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volume 28 december 2011 issue 12 a merican b rotherhood ikers a gainst iming t otalitarian owards e nactments ducation dedicated to freedom of the road let those who ride decide

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publication deadline the deadline for all submissions is at the chapter meeting or if submitting by e-mail no later than the 6:00pm on tuesday following the meeting all members are asked to submit anything they have that would be of interest to their fellow members such as stories and/or pictures gator alley meetings board of directors december 15 2011 vfw 7pm chapter meeting december 18 2011 vfw 11am goals purpose to fight for the freedom of the road and the freedom of choice for the motorcycle riders of florida to become a powerful and viable political force in florida by encouraging riders to register to vote and to communicate with their legislators to promote safe riding habits and to promote driver awareness without infringing on the rights of the individual to work toward educating our legislators on motorcycle issues so they are able to make the right decisions regarding florida s motorcycle riders to publish a newsletter to keep members of abate of florida inc informed the views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of abate of florida inc nor those of gator alley chapter this publication allows members the freedom of expression of their own beliefs and opinions abate of florida inc and gator alley chapter accepts no responsibility for the comments or opinions contained in this publication disclaimer identification statement this publication is the monthly newsletter of abate of florida inc gator alley chapter p.o box 10395 naples fl 34101 page 2 www gatoralley.net

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2011 2012 board of directors executive board president vice president secretary treasurer ruth kalvin m crabby crabtree john zeke zavatsky scarlett leeper 280-8004 825-7497 434-221-5060 784-9661 president@gatoralley.net vicepresident@gatoralley.net secretary@gatoralley.net treasurer@gatoralley.net elected board sgt at arms legislative st delegate st delegate alt st delegate alt st delegate membership newsletter public relations products quartermaster special events safety director frank vetter lynn corr fred corr robert rusty crans paul evans roy steel stacy shillingburg lynn corr sach draffen debi reinbold daniel oppie laurajo smith will riffraff breen 682-2872 348-7119 348-7119 821-1943 961-1414 218-5582 300-5185 348-7119 290-4105 289-1004 200-7484 404-7006 776-6755 sgtatarms@gatoralley.net legislative@gatoralley.net statedelegate1@gatoralley.net statedelegate2@gatoralley.net altstatedelegate1@gatoralley.net altstatedelegate2@gatoralley.net membership@gatoralley.net newsletter@gatoralley.net sachdraffen@gmail.com products@gatoralley.net quartermaster@gatoralley.net specialevents@gatoralley.net safety@gatoralley.net appointed officals advertising exec chaplin sunshine webmaster asst sgt at arms www gatoralley.net sach draffen jerry mason margo dugan dave rich tom/heidi yahl 290-4105 973-670-1066 404-1279 285-4011 road captain sachdraffen@gmail.com chaplin@gatoralley.net sunshine@gatoralley.net webmaster@gatoralley.net john frizz stevens page 3

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dear gator alley membership hope everyone had a blessed thanksgiving thanks to ethel and her team a lot of people in our community including some of our chapter members had a better thanksgiving than they anticipated great job ethel i m proud to have been a part of your effort see her report on the run starting in december we will have a climate controlled storage unit for our history items this will help keep pictures trophies etc in good condition we have lost a few things to humidity and mold in the past thanks to rick and tina loy for stepping up as chair for the casino run in april 2012 and to their co-chair christine strobel the events list is printed in the newsletter with the chairperson and month of each event you can plan ahead for next year and pick a run that suits your schedule you will get all the help you need special events secretary and me all participate in some way in every event we do we can `walk you through it so to speak we don t want to burn anyone out by having the same people volunteering for everything chairing or working on an event or a run is a great way to get to know members who are not in your immediate circle of friends and we always have a good time while benefiting the chapter a reminder that the next chapter meeting is december 18th and the board of director s meeting is december 15th see you at the heritage run on december 4th sincerely ruth kalvin public relations advertising executive happy holidays to everyone we are staying pretty much on an even keel losing some and gaining others i would like to remind everyone of our members that we are all p/r people for gator alley take the extra flyers or newsletters with you after the meetings and pass them out invite new people to attend our events so they will get to know us and what we stand for the news paper s and news media people have their own agenda and sometimes why will pay attention and sometimes not we just keep letting them know what we are doing we do have a new advertiser which a lot of us can use after the holidays crunch fitness thanks also to our good people whom renewed their ads please support these people it s the little guy that keeps this great country going keep the rubber down sach page 4 www gatoralley.net

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hey y`all hope everyone had a great turkey day with your family or loved ones for those that missed the run n gobble you missed a really good one ethel went that extra mile kudo`s to her and her crew we finally got a cpr instructor that can certify us in cpr for $30 adult and child or $40 that will also include the aed training so if anyone is interested feel free to call me to sign up cathy got us patches for tom wakefield anyone wanting a patch just contact me they will be $6.00 that`s about it for this month cuz i`m just not very good at writing hope y`all have a great holiday with friends and family god bless crabby ps remember january 27th bike night and blood drive at everglades cycle arthur davidson in heaven arthur davidson of the harley davidson motorcycle corporation died and went to heaven at the gates st peter told arthur since you ve been such a good man and your motorcycles have changed the world your reward is you can hang out with anyone you want in heaven arthur thought about it for a minute and then said i want to hang out with god st peter took arthur to the throne room and introduced him to god arthur then asked god hey aren t you the inventor of woman god said oh yes well said arthur professional to professional you have some major design flaws in your invention 1 there is too much inconsistency in the front-end protrusion 2 it chatters constantly at high speeds 3 most of the rear ends are too soft and wobble too much 4 the intake is placed way too close to the exhaust and finally 5 the maintenance costs are outrageous hmmm you may have some good points there replied god hold on god went to his celestial super computer typed in a few words and waited for the results the computer printed out a slip of paper and god read it well it may be true that my invention is flawed god said to arthur but according to these numbers more men are riding my invention then yours abate of florida gator alley chapter page 5

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southwest florida legislative representatives directory governor rick scott rep the capital 402 south monroe street tallahassee fl 32399-1300 850-488-7146 fax 850-487-0801 senator bill nelson democrat billnelson.senate.gov 716 hart senate office bldg washington dc 20510 202-224-5274 district office justice center annex bldg suite 801 2000 main street fort myers fl 33901 239-334-7760 b40a dirksen senate off bldg washington dc 20510 202-224-3041 district office 3299 east tamiami trail ste 106 naples fl 34112 239-213-1521 rep kathleen passidomo district 76 kathleen.passidomo myfloridahouse.gov capital office 324 the capitol 402 south monroe street tallahassee fl 32399 850-488-4487 district office ste 304 3299 tamiami trail east naples fl 34112 239-417-6200 lt governor jennifer carroll rep the capital 402 south monroe street tallahassee fl 32399-1300 850-488-7146 fax 850-487-0801 congressman connie mack congressman david rivera republican republican district #14 district #25 115 cannon house office bldg 417 cannon house office bldg washington dc 20515 washington dc 20515 202-225-2536 district office 4715 golden gate pkwy ste 1 naples fl 34116 239-252-6225 202-225-2778 district office 4715 golden gate pkwy ste 1 naples fl 34116 239-348-1620 senator marco rubio republican rep trudi williams district 75 trudi.williams myfloridahouse.gov capital office 222 the capitol 402 south monroe str tallahassee fl 32399 850-488-2047 district office 12811 kenwood lane ste 212 fort myers fl 33907 239-433-6775 rep denise grimsley district 77 denise.grimsley myfloridahouse.gov capital office 222 the capitol 402 south monroe str tallahassee fl 32399 850-488-3457 district office suite b 205 s commerce ave sebring fl 33870 863-385-5251 rep matt hudson district 101 matt.hudson myfloridahouse.gov capital office 222 the capitol 402 south monroe str tallahassee fl 32399 850-488-1028 district office harmon turner building suite 212 3299 tamiami trail east naples fl 34112 239-417-6270 rep jeanette nunez district 112 jeanette.nunez myfloridahouse.gov capital office 1003 the capitol 402 south monroe str tallahassee fl 32399 850-488-7897 district office collier cty admin bldg 2399 e tamiami trail ste 305 naples fl 34112 239-434-5094 senator garrett richter district 37 richter.garrett.s37@flsenate.gov capitol office 322 senate office building 404 south monroe street tallahassee fl 32399 850-487-5124 district office 3299 east tamiami trail ste 302 naples fl 34112 239-471-6205 page 6 senator larcenia bullard district 39 bullard.larcenia.s39@flsenate.gov capitol office 218 senate office building 404 south monroe street tallahassee fl 32399 850-487-5127 district office 8603 s dixie hwy ste 304 miami fl 33143 305-668-7344 www gatoralley.net

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gator alley general meeting minutes november 27th 2011 meeting called to order at 11:00 a.m please stand for the pledge of allegiance moment of silence president report ruth ­ the board decided to get the climate control storage for the historian items the december chapter meeting will be december 18th and bod meeting december 15th 5-star meeting went very well do we want pins or patches vote taken we are staying with the pins need a chair person for the casino run in april rick tina will chair and christine will co-chair bike week campground they are asking each chapter to donate bottles of liquor vice-president crabby thanked everyone who showed up for the run gobble at the 5-star meeting they talk about moving it they came up with the peace river campground it will be around the same time as this year secretary ethel entertained a motion that minutes are accepted as printed in newsletter motion made by frizz 2nd by tony motion carried ruth recognized new members and guest treasurer scarlett gave balance if anyone would like to see the spread sheet or check book please see her after meeting lynn introduced our guest speaker tim nance he is running for dist 5 collier county commissioner seat in august of next year he gave background information he gave us some of his concerns and goals he will be talking with us more in the future sgt at arms frank he thanked ethel for the run gobble he thanked all of his security team for the run gobble he thanked everyone who showed up we had a great time membership stacy 416 members 9 renewals 1 new she passed out the year pins now off to the beach she goes legislative lynn legislative will start in january and our run to the capital in february start planning now they have rv parking cabins and tent camping and hotels near by cabins go thought boots rv camping go though the campground list will be started see lynn she will try to get more guest speakers see her report for more information newsletter lynn delegate legislative report from last month will be in this newsletter if you would like to receive your newsletter by email please contact lynn old newsletters will be collected to send to our troops ruth will collect them state delegate fred next state meeting december 10th in palm bay he would like for members to come and check out a state meeting p.r advertising sach we have new advertiser and some renewals press release was submitted after the run heidi asked if any tv station were contacted for the heritage run he said fox products debi excused products in back see christine quartermaster daniel he apologized for missing last bod meeting he was asked if everything was back in storage and it will be back soon special events laurajo thanked everyone for the run gobble heidi will talk about heritage run december 4th swamp to the city january 8th dave frank are helping she thanked rick for chairing the casino run the fun run today at sneaky pete`s december fun run will be going to lucky`s sunshine margo sent out cards see her report in newsletter safety riff raft inventory completed on gate house and turned over to frank we are out of large magnets will get at state meeting at swamp buggy he made four contacts fgcu edison palmetto ridge and maybe going back to gulfview web master not present old business swamp buggy races went really well we had plenty of volunteers run gobble ethel thank everyone who participated in the run thank you to our stops and to our security team for a great job pappy laurajo diane everglades cycle for there outstanding help in getting donations for the event see newsletter for report mash bash may 4 th 5tth mash bash committee 3:00 at rusty`s frizz has our project for bike week outside ruth has contacted all presidents for one logo from there chapter for the project cpr please get your names and number to crabby if interested heritage run the 25th anniversary leaving at 1:00 p.m party at iron horse south to follow we are getting them a popcorn machine and snow cone machine new business tony asked if we are getting a group run to ride up to the wall that heals bob will talk about under g.o.o crabby talked about the patches for tom wakefield $6.00 a piece get your order to crabby good of the order everglades cycle will be having a bike nite and blood drive on january 27th he talked on frontiers days about setting up and getting into the parade he will get more information cadillac talked on the bikes for tykes december 18th cadillac ­ escorted ride to the wall gave direction and times will discuss the group ride after the meeting see frizz tony spoke on christmas for needy family with children and would like to get together with the chapter board on this project lynn has extra newsletters margo recognized that tommy byers was here on his new trike mark president from estero thanked gator alley`s board for a great job estero river`s birthday bash at the country store december 3 rd blues band at the little bar in goodland diane christine please get a report as co-chair for the run gobble to crabby for the event book chico won 50/50 t-shirt won by phyllis motion to adjourn by heidi at 12:24 p.m respectfully submitted by ethel page 8 www gatoralley.net

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the family of roberto bobby vasquez vp of the latino motorcycles club lama and a life member of abate he lost his battle with cancer and will be missed by his family and friends jack west former member and local entertainer a get well card for ending up in the hospital over veteran s day weekend with bleeding ulcers no more soda for him he was well enough to attend the run and gobble and is back to work educating the young uns and supporting his kids in their football games stay well jack you ve still got lots of entertaining to do karen kirkum a get well card for the tendon release surgery she had to have on two fingers of her right hand all went well and the healing has begun she ll be back to speed typing crocheting and bar room brawling for the holidays just kidding but i am sure she is glad to be free from the pain and restriction of carpel tunnel it s no picnic in the park ann davis gw s mom a thinking of you card as she is dealing with stage 4 cancer the monday after the meeting she was headed to moffet in tampa for treatment please keep her and their family in your prayers she has attended the birthday party for several years and always enjoyed the food music games and company and a shout out to past members who have moved out of state tammy brennan former ga and estero river bod member best wishes on her neck surgery and recovery in the dc area angie peanut haagus get well soon after her tonsillectomy in tn may both ladies have excellent results and good health after for those that do not remember or know these ladies they did a lot for gator alley and abate when they lived here and i am happy to be able to keep in touch with them via facebook to all of gator alley and our sister chapters may the blessings of the holidays bring each person joy and laughter peace and hope health and happiness may the spirit of kindness and goodness be with us all year long i don t want to get too santa-mental here but don t over do it with the christmas decorations ya might get tinsil-itis merry christmas and happy new year from my family to yours respectfully submitted by margo fuoco r u rdy if you re into text messaging which i really am not this title may be a message you receive on your cell phone it also seems to be what all the stores are asking in their commercials as they try to get your every last dime before christmas of course they won t say christmas it will be holiday season so it isn t offensive to anyone except christians but we all know this is when we celebrate the birth of our lord and savior jesus christ the only reason for christmas what better gift could we receive or give for christmas than this christ child he was our gift from god by whom we might gain eternal life by belief in him and his resurrection and he is also the gift you can give to others you know that may be living in sin tell them of the love jesus has for them and the salvation available if they will turn their lives around and accept him as we re told in part in ephesians 5:5 for of this you can be sure no immoral impure or greedy person has any inheritance in the kingdom of christ and of god so again i ask r u rdy r ur frnds ga chaplain abate of florida gator alley chapter page 9

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first of all i would like to thank ethel for giving my report last month october the following is the report that was omitted from last months newsletter secondly i would like to thank tim nance for speaking at our chapter meeting we had a great turn out for a holiday weekend i want to remind everyone that we are giving members the option to not receive their newsletter in the mail but to be notified when it is available on line please email me or membership and let us know if you want opt out each month we get more and more people opting out thank you remember tallahassee run is coming soon if you are going please let me know so we can have a plan of attack so to say i do know that lockdown lady harley darrin myself fred and rusty are going if i listened correctly tommy byers and tony nager is also going how about you last months report legislative the florida joint legislative auditing committee has stated that is will not require abate of florida to submit to a second audit as requested by rep bryan nelson r-apopka the representative wanted to know how the state funds were allocated for our motorcycle safety awareness program it was declared that abate of florida inc was in full compliance with the state contract and did nothing wrong after pleading guilty on sept 19thm former public defender bruce duncan was sentenced to 10yrs and 4 months to a state prison 3 yrs probation lifetime loss of drivers license and $5,00 for drunk driving and killing biker herbert steve muller back in 2009 house bill hb 299 would ban texting while driving this states that anyone who drives and manually types or enters multiple numbers symbols or other characters in a wireless device would be in violation this would not include using your device for navigation watch a bill being submitted by sen dockery this bill would prevent a legislator to profit from a vote that they would cast she has tried to file this bill for 5 years and it has been turned down we believe this bill would prevent conflict of interest votes newsletter please make sure all reports are in on tuesday you can always turn them in after the board meeting and before the chapter meeting if you like sorry about the lack of pictures for the man and woman of the year there will be some in the next newsletter if zeke is able to get them to me if you took some pictures of the birthday party please share if you have events that need to be on the calendar please let me know i will do my best to get as much on as i can the classifieds are renewed each month if you have something you want to sell no businesses get it to me by tuesday reminder please let me know if you are some of the many who read their newsletter online and would prefer not to get it in the mail you can email me or let ethel know at the meeting enjoy your holidays lynn corr legislative trustee and newsletter editor page 10 www gatoralley.net

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state delagate report san antonio fl oct 9 2011 meeting called to order at 2:10 pm presidents report doc talked about new abate help line for ptsd suffers ask all members to reach out to anyone in need concerning this disorder marilyn gonzalez spoke about issue with $4000 insurance policy members were being contacted in an aggressive manner by insurance company if this happens to a member please contact her trike regulations were discussed if you have a motorcycle endorsement you can drive a tryke if not you must take tryke/sidecar test secretary report a correction was made jim burrow from alachua said doc was asking for ideas for legislation i asked that we consider making it mandatory when someone gets a ticket for doing something to a biker that as a part of the sentence they be required to take our motorcycle safety awareness program and pay for it bob alexander changed his personal email and wants anyone that wants to contact him please use his state secretary account public relations lockdown reminded us to make sure all press releases are printed in the newsletter he also reminded all members to go to the state web site to stay informed on all new business sergeant at arms mudder reminded all chapters about getting inventory reports turned in to state asked for volunteers for bike week .handed out new safety banner to be used at all abate sponsored events state office wants all drawing tickets turned in asap masterlink bob von bulow said that input to masterlink is backlogged and if you don t get your input in its not forgotten safety brenda wants products ordered close to state meeting times so arrangements can be made to distribute them to other local chapters also safety certification can be done at state meeting please make reservations products steve knee states that the name bars are now available no minimum reminds members products make great xmas gifts legislation darrin brooks discussed bills of interest he urged members to respond to call to action blasts by either participating or at least contacting the interested people strength in numbers legal counsel larry informed us of the ongoing legal battles involving discrimination against several bikers wearing colors go to the state website for more info bike week was a big topic abate of florida inc will be hosting the bar at the event and is asking for unopened bottles of liquor bottles must have tax stamp so no military discount bottles allowed tally was discussed mostly the weather being an issue doc asked for all chapters to do their best attending this very important event finally the leadership seminars were discussed the overall feeling is that they are a good training tool so they will continue don t forget bike week raffle tickets and lets all go to tally next state meeting is december 10,2011,hosted by treasure coast chapter palm bay hope to see you there until next time aloha submitted by wing nut aka rusty www gatoralley.net page 11

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gator alley chapter s charter page 12 www gatoralley.net

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run gobble the final report from august 28th when i took on this event along with diane christine and with the help of members and friends we made this a great charity event from the smallest of tasks like labels letters printing flyers mailing making of the cards picking up door prizes and making of the basket many phone calls and emails to picking up canned food donations and them being delivered to my house i thank you this is a long list of those who helped make this thanksgiving great for some families in our community and in our chapter i would like to thank these members from out of state/town bernie proper mare lanning john wayne jill howard dick crane joyce zywan ronda beck mark lebarron john martindale larry fox mark morelli barb batchelor tony nager cathy eddie leblanc leland haddix for their donations to the start the filling of the truck i would like to thank pappy for donations from sweetbay on golden gate parkway sweetbay on radio road laurajo for collecting from premier sotheby s vanderbilt office premier sotheby s marketing dept and women of pine isle lane michelle lynn from everglades cycle rick from culligan water thanks jenny pepsi from dustin thanks margo and diane for sysco 3rd street café for the turkey they too helped in getting donations for the truck thanks to olde naples surf shop bad ass coffee parrot bar grill 3rd street café hungry howies s extreme riders fred s food fun spirits lefty diane for the leather cases dee jim for their donations making of the thanksgiving basket to our security team frank tom fred heidi riff raft frizz jim h i thank you for your help and taking the time to come to the security/safety meeting everything went great what great team work i would like to thank naples city police sgt sheridan sgt goldbact for their officers who helped us get on to 41 safely and stayed with us though the city limits and collier county sheriff s department with the help from sgt gonzalez and lt mulholland and their deputies for blocking 41 and airport road to ensure a safe turn to get to st matthew s a special thanks for our advertiser s for hosting our stops cj s tavern chuck shane everglades cycle lynn michele golden gate moose rick north naples country club mike and rodes restaurant mike bill gary steve thank you to diane laurajo denise dee crabby jenny cathy lady harley candice jim cadillac for working these stops thanks to sach nora for the flyer in naples daily news thanks to daniel for his truck and delivering our goods and lefty thanks for the overflow in your truck zeke lynn thanks for taking pictures the best hand trophy went to bill noll the worst hand to heidi yahl and crabby won the 50/50 and thanks to all listed below for your poker hands and canned donations what a show of brotherhood sisterhood again i thank you ethel page 14 www gatoralley.net

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sign in sheet for the run and gobble pam miller abate of florida gator alley chapter page 15

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