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National, Regional & District Directors
NORTH CAROLINA
DISTRICT DIRECTORS
Roy & Cindy Bryant (252) 883-8738
GWRRA DIRECTOR
Ray & Sandi Garris
(602) 404-6875
NC-A Officers & Staff
SUNSHINE LADY/CARE BEAR
LINDA WORLAND (336) 310-3159
NEWSLETTER EDITOR COLLEEN FITZGERALD
(336) 992-3089 [email protected]
GOODIE SALES ALICE MYERS
MEMBER ENHANCEMENT COORDINATORS
CHERYL & JR DAVIS (336) 272-6400
HISTORIAN / PHOTOGRAPHER HENRY JINNETTE
(336) 662-2151 [email protected]
NC District
The Wing Nut Piedmont Goldwings NC-A meets the 2nd
Thursday of each month
http://www.piedmont
goldwings.com
Gold Wing Road Riders Association
Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge
Captain Bill’s Seafood
6108 West Market St. Greensboro NC
Eat at 6:30PM,
meet at 7:30PM.
All are welcome.
CHAPTER DIRECTORS ALICE & RON MYERS
(336) 697-8193 [email protected]
ASST. CHAPTER DIRECTOR TOM FITZGERALD
(336) 414-1991 [email protected]
TREASURER PAT WILSON (336) 299-0948
CHAPTER EDUCATOR PAULA HINES (336) 788-9980
CHAPTER COUPLE JANICE & BILL BUCKNER
(336) -697-2216 [email protected]
SPECIAL EVENTS/RIDE COORD. DWAIN STRADER
(336) 342-4850 [email protected]
Inside This Issue
From our CD 2
Chapter Educator 3
Chapter Couple 4
Membership Enhancement
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Riding Together 6-8
Sunshine News 9
Membership Page 10-11
Upcoming Rides and Events
12-14
District, Regional, National News
15-17
Sponsors 18
GWRRA
NC CENTRAL ASSISTANT DISTRICT DIRECTOR
Libby Jennings (919) 732-7961
September 2017
NC-A Region N
REGION N
DIRECTORS
Glenda & Alan Keough (901) 494-9053
Greetings From Your Chapter Directors
Alice & Ron Myers
GWRRA NC-A “Piedmont Goldwings”
Hello Members,
August is almost over, where has it gone? We hope everyone has enjoyed their summer and vacation time.
Did you enjoy the solar eclipse? For those that went to Columbia, we understand you had a great viewing. For us we had cloudy weather and rain on the other side of town. Oh well, we hope we are around for the next partial – 06-10-2021.
We delivered the school supplies that were collected at our last gathering to the Guilford Teach-ers Supply Warehouse. They collect supplies all year along. We received a nice thank you card from them. Come September 1st, there are only 27 days left before Wings Over The Smokies. Have you registered and booked your
reservations? We are looking forward to see-ing everyone and having a great time at Wings. Our Friday Night Dinner was to Ginza Japa-nese Steakhouse. We had a good crowd – 12 friends – Alex & Sandy, Carl & Nan-cy, Dave & Helen, Cheryl (JR was in Charlotte traffic so he had a take home), Pat & Melissa and our friend and past member Walter King, Ron & me. Our chapter attended T-2’s (Albemarle) School Tools Event. Those that attended were Janice & Bill, Henry, Helen & Dave, Ron & me. T-2 had a planned ride which everyone enjoyed, ending at the church. Everyone enjoyed themselves. It
rained while we were eating but cleared up by the time we were ready to leave. We almost made it home before it rained again. Dave & Helen were lucky, no rain. Gary Harris, Jerry & Dale Hyde and us did get rained on but by the time we were home, we were dry. Sun and hot temperature will do it every time. We have some members on long distance trips. We know they are having a great time and seeing lots of interesting things. You guys PLEASE BE SAFE! Once again, Wings will be here before we know it. We look forward to seeing everyone. Ride Safe. We Care, Alice & Ron Myers Chapter Directors, NC-A (Greensboro)
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Good news – we’re getting closer to Wings Over the Smokies (WOS), closer to cooler weather and more comfortable riding temperatures. It has been so very hot and humid this summer, presenting very real risks of heat exhaustion for any outdoor activities. We’d like to think we get some air flow cooling when riding our motorcycles, but hot air is hot and with high humidity, doesn’t provide much evapora-
tive cooling. Paul Kennedy, MEPC for Chapter O2, gave a presentation at O2’s meeting about the Cool Vest. Paul spoke to us about it when he visited Chapter A last month. He demonstrated how long it took to cool down the inserts for vest– 14 minutes in a cooler with ice, pretty quick. He says when he stops for gas, he’ll put the inserts in his cooler with ice, gas up, grab a electrolyte-replenishing drink in the store, and the inserts are cooled down enough to put back in the vest and continue rid-ing. Sounds really helpful in this weather! You can check it out the website, www.Coolvest.com.
Just a reminder about protecting ourselves from the sun – so Important year-round. We hear so much about wearing sun-screen all year to protect our skin, but equally important, we need to protect our eyes. In his article in this month’s issue of Motorcycle Consumer News, Fred Rau talks about the scare and problems he has recently experienced with his eyes. His ophthalmologist is convinced that, in addition to a congenital defect, Fred’s 50,000-plus hours riding motorcycles contrib-uted to damaging his vision. Long term unprotected exposure to ultraviolet rays (UV-A and UV-B) can lead to cataracts, macu-lar degeneration, or skin cancer around the eyelids. It can also lead to ocular complications such as “snow blindness”, cataracts, and growths on the eye’s surface. Wearing protective safety glass-es (shatterproof, meeting Z87.1 designation) with 99% to 100% UV-A and UV-B protection can provide the best protection, whether riding your motorcycle or engaging in other outdoor activi-ties. Glasses should be close-fitting and wrap-around to prevent light or other harmful substances from entering the eyes. Be sure they fit comfortably when wearing your helmet.
The Mayo Clinic provides a guide to lens tint. Green allows true color perception, en-hances contrast and reduces eyestrain; Gray allows true color perception but does not enhance contrast; Brown is good in hazy sun, enhances contrast; Amber brightens hazy or foggy skies, excellent for contrast, minimizes eyestrain, but distorts color; Yellow improves contrast and depth perception in low light, good for overcast skies. Yellow lenses are my personal preference as my vision seems “sharper” when wearing them, and they can be especially helpful riding in rain.
Speaking of rain, I’ve been riding in too much of that lately – believe I’m starting to grow mossy! We had a presentation last month cautioning us against riding in lightning storms – believe it! Several of us rode to Conover for O2’s meeting August 20. I had a bolt of lightning crack right over my head (at least it felt and sounded like it) as I was exiting I-40 at Conover. I rode 3 blocks to the restaurant, dismounted and dripped straight in, quickly! Janice, Bill, Henry, Helen, David, and Bruce Wing were coming from Greensboro, and stopped to avoid the lightning. We were welcomed even though we were soggy! Stopping was defi-nitely the best option. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck.
At WOS, we’ll be outside (just like the old days!), so be prepared. Really hope we won’t have any rain, but bring rain suits. Good sun protection, glasses, sun screen, hats, and maybe even a Cool Vest will help us enjoy ourselves with all the activities and vendors!
Let’s all plan ahead and have safe riding in 2016! Safety is our Goal! Paula Hines, NC-A Chapter Educator
Greetings From Your Rider Educator
Paula Hines
GWRRA NC-A “Piedmont Goldwings”
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The month of August we visited all of our Central Chapter Gatherings; which this month includ-ed the T2 Albermarle School Tool Ride.
Bill and Henry continue attending the NC-W- Eden Chapter Wednesday Breakfast Ride which always is a different restaurant each week to eat breakfast, and a great ride afterwards. John
Dye was able to get in on the fun one Wednesday.
Bill, Dave and Carl rode their motorcycles and enjoyed a Veterans Coffee/Donut Day at Richard Pet-ty’s museum and garage. They got to tour areas that are not normally allowed to the general public.
We have continued to chase the Central Couple’s Plaque frequently, capturing 2 out of 6 times in Au-gust, for total of 19 times for the year. We got the Couples Plaque from B2 at our August 10th gather-ing.
We are looking forward to the Annual District Rally in September; hope you are planning to attend WOTS also and have a great time with other GWRRA friends. We again choose not to compete for the District Couple, but will be there supporting those who wish to go after the title.
Be safe in your travels and as always, hope we can see you at some of the other NC Chapter Gatherings, as well as our monthly Gathering on September .14th.
Bill and Janice Buckner
Chapter NC-A Couple, 2017
Greetings From Your Couple of the Year
Bill & Janice Buckner
GWRRA NC-A “Piedmont Goldwings”
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Our A gathering was opened by Chapter Director, Alice Myers, welcoming everyone (53 present), especially our new members—Jay Jinnette and Douglas Hawkins. We discussed sicknesses or anyone who need some special thoughts; then had a moment of silence. Great turnout for the Chapter Picnic on August 5th— 5 campers, 30 members and 5 guests. Thanks go out to the members for help in cooking, setting up, cleaning up, bringing sweets, ice and everything else. Cheryl greeted guest chapters as follows: District Team Libby Jennings and Rex & Diana Temple, N-Burlington, H2-Durham, G-High Point, B2-Winston-Salem, X2-Wilkesboro. G-High Point’s location has been moved to Pio-neer Family Restaurant 10914 N. Main St. Archdale, NC 27263. The Central Travelers Plaque was won by B2 Winston-Salem and will be given away at their
August meeting (2nd Tuesday). Three Couples were present (A, B2, X2) and the Couples Plaque was won by Janice & Bill of NC-A from B2’s Donald & Helen. Janice & Bill took it to Salisbury 8/15. The Couples money was won by Jan Dancy of X2-Wilkesboro. The vest drawing winner was Jan Dancy of X2-Wilkesboro.
Paula Hines, Chapter Educator gave an interesting talk about riding alert and riding safe. Tom noted that you should bring a kickstand holder with you to the Wings Over the Smokies because of the park-ing area. With some of the realigning of positions in 2018, the Chapter Educator will become the Ride Coordinator.
A’s Sunshine Lady, Linda W., recognized August birthdays, anniversaries and GWRRA anniversaries. The Murdoch Center basket, furnished by Carl & Nancy Allen, was won by Ron of NC-A. Thanks go out to Henry Jinnette, Chapter Photographer, for capturing moments of the monthly events,
50/50s were won by Gary Harris of H2 and Monica Huffman of G. Collected school supplies were delivered to Guilford County Teacher Supply Warehouse. See you at the next meeting, September 7th.
Reporter: Colleen FitzGerald Ride Safe. Cheryl & J.R. Davis MEC- Chapter NC-A
Greetings From Your MEC
Cheryl & JR Davis
GWRRA NC-A “Piedmont Goldwings”
2002 black Gold
Wing with Cali-
fornia Side Car Cobra trike kit;
80255 miles on
it. CB radio,
heated grips, tall
Tulsa windshield,
driving lights, baker built air
and trike wings, chrome rotor covers with lights,
Utopia backrest, chrome trunk rack and lots of
other chrome. The kit has ground effects (or run-
ning boards) with turn signals, auxiliary fuel tank (3.4 gal), chrome wheel upgrade, performance
brake upgrade, chrome wheel well trim kit, vinyl
stone guard fender kit, trunk carpet kit / with car-
go net, trailer hitch and trike cover. The trike has
4.5 degree rake kit. I also have a black Escapade
22 cubit foot trailer with chrome tongue with cool-er, luggage rack, chrome wheels, chrome light bar.
The trike is located in NC. Reduced price for all is
$17,500. If interested, contact me at
[email protected] or 336-202-6368 for more infor-
mation.
Have a Blessed Day, (J C) John Dye
For Sale
2003 Silver Goldwing with 79,600 miles Extra lights, West Coast windshield Extra after market parts. Asking $5200 or best offer. For more information contact AB & Pat Kimel at 336-288-0503
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Gathering Together
August 2017
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NC-N Burlington 7/27/17
Ron/Alice, Janice/Bill, Henry,
Bruce Wing, David/Helen
NC-G High Point 8/3/17
Cheryl/JR, Janice/Bill, Henry, Bruce Wing, David/Helen,
Paula
NC-I Asheville 7/22/17
Janice/Bill, Henry, Bruce
Wing
NC-Y Morganton 7/22/17
Janice/Bill, Henry, Bruce
Wing
NC-E2 Garner 7/20/17
Janice/Bill, Henry, Bruce
Wing
Chapter Picnic—Hagan Stone Park August 5, 2017
30 members, 5 campers, 5 guests
NC-B2 Winston-Salem
8/8/17
Janice/Bill, Henry, Bruce
Wing
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T2 Albemarle School Tools Ride August 12, 2017
Bill & Janice, Henry, Dave & Helen, Ron & Alice
Chapter A Gathering August 10, 2017
53 present
Joe & Judy Morgan
And anyone else celebrating in
September
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Canned Goods
September Birthdays October Birthdays GWRRA Anniversaries
Birthdays and September GWRRA
Anniversaries
Our Military, Law En-forcement, Firefighters, EMS/Rescue, and anyone working public service
Our thoughts and prayers are with each and
every one.
Remember Chapter Members and their families with sickness and deaths.
NC- D Greenville Clifford Britton (Preacher Cliff) recovering from surgery
NC– A Greensboro Darrell Griffin had knee surgery
NC-A Paula Hines having knee surgery
NC-A Linda Worland having tooth surgery
NC-A AB Kimel hip surgery
NC-A Janice Buckner recovering from knee surgery
John Wayne’s brother passed away
Cheryl Davis 9-4
Alice Myers 9-9
Susan Strader 9-16
Dennis Hands 9-25
Harriette Edger 10-1
Pat Wilson 10-1
Alex Gray 10-4
Amy Hazelwood 10-5
Tom FitzGerald 10-5
Greg Permar 10-8
Milton Goodpasture 10-10
Paula Hines 10-12
Dave Wilson 10-19
Randy Causey 09/29/2011
JR & Cheryl Davis 09/12/2008
AB & Pat Kimel 09/21/2001
Barry & Benita Lawrence 09/ 2008
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11 from the Chapter members
Pineapple Pecan Pie—Barbara Goodpasture
Colleen FitzGerald
For diabetics: substitute Splenda for sugar (same amount) and use either sugar free or No Sugar Added cans of fruit / pie filling if you don’t have fresh fruit. Frozen
blueberries or mixed berries work beautifully.
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Taken from the August 2017 District newsletter
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Taken from the August 2017 Insight newsletter—National News
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