Volume VII Issue IX

September has made it. Another summer gone by. Another riding season heating up for our fall ride schedule. The rest of our schedule includes some great rides. The summer heat is gone, it’s hurricane season and we are getting to some comfortable temperatures. So dust off the leathers, crank up the hand warmers, turn up the electric vests, and put on some gloves and go for a ride.

On the other hand football has started. So you can become a couch potato from Friday at the local high school, Saturday at the local college and Sunday on the sofa or easy chair watching your favorite pro team. Or you can combine both especially on the goldwings in our club and hook up the satellite dish to the built in big screen in your helmet visor and watch the games as you ride. Not very safe but it could be interesting.

My self, I think I will TIVO the games I want to watch and replay them later. Then I won’t have to see any of the political adds we are going to be bombarded with over the next 60 some days.

I hope to see everyone on the road soon. May the wind be in your hair and not up your pants leg.

Keep The Shiny Side Up &
Keep the Rubber Side Down
Dan

Trails End Minutes by Stan Viets

September 2008

We welcome the following members and guests to our August 14th meeting.
Floyd Nunnelee, Russell Higgins, Terry Scott, Charlie and Darnell Gibson, Dan and Linda Randall, Danny and Lori Parker, Melissa, Natalie and Kaiden Atkins, Rick Totty, Dian and Paul Talkington, Tod and Cindy Beers and Stan Viets. Visitors included Mark Hansen, Dian’s 2 granddaughters, Bari Metz and her 2 children, thanks folks for coming, come back anytime, guests are always welcome.
We will have 6 Birthdays in August; 06 Lori Parker, 12 Don Oller, 18 Dan Randall, 21 Terry Taylor, 23 Paul Romesburg, 28 Darnell Gibson. Anniversaries: 06 Billy & Hildia Max, 07 Buck and Donna Permenter, 22 Charlie & Darnell Gibson As always our best wishes to all and many more.
Our bank balance, August 16, 2008 was $ 952.96

The Members’ page is again been updated on a regular basis, thanks to Eddie feeling much better, please let me know if you find any errors. If you have forgotten the user name and pass word, please contact Eddie or me.

Please continue to keep our ailing members and friends in your thoughts and prayers.

We appreciate your continued support; dedication and renewing your memberships. If I am not mistaken all our members have now renewed,

We discussed the following upcoming rides that will happen before our next meeting, September 11th.

August 15th. Catfish Dinner ride to Taylor Grocery and Restaurant, Taylor, MS.
We had a beautiful scenic ride; David did a good job getting us to the Taylor Grocery and Restaurant. We had a total of 14 bikes and 20 folks, 15 members Terry, Floyd, Dan, Bob, Chat and Linda, David and Brenda, Doug and Kim, Buck and Donna Tod and Cindy and Stan. Our 5 guests were Rick and Donna, Mark, Dane and Jake. Pictures are on the web page.

Please welcome our latest member. Jake Abraham, Horn Lake, MS, Jake rides a HD Softail Deuce. JLABRAHAM51@aol.com Thanks to Billy for getting him onboard. Additional information is on our member’s web page.

August 30th. Dinner Ride to Bozo’s BBQ, Mason, TN 48 miles, Saddle time 1:12 Heads up email will follow.

September 6th. Ride to Mountain View Restaurant at Mountain View, AR for “the best Steaks in the South” 369 miles, Saddle time 7:07 this is an all day adventure Heads up to follow. This is our make up ride that was postponed June 28th.

We appreciate the dedication and effort Billy puts into planning and organizing our rides and his Heads Up emails, with departure details, preceding each ride.

Blazing Saddles #6 is still on for October 4th at Gaston’s Resort, Lakeview, AR. We have the River Villa reserved with 10 rooms. Gaston’s may have some individual rooms left, if anyone else is interested.

Fox Ridge Pizza has renewed the sponsorship. I haven’t heard from Los Pilares and we will remove their ad next month. We do appreciate and thank them for continuing their ads; we value their contribution and support. As always please visit our sponsors when you have need for their services or products.

If anyone has guests they would like to invite to give a presentation at our meetings please do so. We will always welcome informative input.

There was no further discussion except Rick discussed our tire mounting experiences, and then we had our 50/50 and door prize drawing.

Thanks folks for coming out and to all that brought door prizes, win one bring one.
Our next meeting will be September 11th, 2008, here at Fox Ridge Pizza. Eat at 6:00 PM, Meet at 7:00 PM, gone by 8:00 PM. Hope you can make it.
Adjourned at 7:37 PM
Stan

The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.

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MTR Creedo

The Purpose of this Social Club is to pursue and encourage a safe and effectual
manner of group riding that will enhance the image of the motorcycle rider; to
promote good public relations through their general behavior, club activities and
community affairs; to promote cooperative coexistence between motorcycle clubs and organizations; to promote dialogue among members of matters pertaining to motorcycles; and, in general, to abide by all local, state and federal laws.

Door Prizes
Win One Bring One
Donated by	Prize	Winner
Stan Floyd Dan & Linda Charlie & Darnell	Box Crackers Spray Polishes Pub Mix Redbird Tickets	Danny Terry Stan Danny.
50/50 Jackpot	$40.00	Stan

Anyone want to go hunting?

Motorcyclists in Virginia are the worst in the nation when it comes to staying sober and staying alive, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.

Virginia - “While other states are seeing decreases in the number of alcohol-related motorcycle fatalities in 2007, Virginia deaths are roaring to new levels,’ said Martha Mitchell Meade, spokesperson for AAA Mid-Atlantic.

Nationally, the number of traffic fatalities attributed to alcohol-impaired motorcyclists increased in 2007 by 7.5 percent. from 1,508 to I ,62i deaths compared to the prior year.

In Virginia. traffic deaths attributed to impaired motorcyclists in 2007 increased 60 percent. Fifteen motorcyclists under the influence died in 2006 compared to 39 in 2007, The increase of 24 motorcyclist fatalities in alcohol-impaired driving crushes in Virginia was the largest in the nation.

In addition to the upward trend in the number of motorcycle deaths because of alcohol, the overall number of people killed in alcohol-related traffic crashes increased last year in Virginia, according to a report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In contrast, drunk driving-related deaths fell in 32
states.

Source: The News leader

Fewer people attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally this year than in past years.

South Dakota - How many fewer is anyone’s guess, but the state Transportation Department believes attendance was about 445,000.That’s based on several factors: a 12 percent reduction in the traffic count, 10 percent fewer vendors, and a 9 percent drop in motel and campground reservations. Rally attendance last year was an estimated 507.000. It was 457.000 in 2006.One other number seems to indicate a smaller Sturgis crowd this year: Emergency room visits

FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE
I. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
2. A gun in the hand is better than, a cop on the phone.
3 Colt: The original point and click interface,
4. Gun control is not about gums; it’s about control.
5. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?
6. lf guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.
7. Free’ men do not ask permission to bear arms.
8. If you don’t know your rights you don’t have any.
9. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
10. the United States Constitution (c) 1791. All Rights reserved.
11. What part of shall not be infringed do you not understand?
12. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.
13. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.
14. Guns only have two enemies: rust and politicians.
15. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety
16. You don’t shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.
17. 911 -government sponsored Dial-a-Prayer.
I8. Assault is a behavior, not a device.
19. Criminals love gun control-- it makes their jobs safer.
20. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.
21. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them.
22. You only have the tights you are willing to fight for,
23. Enforce the gun control laws” we ALREADY have, don’t make more,
24. When you remove the peoples right to hear an,,s, you create slaves
25. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.
26. “A government of the people, by the people, for the people...’

FWD