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UMCI Newsletter of Washington State

Volume 6, Issue 08 August 2019

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Table of Contents

Announcements & Tid Bits

Washington State Rep’s Outlook

Inland Northwest News

2020 UMCI International

2020 UMCI International Registration

Events on the Horizon

Reading the Road

Washington State Rally Highlights

Another, but more minor and less expensive . . .

For Sale

Area Representatives & Breakfast Schedules

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Washington State Website

International Website

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Announcements & Tid Bits

Cover Photo

Nooksack Falls - Hwy 542

The United Sidecar Association - 2019 Panhandle Rally Kootenay County Fairgrounds (Map), Coeur d’Alene, ID

July 25-28, Spectators Welcome

Seattle/Puget Sound Area Lunch Rides

2019 UMCI International Columbia Falls, Montana - Glacier Peak RV

July 22nd - 25th

2020 UMCI International Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

July 20th - 23rd

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Washington State Rep’s Outlook

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Hi to all of you from the beautiful State of Washington. I didn’t realize just how beautiful it was until I went to the Washington State Rally. David and Susan Fitzgerald, Irene Baines, along with Duane Woods outdid themselves. It was wonderful. The location of the Rally and the RV Park were ideal. The weather was cloudy when we arrived on Friday. Some folks came in on Thursday and said it poured down, but it turned out very well. The organizers (mentioned before) did a fantastic job in planning. And Irene, although recovering from open heart surgery could not be slowed down. She was kind enough to provide breakfast each day and dinner every night and man, she is a great cook. Irene gave this rally 110% and then some. Every time anyone asked if they could help the standard answer was no, I got it. Thank you Irene for caring so much and taking care of all of us at the rally, it was certainly appreciated. Duane Wood actually built the two BBQ grills that we used. They worked great and such a neat idea. He just cut a 30 gallon drum in half, then used expanded metal to make the grate. I say simple idea, but a lot of work for sure. He traveled several times from his home to the camp site to deliver the BBQ’S and then home then back the next day to pick them up. Thank you Duane. David and Susan did a great job organizing the Rally and the Saturday ride. The ride to Artist Point was probably one of the prettiest rides that we’ve been on and I thank David and Susan for leading the ride, it was well worth it. The rally although small in attendance was a huge success. And people like the ones I have mentioned are the ones that make it happen. It was great and I am sure David will have some pictures in this months “Wash”. It takes a team to put a rally together and the Seattle area has a great team. Now on to the Interna-tional and it is only about 11 days away. The prep work is done, the caterer is lined up, now it is our members turn to participate and hopefully have a lot of fun. Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to visit the Spokane groups breakfast meeting. They had a good turnout, It’s always fun seeing old friends and making new ones. Randy and Lynn Schaal rode to the Spokane breakfast with me. We rode home via Colfax and Othello, man, we live in a beautiful State. Please get out and ride wear your vests to advertise UMCI. Have a good time and enjoy this beautiful State, wherever you might be, enjoy what the good Lord has given us. Ride Lots, Ride Safe and most of all have lots of fun. It is so much fun when you are surrounded by friends!!!!

Kevin B Besel

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Inland Northwest News

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20 people met at the Denny's on Sprague at Pines, for our July breakfast. We were honored with the presence of Kevin Besel, and Randy and Lynn Schaal. Rich ran the meeting and after sharing with us the good news from a recent phone call with Joyce, that Joyce's daughter is home and recovering from some medical issues, he asked Kevin for an update on the upcoming International rally in Co-lumbia Falls Montana. That rally will likely be history by the time you read this issue of the WASH and hopefully we'll read what a wonderful rally it was and view lots of photos. Billie gave a report on the upcoming sidecar rally. Lots of activities planned for that one as well. When the time rolled around for the 50/50, Dave took the container over to Lynn Schaal to draw the winning ticket and she pulled Rich's ticket from the bunch. Made him smile pretty broadly. After a bit more conversation we all headed out. Kevin, Randy and Lynn headed south on Hwy 27, Rick and I headed north to Oldtown Idaho where the Run Whatcha Brung drag races were going on. The town was packed with motorcy-cles, the vendors were crowded and the drags were noisy. We've done it before and we'll do it again. But I won't treat my bike like that. Petey and Buddy were waiting in their sidecars in the shade.

Until next time, ride safe, have fun!!

-Tom Wells

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2020 UMCI International Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

July 20th - 23rd

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan is where the 2020 UMCI International Rally is being held. So, come one & come all for an exciting Rally on the Prairies.

Aside from Dry Camping, here are other camping options. Reservations for the fol-lowing are only available at Prairie Oasis Office (1-800-854-8855 or 1-306-692-4894)

Tent camping dry $25.00, with water & power $ 41.00 per night

RV sites, 30 amp service, $45.00 per night

RV sites, 50 amp service, $47.00 per night

Motel: 2 people 2 beds $91.00 per night, 4 people, 2 beds $97.00 a night

All the above rates are plus GST & PST

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2020 UMCI International Registration

Prairie Oasis Tourist Complex

Corner of Hwy #1 & Thatcher Drive East (955 Thatcher Dr.) Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, CANADA

JULY 20th – 23rd

PLEASE REGISTER EARLY

NAME _____________________________________________________________________________

NAME _____________________________________________________________________________

CITY ________________________________________STATE/PROVINCE ________________________

Travel distance from home to Moose Jaw, SK = __________ miles

Email: Anne @ [email protected] or call to 1-403-308-5899

Linda @ [email protected] or call to 1-306-591-0602

Registration per person . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.00 X _______ = $ __________

Banquet per person (Thurs night) . . . . . . . . $25.00 X _______ = $ __________

Tent Camping per night (dry: no water or power) $26.25 X _______ nights = $__________

TOTAL $_________CDN Funds

Registration, Page 1 of 2

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T-Shirts: Order your shirt from shop.connellwa.com/collections/umci-washington IMPORTANT: Please complete Registration ASAP, it helps us manage space requirements.

Make money order or cheques payable in Canadian Funds to: LINDA HACK

Mail Registration to: Linda Hack, 2720 Robinson Street, Regina, SK, S4T 2R6

NOTE: This form is for Dry Camping Only.

Call PRAIRIE OASIS (800-854-8855) for RV Reservations, cabins, etc., ASAP for best availability.

I/we do the undersigned, hereby declare that I/we will not hold the United Motorcycle Club Inter-

national responsible for any loss, damage or injury that may occur attending the 2020 International

Rally in Moose Jaw, SK

Signature _____________________________________________________________________

Signature _____________________________________________________________________

Other Information: Hotels within 2 Blocks of Prairie Oasis

Best Western (0.3 miles)

Address: 350 Diefenbaker Drive, Moose Jaw, SK S6J 1N2, Phone: 306-972-3334

Ramada Moose Jaw (0.3 miles)

Address: 379 Diefenbaker Drive, Moose Jaw, SK S6J OC1, Phone: 306-693-3050 Quality Inn & Suites (0.4 miles) (Formerly: Suburban Extended Stay Hotel)

Address: 323 Diefenbaker Drive, Moose Jaw, SK S6J 0C1, Phone: 306-972-7829

Registration, Page 2 of 2

2020 UMCI International Registration - Continued

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Events on the Horizon Washington, Idaho & Oregon

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Jun 7-8, Idaho State Rally @ Bonner County Fairgrounds, ID Call Shelli for Reservations: 208-304-2890, Campground Map Lonnie Holloway, [email protected]

Apr 27-28, Spring Banquet @ Michael Jay’s Restaurant, Connell, WA Kevin Besel, 509-531-1942, See registration, this issue.

Jul 22-25, UMCI International @ Glacier Peaks RV, Columbia Falls, MT Kevin Besel, 509-531-1942

Sep 12-14, Season Finale, General Store & RV Park @ Douglas, WA $15 per tent daily, No RSVP, pay upon arrival, Additional info online Gordon Dale 509- 423-3256 or Jan Dale 206- 953- 4701

Aug 14-18, 33rd Annual, Coos Bay Campout @ Myrtle Point, OR Coos County Fair Grounds, Chris Williams, 541-404-5286 (Registration)

Aug 30-Sep 2, Oregon State Rally @ Tygh Valley, Wasco County Fair Grounds

Ben Altman, 541-993-9015

Jun 27-29, Washington State Rally, Hidden Village RV, Lynden, WA David Fitzgerald, 206300-5034

Sept 9-11, Clyde Holliday State Park Campout - Hwy 26, Mt Vernon, OR Dick Hohstadt, 541-963-8624, email: [email protected]

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How well can you read the road?

Watching for changing road conditions and road direction is essential to our survival. Color can help identify hazards such as water, oil, antifreeze or a change in pavement. Texture can clue us into other traction changes like gravel, sand, or broken pavement. Another thing we need to do is learn to read the road for directional changes. One of the most precise ways to do this is by using the vanishing point in the road. When we are unable to see completely through a cor-ner what we find is the vanishing point. As we look through the corner it will appear as if both sides of the road come to a point (the point at which the road van-ishes), this point tells us what the road is about to do. It will tell us whether the road is opening up or closing in on us. We can also use other indicators for changes such as tree lines, traffic signs, painted lines, other traffic or by reading the width of the road approaching the vanishing point.

During Puget Sound Safety's Advanced Street Skills course taught at Pacific Raceways we teach an acronym called S-M-A-R-T cornering. The first part of corning SMART is to Scan the corner. We start by understanding what makes up the corner in front of us so that we can read the road. There are two main things we are scanning so that we can Mark our line... traction changes & directional changes. What we want to learn here is to use clues to determine what the road is going to do before we actually see the exit. Our eyes should always be focused on where the road disappears, also called the vanishing point... If there are three corners visible it is the fourth corner we are trying to figure out. What we can see, we know... it is what we can't see that we want to plan for. The idea is to stay in tune with the environment so that you are less likely to be surprised with changes or hazards.

The radius of a corner describes the curve itself. This is referred to as an increasing radius, decreasing radius or constant radius. The line is our intended path of travel through the corner, this is an imagi-nary line we create and then commit to. The apex is the point that we come closest to the inside of the curve, where we apex strongly effects our lean angle and exit point. We talk about selecting a street line and apex as a separate lesson. For now we want to learn to read the clues so we can effec-tively identify changes in the direction and traction of the road. We want to accurately predict what the road is going to do before we actually see it.

Directional changes

One of the easiest ways to determine directional changes is to use the vanishing point.

Reading The Road

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We should always be searching for the next entry point... In a corner without any obstructions, we can do this as long as we KEEP OUR EYES UP. When we are unable to see completely through a cor-ner what we find is the vanishing point. Looking through the corner it will appear as if both sides of the road come together to form a point this is the vanishing point= the point at which the road van-ishes. The vanishing point can tell us what the road is about to do. Once you use this technique you will find it very simple. If the vanishing point appears to move away from us, then we know that the corner is an increasing radius (opening up) and we can apex early and roll on the throttle. If the van-ishing point moves closer to us then the corner is a decreasing radius (tightening up) and we will need to late apex the corner. The last thing to watch for is if the vanishing point remains constant (no movement)... this indicates a constant radius corner. Next time you go for a ride, try practicing this. Watch the outside edge of the road as it will give you a slightly farther view and has a tendency to keep your eyes up higher. You always go where you look so NEVER look down… The vanishing point: Increasing radius - the corner opens up Decreasing radius - the corner closes in, or tightens up Constant radius - the curve on the entry is the same as the exit Traffic lines can tell you what is about to happen also. If the lines are double solid you can be pretty sure the corners will continue with maybe some short straight-aways. However if you see the lines begin to dash you can assume that the road is about to straighten out and it is safe to add throttle if you so desire. Beware of oncoming traffic doing late passing! Signs include warnings, speed, and directional. Although the signs posted on the public roads are based on the abilities of autos, they should give you a clear indication of what to expect. Higher speeds mean fewer crossroads and larger radius corners. Slower speeds mean more corners, more hazards. Remember that the other users on the roads are expecting traffic to be traveling near the posted limits so if you come around a corner doubling the posted limits you may find an unexpected surprise. As for warning signs and directional, pay attention and alter your riding accordingly. Tree lines can't be trusted completely but may give some idea of what is to come. Often this method is helpful where there are rises or in heavily-treed areas. If you look up towards the top of the trees where the sky is visible you will see which direction the road probably follows. If it goes in two direc-tions or the trees thin out, don't count on them. Don't follow power lines; they often will lead in directions that you don't want to go.

Traction changes

Color and texture are two common indicators for changes in traction.

Color can help identify surface hazards such as water, oil, antifreeze or a change in pavement or indi-cate a change in the material used to build and maintain the road.

Reading The Road, continued . . .

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Texture can clue us into other traction changes like gravel, sand, or broken pavement. It can also indi-cate a change in material used to surface the road, blacktop, chip-seal, or concrete. Each of these building materials have differing traction properties.

Another indicator for directional change involve slope & bank (camber). These also indicate how your traction and ground clearance may be affected.

Since slope and bank also affect our traction they therefore affect our chosen line through the corner. For this discussion we will define slope as a rise or fall in the road and bank as "twist" or camber.

Slope can be identified by the width of the road at the vanishing point. If you look down the road that the vanishing point come the sharp tip you know the road is flat or has a rise. If the vanishing point is squared off there is a crest in the road and the road will drop off on the other side. The wider the road at the vanishing point the closer the drop. There is one more clue that might help you when ap-proaching a rise. If you look carefully at the left and right edge of the road where it vanishes you may see a slight point. This may be indicating an immediate turn as the road crest... so be ready for it.

Bank (camber) is important to determine when corning as it will effect traction and ground clearance. When you are looking through a corner to the vanishing point take note to the road leading up to it if it remains wide the road is likely banked into the corner (good traction and ground clearance). If the road becomes a thin line leading up to the vanishing point the road be poorly banked, flat, or worse yet bank away from you.

Looking for more? Come join us at the track...

Quick reference:

Traction cues Color & Texture

Posted warning signs Environmental clues (shade, ice, standing water)

Weather conditions Time of day/year Directional cues

The vanishing point

Traffic lines Signs

Tree lines

Don't follow power lines Watch the outside edge of the road

Color & Texture

Reading The Road, continued . . .

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Washington State Rally Highlights I wanted to say thank you to everyone who participated in the campout. I think it was a success . Thanks David for the scenic ride to Artist Point. Thank you Susan for the great Strawberry Shortcake and your help. Thanks to many volunteers my car was emptied and food put away. I arrived a little late, as my doctor appointment took a little extra time. My car looked like a homeless person lived in it . Pictures were taken. And the party started. Duane made barbeque grills. It was amazing. Thank You Duane! A ride was taken to the Nooksack Casino by Kevi , Kevin and I and we ended up at the border, had to turn around and go back , turned out the Casino was in the middle of farm country. No success there, Oh well We had some good food, baskets were given away, and talk around the campfire was great. I want to thank everyone for all the help. Coming off open heart surgery left me a little lacking for energy and I appreciate all those that helped me. Hope to see you all at the International , it’s coming up, so get your reservations in. See you all there! Irene Blanes Fearless Leader

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Another, but more minor and less expensive, bit of a misadventure… by Tom Wells

Friday morning, June 28th, Petey and I headed for Toad Rock motorcycle campground at Balfour, British Columbia. This weekend is known as “nothing happening” since Mary, who owns the campground no longer puts on the official rally to celebrate Canada Day. People continued to come though and the campground fills to overflowing. I love to be there for “nothing happening” and for the Bigfoot Sidecar Club annual rendezvous. A few times, I’ve headed that way and for one reason or another broke down in route and turned back or as I wrote about a few years back, came home in a U-Haul truck. That was much more of a misadventure than we had this year. And much more expensive in the end. I’m running an S&S 111 cubic inch engine now which provides plenty of power to push the sidecar down the road as well as tow my newly re-acquired Kwik Kamp trailer. I sold it some 17 years ago as part of the means to purchase the Liberty sidecar for my ’96 FLH. After riding up on the Dyna Wide Glide/Spalding rig with Petey and sleeping in the old pup tent a couple years ago when the FLH was in the shop getting the engine transplant, and finding out this old fart isn’t into hands and knees camping any longer, I’d decided to track down the old Kwik Kamp and see if by chance I could buy it back. Great timing! Found out Dan O’Neal still owned it and had it in his driveway with a for sale sign when I called. Made the deal and hauled it home last fall. This would be the first outing since then. I made a bit of a wrong turn, or rather was in the wrong lane coming out of Sandpoint, Idaho, I saw the right lane was for Spokane and C d'A so I stayed in the center lane. Very sparse signage, but I saw that I was on Idaho 200. I thought well, there will be somewhere to get back north. Rode 25 miles into Clark Fork. Stopped and got the map out. Obvious then that my best option was to go back to Sandpoint. 25 miles return from our unexpected detour. The little side trip took about an hour but I had no deadline. Got back and saw I should have been in the far left lane initially. Anyhow went on up through Bonners Ferry, turned on Idaho 1, for the crossing at Port Hill. Pulled in behind a bunch of Canadian bikes. Like them, I hung my helmet on my handlebars, got my passport and drivers license out. When it was my turn to pull up to the window, I put the two cards in my lips and pulled forward when the green light came on. Lady agent says, "Did you have those in your mouth?" I said I held them with my lips to pull up. "You'll have to read me the numbers, I'm not touching anything some-one had in their mouth." "Drivers license or passport?" "Doesn't matter." I read her my passport num-ber. She asked a couple of the normal questions and let me go. I pulled into the wide spot with the other bikes and we chatted for a while. Then I put my gear back on and we all headed out.

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Another, but more minor and less expensive, bit of a misadventure, continued …

Rode through Creston without stopping. At Wynndel, I pulled into a mini mart that I've stopped at several times to top off. But this time, I'd topped off back in Clark Fork so didn't need gas. I wanted to grab a quick sandwich though. When I took my helmet off, my passport card fell down onto the seat between my legs. Whew! Good save, I thought. Put it away and went in. Came out and we hit the road again. Riding on some real wet pavement but no rain. It was pretty obvious we'd just missed a pretty good downpour. The trip to Clark Fork was a good thing. The 50 or so miles from Creston to the ferry is quite twisty and not a high speed road but I was behind two camp trailers be-ing towed by pickups, one a bit smokey. They were doing about 30. I hung in behind them because there are very few places to pass and most of the way it's double yellow line. When there is a place to pass, usually oncoming traffic prevents it. Traffic was backing up behind me but for the most part everyone was content to just putt along. One little gold car began hopping and eventually got around everyone and took off. By the time the trailers pulled into an RV park we were not too many miles from the ferry but I kicked it up to 40 which was fast enough in the curves on wet pavement. Got to the ferry and met a bunch of other bikers. Some were also headed for Toad Rock. Turned out one guy was a guy I'd emailed with information about our sidecar rally coming up this month in C d'A. You’ll probably read about that elsewhere in this issue or next. Got to Toad Rock and pulled around to the Goat Pen. Most of the usual group were already there and were happy to see us pull up. Did all the typical Toad Rock/goat pen things. I'd been planning on going into Kaslo for breakfast but the group decided we should go to a mom and pop restaurant in Balfour. I decided I'd go too and pick up the tab for everyone since I didn't bring anything to contrib-ute for the community meals in camp. That worked well. Then as we left, I decided to stop at the little bakery and grab something for the meals in camp after all. Got two bags of fresh dinner rolls. Put them in the nose of the sidecar with Petey. He knows to leave stuff alone. But he was trying to push them further up with his nose when one bag came open. Opportunity he couldn’t resist. He had a dinner roll for breakfast by the time I got pulled over to close the bag. Only one other was out so I kept it separate for myself because his nose had been on it. Put the rest into the collection for sup-per. Anyhow Saturday evening, I discovered I didn't have my drivers license. Oh oh... I must have dropped both in my hanging helmet as I pulled away from customs then got distracted as I visited with the others. Put the helmet back on with the cards still inside. I'd rather replace my drivers li-cense than my passport but just the same I'd like to find it. Thought I'd stop on the return trip and ask at Wynndel, then ask at Canadian customs and at US customs. As well as perhaps look along the edges of the wide spot where we'd talked at the border. Hoping but thinking it might not happen.

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Another, but more minor and less expensive, bit of a misadventure, continued …

Sunday, Freddy was up early and left in time to catch the first ferry at 6:30. The rest of us that were heading out on the ferry made it in time to catch the next one at 8:10. Off the ferry, Petey and I had a good ride south to Wynndel. Went in the mini mart and asked a clerk if anyone had turned in a WA state drivers license. Low and behold!! She got it from behind the counter and put it on the counter in front of me!! It was my lucky day.

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Another, but more minor and less expensive, bit of a misadventure, continued …

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For Sale 2008 Honda Goldwing GL1800 Navigation System • Heated Seats • Heated Grips

Lots of Chrome • Nice Bike • 40,375 miles Asking $8500

Dick Burnam, 208-362-4260 [email protected]

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For Sale 2004 Honda Goldwing Lehman Trike

Fork Rake Kit • Running Boards • Air Deflector $17,000

Jim Walker • 928-276-9165 Yuma, Arizona

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For Sale 2010 Harley-Davidson Trike

9800 Miles • Asking $20,000

Contact: Jan Ward • 509-488-5862

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Harbor Freight Rolling Motorcycle Dolly

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For Sale 2004 Honda VTX 1300

$4000 or Best Offer

26,000 Miles • CB Radio • Heated Grips • Lots of Extras Gordon Gore, 707-391-9612

Ukiah, CA

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UMCI Representatives

David Fitzgerald, Editor

[email protected]

Monthly Breakfast Schedules

Columbia Basin Area, 2nd Sun. Inland Northwest Area, 1st Sat. Okanogan Area, 1st Sat. Seattle/Puget Sound, 2nd Sat. Sedro Woolley Area, 1st Sat.

9:00am, Bob’s Restaurant, 1807 E. Kittlestone, Moses Lake 8:30am, Denny’s Restaurant, 6 N Pines Rd, Spokane 8:30am, Contact George Penner @ 509-485-1922, for current location 8:00am, Denny’s Restaurant, 132 - 128th St. SW @ I-5, Everett 9:00am, Hometown Café, 818 Metcalf Street, Sedro Woolley

509-531-1942 509-531-1942 509-238-4677 509-238-2341 509-485-1922 206-914-2147 360-766-6603

Kevin Besel, Othello, WA Kevin Besel, Othello, WA Charlie Crane, Spokane, WA John Fast, Spokane, WA George & Willie Penner, Okanogan, WA Irene Blanes, Mountlake Terrace, WA Duane Wood, Bow, WA

International Representative WA State & Columbia Basin Rep Inland Northwest Area Rep (1) Inland Northwest Area Rep (2) Okanogan Area Rep & Treasure Seattle/Puget Sound Area Rep Sedro Woolley Area Rep

Freedom, Friendship, Food & Fun Our Only Business

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