Chapter Chatter

Anthem H.O.G 2376 October 2016

Anthem Az. H.O.G Chapter

Three days, Four friends and Five wheels

Janet and I along with our friends Adrienne and

Steve Coro went on a whirlwind tour of northern Ar-

izona, southern Utah and northern New Mexico. We

started with breakfast and pie at Rock springs café,

who says you cannot have pie for breakfast. We then

proceeded north and took a drive thru the Sunset

Crater national park and visited the lava flows and In-

dian Ruins, afterward we rode to Cameron Trading

Post and motel which was where we stopped for the

night. Have you ever had French dip made with Indian fry bread? It is fantastic.

Saturday

we woke up

to a great

breakfast

and hit the

road to

Monument

valley to

cross another destination off our bucket list and we were not disappointed. What a beautiful area

and memories of many John Wayne movies filled your senses as we talked about several of his

movies made in the area. Back on the bikes we rode thru Utah making a large loop and ending

up at Four Corners national park where Janet said she had been as a little girl and only remem-

bered a marker placed in the dirt to show the four corners but now a large visitor type center

with Indian jewelry being sold completely around it had been constructed.

We took pictures of ourselves touching all four cor-

ners and then back to the bikes for our drive into Farm-

ington New Mexico. We arrived in Farmington and pro-

ceeded to the

Four Corners

Harley deal-

ership where

we purchased

t shirts and a

shot glass it was strange to see they still had new 2015

bikes for sale there. We headed for our hotel for the

night and cleaned up to go find a place for dinner. We ended up at the Texas Roadhouse for dinner

and had a great meal and celebrated Adrienne’s 29th Birthday. After dinner we returned to the ho-

tel for a swim in the heated pool and then hit the sack.

Sunday morning after a continental breakfast at the hotel we started heading home having to

wear Jackets because of the weather being in the sixties but found it refreshing after several

months of Arizona heat. We stopped at Yellow Horses Trading Post to look at jewelry before cross-

ing into Arizona where I purchased a Harley Davidson pig of all things and the girls were mesmer-

ized having discovered two litters of puppies they

were trying to figure how to get home. Back on the

bikes and the next stop was the Petrified Forrest

for another bucket list item to cross off. We toured

the area and took many pictures of the giant trees

turned to rock and were amazed how a living tree

could turn to stone. Our last stop was Winslow Ar-

izona for lunch and to buy some Standin’ on the

corner patches that we did not buy the last time we

were there. The ride was fantastic with many great

sites and our good friends at our sides which made the trip even better and we are already talking

about future rides.

Rodney “Bulldog” Benner

Get ready for the rumble.

We aren’t promoting a boxing match, we’re talking about the deep-throated rumble of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle rolling into Sierra Vista.

Next month the community will host hundreds of Harleys for a weekend of fun that will attract a na-tional eye to a beautiful place. Arizona is already famous for its year-round motorcycle season and when the 25th Anniversary of the state’s Harley Owners Group arrives in town, Sierra Vista will be on the map.

Growing up in Wisconsin the son of a father born in Milwaukee, this author has a tremendous appre-ciation for the Harley culture. These motorcycles saved manufacturing in a Midwest city when the rest of the industry moved to Asia and other counties. Harley-Davidson paid good union wages by promoting a brand that captured the importance of “Made in America.” The company and its leader-ship established a culture that has focused on quality production by trade craftsmen who love motor-cycles.

Harley owners are tough. They wear leather, their bikes rumble and as a group they can appear im-posing. We can expect hundreds of these motorcycles and their owners to arrive in Sierra Vista on Oct. 13 to 15.

They’re also doctors, business executives, stock brokers, lawyers and professionals you wouldn’t think would be wearing black leather on the back of a roaring motorcycle. Of course there are excep-tions, but that’s what makes the Harley Owners Group so much fun. Despite how they may appear, there is lots of diversity among owners and they all are gathered to appreciate one thing: a good time with a motorcycle.

That weekend Veterans’ Memorial Park will be closed to the public and members of the Arizona HOG will be staging events and enjoying the sights and sounds of Sierra Vista. They’ll get a chance to see our “Extraordinary Skies and Uncommon Ground.”

Local businesses are throwing out the welcome mat for the event with sponsorships and other attrac-tions to capture some of the more than $1 million impact this rally is expected to generate for the Si-erra Vista economy.

Jim “Pitt” Pittenger outlined plans for the weekend at the Good Morning meeting Thursday, which was hosted by the Chamber of Commerce at the Windemere.

Pittenger is the State Rally Marketing Coordinator who gets more than 100 emails everyday from people needing his direction for the upcoming weekend. You can add to his misery by contacting him at the Facebook page: Arizona State Hog Rally.

“I’m from here, so I really wanted to see this rally come to Sierra Vista,” Pittenger told Chamber members at Thursday’s breakfast.

Eric Petermann Managing Editor eric.petermann@svherald.com

Sierra Vista Herald

Volunteers are needed to help at the October Hogs and Dogs

because many of

the members are going to the 2016 H.O.G Rally in Sierra

Vista. If you can help on

October 15th please contact Janet at

Activities@anthemhog.com or Rory at

Director@anthemhog.com

Thanks !!!!!!!!!

From the Secretary

September General Meeting Minutes - 2016: Jeff Feldstein – Secretary

Minutes General Meeting: Anthem HOG Chapter #2376, September 17, 2016

Location: Anthem Buddy Stubbs HOG Meeting Room

Attendance: Members and Guests Present: 28

Officers Present: Rory Kraft (Director), Janet Benner (Activities Officer), Rodney Ben-

ner (Editor), Jeff Feldstein (Secretary), Doug Heintze (Safety Officer),

Adrienne Coro (Photographer & LOH), Jim Swan (Membership Of-

ficer).

Officers Absent: Jim Osborn (Assistant Director), Jean Miller (Treasurer), Todd Carter

(Webmaster).

General Meeting Minutes:

Rory Kraft called the meeting to order at 10:00 AM.

Rory Kraft – Director: Pledge of Allegiance stated by all.

Rory Kraft – Director: Welcome everybody, we don’t have a large crowd today, not sure why,

perhaps due to the Thunder Mountain Rally. Perhaps not. Our treasurer and our Assistant Director

are not here today, they are both on the west trip.

Rory Kraft for Jean Miller-Treasurer: We have in the treasury as of the end of August,

$8,543.64.

Jim Swan – Membership Officer: One of my favorite topics is new members. And since we are

approaching the fourth quarter we have a special program for new members. Rather than try to

explain all the particulars, if you find someone that is interested in becoming a new member, please

refer them to me and I will take great care of them. This program is very good for new members,

and bolsters the next year’s membership. Speaking of next year’s membership, you all will begin

receiving from me the annual renewal forms, perhaps as soon as this weekend. Your next year’s

dues are due no later than December 31st. The memberships all expire on that date, so please be

prompt with your renewal. I will make sure your national membership is current, and I will punch

your existing card at the following meeting. Dues are the same, $24.00, cash or check. Last but

not least I have the reward scanner to scan your loyalty card.

Rory Kraft – Director: I would like to inform you that starting this weekend our email server

will be down. You may call me if you have something important to get to one of the officers and I

will pass it along. We are changing server services and it will take us about a week to get it all

done. The Web site will still look and feel much the same as it always has.

The pictures on the TV are from the Ride we took to Grand-Junction, CO. to see big “D”. We had a

great time, the scenery was fantastic, the weather was nice and cool for most of the trip. We tried

to stay of the freeway as best as we could. There was some very small towns along the way; I don’t

know how people can live in these towns, for most of their lives.

Janet Benner- Activities Officer: Rory has a ride tomorrow, to Ajo, south of Gila Bend. A

small town, with what appears to be nice Café, Marcella’s. It will be a nice ride, different scenery

for a change of pace. This is a dealer sponsored ride.

Saturday the 24th is to Nichols West (Congress, AZ). Doug will be our road captain, Meet at

McDonalds at 8:00 am.

Sunday the 25th, we are going on Ken’s Memorial Ride/ Landmark Café (Christopher Creek). We

will stop at the memorial to pay our respects, and then go on to the Landmark for lunch. Meet at

McDonald’s at 7:00 am

I am working on updating the board in the lounge area to include the rides of October.

Saturday October 1st is the Palo Verde Power Plant trip; this will be a two hour presentation. This is

in Tonopah, and after we will have lunch at the Co-op in Arlington. Meet McDonald’s at 8:30 am.

Ride is put together by Clive Francis.

Sunday October 2nd, we have the annual ride to Mount Lemmon Oktoberfest! This is an all day

ride, meet McDonald’s at 7:00, Road Captain is Navigator. We will stop at DQ on the way back.

Sat. and Sun. October 8th and 9th we have the Demo Rides at the Phoenix Buddy Stubbs, come and

ride the new bike, and if you have the time, ride them all. Starts 9:00 on Saturday until 5:00 pm,

and Sunday from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.

Rodney Benner – Editor: The secret number in last month’s new letter was not claimed; so far

we have had only two members call in with their number. The mystery photos were George Sher-

man, which no one guessed correctly. Keith Preston send me some information on the State Rally’s

impact on Seria Vista. The town of Seria Vista will make about 1 million dollars for the HOG Rally.

I also have in the next issue an article I wrote about a trip that Janet and I took, I’m sure you will

find it fun and interesting. One last thing, if you have an article about trips you have taken, please

send them to me for publication in our newsletters. Thanks.

Rory Kraft: I would like to talk about the donations for the Veterans. As I has said this is not a

onetime collection; we have the large container out at the meetings for you to donate items. So,

when you travel, please remember the veterans and homeless people. Thank you all.

Jeff Feldstein – Secretary: Nominations for Officers for 2017. As we are not having an October

meeting we are having the Officer nominations starting this month. All positions are open every

time we have nominations. I sent out an email to all members requesting nominations, I have re-

ceived several back with nominations. Let me explain how this process works. The members nom-

inate members for Officer Positions. A member may self nominate for any position. The Board of

Directors will select from the nominations the officers for the coming year. The members vote the

Board of Directors into office. The board is made up of two serving officers, two members as

large, and one owner representative. (Frank Stubbs). The chart below lists all that have been nomi-

nated. Nominations are open until November 30th, 2016.

OFFICER POISTION NOMINATIONS 2017 Chapter Director: Rodney Benner. Assistant Director: Jeff Feldstein Treasurer: Doug Heintze, Adrienne Coro Secretary: Jim Swan Activities Officer: Janet Benner Editor: Keith Preston Membership Officer: Jim Swan Head Road Captain: Rory Kraft Photographer: Adrienne Coro Safety Officer: Doug Heintze, Brian Hicks Ladies of Harley: Jean Miller Webmaster: Todd Carter

All Officer Nominations have to be confirmed with the members listed. Jeff Dennis – Buddy Stubbs Sales Manager Anthem: First, thanks you guys for everything you do. We have 2016’s left and we are willing to do deals to get rid of them. We have too many ultras and need to move then to make room for the 2017’s. We are willing to deal. Once again thanks again for all you do for the dealership. 50/50: Winner – $41.00 – Larry Cowley (Congratulations) $25.00 Gift Card: Winner – Doug Heintze (Congratulations)

Rory motioned the meeting to be adjourned, seconded by Adrienne Coro. Meeting adjourned by Rory Kraft.

Respectfully Submitted, Jeffrey Feldstein Secretary - Anthem HOG #2376

We rode on our annual trek to the Ken W Memorial on highway 260 by Forest Lakes

to show our respects and check on the memorial itself. The memorial had suffered some

damage so we repaired it as best as we could but a welder was needed and of course we

did not have one along so we made the best of it. A moment of silence was shown for our

fallen brother.

Thanks to Adrienne Coro for the photos.

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about it

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changed or cancelled ??????

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2016 Anthem H.O.G Officers

Director: Rory Kraft Sr.

director@anthemhog.com

Assistant Director: Jim Osborn

asstdirector@anthemhog.com

Treasurer: Jean Miller

treasurer@anthem.com

Secretary: Jeff Feldstein

secretary@anthemhog.com

Membership: Jim Swan

Membership@anthemhog.com

Safety Officer: Doug Heintze

safety@anthemhog.com

Activities : Janet Benner

activities@anthemhog.com

Ladies of Harley: Adrienne Coro

loh@anthemhog.com

Webmaster: Todd Carter

webmaster@anthemhog.com

Photographer: Adrienne Coro

photographer@anthemhog.com

Editor: Rodney Benner

editor@anthemhog.com

Head Road Captain: Rory Kraft

roadcaptain@anthemhog.com

Tom Carlson

Buddy Stubbs Harley Davidson

41715 N. 41st Drive

Anthem, AZ 85086

623-465-1122/ anthemhd.com

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Who We Are: Chartered in September, 2009, An-

them

HOG Chapter 2376 is sponsored by Buddy Stubbs

Anthem Harley-Davidson. The Anthem HOG

Chapter

meets at 10:00 a.m. on the 3rd Saturday of every

month at the Buddy Stubbs Anthem Dealership.

The

Buddy Stubbs dealership is located at 41715 North

41st Drive near the Anthem way exit of I-17.Vistor

are always welcomed. Come on by! We currently

have in excess of 105 members. The Chapter has

designated St. Mary’s Food Bank as the charity

actively supported by the membership. We are a

chapter that rides often

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