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Mickey and Mary Searels CHAPTER DIRECTORS

MICKEY & MARY SEARELS cd@chapterlam.com

ASSISTANT CHAPTER DIRECTORS NEWSLETTER EDITORS ROBERT & JOAN PARTIGIANONI acd@chapterlam.com

TREASURER TOM & NEVA REED

CHAPTER EDUCATORS WAYS&MEANS COMMITTEE WELCOME COMMITTEE CHAPTER MEMBERSHIP ENHENCEMENT COORDINATORS TOM & SANDY WOODS

PHONETREE COORDINATORS LINDA & GORDON MYRICK phonetree@chaterlam.com

RIDE COORDINATOR TBA ACTIVITY COMMITTEE L ISA FLETCHER COODINATOR

CHAPTER COUPLE OF YEAR Sherwood “Pop” Goins & BJ Berly

WEBMASTER CHARLES & CYNTHIA SIMPSON Webmaster @chapterlam.com

APRIL 2012

Mudbugs!!

A lot is going on we are having Dinner Rides, and riding on Saturday's the weath-er has broken the rain has let up, nice cool nights so get on that Wing and lets ride!! Congratulation to Tom Reed and Charles Simpson who have recently taken the OCP on line. They were thrilled and got a lot of knowledge out of taking the OCP. We invite you all to take it, it is full of knowledge of how everything works in GWRRA!! The Color ride was a great success!! We enjoyed seeing all our friends around the State, and we all met in the middle!! Thank you to all that went on that ride you made the difference.

I enjoyed talking to Pop and BJ we had a great time at his 91st birthday party people were laughing and having fun and a lot of pictures were taken.

Pop has lifted the Banner high in our Chapter and still is very active in all that we do.

Region H Convention is past Chapter M was recognized for being the Louisiana Chapter of the year we want to thank all that worked hard for this honor. It was a great convention it was good to see Ray Mosley enjoy his first Region H Convention, look at his lights he had put on , Tommy look out he is head-ed for you. LOL Also I had to help Ray wash his bike after we got to the Convention something about a wrong turn and a construction zone. Charles put on some lights and it looks great!! Tommy did some things to his bike but would not let us know plus the man worked after hours on his!! It is top Secret!!

Also it is with great Honor that i make an announcement Kevin Reed is our new-est Winger !! He Bought him a Brand New 1988 Gl 1500 Gold Wing

the color is fantastic. he is doing some cosmetics on it but should have it polished up real soon. Congratulation Kevin!! Kevin too was stuffing his bags with Chrome and shoes i mean Boots. Level 4 breakfast has 124 there it was full the most they ever had!! Good job!! Chapter M had 5 there.

We invite you all to get involved in the Level's Program go all the way to Level IV and be proud of your accomplishments!! I hear we have some Level IV in the mak-ing!!

Please remember to bring your rally door prizes for our local rally it is going real well!! We will be having a Team Meeting soon to discuss some things alot of people at Region said there were coming so let's pull together and have another great Ral-ly!!

Also we want to thank Warren Raney for getting us a New Sponsor Muffuletta here in Deridder thank you Warren.

Our District Convention is upon us Come and support Your Couple of the year Richard and Susie Davis as they compete for the District's Couple!! They need your support making alot of noise.

All kinds of Fun will be going on with all kinds of LTD and Education Seminars Come join the Madness in Lafayette April 12, 13, and 14 it is always a great time there.

Also by now you know another Gathering place has Shut down we will meet Monday night at 6:30 at Double D's in the party room come early if you like to eat. If you know of another breakfast place for Saturday Morning big enough for us all please let me know !!

See you at the Gathering

Mickey and Mary Searels

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District Directors

Merlin & Beverly Mayon

Hello Louisiana Members

Well Wingless Weekend is history and now it’s time for us to focus on the events that are just around the corner. But before we move on, here are some highlights from Wingless: We had good gumbo on Friday night prepared by Brenda Roussel and on Saturday Red Roussel cooked his famous pastalaya. Saturday was filled with fun provided by Chapter M & Chapter D and their games to win door prize tickets. Following, we had even more fun and laughs as the Chapters competed for the Chapter Trophy and bragging rights for next year. By the end of the com-petition 1 point separated 1st & 2nd place with Chapter E the winner and Chapter B a close 2nd. We had to pry the trophy out of last year’s winners’ Chapter M Direc-tor’s hands, Mickey Searels to present to Gary McQueen of Chapter E.

All in all everyone had a good time and I would like to THANK everyone who

helped put on Wingless Weekend. I know if I try and recall everyone by name I

will surely miss someone so I will just say THANKS again for all your help. It

takes a Team like the Louisiana Members to make our functions a success.

Even though Chapter M lost out on the Chapter Cup this Year, they still have some bragging rights. Chapter M is now the District’s CHAPTER OF THE YEAR. Congratu-lations “M” keep up the good work.

Any Chapters planning on competing for Chapter of the Year, now is the time to start gathering all your info and attending conventions and seminars.

The Region Convention is around the corner and the first of the season. It’s time to start planning to attend it in Marshall, TX on March 29-31.

The Region Team has planned numerous fun events plus vendors, seminars so let’s go support them.

We also need some Louisiana members to be there to support Amy & Allen Strain in the Couples Competition for Region Couple. They have worked hard and have represented Louisiana well in all the District Conventions they have attended. We wish them, Good Luck!!!

Next on the list of things to do is the Louisiana District Convention, April 12th, 13th, 14th. The Convention opens at noon on Thursday with indoor and outdoor vendors selling chrome, tires, bikes, trikes, bling, jewelry, pin stripe artist, windshield etcher, led light installers, and weight control specialists, just to mention a few.

THAT’s RIGHT, its Mardi Gras Madness time again in Louisiana. Come join the Louisiana District Team for some fun during the Friday night Mardi Gras Ball and costume contest. We will also judge table deco-rations at the ball. We will have games, new seminars, live music, Bin-go, free ice cream. We will also have a wet t-shirt contest at the opening ceremonies along with the ice cream I mentioned. The light show will follow at dusk. Saturday the fun continues with all day ven-dors, safety seminars, bingo, and game show. Don’t forget to get your tickets for the scooter Rider Ed will be raffling off at the closing cere-monies.

The host hotel, Holiday Inn of Lafayette, has added a few more rooms under the GWRRA Block until March 16th with the special rate of $79.99 a night. Make your reservations now to get the best price.

See you all soon.

Your Friends for Fun, Safety & Knowledge

Merlin & Beverly Mayon

Louisiana District Directors

P. O. Box 3527

Morgan City, LA 70381 C/985-519-1524

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Hello Everyone,

From: Rodd Polk, La Dist. Educator”

Hello La Dist. Team..

Man the weather just doesn’t seem to make up its mine! Anyway La has done a great job getting their education programs going for their chapters. There have been great ideas flowing. I would like to thank all the educators for writing great News Articles. We have had some great information. In fact, one I’m going to high light in this month’s News article is from Chapter D. Remember to support your rider education by buying tickets for our Raffle for a motor scooter.

Remember, cars and trucks have had 3 months of not many motorcycles on the road.

Thoughts for safe Riding

TIPS

The question is why should I take a MSF (Motorcycle Safety Foundation) or a GWRRA riding course. Some of us have been riding all of our lives but how many of us have actually had some formal training? Before you answer the question let me give you a few facts that come from The Hurt Report, which is an extensive study taken to determine motorcycle accident cause factors and the identifi-cation of countermeasures;

1. In single vehicles accidents, motorcycle rider errors was present as the accident precipitating factor in about two thirds of the cases, with the typical error being a slide out and fall due to over breaking or running wide on a curve due to excess speed or under-cornering. 2. Roadway defects were the accident cause in 2% of the accidents; animal involvement was 1% of the accidents. 3. Intersections are the most likely place for the motorcycle accident, with the other vehicle violating the motorcycle right of way, and often violating traffic controls. 4. Weather is not a factor in 98% of motorcycle accidents. 5. The motorcycle riders involved in accidents are essentially without training; 92% WERE SELF TAUGHT OR LEARNED FROM FAMI-LY OR FRIENDS! Motorcycle rider training experience reduces accident involvement and is related to reduce injuries in the event of accidents. 6. Lack of attention to the driving task is a common factor for the motorcyclist in an accident. 7. Motorcycle riders in these accidents showed significant collision avoidance problems. Most riders would over brake and skid the rear wheel and under brake the front wheel greatly reducing collision avoidance deceleration. The ability to counter steer and swerve was essentially absent. 8. The typical motorcycle accident allows the motorcyclist just less than 2 seconds to complete all collision avoidance action.

I can’t make anyone take a riding course, just suggest it. The facts are undisputable in this case. When you take formal riding courses you develop good habits that will prove handy in an emergency situation. The website for the state courses is www.lahighwaysafety.org/motorcycle.html , with the next advanced class being in June, and GWRRA offers many riding courses at the conventions. Remember, in the end, you are responsible for your own safety! So be careful and enjoy your ride.

Allen D. Verdick Chapter Educator GWRRA, LA - D

District Educator

Rodd Polk

Hello Mudbugs,

The weather is turning beautiful and the Mudbugs are back on the road. We

have had a couple Thursday night rides . The Chapter participated in the 1st

Annual Colors Ride for the Louisiana District to promote Motorcycle Aware-

ness.

The Chapter M participants were Mickey, Mary, Tommy, Tom, Neva, Kevin, Ray,

Stan, Brenda, Robert, Joan, Bj, Jimmy, Willie Courtney, Lynn and Rodd.

We rode to Many, La and across Hwy 6 East to Natchitoches, La for a fuel stop

and to wait for other chapters to join us.

Rodd grouped the bikes by colors. We had a total of 30 bikes in our group.

When the other Chapters joined us we rode to Evangeline Downs Race Track

and Casino in Opelousas, La.

Shortly after arriving at our destination Mike Jastram came in with the South-

ern Chapters. Mike had 73 in several groups making a total of 103 bikes. What

a fantastic showing for the first ever Colors ride.

I can say that seeing so many Goldwings in one parking lot grouped by color

looked like a rainbow being reflected on the ground what an awesome sight!!!!

Mike Jastram, Chapter A Educator and Rodd Polk Louisiana District Educator

did all the planning and all the behind the scenes work and did a great

job...Thank you for doing this.

After a photo session held by several photographers including Roxie and

Brent and one from every Chapter that participated we went inside for a buffet

lunch.. Those of you that know me know I am a sucker for a buffet. This one

was great and it was a Cajun Buffet which was even better.

This is going to be an annual event so I encourage everyone to consider being

there next year.

Robert and Joan Partigianoni

Assistant Chapter Directors

ASSISTANT CHAPTER DIRECTORS

ROBERT AND JOAN PARTIGIANONI

Sandy & Tommy Woods

Chapter LA-M

Chapter Educator

Murphy’s Laws of Motorcycling

When you dry out after riding through some rain, it will start raining again just

when you begin to feel comfortable.

The chance of rain depends on how accessible your rain gear is.

You only realize the bike’s keys are in your pants pocket after you’ve put on all of

your riding gear.

Your battery will die at the exact same time something else on the bike breaks

and you will think they are related.

A bad day of riding is better than a good day of work.

The more riders around, the more likely you will: 1.Forget the kill switch is in the

off position while trying to start your bike. 2. Ride for miles with the turn sig-

nal on.

If you run out of gas, no matter which way you decide to push, the closest gas

station will always be uphill and in the other direction.

April 2012

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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8 9 10 11 La Dis trict Con

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April 2012

2 April Gathering Double D's Hwy 171 North in Deridder 6:30 PM

5 April Thu. Dinner ride Leaving DQ at 6:30 PM

7 April Sat. OPEN

12, 13, 14 April Thurs. Fri. Sat. La. District Convention Lafayette La.

19 April Thu. Dinner Ride Leaving DQ at 6:30 PM

21 April Sat. Ray Mosley Georgia Brunswick Stew Cook off!!

26 April Thu. Dinner Ride leaving DQ at 6:30 PM

28 April Gator Run LA Chapter J Leaving DQ at 8:AM

April Birthdays

12 April-Willie Rogers

18 April-Bruce Lehto

21 April-Willie Courtney

26 April-Jimmy Ashfield

April Anniversaries

14 April-Bruce and Cora Lehto

20 April-Rodd and Bena Polk

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