THE SWINE-LINE

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The next General Membership Meeting will be held on September 10th at 7:00 pm at the Badger Den. Please put the meeting on your calendar and plan to be there. We would like to see participation to the max .

For members receiving the Swine-Line by snail mail who would like to receive it by E-mail as well as mid-month updates please forward your e-mail address to Cindy

Well Folks, this has been the best summer I have ever seen in my near 20 years in Fairbanks. We could have done without the smoke but overall I felt the heat of the south and spent most of the time with a cold one on my deck! I have not put a lot of miles on the bike and my favorite time of the year (fall) is already upon us. It's time, for me at least, to get in the hunter-gatherer mode and store up some meat and fish for the winter. Congrats to the people who won in the yearly raffle and thanks to all who contributed selling tickets. Jimmy and Rhonda were the big ticket sellers and were rewarded quite well by John Haddad. The final amounts will be tallied and provided at a future membership meeting. I'd like to hear from you all on what you think of the raffle; what and how may prizes there should be; and how we could earn money for charity other ways. Bring your thoughts to the next membership meeting. We still have plenty of riding weather left and some fun events planned. See ya'll on the road. Ride safe and ride free!

Haven't we been very lucky with having such a nice and warm summer and not many mosquitos''? We have put up with a lot of smoke and still do once in awhile but otherwise it has been nice. The Golden Days parade was a lot of fun. I would like to thank everyone who helped with selling the raffle tickets before, during and after the parade. It was a lot of hard work but we managed to make $17,575.00. Checks will be given to BB/BS and Breast Cancer Detection center at our October meeting. The raffle winners are Robin Taylor -Bike, Lena Maio - 4 Wheeler, and Jen Grundy - $500 gift cert. The sale at the shop was a good turn out and so was the BBQ. A big Thank you to the staff at the shop for making it a wonderful day for everyone. Haven't we been very lucky with having such a nice and warm summer and not many mosquitos''? We have put up with a lot of smoke and still do once in awhile but otherwise it has been nice. The Golden Days parade was a lot of fun. I would like to thank everyone who helped with selling the raffle tickets before, during and after the parade. It was a lot of hard work but we managed to make $17,575.00. Checks will be given to BB/BS and Breast Cancer Detection center at our October meeting. The raffle winners are Robin Taylor -Bike, Lena Maio - 4 Wheeler, and Jen Grundy - $500 gift cert. The sale at the shop was a good turn out and so was the BBQ. A big Thank you to the staff at the shop for making it a wonderful day for everyone. Thanks to all of you who brought food for the BBQ (Especially Robin Gross who brought 5-6 dishes). The 31st of July we had a HOG Poker Run and it turned out to be a lot of fun. We ended up at Chatanika Lodge where Kris Petri won the best hand. Maria had a going away BBQ for Charlie and Margie Myers on Aug. 3rd. It was a good turn out and lots of good food. We will miss you both! A few couples spent the night there too. Labor Day weekend is coming up soon and a lot of us are camping at Birch Lake from Friday to Monday. Call Steve @ 488-0777 to reserve you a spot. If you aren't able to camp out come join us for the day. Most of us will be a cabin #17. As most of you have already heard, a really nice man by the name of John Portmann who is also a Hells Angel passed away on Aug. 5th in Anchorage after rolling his 6 wheeler and hitting his head on a wooden post. He was at the Talkeetna Bluegrass and music festival where he has volunteered as security for the last 8-9 years. The last HOG meeting which was a great turn out, was at the Midway lodge on August 6 and Nelda DeLeon won the $50 cert. Our last Salcha clean up is coming up nest month. It will be September 11. My sweet man Cajun Joe and I celebrated out first anniversary on August 2nd and he retired after working 42 years on August 3rd. Now the real work begins. His honey-do will last him another 40 years. See you at our next HOG meeting, Rhonda

Please help us to update the chapter's membership roster. All local members must be a member of national H.O.G. before joining the local H.O.G. chapter. If you joined the local H.O.G chapter by completing an application at the Shop, but did not become a national H.O.G member first you need to do that. You can become a National member by going to the Shop or on-line at http://www.hog.com. If you have questions please contact Lori Price or Aleshia Purcell at the Outpost. If you have different information please let us know.

Thanks to Nancy for coming forward to be the Ladies of Harley officer. A copy of the Tuesday night ride schedule for the rest of the season is included in the Swineline and is also posted to the web page.

Members who receive the Swine-Line through the mail and would like to begin receiving an e-mail version are asked to forward their e-mail address to me at c.gollwitzer1@gci.net. In addition to cutting down on the newsletter mailing costs members who request e-mail distribution will receive monthly activities updates when available. The deadline for submissions to be included in the Swineline is the 15th of the month.

Boy, talk about busy, last months dead line came and went before I even knew what was happening. Sorry guys. I guess I've been spending all my free time riding.
Speaking of riding, with the weather being about perfect for it I would bet a lot of us are getting a lot more seat time than usual this year. Which begs the question, have you checked your bike over lately? A lot of normal wear out items are likely to be wearing out faster than usual this year. The ol' ornery one is going to have to have a second front tire put on her bike this summer.
You need to set aside a little time to check your tires, brake pads and the like to make sure you've got enough to see you through the rest of the riding season. You don't need to end up in an accident because that tire just ran out of tread.
While you're at it stop and think about your riding technique. Are you getting real comfortable on the road? If your not thinking much about what you are doing when your riding you might be heading for a problem. Now is not the time to be getting complacent about your riding. You don't need to do anything special or out of the ordinary. Just try to give your riding a little more thought.
With that lets stay safe and hope for a good Indian summer. Rich Barlow
Rich

Well me made it. We paid for our prizes and raised around $6,000.00 for charities. Which was my main goal, not much planned for the rest of the year except labor day weekend at Birch lake, and Salcha Rd cleanup in September plus the Christmas party in December. See ya at the next meeting.

If you have any questions, you can contact me at # jking@gci.net or 372-2791

Charley and Margie

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