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Sun’s Out!...... It’s Warmin’ Up!...... LET’S RIDE!!!
Hello, to all our Friends and Family of Chapter “T”! Looks like riding season has finally come upon us, “yeeehaw”! Hey, what a great time the “Twin City Tour Riders” had on March the 15th. For those of you who were not able to ride with us, you sure missed out on awesome weather, fun riding in the hills, a great meal at Papa Poblano’s, and a lot of fun with our members throughout the day. We even had a surprise birthday party for one of our members, for more about this surprise party see a special follow up article in this newsletter! Thanks go out to Joe & Jeannie Hadaway our Ride Coordinators for setting up a fantastic ride! Oh by the way, don’t fret if you missed out on riding with us, because we have more rides like this one planned. You might as well get it in your heads to ride, ‘cause we’re gonna burn up some gas and eat up some pavement this riding season. Remember my motto, “lets ride, ride, ride”. Everyone keep in mind our “Rider Ed Week-end” coming up on April the 11th, 12th and 13th in Morrilton, AR. This will be a great opportunity for members to get there rider education levels current, or just to enjoy some refresher courses to improve there safety skills. Remember these courses are for our co-riders as well. Well educated riders & co-riders are a valuable asset to any Chapter or organized motorcycle group. We also have our Annual Fish Fry coming up April 26th. Please get with George & Ava if you have any questions about this Chapter Event. Remember also we are putting on our Chapter “T” Garage Sale on May the 3rd. Please get with H.W. & Jean Hall if you have questions or comments about the garage sale. This is our main fund raiser for the year, so lets clean house and bring a lot of goodies to sell. Remember to have all items tags and ready to sale. Thanks to the Hall’s for allowing us to utilize there home for this activity. We will also conduct our May Meeting in conjunction with this event. As you can tell by this article our season has officially kicked off so lets all be ready to make plans to come out and enjoy all the events and rides planned. Our chapter has a lot of rich history in making things happen, so come on out and let’s have some fun and ride, ride, ride! Your Chapter Directors,
Rob & Linda Gillingham
Texarkana’s GWRRA Web Sight: www.texarkana-goldwing.com
Volume 10, Issue IV April, 2008 Newsletter Editor: David Shipp
Region H Director: Cliff & Donna Miller … Oklahoma City, OK.
Arkansas District Director: Dale & Carolyn Frieden … Dardanelle, AR.
Chapter AR-T Staff:
Chapter Director: Rob & Linda Gillingham [email protected]
Chapter Treasurer: Butch & Dee Clark [email protected]
Ride Coordinator: Joe & Jeanie Hadaway [email protected]
Sunshine Couple: Bill & Ester Newlin [email protected]
Webmaster: Dale & Susan Wingrove [email protected]
Newsletter Editor: David Shipp [email protected]
Gold Wing Road Riders Association Region H – Chapter AR-T
Twin City Tour Riders Review 1st. Place - 2006 Region H - Marshall, TX.
1st. Place - 2007 Arkansas District - Hot Springs, AR.
Inside this issue:
From our Sunshine Couple 2
March/April Calendars 3,4
From our District Directors 5
From our Region H Trainers 6
From our District Trainers 7
Event and Rally Information 8,9
Rob’s Surprise Party 10
From our Newsletter Editor 11
Chapter AR-T Meeting: When: Saturday, April 5, 2008 @ 3pm
Where: Gander Mountain-University Ave. North Side I-30 Frontage Road Between Exit 218(Nash) & Exit 220(RichmondRd.)
We invite everyone interested in riding motorcycles with “FRIENDS for FUN,
SAFETY and KNOWLEDGE” to join us and experience firsthand just what GWRRA and Chapter ‘T’ has to offer you!!!
From our New Chapter Directors… … Rob and Linda Gillingham
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was. The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up
everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous ‘yes’.
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
“Now, I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things--your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions-- and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full,” said the professor as the laughter subsided “The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.” “The sand is everything else--the small stuff. If you put the sand into the jar first,’ he continued, ‘there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time
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Yes, this was simply another e-mail making its round, but with one little difference,,, This one actually passes on a good thought!
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From our Chapter Sunshine Couple... …Bill and Ester Newlin
The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Cups of Coffee! When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 cups of coffee.
Merry
Christmas
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April Happy Birthday Shelley Moore___(27)
Happy Anniversary The Wingroves__(17)
2008
PLEASE FILL IN DATES OF IMPORTANCE TO YOU WE MAY HAVE MISSED!
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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2 3 4 5 AR-T’s Monthly Meeting
GANDER MTN. Texarkana -3 PM
Followed by Dinner Ride to
Pier 27 Fish and Seafood
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Fish Fry Spring Lake
Park Pavilion
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2008 REGION H RALLY MARSHALL, TEXAS
APRIL 17TH-19TH, 2008
Morrilton, AR APRIL 11TH-13TH Learn Safe Riding
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Set-up @ 10:30am/Eat @ 12 Noon
May Happy Birthday Joe Hadaway____(8) Dale Wingrove___(8)
Happy Anniversary The Hall’s_______(1) The Clark’s______(4) The Hadaway’s__(28)
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PLEASE FILL IN DATES OF IMPORTANCE TO YOU WE MAY HAVE MISSED!
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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2 We will be
gathering at the Hall’s home
preparing for the garage sale
tonight!
3 AR-T’s Garage Sale along with
Monthly Meeting The Hall’s Estate on Cerrato Lane
Be There Early!!!
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Chapter ‘R’
Rally Van Buren,
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Chapter ‘A’ Rally
Little Rock, AR.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX
Planning Barksdale Air Show Day Ride
2008 GWRRA
Arkansas District Rally HARRISON, AR
2008 Arkansas
Dist. Rally Harrison
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Then, either bring them to the meetings or contact your Newsletter Editor, David Shipp to arrange
getting them to him.
…. and RECYCLING doesn’t even hurt!
CHAPTER AR-T’s ALUMINUM CAN DRIVE Help turn unwanted landfill waste into useful chapter operating funds!
Everyone has drink cans around the house. Follow these guides to eliminate bugs and with virtually no effort on your part, be an active member in supporting your chapter by helping supply operations and newsletter funds!
Our Goals: Train our members to reduce risk.
Improve motorcycling image. To increase motorist awareness
Our Motto: “Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge”
By the time most of you are reading this the rally season will have kicked off with our trip to Lafayette for the Louisiana District Rally. Our good friends Jere & Maurine Pyburn are stepping down as District Directors and Brent & Roxie Comeaux will be assuming the duties. I am sure they will do a great job. As always, we are looking forward to making the trip to Louisiana to enjoy some of that great Cajun food. Chapter C has a new Chapter Director. Larry Fulbright took over the leadership the first of March. His first meeting was a great success and I am sure many more fun and successful meetings will follow. As most of you know, Chris & Pam DePriest are not getting to rest after stepping down as they have taken on new duties as your Assistant District Directors. Our 6th annual Rider Education Weekend April 11th – 13th is shaping up to be another success. We have lots of interest in the ERC and Trike courses and the CPR & First Aid. If you need any of those and haven’t sent in
your registration, do so as soon as possible to insure your participation. Those of you who are planning on attend-ing the District Rally in Harrison over Memo-rial Day Weekend need to get your reserva-tions made at the hotels. I am told they will fill up over the holiday weekend. Our room blocks will be released the 15th of April. Hotel information is on the District website home-page www.argwrra.org and you can also find a rally registration form there for either mailing or submission on the website with payment via Pay Pal. Lastly, the second rally of the season will be our Region H Rally in Marshall, TX. It is scheduled for the weekend of April 17th – 19th. They have some special activities planned and over 30 vendors registered. “So Mosey on Down To Marshall” and join in the FUN… Until next time, ride safe and “Ride With Pride”.
Dale & Carolyn
From our District Directors... … Dale and Carolyn Frieden
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2301 University Ave. Texarkana, TX. 75503 Phone: 903-832-3607
www.gandermountain.com
From our Region H Trainers… … Dale and Susan Wingrove
Controlling Your Lane Two wheels are enough to own a lane
By: James R. Davis Lane position should be chosen based, among other things, on establishing escape routes, making you visible to others, staying out of the blind spots of other vehicles, and road conditions. What is often overlooked, in my opinion, is the concept of 'controlling your lane'. For example, assume you are riding on surface streets in a city and are stopped at a traffic light preparing to make a right turn. Logic suggests that you should be in the right track of your lane, but it is safer, I suggest, to be closer to the left track.
Why? Because while nearer the left track of your lane you CONTROL the lane. There are people that upon seeing you in the right track with
your right turn signal flashing will slide their vehicles into the lane beside you and try to share the lane - to get a jump off the line
when the light changes.
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From our Arkansas District Trainers… … Larry and Brenda Penepent
BY THE BOOK By: Dale Wingrove Region H Trainer
The “By The Book” articles are intended to help familiarize Volunteer Leaders and GWRRA Members with the guidelines, policies, procedures, and information contained in the GWRRA Officer’s Guidebook. Please feel free to reprint these articles in Region, District and Chapter newsletters. This Article is a reprint of a August 2006 by former Region Trainer Dave Barham. Communication, What does it mean and why do we care? Continued from February 2006 Way back in February of 2006, we published an article emphasizing the importance of effective communication. I thought this might be a good time to continue discussion on this very important topic. Our Officers Guide Book encourages the use of effective communications skills throughout our Association. The other half of effective communication is good listening. If should be automatic, like breathing. After all, we listen all the time. Or do we? The fact is, listening and hearing are not the same thing. Hearing is just the first stage of listening. Listening is a communication process and requires active participation. Like any other skill, listening competency is achieved through learning and practice. Listening is a master skill. Some ways to practice your listening skills: Stop Talking – it may sound obvious but we can’t add to our knowledge or understanding if we are busy talking. No Multi-Tasking – In order to become an effective listener, you must learn to manage what goes on in your own mind. Good listening requires the temporary suspension of all unrelated thoughts. Give speakers 100% of your attention along with the time they need to complete their thoughts. If you’re thinking of your response before they are done, you cannot learn all they have to offer. Listen Actively – A good listener is not just a silent receptacle, passively receiving the thoughts and feeling of others. To be an effective listener, you must respond with verbal and non-verbal cues, which let the speaker know that you are listening, and understanding. Verbal feedback works best when delivered in the form of brief statements rather than questions. Statements allow you to paraphrase and reflect what you’ve heard. This accomplishes several things. It allows you to be sure that you understood the speaker correctly, affirms the speakers success, and encourages the speaker to elaborate further.
“I think I’ll learn more from listening. Anything I would say, I already know.” – Anonymous “I think one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.” – Diane Sawyer
10 Steps to Effective Listening 1. Face the speaker and maintain eye contact. 2. Be attentive yet relaxed. 3. Keep an open mind. 4. Listen to the words and try to picture what the speaker is saying. 5. Don’t interrupt and don’t impose your “solutions”. 6. Wait for the speaker to pause to clarify statements.
7. Ask questions only to ensure understanding of what has been said, avoiding questions that disrupt the speaker’s train of thought. 8. Try to feel what the speaker is feeling. 9. Give the speaker regular feedback. 10. Pay attention to what isn’t said – to feelings, facial expressions, gestures, posture, and other non-verbal cues
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Riders Education Weekend: April 11-13, in Morrilton, AR Region “H” Rally: April17-19, in Marshall, TX Chapter T’s Annual Fish Fry: April 26, in Texarkana, TX.
Texas District Rally: May 8-10, in Corpus Christi, TX
Arkansas District Rally: May 23-25, in Harrison, AR Kansas District Rally: September 26-27, in Abilene, KS Oklahoma District Rally: October 10-11, in Muskogee, OK
Upcoming Events and Rallies...
That you only have two wheels is of no consequence - you OWN the whole lane that they would try to share with you. If you were to change your mind
and elect to not make that right turn, you would be in trouble. Worse, should that sharing vehicle actually decide to make a right turn too, you could easily be forgotten (in his blind spot) and he could drive right over
you while making that turn.
Controlling your lane is as important as any other consideration when you choose your lane position.
Copyright © 1992 - 2008 by The Master Strategy Group, all rights reserved. http://www.msgroup.org
(James R. Davis is a recognized expert witness in the fields of Motorcycle Safety/Dynamics.)
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and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.”
“Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first--the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.” One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled and said, “I'm glad you asked”. “It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.” Please share this with someone you care about.
I JUST DID!
(Continued from page 2),,, Mayonnaise/Coffee cont’d.
...you better believe it!!!
What no one had a clue of on that day in May of 2006
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Aarrrgh,,, It’s me, Captain Rob, the coolest and most successful pirate of these modern times!!!
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What you all may remember from that day in May of 2006
Smile for the camera. Oh man, this really proves the importance of team work. This pirate backdrop really highlights our costumes !!!
Oh yea??? You just hang around for a couple of more years big boy for the biggest surprise of your modern day life!!! Haha!!!
A surprise 50th birthday party?
Ok, so you all got me real good! I didn’t think anyone could pull off something like this on me, but man was I wrong. I could tell afterwards that this party was orchestrated by a lot of people. I’ve got to tell you, I was speechless that day when I walked in. I really thought I had walked into a photography room for picture taking in the Nashville area! It’s not very often that I can’t get words out of my mouth but this was one of those occasions. From Joe Hadaway picking out Papa Pablano’s in Nashville, to Linda’s efforts in putting it all together along with some accomplices (hmmm,,, I wander who they might have ALL been?), it went off without a hitch! I couldn’t figure out why everyone was content with just setting around at the restaurant and visiting when we could be riding. Even poor Jeannie setting there and eating her meal so darn slow, what a trooper she was. Also Linda planning on picking up pictures at the motel on our lunch ride that was not a very good idea in my mind. I know I gave her a hard time about that all day. Bless her heart she was really trying to be pa t ien t with me. As most of you probably know, I do not have m u c h patience when it comes to messing up a planned event. I w a s stressing out about keeping our ride in check and on schedule! Sometimes I even disap-
point myself with my attitude and lack of concern for others. I would like to take this opportu-nity to say thank you to all of you for making this birthday a special one in my life. It sure is nice to have family and friends that care about you and want to be a part of your life. But heck,,, that’s what makes GWRRA and Chapter “T” such a fun group of folks to be around!!!! Well I hope you are all happy with what you did to me that day, it probably feels real good to get one over on me for a change! Thanks everyone.
From the birthday boy, Wrong Way Rob
… and I always thought I was good at cooking-up surprizes unbeknownst to anyone else!!! You got me!
We have been told now several times that the Chapter is making plans to have available plenty of rides and activities scheduled to meet everyone’s riding needs. Well, it sure looks to me like whoever made those quotes sure do fully intend to stand firmly behind them. For those of you who could not make the ride to Nashville, Arkansas the other day really did miss out on a good day. Not only was Rob completely caught off guard with his kept-secret birthday party (and I don’t have a clue who was in on it with Linda!!!), but he was still able to pull off his planned day ride that he had been working so hard on with Joe Hadaway for eve-ryone to enjoy. After a delicious lunch at Papa Poblano’s, there in Nashville, everyone was able to migrate just down the road where Linda had everything set up for the big surprise. I wouldn’t say she misled Rob when she kept talking about having to go to this location for pictures. Believe me, there were a bunch taken and a bunch enjoyed during a slide show the kids had prepared in advance. Well, you can only take so many photos and eat just so much cake and ice cream and open just so many packages and then there comes that time when GoldWingers just have to hit the road,,, and that’s just what we did. Those who remained for the entire afternoon were soon led through a couple of hours or so of touring some of those well-known back roads of Arkansas which we have all heard of. Personally, I have grown up riding and driving many of the highways up throughout this entire area and I’m here to tell ya,,, all you have to do is make a left or right off those main roads occasionally and there opens up a completely different Arkansas which many of us have never seen,,, and it ain’t that far to travel to enjoy it. Now, all this riding was scheduled and done before we even
had the chance to finish up on our scheduled bowling nights. This way, there is never a dull moment for the members. This allows for a smooth transition from winter weather off-bike gaming to our much desired spring weather on-bike gaming better known as bike riding. I would rather not go into a lot of detail about the last bowl-ing night, but after my staff here at Newsletter Central had ap-parently overbooked my scheduling efforts, I was unable to bowl but when I realized the position they have forced me into, I was able to still get there in time to at least visit with those who did turn out for the finals. And I’m almost sure someone won in the end, but I’m just now sure because, as most of you know, I tend to try keeping up with the latest in news,,, or sometimes known as gossip,,,,,, oh well, it was a good time for all. So, you all better be getting ready to ride, because you all asked for it and as you notice the calendars in the newsletters, our weekends are starting to fill up real quick. We will continue to try letting you all know about upcoming events and rides in plenty of time to allow everyone to schedule those they would like to participate in on their calendars. And believe me, don’t always rely on your people to handle this for ya,,, they some-times get you in a bind, I think, just for a few laughs between cubicles. Ha! Ha!
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From our Chapter Newsletter Editor... … David Shipp
There Simply Is NO Excuse!
Chapter AR-T David Shipp Newsletter Editor 6802 Richmond Rd. Texarkana, TX 75503
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Chapter F - Warren Molly’s Restaurant 3rd Friday @ 6:00 PM
Chapter H - Batesville Western Sizzlin’
2nd Saturday@1PM
Chapter I - Stuttgart Western Sizzlin’
2nd Saturday @ 11:00 AM Chapter J - Russellville
Western Sizzlin’ 1st Saturday @ 12 Noon
Chapter A - Little Rock Frontier Diner
3rd Saturday @ 8 AM Chapter B - Springdale
Ryan’s in Rogers 2nd Saturday @ 9:00 AM Chapter C - Cabot Sawbucks in El Paso 1st Saturday @ 4 PM
Chapter D - Jonesboro Western Sizzlin’
1st Sunday @ 1:30 PM Chapter E - Hot Springs
Hester’s Rest.& Travel Lodge 4th Saturday @ 9:00 AM
Chapter L - Conway Annie’s Restaurant
3rd Saturday @ 5:00 PM Chapter P - Mt. Home
Ramada Inn 3rd Saturday @ 12 Noon
Chapter R - Van Buren Western Sizzlin’
4th Saturday @ 1:00 PM Chapter W - Blytheville
Olympia Steak House 2nd Sunday @ 1:30 PM
Chapter X - Clarksville Western Sizzlin’
4th Saturday @ 5:00 PM
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