Monthly meetings are normally held the second
weekend of each month. Dates, times and location
will be decided on a monthly basis.
Our July meeting will be held on the 12th at the home of Mike and Bobbie Reddell starting at 6:30 p.m. If you would like, meet at the Depot Restaurant at 6:00 p.m. and ride to the Reddell's together. Bobbie and Mike will provide a Mexican dinner so that no one will have to worry about how to transport food to the meeting. Donations to the Reddell food fund will be accepted.
Star Chapter 298 Meeting
June 14, 2008
Due to rain our Friday the 13th meeting was rescheduled for Saturday the 14th at the Minnie Harris Park in Harrison. Lee brought the meeting to order at 6:57 p.m. and welcomed our guests Bill and Jenny Stanford (Charlie’s’ daughter and son-in-law).
Mary read the minutes and Brenda gave the treasurers report. Motion was made on each and both were accepted.
Old Business:
Mike Boyd and Lee had helped collect money at Yamaha of Harrison’s 4 wheel rodeo. They had a pretty good turn out before it started to storm. Lee wasn’t sure if they had to cancel or not.
A couple of meetings ago, Lee mentioned that Kathy Boone from Festus, Missouri Chapter 437 would be riding down the Sunday before Star Days and wanted to meet with our chapter. Cathy has informed Lee that they will be staying at The Hub and would like for us to meet them at The Hub for dinner. If anyone will be riding to Star Days on Monday morning, Chapter 437 would like to join them. Lee will get more information as it gets closer for anyone that would like to join them for dinner. Chapter 437 president, Lee “Rough Rider” Lash has also contacted Lee and they are looking forward to meeting us.
Larry McBride gave a report on the May 17th ride to Highway 123 and the Pig Trail. It was a bit nippy that morning but turned out to be a great day. There was a small problem at their first stop when the restrooms were out of order and the second stop only had a porta potty with a long line. Gary and Teresa rode up from Waldron to meet the group and everyone had a good time.
Congratulations to Charlie for winning 1st place in the over 800cc Metric Class on May 17th at Crawdad Days in Harrison.
May 31 was our second annual State Meet n Greet at Bull Shoals State Park. Vicki thanked everyone that came. The money left over after everything was paid for will be donated to the Star Family Foundation from the Arkansas Chapters.
Mary and Charles rode on June 1st for the Joplin meet n greet. Heber Springs Chapter 382 joined them at the Tourist Information Center in Harrison. They had bad storms to start with and there was a smaller turn out than last year but they still had a good time. The weather was beautiful on the way back as they stopped at Roaring River State Park and Mary got to ride behind Joe Teed for a bit.
Future Rides:
June 29th is our ride to the Veterans Hospital in Fayetteville. We will meet at the Tourist Information Center at 10:00 a.m. Charlie has contacted the hospital and they will be expecting us at 1:00 p.m. Mary and Paula volunteered to help with the goodie bags.
July 5th is our Firecracker Ride to Turner Bend, be sure to bring your swimsuit. This is also the date that A.B.A.T.E. District 16 in Mountain Home will be having their poker run and bike show.
Our next meeting will be held on Saturday, July 12 at Mike and Bobbie Reddell’s home at 6:30 p.m. Several will be meeting at the Depot Restaurant at 6:00 p.m., riding to the Reddell’s together. We’ll be having a pot luck dinner.
Lee will contact the ride committee to work on details of our camping trip and mystery ride.
Paula won the 50/50 drawing, donating her winnings to chapter funds.
Charles motioned to adjourn and several seconded. Meeting adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
May 9, 2008
Our May meeting was held at Pizza Pro of Bellefonte with 20 members and one guest.
Lee called the meeting to order at 6:38 p.m. with Cathy reading the April minutes. A motion was made by Hal to accept the minutes with a second by Mike Reddell. Brenda read the treasurers report with a motion to accept made by Paula and a second by Mike Reddell.
New Business: Adam B. from Yamaha of Harrison was our guest and spoke of the 4-wheeler rodeo to be held Saturday (5/10) at the fairgrounds at the Harrison Rodeo Arena rain or shine unless it’s storming. Anyone who could volunteer their time would be appreciated, 3 to 4 needed, and was asked to be there by 3pm. Adam also brought up that possibly sometime in August or September we could look at a poker run similar to what they did for Yamaha’s 30th Anniversary.
Past Rides: April 12th Marshall Round-About was canceled due to the weather.Mike Beard gave a brief report on the ride to Café Santa Fe in Eureka Springs. Great weather, good food and told of the antics of other riders and getting ice cream at War Eagle Mill before going to Eureka Springs.
Some made the ride for the 26th CVMA in Springfield. A good ride but a cold start. They met up with Jim in Branson and ended with a nice day as it warmed up. Pretty much everyone who went won something but for Boyd.
Future Rides: Crowley Ridge has changed to August (will have update).Saturday, May 17th leave from “The Depot” in Bellefonte at 8:30 a.m. for the Hwy 123 ride. Leave Bellefonte and go to Western Grove to Clarksville and bring Pig Trail back.
May 31st is the 2nd Annual Chapter Meet-N-Greet at Bull Shoals State Park with cook-out (burgers) at 11:30 a.m. for $6.00 a meal.
June 1st is the 4th Annual State Mutli-Chapter Meet at Power Sports of Joplin. Meet at the tourist info center at 8 a.m.
Denise asked for pictures from rides since she and Landus haven’t been able to go. Those who can offer pictures are also asked to give info from the ride.The 50/50 of $48 went to Vince who donated it back to the chapter. Also a reminder that “Eat to Ride/ Ride to Eat” patches are still available for $3.50.
Our next meeting will be at the pavilion at Lake Harrison and you’ll need to brown bag it.
A motion was made by Hal with a second from Wayne to adjourn the meeting at 7:07 p.m.
April 11, 2008
Our April meeting was held at the Catfish Wharf with 19 members and 4 guests attending. One of our guests, Dennis, was from Chapter #382.
Lee called the meeting to order at 7:06pm with Cathy reading the minutes from March.
Hal made a motion to accept with a second from Mike Reddell. Brenda read the treasurers report with a motion to accept by Denise and second from Mary.
Old Business: Denise, Charles and Mary went to the March meeting for the Dogpatch Biker Bash following a visit from Bob Richards and two of their members at our March meeting with an invite to replace The Brothers of the Third Wheel. Denise gave a report on attending that meeting. A vote was taken on whether we should participate and oppose over-ruled. Our chapter will not be a part of the Dogpatch Biker Bash.
Other business: The State Chapter meeting will be May 31st (Saturday). It’s planned for members to meet up and go to Bull Shoals Dam to meet with other chapter for a BBQ at Bull Shoals State Park. Those wishing to camp may want to contact Vicki. At the meeting a show of hands was taken by Lee to see who planned on going with 23 planning to attend at this time. Anyone else wishing to go, please contact Lee. The day after, June 1st is the 4th Annual meet at Power Sports of Joplin.
Charles gave a report on the Moonshine on March 9th.Fun but scary in some places. Charles, Mary, Denise, Landus, Lee and Boyd made the ride. The dinner run on March 29th didn’t materialize. The McBrides did go, but in the van.
Runs for April: the 12th is the March(?) round-about meet at the depot at 10am. And the 20th ride to Eureka Springs to Café Santa Fe. Other rides coming up include the CVMA Poker Run on the 26th to Springfield. Meet at the tourist info center at 8am to ride to Crusin’ 66 Cycles.
Lee informed of a couple of emails from other clubs and chapters. This included #248 Poker run. Destination Power Sports with proceeds to benefit "The Hiding Place" in Marionville, MO. Cathy Boone of Festus, MO emailed to say several were coming down for dinner the Sunday before Star Days.
New Business: Denise let us know that Bubba with BTW was nice invited us to come to some of their events. Nancy updated us on birthdays. Mike Boyds is the end of April and the McBrides will be Grandparents in October. The 50/50 went to Diane G. ($34). Welcome to our newest members. The Stewarts were voted in.
Our next meeting will be May 9th at 6:30pm at the Bellefonte Pizza Pro.
A motion was made by Hal with a second from Denise to adjourn the meeting at 7:37pm.
March 8, 2008
Our March meeting was held at Salsa’s with 27 members and seven guests attending.
Lee called the meeting to order at 7:02pm introducing Bob Richards, former member and president of the chapter, to speak on the Dogpatch Biker Bash coming up September 5th, 6th and 7th. Our chapter was invited to be the 6th club to be involved. We can find out more at their meetings held the second Saturday of the month at the SmokeHouse on hwy 7 South. Lee asked for further info to be emailed for the chapter to go over.
Cathy read the minutes from February. Jim motioned to accept and Mike Boyd seconded. Brenda read the treasurers report. Mike Beard motioned to accept and Charles seconded,
Lee welcomed our guests back, the Stuarts. This makes their second Star Chapter meeting. Lee gave us another reminder of Star Days registration now going on and you can find out more by going to: www.stardays.org
It was also asked that we get together any patch orders need at one time because it costs $9 for shipping for each order. Yes, Ride To Eat Eat To Ride patches can still be ordered.
February past rides and events: None
March: Moonshine ride was voted on for the 9th due to concerns due to the past weather, the ride will go on. The next ride is the 29th to Shorty Smalls in Branson.
Happy Belated Birthday to Hal (2-26) March birthday’s: Alex (3-16), Mike Reddell (3-23) and Landus (3-31).
Lee asked about possible poker runs besides for Feed the Children. A motion was made by Denise and seconded by Paula to consider. The following may be possibilities: The Vet’s Home in Fayetteville, Hospice House, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, March of Dimes, Sanctuary and Ozark Share and Care.
50/50 name drawn was Hal for $59, and given back to the chapter.
Our April meeting will be held at Catfish Wharf on Friday, April 11th at 6:30pm.
A motion was made by Wayne and seconded by Mike Boyd to adjourn the meeting at 7:35pm.
February 9, 2008
Our February meeting was held at Alex and Vicki’s house with everyone bringing something Italian.
Lee called the meeting to order at 1851 with 20 members and six guests attending, two of which were later voted into the chapter. Larry brought Keith and Sandra Stuart and Vince and Misty Stuart as guests.
Cathy read the minutes from January with corrections in reference to the birthdays for Brenda and Bobbie. Mike Beard motioned to accept and Nancy accepted. Brenda read the treasurers report. Denise motioned to accept and Landus seconded. Brenda, Denise and Cathy are now on the chapter account.
Lee gave a reminder of dues. David and Debbie Conner are the only ones left. Also anyone planning to ride will need to sign a ride waiver.
Lee also informed us on Star Days July 22nd - 25th to be held in Rogers this year. Registration ($49.00) is underway.
Paula and Wayne King were accepted as new members, glad to have you with the chapter, following a motion from Charles and seconded by Landus.
The patches Lee emailed about will be in shortly.
Lee provided ride forms that Nancy handed out that need turned in no later than the 23rd so that they have them for the Ride Committee Meeting to be held at Mary’s on Sunday.
Past rides: Nancy, Dennis, Lee and Brenda went to Branson. Second ride to Flippin: Wayne, Lee, Nancy and Dennis. One Sunday Mary, Charles, Cathy and Hal with two friends, Jay and Dylan, went to Mt. Home. Cathy and Hal along with three friends, Jay, Russ and Dylan, went to Eureka Springs.
Paula won the 50/50 drawing of $49 collected and donated it to the chapter.
Our March meeting will be at Salsa’s Grill at 1800.
A motion was made by Hal and seconded by Landus to adjourn the meeting at 1913.
January 12, 2008
Our January meeting was held at Lee and Brenda’s house with 19 members and two guests. Members ate prior to the meeting, the food theme being Mexican. The meeting was called to order by President Lee Fisher at 1845 for the first meeting of the new year. Lee introduced two guests Wayne and Paula King from Marshall, who’ve now attended two Star meetings.
Cathy read the minutes with the motion made by Mike Beard and seconded by Landus to make a correction and accept the minutes following the correction of the December 50/50 winner to be changed to Mike Boyd from Mike Beard.
The Treasurers report was read by Brenda. The Chapter beginning balance of $715.19 . A check was written to Roosters BBQ for $293.61 for our Chapter Christmas party. A deposit of $48.00 from the December 50/50. Ending balance of $470.00.
Past Rides: Mike Beard gave a short report of the visit to the VA Hospital in Fayetteville where members gave out 30 some bags and the rest taken to the old VET’s Home.
Correspondence: Alex read a thank you letter from Carol at the VA Hospital commending our chapter for including the VET’s in our events.
Otherwise no old business:
New Business: Lee started reading the Charter, passing it on to Nancy, Dennis, and Brenda with Lee finishing. Following the reading of the Charter our Sgt. Of Arms, Dennis collected the signed ride waivers. Those who still need to complete ride waivers are: Mike and Bobbie Reddell, Jim and Ann Barnes and David and Debbie Conner.
Denise brought up that we need three names on the chapter bank account, but there can’t be two officers of the same household on the account. The motion was made by Mike Boyd (I think) and seconded by Mary to have Brenda/Treasurer, Cathy/Secretary and Denise/Vice President on account instead of President and Treasurer.
Lee brought up those that need patches will need to get with Brenda.
A Ride Committee was set up: Landus, Dennis, Hal, Lee and Mary. They will schedule rides for the year may it be evening, day or half day.
Our LOS, Nancy asked for everyones birthdays. With a belated Happy Birthday to Nancy and Dennis. Birthdays coming up: Lee and Mary’s.
A reminder of chapter dues. $20.00 family and $10.00 individuals.
Lee presented a plaque to Alex for being President since 2005.
50/50 Drawing winner Nancy Goodnight….$44.00 to chapter.
A motion was made by Hal and seconded by Landus to adjourn the meeting. The meeting adjourned 2008 (8:08pm).
December 8, 2007
Our December meeting was held at Hal’s. Rooster’s BBQ prepared the fixin’s for us and Vicki and Cathy decorated for our Christmas party.
Alex brought the meeting to order at 6:55 p.m. thanking Hal for letting us use his place.
Alex thanked everyone for a great year for their support throughout the year. He welcomed our guests Wayne and Paula King from Marshall.
Denise read the minutes which Mike Beard motioned to accept and Lee seconded. Denise then read the treasurers report that Lee motioned to accept and Charles seconded.
Alex passed out ballots for our election of 2008 Chapter Officers to all members and confirmed the nominees listed. Everyone filled in their choices and the ballets were collected to be tallied at the end of our meeting.
One last reminder to everyone to make sure their National Membership is current before the signing of the our chapter Charter in January.
Past Rides:
Mike Beard and some other members rode in the Harrison Toy Run. Mike said they had good and warm weather during the parade which didn’t take long. Some had a little trouble during the ride when their clutches got hot but that wasn’t a problem if you were riding a Kawasaki..
Future Rides:
Our ride to the VA hospital will be on Sunday, December 9. Leaving from the Tourist Information Center @ 9:30 a.m. and after having lunch, arriving at the hospital at 1:00 p.m.
We paused while the ballets for our 2008 Chapter Officers were tallied and then Alex announced the results. Congratulations to:
President - Lee Fisher
Vice President - Denise Dutton
Sergeant at Arms - Dennis Goodnight
Lady of Star Representative - Nancy Goodnight
Secretary - Cathy Schoubroeck
Treasurer - Brenda Fisher
Road Captain - Landus Dutton
Tail Gunner - Hal Smith
Shepherd - David Gunter
Veteran Representative - Charles Keene
Mike Beard won our 50/50 drawing. He kept his original $3.00 and donated the rest to our chapter account.
Our next meeting will be held at the home of Brenda and Lee Fisher on Saturday, January 12th, starting at 6:00 p.m.
With 2008 Star Touring and Riding being held in Rogers, AR our chapter has been asked to help with the Swampass Ride and Trivia Poker Run.
Last week while Charles and Mary were helping with the goodie bags to be passed out on our VA ride, Alex presented Charles with a “Thank you for serving” pin.
Motion was made to adjourn the meeting that was accepted and seconded. Meeting adjourned at 7:59 p.m.
After our meeting we all enjoyed each others company while playing the White Elephant Gift Exchange.
November 9, 2007
We held our November meeting at Western Sizzlin in Harrison.
Alex called the meeting to order at 7:31 p.m. with 15 members and no guests attending.
Denise read the minutes from our October meeting which Mike Beard motioned to accept and Landus seconded.
Landus read the treasurers report. Jim motioned to accept and Mike Reddell seconded.
Alex announced that he had received an e-mail from Tim Parks who has extended an offer to chapter members for 10% discount on custom work.
Mary Keene wrote an article about wearing Charlie’s jeans on their trip to the 2006 Hot Springs State Rally. TOPS Magazine published Mary’s article.
Alex presented a Webmaster rocker to a very surprised Denise. He then presented “Thank you for serving” pins to Mike Boyd and Jim Barns.
Adam with Yamaha of Harrison wrote a check to the chapter as reimbursement for our website fees.
Once again, make sure your National membership is current before the Charter signing at our January meeting.
On Sunday, December 9th at 9:30 a.m. we leave the Travel Center in Harrison and ride to the VA Hospital in Fayetteville. We’ll arrive at the hospital at 1:00 p.m. to hand out goody bags and appreciation pins to the veterans.
Our December meeting will be held at Hal’s on December 8th starting at 6:00 p.m. We will have dinner and play the White Elephant Gift Game for anyone that would like to participate.
Nomination forms were passed around and filled out for our upcoming election to be held during our December meeting.
Mike Beard was the winner of our 50/50 drawing requesting the amount be put towards new chapter patches.
Motion was made to adjourn and seconded, with meeting being adjourned at 8:06 p.m.
October 12, 2007
Our October meeting was held at El Charro’s Restaurant with 13 members, 4 guests and Patrick attending.
After everyone had time to eat and visit, Alex brought the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. welcoming our guests David and Diane Gunter and Larry and Janie McBride.
Denise read the minutes from our September meeting which were accepted by Mike Beard and seconded by Landus and Cathy.
In the absence or our treasurer, Denise read the treasurer’s report. Mike Beard accepted, Lee and Cathy seconded.
Old business:
October 13th will be the charter signing for the Crowley’s Ridge Chapter in Paragould, AR at 10:00 a.m. Those wanting to attend will meet at the Kum & Go in Harrison at 5:30 a.m.
New business:
Everyone needs to make sure that their National Membership is current.
Nominations for officers will be taken at the November meeting. Be thinking of whom you would like to nominate.
We voted on accepting Larry and Janie McBride to the chapter. Vote was taken and passed. We also voted on accepting David and Diane to the chapter. Vote was taken and passed. Welcome Larry, Janie, David and Diane!!
Our website renewal in the amount of $93.24 was charged to Denise. We voted to reimburse Denise and submit to Yamaha for payment. Vote taken and passed.
There had been several past rides attended by chapter members. The Arkansas State Rally in Hot Springs, Meet n Greet with regional director Paul Watters in Eureka Springs, Bikes Blues and BBQ in Fayetteville. Everyone had a good time on the rides they attended.
We currently do not have any future rides scheduled but will look at upcoming toy runs and Christmas parades.
Discussing a ride to the VA Hospital in Fayetteville; we will check the dates and go from there. Vote was taken and passed on buying VA pins to include in the goody bags that we will take. Vicki, Cathy, Debbie and Denise will work on preparing goody bags.
We decided to have a Halloween ride on October 27th starting at 2:00 p.m. at Alex and Vicki’s for anyone wanting to dress up and ride.
Mary won the 50/50 drawing, keeping $3.00 that Charlie used to purchase tickets and donating the rest to chapter funds.
Our November meeting will be held the 9th at Western Sizzlin in Harrison starting at 6:30 p.m.
David Conner motioned to adjourn with everyone seconding. Meeting adjourned at 7:57 p.m.
September 1, 2007
Our September meeting was held at Mike and Bobbie’s home.
Alex called the meeting to order at 7:22 p.m. welcoming our guests David and Diane Gunter along with 9 members.
Denise read the minutes from the August meeting that were accepted by Charles and seconded by Jim and Mike Reddell.
In the absence of our treasurer, Denise read the treasurers report that was accepted by Charles and seconded by Mike Reddell.
Old business:
Friday, September 7 will be the 4-wheel rodeo where we will be helping Yamaha of Harrison in junction with the Dogpatch Biker Bash. The rodeo will start at 5:30, everyone will need to get there as soon as possible Friday night to help set up and find out where Yamaha needs our help.
New business:
We have a new Star Chapter in Arkansas. Crowley’s Ridge Chapter 425 out of Paragould, Arkansas. Rob Shaughnessy and prospective members are waiting for their start up package from National and hope to have their Charter signing on October 13.
Past rides:
No one attended the August 18-19 ride to the Cherokee Casino and Aquarium in Tulsa Oklahoma.
The August 25th ride to Bubba’s didn’t quite make it although Mike and Bobbie went to Eureka Springs for the VW Rally while Charles and Mary rode to Ozark, Missouri.
Future Rides:
Saturday, September 8th ride to Mt. Magazine Bike Show and Cruise. Those attending will at the White Oak Station at the junction of Hwy 7 South and Hwy 206 at 7:00 a.m.
September 13-16 is the Arkansas State Rally in Hot Springs.
September 21st - 23rd will be a Meet-n-Greet in Eureka Springs with Regional Director Paul Watters. We will meet on Saturday, September 22 at 9:00 a.m. at Yamaha of Harrison.
September 22nd and 23rd was originally planned for a Greers Ferry Campout but with this being the same weekend of the Eureka Springs Meet-n-Greet we voted to cancel the campout and possibly reschedule it at a later date.
October 6th will be the ride to Bikes Blues & BBQ in Fayetteville. Those riding over together will meet at 8:00 a.m. at the Tourist Information Center north of Harrison on Hwy 65.
Our October meeting will be held on Friday, October 12 at El Charros in Harrison, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Diane Gunter won our 50/50 drawing and donated her winnings to the chapter. Thank you Diane
Motion to adjourn meeting by Charles was seconded by Jim. Meeting adjourned at 8:03 p.m.
After the meeting Mike and Bobbie had everything set up for us all to watch Wild Hogs for those that wanted to stay.
August 11, 2007
After a HOT ride to Blanchard Springs and Mountain View on our way to Gilbert, we held our August meeting at The Gilbert Café.
With 18 members and 3 guests attending, Alex brought the meeting to order at 5:40 p.m. He welcomed our guest, Stacy Fisher along with Mike and Bobbie’s daughter Angie and their granddaughter Cheyenne.
Denise read the minutes, which were accepted by Landus and seconded by Lee.
At this point, our meeting was paused as our food arrived.
Returning to our meeting after everyone had time to eat. Denise read the treasurer’s report, which was accepted by Mike Boyd and seconded by Jim.
Old business:
We have one REER (Ride to eat, Eat to ride) patch left that Larry McBride may want to purchase. If anyone else would like a patch, Lee will e-mail the link where more can be purchased.
Alex reminded everyone that Friday, September 7 will be the Yamaha of Harrison 4 Wheel Rodeo that we agreed to help with. Alex will get further details and e-mail to chapter members. Currently Mike Boyd, Denise, Alex, Charlie, Vicki, Mike Reddell, Jim and maybe Landus will plan on helping.
The Fayetteville Chapter 250 has elected not to re-sign their charter. Although the current members of Chapter 250 will no longer be a chapter there is hope of others in the Fayetteville area taking over and keeping Chapter 250 going.
Past rides:
No one attended the D.A.R.E ride held on July 15th.
Hal, Gary, Teresa, Cathy and Larry rode July 14th to Mammoth Springs.
Star Days on July 23rd to 28th was attended by Gary, Teresa, Mike Boyd, Alex and Vicki. They had a lot of fun with Vicki saying this was one of the nicest Star Days. The accommodations and rides were great.
Ed Montgomery who they met at Hardy during Paragould’s meeting lost his wife on their way to Chattanooga when she ran off the road into a guardrail. Star Family Foundation and Good Samaritan Volunteers helped to get their son there along with a truck and trailer to haul Ed’s bike and hauler back. They also spent time with him, helping Ed and his family during this difficult time.
Alex and Vicki were presented a State Directors plaque for their dedication, commitment and contributions to Star Touring and Riding and Chapter 298. Congratulations Alex and Vicki!!
August 5th ride to Red Lobster in Branson had 8 members riding that met up with 18 members from the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Club. It was a nice ride and great company to have lunch with.
Future rides:
August 18th and 19th Tulsa Aquarium and Cherokee Casino
August 25th ride to Bubba’s BBQ in Eureka Springs for lunch
September 8th ride to Mt. Magazine Bike Show and Cruise
September 13th to 16th Arkansas State Rally in Hot Springs, Arkansas Gary and Teresa will be offering a shuttle service from and to their house.
September 14th and 15th, Great Plains BBQ
September 21st to 23rd, meet n greet in Eureka Springs, Arkansas with regional director Paul Watters.
October 20th - Marshall, AR. Toys for Kids Ride
Alex on our 50/50 drawing, donating his winnings to the chapter.
Our next meeting will be held at Bobbie and Mike Reddell’s on Saturday September 1st at 7:00 p.m.
Motion to adjourn meeting made by Landus and seconded by Lee. Meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m.
July 13, 2007
Our July meeting was on Friday the 13th at the Minnie Harris Park where we all brought our own brown bag dinner. We had 17 members and 1 guest attending.
Alex called the meeting to order at 6:52 p.m. and welcomed our guest Larry McBride from Lead Hill.
Denise read the minutes from our June meeting which were accepted by Charles and seconded by Lee.
Denise also read the treasurer’s report with it being accepted by Hal and seconded by Nancy.
Old Business:
Alex thanked everyone that had attended the Paris and Mt. Magazine meet-n-greet. He reminded everyone of the Ride to Eat, Eat to Ride patches that we had if anyone would like to purchase one.
On Friday, September 7th we will be helping Yamaha of Harrison with their 4-wheel rodeo to be held at the fairgrounds.
New business:
National Ride to work day is Wednesday, July 18th
D.A.R.E. ride from Springfield to Marble Falls will be July 15th.
Past rides or events:
No one joined Greers Ferry Lake Chapter 382 on their Highway 7 ride.
Lee and Brenda were the only chapter members that made it to the Ft. Smith’s Riverfront Blues Festival held June 22nd to 23rd.
Hal, Cathy, Charlie, Mary, Teresa and Gary rode the Talimena Highway on June 23rd. Gary had spent 3 hours polishing his bike and 3 minutes into the ride it started to rain with them being behind a semi. They rode over to Talihina, Oklahoma to eat before going on to Wister, Oklahoma where they split up.
Mike, Bobbie, Vicki and Alex rode to the CMA Music Festival Fan Fair in Nashville, June 8th and 9th where they barely out ran the rain. They made it to their motel just as it started to poor. They had a good time in Nashville and rode in the rain from Ashflat all the way home.
For the VA ride on July 1st, everyone had to go in “cages”. They ate at TGIF before going to the hospital. A little man all decked out in a suit that gave them a well guided tour. They met a lot of the veterans and the psychiatric ward was pretty calm. They did have a little excitement when they were almost arrested by a kid cop with his hand on his gun for taking pictures.
Future rides:
Saturday, July 14th to Mammoth Springs
Saturday, July 21st to Devil’s Pool at Big Cedar
Sunday, August 5th to Red Lobster in Branson
Mike Reddell won the 50/50 drawing, donating his winnings to the chapter.
Our August meeting will be Saturday 11th, we’ll ride to Blanchard Springs and stop at the café in Gilbert for dinner and to hold our meeting.
Motion was made to change our meetings back to Saturday. Vote was taken and passed.
David motioned to adjourn and Charles seconded.
Meeting adjourned at 7:27 p.m.
June 8, 2007
Nancy and Dennis Goodnight invited everyone over to their home for a delicious BBQ dinner and our June meeting.
Mike Boyd brought our meeting to order at 7:25 p.m. welcoming our guest Gary Moore, Bill Shutt (who had to leave early) and Cathy Schoubroeck.
Denise, realizing the meeting had started, read the minutes that were accepted by Jim and seconded by Nancy.
The treasurers report was read. Mike Beard accepted and Charles seconded.
Brenda and Lee had purchased REER patches for the chapter, to be sold at $3.25 by the treasurer for anyone that would like to purchase one.
The chapter voted on whether or not to accept Cathy into the chapter. The vote passed. Welcome Cathy!!
Mike Boyd had checked with the VA Hospital in Fayetteville regarding our July 2 visit. Of the normal items we often take they could also use pocket books such as mystery or westerns. We should put a stamp or sticker with our chapter information inside the books for patients to know where they came from. Instead of leaving at the original planned time, we’ll be leaving from the Tourist Information Center in Harrison at 10:00 a.m. and stop eat in Fayetteville before visiting the hospital.
Past Rides:
During the May 18-20 Peel Campout, Dennis and Nancy along with Alex and Vicki celebrated anniversaries. Nancy won a leather jacket on their ride through Branson.
June 2nd was the Paris and Mt. Magazine meet n greet. Members from Fayetteville Chapter 250, Harrison Chapter 298 and Greers Ferry Lake Chapter 382 all met at The Grapevine Restaurant in Paris for lunch. The restaurant even had special menu’s printed just for us. There was a total of 28 people joining in. After eating Chapter 250 headed back to Fayetteville while the rest of us headed up to the top of Mt. Magazine. It looked like it would rain the whole time but we only got sprinkled on. On the way home we stopped at Turner Bend for a rest stop and were all amazed by a man that must have been in his 70’s which we thought was hanging out at the store admiring bikes when he climbed on a crotch rocket and rocketed away.
Upcoming Rides:
Friday, June 15th Chapter 382 from Heber Springs will be coming to Harrison to spend the night before riding Highway 7 from Diamond City to the Arkansas/Louisiana line.
June 23rd and 24th is scheduled for Talimena and Fort Smith Blues Festival.
Those who are going need to contact each other to work out the details as some will be heading that way on Friday night,
Our July meeting will be held on Friday the 13th for a Brown Bag dinner at Minnie Harris Park in Harrison.
Mary won the 50/50 drawing, keeping the $3.00 that she used to purchase her tickets and donated the rest to the chapter.
Mike Boyd motioned to adjourn and was seconded by Charles. Meeting adjourned at 8:08 p.m.
Friday, May 11th, 2007
Meeting Minutes
President Alex brought the meeting to order at 7:15 p.m. with 12 members and 1 guest present. Vicki read April’s minutes and gave the Treasurer’s report for Denise. The acceptance of April’s minutes was motioned by Nancy and seconded by Lee. The acceptance of the Treasurer’s report was motioned by Charles and seconded by Dennis.
Mike Beard made a motion to change the wording on the Chapter patch to read “The Heart of The Ozarks” instead of “The Hub of The Ozarks”. After a brief discussion, the change of the wording would be on anything printed from this point forward. The Chapter would not reprint the banner. Motion was voted on and passed.
Mike has also gathered information on printing Chapter patches. His resource charges $250.00 for 50 patches. It was decided to continue researching the cost of having patches made.
A ride attendance sheet was passed around for members to sign for the rides they have participated on.
A meal attendance sheet was passed around for members to sign up for the meals they plan to par-take during the camping weekend.
Lee has found a source for a Ride To Eat and Eat To Ride patch. After passing around the patch, it was decided to order 20 patches.
Sarah Scutt will graduate from Valley Springs High School as valedictorian.
Past Rides:
Saturday, April 14th-the Benefit Poker Run was rescheduled for Saturday, April 22nd due to the weather. The ride to Eureka Springs to meet the Longview, TX Chapter did take place. Four bikes and one car went. It was coooold. The TX Chapter was glad to see us and we had a great time visiting.
Saturday, April 22nd-Benefit Poker Run for Donald Cain. We had a great time and raised over $750.00. On the following Friday evening, several Chapter members meet at the HJH parking lot and rode out to Charles and Mary’s to present a check to Pop.
Sunday, April 22nd-Ride to Chili’s in Mt. Home. Jim met the group at Gassville and rode on the Mt. Home. The weather was warmer.
Saturday, April 28th-Springfield Poker Run to benefit the Missouri Veteran’s Home in Mt. Veron, Mo. We traveled to Springfield by way of Nixa to the Road House Cycle’s. Several members won door prizes. Alex won a gift certificate to the Fox & Hound Baseball Bash complimentary appetizers & 2 hours of free pool for 10-20 people. The certificate expires 6/20/07. We will schedule this event on a Saturday evening/night.
Sunday, May 6th-Star Multi Chapter meet and greet in Joplin, MO. everyone had a great time. There was a delicious bar-be-que meal, t-shirts, and demo rides. The 50/50 drawing brought in $350.00, which will be donated, to the STAR Family Foundation. Powersports of Joplin was a gracious host. Over 100 hundred bikes were in attendance. All three Arkansas Chapters were present. And we didn’t get wet.
Future Rides:
May 19th & 20th- Camping at the Peel Ferry. Please let Bobbie and/or Vicki know the meals you will be eating so they can buy the groceries.
June 2nd-AR State Chapters meet and greet in Paris, AR with lunch at the Grapevine Restaurant and then we will ride on to Mt. Magazine.
June 8th & 9th-Nashville, Tn more information later.
June 16th-Chapter 382 has invited us to join them on their ride of Hwy 7 from the Mo/AR state line to the AR/LA state line. Chapter 382 plans to spend Friday night in Harrison and begin their ride on Saturday morning.
June 23rd & 24th - Ft. Smith Blues & Talimena ride
July 1st-Fayetteville VA Hospital ride-As our STAR Vet Representative, Mike Boyd will call and make the arrangements for our visit. Alex will provide Mike with the phone numbers.
50/50 drawing was won by Mike Beard. Mike donated everyone’s money to the Chapter.
June meeting will be held on June 8th at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Dennis and Nancy Goodnight’s.
President Alex and Vice-President Mike R. will not be able to attend June's meeting. Alex asked Mike Boyd to conduct the June meeting. Mike Boyd agreed.
Meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m.
April 13th, 2007
We held our April meeting on Friday the 13th at Pizza Pro in Bellefonte.
With 15 members attending, Alex called the meeting to order at 7:25 p.m.
Denise read the minutes and treasurers report, which were accepted and seconded.
Old Business:
Our ride waivers for 2007 have been completed and there are no annual dues outstanding.
With Mike Beard being absent, the possible change in our chapter logo will be discussed at our May meeting.
The poker run scheduled for April 14 was postponed to April 21 due to weather as requested by Bob-O’s Bar B Que.
Everyone now scheduled to work the Poker Run will meet at Vicki and Alex’ on Friday, April 20 at 6:00 p.m. to get everything finalized.
New Business:
Alex announced that Cathy will be taking a leave of absence as treasurer.
Yamaha of Harrison has asked if our chapter would be willing to help work their 4 Wheeler and Motorcycle Rodeo on Friday evening, September 7 at the Fairgrounds during the Dogpatch Biker Bash. Vote was taken and passed.
Past rides:
There were no past rides for the month of March. As Vicki put it....
BRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!
Future rides:
Our Benefit Poker Run will be on April 21.
Star Chapter 313 from Longview, TX will be in Eureka Springs on Saturday, April 14. Alex will be calling everyone that morning to see if anyone would like to ride over and meet them. This is also the weekend of the 8th Annual Eureka Springs Bike Show, Swap Meet and Tattoo Contest presented by the 13 Rebels MC and District 8 A.B.A.T.E.
Sunday, April 22 we have a ride scheduled to meet at the truck stop heading west to Mountain Home and stopping at Chili’s.
Saturday, April 28 will be the Road House Poker Run in Springfield, Missouri.
Sunday, April 29 is our ride scheduled for breakfast at the Ozark Café in Jasper then on to Lurton.
Sunday, May 6 will be the Meet n Greet at Power Sports in Joplin, Missouri.
Debbie was the winner of our 50/50 drawing and donated her winnings back to chapter funds.
Our May meeting will be held on Friday the 11th at El Charros in Harrison meeting at 6:30 p.m.
Alex motioned to adjourn with David, Nancy and Charles seconding. Meeting adjourned at 8:03 p.m.
March 10th, 2007
Our March meeting was held at Hal and Cathy’s where Hal cooked a variety of smoked meat with the rest of us providing side dishes or dessert. Thanks to EVERYONE dinner was wonderful!!
With 14 members attending, Alex called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
Both the minutes and treasurers report was read, accepted and seconded.
Old Business:
Gary and Teresa are the only members that haven’t signed and turned in ride waivers for 2007.
Chapter annual dues were reported on in the treasurer’s report.
Mike Beard reported that our chapter logo was good but we might want to change the wording from “The Hub of The Ozarks” to “The Heart of The Ozarks”. We’ll be taking a vote on the change at our April meeting.
Information for our Poker Run is now on flyers and ready to go with Mary posting the information on several motorcycle event pages.
Vicki and Denise will work on the ride waivers and poker hand stamp sheets.
Landus to get the map ready.
Hal will print flyers.
Mary will make posters that will list prizes to be displayed at the registration booth.
Mike Beard to make signs for stops.
Denise will fax a copy of our flyer to local radio and TV stations.
Our stops will be manned as follows. Members not listed are welcome to join in at any stop if they would like.
Alex, Vicki, Mary and Hal will be manning our starting/ending stop at Bob-O’s Bar B Que in Harrison.
Cathy and Denise will be at the first stop in Jasper.
Mike and Diane will be in Deer at the second stop.
Mike and Bobbie will be in Western Grove for the third stop.
New Business:
We voted to change our monthly meetings to Friday evenings starting at 6:30 p.m.
There were no past rides or events for the month of February.
Landus made maps with information for each ride for most of our future chapter rides that the ride committee planned for 2007. These are posted on our website if you’d like to know what to expect for an upcoming ride.
Our Branson ride with dinner at Applebee’s was changed to March 18th.
Our March 24th ride to Lambert’s for dinner was cancelled to allow everyone to attend Mike Reddell’s 50th birthday party. Happy Birthday Mike!
The Longview TX chapter will be in the area the weekend of our poker run. If anyone would like we can ride to Eureka Springs after the poker run to meet the Longview chapter.
Our April meeting will be held at Pizza Pro in Bellefonte on Friday the 13th at 6:30 p.m.
Mike and Bobbie thanked everyone for coming to their 25th anniversary party.
Bobbie won the 50/50 drawing donating her winnings to chapter funds.
Alex motioned to adjourn the meeting with Mike Beard seconding. Meeting adjourned at 6:28 p.m.
February 10th, 2007
Our February meeting was held at Hal and Cathy’s where we enjoyed a variety of finger foods before getting started.
Alex brought the meeting to order at 6:47 p.m. with 14 members and two guests attending. Mike Boyd introduced his guest Dee Conner with Alex welcoming both Dee and Elva.
Denise read the minutes, Hal motioned to accept and Lee seconded.
Cathy read the treasurers’ report, Charles motioned to accept and Denise seconded.
Old business:
Our Charter, which everyone signed at the January meeting was returned by Star National with no problems.
There are a couple of ride waivers that still need to be completed and returned to our Sergeant of Arms, David.
Future ride suggestion forms that were passed out at our January meeting were turned into Landus to be used by the ride committee to create a 2007 ride schedule. Rides will be posted with an information sheet so that everyone will know what to expect for each upcoming ride.
New business:
Alex passed around a get well card for Jim Barnes that we all signed wishing Jim a speedy recovery.
Vicki passed out personal information sheets to everyone.
Alex asked Mike Beard to head up a committee to research the changing of our chapter logo.
A committee consisting of Hal, Landus, Mike and Diane Beard with Charles and Mary volunteering to help, was formed to organize the poker run for Charles’ dad. The ride will be held on April 14th.
Flyers were passed out for the 1st Annual Poker Run for Military Veterans to be held in April on Saturday the 28th with proceeds going to the Veterans Home in Mt. Vernon, Missouri and Veterans affairs. Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association will be sponsoring the event.
Vicki and Bobbie have worked on putting together a camping, cooking and riding event for May 18, 19 and 20. After visiting several parks they chose the Highway 125 Park in Peel where you have the choice of bringing a camper, tenting or renting a room at the Wagon Wheel Resort. We’ll plan on staying Friday and Saturday night, cooking breakfast Saturday morning, supper Saturday night and breakfast again on Sunday morning with the chance to ride Saturday between breakfast and supper. We’ll take a head count of those that plan to attend as the date gets closer and collect money to purchase groceries. Reservations can be made after April 10th.
There were no past rides since our January meeting.
The ride committee will be working on future rides and will have these set up by the end of February.
Elva took a moment to thank everyone for letting him join our meeting.
Our March meeting will be held at Hal and Cathy’s on the 10th at 4:00 p.m. Hal will smoke meat for the meeting with everyone bringing a side dish to go with it.
Alex won our 50/50 drawing. He kept $3.00 and donated the rest to chapter funds.
Mike Beard motioned to adjourn the meeting and Charles second. Meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
January 13th, 2007
Our January meeting was held at Alex and Vicki’s home on Saturday, January 13th. Where we all enjoyed a Mexican dinner before Alex called the meeting to order at 6:53 p.m. We had 18 members and one guest attending.
Alex introduced our guest Ashley Armstrong before Denise read the minutes and Cathy read the treasures report. Motion was made on both to accept and passed.
Old business:
We had a plethora of food and fun at our December meeting. Thanks to everyone for coming and participating in the White Elephant Gift Exchange.
Registration for Star Days in Chattanooga, TN was to begin on January 10th with the host hotel being full already.
New business:
Alex started reading the Charter, passing it on to Bobbie then David then Nancy and Denise with Alex finishing it up. With the reading of the Charter “finally” being over, ride waivers were signed and collected by our Sergeant of Arms, David.
Motion was made for a ride to count as a chapter sanctioned ride it would need to be established by the ride committee and posted on the web-site with announcement being made at least 1 week before the ride and would need to have 2 officers attending.
Star Touring International now has gremlin bells available for anyone that might be interested in purchasing one.
At the beginning of 2006 we started contests in several categories. Alex presented awards to the contest winners.
Most meetings attended went to Gary and Teresa Bolwine.
Most miles ridden went to Mike Reddell with 9,876 miles.
Landus had e-mailed everyone information on prospective helmet law changes, this is something we might want to watch out for.
Forms for future ride suggestions were passed out. The ride committee will use the completed forms in their planning our 2007 rides.
Mike Boyd recapped the December 16th ride to the VA Hospital in Fayetteville. Everyone met at the Tourist Information Center that morning. They rode over to Fayetteville in the wind. The patients and their families all seemed to appreciate our chapter members visiting. During the visit to the Psychiatric Ward they sang Christmas Carols. There was a fire drill during the visit with everyone having to evacuate. Riding back on Hwy. 62 through Eureka Springs it was dark by the time they got back but everyone had a good time.
Mike Boyd and Mike Reddell rode through Alpena and Green Forest on to the State Line. They stopped at Dennis and Nancy’s but left before the shooting started.
Currently we do not have any future rides planned.
Our February meeting will be held Hal and Cathy’s on Saturday the 10th starting at 6:00 p.m.
Vicki passed out personal information forms to be filled out and everyone signed the Charter.
Hal won the 50/50 drawing and donated his winnings to the chapter.
Mike Beard motioned to review our chapter logo to be updated. Vote taken and passed.
We will consider having a poker run to benefit Charles Keene’s dad who has been diagnosed with cancer.
Our 2007 Ride Committee will be: Alex, Hal, Landus, Mike Reddell and Mary.
Alex motioned to adjourn and Charles 2nd. Meeting adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
December 9th, 2006
Our December meeting was held at Mike and Bobbie Reddell’s home with 23 members and 5 guest attending.
Alex called the meeting to order at 7:26 p.m. thanking Mike and Bobbie for having all of us. Alex welcomed our guest, Sam and Linda Lane, Chester and Dana Lewis along with Matt Grandon.
Denise read the minutes, Charles motioned to accept and Mike Reddell seconded.
Cathy read the treasurers report, Nancy motioned to accept and Debbie seconded.
Old Business:
Jim spoke with Cathy at the VA Hospital in Fayetteville and we’re set up to visit Saturday, December 16 at 1:00 p.m. We discussed whether or not we would be taking gift bags and then voted. Vote passed to take gift bags using chapter funds. Vicki volunteered to organize the gift bags with Nancy, Bobbie, Cathy and Debbie helping. We will plan on riding to the VA Hospital if the weather permits and if not, we’ll take go via cars. Leaving the Tourist Information Center at 10:30 a.m. will allow us to arrive at the hospital by 1:00 and having lunch after our visit. Gary and Teresa will see if they can meet the group at the hospital.
During our last meeting it was voted to have only one Road Captain and one Tail Gunner. This decision will be added to the chapter bylaws.
Experienced rider safety course will be in January, if you are interested you can let Denise or Alex know.
National Membership, if not current… Get R Done
We’ll work on the specifics of Star Days and Star BBQ’s, as they get closer.
Ride the Dragon in June has been cancelled.
New Business:
Elections to be held for our 2007 officers. Alex read the nominations as listed on the ballots with Jim Barnes requesting to be taken off as president nominee. The ballots were passed out with everyone taking time out to vote. Once all the ballots were turned in Diane, Brenda and Ann tallied the votes. Hal was elected for both Road Captain and Tail Gunner positions and chose to be Tail Gunner, leaving the position of Road Captain in a run off. After the runoff votes were tallied, Alex introduced our 2007 officers to the chapter.
President - Alex Billings
Vice President - Mike Reddell
Sergeant of Arms - David Conner
Treasurer - Cathy Smith
Secretary - Denise Dutton
LOS Representative - Debbie Conner
Road Captain - Landus Dutton
Tail Gunner - Hal Smith
Shepherd - Dennis Goodnight
Veteran Representative - Mike Boyd
Past rides:
Jim recapped the Mountain Home Toy Run where he rode to Gassville and met Mike Boyd, Charles, Mary and Hal. It was a little chilly as they rode to the square in Mountain Home. There were around 75-100 bikes participating as the procession rode through Mountain Home, around the bypass then on to highway 126 and Midway. They left toys, ate and went home. Hal added that their police escort drove a nice 45-50 mph during the trip.
Brenda recapped the Harrison Toy Run where everyone met at the Harrison Jr. High parking lot at 10:30 a.m. then rode to the square where they stayed until 1:30 p.m. when everyone finally took off and rode to the Elks Lodge. After leaving toys they went for Chinese Food instead of eating at the Elks Lodge. There was an incident as the bikes were taking off at the square where one bike ran into another.
No one attended the Little Rock Toy Run.
Future rides:
The only future ride planned at this time will be next Saturday to the VA Hospital.
For those interested, there is a Cold Cold Cold Polar Bear Ride, Jack Frost Cruise In and The Icicle 500.
We talked about having a New Years Eve party with Debbie and David offering to have it at their home at 7:00 p.m. with finger foods. Meeting at the Junction of Hwy’s 7 and 43 South at 6:30 p.m. and heading up the mountain together.
Our January meeting will be Saturday 13 at 6:00 p.m. at Alex and Vicki’s with everyone bringing a Mexican dish. If you have any questions you can contact Vicki. Charles motioned to accept and David seconded.
Mike Reddell won the 50/50 drawing and donated his winnings to the chapter.
Motion to adjourn was made by EVERYONE! Charles seconded.
Meeting adjourned at 8:33 p.m.
After our meeting we all gathered for the White Elephant Gift Exchange.
November 18th, 2006
Our November meeting was held at Hal and Cathy’s where we enjoyed a terrific Thanksgiving dinner before our meeting. We had a full house with 25 members and one guest attending.
Alex called the meeting to order at 7:21 p.m. and welcomed our guest John Phillips.
Denise read the minutes, Hal motioned to accept and Cathy seconded.
Cathy read the treasurers report, David motioned to accept and Nancy seconded.
Landus reported that he had delivered our check to Matt Grandon along with a thank you letter from Alex for his help with our banner.
Yamaha of Harrison reimbursed the chapter for the amount paid to renew our website.
Alex asked everyone to make sure their National membership is up to date and to renew if necessary.
There will be an experienced rider safety course in Hot Springs, AR. Anyone that would like to participate can contact John Pauley with Chapter 382. Date to be announced.
It was suggested that instead of having two Road Captains and Tail Gunners that we have only one person for each position. If the Road Captain or Tail Gunner can not make a chapter ride those positions will be filled in the following order: Vice President, Seargent of Arms, President, Shepherd and the the Star Veteran Representative. Vote taken and passed.
Nomination forms for our 2007 election were passed out to each member. Alex was asked if he will be passing as Chapter President if nominated and advised that he would leave that up to the group to decide
Mike Boyd, Jim Barnes and Gary Bollwine are not be interested in being officers for 2007 with the exception of Veteran Representative for Mike. This leaves us with Mike Boyd or Charles Keene as Veteran Representative possibilities.
Alex asked if anyone would like to be considered for an upcoming position. Debbie Conner would like to be considered as LOS Representative.
Future things to think about:
National has announced that Star Days 2007 will be held in Chattanooga, TN on July 24-27. Since it starts on a Tuesday, anyone interested might ride together to Deals Gap before the rally.
There will also be a Ride the Dragon in June with chapters from Michigan and North Carolina attending.
The Texas StarBBQ will be June 8-9 in Kerrville, TX.
The Oklahoma StarBBQ will be September 14-15 in Oklahoma City, OK.
The Hot Springs State Rally will be September 13-16.
Past rides:
Bobbie recapped our Halloween ride on September 28. It went great! We met at Alex and Vicki’s to get ready for the ride. We rode up and down the streets in town, stopping at Yamaha of Harrison, Rock Tenn, Miller Hardware, McDonalds, Movie Gallery, Ace Hardware (where they thought we were going to rob the place) First Baptist Church and the FedEx Company Picnic and then back to Breadeaux Pizza before heading home.
The Branson Toy Run on November 5 was rained out.
The Flippin Toy Run was on November 12. No members attended.
Future rides:
November 19 - Mt. Home will have their Toy Run starting at 1:00 p.m. at the square in Mt. Home and riding to the Eagles Lodge in Midway.
November 26 - Harrison Toy Run leaving the square and riding to the Elks Lodge.
December 2 - Little Rock Toy Run and Pancake Breakfast.
State Directors, Vicki and Alex would like to plan a ride next spring where the Harrison, Fayetteville and Heber Springs chapters can all get together for a meet and greet.
Mike Beard suggested that if the weather was nice in December we could make another ride to the VA Hospital in Fayetteville.
Alex read off the list of people nominated for officers to be voted on at our December meeting.
For our December meeting, Bobbie volunteered their home. We voted to have the meeting on December 9 at 6 p.m. along with our Christmas party. We’ll have finger foods and play the White Elephant Gift Exchange. Limit on gifts to be $15.00. We’ll meet at the BP Station located on Hwy 65 south at 5:30 before heading to Mike and Bobbie’s together.
Mike Beard won our 50/50 drawing keeping his original $4.00 and donating the rest to the chapter.
Nancy motioned to adjourn with Fuzz seconding. Meeting adjourned at 8:29 p.m.
October 14th, 2006
Our October meeting was held at Hal and Cathy’s with Vicki, Cathy and Gary all making chili. A big hand of applause went out to the cooks as they were “ALL” delicious.
Alex brought the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m.
Denise read the minutes with two corrections being made before motion was made to accept by Nancy and seconded by Charles and third by Dennis.
Reading the treasurers report Cathy reported that she made a deposit from our last two 50/50 drawings and wrote a check to cover the supplies for our BBQ appreciation dinner.
Old business:
Landus had talked to Matt, asking him where he would like to have a gift certificate from. As Matt did not want anything, motion was made by Nancy to just write him a check for $50.00. Vote was taken and passed.
Denise provided receipts for items purchased for the goody bags taken to the patients at the VA hospital in Fayetteville. Cathy will write a check for reimbursement.
New business:
Our Charter will be signed and turned in again January 1st, everyone needs to make sure that their National membership is current and or renewed before that date.
Nominations for officers will be made at our November meeting.
Our website went down for a short time. Denise was able to get our subscription renewed and the website back up and running. Motion was made by Alex to reimburse Denise and submit the amount to Yamaha of Harrison for reimbursement to the Chapter. Seconded by Charles.
Past Rides:
Lee recapped our September 9th ride to Joe’s Crab Shack where we rode to Eureka Springs, crossing a couple of single lane bridges behind some antique cars. We stopped at Roaring River State Park then went around North Branson on the new highway to Forsyth and crossed the bridge at Hollister. Since Joe’s Crab Shack was to busy we ate at Famous Dave’s BBQ before riding home in the dark. Other than riding in the dark it was a nice ride.
Cathy recapped the September 14th - 17th ride to the State Rally in Hot Springs. It was so much fun with lots of people and lots and lots and lots of bikes of all makes and kinds. They went to three outstanding concerts. There were lots of activities and things to do. Hal got some new shoes and Cathy a new t-shirt. It was loads and loads and loads of fun. At one point their bed was funky made with Hal asking, “what the hell did you do with the bed”. They had beautiful weather and went on a wonderful poker run. People were sitting out everywhere watching the bikes go by.
September 23rd was our appreciation dinner and Alex thanked everyone for a great turnout along with the WONDERFUL dinner with Hal cooking for us all.
Denise recapped the September 30th ride to Bikes Blues and BBQ. Denise and Landus had hauled ass the night before to Springdale to get their room then meet Landus’ family for dinner. On Saturday morning, along with Billy we rode back to Marble to join the rest of the group. Leaving Marble we rode to Dickson Street and roamed around a bit before heading to the Razorback Theater to meet with Chapter 250 from Fayetteville and Chapter 382 from Greers Ferry Lake. We had another group from Columbus, Kansas stopped at the Theater and joined us for a group picture. From there we split up with some heading back to Dickson Street and some heading to the Tyson Track Center. Those still in Fayetteville met again at Dickson Street before going our separate ways. It was a BLAST!!
Mary recapped our October 7th - 8th ride to the Talimena Scenic Byway. We met at the lookout on Gaither mountain where it was 45* starting off. Everyone had on chaps, jackets, gloves and everything to stay warm. Went through Ponca to Highway 23 and the Pig Trail stopping for gas in Ozark before taking a detour to Mt. Magazine. We arrived in Mena at 4:30 p.m. where Ginger (Charles and Mary’s daughter-in-law) joined us for dinner. The motels in Mena were full of other bikers with many of them being from Dallas. Sunday morning Landus had a dead battery so he rode Denise’ bike to Wal-Mart with all it’s pink. On his way back from Wal-Mart, a block away from the motel he was joined at a stop light by about 15 bikers. He thought about blowing them a kiss but was afraid to look at them. Landus got his bike started and we took off on the Talimena run which is about 50 miles across the top of the mountain. We stopped for breakfast at the Queen Wihelmina State Park Lodge. The views were awesome and we had perfect weather. Riding back we detoured again to Mt. Nebo before grabbing a bite to eat and heading up Highway 7 towards home.
Future rides:
September 28th at 2:00 p.m. will be our Halloween ride starting at Alex and Vicki’s. Road captains and Tailgunners to pick a route.
November 5th will be the Toy Run in Branson, Missouri. Meeting at the Legends Theater located at 3216 W. Highway 76 which is on the junction of Hwy 76 and 165. Starting at 1:00 p.m. they will be riding to the VFW in Forsyth, Missouri. Lee was wondering what we’ll do if it’s cold - Wear Warm Clothes!
Our next meeting will be held Saturday, November 11 at 6:00 p.m. at Hal and Cathy’s where we’ll have Thanksgiving Dinner. Denise will be coordinating the dinner.
Alex won our 50/50 drawing, keeping his original $5.00 he donated the rest back to the chapter.
On a sad note, we’re all going to miss Gary and Teresa Bolwine as they have moved to Waldron. We hope they will keep in touch and join us when they can.
Bobbie motioned to adjourn and was seconded by Mr. Woody Big Johnson aka Gary. Meeting adjourned at 7:57 p.m.
September 8th, 2006
Our September meeting was held at Pizza Pro in Bellefonte where we Alex brought the meeting to order at 7:28 p.m. and thanked everyone for showing up. We had 20 members attending.
After thanking Vicki and Mary for taking minutes for the July and August meetings, Denise read the August minutes. Alex made a motion to amend the August minutes as David and Jan Mann had not yet joined National. Therefore, they currently are not Chapter members until they have joined National. Also, as Matt does not have the time to attend meetings and we had planned on paying for his National membership as thanks for his help on our banner, motion was made by Alex to purchase a dinner gift certificate instead. Vote was taken and passed. Landus will contact Matt to see where he would like the certificate to be from. Landus motioned to accept the minutes and seconded by Charles.
Cathy read the treasures report with money still owed Denise for items purchased for our July ride to the VA Hospital in Fayetteville. Landus motioned to accept and Denise seconded.
Star Days in 2007 will be Tuesday 24th – Friday 27th in July. The location should be announced by October this year.
At the July meeting we discussed changing the meeting time and place. We voted on times and dates to be decided on month to month mostly at members homes. Visitors wanting to join can meet with members at the Mall parking lot in Harrison and follow to the meeting location. Vote taken and passed.
Vicki recapped their trip to Star Days in Longmont, Colorado, which ran from July 27th to the 30th. She said it was pretty good and they got into the politics more instead of just being guests. There was a swampass ride and scenic rides with Alex and Vicki volunteering to help work the registration.
Landus recapped the August 19th ride to Biker Babes at the Beach in Rockaway Beach, Missouri. It was HOT !!! After having lunch in an air-conditioned restaurant we rode to Branson and looked at a bike with Charles and Mary. We then rode around Branson, going across the damn before heading home.
Our next ride is tomorrow, September 9th leaving at 1:00 p.m. from the Travel Center we’ll ride through Eureka Springs on our way to Branson and dinner at Joe’s Crab Shack. If it’s to busy we’ll pick a different place to eat.
September 14th - 17th is the Arkansas State Rally in Hot Springs. Those wanting to go can meet at the White Oak Station at the junction of Hwy 206 and 7 South at 8:00 a.m.
September 27th - 30th is the Bikes Blues and BBQ in Fayetteville. Meeting at the Travel Center in Harrison on Saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. and riding over together. Landus and Denise will be joining the group at Marble around 9:00 a.m.
October 7th and 8th will be our overnight ride to the Talimena Scenic Byway. We’ll meet at 8:00 a.m. at the lookout on Gaither Mountain and ride to Mena where we’ll spend the night.
For Halloween we’ll plan on having a costume party on Saturday 28th with road captains and tail gunners to work out a route. Vicki and Alex volunteered their home as a starting place at 2:00 p.m.
The Forsyth, Missouri meet and greet will be Sunday 24th at Shadow Rock Park.
The Dogpatch Biker Bash will be held at the Hub the 8th – 10th. Mike Beard will be there washing bikes. Yamaha will have a booth there and the admission fee is $10.00 for all three days.
Other business,
Hal suggested for our club sponsored dinner to be held September 23rd at his and Cathy’s home for BBQ. We’ll start cooking around 3:00 p.m. with dinner around 5 p.m. to appreciate ourselves. Vote was taken and passed.
Road captains and tail gunners should work on getting together to set up rides and routes before each ride.
With no other business, we had our 50/50 drawing. Mike Beard won, keeping his original $5.00 and donating the rest to the club.
Elections will be coming up in December. Everyone to be thinking on how we want to do the elections this year.
Our next meeting will be at Hal and Cathy’s on Saturday, October 14th at 6:00 p.m. where we will be having Chili.
Motion to adjourn by Denise and seconded by Charles. Meeting adjourned at 8:21 p.m.
August 11th, 2006
The August meeting was held at the Western Sizzlin in Harrison with 14 attendees. Mike Reddell brought the meeting to order at 7:45. Guests were David & Debbie Conner's daughter Crystal and son Conner.
Mary read the July minutes in Denise's absence, with Hal making a motion to accept the minutes and second by Mike Boyd. Cathy read the treasurers report, Charles made a motion to accept the report with Mike Boyd seconding the motion.
Discussion was made of the past rides:
The Joplin ride was Sunday July 16th with Alex & Vickie, Mike Boyd & Charles attending. They met at the tourist information center and was a FAST trip. There were 72 people at the meeting that was mostly a get together. The restaurant was filled up so everyone was split up into groups. There was talk of getting a different restaurant next year to accommodate more people.
Saturday July 22nd was the next ride to Famous Dave's at the Branson Landing. Over 20 were in attendance with nearly all the members there. Four new members were voted in during dinner. New members were David & Jan Mann and Lee & Brenda Fisher. Afterwards several members watched the water show at the Landing.
Saturday August 5th was the Dinner ride to Cadron Creek Catfish in Bee Branch. The group left the BP about 2:00. There 7 bikes with 12 riders. Rocky & Joann Valentine and Butch & Fran Buck were new on this ride.
Discussion that Matt (the guy who made our new banner) wouldn't take any money for making the banner. Mike Boyd made a motion and Gary seconded that the club should pay his national dues in lue of payment for the banner.
Mike Reddell suggested meeting go back to individual's houses more instead of as many restaurants. David Conner suggested we think about it and table a vote until next meeting. There was also some discussion about changing the monthly meeting to be a Saturday every now & then to make it easier for some of the members to attend.
Upcoming rides will be Saturday, August 19th - Bikers & Babes at the Beach, in Rockaway Beach Missouri. Everyone wear helmets. We will depart from the Ranch House Cafe at 8:30. Come early if you want to eat breakfast
Next meeting will be Friday September 8th at the Pizza Pro in Bellefonte. Meeting time 7:00.
50/50 tickets were sold with Mike Reddell winning the money & he donated his $23.00 back to the chapter.
Some of the members were giving Cathy a hard time about her treasury skills, but it was all in fun. We think Cathy does a great job.
Meeting adjourned.
Mary Keene
July 14th, 2006
The July meeting was held at the Whitewater Grill in Mt. Home with 16 attendees. Alex brought the meeting to order at 8:24 P.M. Guest; David and Jan Mann of Osage/Alpena were introduced.
Vicki read the June minutes in Denise’s absent, with Mike Boyd making a motion to accept the minutes as read and Hal seconded the motion. Cathy gave a treasurers report, with Gary making a motion to accept the treasurers report and Jim seconded the motion.
Charles, Mary and Craig (aka Fuzz) were voted in as members. They paid the National and Chapter dues and ordered their rockers. David and Jan agreed to either ride or attend one more meeting before being voted into the Chapter as required by Chapter bylaws.
A signature ride log notebook was pasted around for everyone to sign for the rides they had attended. Please be sure you take care of this matter.
Alex read and passed around a Thank You from Sarah for the contributions from the Ride For Sarah poker run. Hal announced he had heard the Brand New Church in Bergman has been also been helping Sarah.
The second banner has arrived. The photo is a lot clearer than the first banner. If anyone would like to see the second banner, please stop by Alex’s for a viewing. Gary made a suggestion to check into copyright for some of the logo’s on the banner.
Past rides include a picnic ride on June 17th to Turner Bend and the Wolfpen. Chapter 250 joined us at Kingston. While Chapter 298 bought sandwiches at Turner Bend, Chapter 250 carried their own grill, hot dogs, and all the trimmings.
July 2nd was the VA Hospital ride. David and Jan’s first ride with us and the first visit we were able to ride our bikes. Lunch was at Penguin Ed’s. We had a gift bag for each patient. Our hospital tour guide, Carol, was very appreciative. We rode home by way of Eureka Springs.
The “tenting” ride to Mt Nebo and Pettit Jean was called off.
July 9th was a scenic ride. Mike Boyd stated they rode “a big, old circle with Landus pointing out the cat house sign in Eureka Springs.” Lunch was a the Sonic in Huntsville.
Alex went over the process of logging on to the National website and discussion forum.
It was announced July 19 is Ride to Work day.
Kansas City is having a STAR BQ- flyers were pasted around. For more information, visit www.kcstarriders.org
Alex asked if everyone had received a copy of the most current ride schedule. Everyone responded with an affirmative.
Discussion began about rides and activities for the next 30 days. Greers Ferry Lake Chapter 382 Charter signing is July 15th. There is a multi-chapter meet and greet in Joplin on July 16th. The Green County DARE ride is July 16th.
The dinner ride to Famous Dave’s in Branson is scheduled for July 22nd. We will leave from Yamaha of Harrison at 6:15 pm. Please let Vicki know if you are going by Wednesday, July 19th, so she can make reservations at the restaurant.
Alex and Vicki will be leaving Tuesday, July 25 for Star Days. If anyone needs or wants anything from the Star Tent, please call them. They will be happy to pick up any extra patches, t-shirt, pins, etc.
Meeting was adjourned with the August meeting place to be the Rock House in Harrison at 7 pm.
June 9th, 2006
Star Chapter 298’s June meeting was held at the home of Nancy and Dennis Goodnight.
After a wonderful barbecue dinner of burgers, sausages and all the fixings, Alex called the meeting to order at 8:25 p.m. thanking Dennis and Nancy for an excellent dinner. We had 10 members and 4 guests attending.
Alex welcomed our guests then Denise read the minutes. In Cathy’s absence, Alex read the treasurers report. Motion was made to accept both and seconded.
We went over past rides and discussed sending a letter of appreciation to Dale Watkins and his group for their donation at our Ride for Sarah. Dennis thanked everyone for helping with his surprise wedding for Nancy.
Landus gave a banner update where Matt was working out the details of replacing our banner; the new banner should be done soon.
We will discuss a date for our chapter to get together for dinner compliments of our chapter funds. A day or evening in September or October when hopefully all chapter members can attend might be best.
Alex and Vicki will be going to Star Days in Colorado at the end of July. Anyone wanting to donate items to the Feed the Children Auction can send their donations with Alex and Vicki if they would like.
Vicki read a note addressed to Chapter 298 from Yamaha of Harrison, thanking us all for helping make their 30-year celebration a success.
Our next meeting will be held in Mountain Home on Friday, July 14th at 7:00 p.m. The location to be announced.
After watching a video slide show of Nancy and Dennis’ wedding our meeting adjourned at 9:26 p.m.
May April 14, 2006
Star Chapter 298’s May meeting was held at the Minnie Harris Park in Harrison. Everyone brought their own brown bag dinner and enjoyed each others company before the meeting got started.
With 14 members and 1 guest attending. Alex brought the meeting to order at 7:21 p.m. welcoming our guest Craig.
Denise read the minutes from our April meeting and Hal gave he treasurer’s report in Cathy’s absence. Motion was made to accept and seconded for both the minutes and treasurers report.
Covering past rides:
Landus reported on the evening ride to The Bearded Clam in Kimberling City, MO where Mike Boyd, Mike and Bobbie Reddell along with Landus and Denise met at Bill Woods Chevrolet then rode through Green Forest on our way to the Bearded Clam. After dinner we rode back taking Hwy 13 to Hwy 86 and Hwy 65 into Harrison.
Jim reported on the Mill Ride into Missouri where Alex, Vicki, Landus and Denise met him at the Exxon station in Gassville. Out of Gassville they took Hwy 5 into Missouri then a little past Greenville turned off onto Hwy PP and stopped at the first mill. After stopping at several mills we had lunch at Rockbridge with a drink afterwards before outrunning the storms on the way home. Luckily sprinkles were all that we got.
Dennis was next with comments on the ride to StarBBQ in TX. Before they got started Dennis and Nancy had to ride at 46* to Big Cedar to get his gloves. During their ride to TX they first hit sprinkles in Huntsville then wind in Oklahoma then rain again then wind etc…. a full-face helmet would have been nice. After arriving they somehow got pictures of Vicki and other guests doing “The Worm”. The next morning they rode all over and visited Iron Choppers. Poor Dennis, Nancy wouldn’t buy him the bike he wanted. The ride back it was BEAUTIFUL with no rain and many stops along they way, although they “just” beat the rain by minutes as they got home.
Jim let us know that he broke down on the way home after our April meeting and the Reddell’s daughter stopped to help him. She called Bobbie, and said she was picking up a hitchhiker with a Star vest. Mike brought a trailer and picked up Jim and bike taking them to Hal’s.
Hal reported that the Yamaha poker run was ready to go. All the stops are covered. The membership committee also was ready to go at the Yamaha Celebration.
At this time Matt Grandal and his father Lester joined us and were welcomed.
We touched base on our “Ride for Sarah” and attempted to fill the positions for stops to be worked.
Matt and Landus updated everyone on the banner that should be ready in time for the Yamaha Celebration. Upon seeing a printed copy we all applauded Matt for doing a great job.
Mike Boyd won our 50/50 drawing and donated $29.00 back to the club. THANKS EARL!
We had a couple of advertisements being Mike Boyd’s birthday on April 27 and David Conner’s birthday on May 10. Happy Birthday!!
At this time we had a presentation of a Star vest by Mike Beard to our chapter mascot Patrick Conner. Patrick’s speech was…. Uh…… thanks.
We voted to spend appximately $40.00 to print the maps and stiff for both poker runs with vote passing.
For new business…
Suggestion was made to treat ourselves to a dinner with chapter funds, everyone to think about it and we’ll take a vote at our June meeting.
We had received an e-mail from National requesting the LOS to organize donations for the next “Feed the Children” auction.
A few future rides were mentioned and decided our next meeting to be at Dennis’ on June 9th at 7:00 for BBQ.
Jim had checked on the VA ride to Fayetteville and July 2nd would be no problem.
Motion was made to adjourn and seconded with meeting being adjourned at 8:20 p.m.
April 14, 2006
Star Chapter 298’s April meeting was held at the Western Sizzlin Steak House in Harrison, AR.
We had 17 members and 6 guests attending, Alex brought the meeting to order.
Alex introduced our guests Matt Grandon, Joe and Missy Teed, Dillon and David Cardoza and Adam from Yamaha of Harrison.
Since our secretary and treasurer were both missing at the beginning of the meeting, Hal gave a report on the trial ride for our upcoming poker run for Yamaha’s 30 year celebration to be held on May 20th and Adam had an update on the schedule for the event. Volunteers were requested to work the stops along the way with all stops being filled. Landus will work on maps for the chosen route.
“Ride for Sarah” will be the weekend after the Yamaha Celebration where we will be having a mystery poker run.
During our banner design meeting, we came up with a proto-type that will be 4’X 6’. Landus will check into pricing for the banner.
We touched base on our banner photo ride where everyone got to see Vicki riding backwards taking pictures. Dennis commented that it was “hot and windy with plenty of curves”. Landus took a wrong turn and we ended up in Ozone instead of Ozark as planned so we checked out Wolf Pen campgrounds on the Mulberry River for possible “tenting’.
On a trip to The Eureka Springs Bike Show, Cathy purchased a trailer to pull behind the bike.
Future rides will be the Mill Run for Sunday, April 23. With the dinner ride to the Bearded Clam in Kimberling City, MO being changed to Friday, April 22. Some will be leaving from Yamaha at 7:00 am on April 28 for the Texas StarBQ. After that will be the Spring River Rally on May 13.
On new business, Adam provided a list of people that had purchased new bikes that Alex would contact and see if they would be interested in our Chapter.
Our guest Joe announced Alex and Vicki as becoming our new Area Coordinators.
Adam informed everyone that that our Star Chapter would receive 10% off parts and accessories from Yamaha of Harrison.
Finally….
Denise read the minutes and Cathy “at her 5th meeting in a row” read the treasury report, both reports received a motion to accept and seconded.
Mike Reddell one the 50/50 drawing.
Our next meeting will be 7:00 p.m. on May 12th at Minnie Harris Park in Harrison in the bandstage area with everyone bringing a brown bag dinner.
Meeting was motioned to adjourn with motion being seconded. Meeting adjourned at 8:43 p.m.
March 10, 2006
Star Chapter 298’s March meeting was held at Teresa and Gary’s home where we had DELICIOUS BBQ before our meeting.
With 12 members and 4 guests attending, Alex brought the meeting to order at 8:15 p.m. thanking Teresa and Gary for sharing their home along with the cooks for our barbeque dinner. Alex welcomed Dr. Marty Terrell along with Christian, Peter and Cody Dukes.
Denise read the minutes from our January meeting and Cathy gave the treasurers report with it being noted that this was the fourth meeting in a row that Cathy has attended. Motion was made to accept and seconded for both the minutes and treasurers report.
We have a few t-shirts left over from our Biker Budz Boogie; Hal motioned that we pass them out at the VA Hospital on our visit in July. Motion was seconded, voted on and passed.
Landus gave a report on his attending a meeting of the Convention and Visitors Bureau for the City of Harrison regarding car and bike rally to be held the second weekend in September.
As a group we felt it would be better at this time to attend as paying customers instead of our chapter participating in the event. Motion was made, voted on and passed.
Alex presented a thank you card we had received from Sarah Scutt for our check and support with helping her and her family. We will be helping with the mystery poker run “Ride for Sarah” on Saturday, May 27th. A committee of Vicki, Teresa, Alex and Denise was formed to work out the details with Christian and Phi Theta Kappa.
We also formed a committee of Cathy, Hal and Gray for the poker run to be held for Yamaha of Harrison’s 30-year celebration on Saturday, May 20th along with another committee of Mike and Bobbie Reddell and Vicki for the booth our chapter will have at the celebration.
Vicki came with several ideas for our chapter banner but as no one else brought their ideas another, another meeting was planned in one week at Hal and Cathy’s. Also as the ride committee had been unable to meet, they would work on ideas at Hal and Cathy’s the same night of banner planning.
Denise had been working on upcoming events for our website. If anyone knows of events to be added please contact her.
Bobbie informed everyone attending that one of their patients said his wife had picked up someone at the National Guard Armory talking about a bike club that had really helped with the results of the “Give a Soldier Wings” chili supper and pie auction. Turns out the "bike club" she was talking about was Star Chapter 298.
Mike Beard won our 50/50 drawing. He kept his original $5.00 contribution and donated the rest back to the club.
With no other business, it was decided our next meeting would be held at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, April 14th at Western Sizzlin in Harrison, Arkansas. Vicki volunteered to call Western Sizzlin and warn them in advance.
Motion was made to adjourn meeting and seconded. Meeting adjourned at 9:33 p.m.
February 10, 2006
Star Chapter 298’s February meeting was held at the home of
Vicki and Alex Billings where they made Taco Soup along with
both Deer and Elk chili.
After a little bit of “squeezing” the meeting was called to order at
7.53 p.m. Alex introduced Eli from Yamaha of Harrison and
thanked everyone for coming. We had 16 members and 2 guests
attending.
After a little more squeezing for the hostess, Denise read the
minutes from our January meeting and Cathy gave the treasurers
report.
Cathy had talked with Bob regarding t-shirts and was advised he
didn’t think there was any money and the t-shirts had been packed
away. Motion was made to pick up t-shirts to be used at a later
time for possible donations. Motion was seconded
Eli listed several possible dates for Yamaha’s 30-year celebration.
Of the dates listed, our chapter picked May 20th. Several ideas for
the celebration were discussed. We voted on Chapter 298 being
responsible for the poker run and a membership booth. We can
also be available to help in other areas if needed.
Teresa briefly recapped a ride taken by the chapter where two of
our members received new nicknames “Pigpen and Pigpenette”
after playing in the mud for a bit.
Per previous discussions, we will be getting a chapter banner.
Everyone to submit slogans at the March meeting to be voted on.
We will also need to decide if we would like to have chapter flags
made.
Eli donated a calendar to the chapter to be used for listing rides,
events and anything chapter related.
A monthly “bike night” was mentioned. Possibly the 3rd Friday of
each month for riders from all over to get together.
Christian Dukes asked Alex if our chapter would be interested in
helping with a charity for a local high school student named Sarah
who has acute lymphocytic leukemia. We will possibly hold
another poker run to help but with Sarah needing immediate help,
we voted to donate $500.00 from our chapter funds now. We will
also contact other clubs to see if they are willing to do the same.
Bob Richards asked if we would be interested in helping with a
rally the second weekend in September to be organized by the
Harrison Convention and Visitors Bureau. Our chapter decided to
send Landus to the CVB’s next meeting to get more information
and report back to the chapter.
Bob also advised of an auction fundraiser for Roy Arnold and his
family as they recently lost everything when their home was
destroyed by fire.
Alex provided information on upcoming rallies in the area.
At this time, Hal noticed that he was a "Foxy Bitch" from a new
patch he found on his vest.
With the weather warming up and more rallies’ being posted, the
ride committee will meet and have some rides and rallies ready for
the chapter to vote on.
Wanting to make a visit to the VA Hospital again around the Forth
of July. We voted to go on Sunday, July 2 with Jim Barnes as
organizer.
Vicki announced the birthdays of Bobbie and Hal.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
Vicki then took everyone’s name for the drawing of a door prize.
Surprisingly Hal, a.k.a. Lavender Larry won the lavender potpourri
that was being given away.
Mike Boyd won the 50/50 drawing, donating his winnings back to
the club.
Gary and Teresa, a.k.a. “Pigpen and Pigpenette” volunteered their
home “the Pigpen” for our next meeting on March 10th.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:23 p.m.
January 13, 2006
Our Star Chapter 298’s January meeting was held at the home
of Cathy and Hal Smith where we had a delicious pasta dinner.
Our Vice President Mike Reddell called the meeting to order at
8:22 p.m. thanking Cathy and Hal for sharing there home with all
of us. We had 17 members and one guest attending.
Denise read the minutes from our December meeting which were
accepted and seconded.
Cathy gave the treasurers report, which was also accepted
and seconded.
Alex presented patches to our new officers.
Landus reported on the results of the ride committee for chapter
rides in 2006. We need to get with Yamaha of Harrison to see
when they plan on having their 30-year celebration where we will
be having a poker run.
Alex and Vicki mentioned a Star BBQ to be held in Fort Worth,
TX on April 27th - 29th. Information for the Star BBQ can be
found at Texas StarBQ
David, our Sergeant of Arms passed out ride waivers to be signed
and updated. David is also keeping a ledger of mileage’s and
meetings attended for our awards at the end of the year.
Those attending paid chapter membership dues.
Alex gave a summary of our Charter, which was passed around
and signed by attending officers and members.
Cathy volunteered to contact the Hub and check on any possible
money collected for t-shirt sales.
Our next meeting will be held February 10th at the home of Alex
and Vicki where we will be having Taco Soup along with Venison
Chili.
Nancy won the 50/50 drawing and donated her winnings back to
the chapter.
Motion to dismiss meeting at 9:35 p.m. was motioned to accept
and seconded.
December 9, 2005
Our Star Chapter 298’s December meeting was held
at the home of Debbie and David Conner.
Alex called the meeting to order at 8:15 p.m. thanking Debbie
and David for sharing there home. Alex then welcomed our two
guests and 18 attending members.
Denise read the minutes from our November meeting which
were accepted and seconded.
Cathy gave the treasurers report, which was also accepted
and seconded.
Recapping some of the local toy runs:
Gary told us that the Flippin Toy Run started at Ranger Boats
and ended up at the Baptist Church in Yellville where coffee
and donuts were served. The whole ride took about 10 minutes.
Mike and Bobbie had been to the Mountain Home Toy Run
where it was cold but a nice ride. Hot dogs and chili was
served at the end of the ride.
It looked like it could snow the day of the Harrison Toy run
that rode through town. Hot dogs and chili was also served
at the end of the ride.
Per Dennis riding in the Branson Toy Run, they got there, rode,
ate, Nancy won money and they went home. Pies were served
at the end of the ride. This was Nancy’s first toy run.
Denise recapped freezing on the way to and from the Jasper
Christmas Parade. But other than being COLD it was fun
participating.
Mike and Bobbie had also made a ride to Omaha and back
during November.
The chapter reimbursed Denise for printing supplies used to
print our chapter brochures.
Holding the election for our 2006 officers, the results were:
President - Alex Billings
Vice President - Mike Reddell
Sergeant of Arms - David Conner
Treasurer - Cathy Smith
Secretary - Denise Dutton
LOS Representative - Bobbie Reddell
Road Captain - Mike Boyd and Landus Dutton
Tail Gunner - Hal Smith and Dennis Goodnight