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"As a member of Good Sam Club, I pledge to give aid to others, respect nature and the environment, give back to the community and those less fortunate, treat others with dignity and respect and wear a smile (like Good Sam and Good Samantha's) and promote the pledge of the Good Sam Club to others." VOLUME 34 NUMBER 1 Published By And For Arkansas Good Sams January 2019 VOTING PROCEDURES FOR ARKANSAS STATE GOOD SAM DIRECTOR 2-year term January 1, 2020—December 31, 2021 2019 PARK HOST 1. Arkansas State Treasurer Peggy Bundy will mail Nominating SCHEDULES ARE Forms to the President of each Arkansas Chapter. If there is a nominee from the chapter, the form must be returned to Peggy ON Pages 10–11 Bundy no later than November 30, 2018. 2. An Acceptance Form will be mailed to each nominee to be re- turned to the AR State Treasurer by December 31, 2018. Sign- ing of this form by a Nominee certifies that the Nominee accepts Area 5 Friendship the nomination and, if elected, is capable of performing the du- March 13-16, 2019 ties of AR State Director for the 2-year term. Cloud Nine RV Park, 501-262-1996 3. The AR State Treasurer will collect the information received by the deadline and will send a ballot to each AR chapter January Theme: St Patrick’s Day 1, 2019. Wednesday: Meet, greet and out to eat. 4. Ballots are to be returned to the AR State We will have a catered meal (price still in the works), Treasurer by February 28, 2019. games, Chinese auction (please bring your treasures to do- nate for auction,), regular auction, games and lots of fun. 5. Elected Nominee will be notified by Peggy The Veteran's Chapter will be cooking pancakes on Friday. Bundy of the result of the Election and the AR Other meal plans are in the final stages. Please call Ruth State Good Sam membership will be notified at Ann and let her know you’re coming. 870-703-0175. the AR State Committee Meeting on Saturday, Saturday: Hugs and “see you later.” April 13, 2019. AR State Treasurer Peggy Bundy, 1315 Donaghey Ave, Ruth Ann Hairston ASD Conway, AR 72034 Phone (501) 366-5989 [email protected] email: [email protected] AREA 6 FRIENDSHIP AREA 4 FRIENDSHIP CAMPOUT CAMPOUT MAY 1 – 4, 2019 is well into the planning stages. If you (Arrive Monday April 29 for even more fun) plan to attend, you need to call Brecks RV Park, Reservation Not Required but are Accepted Pecan Grove RV Park Phone: (870) 265-3005 Batesville, AR, phone 870-569-8031. We are excited that it is almost time to see our Good Sam family. Leave your RV packed from the RV Rally, rest for two Make your reservation, then call Girtie weeks and come on down. VanHoveln at 501-454-9806 to let her (A Tentative Schedule will be posted next month.) know you are going. There are only 50 sites reserved for the Friendship, so the CONTACT LAWRENCE OR JD at sooner you call the better! See you there 501-749-3254 OR May 14-16. 870-723-9502 [email protected] FROM THE DIREC- THE FROM AREA 1 Bella Vista Traveling Sams—Bella Vista Belle Point Sams—Ft Smith TORS Jolly Rogers Sams—Rogers Twenty-nine members and guests of the Bella Vista Travel- ing Sams held their monthly meeting January 10 at Gusano’s Restaurant. V-P Tom Ogburn called the meeting to order. 1028 volunteered hours for 2018 had been sent to Arkansas State Good Sams. Some of these volunteered hours includ- ed helping: Courtesy Van driver, Meals on Wheels, Crystal It has been a busy month for us. Bridges, Bella Vista Community Band, Veterans Home and First of all, as many of you know, Bella Vista Historical Society. we had a New Year’s Day get- Don Cowell led in a short memorial for Bob Mathis who died together here at our house with December 23rd. The Bella Vista Sams have lost two members in 2018. mostly Arkansas One members that turned out to be a very big surprise The next meeting will be February 14, Big Whiskey Restau- rant, Bentonville at 11:00a.m. birthday party for Bill. We had a wonderful time with 26 friends Belle Point Sam Chapter members attended the January and, of course, plenty of food and Dinner/Meeting at Roma Italian Restaurant, Ozark, AR. We fun as always with this bunch. gathered in the Restaurant’s back room and visited for a while. As the food was served the room grew quiet; and by the number of to-go boxes at the end of the meal, I’d say eve- We’ve been busy getting most eve- ryone enjoyed their dinner. rything done for our Rally in April. After the meal the Chapter V-P got everyone’s attention and With the help of JD getting the pro- called our meeting to order. Next month’s dinner/meeting is February 12th at 1:00 p.m. at grams all finalized and David & Vapapas Mexican Grill. Iris Schroeder asked that members Brenda Miller helping with folding call 479-478-9400 to RSVP. them, we got all finished. Thanks guys; this is how our great staff A total of 29 Jolly Rogers members met at Golden Corral for breakfast. The yummy food and warm greetings from works together!!! friends brightened the cold, rainy day. The room was full as you can see from the photo. Two members were honored with recognition for attending ALL meetings of 2018. They Again, I’m not going to take too were Julie Hearron and Leroy Bolinger. much time for small talk; Paulette We were presented with some new shirt samples with our does much better than me getting logos on them and lots of opinions and questions were had. all important news to you. So see A motion and vote were taken to create a new “Office of Chaplain” for our meetings. Dorothy Tackett, who is our ya next time around. great servant of prayers, was elected to the new position. We completed our collection of school supplies which were taken to local schools by Laye and Kathy Bennett. We are Bill and Dee beginning a “baggitt ministry” to collect toiletries for an April hand out to needy charities. A total of $750.00 was distribut- ed to three charities in December: Sheep Dog Impact Assis- tance, NWA Women’s Shelter, and A Place to Call Home. Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. We look forward to the upcoming March meeting at Golden Psalms 90:12 Corral with the Bella Vista Traveling Sams Chapter. Games and good food will be on the agenda as we did this last year. Page 2 Arkansam News 2019 Paulette’s Palette I heard by the grapevine that Bill Nery had a surprise birthday par- ty that was worth waiting 80 years for!! AREA 2 The year’s first Friendship Campout will happen in March. Its time Arkansas Roadrunners — Diamond City to break out the camper and get the wheels to rolling. If you haven’t Sugar Loaf Sams — Greers Ferry before, try camping with another chapter or visiting a meeting. The Friendships are posted on the front page of each month’s newsletter, met at Jamies in Harrison on Jan and they’re all listed on the calendar on page 4. Add something The Arkansas Roadrunners new this year. 7th. Present were Becky Myers, Helen Mennenga, Dorothy Lee- man, Jerry & Peggy Chopp, Alma Lee Snow & her daughter, Jim The April Rally schedule is in this Newsletter. While it’s subject to & Charlene Rhoades. Great fellowship was had by all. Sorry that Connie Gerg was not feeling well and was unable to attend. The change, it’s pretty well finished. There’s MORE ACTIVITIES, campouts planned for 2019 are the AR Rally and all Friendships MORE ENTERTAINMENT AND MORE FOOD! Don’t forget to read as there is only one Roadrunner with a the schedule!!!! camper. While actual hosting will not begin for a few more weeks, be sure to Helen Mennenga Secretary check the schedule for this fun service we do for the 3 state parks: Bull Shoals, Lake Catherine & Petit Jean. Park Hosting weeks have been increased. If you’re new and this is something you’d like to get involved with, it’s necessary that you attend the Park Host seminar at the Rally where you can sign up and learn more about what Park Hosting is all about. For those who are old timers, be sure to let the On Dec 3rd Sugar Loaf Samshad their Christmas party at Cin- Lomax’s know your needs for name tags and bars which will be dy’s Sweet and Eats, and our installation of officers for 2019. presented in April. There were 11 rigs represented, and our guests Bill & Dee Nery. Our out-going President Pat Smith passed the gavel to our incom- It’s not to late to let Bill & Dee know if your Chapter will be having a ing President Reba Wallace. After our lovely luncheon, Bill Nery milestone event and should be recognized at the April rally. Please did an awesome job of installing our officers. We played Bingo notify them by mid-March so that they can make sure you’re recog- and there were great gifts for the winners. Glenn Wallace won nized because you deserve it!. the door prize, dinner for 2 at Bentleys Restaurant in Greer’s Fer- ry.