District 10’s meeting was called to order by Doug Smith, District Coordinator, at Amigos in Fort Dodge on September 17. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited and we had a moment of silence to honor our lost brothers and sisters. Roll call of officers was taken with Doug, Ron, Jean, Sheila, Barb, Mark, Jess, Ginny, Theresa, Dean and Harry being present. DL, Melissa, Larry and Don were excused. We welcomed new member Chris Hoover and guests Michelle, Alisha, Chelsea, Skyler and a wedding party.

Sexy-tary’s Report: Jean read the minutes from the last meeting. Jim Berte made a motion to accept; Darrell Culver seconded; motion carried.

Treasurers Report: Sheila indicated the following checks had been written from the general fund:

ABATE of Iowa for sales tax

Unique Concepts for District 10 decals

Barb Loots for postage for the newsletter

A deposit had been made from decals being sold

There was a donation to the Downed Biker Fund from Julie Snyder and a Deposit to the Toy Run Account from the sale of raffle tickets. There was also a debit card fee of 1.00 paid out of the Toy Run account

Heather Smith made a motion to accept; Theresa Benjamin seconded; motion carried

Membership: Theresa indicated we had 48 members present and 10 guests. She also reported on which supporting businesses were getting ready to expire

Events: Barb reported the following events in Melissa’s absence.

September 24: Toy Run-registration at Fort Dodge City Square from 11-1 with the ride ending at Pee Wee’s for the auction. Don’t forget to get auction items

October 1-Algona Band Days Parade 12:00-Algona

October 1-Trash Pick Up-3:00 meet @ Ampride in Humboldt

October 8-End of Season Run-Registration 11-1 at JoJo’s in Fort Dodge ending with the dinner run at Beach’s Bar and Grill in Humboldt

October 15-Meeting and Halloween Party at Grama Beth’s Kitchen in Goldfield (formerly MiCasa) Melissa wants everyone to remember to dress up in their favorite costume

MRF: Jess indicated there had been an extension until 3-31-12 on the Transportation Act He also reported how low the numbers were for renewals on expiring MRF memberships in the state of Iowa and again reminded us how important the MRF is on the national level

Legislative: Mark reported that with higher gas prices there is a rise in the number of mopeds and scooters on the roadways which has local officials pushing for safety and reviewing the laws. Dena Gray, a spokeswoman for the IDOT said moped crashes have the highest fatality and she is pushing for a mandated helmet law for moped riders, which is one short step away from a total helmet law.

STR: Dean indicated there is an unconfirmed STR presentation scheduled at the Humboldt High school on October 6 at 8:00 and a confirmed STR presentation at Fort Dodge Senior High on Friday October 7 at 8:00.

PR: Ginny had nothing to report. Barb reported that the local radio station had begun the public announcements for the upcoming Toy Run and Doug would be meeting with Sandy Mickelson from The Messenger with an article running on Friday for the Toy Run.

Assistants Report: Ron wanted to thank Barb for the wonderful job she did on the “Dream Ride” He also asked for a moment of silence to pray for both Rex Utech and Debbie Dirks who were injured on the ride. Tracy reported that Debbie looks great for someone who tangled with a semi and Debbie expected someone to smoke a cigarette for her and have a beer for her at today’s meeting. Mike Littzen reported that Rex came through his surgery great and when he got out of the hospital he jumped out of the wheel chair like someone who was a lot younger than his real age and definitely not like someone who had recently been injured in a motorcycle accident. Heather made a motion to pass the hat for both Rex and Debbie, which was done. Ron and Jean will deliver the money to Debbie and Jim; Mike will deliver the money to Rex and Maggie.

Old Business:

Nominations were as follows:

District Coordinator: Doug Smith accepted from the last meeting-nominations were called for three times and closed

Assistant Coordinator: Ron Hoover accepted his nomination from the last meeting. Mark Loots verified that he had accepted; nominations were called for three times and closed

Sexy-tary:Jean Hoover accepted her nomination from the last meeting. The following people were nominated and all declined: Evelyn Ayala, Ginny Shipman, Rhonda Summers, Rhonda Dicus, and Jess Tepner-nominations were called for three times and closed

Treasurer: Sheila Evans accepted her nomination from the last meeting, Sherry Doyle declined; nominations were call for three times and closed

Legislative-Jess Tepner accepted his nomination from the last meeting; Jim Berte declined with a “Oh God No”, Mike Johnson declined; Mike Littzen declined, Bill Gurnett declined; nominations were called for three times and closed

SSgt of Arms-Evelyn Ayala was nominated and she declined; nominations were called for three times and closed

State Meeting: Doug reported on the following from the state meeting; Anyone wishing to write Bev Stines can do so at stinesb2@gmail.com; October 8 is “Putting away the Bikes day” at Freedom Park; The bike for the rally next year will be a street glide again from Wieblers in Davenport; April 27 is the Motorcycle Safety Forum in Ames; STEAM is November 11, 12 and 13 in Marshalltown, to make reservations for that weekend you can call 800-752-6321. ABATE is involved with litigation with regards to the fight that took place on Saturday night of the rally. The state office is looking for any list of improvements that people would like to see done at Freedom Park. They can email the state office with “Park Improvements’ in the subject line. The Cattleman’s building was voted on and approved with the building having to meet ABATE’s specifications. DL reported that the STR presentation numbers were up this year compared to last year and he wanted to thank everyone who is a presenter or takes park in the presentations. He greatly appreciates everyone’s help.

New Business: Heather wanted to thank Barb for the wonderful thing she did for Debbie at the accident scene. Barb stayed with her the whole time until the paramedics took her away. She told Barb that not everyone could have gone down into that ditch and held her and she was very proud of her. Doug thanked everyone who helped out at both accidents. He indicated it made him very proud to be a part of District 10 when he heard how everyone stepped up during both of these very difficult situations. Harry wanted to thank everyone who made sure his grandkids didn’t see any part of the accident. He sincerely appreciated them being protected and taken care of.

Announcements; Sherry Doyle reported that the American Legion Riders were having a Chili Feed On December 10 at the VFW in Fort Dodge to raise money for their organization. Mike Littzen indicated he had rumors that part of the money raised at the JJ Bonnell scholarship ride was going some place other than the scholarship funds. He wanted to stop the rumors before they went any further. He indicated that every last dime raised at the run goes to scholarships. He indicated that in fact it had grown so much since it was first started that there are now two scholarships given to qualifying Fort Dodge Senior High graduates and one for a qualifying St Edmond graduate.

Rhonda Summers made a motion to adjourn; Jim Berte seconded; motion carried with Mike Littzen being opposed.

Doug thanked Mark Campbell and Amigos for hosting our bike show and the meeting. He thanked the membership for attending.

Following are the winners for the bike show;

Foreign: Dan Dicus

Antique: Mike Littzen

Trike: Louie Bock

Sportster: Jean Hoover

Stock: Bill Gurnett

Street Custom: Chris Lovejoy

Touring: Doyle Carlson

Best of Show: Pat Loehr

Respectfully Submitted

Jean Hoover

D10’s Sexy-tary