee's Ozark 3:30 PM Hardees Abbeville BJ's Buffet 2401 Dawson Blvd Albany GA Mon Jan 1, 2018 9 a m - 1 2 p m New Year's Day Ride KSU Times still tentative https://www.facebook.com/events/1924579054223841/ 7 p m - 8 p m FL-1-L Gathering PoFolks Restaurant, 989 W 15th St, Panama City, FL 32401, USA KSU 3 PM @ Chevron Hwy 52 & Brannon Stand Rd Tue Jan 2, 2018 6 p m - 8 p m Chapter G Gathering PoFolks, 650 Boll Weevil Cir, Enterprise, AL 36330, USA Sat Jan 6, 2018 6 p m - 7 p m AL-M Gathering Buffet City, 2401 10th St, Phenix City, AL 36869, USA Winter Schedule (Starts November) Eat 6 PM Eastern Time Meet 7 PM Eastern Time KSU 2:30 PM Central Time Behind Ozark Hardee's, 3 PM Central Time Abbeville Hardees
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GWRRA AL-U
Rosetta (Corky) Alexander [email protected] Home: 334-858-7734
Cell: 334-406-4171
Corky’s Custom Covers www.facebook.com/corkyscustomcovers
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Hopefully each of you participated with the Veteran’s Day parade(s) whether with your local communities or should you have participated in the largest - the Birmingham Parade. What better way to show your support and appreciation of our local Veteran’s. Along with the parades, it is hoped you enjoyed Thanksgiving with family and friends. Both the Veteran’s Day parade and Thanksgiving mark the beginning of our Holiday Season and concludes our rallies until next year, not to mention for most, the riding season.
This being the start of the holidays, hopefully you have taken the opportunity to get out and enjoy some of the great riding weather. The temperatures have been great, not too hot or too cold. The leaves were spectacular with their varied colors and made for some great scenery.
Now is the time to reflect on 2017 events, both Chapter and Rallies. Were we able to fulfill our goals set out at the beginning of the year? It is hoped we all fulfilled most if not all our goals we envisioned for the year of 2017.
Now is the time to relax and enjoy the season with family and friends without the stress of upcoming events and what events we are going to participate with. Relax and enjoy the season!!
It is hoped each of you enjoy great health and have a wonderful Christmas with all your wishes fulfilled and you ring in the New Year with enthusiasm and the spirit of having FUN. MERRYCHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Looking forward to seeing you down the road, Keep the rubber to the ground, the sunny side up and Always ENJOY the Ride!!
Ron Landers
P a g e | 7 Today, just a few days before Turkey Day and the coldest day of the year, thus far, and I’m writing December’s Newsletter. Things happen fast around here, huh? I spent the whole day in my wood shop trying to get some projects finished and tossing my mistakes into the furnace!!
As we get closer to the END of Region A, more and more questions are presenting themselves. Of course we have no answers for them but they keep coming. Our District Team Members are gonna meet soon to try and work out a plan. The District Officers meeting will be: Jan 20th in Gardendale, AL. Hopefully we’ll have some answers for you afterwards.
The Get Well List seems to be getting larger then smaller. The Holidays are no time to be getting sick. I can’t name all the Members here because sure as heck I’ll leave someone off and upset them so, all of you Get Well soon.
How ‘bout a little humor here? Two Harley riders were talking and one ask “how can you tell if a Gold Wing rider is having an affair“? The other says “I don’t know”. The helmets don’t match!
Corky and I wish all of you out there a Happy, (and SAFE ) Thanksgiving Day and may all of you get what you want for Christmas.
Ron & Corky
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GWRRA Cruisin’ U’s December 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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Buffet City Phenix City
5PM
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4 GWRRA-FL-1L
PoFolks Panama City
6PM
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Christmas Party
Ozark Church of
Christ 6:00 PM
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18 19 20 21 GWRRA AL-F Montgomery
6 PM Sweet Baby
Jane’s Buffet KSU 4:45 Hardees
Ozark
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26 27 28 GWRRA GA-H
BJ’s Buffet Albany GA
KSU 3PM Hardees
Ozark
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