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Harley Owners Group Chapter 3811 October 2016 Paul Bacon receiving his “Quilt of Valor” at September’s meeting (from Under the Cover… LOH) for serving our country and protecting our freedom. Thank you Paul! 2. From your Director Officers & Road Captains 3. Assistant Director Secretary / Membership 4. Ladies of Harley From the Editor Safety Officer 5. Historian's Article 6. Yankee Run Stop Sheldon's Corner 7. Tail Pipes Chapter Meeting Information Worcester H.O.G. Chapter meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm at Thank you Tammy Lee for an excellent LOH run! See her parting gift here… the Auburn Elks Lodge. Come early and socialize! The typical agenda includes Officer reports, door prizes, 50-50 drawing, info on upcoming events, rides, guest speakers, and new member acknowledgments. Please join us and see why we have such a great following and have so much fun! Be a part of our newsletter! Email your stories and pictures to: [email protected] All submissions become the property of Worcester H.O.G. We reserve the right to edit submissions for length and content. 1 And thank you Paul Coons, here in his “Quilt of Valor”! been much worse. We wish them a speedy recovery and we miss them not riding and having fun with us. I am sure you have noticed the cool mornings and the sun setting earlier. Fall is on the way and that means we have less daylight to ride. So with that said, get out on a ride with us and have some more fun! A Special Thank You to the R/Cs who led rides in August and September. The upcoming Apple Pie Run and the Tim Jackson Memorial Ride are two big annual events sponsored by Sheldon’s Harley-Davidson. Please come out and support these rides. As always, “Ride Safely, Stay Alert, and Arrive Safely”. Chet McDonald Worcester H.O.G Officers From your Director Director..............................Chet McDonald Assistant Director..............Ken Karey Treasurer............................Scott Johnson, Sr. Hello to all members, Secretary/Membership….Mark Zibel Activities Officer................Richie Smith We have done plenty of things together as a chapter the Ladies of Harley Officer....Karin Karey past couple of months. We’ve had many Wednesday and Head Road Captain...........Roy Mikkelsen Editor..................................Andy Foster Friday night rides together, plus Saturday and Sunday Safety Officer.....................Ken Corey rides as well. Photographer.....................Jay George Historian............................Paul Gunnerson We had a very successful L.O.H. “Smart Bear Ride“ Events Coordinator..........Kevin Colbath thanks to Tammy West, Ray and Marcia Robidoux, and the many volunteers who worked very hard on this Worcester H.O.G Road Captains event. A big thanks to all who donated to the Guild of St. Agnes! Road Captain Ray Robidoux led a short ride to Head Road Captain: Roy Mikkelsen Guild of St. Agnes, then led us through the side streets of Alan Berthiaume Ken Karey Worcester (Rt 20 was backed up with traffic) to the Alan Froslie Kevin Colbath Auburn Elks Lodge for lunch and a look at the Classic Cars. Alan Shea Mark Zibel Ray sure knows his way around the city! Arthur Pond Mike Brown Bill Zambarano Mike Morency A special thanks to Tammy West as our previous L.O.H. Chet Chludenski Paul Gunnerson Officer. Congratulations to our newly appointed L.O.H. Chet McDonald Peter Bogren Officer Karin Karey. I am sure Karin will keep the L.O.H. Dave Eaton Ray Robidoux Ed McDonald Richie Smith members active in the coming months. Gary Wickman Ronald Johnson I was shocked, saddened, and concerned for our Henry James Sadiyah Derawi Jack Grzyb Tammy Lee members and friends, Richie & Bonnie Smith, who were Ken Corey injured in an accident on their motorcycle. Their good friend Kevin Colbath kept us updated on their progress in Yankee Run Committee healing from their injuries. As of this writing, they are George Gilligan, Ray Remillard, doing better each day and from what I hear it could have Janice Fiske, & Sue DiPilato Return to main page 2 Assistant Director Secretary If you’re like me you’ve noticed the morning chill, It seems like our April “Ice Breaker” or should I say “snow shorter days, a few scattered leaves, and you’re thinking maker” ride was just a week or two ago and here we are now “What the hell happened to summer?!”, and that the riding in the fall breaking out the leather, chaps and even the riding season is nearly over. Not so fast my friends! Think heated gear! It just doesn’t seem fair!! None the less, time back to those summer days when the mid-to-upper 90’s and Mother Nature wait for no one. But that said, there is had you reconsidering a ride, the heat off your engine still plenty of great riding left to do this year. In fact, fall is roasting your privates in traffic, and the hot wind only my absolute favorite time to ride! I love the crisp air (and my serving to spread the sweat on your brow. Now, doesn’t bike seems to like it too) and the foliage. that make the recent cool-down something to embrace? So, where have we been and where are we going? We have Doesn’t that make donning warm leathers and finding an had so many great rides and fabulous events I cannot open fall foliage-lined road sound appealing? possible revisit them all but it’s certainly safe to say that our Road Captains and Members have stepped it up in recent We all know that being out in the wind is what it’s all weeks and put themselves out there so we can ride and have about. For me, the smells experienced while riding a fun. motorcycle in that wind is one of the many things which makes what we do so freakin’ awesome! The fall offers The second annual Karey Ride and BBQ was a HUGE HIT and probably the very best bouquet of scents to experience; a TON OF FUN! Speaking of “HIT”, thank God I didn’t hit that fires in fireplaces & backyards, ripe apple orchards, cider deer as she darted out in front of me on that very ride. Yep, donuts, stacks of freshly split firewood, cut corn fields, it was a close call indeed, but I stayed the course and we and even piles of leaves offer an olfactory experience. finished the ride. I’d like to leave that part out next year! And while perhaps a little early to think about, one of my The Teddy Bear ride was a tear jerker (sorry I missed it). Sheldon’s continues to rock it and the ideas from members most vivid memories is of riding on an atypically warm and Road Captains for rides just keep coming in. And let us December evening a few years back with Christmas not forget our Director’s challenge to the group; lead 5 rides music blaring from my speakers, twinkling decorations this year and you earn the privilege of wearing the yellow on houses, and the unmistakable smell of freshly cut armband. Got any takers out there? I know I need one more Christmas trees in roadside lots! Those in the south might and plan to capture mine in October. not see such an experience as all that special, but it was novel for New England and more importantly, it created Membership continues to steadily grow as we now have a vivid memory for me. Of course all of this is missed 200 confirmed members. Participation in Facebook is still a while driving in a cage. bit sluggish with only 121 participants but it’s creeping along. I have all the faith in the world that it too will continue Let’s face it, you’ve got two choices – lament that to grow. Of course we all know there is no shortage of summer is behind us and winter is approaching, or get opinion in this group and well, I’ll just leave it at that. excited about what fall riding has to offer. Our chapter I recognize I’ve been all over the board with this article, and calendar continues to offer many ride options, including I just want to remind everybody to “RIDE SAFE & ARRIVE the Dummerston VT Apple Pie Run (Oct 9th) and the Tim ALIVE” an enjoy all that the rest of the year has to offer! Jackson Memorial Poker Run (Oct 16th). So get out there to ride & have fun with your chapter friends! Mark Zibel Worcester H.O.G. – Chapter #3811 On a completely unrelated note, Karin and I would like Secretary/Membership Officer/Road Captain to thank the nearly 60 people who joined us for our 2nd annual BBQ Ride in early September. Everyone seemed Editor’s note: Mark, if you can add one more title you to have a great time. We look forward to the 2017 edition might get an armband for BOTH arms! Nice work, Mr. and hope you’ll join in the fun! - Ken Karey Secretary!! Return to main page 3 or surpassing my work friend who I ride with many Ladies of Harley times during the year, or some other goal that I’ve come up with. I’ve even hauled my hockey gear as an added mileage bonus (as noted in my August 2015 First of all, I want to thank Chet and Chad for asking me article). But I find myself falling short of the goal to take on this position, and for having confidence in my every time which makes me wonder, why am I even abilities! I also want to thank Tammy for her dedication setting them? to the Ladies of Harley over the past years.

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