THE SWINE-LINE

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January

2000

Chapter 0069

Fairbanks, Alaska

1999 Board of Directors

Director	Glen Naquin	488-6275
Assistant Director	Mike Kane	452-3325
LOH Officer	Kathy Creekmore	452-3128
Safety Officer	Richard Barlow	488-1728
Activities Officer	Fred Atkinson	488-8673
Road Captain	Thomas McGee	490-0375
Road Captain	Open	000-0000
Road Captain	Open	000-0000
Photographer/Historian	Joe Larranaga	474-8984
Secretary	Evelyn Wood	372-4127
Treasurer	Dottie Fredrick	488-6503
Editor	Bill Pappert	458-7116

I hope every one had a great Holiday. Our Christmas party was another great success. I would like to thank Jim Samuelson and John Mazzitello for all their hard work in putting the party together. Also Thomas McGhee for being the DJ at the party. We had a great crowd and everyone had a great time. We also had the Christmas party for Big Brother & Big Sister again this year. It to was a big success. I would like to thank Lissa Naquin for all her work on putting this together for the kids. Thanks to your donations, she had a wrapped gift for each child attending the party. I would like to thank Fred Attkinson for playing Santa. The kids loved it. Thanks to Leena Cox for helping Lissa with the gift shopping and wrapping. Also Jim Samuelson, Rich, Nancy and Chris Barlow, Mike and Danette Kane, Stan Ramer and Leena Cox for their help at the party. I would like to thank everyone for electing me as your Director. I thank the out going board members for all their work making last year such a great success. The new board members and I will do our best to keep the Chapter moving forward in the year 2000. Our next Chapter meeting is January 7, at 7pm at the Sunset Inn. I will have some information on this years State Rally. It will be on Friday and Saturday June 16,17, 2000. It will be held at the Fair Grounds in Palmer. There will be on sight camping. Campers and RV's will be able to park/pitch on Thursday evening. So now is the time to start making your plans for the Rally.

Glen

This will be my last article for the newsletter, so I want to say thank you to everyone for all your help. Keeping up with the membership has been a challenge, but one that I have enjoyed. I ask that you give your new secretary, Evelyn, as much help as you've given me this past three years. I know she'll be great.

Welcome to our new "2000" members and hope to see you at the January meeting.
Connie Larranaga, Brad & Karrie Schroder, Howard French, Todd Marco, Al Guettinger, Calvin & Holly Mobley, Allen & Candi Markle, Michael & Laurie Chesser, Nick Evans, Walt & Laurie Parra, Dave & Pam Garee, Jeff & Canndith Dyer, and Vain Smith.

Local membership will expire for the following people. Please see one of the girls at the Outpost to renew your membership.
Greg Atkins, Dale Barkhuff, Jessica Baxter, James Boyce, Jerry Culver, Dan Figlenski, Bryan Gregory, Tom Hunt, John Mann, James Metzger, Regina Callahan, Brent Cederstrom, Thomas Coon, Gary Dubois, Stan Dufeeth, Josh Hood, Michael Lockery, Nick Messina, John Schank, Frank Wetmore, Larry Baker, Lynne Baker, Jay Bottoms, Richard Gordon, Cory Gottschalk, Greg Hall, Jerry Harn, Jeffrey Nicholson, Ron Ratcliff, Nancy Schank, Mike Thole, David Watts, Bonnie Zanazzo, Carlo Zanazzo, Fred Zera.

Jan Tate

Hi,
This being my first column for the Swine Line, I think introductions are in order. I'm Rich Barlow. For those who don't make many of the rides, I'm the loud, over-chromed, red and black Wideglide. I'm married to Nancy , the loud, over-chromed, ornery one. Finally, there is Nancy's dad who I'll call Ol' Joe. I'm going to try to keep this column light and interesting because I've been bored to tears with so many other safety writers over the years and I would like you to read this. In the winter, I'll try to touch on some cage safety, too. As for Ol' Joe, he passed away almost twenty years ago, but his advice kept me from killing myself as I transitioned from dirt bikes to street bikes. He always rode Harleys starting in the thirties on model W's to Servi-cars in the seventies. Some of his pearls of wisdom may be a bit strange, but I've found them all valuable. So for safety; please leave extra distance between yourself and the next guy in the winter. Cold brakes are not as efficient as warm ones. Ice patches and frost can appear in places that were clear a few hours before. Don't take anything for granted and pay a little extra attention. It may save you a little on your insurance.
Finally Ol' Joe says "Don't throw your bed role out on the asphalt. That cold pavement will bring on the rheumatism faster than anything else."

Richard Barlow
oldiron@mosquitonet.com

The election is over, with a mixture of old and new faces on this year's board. Change, although difficult at times, normally brings with it fresh energy and new ideas. For those reasons, I look at change with a positive view. I would like to sincerely thank everyone who "threw their hat in the ring". The act itself of running for office denotes a commitment of personal time and effort into making our HOG chapter the best it can be. In my mind, you are all winners and a tremendous asset to our group.

Just a thought:
As the Mileninum approaches we find ourselves bombarded with information on the many changes that have taken place over the last 1000 years. The accomplishments are numerous and varied. Some good and some -- well. I find myself taking pause and thinking about those things that do not change. Items and issues that have proven the test of time -- and the importance of both.

As always, if there is a problem or you wish to change the way you receive your copy of The Swine-Line, call 458-7116 in the evening or e-mail: fbkhog@eagle.ptialaska.net

Bi11

It's a brand new year AGAIN! We are starting off the New Year here at the Outpost with our annual inventory fun. The shop will be closed from Jan. 1st through Jan. 8th. I have already placed my last bike order for the 2000 Model Year and, as usual, this order is completely sold out. The only open bikes at this time are the few left in the showroom. The Spring fever has already started!

With the start of a new year, we have a couple of changes at the shop. Amanda is pursuing other opportunities and will no longer be working with us. Autumn Mabry will be joining our crazy team and helping Jessie up front. Speaking of CRAZY, Gayle's last day working will be around January 21st. She and Rich are Germany bound. If you get a chance, stop by the shop and give her a hard time to remember us by!

Parts Department

Thank you to everyone for a great year. If you received a gift and need that second part to finish the project, come on in and lets make a deal.

Thomas

FAIRBANKS HOG CHAPTER

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FAIRBANKS, AK 99701