In This Issue
Pg 1 Winger Introduction Pg 2 In This Issue
Pg 3 District Director’s Message Pg 4 Kansas Chapter Directory Pg 5-6 Kansas District 2019 Team Pg 7 Schedule of Events
Pg 8-9 Rider Ed Bulletin Board
Pg 10-11 Kansas Couple of the Year 2019 Chapter Couples Pg 12-14 Chapter ‘A’
Pg 15-16 Chapter ‘B’
Pg 17 Chapter ‘C’
Pg 18 Chapter ‘F’
Pg 19-23 Chapter ‘H’
Pg 24-25 Chapter ‘P’
Pg 26 Chapter ‘Q’
Pg 27 Kansas Campout Flyer
Pg 28 Mid-Winter Rendezvous Flyer
Pg 29 Mid-Winger Rendezvous Registration Pg 30 Oklahoma Rally Registration Form
Pg 31 Oklahoma Riding Course Registration (ARC)
Pg 32-34 Our Sponsors
A Message from your District Directors
Bill & Sarah Watts Grand Master Riders
Bill #10040 Sarah #10039
Kansas Monthly Newsletter
Greetings G.W.R.R.A. Family,
And WOW! Just like that we are already in SeptemberΘ it seems as if this year is flying by at a pretty good clip. But hey September usually means cooler temps right? Well let’s all hope so and cooler weather means giving the central air units a break and opening the win- dows and listening to the leaves rustle in the evening and night time breeze.
September usually brings much more comfortable temps for getting out and riding too͕ it’s all part of the yearly cycle that repeats itself every year. I know Sarah and I are both looking forward to it and we do hope all or most of you are too.
But with that being said please remember there are still some FUN activities planned for each of you at the District level here are just a few. There is a District fall ride in Septem- ber and then there is the District campout in October͘ oth of these activities are on the Kansas web site and the information as far as date’s Θtimes and scheduled activities can be viewed there. We do encourage each of you to take a look at them and make your plans to attend either one or both of them. Because it is a really small window of opportunity to get out and do it before Old Man Winter, shows up to spoil the outside FUN.
We look forward to seeing all of you soon but until then ride safe and have FUN!
Bill and Sarah Watts,
Kansas, District Directors,
Kansas Directory for Chapters Directors and Chapter Gathering Time and Place
You are welcome to attend any Chapter Gathering and Introduce yourself!
You will be welcome
Call the Chapter Director if you need information about a Chapter activity.
If you live in an area that does not have a Chapter close by and would be interested in starting one, contact District Directors Bill & Sarah Watts at 620-728-8347
Chapter ‘A’
Chris & Michelle Grooms CD 316-788-7842
2nd Thursday, 7pm Country Café 2904 S Seneca, Wichita
[email protected]
Chapter ‘F’
Everett & Carol Chastain CD 620-374-7917
4th Tuesday, 7pm Oil Hill Elementary School
2700 W 6th, El Dorado Brown Bag-Desserts Provided Chapter ‘B’
Joe & Pan Magnant CD 913-660-5176 3rd Thursday, 7pm
JT’s Grill
33255 Lexington Ave, DeSoto [email protected]
Chapter ‘H’
Dale & Georgeanna Tritsch CD 620-921-5941
2nd Saturday, 7pm Gambino's Pizza Check for Changes 310 S Main, South Hutchinson
[email protected] Chapter ‘C’
Don & Brenda Williams CD 785-341-4211 3rd Tuesday, 7pm Perkins Restaurant
1720 SW Wanamaker Rd, Topeka [email protected]
Chapter ‘P’
David & Theresa McDonald CD 316-213-5712
2nd Tuesday, 7pm Derby Church of Christ 225 N. Derby St, Derby Brown Bag—Dessert Provided [email protected] Chapter ‘Q’
Jack & Teresa Kistler CD 316-651-7423 1st Thursday 7pm Boss Hog BBQ, Winfield Ks
314 W 8th Street
[email protected]
KANSAS DISTRICT TEAM
Dale & Georgeanna Tritsch
DISTRICT DIRECTORS
ASS’T DISTRICT DIRECTORS
Joe & Debbie Gattenby
ASS’T DISTRICT DIRECTORS
SR. DISTRICT ADVISOR
Bill & Sarah Watts
Jack & Doris Schoeck
RIDER EDUCATORS
Kansas District Team
DISTRICT RIDE COORDINATORS
UNIVERSITY TRAINER
TREASURER
PATCH QUEEN MEMBERSHIP ENHANCEMENT COORD
WEB MASTER HISTORIAN
VENDOR COORDINATOR MOTOR AWARENESS FRANK PATTON AWARD 2019
KS WINGER EDITORS
Bob & Barb Brown
Bill & Sheila Tucker
Doris Schoeck Chris & Michelle Grooms Sheila Tucker
Judy Eggleston
COY COORDINATOR,
Brenda & Rick Kistler Dale & Georgeanna Tritsch
Dale & Georgeanna Tritsch KSH
K
it & Donna Sand Steve & Terri Bockhaus
Kathy & Dennis Chesnut Rick & Carolyn Stevens
GOLD WING ROAD RIDERS ASSOCIATION KANSAS DISTRICT
2019 DISTRICTS SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
September 6-8: Arkansas Rally, Harrison Fairgrounds, AR
September 26-28: Oklahoma Rally, Apache Casino/Hotel, Lawton September 29: Basic Rider Course, Wichita KS (See Rider Ed
Article page 8-9,)
October 4th-6th: KS District Campout Santa Fe Cove Council Grove Lake
2020
January 17-18: Kansas Mid-Winter Rendezvous
RIDER EDUCATION BULLETIN BOARD
Asst District Educators District Ride Coordinator Rick & Carolyn Stevens Bob & Barb Brown
316-213-4630 316-217-5909
Senior Master IV #8249 Master Tour Rider #10240 Senior Master IV #8248
The Team
CHAPTER RIDE COORD.
Larry Mazur KSA Gary Ohler KSB Bill Hanson KSC Jack Schoeck KSF
Bill Watts KSH Rick Stevens KSP Bill Tucker KSQ
MFA INSTRUCTORS Bill Tucker Steve & Terri Bockhaus
RIDER COACHES Bill Tucker Rick Stevens
Bob Brown
SEMINAR PRESENTERS Bill Tucker
Rick Stevens Bob Brown Doris Schoeck
Joe Magnant
RANGE AIDES Carolyn Stevens
Barb Brown Rick Kistler SECURITY Rick Kistler Barb Brown
It is September already. Happy Labor Day to everyone.
I am writing this as we prepare to leave for Wing Ding in less than a week. If you are making the trip I hope that it was a safe and enjoyable trip. It is difficult to offer pointers and suggestions to make the ride safer and more fun when this will not be published until most everyone has returned.
Also this has been the year for riding course range woes.
First we had the challenge of getting the range certified by Motorcycle Safety Foundation. It was not difficult just had to have the correct documentation and paperwork to get that done. Then there were cancellations for weather and low en- rollment.
We then rescheduled the Basic Rider Course 2 (formally
known as Experienced Rider Course) for September 28, 2019 on our newly certified range. Then around the first of August I was informed by the City of Wichita, who owns the parking lot that we use as a range that the lot was being evaluated for its stability as it pertains to weight limits and the lot is closed indefinitely.
Facing another cancellation I reached out to Joe Gattenby
who works for Motorcycle Rider Education, LLC and they gra-
ciously offered us the use of their MSF Range. I would like to
personally, on behalf of GWRRA Kansas, to thank them for
this great gesture.
We will now have the class on Sunday September 29, 2019. We will meet on the range at 11:30 AM for registration and hope to start the class by 12:00pm. We will meet at the range which is located on the south side of Towne West Square Shopping Center in West Wichita. The range is located behind Town and Country Restaurant 4702 West Kellogg Drive in Wichita. Please arrive promptly by 11:30 so that we can complete the paperwork and get the exercises under way. Please also make sure that you have lunch prior to arriving at the range. We will have breaks and Town and County allows us the use of their restrooms.
If you would like to attend this training please notify me as soon as possible so that I can get the proper paperwork prepared and know how many plan on attending. We are allowed to have 12 bikes participate in the training. Co-riders are welcome and encouraged to attend to ride and learn at no additional cost.
I am going to keep this fairly short this month. If you went to Nashville I hope you had a safe and enjoyable ride. If you could not attend I hope you at least took an opportunity to do a bit of riding.
Rick Stevens
Kansas District Educator
TRAINING OPPORTUNITY
We will now have the class on Sunday September 29, 2019.
Basic Rider Course 2 (formally known as Experienced Rider Course)
We will meet on the range at 11:30 AM for registration and hope to start the class by 12:00pm. We will meet at the range which is located on the south side of Towne West Square Shopping Center in West Wichita. The range is located be- hind Town and Country Restaurant 4702 West Kellogg Drive in Wichita. Please arrive promptly by 11:30 so that we can complete the paperwork and get the exer- cises under way. Please also make sure that you have lunch prior to arriving at the
If you would like to attend this training please notify me as soon as pos-
sible so that I can get the proper paperwork prepared and know how
many plan on attending. We are allowed to have 12 bikes participate in
the training. Co-riders are welcome and encouraged to attend to ride
and learn at no additional cost.
Kansas Chapter Couples and Individuals of The Year 2019
David & Theresa McDonald
KS-P
Kansas Chapter Couples and Individuals of The Year 2019
CHAPTER ‘A’ CHAPTER ‘B’
CHAPTER ‘C’
CHAPTER ‘F’
Robert & Joan Warne
CHAPTER ‘H’
Jeff & Ann Whithorn
CHAPTER ’P’
Joe & Janet Gonsalves
Sandy Davis Bill & Margaret Hanson
Joe & Debbie Gattenby
Chapter A Chapter A – – Wichita Wichita
Meet 2nd Thursday in Wichita at Country Café 7:00pm– Eat 6:00pm
Chapter Directors Asst Chapter Directors Chapter Treasurer Chapter Ride Coordinator Chris & Michelle Grooms Bob & Barb Brown Barb Brown Larry Mazur 316-788-7842
Newsletter Editor Chapter Couple Chapter MEC Mary Mazur Joe & Debbie Gattenby Tim & Cindy Howard
Hello everyone.
By the time you all read this summer will be officially over for 2019. And what a strange year this has been weather wise. One week it’s cold, the next week it’s hot, then we have to deal with the rain and flooding jut to end up going back to the heat and then again the cool weather. Makes you wonder what this winter is going to be like.
So what can I tell you about what Chapter A did in August? We had our monthly meeting on the 8
thand it’s always a fun time talking to everyone. Catching up with them and what they’ve been doing. If you’ve never come to one of the meetings they are held on the 2
ndThursday of the month. We meet at the Country Café on South Seneca. The meeting is @ 7:00 but come early for a meal and a chance to gossip J
The following week on the 17
thChapter P took a dinner ride down to Oxford Ks to the La Casita Mexican Restaurant and a few members from Chapter A joined in on the fun.
To quote Ms Debbie “Food was great! Homey atmosphere. Good Food…Good Friends”
On the 23rd a few of us got together to do some mini golf @ Towne West Mall. I’m sorry that I didn’t
post many pictures but the picture that I have aren’t very good because it’s hard to get a good shot with
only black light to light your way
Not everyone’s score was given to me but here are the ones I have for the 1
stgame. Dave Beranek-42,
Dana Beranek-47, Denny Chesnut-44, Kathy Chesnut-51, Mary Mazur-54, Debbie Gattenby-59, Chris
Grooms-50, Steve Bockhaus-54, Terri Bockhaus-49. As you can see we all did pretty good. We didn’t
keep score on our 2
ndround of golf which means none of us will ever know if our game improved or
not…oh well. We all enjoyed pizza & pop in between rounds. I think a good time was had by all.
All that’s left for the month of August is Wing Ding. Don’t know how many of you will get a chance to go but if you do I would love to have you send me pictures and a brief story about your adventure that I can include in next month’s newsletter
Speaking of next month…what’s going on in September? I’m not showing much on the calendar but I’m sure something will pop-up starting with…
7
th– Chapter A’s planning meeting. It’s @ noon & Chris & Michelle Grooms and Lunch will be in- cluded. Just remember if you want to have the Chapter do something or go somewhere that you think will be a great place to visit then come to the meeting and help us plan it. And if you can’t come to the meeting send your ideas to our fearless leaders and I’m sure they will see what they can do.
8
th– Margo Roberts birthday
14th – District ride…more information to be coming
Oct 4
th, 5
th, & 6
this the District campout @ Santa Fe Cove – Council Grove Lake. If you are inter- ested in going you can find more information on the District website.
Remember to ride them, not hide them (weather permitting) Mary Mazur,
Your Chapter A Newsletter editor
Chapter B Chapter B – – DeSoto DeSoto
Chapter Directors Asst Chapter Director Chapter Ride Coordinator Chapter Treasurer Chapter Editor Joe & Pam Magnant Paula Aiken Gary Ohler Ed James Paula Aikens 913-660-5176 785-842-8503 913-845-3946 816-225-2679 7 85-842-8503
Meet 3rd Thursday every month in DeSota at JT’s Grill 7:00pm– Eat 6:00pm
Blackberries, blackberries, yummy, yummy blackberries! It was time for Chapter B’s annual breakfast and blackberry run on July 27. Dave Aiken led the group to Miss B’s in Louisburg, KS for a yummy breakfast. Twenty plus people enjoyed the food and fellowship. Then due to the hot weather, only three ventured on to pick blackberries at Cy and Dee’s Blackberry Patch. The berries this year were big and sweet and hopefully the twelve quart that were put into the freezer will last until next summer’s bounty.
July 30 found a group of Chapter B members and friends headed to Sturgis, South Dakota. Allen Robertson organized the event and twenty-two riders and co-riders made the trip. After a long day of riding, the group stopped in Sidney, Nebraska for the night. July 31 was a day with fewer miles of riding with a short stop just north of Alliance, Nebraska to see Carhenge. Carhenge is a unique sculp- ture formed from vintage automobiles which have been painted gray to replicate England’s Stonehenge. Then it was on to the col- lege dorms at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City to get checked in.
Each day began with a wonderful breakfast buffet at the college and then it was time to ride. With the many choices in the area, it was a different destination every day. There was Sturgis, Deadwood, Lead, and Spearfish to the north, or Hill City, Custer State Park, Keystone, Mt. Rushmore, and Crazy Horse to the south. Smaller groups split off and rode.
August 1 was the monthly dinner ride. With many from the chapter in Sturgis, Joe Mag- nant led the ride to Johnny’s BBQ in Olathe. A good time was had by those in attendance.
The monthly meeting occurred on August 15 with thirty-two people at JT’s Bar and Grill.
Rick and Carolyn Stevens attended and awarded Joyce Dalsing her patch for reaching
Level 3 in the Rider Education Levels Program. It’s always great to have district staff
come north to see us. Trivia was on left-handedness. It proved to be rather difficult and
even our southpaws were stumped on many of the questions.
Members and friends attended the T-Bones baseball game on August 21. The chance of rain kept some away, but those who went had fun.
The weather was cooler than the past several years and we had a good time conversing and cheering on the team as the T-Bones won the game.
Chapter B events for September:
September 5 – Dinner Ride
September 19 - Chapter Meeting
September 21 – National Air Aerobatics September 28 – Breakfast Ride
Safe Travels,
Paula Aiken
Chapter C
Chapter C - - Topeka Topeka
Meet 3rd Tuesday every month in Topeka at Perkins Restaurant 7:00pm– Eat at 6:00pm Meet 3rd Tuesday every month in Topeka at Perkins Restaurant 7:00pm– Eat at 6:00pm
Chapter Director Asst Chapter Director Chapter Ride Coordinator Chapter Treasurer Chapter Editor Don & Brenda Williams John & Teresa Gull Bill Hanson Sandy Davis Don Williams 785-341-4211 785-266-6735 620-342-4388 785-691-7000 785-341-4211 Chapter Web Master Chapter Individual of The Year
John Gull Sandy Davis
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Chapter F Chapter F - - El Dorado El Dorado
Chapter Directors Chapter Treasurer Chapter Ride Coordinator Chapter MEC Chapter Editor Everett & Carol Chastain Gene Shannon Jack Schoeck Rick Kistler Doris Schoeck 620-374-7917 620-374-7916 316-323-4820 620-341-0426 316-200-0726 620-340-5388
Chapter Couple Bob & Joan Warne
Meet 4th Tuesday every month at Oil Hill Elementary School Brown bag at 6:00pm, meet 7:00pm
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CHAPTER P SEPTEMBER 2019 NEWSLETTER
Next Meeting Night - Friday, September 10 - Brown Bag at 6:30pm Meeting 7:00pm Derby Church of Christ 225 N. Derby St,
Derby Ks. 67037 in the fellowship hall at the south end of the building
Chapter P had an Ice Cream ride on Friday, August 9. We rode to Newton, enjoyed ice cream at Braum’s and took a leisurely ride home through Whitewater. The weather was great and the scenery was pleas- ant. What a relaxing evening.
Chapter P Dinner ride to
August 17th to LaCasita Mexican Restaurant in Oxford, KS.Very good dinner with great
company.
September Birthdays-None
September Anniversaries- None
Everyone have a safe month!
Theresa McDonald
News Letter Editor Chapter P
Chapter Q
Chapter Q – – Winfield Winfield
Senior Chapter Directors Asst Chapter Directors Chapter Ride Coordinators Chapter MEC Chapter Treasurer Jack & Teresa Kistler Duane & Vicki Kalous Bill & Sheila Tucker Judy Eggleston Sheila Tucker 620-782-3700 316-633-0982 316-777-1052 620-705-1953 316-777-1052
Meet the 1st Thursday every month Bose Hog BBQ, 314 W 8th, Eat 6:30pm– Meet 7pm
