The Soaring Eagle Gold Wing Road Riders Association

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1 VOLUME 15, ISSUE 1 January 2015 CHAPTER E TEAM Chapter Director: Kevin & Cheryle Miller goldwinging@hotmail.com Chapter Educator MAD Coordinator: Delbert Stephens mrbckst@aol.com Assistant Chapter Educator Assistant MAD Coordinator Event Coordinator Connie & Boomer Franklin winghavn@adams.net Chapter Treasurer Jim &Leslie Rainbolt jhdrlfr@gmail.com Member Enhancement: Public Relations: Bill & Carol Cook iowacooks@aol.com Activity Coordinators Gary & Val Duckstein garyvalduck@mediacombb.net Newsletter Editor Gwyn Jones grjones@mchsi.com WE ARE ON THE WEB The Soaring Eagle Gold Wing Road Riders Association Iowa Chapter E Region E Couple of the Year Kevin & Cheryle Miller FROM OUR CHAPTER DIRECTORS: Hello GWRRA Iowa Chapter E members and friends. As our year comes to an end and we get ready for a Great 2015 year, Cheryle and I want to wish each of you a Happy and Healthy New Year. I want to apologize to our Chapter members who normally get our newsletter via the US mail. We had a little miss communication between Linda and myself on where the lists of addresses were. So I hope we now have this resolved and you will be in the loop from here on out. I understand the Ozark weekend trip was a lot of fun. From what I have heard Boomer had to work for his dinner and we have photos to prove this along with what he had for dinner. Cheryle and I wish we could have been part of this, but this was my 1 st weekend after my 2 nd knee replacement. So my 1 st opportunity to go and do anything outside of the house was Saturday December 13 th. Which just happen to be the night for the Toys for Needy Children. I would like to thank everyone that showed up for this. The ladies at the Church prepared a wonderful meal and also sang for us, so for those of you that were there, I hope you had as good of a time as Cheryle and I. Then my 2 nd opportunity, of course, was the next day, which was our Dirty Santa Christmas Party. Again several of you attended. We had great participation from our neighboring Chapter F. So a big Thanks to them and I hope you had a wonderful time also. To top it all off we were honored to have our Iowa District Directors Tom and Sue Wright and our Iowa Region Assistant Directors Lonnie and Diane Borseth. Then we had a very special Guest that took time out of his very busy schedule. Yes you guessed it; we were honored to have the Big Guy himself, Santa Claus. Yes, Santa himself came and joined our party, as he wanted to see what this dirty Santa party was all about. I believe he also had a good time and I hope he keeps all of us on the nice list after some of the package stealing that went on at the party. (Continued on page 2)

2 THE SOARING EAGLE FROM OUR CHAPTER DIRECTOR PAGE 2 (continued from page 1) Congratulation goes to Leslie Rainbolt, who was winner of the last chance drawing of $ To Jim Rainbolt and Sue Olenick who won the marshmallow game. Thanks to everyone and we hope to see each of you at our Chapter meeting January 10th, Please mark your calendar and make plans to come and see what new things we have in store for I would also like to challenge each of you to also mark you calendar for the following week, as this is the 10th year for the Crazy Supper in Toledo, IA. I understand that this is a Great Time. Thanks, Kevin Miller Chapter E Director FROM OUR CHAPTER EDUCATOR: Well it's that time of year again, when the bikes and trikes are cleaned and put up for the long haul over winter? Which brings up the battery and tire pressure issue. Be sure to put the battery on a battery charger, and check your tires with a tire pump. Tire pumps range in prices from $36.95 to $ They can inflate a tire in 6 min. to 9 min. Some have lighter plug-ins and some have battery clamps, some have both. Also some have flashlights and a tire gauge. Some are so small they can be carried on the bike. Keep those batteries and tires up for those once and awhile rides. Be safe my friends Delbert Stephens Chapter E Chapter Educator MAD Coordinator mrbckst@aol.com Burlington s Christmas Lighted Parade

3 THE SOARING EAGLE FROM OUR ACTIVITY DIRECTOR: PAGE 3 Osage Beach Weekend Hope this fines everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. At the start of the New Year I want to recap a little. Lets start with the Christmas parade, Val and I would like say thanks to Mike, Linda and Liana, their granddaughter, Delbert and his grandson (Shay), Rev. David, and Jim Rainbolt for riding with me in the parade, we had pictures all over facebook too. I would like to say thanks to all that showed up and the support from the ones that could not on the Toys For Needy Children in Keokuk. We had lots of Toys and food items to give to them plus all the money collected that night, and the Food was excellent, just ask anyone that went. Kevin, Val, and I are still looking for someone to replace us as activity director, we have enjoyed digging for dates for you and stuff to do, but it comes a time when you just need to slow down, and we seem to not be able to make it to the things going on, we are not leaving or going anywhere, Iowa E Rocks in Linda's words, we couldn't say it any better. Thanks for everyone that showed up for the Iowa E Dirty Santa Christmas Party, it was a blast; we had a lot of fun. On the women s side the crock-pots seemed to be the hot item. The men s side, it was the tools, which were stolen a lot. The food was great and the games were fun, I sure hope everyone had a good time. Since the 2015 Wing Ding and the Davis Rally have moved to the month of September. We are thinking about moving the Chicken run to sometime in July. It s just a thought for now, so think about it and let us know what you want at our next meeting. Activity Coordinator's Gary & Val Duckstein Ph Cell garyvalduck@mediacombb.net WHAT IS HAPPENING FEBRUARY 14, 2015??

4 THE SOARING EAGLE PAGE 4 TOYS FOR NEEDY CHILDREN AND DINNER Boomer working for his Dinner at Osage Beach

5 THE SOARING EAGLE PAGE 5 GWRRA January Anniversary Dates Glen & Margueriette Johnson Jan. 1, 1985 Arlin Clover Jan. 1, 1998 Nancy Shuler Jan. 22, 2008 JANUARY WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES Glen & Margueriette Johnson.... Jan. 29th JANUARY BIRTHDAYS Kevin Miller Mert McClure Leslie Rainbolt Doug Kokaly Jan 12 th Jan 23 rd Jan 24 th Jan 25 th Coffees for January Jan. 7th Gator's Burlington, IA Jan. 14th Happy Joe's Burlington, IA Jan. 21st Casa Fiesta Burlington, IA Jan. 28th Buffalo Wild Wings, Burlington, IA Monthly Get Together Everyone Welcome! 2 nd Saturday of each month (except November and December). Tender Trap Summer Street Burlington, IA. Eat at 5:30 p.m. Weekly Coffees on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m., various locations, see the Activity Coordinator article in this newsletter FOR SALE TWO BLACK LEATHER VESTS $25.00 EACH WOMEN S SIZE 18 - MEN S SIZE 44 PLEASE CALL: DAVE (319) UPCOMING EVENTS Jan. 17 th Crazy Supper, Reinig Center, 1007 Prospect, Toledo, IA Eat at 5:30pm Jan th.. Ill District Winter Renaissance, Chateau, Bloomington, IL. Jan. 24 th..... Iowa H 20 year party, Trinity Church, 1117 Benton Ave. E, Albia, IA 1:30-4:00pm Feb. 14 th Iowa E Sweet Heart Weekend Family Inn Suites, Nauvoo, IL. May 2 nd Burlington's Blessing of the bikes, 11:00am, Crapo Park Band shell June 4-6 th... Missouri District Rally, Branson, MO. June 14 th..... Roger Ride, 9:00am ride at 10:00am, Scott County Park, Davenport, IA June 20 th.... Iowa E rides in Steamboat Days Parade; Burlington, IA will get time out ASAP. Also will be working on possible bike show at the nursing home that afternoon. July th.. IL District Rally, Rock Falls, IL. July 26 th..... Ronald McDonald House ride will get time when available.

6 THE SOARING EAGLE PAGE UPCOMMING EVENTS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5) Aug. 6-8 th.... Region E Rally, Radisson Hotel, Green Bay, Wisconsin Aug. 23 rd..... Ill R Surprise Ride, LaSalle, IL Sept. 3-6 th.... Wing Ding 37, Huntsville, AL Sept th.. Davis Rally, New Hampton, IA Oct. 24 th..... IL. H2 Oktoberfest, Lake Storey Pavilion, Galesburg, IL. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING ANDTHE MISSING WIFE? A husband went to the police station to report his loving wife missing. Husband: I ve lost my wife; she went Christmas shopping yesterday and has still not come home. Sergeant: What is her height? Husband: Oh, 5 something... Sergeant: Build? Husband: Not slim, not really fat. Sergeant: Color of eyes? Husband: Never noticed. Sergeant: Color of hair? Husband: Changes according to season. Sergeant: What was she wearing? Husband: Dress/suit/blue jeans ---I don t remember exactly Sergeant: Did she go in a car? Husband: yes Sergeant: What kind of car was it? Husband: 2015 Corvette 3LT with the Z51 Performance package, shark gray metallic paint, with the 6.2 liter V8 engine with Direct Injection generating 460 HP. 8-speed paddle-shift automatic transmission, and GT bucket seats, and has a very thin scratch on the front left door at this point the husband started crying Sergeant: Don t worry sir We ll find your car. DIRTY SANTA CHRISTMAS PARTY

7 THE SOARING EAGLE PAGE 7 DIRTY SANTA CHRISTMAS PARTY

8 THE SOARING EAGLE PAGE 8 CHERYLE S CORNER We are adding a new section to the newsletter called Cheryle s Corner If you would like to contribute with recipes or a craft idea, please send them to Cheryle at: goldwinging@hotmail.com or grjones@mchsi.com, or give them to Cheryle or me at our monthly meetings. Your Host for January Lanny & Gwyn Brunenn NOTE: The National GWRRA home office would like to get pictures of members and their Gold Wings, Chapter activities, rides, etc. If anyone wants to send in pictures, please send them to pictures@gwrra.org