APRIL EVENTS ABATE UPDATE 3 R D B H H D L A D I E S N I G H T, 6 P M A P R I L 2 0 1 2 R U S H M O R E C H A P T E R 7 T H R U S H O R E A B A T E R A L L Y P L A N N I N G M E E T I N G 1 2 T H H O G S O C I A L 7 P M, B H H D 13-15 T H B E A S T O F T H E E A S T A T L A N T A, GA 1 4 T H C M A M T G 6 P M B O X E L D E R F I R E H A L L YOUR LEADERS: OFFICERS President. - Craig Waddington 209-3122 Vice President - John Trudo 381-7030 Secretary - Barb Frerichs 923-6326 Treas. - Kim Logsdon 484-8667 Kimsheee@aol.com State Rep - Sunshine Minzlaff 787-9136 two4jesus@msn.com Sgt at Arms VACANT LRC - Ginny Kellerher 209-3084 ginkeller@rap.midco.net Mem Sec.- Geoff Oliver 484-8596 snwndrt@aol.com BOARD MEMBERS Steve Rohde-Photographer 716-6796 rohde@rushmore.com Janet Olson PR Rep 381-5010 Ed Hickenbotham 545-5113 wheelerdealersd@yahoo.com Road Cptn & Webmaster Clay Weaver cweaver04@yahoo.com. Jeremy Klabunde Phil McCollar OTHERS Auggie & Sunshine Minzlaff Chaplains 787-9136 two4jesus@msn.com A few words from your President: IT S NOT WHAT YOU RIDE, IT S THAT YOU RIDE! A P R I L 1 4-1 5 T H B ; A C K H I L L S M O T O R C Y C L E S H O W 25-2 9 T H L A U G H L I N R I V E R R U N 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 57709 605-343-8474, website: www.rushmoreabate.com
Secretary s Report President Craig called the March 4th RU ABATE general membership meeting to order with the Pledge of Allegiance being said. Barbie led the chapter in prayer and blessing of the food. Roll call was taken with Clay, Phil, Geoff, Kim, and Sunshine all being excused. Janet and Ginny were absent. Feb. minutes were read, as no newsletter was out. Ed motioned and Hillary seconded to accept the minutes. Motion passed. No bills were presented at this meeting. OFFICERS' REPORTS: Pres. Craig worked the Counts Car Show for RU ABATE. Lots of nice vehicles. Snow and Shine Poker Run and Wild Game Feed were great. Vice Pres. John worked the Counts Car Show. Good crowd and good weather. No baby yet!! Treasurers report was given by Vice Pres. John. Jiggs motioned and Ed seconded to accept. Motion passed. Sec. had donation letters and Neb. ABATE newsletter to share. State Rep. Sunshine had no report. State meeting is March 17th. LRC was absent. Membership Sec. report given by Pres. Craig. Currently 342 members and 50 affiliates. Sgt. at Arms Jiggs had no report. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS: PR had no report. No certificates were done. Web page had 1247 hits on it in Feb. Road Captain no report. MRF Rep. Jiggs stressed become a MRF member. Products no report. AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS: Membership Party planning meeting is March 10 at 11 am. Bike Raffle--BA gave a detailed report on the income and expenses for the Bike Raffle.RU will have a booth at the Bike Show in April. Please consider helping man the booth. Discussed making another down payment on the bike. Membership Party information was shared by Craig. RU Chapter needs to study the liability issues with the beer. Jiggs shared information from Meeting of the Minds on liability release paper work. OLD BUSINESS: Board calendar is done. The 2012 budget will be voted on by the Board at their next meeting. New membership sign up prizes were discussed. The Board suggested two $250.00 prizes to the membership. Jiggs motioned to do this with Ed seconding. Motion passed. Passports are still available for poker hands at Ed Netterberg Weekend. NEW BUSINESS: Nominations for offices will be coming up. RU ABATE corporate license and tax paper work is complete. Thanks Kim. RU received a letter from State ABATE about our corporate status. The State Rep., Sunshine, will take the information to the State ABATE meeting. MEMBER OF THE MONTH goes to our Doc (Gary) Herman. Thanks for putting together the event and riding schedule with the bike pictured. AFFILI- ATE OF THE MONTH goes to Easy Rider in Sturgis. Thanks for your support to RU ABATE. Shoulda/ Coulda of $60.00 would have went to Terri Swick, but sorry, you weren't here. Aprils will be $80.00. 50/50 of $32.00 was won by Craig. Congrats!! Chance for a Chance Bike Raffle ticket winners were Bill H. and Tom D. ANNOUNCEMENTS: Rohde reported that the Wild Game Feed donations of $500.00 will be going to IMPAC. March 17th is the Pub Crawl at the Buck-N-Gator. Heartland Steam is March 22-25. Rohde and Gin are going from our chapter, so far. There being no further discussions or business on hand, Jiggs motioned and Bill seconded to adjourn. Ride safe and GOD Bless.. Barbie
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Vice President s Report Wow time is flying, here we are in the spring already. Old man winter came and left pretty peaceful this year. We have lots of events coming up fast the big on being the membership party. There will be several meetings so I encourage everyone to attend these meeting, they are making important decisions on how the party is conducted. Even if you cant chair or sign up for a specific event at this time, please come to the meetings, it requires more than 10 people to make a informed decision that will effect the entire party. On the litter side of things, my beautiful wife Erika gave birth to our son Logan Ross Trudo on March 16th at 11:57 Pm. He came out weighing 8lbs 6.9oz and was 21.5" long. He has been a wonderful addition to our family!!. He also has a very proud older sister as well. I want to thank everyone for the prayers and thoughts when he tried to come early, and want to thank everyone who gave support preparing and during this new and exciting time. I have said it once and I will always be happy to say it again WE ARE TRULY BLESSED WITH WOUNDERFUL FAM- ILY AND FRIENDS! Elections are coming up again as well one of the spots will be the presidents position, so come nominate, or support your candidates. Don't be afraid to step up and take a chance at a position, I promise you your not going to step on anyone's toes in doing so. Having a functional board and elected officials is critical to this chapter staying alive. I challenge some of our older members to make a run at some of these open positions, and help keep us on track. A.B.A.T.E. can only work for you if you make it work for you. Enjoy the riding I hope to be joining everyone soon enough Your Vice President, John Trudo THE NAKED WINERY Hill City, SD 1200 E. St. Patrick St. Rapid City SD Where Ugly Don t Matter 32 7TH STREET RAPID CITY 388-3232 Speed s Performance Plus 5180 Prairie Violet Lane Black Hawk, SD 57718 Your Neighborhood Irish Pub Spirits, Food & Entertainment 721-8636 Join us on Facebook Located in Valley Square,3064 Covington St, Suite 206
TREASURER S REPORT EDITOR S NOTES NO REPORT AVAILABLE AT TIME OF PUBLICATION SLASH J SALOON GET YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A 2012 DYNA WIDE GLIDE!! TICKETS ARE $20 EACH OR 6 FOR $100. PICK YOUR UP TODAY!! Call B.A. or Mary At 393-1221 Piedmont, SD FUN BAR GREAT FOOD!!! EAGLES LODGE #3555 East Centre St. Rapid City 343-2321 Well, I finally got things up and going again. Unfortunately, while I was out of town, my computer totally died. Had to wait til I got back to town to get a new one and had to start the newsletter from scratch. Thanks to Clay for sending me copy of the last one so I at least had a starting point and didn t have to recollect all those business cards! So here it is with what I had, I know there may be some errors and if they are please email me at ginkeller@rap.midco.net and let me know what you find and I will make corrections. On another subject, the planning of the membership party is coming along but we definitely need more volunteers for every event. We have a lot scheduled that simply won t end up happening if more people don t step up and volunteer to help. So, even if you don t want to be in charge of anything, please let the subcommittee chairs know you will help. The chairs are: Set up Jason S. and Ginny K Games Benita G. Bike Rodeo Clay and Joy 381-5001 Walking Poker Run Hilary Silent Auction Steve E. and Donna Vendors Pam and Jason S. Minnow Races John T. 381-7030 50/50 Drawing John H. 381-9504 Slip and Slide Barb F. 923-6326 Golf Cart Contests Clay and Joy Beer Pong Ginny K. Clean Up Rohde Products Phil M. Beverages Jeremy K. If you can help with any of these, please contact the chairperson and let them know. We would like to have most of the volunteers lined up before the party. The next planning meeting will be on April 7th at 9 am at the Cambell St. Café. We will be having breakfast and discussing the schedule, logistics and equipment needs for the party. Please plan on attending. Ginny Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. - Sally Koch
MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY REPORT SUPPORT THE FOLLOWING AFFILIATES, PRESENT YOUR ABATE CARD AND GET THE DISCOUNTS LISTED BELOW! Blue Lantern Lounge 1200 E. St. Patrick Rapid City SD (605) 484-6044 Sundays, buy 1 get one free drink Country Corner 15996 E Hwy 44 Caputa SD (605) 393-8094 Everyday buy1 drink get 1 fee Eagles Lodge # 3555 Kelly's Sport Lounge Loud American Roadhouse McKee's Pub & Grill P.O. Box 2521 Rapid City SD (605) 343-2321 Saturdays, buy 1drink get 1 free 825 Jackson Blvd Rapid City SD (605) 348-1213 Sundays, buy 1 get one free drink 1305 Main Street Sturgis SD (605) 720-1500 $2 Off Appetizers Everyday PO Box 878 Black Hawk SD (605) 787-5673 Buy one get one free Motive Magic 2505 May Court Rapid City SD (605) 381-7999 $30 Rock Chip Repair Reno's Casino 4678 Sturgis Rd Rapid City SD (605) 787-5025 Sundays, buy 1 get one free drink Rice's Honda - Suzuki Rimrock Happy Tavern 301 Cambell Street Rapid City SD (605) 342-2242 $5.00 off a tire change 22929 Forest Rd Rapid City SD (605) 348-9733 Sundays, buy 1 get one free drink Rosco's 1125 Kennel Dr. Rapid City SD (605) 348-3946 10% off parts and labor Side Hack Saloon 1027 Lazelle St Sturgis SD (605) 347-2828.25 off bottled beer Teddy's Deli 236 Winter Street Keystone SD (605) 666-4500 10% off any item any time The Gas Light 13490 Main St Rockerville SD (605) 343-9276 Sundays, buy 1 get one free drink Time Out Lounge 615 E. North St. Rapid City SD (605) 342-0503 Happy hour prices all day Sundays Valley Sports Bar 1865 S. Valley Drive Rapid City SD (605) 343-2528 Every day, Buy 1st drink get 2nd drink free SUPPORT YOUR CHAPTER, BUY A BIKE RAFFLE TICKET TO WIN A 2012 HARLEY DAVIDSON WIDE GLIDE. TICKETS ARE $20 EACH OR 6 FOR $100. CALL B.A. AND MARY TODAY TO GET YOURS!
CHAPLAIN S CORNER Keeping our life in balance. When we get too extreme in one direction or the other we seem to lose our balance and want to "Tip Over." We have family, friends, work, play, etc. and as long as we keep it all in balance we do okay. But let us get out of balance and watch out. We want to "Tip Over." We need to stay in balance. Some times we need to focus on family most and other times job or play takes precedence. Sometimes even we, need to come first. If you ever had an inner ear problem you can lose your equilibrium or balance and become dizzy and fall, or "Tip Over." You may experience vertigo and have to go lie down. Sometimes life is like that. Some thing unexpected happens or you get out of balance and you "Tip Over." It could be bad news about your job, your family, your kids, or even a bad report back from your doctor. During this time we feel we cannot stand. These are the times we need to turn to God. When we seem to lose our balance He can help. He provides spiritual resources to help us. In Ephesians 6:13 it says, "Therefore take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand." When life knocks us off our feet, we don't have to be frustrated. With Gods strength lifting us up and Gods armor protecting us, we can still stand strong. Reach out to God and ask Him to be with you in all you do so you don't get out of balance and, "Tip Over." In His service, Auggie and Sunshine SIDEHACK SALOON Lazelle Street, Sturgis SD Live bands every night during the rally! Valley Sports Bar 1865 S. Valley Drive, Rapid City ROAD CAPTAIN S REPORT I would like to start off with thanking everyone who participated in the Rushmore ABATE Snow or Shine this year. We had 23 people ride on the bus and everybody had a great time. Remember next year that we can take more than that on the bus. Ask those who participated this year, it s a heck of a party! See Geoff Oliver s video if you have any doubts. Then I have made a few additions to the webpage. There are now pages for Past members of the year, The history of ABATE, Around the community, and an About Us page which has our mission statement and a link to the previously mentioned pages. Last month there were 1074 visits to the webpage. Let me know if you have any ideas for additions. I hope a few of you have taken advantage of the nice weather and road a bit. Be safe. Clay
STATE REP S REPORT The March meeting was called to order with the pledge and roll call. Some officers missing and excused and two subs on the board were approved. Secretary's report was approved with a spelling correction and Treasurer's report was accepted. Membership Secretary requested that when a form is sent in that we indicate if the couple (married or not) is willing to receive only one Newsletter. IMPAC - 1. The windshield/windscreen law change passed with no problems! 2. Minn. Helmet Law being proposed requires proof of insurance at the rate of 250,000/250,000 to ride without a helmet if over 18. 3. Nebraska Helmet Law (in spite of ALL our contacts to them) is probably dead in committee and will have to wait until next year. AGAIN! 4. Handle bar sub-committee will be formed to work on this. Ask your members for people to serve and for ANY documentation regarding their tickets or stops for handlebar height. The vertical license plates need pictures of any bikes sporting one so we can present them to DMV and try to remedy this issue without legislation. State Products - State patches are still unavailable at this time. It was suggested that these patches be given to every one when they renew - but only one time. There is NO grant at this time for motorcycle awareness, training and education so we will probably have no maps this year. Hang onto your boxes - we may get "lucky" next year! Statewide Poker Run - 30 books sold and some more were checked out at the meeting. Much better than last year. Much discussion was held regarding the awarding of poker hands to those bringing new members to the run. It was decided that the original ruling would apply and those who bring one, or more, new members to the run would qualify for ONE free hand. The Hall of Fame breakfast done during Sturgis Rally was discussed and it was decided we would purchase a table for eight. Anyone who wishes to go from our chapter contact me (Sunshine) so I can reserve a seat for you. Your responsibility would be half the price of the ticket. At this time we don't know how much the cost is but will let you know as soon as we know. Nominations were due for Vice-coord. and Treasurer - Rod Hursrud was nominated for Vice-Coord and Jan Weismantel was nominated for Treasurer. No other nominations at this time but if you have a person in mind, please let me know before the May meeting! New Business - The Walking Poker Run at Glencoe during the Sturgis Rally will take place again, probably on Tuesday of Rally Week. It will be bigger and better than EVER! Think of volunteering! We are still working on dates for Legislative Days but mark your calendars for the last two weekends, or so, in January. We SO need West River people to show up! Respectfully Submitted Sunshine Minzlaff, Rushmore State Rep. GET YOUR CHANCE TO WIN A 2012 DYNA WIDE GLIDE!! TICKETS ARE $20 EACH OR 6 FOR $100. PICK YOUR UP TODAY!!
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BIKE RAFFLE REPORT We have 86 books signed out, 64 books left to sign out, and 29 books returned. Top five sellers; Lynn, Geoff, Janet, Craig and Mary. We will need help selling tickets at the Ladies' Night at Harley Davidson and the HOG bike show, April 14th & 15th. If you need tickets call BA and Mary at 605-393-1221. B.A. & Mary The LOST STEER 5412 S. Hwy 16 Rapid City SD 343-3211 SUPPORT YOUR CHAPTER, BUY YOUR BIKE RAFFLE TICKET TODAY TO WIN A 2012 HARLEY DAVIDSON WIDE GLIDE. TICKETS ARE $20 EACH OR 6 FOR $100 SPP Speed s Performance Plus www.speedsperformanceplus,com Specializing in Performance & Products Specializing in Harley Davidson and Metric Dyno Testing & Service you can Depend On! Complete Engine Rebuilding Monthly Tech Articles in Hot Bike magazine 695-2272 Black Hawk SD LADIES ONLY GARAGE PARTY BEER, WINE AND FOOD SPECIAL GUEST AMA PRO RACER, NICHOLE CHAZA APRIL 3 6:00 PM BLACK HILLS HARLEY DAVIDSON
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