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ABATE of FL, Inc Lake County Chapter
PO Box 492 Astatula, FL 34705
http://lake.abateflorida.com/ Volume 29 Issue 07– July 2019
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PREZ: Griz 742-7754 [email protected] VP: Marcus 321-607-2516 [email protected] SEC: Shortcake 409-6443 [email protected] Treasurer Hotcakes 279-7497 [email protected] Sgt@Arms: DR 201-2504 [email protected] ASSTSgt@Arms TATE Mbrshp RonJon 617-4354 [email protected] Product: Landfill Mike 441-4841 [email protected] Newsletter: “V” 742-7754 [email protected] LEG: Joyce 630-1449 [email protected] St Reps: Griz & V 742-7754 ----------- WEB: Don 407-808-0927 PR/Comm RENEE 309-737-6277 [email protected] Safety Dir: Pilgrim 793-3600 [email protected] RdCpt Painter 409-5376 Comm Safety Brat 740-398-2900 Billing: CANCUN 250-0240 [email protected] Hospitality: -Rosie 407-435-9362- CHAPLAIN: Pilgrim 352-793-3600 Blood –Acct 11076
ABATE of FL, Inc Lake
County Chapter PO Box 492
Astatula, FL 34705 http://lake.abateflorida.com/
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ABATE of FL, Inc – State Board Members Pres & Lobbyist: “Doc” 352-625-6353 [email protected] VPres & Legislative: Scribe 239-398-7145 [email protected] Sec: Shelly 904-405-4700 [email protected] Treasurer: Debbie H 561-847-5331 [email protected] Sgt@Arms: Marcus 321-607-2516 [email protected] Mbrship: Laurie Hanley 239-898-5168 [email protected] PR & WEB: Magneto 954-224-2159 [email protected] Masterlink: Critter 954-850-5452 [email protected] Legal: Jerry T 727-945-1112 Products: Velcro –239-560-2565 [email protected] Safety: Vic (Estro) 954-650-1420 [email protected]
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President & Vice President Reports Hey all, First off, thank you to Russ for his dedicated service as VP to our chapter. He was always there & we could always count on him. Also thank you to Ron for being our treasure. That is probably the most difficult & most time-consuming jobs on the board. Ron did an outstanding job & I thank him. I hope you both continue your support to Lake Cnty chapter. It is most treasured. I also want to welcome Marcus as our new VP, & Shortcake as our new sec. They both have experience at these positions & I have no doubt they will do an awesome
job. Thank you to Hotcakes for taking on the treasure, she is going in new directions & if the job she did as secretary is an example of her ethic-- I have no worries. Last but not least thank you to Brat our new PR rep thank you to the entire board for your time, dedication & service to Lake Cnty chapter. Looking forward to working together. ‘Ride Safe, Ride Free’, Griz
When the people fear the Gov, there is tyranny. When the Gov fears the people, there is liberty. T Jefferson
APRIL Athorne Vicki -- Crazy T- Cooper Richard -- Ellis Matthew -- Grant RG --TATE - -- Sadler Michael MAY: Allen Spencer -- -- Barker Tom - Barry Dennis - Bonyak Karen -- Cabral Stephen -- Capporelli Joseph -- Castrodad Jason - Christian Joseph -- Epps Allen - Flanders Darryl -- Fletcher Edwin --Gorby Terry --Gordon Matthew -- Hartwell Ricky -- Hartwell Jack -- Hermann Bruce -- Ivey & Wallaceex --Brain-Jamie --RED -- Lisi Angelo---Lopez Kevin -- Morgan Don --Torrance Kim -- Schuman Rick -- Smith Buck -- Spears Terry -- Stapleton Charlie - Walker Cecil - Walker James
- WhalenTonia -- Wooler Betty Jo-- Woolery John JUNE: -- Renee Faulkner – Kim Pugh – John Sokol – Bruce
Suther – Stephan Viger JULY: ---- RONJON – APE --- John & Betty Steinman AUG: Brown -- 2-Step -- Harvey -Dr Ronald ---"BEAR'” --MEATBALL - Metais, Francis -- Nunes John – Oakes, Maria SEPT: -- Martie -- McCarty, Isha -- Odonnell & Pratt - OCT: Adam, James - Karnes , Donna -Sonner , Ron -- SCRAPE --ANNAROOW – Tim Grubbs - NOV: Aukamp, Butch - Baker, Mike - Dawkins, Robert - Marlman, Edwin -Thurman, Bruce & Joan -Todd, Roger --McDougal & Haynes
BENEFITS REMINDER: All ABATE mbrs in good standing are provided a fully paid group $4,000 in Accidental Death & Dismemberment Ins Policy at no cost to mbr, from American Income Life Ins Co.
The current fines for hitting a motorcyclist in FL range widely depending on the citation the LEO gives the driver. We have see everything from a slap on the
wrist failure to yield that killed a biker that went for $95, to vehicular manslaughter that included prison time. It all depends on what the LEO
determines is appropriate for that specific infraction. The current law has very specific scope of fines that a judge can issue for each violation. We have had
judges that claim in some cases their hands are tied. We have been working to pass a law that would protect all vulnerable road users by giving the judges more options when sentencing a violator. Darrin "Scribe" Brooks State VP--State
Legislative Trustee, ABATE of FL, Inc. www.abateFL.com
President & Vice President Reports
Hi Jonathan Strickland, thank you for the letter. I will continue sending the newsletter so you can share. Yes, we finally got Steele Around to advertise, we
do stop in there when we are up towards Astor. I am not aware of anyone that sends out magazine
at no charge.
LAKE COUNTY ABATE JUNE ‘19 GEN MTG June 2, 2019 Griz called the meeting to order at 12:08, DR lead the Pledge/moment of silence, & Pilgrim prayed. PRESIDENT: Will “Griz” Deaver: Welcomed Fallen Few, (you might want to say, in your prayers for recovery) remember Bruce, DR & others. Election changes are Jane “ShortCake” Smith, Secretary & Charlotte “Hotcakes” Meyer, Treasurer. RonJon has the member list for the elections. We had a decent turnout for the CUCMN run. Thanks to all that attended. Doc & Griz will attend the NHTZA & DOT mtg for Drivers Ed on July 17. VP: Russ Sharpe: We have items for sale; food by Nancy SECRETARY: Charlotte “Hotcakes” Meyer: Please sign-in; minutes motioned by ShortCake/Rich, all accepted. TREASURER: Ron Sonner (Absent): HotCakes gave his report. SGT AT ARMS: Roy “DR” Stanard: Please be careful out there, discussed a few accidents. MEMBERSHIP: Ron “RonJon” Knab: membership is still gaining, very encouraged; 13 new members during bikefst; 360 total members, last year we had 338, in Nov 2017 - 307. Mbrshp drive will start for April 2020. Remember why we join – MC rights. 42 bikes from Lake Co went to Tally – very impressive. PRODUCTS: Mike “Landfill Mike” TerMeer-Recouping – Tate is filling in. NL: Vera “V” Deaver: Nothing; has gun tickets for sale to support ABATE of FL, Inc. Want to turn in at St. mtg. LEGISLATIVE: Joyce Sharpe: Our Safety money was cut from the State budget. Tally will be in Feb next year. STATE REPS: Griz & V: State Mtg in St. Augustine. Get with V for rooms. E NCOM, Mongols discussed patch/copy rights. ABATE received a lot of respect for what we do. Billy Bird received an Achievement Award. WEBMASTER: Don Breckenridge: Updated the website & now looking for pics from the CUCMN run. PR: Renee Johnson: Moving this weekend – we are looking for a new PR. SAFETY DIRECTOR: Mickey “Pilgrim” Meyer: Will be buying new products; no MSAP scheduled but still looking for opportunities. Cancun presented the Groveland Proclamation & Pilgrim thanked members for their efforts. Griz stated Astatula has the blinking sign to “watch out for MC”. RD CAPTAIN: Mike “Painter” Enko: Ride after mtg to Fat Cats for pool; word of the day-perspicuous-clearly express. COMM/SAFETY: Tracy “Brat” Whitehurst: Gave MC stats. Amounts to State Safety fund – be careful. 6/29 – Pissing Frogs holding event for sick 18 yr; 7/28 – Read for Ed, toy run; 6/8 BBQ diner for VOORH @ Gator. Griz mentioned fixing of intersection 48/27. BILLING: Sheryl “Cancun” Mertz: Ad of the month was Rainbow Restaurant. Everyone can solicit ads. HOSP: Rose Mosley: Absent.
OLD BUSINESS: Elections: Skipper stated: President: William Deaver; VP: Marcus Hotelling; Secretary: Jane Smith; Treasurer: Charlotte Meyer; Sgt at Arms: Roy Stanard.
NEW BUSINESS: Russ was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation; Ron was absent. Tracy “Brat” Whitehurst will be our new PR, motioned by Steve/Monica. Tate will be Assist. SvA, motioned by Russ/Joyce. GOOD OF THE ORDER: 50/50-Russ, Pilgrim prayed; mtg closed at 1:45, motioned by Rich/Flag Dave, all accepted; 51 members, 4 guests present. The state Masterlink can be found: http://www.abateFL.com/masterlink/
Respectfully submitted by Hotcakes 😊 -
A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly
swatter. ‘what are you doing?’, she asked. ‘hunting flies’ he replied. – ‘oh, killed any?’ -- ‘Yep, 3 males, 2 females’ came the answer. Intrigued, the wife asked ‘how can you tell them apart?’ – Husband ‘3 were on the beer can & 2
were on the phone”
----NEW AREA CODE READY TO START IN CENTRAL FL NSF Staff With the 407 area code running out of numbers, a new 689 area code will begin Tuesday in parts of Central FL. The state Public Service Commission last year approved moving ahead with the new area code. The change is what is known as an “overlay” of the 407 & 321 area codes in Orange, Osceola & Seminole counties & parts of Lake & Volusia counties. Customers will be assigned numbers with the 689 area code when they request new service or additional lines. Numbers will not change for current customers with 407 & 321 area codes, while 10-digit dialing will continue to be required for local calls. Brevard County, which uses the 321 area code, will not be part of the overlay. The new area code has been in the works for more than a decade, but the Public Service Commission last year set Tuesday’s implementation date as the North American Numbering Plan Administrator estimated that the 407 area code would run out of numbers in the third quarter of 2019. (Darrin "Scribe" Brooks)
Good luck to the new board – it takes all of us to make a difference. "Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless."
Wife: Can you take this bag of used clothing to the donation box? Tired Husband: Can you not just throw them in the trash? Wife: Do you know how many poor starving women out there could use these clothes? Husband: C’mon Honey, anyone who can fit into your clothing is not starving.
This article was given to me by a mbr
https://www.truthorfiction.com/kansasprayer/ The Truth: This event happened in the KA House in Topeka on Jan 23, 1996. Joe Wright, pastor of Central Christian Church in Wichita & was guest chaplain that day. He prayed a prayer of
repentance that was written by Bob Russell, pastor of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville. According to an article in the Kansas City Star, his prayer did stir controversy & 1 member of the legislative body walked out. Others criticized
the prayer. The controversy didn’t end there. Later that year in the Colorado House, R- rep Paschall angered lawmakers by using Joe Wright’s prayer as the invocation. Some members there also walked out in protest. Paul
Harvey did air the story & the prayer. He got such a large response that a phone nu was set up to handle the calls.
Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask Your forgiveness & to seek your direction & Guidance. We
know Your Word says,' Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium & reversed our values. We have exploited the poor & called it The lottery. We have rewarded
laziness & called it Welfare. We have killed our unborn & called it Choice. We have shot abortionists & called it Justifiable. We have neglected to discipline our children & called it building self-esteem. We have abused power & called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's possessions & called it ambition. We have polluted the air with
profanity & pornography & called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers & called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh, God, & know our hearts today;
cleanse us from every sin & set us free. Amen!
THIS JUST IN: https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/06/10/undocumented-immigrants-to-get-health-care-in-CA-budget-deal/ CA Gov. Newsom’s budget won’t look exactly like he wanted, but a deal lawmakers largely fulfills the objectives he set 6 months ago when he first outlined his spending plan. Lawmakers want to use an “extraordinary” state budget surplus to expand health care options for undocumented people while stockpiling billions of dollars in reserves in anticipation of an economic downturn. The agreement marks the end of months of negotiations between Newsom & the Legislature. The agree ment includes funding to let undocumented adults under age 26 enroll in Medi-Cal, the state’s health ins program for low-income Californians. The expansion will take effect Jan. 1, 2020, & cost $98 million in the upcoming fiscal year. It will make CA the first state to allow undocumented adults to sign up for state-funded health coverage. The budget includes a fine on people who don’t buy health ins known as an individual mandate. The fines were initially implemented as part of the federal Affordable Care Act law known as Obamacare, but Republicans acted in 2017 to roll them back. Newsom & legislative leaders say re-imposing the penalty at the state level will shore up the state’s health ins marketplace & keep premiums from rising dramatically. “For CA’s immigrant communities, today’s budget deal is bittersweet,” “The exclusion of undocumented elders from the same health care their US citizen neighbors are eligible for means beloved community members will suffer & die from treatable conditions. & the exclusion of many immigrants from the Earned Income Tax Credit will perpetuate the crisis of economic inequality in our state.”
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State meetings for 2019: AUG: South East --OCT: Gulf Coast, Pensacola --- DEC: Ocala.
***Continue to bring – only 2 – motorcycle related items to the meetings, for our Swap Meet, put your name & price on your item & put them on 1 of our tables. Mbrs be sure to look for bargains at general mtgs
JULY Thursday Happy 4th General Mtgs 1st Sun of e month, 12- Eagles Aerie 27150 Haywood Worm Farm Rd – Okahumpka 7th - Monthly Mtg at noon 13-14th – ABATE new officer seminars - OCALA 17th – Griz going to Tallahassee with Doc 18th – CTST mtg 9am BRAT 22nd – brd mtg 7:30, Moose, Minneola – all welcome 25th – toy Run mtg 7pm, American Legion, Mt Dora
Q: What do you get when you eat marijuana? A pot belly -- Q: How do you get a 1-armed stoner out of tree? A: Wave. Q: What did the frog say after lighting up? A: Don't Worry be Hoppy? Q: What do you call a bunch of mexican stoners? A: Baked Beans.
ABATE of FL, Inc chapters & number of members per chapter
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/motorcycle-rider-killed-in-marion-cnty-crash ---MARION CNTY,
- A motorcycle rider is dead following a fiery crash. The crash happened at 9 p.m. According to the FHP, Carlos
Infantes, 27, was riding a Honda motorcycle east on CR-484 just west of Marion Oaks Manor while Beth Hoover,34,
was driving a Ford pickup truck west on CR-484 in the left turn lane, toward Infantes. Infantes was traveling at a high
rate of speed, authorities said. Hoover began to make a left turn onto Marion Oaks Manor & clipped Infantes with the
front of her truck as he sped by. After the crash, both the truck & motorcycle caught fire, officials said. Infantes was
pronounced dead at the scene . Troopers have not confirmed if Hoover will be charged after the crash.
-https://www.al.com/news/2019/06/man-charged-with-dui-manslaughter-in-fatal-baldwin-cnty-wreck.html -- Jonece Starr Dunigan | [email protected] A Baldwin Cnty man has been charged with manslaughter & driving under the influence following a fatal accident in Robertsdale. Robertsdale police said 38-year-old Noel Bergevin was traveling northbound on College Ave, also known as CR 71, when he crossed over the centerline into the southbound lane & drove partly off the roadway. Police said Bergevin then stuck a 1997 Honda motorcycle & 43-year-old Elmer Earl Cook II. Authorities said Cook was on the shoulder of the road on the southbound side during the wreck. Cook was pronounced dead at the scene. A further investigation revealed enough probable cause to arrest Bergevin for driving under the influence & manslaughter. Bergevin has been placed in Baldwin Cnty Jail.
- https://www.miamiherald.com/latest-news/article231372638.html By Noah Feit June 09, 2019 08:28 PM A motorcycle rider was killed when he was struck by lightning & then crashed on a highway near Orl, the FHP. The power of the lightning strike caused the 45-yr-old man’s helmet to crack & burn, according to a tweet from the FHP. The motorcycle rider died after crashing on I-95 in Volusia Cnty. Although the man’s identity has not been made public, it was confirmed he is from Charlotte, WOGX reported. After the NC man was struck in the head by lightning, his motorcycle ran off I-95 & overturned, & he was thrown “some distance,” The man was
pronounced dead at the scene just after 2 p.m., the Dayton Beach News-Journal reported. An off-duty Virginia state trooper witnessed the lightning strike that shattered the helmet & the crash, per WFTV. It is the nation’s 2nd lightning fatality this year, according to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin. There have been 10 motorcycle-related lightning deaths across the nation since 06, said John Jansenism, a lightning expert with NOAA. In some of those cases, the rider had pulled off the road & was standing near the bike when killed. Among those 10 deaths, says NOAA, was one at the entrance to NC Mt Mitchel State Park in July 2016, when S Poseur of Gaston Cnty pulled over to put on rain gear & was struck by lightning, reported the Gaston Gazette in 2016. Poseur was a lay minister at Venture Church & owner of Poseur Auto Repair, reported the Gazette.
https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/local/ambulance-collides-with-motorcycle-in-hernando-killing-rider/article_f57b548c-80ce-11e9-a7ba-
5f80be1029c5.html?fbclid=IwAR3SQrZChQIATCF923E5Br1fNV_4KsE4mI3opWp8Bc1xOXGJquuGCNv9b3w A Floral City man was killed after his motorcycle collided with a Nature Coast EMS ambulance that turned in front of him at an intersection in Hernando. Both FHP & Nature Coast EMS are investigating the collision, which occurred at the intersection of US 41 & E Apex Ln. The ambulance, driven by 27-year-old EMT Stephanie Bryant & also occupied by 29-year-old paramedic Nicholas Strain, both of Inverness, was reportedly traveling southbound on US 41 when Bryant tried to turn left onto E Apex Lane & drove into the path of 45-year-old William Freeman. Freeman, who was riding a 2018 harley north on US 41, struck the right side of the ambulance, according to FHP. Bryant & Strain treated Freeman at the scene. He was then transported to Citrus Memorial, where he later died from his injuries. It was not clear whether Freeman was transported to the hospital by Bryant & Strain or by another crew. Bryant & Strain were uninjured. Charges are pending. Yates, spokeswoman, said the ambulance crew was not responding to an emergency call or transporting a patient when the crash happened. Per its policies, NCEMS immediately drug-tested Bryant, who has had no prior vehicle incidents, & is conducting an internal investigation, according to its release. FHP reported that alcohol was not a factor in the crash. "We're devastated because of this tragic loss & our hearts go out to the family who lost this loved one," We will work with FHP to provide whatever info they need to complete their investigation & will do our own investigation from a safety perspective. Chronicle reporter Buster Thompson at 352-564-2916 or [email protected].