The Bear Facts! - CA-C

The Bear Facts!
The OFFICIAL Journal of GWRRA Region F’s
Capital City Wings!
Join Us At Our Next Meeting—January 17, 2016
Chapter CA-C “Capital City Wings” meets the 3rd Sunday each month
Elks Lodge #6, 6446 Riverside Blvd. (@ Florin Rd.), Sacramento, CA.
Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowledge—What Else Is There?
Volume 12
January 2016
Issue 1
CA-C’s Couple of the
Year
Robert Ono
& Bessie Wong
Individual of the
Year
Jennifer Hughes
In
This
Is-
In This Issue:
Smoking a Tri-Tip ….. 2
In Case You Missed it ……….. 8
Hello, California! …...……. 3
Chapter Staff
Holiday Celebration! ....… 5
Calendar
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Smoked
Tri-Tip!
Tom “Hammer” Whitson
CA-C Chapter Director
T
his is how I smoke a Tri-Tip. This is what I
use and have had a lot of success.
I take a 3 to 4lb tri-tip and trim off some of
the fat. I rub it with a mixture of black pepper, garlic salt and I place the meat in a 1-gallon zip
lock bag with Chaka’s MMM sauce. It’s placed in
refrigerator overnight or longer. The day of smoking
I take out the tri-tip and let it get to room temperature. While the meat is reaching room temperature,
I’m getting the smoker ready. I have an electric
Sauce with fine chopped garlic and ground ginger.
This works best for me. I smoke the tri-tip approximately 2 ½ hours or until the internal temp reaches
approximately around 150 – 155 medium rare.
After removing the tri-tip
from the heat I let it set for
approximately 10 to 15
minutes as this lets the
meat rest a little and it finishes cooking.
That is basically it—real
simple. I have used other
smokers and I have found
that it only takes 2 ½ hours.
You have to remember that
tri-tip will shrink a little and
that is why I mop the tip
every ½ hour. I have used
all kinds of Bar-B-Que’s to
cook Tri-Tip. Now, you just
have to get out there and cook - summer, fall, winter or spring!
smoker and it takes about 30 minutes to reach the
preset temperature. I set the temp of the smoker to
225 degrees and when 225 is reached, I place the tri
-tip on the middle rack. I use apple or hickory wood
chips for smoking tri-tip and I add more wood chips
about twice during cooking. You really don’t want a
real strong smoke flavor. Every 30 minutes I mop
the tri-tip with a mixture of Yoshida’s Cooking
Ed. Note—I tried really hard to make the
picture a scratch and sniff item…. Didn’t
work! Dang it!!!
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Hello, California!
F
irst of all, Bob & I would love to
wish everyone of you a great, wonderful, and FUN New Year. As we
enter 2016 there are so many
changes and opportunities to look forward
to, or be nervous about, depending on your
perspective.
We again want to thank Vince and Pam
Puterbaugh for their sincere service to California for the last three years. Much time
and heart went into GWRRA as they loved
participating, riding, and just being with the
membership of California. THANK YOU!
Bob & I are fast approaching our first duties at the Officers Conference. We hope to
see many of you there as we install new
officers, honor those stepping down, learn
of the newest and greatest ideas from GWRRA,
but most of all… have FUN! We hope California
comes out to show Vince and Pam how much
we appreciate all they have done for the California family. The new mascot will be revealed as
well as the District Game for the year, games,
and a time for all of us to rally together to make
California the best district in GWRRA. GO CALIFORNIA ! We hope to get to know each of you
better throughout the year, so we can better
serve our members. Our first opportunity will
be at the party in our room after the conference. Hope you can join us for more FUN and
FOOD. (I was told that if you have food, they will
come…or was that ice cream?)
This new year of 2016 promises to be exciting.
We are excited about serving California as the
District Directors. We ask all of you to come enjoy the ride with us.
Nancy & Bob Clark
California District Directors
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Dear John:
I
An Open Letter to my Chapter
Bob Harris
know we courted for such a long time and then we have
spent almost every minute with each other for the past
four years. It’s not that it hasn’t been fun, but without a
further commitment I think I need to, well maybe work
from the background. No, I am not leaving the Chapter life. I
am lamenting my time this year with my gastroenterologist. I
have been seeing this guy for a few years and now that I am
older and near the end of my normal insurance coverage the
good doctor seems to ask more and more of me. I thinks it’s
time to cut this relationship off.
You see the good
doctor has always
got this line, it’s
“Bob we need to
find out why your
xxxxx is bleeding
and why you are
uncomfortable with
your innards so……
how about coming
over today and let’s
talk a bit. I can give you some advice and a prescription or
two.”
Let me tell you right now that when you go to the pharmacist and she hands you a large brown, stapled, paper bag for
your script you should turn around and walk away…..fast. But
you know me, I get the bag from Judy (yep, I am on first name
basis with the head pharmacist) and hold my head up high as if
I am taking home the most expensive artichokes in the store.
First it says don’t eat any solid food after 5 am on Monday.
Only green j-ello, beef broth or other clear liquids. At 3pm I get
to take 2 laxative pills and I pour a vile liquid that Judy told me
to refrigerate (in order to enhance its lemon lime flavor) into a
16 ounce cup and fill it with cold water to the top and swiftly
drink it down. Followed by 32 ounces of water in the following
hour. Now this second part of the order might be a bit of a tall
one since this totals 48 ounces of liquids in 60 minutes. Actually most of the 32 ounces goes pretty quickly as you are doing
your best to wash the worst taste in your mouth (with a lemon
lime hint) that you would spit out instantly if it were not for
the fact that you are following doctors’ orders.
The one thing they did not tell you was that you should not
wander too far from your bathroom and if your house and
office have a tendency to be a bit cluttered you might clear a
path of any obstructions. You see, when one takes this medicine it turns you into a sprinter in training. Just as you nod off
to sleep Nancy (my alarm clock) wakes me up at 3 o’five in the
morning to remind me that I get to repeat the feat from earlier
in the day with a complete new course.
I was so beat and tired that I didn’t even really need to be
knocked out for the “procedure “that morning at 8am on Tuesday. My only concern when I got into the slab cold room was
that they were playing the song by the Who about the blind
pinball player and the “device they were going to use on me
was 6 feet long.
Now many men my age have had one of these done and all
have lived to tell about that day in hell. The problem here is I
had this done in June and I won the lottery and got to come
back for a repeat performance 2 days before Christmas. What
a gift. I must send my insurance company and the doctor thank
you notes. Maybe I will throw a few bucks at the doctor to see
if he can get a warming device for his probe.
If I had known that I was going to spend so much time with
doctors I would have become one myself.
Now I am going to try and make it to the New Year’s ride
and if I can find one of those seat donuts that will work on my
bike and, of course heated, I should be there.
This marks the 14th New Year for our Chapter and after 4
years as the Chapter Director I have passed the baton on to
Tom “Hammer” Whitson and his new Assistant Chapter Directors Ken and Dianne Knox. I hope that you will support and
continue to enjoy our Sacramento Chapter and Nancy and I
have enjoyed the past four year of Chapter leadership and our
past 14 years as Chapter members. We hope to be around for
much, much longer, (The docs have told me as long as insurance or Medicaid is paying they will keep me coming back).
Thanks so much to everyone for the beautiful plaque and for
making us feel good about our time in leadership.
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CA-C Holiday Celebration!
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6
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In Case You Missed It……...
Y
Rick McCusker
es, we had a meeting in December
and it wasn’t the party at Tom &
Barb’s house. What you missed at
the last meeting was a LOT of information that I will recap for you.
First and foremost, some of the accomplishments of the Capital City Wings for the year.
We have established our chapter and specifi-
In this case, it’s three organizations I am talking about. Checks are on the way to the
Friends of the Front Street Shelter ($100),
Chicks in Crisis ($100) and the Sacramento
Childrens’ Receiving Home ($300). This was
made possible by our monthly award, the
Wing Nut and all of the money taken in to
make sure the “honoree” actually has it on
him/herself. There is
also the money we
willingly put in the
Purple Pig to support
the programs run by
the Elks Lodge.
Last, but certainly
not least was the
plaque presented to
our outgoing Chapter
Directors, Bob and
Nancy Harris. Hammer knew someone
who makes plaques
as a side business
and the chapter supplied some goodies
for the plaque. Both
of them are truly
treasured members of the chapter and we
hope to keep the around for a long, long
time to come.
On a personal note…. Joyce and I have
never, ever been associated with a group
that is as friendly and caring as this one. It is
an honor and our pleasure to know each and
every one of you! We look forward to every
gathering we can attend with great anticipation.
cally Ken Knox and his co-conspirators as
have one of the finest, if not THE finest Motorist Awareness programs in GWRRA! Yes,
GWRRA has even said as much! Something
we can all be proud of!
Then, there’s the generosity of the entire
membership… We are consistently giving of
ourselves to help others—be it a get together to work on each others motorcycles or
something that benefits the general public.
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CA-C Level Achievements
III MARGARET MARSHALL
DENNY ALLISON
BOB FLEMING
BEVERLY BARBER
JAMES BARBER
WAYNE BELLOWS
JAMES BONDESON
EDWARD BROWN
JAMES CHIPMAN
KENNETH COLEMAN
GARY CONKLIN
MYRNA ERNST
STEVE ERNST
JON INGENTHRON
JOYCE MCCUSKER
KEN KING
VIRGINIA KING
ROBERT ONO
LAURIE PARQUER
BESSIE WONG
TODD WRIGHT
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PAUL BARBER
ANITA BROOKS
BILL FOX
RICHARD JAMES III
KENNETH KNOX
JENNIFER HUGHES
MARILYN KASPAR
KENNETH BECHTHOLD
RODNEY BROOKS
RANDY DAVIES
CATHY FLOWERS
GORDON FLOWERS
NANCY HARRIS
EMERICK KASPAR
LEE MARSHALL
MELANIE MAYO
NOLAND MAYO
SENIOR MASTERS
NEAL GRAHAM
BOB HARRIS
RICK MCCUSKER
IV
MICHAEL PAETZOLD
ERNEST PALMER
THOMAS ROCCO
ERNEST SCOGGINS
SHARON SCOGGINS
KATHLEEN STEPHENS
ROBERT STEPHENS
ELMER TIVNER
JOAN TIVNER
THOMAS WHITSON
GRAND MASTERS
BARBARA JEFFERIES
THOMAS JEFFERIES
HARRY KARNOFSKY
LINDA KARNOFSKY
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And the “Winner” of the
Wingnut is….
Carl Blattenberg
Want to check and see if
Carl
has it on him?
Call (916)206-6136
January 16th
Bob & Kathy
Stephens
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Chapter Director
Tom Whitson
209-744-8560
sashadad@softcom.net
Ken Knox
916-261-1768
krk777@yahoo.com
Diane Knox
916-261-1768
krk7777@yahoo.com
Chapter Educator
Gordon Flowers
916-612-0978
gcflowert@sbcglobal.net
Chapter Educator
Noland Mayo
916-276-8397
morweed@surewest.net
Treasurer
Cathy Flowers
916-363-4349
retiringyoung@sbcglobal.net
Newsletter Editor
Rick McCusker
916-201-9543
rickmccusker2564@comcast.net
Chapter Auction
Bob Stephens
916-372-2260
dadobiker@sbcglobal.net
Rich James
559-901-0092
rhjiii47@yahoo.com
Rick McCusker
916-201-9543
rickmccusker2564@comcast.net
Bill Palmer
916-416-8423
bpalmer210@msn.com
Sunshine Coordinator
Joyce McCusker
916-203-9543
joymom13@comcast.net
Chapter Photographer
Rick McCusker
916-203-9543
rickmccusker2564@comcast.net
916-682-3469
tjeffer293@aol.com
916-682-6869
spikered@comcast.net
Assistant Chapter Director
Membership Enhancement Coordinator
After Chapter Meeting
Ride Coordinator
Chapter Stores
Webmaster
Tom & Barbara
50/50 & Raffle
Jefferies
Wing Nut
Spike Redding
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January 2016
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
Annual
Delta Ride
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4
5
6
7
Dinner Ride
8
9
15
16
Ocean
Fish & Chips
8944 E.G. Blvd.
Elk Grove
6:30 PM
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11
12
Business Mtg.
Denny’s
7900 Collegetown
Dinner 5:30
Meeting 6:00
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14
Fort Cronkite
L4
8 AM
17 Chapter Mtg. 18
Elks #6
6446 Riverside
8:30 Breakfast
9:00 MeetIng
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20
21
22
23
24
26 Dinner Ride
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28
29
30
25
Day Ride
Day Ride
Guns & Hoses
Renegade Classics
6758 Folsom Blvd.
11 AM
Smack Pie Pizza
121 S. School St
Lodi
L8
6 PM
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FEBRUARY 2016
SUN
7
MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
1
2
3
4
5
6
8 Business Mtg.
Denny’s
7900 Collegetown
Dinner 5:30
Meeting 6:00
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10
11
12
13
El Novillero
4216 Franklin
Blvd.
Sacramento
6:30 PM
14 Chapter Mtg. 15
Elks #6
6446 Riverside
8:30 Breakfast
9:00 MeetIng
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21
23
22
Dinner Ride
CA 2N
L8
7:15AM
17
18
Day Ride
19
20
Training
Casa D’ Harris
759 Morgan’s
Ranch
Galt
9 AM
24
25 Dinner Ride 26
Barn Café
8976 Grantline
Sheldon
6:30 PM
28
Day Ride
29
Alice’s Restaurant
Woodside, CA
L8
8 AM
13
27
14
15
Goldwing Cornering Class
July 24, 2016—Stockton, CA
Click Link below for information
http://www.superbike-coach.com/events/cornering-goldwings-day-1
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GWRRA California Chapters
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We’re Having A Sale!!!
As your “Storekeeper”, I have noticed we
have WAY too many of the Chapter polo and T
-Shirts and I’ve been hauling them around for
2 years, so they gotta go!!! We’re clearing
them at or below cost!!! Now the fine print:
Limited to stock on hand only!
CALL NOW!!! (916)201-9543
Or: rickmccusker2564@comcast.net
Polo Shirt (Short Sleeve ) S-XL
XXL-3X
$15.00
$17.00
T-Shirts (Long Sleeve)
$13.00
$14.00
S-XL
XXL—3X
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