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GWRRA Ray & Sandy Garris, Ex. Dir. NC District Roy & Cindy Bryant, Dir. NC-H2 Jerry & Dale Hyde, Dir. jerryhyde@frontier.com

Chapter Social July 18 at Mayflower Restaurant, 3742 SW Durham-Chapel Hill Drive in Dur-ham. Dinner 6:30, Gathering 7:30

Directors Sid & Terry Chambers

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Chapter Director’s Moment. . . . 3 International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 District. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Recipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Time to Celebrate. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Support Our Advertisers. . . . . . . 9 Time to Ride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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T erry and I survived our first official chapter gathering as your Chapter Directors. I

hope we will continue to learn something each time to make our gatherings better during the next meeting. Thanks again to Dale and Jerry for the 3 and a half years you gave to us. Because you are so good, we are calling you back for an encore performance as act-ing Chapter Directors for the July gathering! In case you missed our June gathering, Terry and I will be on a mission trip to Vietnam from July 3rd to the 19th. Since this will be my first time back since March of 1973, I do not expect to recog-nize very much. I do expect to-tally different views of the cities and country side when we arrive. When I look at satellite photos of the places that I spent a lot of time flying over and around, I can already tell there is tremendous transformation from the days that I was there over 46 years ago. We hope to take lots of pictures and to be able to share them with you when we return. Even though I will not get to fly a helicopter while I am there, someone asked me if I was going to ship the Gold Wing over! That would be quite an adventure too, but I think we will stick to taxis! As usual, June turned out to be a busy riding month. H2 was mak-ing Murdoch money on June 1st by

supporting the Triangle Spring Tri-athlon at Sharon Harris County Park. Vince Credle, Gary Harris, Jerry Hyde, Keith Helmer, and I supported the bicycle race for this event. Since it was so close and the last bicycle had completed the course by 10:00, we did not stop for a lunch break like we did after the Pinehurst Triathlon. We will definitely include a brunch during the 2020 triathlon! On June 15th, we had a lunch ride

to Tickle My Ribs BBQ in Burling-ton. 5 Gold Wings with 8 riders and co-riders made the ride thru Mebane, Burlington, Yanceyville, Roxboro, and back home to Dur-ham. This ride group included Dan and Mary, Ernest and Bonnie, Sid and Terry, Keith, and Grant. Our route covered about 125 miles from start to end and we were home by 2:45 pm. But now that I think about it, it was not an official ride because we did not have a single U-turn. But we did

Chapter Directors Sid and Terry Chambers

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July Keith and DarlenaKeith and Darlena

August William and Delores

September Gary

October Rex and Diana

November Sid and Terry

December n/a

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International From July 2015

Whether you’re planning that up-coming ride or if you’re heading out this weekend, there are six must-have items to always carry in your motorcycle’s saddlebag or trunk. These important items are crucial if your bike breaks down or you find yourself in another situa-tion. I take these things with me when I go on a solo trip. If you are traveling with multiple riders, each person does not need to carry all these items, just make sure to delegate who is bringing what.

1. I always travel with a small first-aid kit that includes some flares. There are compact kits made for motorcyclists now that pack very well. If you have a kit that is 10 years old, it may be time to get a new one. Components, ingredi-ents or parts get old and ineffec-tive such as the sticky stuff on the Band-aids, which might not be tacky anymore.

2. We always make sure that some-one has a set of small jumper ca-bles. We sell a set at D&D that are made for jumping a motorcycle. If you are using a car to jump your motorcycle always make sure the car is not running. The car battery

is large enough to get your Gold Wing going when the car is turned off. Jumping a motorcycle with a car when it is running can wreak havoc on your motorcycle’s electri-cal system.

3. A good plug kit is always essen-tial. There are fancy ones that will insert a mushroom-type plug in the tire and there are rope-style plugs that work well also. Whichever one you use, remember that a plug is to get you to the motorcycle shop to get your bike’s tire changed. It is not a permanent fix.

4. You will need a way to get some air into the tire once you have plugged it, so carry a small, com-pact compressor that hooks di-rectly to the battery. If you plug it into the accessory plug in a pocket you will probably pop the acces-sory fuse. Most compressors draw 8-12 amps and the accessory plug circuit has a 5-amp fuse in it. You can also bring a handpump or an-other good option is a carbon diox-ide cartridge inflator that packs very small and works well. If you have a GL1500 Gold Wing Aspen-cade or SE, they are equipped with

an onboard compressor that you can hook a hose up to.

5. Out here in The West there are roads where you may not see a fuel station for 100 miles or so. I carry a siphon device that can get some gas out of another vehicle. Some people carry extra fuel with them, but I like the siphon device. To me it seems that there is always one person in the group that insists on filling up their motorcycle on a different schedule then everyone else. We all pull up to the pumps to fill up and that one person always goes to the bathroom and insists that they have plenty of gas. Then they run out 75 miles up the road. It has saved us many times.

6. Someone should also have a tool kit on their bike. There are many kits that are made for motorcycles only, which pack very well in a sad-dlebag.

I am sure there are other things that people bring, but these are the six items that I make sure someone in my group has when we ride.

6 Items to Have on Your Next 6 Items to Have on Your Next

Motorcycle RideMotorcycle Ride

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District Cash Anthony

D o you carry a First Aid kit on your bike? If so, when is the last time you took a

look inside? Many riders probably carry kits which were purchased to meet a perceived safety re-quirement (or to qualify for a safe-riding badge), but if you don't know what your First Aid kit con-tains, you may be unpleasantly surprised if you ever need to use it.

What passes for a First Aid kit from sources such as discount stores and auto supply shops (and sometimes given away as Poker Run prizes) may be woefully short of what is needed for our sport. In case of a motorcycle accident, I dislike to say it, but band-aids ain't gonna help much, folks.

I was lucky enough to take a First Aid course a couple of years ago with some of the best EMS people I've ever met, at the home of our Assistant CDs for GWTA Chapter "I", Kathy and John Holly. The team who taught the course had handled serious accidents on a daily basis -- in fact, the woman in charge told me it was rare for them to be on the job for a shift without having to perform CPR at least once -- and they had come upon a number of accidents in-volving motorcyclists. They stressed several things that have really stuck in my mind.

Your First Aid kit needs to have a really good pair of scissors in it, to cut away (thick) clothing. If you can't see the injured area, it's hard to figure out what is best to do. You may find it worthwhile to invest in a heavy-duty shears which can handle thick material.

Every rider should carry a pair (several pairs is best) of latex gloves to be used in case of an accident where blood is spilled. Having them on your bike may allow persons who want to assist you to make that decision without fear of contamination, as well as being available to you to help someone else.

A good First Aid kit should have a number of triangle bandages in it, which can be easily made from inexpensive muslin purchased at any fabric or discount department store -- I got mine for about .99 a yard. These pieces should be large enough that you can make a sling from them, or fold them to use as a pressure-point type bandage, or put them on a head injury to hold other bandages into place. Mine are about 30" by 30" and are cut on the diagonal. These are just unbleached muslin, but they are clean and strong and BIG. I've NEVER seen a commercially pur-chased First Aid kit with these supplied. If you need more than one (for example, after making a sling for an arm, it's a good idea to

immobilize that arm by binding it to the upper body), you can tie several of these together if the patient is a large individual. Carry-ing a minimum of three triangle bandages would be a good idea. I've also seen very few kits that have anything like enough sterile gauze pads. If you need to put pressure on a bleeding wound, you'll go through these items fast and will want enough to add an-other clean one often. NOTE: Place a new gauze patch on top of an existing blood soaked patch in order to North Carolina District Educator Anthony and Shirley Prewitt Chapter North Carolina - US 11 prevent tearing any existing clotting that has begun and re-opening a wound.

It is helpful to have a bottle of fil-tered or distilled water in your kit. This can be useful in case of bro-ken bones, eye injuries, cleaning out other minor injuries, and for dehydration. If you've got a com-pound fracture, it may be helpful to put a muslin bandage over a damp gauze bandage on the end of the exposed bone, to keep it from drying out, though an experi-enced EMS person has advised to simply use a clean (sterile), dry, dressing as you would any other open wound. Many minor prob-lems can be dealt with initially by washing them with clean water, and debris in the eye can often be

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yours need a checkyours need a check--up? up?

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do some zig-zagging through Mebane and Burlington! Our first Saturday breakfast and ride was held on June 22nd at the Old South Restaurant in Creed-moor/Butner “But-moor” for short!) Besides Terry and me, Jerry and Dale Hyde, Gary Harris, Willie Rainey, Steve Gillespie, Rex and Diana Temple had a great breakfast there that morning. Since that Sat-urday also included a Celebration of Life service for Carol Scully, we took a circuitous route from Old South up through Stem, Oxford, Franklinton, Wake Forest and then to Raleigh. I rode on several roads that I had never been on before. My favorite road name was “Egypt Mountain Road”! We also stopped at Capital Power Sports in Wake

Forest to kick some tires and make a pit stop before heading to Ra-leigh. Carol Scully’s Celebration of Life service was very well attended by GWRRA members from around the state. Please remember her husband, Tom, as he deals with the loss of his wife of over 50 years of marriage. We will miss Carol greatly. While Terry and I are out of the country, Keith Helmer will lead an all-day ride to Virginia on July 13th. He will be sending out the trip de-tails in early July. There will not be a planning meeting on Sunday, July 14th. However H2 will meet on July 18th at the Mayflower Seafood Res-taurant for our July gathering. Our Breakfast Ride will be on July 28th at 9:30. Hopefully, Terry and I will have recovered from our jet lag by

then! 12,000 miles and on the other side of the world involving a 26 hour plane ride will result in a lot of jet lag! We hope that everyone will have a safe and enjoyable 4th of July holi-day with your family and friends. Once we get back, Terry should be fully retired and we will have more time together to do some more riding. We will be looking at sched-uling rides to attend the gatherings of our sister chapters around the Central Region as well as some out-side of our area. We may even chase some of that “wood” too! I will be sending out emails to let you know so you can join us for ride and visitation to other chap-ters.

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relieved by this, with nothing else required. (Even if the water isn't distilled or filtered, it can still be used if it's of potable quality.)

In the case of very bad head inju-ries, it's not unusual to have sub-stantial eye injuries. Unfortunately, eyes can come out of place on im-pact. The recommended First Aid in this situation is to have a cup (like a clean Styrofoam cup) available to contain the damaged and displaced eye, and to strap that cup onto the face with a triangle bandage or use a roll of gauze. The medical folks today can do amazing things to put an eye back into place, but it's a good idea to bandage both eyes to keep the person from panicking (and to slow the 'eye-matching' reflexes, which try to make our

eyes work together), while touch-ing and reassuring the injured party. Having a clean cup in your kit may permit you to do someone an invaluable service by helping to save their sight.

Those who haven't taken a CPR or First Aid class in a while might be interested to know that the Ameri-can Heart Association guidelines on CPR have been changing gradually. The last time I took one (about 14 months ago), I found that the pro-cedure was not exactly the same as what I'd been taught in my previ-ous courses. But all these courses do strongly recommend that a per-son who is going to administer CPR have a barrier available to protect them from the bodily fluids of the injured party. This may be a plastic gadget that looks like a kitchen

gripper, with a hole in it for a breathing tube, or a more sophisti-cated mask that can keep a res-cuer's face and lips away from the injured party while he or she breathes for the person who's down. These items are inexpensive and are available at medical supply shops, but I've yet to see a com-mercial First Aid kit that comes with one.

Most simple First Aid kits contain some kind of antiseptic ointment or cream. These can be useful for minor sunburns or insect bites, but they should usually NOT be used on a serious injury. When the medical folks start working on a wound, they don't want to wonder what has already been applied to it. When in doubt, throw it out.

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Shortbread Cookie Crust 1 cup butter, softened 2 cups whole-wheat white flour 1 cup brown sugar

Topping 4 ounces cream cheese (1/2 block) 1/2 cup vanilla– or honey flavored Greek yogurt 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 2 tablespoons honey or maple syrup 1/2 cup any flavor of fruit pre-serves 2 cups or your favorite fruit Heat oven to 325 degrees. Com-bine all crust ingredients very well. When flour and sugar are completely incorporated, roll the dough about 1/8-inch thick and cut into circles with a 2 1/2 inch cookie cutter. Crimp the edges of each cookie with your fingers to creat a rim. (This is like the edge of the pizzas. It helps hold in the fillings and toppings.) Bake the cookie crust for 15-18 minutes, until golden brown. For the topping, combine cream cheese, yogurt, vanilla and honey of syrup until very creamy. Micro-wave the fruit preserves until slightly melted. Spoon about 1 tablespoon filing on top of each cookie. Top with fresh berries and the slightly melted fruit preserves. Allow to set before serving.

My Baking Adventure I found this recipe and decided to make it. I thought it was worth waiting for so that’s why the newsletter is a day late. This recipe is a bit messy so Delores had a bit of cleaning up to do. It was fun to make. I read the measured the measuring cup wrong so I ended up making twice a much dough. That was okay be-cause I didn’t roll the dough thin enough and the cookies were thicker. They spread out and

made larger cookies. I also had to cook them longer. Not sure how long I ended up cooking them. I checked them and kept adding time until they looked right. The cookies were a little fragile but oh so delicious. I chose straw-berry preserves and strawberry and banana toppings. I didn’t dou-ble up on the sauce but I used a little extra preserves. I don’t know how to keep the bananas from oxidizing so they didn’t look as fresh this morning.

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