ABATE OF IOWA
District 19
May 2008Newsletter
The past couple months have been very emotional for many people. We have lost three current or former District 19 members. Our sincere sympathy to the families of Dave North, Matt Pittman and Kevin Samples. They will all be missed. Matt was District Coordinator when we revived District 19 and he served us well for a couple of terms.
The monthly meeting was held April 19 at Liason’s in Odebolt. A big thank you to Cheryl for hosting us. The food was great as was the company. Meeting was called to order with the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence for fallen brothers and sisters.
Steve discussed ABATE’s promotion with KDSM17 out of Des Moines. This offer is to promote ABATE of Iowa’s causes. It is a half hour magazine format and ABATE would get a 2 minute segment to promote STR, Rider Education and/or 2-Wheel Trauma. There would also be a 30 second commercial to promote the Freedom Rally by way of television. Air time will be Sunday nights on June 15, 22, and 29th. After airing the commercial, it will belong to ABATE.
The State Legislature took IOWA ATV trust fund in 2002, to balance the general budget. To this day the funds have not been returned. Senator Daryl Boell has prepared an amendment that would restore those lost funds.
Share the Road—we are currently scheduling classes. We will be limited to only Fridays and Saturdays for classes this year due to Gary’s job. Those scheduled so far are:May 23—9:00—Harlan
June 6—9:00 & 10:15—Atlantic (2 classes)
June 7—8:00—Coon Rapids/Bayard (class held in Coon Rapids
June 13—8:00--Audubon
Anyone is welcome to join us and watch the presentation. You may get put to work handing out paperwork.
Advance tickets for the Freedom Rally are available from Steve Mathies.
We had the roadside cleanup on April 27th. It was a nice day and we got a lot of stuff. Oh hey, we had brand new vests to wear! We looked great in those bright reflective vests. Much better than the old worn out orange ones. Come join us next time. It really is kind of fun and then we met back at Cheers for lunch afterward.
Steve C. made motion to adjourn. Larry 2nd it.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
May 11—Mothers Day--
May 17th—Cheers 11 Annual fun Run—sign up starts at 11:00-1:00. Last bike in at 5:30. Prizes for top 2 places. Proceeds to ABATE PAC. Rain date is May 31st. Come & support ABATE and have fun. It will be the 1st ride of the season.
We will have a short monthly meeting at 11:00 before the run starts.
June 7 & 8—mystery ride & camp out
June 22—monthly meeting Shranks in Danbury 1:00 pm.
June 28& 29—Freedom Park clean up
For any additional info regarding activities please call Steve Mathies.