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1 December EVENTS ABATE UPDATE N O V E M B E R R U S H M O R E C H A P T E R 1 BOD MTG, 7:30 PM, Eagles Club 4 RUSHMORE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MTG, Followed by the CHRISTMAS POTLUCK 5 Forgotten Elderly Shopping at K Mart 6 Forgotten Elderly Wrappihng, BHHD 8 HOG Social, 7pm, BHHD 10 CMA Christmas Party, 7 pm 14 Membership Par t y planning Committee Mtg, Valley Sports Bar, 6:30 pm 18 BHC Membership Mtg, Noon, Side Hack, Sturgis 24 CHRISTMAS EVE 25 CHRISTMAS DAY Jesus is the Reason for the Season!! 31 NEW YEAR S EVE JANUARY 1 st POLAR BEAR RIDE, starts at the Buck-n- Gator, 11 am OFFICERS President. - Craig Waddington Vice President - John Trudo Secretary - Barb Frerichs Treas. - Kim Logsdon Kimsheee@aol.com State Rep - Ginny Kellerher ginkeller@rap.midco.net Sgt at Arms Matt O Neil LRC - VACANT Mem Sec.- Geoff Oliver snwndrt@aol.com Your Leaders: A Few Words from our President: BOARD MEMBERS Steve Rohde-Photographer rohde@rushmore.com Janet Olson PR Rep Ed Hickenbotham wheelerdealersd@yahoo.com Road Cptn & Webmaster Clay Weaver cweaver04@yahoo.com. Jeremy Klabunde Phil McCollar OTHERS Auggie & Sunshine Minzlaff - Chaplains two4jesus@msn.com NO REPORT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF RUSHMORE CHAPTER OF ABATE INC. OF SD P.O. Box 1223, 429 Kansas City St., Suite #11, Rapid City, SD , website: IT S NOT WHAT YOU RIDE, IT S THAT YOU RIDE!

2 Secretary s Report President Craig called the Nov. 6th RU ABATE general membership meeting to order with the Pledge of Allegiance being said. Chaplain Auggie led all in prayer. Roll call was taken with Ed, Kim, Geoff, and Ginny being excused. No bills were paid at this time. OFFICERS REPORTS Pres. Craig reminded all that Legislative Days in Pierre, Sno Ball Dance, and Snow or Shine Poker Run are all coming up. Vice Pres. John stated that if you are traveling in N.D., be very careful, as there are so many big rigs running the roads working the oil wells. State Rep. Sunshine stated she will start with 20 S.D. ABATE patches from state meeting for RU chapter. Windshield laws are very vague. Get in touch with your legislatures. Attend Legislative Days to show your support to S.D. ABATE. Treasurer had no report. Sec. Barbie had newsletters and voter registration forms available for members. We received a letter from the Salvation Army asking for bell ringers. Call if interested. Wouldn't it be unusual to see bell ringers in leather jackets and chaps... Membership Sec. had no report. Sgt. at Arms is vacant. LRC had no report. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS PR-Janet had information on a food can drive for Nov. 12th. Wayne suggested we do a separate food drive, possibly for December. Much discussion. No decision was made. A RU and BH food drive challenge was also brought up. No dates have been set for the BHAB shopping and wrapping as of yet. Newsletter editor absent. Web page-clay is working on. Road Captain-Clay announced that Feb. 4th is the date set for the Snow or Shine Run. Game feed will be in Feb. Road clean up was great. Unusual items were found. B.B.Q. after was great. He had 20 volunteers for road clean up. MRF-Jiggs gave dates for Heartland Steam- Omaha-March 25-26, Beast of the East-Atlanta-April 13-15, Bikers in the Beltway-Wash. D.C.-May 17-19, Best of the West- Las Vegas-June 15-17, Meeting of the Minds-North Carolina-Sept He had information on what MRF is working on from the Sept. meeting. Products Manager-Phil had nothing to report. AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS Christmas Party for RU chapter was discussed. Rohde will furnish the ham. New Membership signing prize winner will be drawn in Dec. Membership Party committee meeting. No report. Board does recommend staying with same date for this year. Bike Raffle-BA reported that the bike has been purchased and should be here in Jan. Tickets need to be printed. BA and Mary volunteered to take the bike to the Sioux Falls Swap Meet. Board approved and furnished $60.00 for booth rent. Jiggs motioned to buy the printed raffle tickets. Sunshine seconded. Motion passed. Halloween Party was a good time. Janet thanked Bill Hanson and the committee for putting it together. OLD BUSINESS Tires and Rims have been purchased for the small trailer. BA will pack wheel bearings himself. Wayne gave an overview on the BHAB ride to the Golden Living facilities in Rapid City. It was good PR for bikers. Passports for affiliates was discussed. Susan had a booklet made for viewing. BH chapter suggested be present to win to get more people to participate. Membership discussion. Wayne suggested if you are present, a full money prize would be presented. If a winner and not present, they only get half of the prize money. Much more discussion. RU members voted to keep full money prize. RU will come up with a door prize for people to enter if they are present with their passports. Wayne wants to see more commitment from chapter members for the passport booklets for Ed Netterberg Weekend. Calendar was discussed. Geoff has sent out proofs to be checked for dates. Sunshine annouced that Bob Bogart, from Pierre ABATE and CMA, and Auggie will be opening for the Legislative Day sessions. NEW BUSINESS Jiggs stated that the Huron Shadow Riders ABATE is dissolved. MEMBERS OF THE MONTH--Beth Garcia, Tere Herman, and Pam Phillips. Thanks for all your help. AFFILIATES OF THE MONTH--BH Harley and One Hour Heating and Air Conditioning. Thanks for your support to RU ABATE. SHOULDA/COULDA of $20.00 will be drawn at Dec. meeting. If no winner it will be $40.00 and drawn from those present at Dec. meeting. 50/50 of $60.00 was win by Jim Bob Martin. Congratulations Jim. Jim donated $20.00 of it back to the IMPAC FUND. Thanks Jim. ANNOUCEMENTS The 2011 Raffle Bike is for sale by the winner. SFJ Nine Ball Tournament is Nov. 19th. BA and Mary furnished food today. Thanks!! Sno Ball DAnce is Feb. 11th. Legislative Days in Pierre are Jan There being no further discussions or business to attend to Jiggs motioned and all seconded to adjourn. Be safe...god Bless all!! Happy Thanksgiving!! Barbie 2

3 Vice President s Report Treasurer s Report Boy is time flying fast it will be prime riding season before we know it, or at least that is the way it feels for me. Thanksgiving is now just a memory and Christmas is right around the corner! The Shopping for the forgotten elderly will be on Monday Dec. 5th at 7pm. Black Hills Area Bikers do an incredible job with this event. Come to Kmart and help get the items for those who are alone and have no family to bring them cheer. I myself have lots of work ahead of me. My wife Erika and I have just found out that we will be blessed with a boy some time in March. Now I have to get the baby room completed so he can come home to a child friendly room. It comes with great pride that I will be able to pass my family name and values down to another generation, pressure is off me lol! After all at the end of the day it is family that matters the most. I wish everyone wonderful holiday filled with love and joy. It is never too early to start helping with the planning committee for next year s member drive. Watch facebook and the web site for details or simply contact Ginny or any board member. Craig will be drawing some ones name out of the hat for a gift card from the member drive. You still have time to get your name in that hat, all you have to do is sign up a new member before the last meeting. John NO REPORT AVAILABLE AT TIME OF PUBLICATION Road Captain s Report NO REPORT AVAILABLE AT TIME OF PUBLICATION 1200 E. St. Patrick St. Rapid City SD The GARAGE BAR Black Hawk, SD Buck-n-Gator Bar & Grill Best burgers in town! Cold Beer Daily Drink Specials ***4095 Sturgis Rd 3

4 RUSMORE CHAPTER OF ABATE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4TH At the Piedmont American Legion Hall Directly following the Rushmore Chapter of ABATE general membership meeting (Meeting starts at noon) BRING A SIDE DISH TO SHARE WITH ALL Main Course will be ham provided by the chapter and Rohde THE NAKED WINERY Hill City, SD DAKTECH 1141 Rand Rd. Rapid City SD

5 Chaplains Corner I know some times "Seasonal" messages are "out of sync" but Thanksgiving is passed (by the time some of you read this); however, Christmas is coming. God Incarnate left Heaven to come to Earth as a lowly human. His goal was to give us all the opportunity to save/redeem ourselves and to that end He shed His blood on the cross. I often say ABATE is about the three "P's" - Poker runs, Parties, and Politics. But what about our Priorities. God first because He "so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son to save us all" John 3:16. Politics next - if government has it's way, we won't be riding "bikes" or even driving our own cars! So Legislative Days are important - just as you mark your calendars and save money for a party, so should you for this important event. In fact, we may have some legislation pending! We hope to see you all there! Speaking of "all there"; and, by-passing Poker runs, do you all know where the real party will be? and it is FREE! Jesus paid the price for you and me. All we have to do is ask Him into our lives and He will work in and with you. He doesn't expect us to be perfect; He just wants us to try to be the best we can be. To love Him and pray and listen to His will for us. We have all lost friends and family (Auggie and I too many this year) but we are convinced the BIGGEST party EVER will be in Heaven. Want to be there with us? Romans 10:13 "For whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved." Romans 10:9 "that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart... you will be saved." Party On! We'll see you all there when our time comes! In His service, Sunshine and Auggie BIKE RAFFLE REPORT At the October General Meeting, the membership voted to continue the bike raffle with the same format and model except this years model, a 2012 Flamed Dyna Wide Glide, is a bit flashier model than last years. It's primary color is Sunglo Red with Sedona Orange flames and is a very sharp looking motorcycle. The membership also agreed to put a down payment on one which I did two days after our meeting. Print Mark-t is printing up books of tickets which will be available at December's meeting. Craig and I are working on the county's legal formalities as well. Please come out and get a book or two and help raise funds for our organization. It may be you who wins the grand prize! Thanks B.A. & Mary CAPUTA GENERAL STORE E. Hwy 44, Caputa SD Slash J Saloon Fun Bar ~ Great Food Your Neighborhood Irish Pub Spirits, Food & Entertainment Join us on Facebook Located in Valley Square,3064 Covington St, Suite 206 Rapid City SD

6 EAGLES LODGE #3555 East Centre St. Rapid City VALLEY SPORTS BAR TIRES FOR HARLEY DAVIDSONS BEST SELECTION,PRICES & SERVICE *** We service all makes and models 1865 S. Valley Drive, Rapid City BOB S SHOE REPAIR Cowboy Boots Rebuilt Since 1946 Leather Jackets & Zipper Repair Handbag & Luggage Repaired Zippers in stock and repaired DIVAS-n-ROCK STARS E. St. Patrick St. Rapid City SD Release your inner STAR! The LOST STEER 5412 S. Hwy 16 Rapid City SD SIDEHACK SALOON Lazelle Street, Sturgis SD Live bands every night during the rally!

7 State Rep s Report The original IMPAC and BOD meetings, scheduled for the 19th were cancelled due to weather and no quorum available. However, it was rescheduled on an emergency basis as a combined meeting the following day. We did have a quorum of officers and some State Reps. Present was a sub for Black Hills, Lewis & Clark, present was Northeast, North Star, Oahe, Rushmore, Southeast, Sioux Falls, A new Rep for Sioux River (Trudie) and Turtle Creek Riders. Those Guys also had a sub and Shadow Riders no longer are a chapter. IMPAC worked on the Legislative Days schedule and will have a report coming along with a schedule of events and the agenda. We also discussed the windshield tinting laws and decided to follow up on that legislatively. Laura Snow was supposed to be a guest speaker but was not present and our Lobbyist, Dianna Miller was also unable to be there. We have 1,292 members statewide and we would like to see all of you at Legislative Days in Pierre, Jan 19 & 20, We are looking into getting non-profit status for postage on the Freedom Flyer. There is an initial application fee and an annual fee but it will greatly reduce the cost of mailing. It was decided to proceed with the process. Regarding the newspaper boxes, there are still some left and we were told that MRF would also provide their newsletter monthly (in our area thru Jiggs Cressy) to put in them with our maps and other information. John Steele spoke about the meeting he attended in Detroit and said that MRF has 21 items that were discussed. More information regarding these items will be forthcoming in the Freedom Flyer. One item he expressly wanted us to address right now, though, was the Michigan helmet law which has been rescinded by both the Senate and the House, is waiting for concurrent vote and then signed by the Governor (who has not indicated which way he will vote/sign. We are being asked to send postcards to the Governor to sing this bill. It was moved and approved to have IMPAC follow up on the windshield issue. Since we have to pay Dianna for helping us with the windshield issue, it was deemed that vertical license plates and handlebars issues would wait. State Products person was not present so no patches yet but they will be $5.00 each. It was also decided that since the state does not have products at this time, chapters may bring their product to sell at Legislative Days, if they so wish. There are a few requirements to this, though. If you bring "stuff" you must attend it at all times ("stuff" and money) and only bring samples to the function, leaving most of the products in your vehicle as space and tables are limited. Thank You! East River maps are still being worked on. There will be a Membership Committee meeting (that means ALL Membership Secretaries from each chapter) will meet prior to the BOD at 9:15 am 1/21/12. It was decided and voted upon to continue the statewide poker run. Susan L. will print them again. Thank you, Susan! Meeting of the Minds report will be given during the Legislative Days sessions. Heartland Steam will be close to us this next year so we should all start planning to go - it is a GREAT experience and very informative! It is in Omaha, NE on March at the Omaha Marriott. Respectfully submitted, Sunshine Minzlaff Rushmore ABATE State Rep. 900 Jackson Blvd. 7

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