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~~For non-routine activities on the calendar, and other upcoming events, look inside for flyers or notices with more details ~~
Chapter Meeting
March 21
VFW North
Live Music Every Fri & Sat Night
Party Packages Available for Up to 200 People
Proud ABATE Sponsors & Members - Motorcycle Parking in Front
WEEBLES Bar & Grill 4136 N. Peoria Road - (217) 528-3337
Huge Beer Garden & Outside Bar
Kitchen Open Seven Days a Week M-Th 11A-3P & 5P-9P Fri-Sun 11A-10P
Hottest Video Gaming machines
March 12 217 Dinner Committee
6:00 PM at The Golden Corral
Meetings start at 7:00 PM
March 16 St Pat’s Parade
ShamRock N Roll Noon Downtown
March 21 Angel Tree for Hope School
VFW 7:00 PM
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From the President: ...
Wow, March is here already. Before you know it it’ll be spring. Make sure you get your bikes ready for the riding season On March 6 is the ABATE Legislative Day. Please show up if at all possible. We want to present a strong united front to our Senators and Representatives. I want to give a big thanks to all of our members to helped at the swap meet. Byron
217 DINNER COMMITTEE After more than 30 years of Dinners, it’s time for our chapter to spin off the dinner into it’s own 501c3 Charity. This will allow corporations to donate directly to the 217 Dinner. This new organization has meetings on the second Tuesday, March 12, 6:00 PM at the Golden Corral. This new organization is still 100% ABATE. The LLA President is automatically a voting officer. The bylaws are being written and paperwork has been filed with the IL Secretary of State. James Roady is the Chair of this new committee. However, the committee has several opening. You are invited to attend and become a leader for this charity effort. The 217 Dinner Committee is also thinking of providing dinners for holidays other than Thanksgiving.
HARLEY RIDERS 6768 Old Rte 36 ~ Riverton
(217) 725-4794
Sunday ~ Food Free Pool ~ Horseshoes ~ Bags
Wooded Backyard
ALL RIDERS AND BIKES ARE WELCOME.
COME TRY US OUT FOR SIZE. ******* ONE SIZE DOES FIT ALL HERE*******
Please keep the Social Hour going and keep it interesting.
IF WE GET A NEW MEMBER OR GUEST, MAKE SURE WE ALL GO OUT OF OUR WAY TO MAKE THEM FEEL WELCOME
It doesn’t matter what you ride, as long as you ride.
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April ABATE Meetings -1st & 3rd Thursdays
VFW- 2349 Stockyard Rd - Springfield
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
31 1 2 3 4 5 6
Officer’s Meet 6:30pm - VFW Stockyard Rd
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
DRB Committee 6:30pm - VFW Stockyard Rd
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
HOPE SCHOOL RUN - Noon at County Market
Chapter Meeting 7pm - VFW Stockyard Rd
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28 29 30
To the best knowledge of Lincoln Land ABATE, all event times, dates and locations are accurate at the time of printing and are subject to change or cancellation.
March ABATE Meetings -1st & 3rd Thursdays
VFW- 2349 Stockyard Rd - Springfield
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Lobby Day 9:00 AM Capitol
Officer’s Meet 6:30pm - VFW Stockyard Rd
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
6 PM 217 Din-ner Cmte @ Golden Corral
DRB Committee 6:30pm - VFW Stockyard Rd
St Pat’s Parade ShamRock N Roll
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Chapter Meeting 7pm - VFW Stockyard Rd
Noon: Marine MC Chilli Cook-off at VFW
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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2301 S Dirksen Pkwy - Springfield
200 Main Street - Mechanicsburg
Open at 11am Every Day
Bike Runs Welcome
Open 8am - 1am 7 Days a week
Next to Abe’s Hideout - Springfield
There has been a drop in attendance at the ABATE State Party! I have a few questions for y’all to consider discussing at the next chapter meeting. 1) Have you ever been to the State Party 2) Would you consider going to the State Party? 3) If you have been, why didn’t you go to back? 4) What would make the State Party more attractive to you? I would like to see everyone put on their thinking caps and help this organization come upwith some solutions to this particular problem. I myself have never been to one, but I am going to remedy that this year. With that being said, I am out. Thanx for listening! Sincerely Ray A. (Uncle Meat) Panting
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Open 7 days a week Mon 4-1 Tues-Sun 11-1
217-635-5392
Attention Advertisers: Brenda Rebbe is the main contact to pur-chase advertising in this newsletter for 2018. Her phone number is 217-502-9645. Our newsletter is being emailed to several hundred each month. These on-line editions al-lows color at no charge to the advertiser. Camera Ready ads should me mailed to [email protected].
Downed Rider Benefit News: Julie Rowden brought a nice leather ladies jacket. Connie Knoles drop the rest of the Cardinal t-shirts that we needed for the quilt. Mary brought a glass Harley-Davidson sign and some good smelling lady items. Mark has a box of door prize items. Keep the items coming. We have T-shirts with new design, will have them for sale at meetings. We have the raffle tickets printed and ready to be distributed. 3 people have the tickets, here are the names and numbers. Brenda has 50/50 tickets 502- 9645 Kat has the VIP and the Wheelbarrow 652- 5041 George has all three 306- 194 4 Call one of us get some tickets and get them sold. Thanks George
Chairman Treasurer Secretary
George Hurst Howard Nation, Jr Brenda Rebbe [email protected]
Vice Chairman Auction coordinator SAVE THE DATE
Phil Cornell 217-741-4379
JULY 28, 2019 Long Branch Tavern
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Our newsletter has printing and postage costs of roughly $1.00 per issue. With 750-ish members, this becomes a larger budget item. To control costs, the mailing list does not include multiple newsletters being sent to the same address.
Your Newsletter Editor
T-shirts, Hoodies, Pins and Patches As you know I had the book of products at the Chapter meeting, I hope you all got a chance to look to see ALL the possibilities. I want US to pick out wearables to be seen in. I am looking for donations for the Easter Basket that they will be buying chances on for the Easter Basket Run to HOPE. We will also be having a 50/50 drawing that same day of the Run on April 14th. I am still searching for that spot to go to afterwards. I am working diligently to put the final touches. If you haven’t picked your child or home, PLEASE get with me and we can meet / e-mail / text / phone to get you the perfect one and keep it in your budget. St. Patrick’s Day Parade We have the St. Patrick’s Day Parade coming up Saturday, March 16, 2019. LINE UP is 11:30. We have the big ABATE truck, we need walkers to walk with the banner and bike riders to show off a stunt or two. The Staging area is for parade participants. Walkers should park away from the Staging area. See you there. HOPE Easter Basket Someone shared a story with me about the HOPE Easter Basket run and I would like to share it with you. He started out that he was not able to go, then at the last minute he was, work and coverage some-thing like that, any ways, he had to go to the quickest store possible, Dollar General. He then had to decide what to get, he spent $40 dollars on stuff, toys, socks cards, bubbles. Just kid stuff. Grabbing a basket for it to fit in. He hurried up and came in late, giving it to a young man that sat there quietly, waiting his turn, some general basket put on his lap. He went through the toys, cards, bubbles, and came to the socks “I GOT SOCKS” I GOT SOCKS” he yelled, getting him almost in trouble. He was happy with socks. The children live in a group home, away from family, some families rarely visit. It is the little things that people do in OUR lives that make a difference. ABATE Members play a special role in their lives. We are the Easter Bunny to make them feel loved and bring the little treats like SOCKS!! It is not what you spend, it’s the effort that is behind everything you do. I do not what anyone to take food out of your mouths to help. I DO want each of you INVOLVED anyway you can. We are a FAMILY and support one another. AN OFFER goes a long way. I may have baskets that need a ride to a home. I may need wrapping of baskets. Life is not about money. Life is about people, and some people have less than you. We need to share if we can.
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For anybody wanting to go to the rider safety program. Things that are needed long jeans or chaps, leather shoes ankle high. Gloves not fingerless! Riding jacket or ap-propriate gear. Helmet 3/4 face minimum face shield. If you have full face and need to pop visor open for air. Riding glasses are required. If you want to show up as a al-ternant rider. If somebody shows up without any of the above they will be sent home !! No questions asked 5:00 pm. North entrance to EPA converse side
GOOD LUCK Safe riding
$$$
Safety & Ed Tiny Truax
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Lincoln Land ABATE 30
th Annual HOPE
“Adopt a Home” Easter Basket Run
APRIL 14
Meet at County Market on Dirksen Sign-in @Noon KSU @ 12:45
Hope School @1:00 Homes @ 2:00 13 Homes with 5-6 youth in each home.
Grab some friends and put Easter Baskets together. “Needs, Wants and Likes” for each kid is available:
Angel tree fashion at the March 21st Meeting.
You are WELCOME to Sponsor a HOME.
Exclusive 30 Year Ride Patches are $10.
Contact Mary P @ 217-737-6139
To see how you can contribute
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Legislative
There’s an old adage in politics attributed to Otto von Bismarck: “If you like laws and sausag-es, you should never watch either one being made.”
I’m not sure about how pretty either process is, but I can tell you that both have common traits. Law making, like sausage making, is a slow grinding process. In Illinois a bill must be filed in the House or Senate, gain sponsors, refer to committee, pass at a hearing, refer to the floor, be read three times (once per day), then pass the House or Senate - only to be trans-ferred to the other side where it goes through this process all over again. Even the minimum wage hike, a bill many say was “shoved through”, still took almost two weeks to pass.
I bring this up because of the insane number of clickbait articles and “OH MY GOD, the sky is falling” reactions I’ve seen on social media. These reactions are often to bills filed with one sponsor. Whether it be some crazy gun bill, the proposed mileage tax (which was only a pilot program), or some other new outrage of the day. The bills had zero chance of ever moving, but the online fear factory had people freaking out daily.
Here’s the thing about freaking out daily. If you’re calling / emailing legislators daily about whatever the new crisis is, do you think you’re getting through? If you call about 3 or 4 differ-ent topics in 3 days time, how does the legislator figure out what’s really important to you? Does the legislator start paying less attention to your calls because you call about everything? The answers to these questions vary by office, but it’s something you should think about be-fore acting on whatever the outrage of the day is.
ABATE has a fairly capable legislative department. Todd Vandermyde and I watch dozens of bills, and talk to our sources under the dome to keep tabs on the issues important to you. If something is on the move, and needs a reaction - we will let you know. There are bills pertain-ing to profiling, autonomous vehicles, poker runs, off-road vehicles, and many other issues. None of them are moving yet though. This season has been very slow to start. We do expect things to really pick up in April / May.
If you have a question about a bill’s
chances, please feel free to contact me.
Until then, please try to relax a little and
save some fight for when we will really
need it. Trust me, it will be needed later
this season. I hope to see you all May 5th
at the Freedom Rally. Until then - Keep
this Shiny Side Up - SKI
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President Vice President Secretary Treasurer
Byron Shrock
[email protected] Ray Panting
[email protected] Julie Rowden
[email protected] Paul Truax
Activities Legislative MEMBERSHIP Products
Paula Cook Paulaabate1
@yahoo.com
Josh “Ski” Witkowski joshua.witkowski
@gmail.com
Charles Foster [email protected]
Mary Pritchard LincolnlandChapter
Newsletter Newsletter Safety & Ed SGTs At Arms (2)
217ABATEnews @gmail.com
(you) Wayne Truax [email protected]
Eric Allard
Lincoln Land ABATE Officers
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LONGBRANCH TAVERN Main Street ~ Athens, IL
~ Video Gaming ~
OPEN SUNDAYS 12 Noon TO 9 PM
A.B.A.T.E. Sponsor & Member Host Downed Riders Benefit
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Guys and Gals Upcoming EVENTS!! We have the St. Patrick’s Day Parade coming up Saturday, March 16, 2019. LINE UP is 11:30. We have the big ABATE truck, we need walkers to walk with the banner and bike riders to show off a stunt or two. See you there.
Someone shared a story with me about the HOPE Easter Basket run and I would like to share it with you. He started out that he was not able to go, then at the last minute he was, work and coverage something like that, any ways, he had to go to the quickest store possible, Dollar General. He then had to decide what to get, he spent $40 dollars on stuff, toys, socks cards, bubbles. Just kid stuff. Grabbing a basket for it to fit in. He hurried up and came in late, giving it to a young man that sat there quietly, waiting his turn, some general basket put on his lap. He went through the toys, cards, bubbles, and came to the socks “I GOT SOCKS” I GOT SOCKS” he yelled, getting him almost in trou-ble. He was happy with socks.
I don’t need to remind you that these children live in a group home, away from family, some don’t have family that visit. It is the little things that people do in OUR lives that make a difference. I just want to remind each and everyone of you, it is not what you spend, it’s the effort that is behind everything you do. I do not what any-one to take food out of your mouths to help. I DO want each of you INVOLVED anyway you can. We are a FAMILY and support one an-other. AN OFFER goes a long way. I may have baskets that need a ride to a home. I may need wrapping of baskets. Life is not about money. Life is about people, and some people have less than you. We need to share if we can.
As you know I had the book of products at the Chapter meeting, I hope you all got a chance to look to see ALL the possibilities. I want US to pick out wearables to be seen in. I am looking for donations for the Easter Basket that they will be buying chances on for the Easter Bas-ket Run to HOPE. We will also be having a 50/50 drawing that same day of the Run on April 14 th. I am still searching for that spot to go to afterwards. I am working diligently to put the final touches on. If you haven’t picked your child or home, PLEASE get with me and we can meet / e-mail / text / phone to get you the perfect one and keep it in your budget.
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Contact Brenda Rebbe to place an Ad.
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Payment is due before the Ad is published.
Riverton Village Tap
305 Jefferson Street, Riverton
(217) 629-9120 Games - Video Gaming Sundays Free Food with
$2.00/16 oz Cans
Bikers Welcome!
Proud ABATE Supporters &
Members
ONE MORE
(309) 538-4534
Chatham
Tap Room
104 East Mulberry
Chatham, IL 62629
217.697.1942
Craft Beer & Comfortable Video Gaming
VFW Northenders Post 10302 2349 Stockyard Road
(217) 789-4725 Behind Halls Harley-Davidson
Proud Support of ABATE
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March 2019 Issue
Upcoming Chapter Meeting-March 21 — 7 pm April 18 — 7 pm