April 2012 Newsletter - GWTA Air Capital Wings

WINGWORD
April 2012
Director Comments
IT’S HERE!!
The time has arrived! Dinner ride season is here! Our first dinner ride is Wednesday, April 4th, with
first gear at 6:15 PM. As a reminder --- our meeting place is the parking lot east of Gander Mountain under the Kellogg flyover.
Don’t forget our annual “ROAD SHOW “ is on Saturday, April 14th at Mid America Powersports
from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. This is a great time to share ideas, stories, and adventures. Our monthly
business meeting and announcements will be held at the ROAD SHOW at 9:00.
The 2012 riding season holds lots of promise with mystery rides, individual road trips, the word
scramble, and GOLD RUSH in
July.
Please don’t forget the raffle at
GOLD RUSH 101205for the cash/
motorcycle prize!!
Most of all,
STAY SAFE AND KEEP IT UPRIGHT!!!!
JOHN & JANE EUBANK
CHAPTER DIRECTORS
CHAPTER A, GWTA
Chapter A website has been updating !!
Big THANK YOU to Rick Frost and son in-law (Brett) that helped him load the monthly newsletter
and clean up the website. That’s a lot of tech stuff and the reward is a working/current Chapter A
website. Job well done~!
www.GWTAksChapterA.com (upper or lower case letters will work)
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Wednesday Dinner Rides
MEET AT RESTURANT
April 4
Gobi Grille
21st & Ridge (425-7999)
Wichita, KS
April 11
Luciano’s Restaurant
216 W Main (777-0045)
Mulvane, KS
(call in order before going)
April 18
Gambino’s Pizza
339 W Colwich Ave (796-1121)
Colwich, KS
(call in order before going)
April 25
Las Palmas
119 W Central (733-2332)
Andover, KS
MAY dinner rides coming
2012 Chapter A Staff
Director: John & Janet Eubank
Assistant Director:
Secretary: Dee Webber
Treasurer: Anita McCune
Calling Tree: Donna Felix
Greeter: open
Newsletter Editor: Jorja Hensley, goldwing2go@cox.net
Rider Education: Gail Hensley
Web Master: RickFrost
Family of the Year: John & Janet Eubank
GWTA Web Sites:
http://gwtaregione.homestead.com/CHAPTER_NEWSLETTERS.html
www.GWTAKsChapterA.com
www.GWTA.org
Chapter A Calendar:
APRIL we ride to the Dinner rides. 1st gear at 6:30 parking lot
of Gander Mtn at Main & Kellogg
April 14 Road Show at MAP and Monthly Meeting 9am –4pm
April 29 Shrine Riders Poker Run @ Mulvane Park,
June 16 Monthly Meeting Picnic at Oxy Frontier Land
starts at 10am and eat at noon. Bring covered dish
(hamburger & chicken provided)
Dinner Ride Sign Up
March: McCune
Aug: Howard
April: Melson
Sept: ???
May: Howard
Oct: Melson
June: Felix
Nov: McCart
July: Felix (only 11th & 18th)
Dec: ???
CHAPTER 'A' MONTHLY MEETING
MINI CARNIVAL
Who says a monthly meeting hast to be just a meeting?
As most of you can remember the WINTER CARNIVALS! Well, I was felling a little nostalgic while looking at the stuff
I have from previous Carnivals. So, I suggested out Feb. monthly meeting would be a mini Winter Carnival. Since
Valentines Day is in February we all dressed in red. Once dinner was over we started the games. A word game first,
followed by the HEART TOSS, and ending with the marble suck game.
We all had a great time. The following are the winners.
WORD GAME
1st Donna
2nd Janet
3rd Lonny
HEART TOSS
1st Janet
2nd Roger S
3rd Gwynn
MARBLE GAME
1st Newt
2nd Jorja
3rd Rick F
Midian Shrine Riders Poker Run
April 29
Start at Mulvane , KS Old Main Park at 4th & Main. First bike out 10am, last bike out noon. Drawing at 3pm. Poker Hand $8.00
Normally the Poker Run is in September, but are trying April this year for the Poker Run
GoldRush
July 23-26
Lake of the Ozarks
Osage Beach, Missouri at Tan-TarA Resort
You will need to register for the
event and hotel. Goto
www.gwta.org for GoldRush details
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The March meeting of GWTA Chapter A was held at the Calvary United Methodist Church, 2525 N. Rock Road, Wichita,
Kansas, on March 17, 2012, where the group enjoyed a potato bake. There were 27 people present.
The meeting was called to order by John Eubank, and the following items of business were discussed:
• Dee Webber was asked to introduce our two guests for the evening who will later speak to the group on Long
Term Care.
• Birthdays and anniversaries were announced for the month.
• John thanked everyone who worked at the booth at The Chill. He announced that we will probably have two new
members joining the Club because of our presence there.
• The April monthly meeting will held April 14 at 9:00 am at Mid-America Power Sports (MAPS), 333 N. West
Street, where we will be meeting for the Road Show. MAPS furnishes coffee and donuts and we will again have fresh
popcorn throughout the day. At this meeting, we will be presenting MAPS with an appreciation plaque for all their
support to the Club.
• Rick Frost, webmaster of our Chapter A website, will be adding a section for “Items For Sale”. Rick has done a
fantastic job of getting the website up to date and we appreciate all the time he’s put into this for the Club. If you
have any items you’d like to sell, please send the information to Rick Fros at webmaster@gwtakschaptera.com.
• John announced that the Shrine Poker Run had changed from fall to spring and will be held the last weekend in
April 29th. Watch for more information.
• Gold Rush will be July 23-26 at Tan-Tara Resort at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri this year. It is expected
that we will have 15 motorcycles going from our Club. Anita McCune is making a Memorial Wall poster for the Club.
If you have any photos you’d like included, please send them to Anita. If you still have raffle tickets out, please get
them in to Anita soon.
• The member number in the newsletter was 105620, which was Rick Fros.
• Tee Kahn and Sean Smith of Banker’s Life, guests of Newt and Dee Webber, gave the group general information
about how Long Term Care works and answered general questions. If anyone is interested in contacting them to discuss anything related to Long Term Care, please call Dee Webber for their phone number.
• Banker’s Life offered to give a $20 gift card to a restaurant of the
winner’s choice. Richard McCart was the winner of the gift card and
chose Carlos O’Kelly’s as the restaurant.
• Dee Webber won the Mystery Bag this month and Alan Highland
won the 50/50 in the amount of $29.
The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Dee Webber, Secretary
July Touring News Magazine article
Yearly price rates
Effective Sept 1, 2011: any new memberships will be $75.00 (single or family)
If you are an existing member before Sept 1, your yearly rate is only $50.00 each year. This means your 2011 membership has NOT expired before you renewed for 2012. If you allow your membership to expire, your new rate will be
$75.00 per year.
Note: this section does not apply to
to hidden membership number!
Membership expires in April
93537
13621
Membership expires in May
103374
101205
100322
Summary of February Monthly Meetings
Due to space available in March newsletter, I could not get them in, but here they are now!
• April 14 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, we will be at Mid-America Power Sports (MAPS), 333 N.
West Street, for the Road Show. We will have the monthly meeting at 9:00 am. MAPS furnishes
coffee and donuts and we will again have fresh popcorn throughout the day.
• Lonny Mendenhall had the most single road miles this year with a whopping 14,747. Linda
Mendenhall had the second most with 5,294 miles. The most 2-up miles were ridden by Dwayne
and Linda Howard with over 6,000. Congratulations to all these riders.
• Gold Rush this year will be July 23-26 at Tan-Tara Resort at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. Everyone is encouraged to attend this year. Neon yellow Club shirts can be ordered for this
event. We have been asked by the Gold Rush sponsor to prepare a poster for the History Wall.
Anita McCune will be in charge of this project. Actually, she is thinking of doing one for the
Chapter A club and one for State as it will be our 25th anniversary this summer. Region E will be
in charge of the mini golf tournament. There will also be a swap meet at the rally for Goldwing
parts, so get out all your unused parts and equipment to take to Gold Rush.
• Entertainment for the evening was games provided by Donna Felix. The first game was the
Marble Suck-up in which Newt Webber won 1st place, Jorja Hensley won 2nd place and Rick Frost
won 3rd. The second game was the Word Scramble. Janet Eubank won 1st place, Roger Scholl won
2nd and Gwynn Norris won 3rd. The last game was the Heart Toss in which Donna Felix won 1st
place, Janet Eubank won 2nd and Lonny Mendenhall won 3rd in a toss off. Prizes were awarded to
the winners.
• Lonny Mendenhall won the Mystery Bag this month and Janet Eubank won the 50/50 in the
amount of $26.
• John announced that Rick Frost, one of our newest
members, has volunteered to take over as webmaster for
our website at http://gwtakschaptera.com/. Be sure to
check back often on the website for new information as to
activities and events.
The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
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Goldwing Touring Association
Chapter A “The Air Capital Wings”
11304 E Killarney Cir
Wichita, KS 67206
April 2012