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SEPT. 2007 MOA # 6 www.4windsbmw.org RA # 76 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2007 President – Mitch Kehan C’YA AT [email protected] Vice President – Gary Smith HOLLY AND 412-922-7909 [email protected] EO S L ’ , 2PM Treasurer – Tom Primke PREZ MITCH MEZ 412-828-3413 Take My Job. Please! SAT. THE [email protected] It was late winter of 2007, the riding sea- son was nearly upon us. The Four Winds TH Corres. Sec’y – Sean Barrett board met at the Shack to discuss the rally. 15 ! 724-941-1543 The first decision we made was that we were [email protected] not going to try to top the 40th annual rally. We would simply aim to have our rally rev- Rec. Sec’y – Jürgen Brune enue meet or slightly exceed our expenses. 412-418-4626 This decision was based on feedback from INSIDE THIS ISSUE: the membership that our focus ought to be [email protected] on FUN-raising rather than fund-raising. Prez Mitch Mez ......................... 1 Director – Ralph Meyer Food costs were higher this year, we hired a Board Of Directors 2007 .......... 1 724-443-4937 quality band and we printed 500 rally cups September Meeting Info ........... 1 hoping that these cups would last us two sea- [email protected] Publication Info ......................... 2 sons. We kept the rally fee at $35 when many It’s to Laugh ............................... 2 Director – Jay Singh clubs were bumping their fees up to $40. Meeting Schedule 2006 ............. 2 But in spite of higher costs, a rally fee 412-967-9314 Ongoing Events.......................... 2 that hadn’t been raised in years and my best [email protected] More laughs ............................... 3 efforts to adhere to the mandate that the rally West breakfast ride ................... 3 be a not-for-profit event, we attracted 317 Giving Al a hand! ...................... 4 guests and earned an astounding 24% return Ridin’ Two-up! ........................... 4 on our investment. How did this happen? If SEPTEMBER MEETING INFO Want More Bike Parking?? ..... 4 the Four Winds Rally was a fortune 500 busi- The next meeting of the Four Winds 4-Ws Web Site Usage is Up ...... 4 ness, we would be the toast of Wall Street BMW Riders will be held at Leo & East Breakfast Ride .................. 5 and every investment analyst would want to Holly Stanton’s, 3015 Walton Rd in Med(ieval)-Ohio ........................ 6 know our secret. Finleyville, PA, on Sat., Sept. 15, How we were back when! ......... 7 Our secret was good weather and lots of 2007 from 2–5PM. Hamburgers and 41st Rally Notes ......................... 7 volunteer labor. There is simply not enough hot dogs will be provided. Members Attendee Note ............................ 8 space in this column for me to properly thank are asked to bring appetizers, side Motorcyclist fatalities up .......... 9 all the volunteers who gave so generously of dishes, and desserts according to your How do I join ............................ 10 their time, talent and use of their cars and last name: A-H: side dish; I-P: des- Directions to the Meeting: ....... 10 trucks. The September meeting and the An- sert; Q-Z: appetizer. nual Banquet are the best opportunities for 1 PUBLICATION INFO MEETING SCHEDULE ONGOING EVENTS The Four Winds BMW Riders 2006 Newsletter is published for Breakfast Rides, et al.: members’ use. Articles’ and pic- Mark the dates on your calen- These rides are free-form. Those dars, but remember... tures’ copyrights are held by attending decide what they All meeting sites are tentative. their authors. Author’s permis- want to do and where, if any- sion should be obtained before Please check the web site and where, they want to ride. If you any form of republication. newsletter for changes and just want to show up in the car Editor: Ralph Meyer updates. and have breakfast with fellow Deadline: Articles submitted must September 15, 2007 — Leo & motorcyclists, that’s fine too. be received by the editor no Holly Stanton’s, Findleyville later than 6:00 PM on the October 20, 2007 — The Tuesday after the club meet- Bellaluna Trattoria, Rte 22 COME! EAT! CHAT! RIDE! ing of the month preceding the Eastbound, Monroeville month of publication (e.g., November 17, 2007 — The Ride Schedule — Month: Sept. Meeting: Sept. 15; Oct. Rhythm Room, Bridgeville- Sun, Mo day — North at King’s, issue deadline: Tues., Sept. Tentative I-79 & Rt 910/VIP Dr., 10:00 18th). Articles/Info rec’d after December, 2007 — No Monthly AM deadline go in next month’s Meeting Sat, Mo day — West at Eat n’ Park, newsletter. Rt 60 & 22/30, 9:00 AM Submission information: Sun, Mo day — South at King's, E-mail submissions: Send as at- 3049 Washington Pike, off Exit tachments with “4 Winds News- that. But let me offer that our Rally Chair, 54, I-79, Bridgeville, 10:00 letter Article” in the e-mail Nancy, was amazing. I’ll never forget that AM ‘Subject’ line to: winter meeting at the Shack when Nancy had Sat, Mo day — East at Dick’s, Rt <[email protected]> a lapse in better judgment and accepted the 22 Westbound Side, Articles on Disk Media mail to: position of 2007 Rally Chair. Monroeville, 9:00 AM Ralph Meyer, Editor Nancy and Sean Barrett will be taking a If you’re going to a breakfast 4 Winds Newsletter well deserved break from serving on the ride, you might want to no- 6056 Meadow Lane board next year. Nancy tells me that for the tify others: It’s not necessary, Bakerstown, PA 15007-9720 first time in 20 years, she plans to arrive at but it’d be nice to let others Submission formats: the Four Winds Rally on a motorcycle and know you’re going to a particu- Articles: Send as plain text with just have fun. This will leave us with big lar Breakfast Ride by putting headings and hdg depth defined, shoes to fill, but I am confident that some- a notice on the 4-Winds Site or in Word Processor (e.g., MS one will step up to the challenge. Someone Message Board’s Breakfast Word) format. Save trees: avoid always does. Ride section saying so. That’ll paper if you can. On September 15th, we’ll all be meet- help save a rider from discov- Pictures and graphics: Submit in ing at Leo and Holly’s place and (I hope) I ering too late that no one else JPEG or TIFF format with will become a lame duck president as some- is going that day. The Break- clearly marked locations in the one else will be elected President of the club fast Ride’s URL is: http:// article. for 2008. Or if not exactly elected, strong- www.4windsbmw.org/forum/ Long articles may be split between armed under protest into accepting the posi- viewforum.php?f=9 . Be sure issues. tion. to erase your post after the ride So come to the September 15th meeting if you can so the board doesn’t National Club Affiliations: Four and take my job. Please! get cluttered. Winds BMW Riders is char- tered club #6 of the BMWMOA MITCH and chartered club #76 of the BMWRA Like many young men, the boy didn't re- Newsletters in color PDF format ally know what he wanted to do, and he didn't are at the Four Winds Site, seem too concerned about it. www.4windsbmw.org . Down- One day, while the boy was away at load a free Adobe PDF reader school, his father decided to try an Experi- by clicking the ‘Get Adobe IT’S TO LAUGH ment. He went into the boy's room and placed Reader’ button at “SON OF A PREACHER-MAN” on his study table Four objects: www.adobe.com and following Sent in by Sonny Robison 1) a Bible, the directions thereafter pro- An old-time southern, hell fire and brimstone 2) a silver dollar, vided. country preacher had a teenage son, and it 3) a bottle of whiskey and was getting time the boy should give some 4) a Playboy magazine thought to choosing a profession. "I'll just hide behind the door," the old 2 preacher said to himself, "when he comes home from school this afternoon, I'll see which object he picks up. If it's the Bible, he's going to be a preacher like me, and what a blessing that would be! If he picks up the dollar, he's going to be a businessman, and that would be okay, too. But if he picks up the bottle, he's going to be a no-good, low down drunkard, and, Lord, help me.... what a shame that would be. And worst of all..... if he picks up that magazine he's gonna be a skirt-chasin', no good bum." The old man waited anxiously, and soon heard his son's foot- steps as he entered the house whistling and headed for his room. The boy tossed his books on the bed, and as he turned to leave the room he spotted the objects on the table. With curiosity in his eye, he walked over to inspect them. Finally, he picked up the Bible and placed it under his arm. He picked up the silver dollar and dropped it into his pocket. He un- corked the bottle and took a big drink while he admired this month's Centerfold. WEST BREAKFAST RIDE "Lord have mercy," the old preacher disgustedly whispered, "he's 8/11/07 gonna be a Congressman!" NATIONAL PIKE STEAM, GAS, AND HORSE SHOW Walter Halaja Perfect riding day I thought! Low humidity, temp.