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Darrell and Charlene Hodson 6727 S. Raber Road Columbia City, IN 46725

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GWRRA

GREAT LAKES REGION D

COLUMBIA CITY, IN

CHAPTER DIRECTORS

Darrell & Charlene Hodson 260-396-2333

ASST. CHAPTER DIRECTORS

Dave & Sandy Smith 260-229-2227 – Dave cell

260-229-2586 – Sandy cell

CHAPTER EDUCATORS

Dave & Pat Mura 260-242-1124

CHAPTER TREASURERS

Tom & Joan Wheelock 260-485-1538

NEWSLETTER

Steve & Kay Walter 260-327-3393

IND. DISTRICT DIRECTORS

Ray & Melinda Faber

[email protected] 812-701-7649

ASST. DISTRICT DIRECTORS

Rick & Debbie Warmels

[email protected] 260-238-4148; 260-740-2321 (cell)

DISTRICT RIDE DIRECTORS

Mike & Penny Kadinger


ASST. DISTRICT RIDE EDUCATORS

Mike & Joyce Nelson


REGION D DIRECTORS

Lloyd & Becky Glydewell


EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

Ray & Sandi Garris


DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Jack Wagner


Friends,

Surprises. These are what make life worth living. Traveling down unknown roads and

finding those little unexpected things that make you take notice. Our latest trip to

Brown County gave us all sorts of new experiences. A few turkeys, a few deer and a

darling little fawn next to her. A plaque by a bridge that said "You are entering and

leaving Gatesville." How fun. I'd never seen that before. Bean Blossom Bridge was

also revisited and shared with friends who came camping with us. Pick a road and just

go. How much fun is that. The usual trip down to the Ohio River and a stop at

Derby. Last year we lost the Ohio River and had to turn around and go back to the

campsite. The weather this year was hot and humid just like here up north. We did

manage to get in riding, eating out and a little shopping in Nashville. What fun.

Other surprises were the very rough and narrow roads we got on. The lack of wild life

to watch. (Even too hot for the critters).

This is just a reminder that you need to get out and enjoy all of

the little surprises that are out there just waiting for you to

discover. The last time I looked in a mirror I was still aging.

(Imagine that?) We are not getting any younger so just Do It.

Ride Safe,

Darrell & Char Whitley Wings

If you are riding in southern Indiana on 135 you may want to jog over in Freetown and

check this place out.

Really a cute place. There’s also a muse-

um, wood shop and an ice cream store

all located in one

corner of the town.

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On any given ride, we are presented with countless road signs along the way, each strategically placed to guide and warn of potential danger. Are there particular signs that suggest more of a threat than others? I believe there are.

Consider the commonly seen signs shown here. Each represents a routine curve to either the left or right. Each also indicates a junction with a side road at some point mid-corner. Although, at face value, neither sign appears to suggest a higher priority over the other, one distinction presents higher risk to the rider. Of course, all intersections deserve our full attention. But knowing that traffic crossing or entering our lane is the leading cause of multi-vehicle crashes, a curve with a junction to the right is of particular importance, especially if that curve has an obstructed view. Assume an advancing left-turning driver (who would also have a limited view of our approach) will be crossing our path as we appear. By making this sign a high priority, we can anticipate the turning car before we even enter the corner, and then take necessary precautions to avoid a mid-corner conflict. The wider picture (above) shows a rider positioned to the outside of a blind left curve with a road to the right. This position increases his line of sight and provides the most advanced visual warning possible. He slows his approach, leaving space to stop if needed. He’s far enough behind the car to avoid being hidden, yet not so far back to invite that turning driver to dart between the car he’s following and him. He also scans to the right, looking for a vehicle at the intersecting road that might be poised to pull out. It’s a solid strategy that started with a simple but often overlooked sign.

From Dave Mura – Rider Educator

. . . BACK TO SCHOOL . . .

Which one of you M2 guys is in the corner?!

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FRIENDS - GWRRA Members are men and women from all walks of life with varied interests and backgrounds. We have Gold Wing and other touring motorcycle riders of all age groups. Some ride solo and many ride with small and large

groups! New Members join GWRRA especially for the technical information we share; some of our Members join for the

enjoyment of riding with friends and also meeting new friends. Find your future riding friends with your Region Map.

FUN - As a family organization, GWRRA has certain fun groups to include restaurant, picnic and campout runs. We also have GWRRA groups to include charities, parades, and small or large events across the country. GWRRA Members can

participate in live or video seminars through Rider Education Programs.

SAFETY - We strive for improvement through GWRRA safety workshops. We will share technical expertise, news and tips about riding, maintenance and the best touring routes in the world. Safety is for Life on our GWRRA Rider Education

Programs page.

KNOWLEDGE - While generalization about a group of individuals as large as today's GWRRA is difficult, GWRRA Members are likely to be independent thinkers, fun-loving, generous, adventuresome, cooperative

and unfazed by the natural challenges of riding in the rain, temperature extremes or highway

uncertainties. Many Members have completed CPR and first aid training, making them the best-

prepared motorcycle riders on the world's highways! Find " CPR and First Aid Training " on our GWRRA

Medic First Aid International® Programs.

WHY BELONG TO GWRRA? There are many benefits to becoming a GWRRA Member. As a Member you will enjoy camaraderie

and fellowship while enjoying the comfort of belonging to the largest family of Gold Wing/F6B and

other touring motorcycle owners. We like to share our pleasure in the freedom of riding motorcycles

with others like ourselves. Our Members strive for improvement by attending GWRRA live, video and

webinar safety workshops. We offer an emergency towing and roadside assistance program called

Rescue Plus. This is a benefit that ensures peace of mind, day or night.

Among our 60,000 + skilled and dedicated Members can find the answer to

almost any question regarding the Gold Wing! Your special Membership

Card signifies your membership, along with many other benefits such as;

discounts at touring motorcycle dealerships, designated hotels, campgrounds

and travel agencies. As a Member, whenever you need help traveling, our Gold Book Directory

connects you with your nearest friends, worldwide. Our most important benefit is sharing how to

safely enjoy motorcycling in more ways than you thought possible. Belong to GWRRA!

FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER RIDES Meet at the Tractor Supply parking lot, just off

U.S. 30 on North Main St. in

Columbia City, at 5:30 p.m. to

decide where we ride to eat!

M-2 GOLDWING GATHERINGS Gatherings are held at the Parkview Whitley Hospital, Columbia City on the third

Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m.

We eat in the hospital caféteria at 5:00

p.m. and then move to Meeting Room D at

6:00 p.m.

Remember to bring your bike mileage!

_____________ GWRRA NATIONAL SITE:

http://www.gwrra.org

REGION D: http://www.gwrra-regiond.org

DISTRICT OF INDIANA: http://www.Indianaonwings.org

INTEGRITY

is doing the right

thing when no

one is watching.

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Fifteen members were present for the August 16th Gathering at the Parkview Whitley Hospital. Fall Fest is September 25 at Warsaw Center Lake. Dave S. reported he started out for the Region D Rally even though everyone else thought it was going to rain. He sat for an hour and a half on I 69 because of downed lines. He rode on to the event, but due to the rain came back home. Tom & Joan attended the Chapter U Hog Roast and reported it was very good. Dave M. gave the Rider Education Lesson on “Sign, Sign, Everywhere a Sign,” as Pat held up the appropriate sign when Dave referred to it. Jim reported a road rage incident that happened as M2 bikes were heading North on St. Rd. 9 from U.S. 30 and a pick-up truck cut Jim off. Traffic was heavy at the time and the bikes were only going about 5-10 mph. If an accident had occurred several would have been involved.

Dave & Sandy will host their Annual Fish Fry on Friday, September 23 at 5:30 p.m. at their home. Everyone is asked to bring a dish. Jane asked if there was interest in a Saturday 2 ½-3 hr. ride to a couple wineries in Michigan. Knafel’s would send an e-mail a few days prior to the selected date, which would be sometime in September.

“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” --Oprah Winfrey

FROM jIM

Heavens to Murgatroyd! Would you believe the email spell checker did not recognize the word "murgatroyd"? Lost Words from our childhood. Words gone as fast as the buggy whip! Sad really! The other day a not so elderly (65) lady said something to her grandson about driving a Jalopy and he looked at her quizzically and said what the heck is a Jalopy? (new phrase!) he never heard of the word jalopy!! So they went to the computer and pulled up a picture from the movie "The Grapes of Wrath." Now that was a Jalopy! She knew she was old but not that old... I hope you are Hunky dory after you read this and chuckle...

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*WORDS AND PHRASES REMIND US OF THE WAY WE WORD* by Richard Lederer About a month ago, I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of technology. These phrases included "Don't touch that dial," "Carbon copy," "You sound like a broken record" and "Hung

out to dry." A bevy of readers have asked me to shine light on more faded words and expressions, and I am happy to oblige:

Back in the olden days we had a lot of moxie. We'd put on our best bib and tucker and straighten up and fly right. Hubba-hubba! We'd cut a rug in some juke joint and then go necking and petting and smooching and spooning and billing and cooing and pitching woo in hot rods and jalopies in some passion pit or lovers lane. Heavens to Betsy! Gee whillikers! Jumping Jehoshaphat! Holy moley! We were

in like Flynn and living the life of Riley, and even a regular guy couldn't accuse us of being a knucklehead, a nincompoop or a pill. Not for all the tea in China! Back in the olden days, life used to be swell, but when's the last time anything was swell? Swell has gone the way of beehives, pageboys and the D.A.; of spats, knickers, fedoras, poodle skirts, saddle shoes and pedal pushers. Oh, my aching back. Kilroy was here, but he isn't anymore.

Like Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle and Kurt Vonnegut's Billy Pilgrim, we have become unstuck in time. We wake up from what surely has been just a short nap, and before we can say, “I'll be a monkey's uncle!” or “This is a fine kettle of fish!” we discover that the words we grew up with, the words that seemed omnipresent as oxygen, have vanished with scarcely a notice from our tongues and our pens and our keyboards. Poof, poof, poof go the words of our youth, the words we've left behind. We blink, and they're gone, evanesced from the landscape and wordscape of our perception, like Mickey Mouse wristwatches, hula hoops, skate keys, candy cigarettes, little wax bottles of colored sugar water and an organ grinder’s monkey.

Where have all those phrases gone? Long time passing. Where have all those phrases gone? Long time ago: Pshaw. The milkman did it. Think about the starving Armenians. Bigger than a bread box. Banned in Boston. The very idea! It's your nickel. Don't forget to pull the chain. Knee high to a grasshopper. Turn-of-the-century. Iron curtain. Domino theory. Fail safe. Civil defense. Fiddlesticks! You look like the wreck of the Hesperus. Cooties. Going like sixty. I'll see you in the funny papers. Don't take any wooden nickels. Heavens to Murgatroyd! And awa-a-ay we go!

Oh, my stars and garters!

It turns out there are more of these lost words and expressions than Carter had liver pills. This can be disturbing stuff, this winking out of the words of our youth, these words that lodge in our heart's deep core. But just as one never steps into the same river twice, one cannot step into the same language twice. Even as one enters, words are swept downstream into the past, forever making a different river. We of a certain age have been blessed to live in changeful times. For a child each new word is like a shiny toy, a toy that has no age. We at the other end of the chronological arc have the advantage of remembering there are words that once did not exist and there were words that once strutted their hour upon the earthly stage and now are heard no more, except in our collective memory. It's one of the greatest advantages of aging. We can have archaic and eat it, too.

See ya later, alligator!

Ron & Joyce have two children Linda Hyndman and Mark Engle; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Ron is retired from International Harvester, and Joyce is retired from Saint Joseph Hospital.

If unable to attend, cards can be sent to RON & JOYCE at 413 N. Wolf Rd., Columbia City, IN 46725

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Meeting together at U.S. 30, Columbia City – Arrival in Auburn (before the move to meeting at TSC at N. Main St.)

All lined up and goin’ in to eat While we ate it poured . . Darrell wrings out the water!

SUN MON WED THU FRI SAT

(1

WING

2

DING 38

Dinner Ride

Meet at TSC N. Main St., CC

5:30 p.m.

3

BILLINGS, MT.

Bacon Day

4

5 Labor Day

Steve & Sherral

Marschand Anniversary

6

7

Salami Day

8 9

Dinner Ride Meet at TSC N. Main St, CC

5:30 p.m.

10 Tom

Wheelock Birthday

Dave & Sandy Smith

Anniversary

11

Patriot Day

12

Video Games

Day

13

Scooby-Doo Day

14

15

Felt Hat Day

16

Dinner Ride

Meet at

TSC N. Main St., CC

5:30 p.m.

17

International Eat An Apple

Day

18 National

Cheeseburger Day

19

News &

articles due

for

September

newsletter

20

M2 GWRRA

GATHERING

6:00 p.m.

Parkview

Whitley

Hospital – Mtg. Room D

(Eat at 5:00 p.m.)

21

School Backpack Awareness

Day

22

Autumn Begins

Randy Wood Birthday

23

FISH FRY Dave &

Sandy’s

Home

5:30 p.m.

Bring a dish

24

International Rabbit Day

25

REGIONAL FALL FEST Center Lake,

Warsaw – 12:30 Bring a covered dish

26

27

28 National Good Neighbor Day

29

Sherral Marschand

Birthday

30 National Mulled Cider Day

Dinner Ride

Meet at

TSC N. Main St., CC

5:30 p.m.
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