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Indiana Chapter Q–2 “Wings Over the Dunes”

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July 2016 Newsletter Volume 19, Issue 7

Table of Contents Page

Opening Article 1 MEC article 2 Rider Educator 3 Community page 4

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Q2 events page 5 Event Calendar’s 6&7 GWRRA & Q2 Staff 8 Birthdays & Anniversaries 8

Visit Us! Our gathering place: Round the Clock

1607 Calumet Rd. Chesterton. When: Last Monday of every month

Time: 6:00 pm to eat – 7:00 pm to meet

Summer has arrived! We have some fun rides planned, and hope that your busy sum-mer schedules will allow you to join us as often as possible. We had the honor of watching Dave Korwek being sworn in by Mike Nelson as our Ride Educator for our Chapter Q2. Were honored to have Dave on staff to share his wealth of experience and knowledge with us. His wife, Beth, is an asset to our group also. Welcome Dave & Beth Korwek! We had a great vacation the first week of June. We had the honor of participating in the Riley's Children's Hospital Miracle Ride for our third year in a row. There were four bikes in our group. Kelly & Denise Parker took the lead. We rode in the back. CB communication was critical. The two other riders with us had Bluetooth communication with each other. From Indianapolis we rode to Gatlinburg, Tennes-see. We conquered the "Tail Of The Dragon." This was our longest trip we have ever taken, 1,500 miles. We were thankful for a safe trip. Our annual picnic is on August 13 at Woodland Park in Portage. Please sign up so we have a head count for chicken. Remember to hand out those handle bar hangers when-ever you get a chance. Check our Facebook Page and Web a Page for updates al-so. We will still send out emails in addition. Keep those suggestions coming! Ride safe. Chapter Director, Mark & Lucy Laing

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Membership Enhancement Coordinator Kelly Parker

Think Differently Thoughts create feelings; feelings cre-ate actions; actions create outcomes. In other words, how you think affects how you feel; how you feel dictates how you act; and what you do is what you get. So, if you want to change your life or any part of it, first change your thinking. To take the company to the next level, Paul O‘Neill, former CEO of aluminum manufacturing giant Alcoa didn‘t focus on advertising and marketing, or research and development. He focused on safety, reducing days lost to work-place injury by 90 percent. Within a year the company‘s profits hit a record high. When O‘Neill retired, profits were five times higher. O‘Neill says, ―I knew I had to transform Alcoa. But you can‘t order people to change. So I decided I was going to start by focusing on one thing. If I could start disrupting the habits around one thing, it would spread throughout the entire company.‖ On the surface, they‘re unrelated: profit margins and workplace safety. But success-ful people have the ability to see the relationship between the ‗unrelated.‘ Our thinking is often compartmentalized. That keeps things neat, linear and logical but builds walls we cannot see through. Successful people always look for connections and relation-ships. Their thinking is not just linear, but holistic. They don‘t just study parts, but see the whole. Ask questions to connect the dots and see the whole picture The first way to change our thinking is to fo-cus on connecting the dots--the universal law of cause and effect. Everything is connected if we just look for it. Remember in Lead Like You Ride we says, ―You see what you look for.‖ Don‘t look at or for what is the obvious answer or solution. No matter what area of leadership or life there is a deeper cause and effect to everything. The best and easiest way to do this is to ‗ask questions‘. Don‘t think or assume you know. Put your own thoughts aside and ask.

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Rider Education Dave & Beth Korwek

Memory Loss

First of all let me just remind everyone to keep an eye out for traffic. The latest trend seems to be opposing traffic driving in your lane. I can’t count how many times this has hap-pened to me in the last few months. Last week, on my way to work, I had this happen 4 times in one day. Whether it’s from people thinking their vehicle is wider that it is or they can’t keep their eyes off their phones, or in one case, the lady was staring right at me while straddling the center line in a full size pick up. She even turned her head and stared at me as she went by. Poor driving skills just seem to be increasing and we need to be even more vigilant.

Next I would like to talk about something that I have heard from several people this year. The last was on the dinner ride to Cedar Lake last week to Harry O’s with Ron and Joe Ann, Beth and myself. We were talking on the radio when the subject of needing more practice on the Goldwing came up and we both agreed that we could use some.

You could be taken to a firing range and taught how to fire a weapon. Breathing and trigger control. The proper way to hold and handle a firearm, but without repetition, you won’t hit the target consistently. If you took flying lessons from an ace pilot, he will teach you how to fly like and ace, but without actually flying, you would most likely crash the first time up. The same goes with riding your motorcycle. You can take all the classes in the world, but if you don’t get out there and actually put what you learned to the test, you won’t be an accomplished rider.

All practice does is form muscle memory. It trains your body into doing what you want it to do without you having to think about it. The reason we go out in the spring and practice in a parking lot is to gain back some of the muscle memory that your body forgot over the winter. You haven’t lost the knowledge it’s just that your body forgot what it needs to do. All it takes is a short time to lose those motor skills that you had. Most of us don’t ride the Wing every day. We get out 2 or 3 times a month and even though we do fine, the skill level just isn’t there. Even though I ride almost every day, it’s not on my Goldwing and Beth suffers because of that. I’m not as smooth as I should be on this particular bike.

So the next time that you are heading out, take the bike instead of the car. Riding sea-son is too short as it is anyway and what better way to get around than on your bike. As far as your other memory goes, you might forget where you are going, but at least you’ll be on your motorcycle. Get out and ride and be safe.

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Sunshine Gal

Please contact Jean Vaclavik at 219-759-2489 or E–mail: sunshine@gwrrainq2.org with the names of anyone that is sick, injured, or has passed away so a card may be sent and thoughts and prayers can be passed along. Sunshine Gal (Jean Vaclavik) will sew patches on cloth vests “only” for Q2 chapter riders.

Chapter Colors

Show you belong to a great organization…wear them! Everyone wears their colors to the

meetings, but what about to dinner on Tuesdays, or to other functions. You don’t have to wear your vest and all, how about a teal shirt.

The Chapter Store

We have plenty of goodies in stock! See Lucy Laing to purchase your pins, patches, flags, and we now have vests.Vests are $15.00 each and are available in a variety of sizes. We also have newer polo style shirts available for purchase for $20.00. Available in sizes S, M, L, XL, XXL, and

XXXL (additional charge for XXXL). All store items are available upon request,

contact Lucy Laing.

Send your information to Kelly Parker at newslet-ter@gwrrainq2.org and we’ll add it to the monthly news letter.

FOR SALE 1994 Goldwing SE, Candy Apple Red, 46,000 miles, lots of extras, garage kept. Excellent condi-tion. $4500 or best offer. Mike Kooi, cell phone 219-742-9318

Members Community Page

FOR SALE Arco Welding Machine Bumblebee II, 250 amps AC/DC MSM, High Frequency Arc Stabilizer, 20' welding lead & ground, Torch head & Gauge, Heliarc Rig, (1) bottle Argon 100% (1) bottle C2 95% argon-5% hydrogen, partial box of welding rods...$800 Coleman Powermate: Contractor Air Compressor (gasoline driven en-gine), (2) 3/8"x 25' air hoses, (complete carring cases) (1) Angle Finish Nailer (1) Clipped Head Framing Nailer (1) Coiling Roofing Nailer, Box of coiling roofing nails-1 1/4", Smooth Shank Nails 3"x .131...$900 Contact Gil Soucy, 219-642-5761

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Information on this page will change monthly as rides get added to the schedule.

Tuesday July 5th “T”s pizza 840 E 3rd st Hobart, 6pm Thomas Honda, dinner 7pm.

Tuesday July 5th through Sunday July 10 Camping at Tippecanoe State Park, Advanced reservations required.

Saturday July 9th, Tippecanoe park ride, Depart Thomas 10 am Breakfast 0900 BACD, BAC, BAD.

Tuesday July 12th, Carlson’s Drive in 118 W Coolspring Michigan City, 6pm Thomas Honda 7pm dinner

Saturday July 16th, Alice’s B-B-Q Lunch ride, County line Rd Crown Point. 11am Thomas Honda.

Tuesday July 19th, Marcella’s Pizza 3854 W state rd 10 Wheatfield, 6pm Thomas Honda 7pm dinner

Saturday July 23rd, Clementine’s, South Haven Mi. 9am Thomas Honda (All day event)

Monday July 25th Chapter Gathering, Round the Clock, Chesterton , 6pm Dinner 7pm meeting 1607 South Calumet Rd Chesterton Indiana.

Tuesday July 26th, Wagoner’s ribs, 361 Wagoner rd, Porter, 6pm Thomas Honda, 7pm Dinner

Thursday July 28th through Saturday July 30th, Region “D” Rally, Coldwater Mi.

Saturday July 30th, Ride to Region “D” Rally, Coldwater Mi. 0730 Thomas Honda, 0630 Breakfast at Rosewood. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Tuesday August 2nd, La Quesadilla, St. John, 10033 Wicker, Thomas Honda 6pm dinner 7pm.

Friday August 5th through Sunday August 7th Columbus Indiana, depart Friday Return Sunday, for Hotel reservation contact

Joanne Byers as soon as possible as rooms are booking up quickly. 219-962-9339, arby49@comcast.net

Tuesday August 9th The Port Restaurant, 419 N Calumet rd Chesterton 6 pm Thomas Honda 7 pm dinner

Saturday August 13th Q2 Annual Picnic, Woodland Park Portage, 0900 set up.

Sunday August 14th, OINKS Ice cream, New Buffalo Mi. Depart Thomas Honda 1400 hours (2 pm) (Oinks is cash only)

Tuesday August 16th Joe’s Crab Shack, 2757 E 80th Merrillville, 6 pm Thomas Honda, 7pm Dinner

Friday August 19th thru Sunday August 21st Camping, Potato Creek

Tuesday August 23rd, The Stadium Inn, 2323 Wabash Michigan City, 6 pm Thomas Honda, 7pm dinner.

Saturday August 27th, Grissom AFB. Depart 0900 Thomas Honda, Breakfast 0800 at Rosewood.

Monday August 29th, Chapter Gathering, Round the Clock, Chesterton , 6pm Dinner 7pm meeting 1607 South Calumet Rd Chesterton Indiana.

Tuesday August 30th, Red Robin, 3004 John Howell Dr. Valparaiso, 6 pm Thomas Honda, 7pm dinner

Wednesday August 31st, through Sept 3rd “WING DING” Billings Montana. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

September 25th Northern Indiana Fall Rally Central Park Center Lake Warsaw In.

September 26th, Chapter Gathering, Round the Clock, Chesterton , 6pm Dinner 7pm meeting 1607 South Calumet Rd Chesterton Indiana.

MORE TO COME AFTER THE JULY COMMITTEE MEETING.

Use the Q2 web page for the current up to date events calendar.

B.A.C.D. Bring a Covered Dish B.A.C. Bring a chair B.A.D. Bring a Drink

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GWRRA National Staff: Executive Directors Ray Gariss Director@GWRRA.Org 800-843-9460

GWRRA District Staff: Region D Director Lloyd & Becky Glydewell 937-322-7156 lglydewell@att.net Indiana District Director Ray and Melinda Faber 765-307-0134 indd2016@yahoo.com Indiana Asst. Directors Wolfgang and Connie Gless 269-476-2321 wolfconn70@gmail.com

GWRRA CHAPTER Q-2 STAFF: Chapter Director Mark Laing 219-741-5484 chapterdirector@gwrrainq2.org Membership enhancement coord. Kelly Parker 773-447-1861 membership@gwrrainq2.org Webmaster Don & Vikki Weaver 219-712-2344 webmaster@gwrrainq2.org Rider Education Dave Korwek 219-730-5497 educator@gwrrainq2.org Treasurer Denise Parker 219-776-2706 treasurer@gwrrainq2.org Ride Coordinator Jim O'Rourke 219-477-4324 ridecoordinator@gwrrainq2.org

Sunshine Gal Jean Vaclavik 219-759-2489 sunshine@gwrrainq2.org Stores Lucy Laing 219-741-2467 store@gwrrainq2.org Chapter Newsletter Editor Kelly Parker 773-447-1861 newsletter@gwrrainq2.org

July 17 Dale/Linda Shurr

June

Happy Anniversary

July 7 Ray Faber July 7 Matthew Case July 28 Vikki Weaver July 29 Jan Buchwalter

June

Happy Birthday

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