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www.4windsbmw.orgMOA # 6 RA # 76

JUNE MEETING INFOThe next meeting of the Four WindsBMW Riders will be held on Sat.,June 14th., 2014 at the Pioneer ParkCampground with the Laurel High-lands Club in Somerset County from4–7 PM. The catered meal is at 6:30PM; Cost is $15/person. To eat youMUST register for the meal byJune 7th with Stacey Papenchackwcycle@comcast.net!

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

President’s Column ....................... 1Board Of Directors 2014 .............. 1June Meeting Info ......................... 1Publication Info ............................. 2Safety Bits ...................................... 2Meeting Schedule 2014 ................. 22014 Shacks .................................... 2Ongoing Events .............................. 2May Meeting Minutes ................... 3Board Meeting ............................... 3May Meeting Rides ....................... 4North Breakfast Ride .................... 5BMW R90S Rally .......................... 5European MCs Open House ........ 6MOA Leadership Summit ............ 9Warther Museum Ride ................ 10For Sale ......................................... 10The Way We Were Back When... 12Syria Mosque Poker Run ............ 14Punography ................................... 15ERR Rally Ideas ........................... 15Run Dates--Canton MC Club ..... 16The Perfect Squelch(s) ................ 16Laurel Highlands Campout Registra-

tion Form ............................... 17How do I join ................................ 18Directions to the June Mtg: ........ 18

JJJJJUNEUNEUNEUNEUNE 20142014201420142014BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2014

President – Adrian Marinialmarini@verizon.net

Vice President – Diane Pears724-656-1239

timndiane@comcast.net

Treasurer – John Humphrey412-897-1903

humphreyjohnj@gmail.com

Corres. Sec’y – Joyce Elk724-935-2062

jselk@consolidated.net

Rec. Sec’y – MargeHumphrey

412-897-1904margehumphrey@msn.com

Director – Jeff Harlichjharlich@comcast.net

Director – Ralph Meyermeyer@zoominternet.net

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN

The Four Winds rally is approach-ing and preparation is underway,the T-shirt design is approved andhas great artwork. I am placing acall to arms for volunteers to helpat our rally, so please notify a boardmember for helping in registration,clean & tidy, security, field games,T-shirt sales, coffee & tea hospi-tality or 50/50 sales.

We had an enjoyable ride to theDouble Wide Grill, some rain andhail made it adventurous. The Junemeeting will have a ride to the Lau-rel Highland BMW Rally at Pio-neer Campground on route 31 nearSomerset, PA. I will be leading aride to the June meeting from theGet Go gas station on route 51south side of the route 51 and 70interchange. The ride will leave at3:30 pm and please have a full tankof gas.

ENJOY THE RIDE

ADRIAN

JUNE MEETING AT THE

LAUREL HIGHLANDS

CAMPOUT. ADRIAN WILL

LEAD A RIDE FROM THE

GETGO JUST SOUTH OF

THE RTE 51/I-70 EXIT

STARTING AT 3:30PM

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PUBLICATION INFOThe Four Winds BMW Riders

Newsletter is published formembers’ use. Articles’ and pic-tures’ copyrights are held bytheir authors. Author’s permis-sion should be obtained beforeany form of republication.

Editor: Ralph MeyerDeadline: Articles submitted must

be received by the editor nolater than 6:00 PM on theTuesday after the club meet-ing of the month preceding themonth of publication (e.g.,June Meeting: June 21; July is-sue deadline: Tues., June24th). Articles/Info rec’d afterdeadline go in next month’snewsletter.

Submission information:E-mail submissions: Send as at-

tachments with “4 Winds News-letter Article” in the e-mail‘Subject’ line to:

<meyer@zoominternet.net>Articles on Disk Media mail to:

Ralph Meyer, Editor4 Winds Newsletter6056 Meadow LaneBakerstown, PA 15007-9720

Submission formats:Articles: Send as plain text with

headings and hdg depth defined,or in Word Processor (e.g., MSWord) format. Save trees: avoidpaper if you can.

Pictures and graphics: Submit inJPEG or TIFF format withclearly marked locations in thearticle.

Long articles may be split betweenissues.

National Club Affiliations: FourWinds BMW Riders is char-tered club #6 of the BMWMOAand chartered club #76 of theBMWRA

Newsletters in color PDF formatare at the Four Winds Site,www.4windsbmw.org . Down-load a free Adobe PDF readerby clicking the ‘Get AdobeReader’ button atwww.adobe.com and followingthe directions thereafter pro-vided.

2014 SHACKSKeep an eye out on the web site allyou lady and gentleman wrenchersand attendees out there, for anyShack locations and dates to helpkeep us smiling and keep ‘em roll-ing!

ONGOING EVENTS

Breakfast Rides, et al.:These rides are free-form. Those

attending decide what theywant to do and where, if any-where, they want to ride. If youjust want to show up in the carand have breakfast with fellowmotorcyclists, that’s fine too.

COME! EAT! CHAT! RIDE!

Ride Schedule — Month:Sun, June 1 — North at King’s

Family Restaurant, I-79 & Rt910/VIP Drive., 10:00 AM

Sat, June 14 — West at Bob Evans,Rt 60 & Campbell’s Run Rd,9:00 AM

Sun, June 22 — South at EaglesLanding, Rostraver Airport,Rte 51, 10:00 AM

Sat, June 28 — East at Dick’s, Rt22 Westbound Side,Monroeville, 9:00 AM

If you’re going to a breakfastride, you might want to no-tify others: It’s not necessary,but it’d be nice to let othersknow you’re going to a particu-lar Breakfast Ride by puttinga notice on the 4-Winds SiteMessage Board’s BreakfastRide section saying so. That’llhelp save a rider from discov-ering too late that no one elseis going that day. The Break-fast Ride’s URL is: http://www.4windsbmw.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=9 . Be sureto erase your post after the rideif you can so the board doesn’tget cluttered.

MEETING SCHEDULE

2014Mark the dates on your calen-

dars, but remember...All meeting sites are tentative.

Please check the web site andnewsletter for changes andupdates.

June 21, 2014, 4-7 PM — PioneerCampground, w/ Laurel High-lands Club

July 19, 2014, 4-7 PM — OhiopylePark, Ohiopyle

August, 2014 — Friday, August15 to Sunday, August 1748th Annual Four WindsRally!

September 20, 2014, 4-7 PM —Leo Stanton’s Home

October 18, 2014, 2-4 PM — John& Marge Humphrey’s, StateRoad, Valencia

November 15, 2014 — Corner-stone Grille, Aspinwall

December, 2014 — No MonthlyMeeting

SAFETY BITSDespite what the failed dipsey doodle OilMagnate from Texas said about global warm-ing, the weather has indeed been changing.Storms are a bit more stormier, and rain whenit comes seems a bit heavier (last month’sride from the South even ran into a bit ofhail--bit early in the season for that!). In anyevent, even under normal conditions it paysfor motorcyclists to be observant of the roadsurface, especially on corners. Rain, espe-cially the heavier sort has a habit of washingsand and gravel out of unpaved places, espe-cially driveways, onto the road surface. Hit-ting a patch of that without awareness, espe-cially on a curve, and very especially on ablind curve where you don’t see it until you’rejust about on it, can lead to a skid and fall-

down. So be careful out there folks, and don’tride faster than you can see far enough aheadto be able to stop if necessary.

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FOUR WINDS BMW CLUB

BOARD MEETING

05/17/14President Adrian Marini called the board meeting to order at Double Wide Grill outside since it was too noisy inside. Attending were

Adrian, Joyce Elk, Ralph Meyer and Joann Barr.Rally

Shirts We oked the design submitted by Ken Kucel and they look good. Will get amounts to order from Diane Pears from lastyear’s list. Need to contact Ken Kucel to order 300 pins.Post Cards John Humphrey will email Ralph the attendees from prior rallies. Ralph has labels and will print addresses andbring to next meeting. Need to contact Beth Furey about getting post cards printed.Entertainment Friday night possible show DVD’s Ralph has. Need to call Trick Barrett to find out where projector is.Prizes Possible BMW mugs from Lee’s for game winners and award winners. Need to inquire at Lee’s. Also ask Lee for a grandprize. Ralph will donate helmet he won last year. (Does not fit him).Envelopes to hand out to rally attendees. Need to email Sean Barrett to check if there some in trailer.Still need to decide leader for games, tech sessions and helpers.

Before board meeting 20 attendees enjoyed food and friends. It was too noisy to hold a meeting. 50/50 was won by Sean Barrett. A list ofjobs needed for the rally was passed around and some volunteered.

WE STILL NEED MORE to step forward and help if we want to continue having rallies in the future.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, JOANN BARR FOR MARGE HUMPHREY WHO HAD TO LEAVE FOR A PREVIOIUS COMMITMENT

MAY MEETING MINUTESThere were 20 members in attendance for our May meeting at the Double Wide Grille in Cranberry. The meeting was preceded by a ride.It was wet and rainy and only a few members chose to ride to there. The restaurant was quite noisy so discussion was limited since we didnot have a separate room.

Sean Barrett was the winner of the 50/50. He took home $30.00.We had two new members join our club. Everyone please welcome Wes Biery from Cheswick and Vish Venkatesh .

MARGE HUMPHREY, RECORDING SECRETARY

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MAY MEETING RIDES

THE NORTH RIDEby Ron Kranz (and thanks to Ron also for theRoute track from his home to the ZeilenopleExxon and thence the Ride by Ed (Syphoon)Syphan to the Double Wide and ultimately

back to Ron’s home)Many thanks to Ron Kranz for the Northern RideTrack file. There is a lot of information withinthis picture--which see. Weather was not an is-sue. It was cool with spurts of occasional lightrain. And, of course, we enjoyed the typicalSyphan brisk riding. Unique on the ricer werethree airheads, one Harley (Jeff) and onewethead GS (Glen). Wes is an airhead junkie.He also joined the club during the meeting. Wearrived in Evans City via Rt.528. I thought forsure Ed would use Franklin Rd.. but instead, heused the Evans City--Mars Road. This had us inMars just a bit before 5:30 PM.. From the Mars-Valencia Road we turned right onto Rt.228 andthen turned left at the appropriate cross road tothe strip mall and thence into the Double WideGrille. Had we taken the curvier Franklin Road,the route would have been left onto Rt.228 thenright and thence into the Double Wide Grille.That route would have been slightly closer. Butthe one Ed took was fine though.

RON

THE SOUTH RIDEThe folks on the ride to the Double Wide fromthe South beginning at the GetGo on Rte 51 justSouth of the US 70 & 51 exit, led by PresidentAdrian Marini ran into a bit more ‘interesting’weather. No one mentioned who was along onthe South Ride, but your editor presumes at leastAdrian and Leo Stanton were, as Leo was seenaboard his K75 after the meeting. And both Leoand Adrian mentioned not only rain, but hail--NOT the kind one sings about when “the gang’sall here,” but the nasty atmospheric sort. Adriansaid he left home wearing his rain suit, as thewet stuff had already started then. After that itwas patches of rain here and there and the doseof hail he and Leo mentioned. Such climaticevents are when fairings such as Adrian’s K-RSand Leo’s K75 come in really handy. In anyevent, the rides, North and South appear, de-spite the weather, to have been enjoyed by allwho went on them.

NORTH MEETING RIDE TRACKby Ron Kranz

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NORTH BREAKFAST RIDE

MAY 4TH., 2014by Walt Halaja

Really, only 5 were present this Sunday--John Allen, Jack Bramkamp, Carl Hartz, Ed Tatters, and myself--when we usually have 10 to 14 ormore! Thought maybe “Ed” Syphoned“--pun intended--off a couple of breakfast regulars like Ralph & Ron “the Camper” Kranz on his rideto the “Warther Wood Carving Museum in Ohio” etc. etc.. Only later I found out the Rain Spooked Ralph so he stayed home & I heard the“Camper” was visiting family out East. A few others were missing too, like Ron “ReddyK” Latkovic, Frank Beatrous, High Viz Tom, 2Spark McLaughlin--whom we hope can get thru his cancer treatments with flying colors and can be back in the saddle again soon. ...Well,I was happy to see “Big” Ed Tatters make it to breakfast even if he had to ride in a cage because he has been grounded for up to 8 weeksbecause of having suffered a rupture that was just repaired some days ago. For Ed to be grounded for up to 8 weeks is “big time” and wehope he can ride sooner than that! We had a good breakfast and with only 5 present we were all just about in the same conversation insteadof having many different ones going on at the same time! At one point the Rally subject came up and I started on a rampage, but Jack threwup his hands and stopped me in my tracks with “Lets don’t go there, Walt!!”, so I shut up! We had a good breakfast and my food was hot fora change. I took the photo so you could see who all was there and then we all headed home. I harvested 7 Fire Stations on the way home!!Am I the only one doing this? Well it doesn’t matter because it’s fun for me!

Walt

BMW R90S RALLY

40TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY RALLYWill be held June 20th to 22nd at Buckingham, Pennsylvania

Honored guests at the rally will be: Hans A. Muth, Robert A. Lutz, Udo Gietl, and Reg Pridmore.

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EUROPEAN MCS OPEN HOUSEApril 26, 2014 - Photos by Ron “ReddyK” Latkovic--Many thanks, Ron!

THE NEW LOCATION FOR PARTS...DELIGHTFUL OPEN HOUSE! THANKS LEE AND GANG!

& JOHN RUPERT’S BACK!

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INTERESTING DISCUSSIONS!

LOTS OF GOOD FOOD! AND BARGAINS TOO!!OODLES OF BIKES TO OGLE--NEW AND USED--ALL

NEAT!

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FOUR WINDS ARE HERE, AND THE ‘NEW’ SHOP REDO LOOKS FINE!

GREAT SPRING DAY FOR AN OPEN HOUSE, TOO. ...EUROPEAN JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER!

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THE SIXTH ANNUAL BMWMOA LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2014AT THE

BMW MOA INTERNATIONAL RALLY

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

AN EVENT FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CHARTERED CLUBS

The Chartered Club Leadership Summit is designed to offer clubs the support and encouragement to help themdevelop positive, creative and safety-oriented leadership and to promote the chartered club as a vital and integralcomponent of the BMW MOA. Club officers and key volunteers will receive information to help them build a bettercharter club experience for all their membership.

So who can attend the Leadership Summit? The event is open to any chartered club officer or key volunteer and thereis no limit on the number of people who can attend from a given club. The summit is a great opportunity for existingofficers to expand their skills, for new officers to gain insight and ideas and to expose future leaders and key volunteersto information they can use to improve the clubbing experience. We leave it up to the individual clubs to determine whomay attend. Preregistration is required. No “walk in” registrations accepted.

Past Summits have covered issues such as; volunteers, from how to recruit them to how to keep them; improvingcommunity awareness; best practices of successful clubs and group riding. A main topic of discussion at this year’sevent will be local rallies and will include a presentation by rally masters from two of the most successful Midwestrallies. In addition MOA Executive Director Bob Aldridge will give a presentation on the state of the MOA and plansfor the chartered clubs. As in past years, the Summit will conclude with an opportunity for attendees to meet membersof the MOA Board of Directors and discuss issues relevant to chartered clubs.

The Summit takes place on Wednesday, July 23th, that’s the day before the rally officially opens, on the rally grounds.It’s an all-day affair and lunch will be provided.

Registration for the Leadership Summit is currently open. Attendance is by reservation only. To register send an emailto the Chartered Club Liaison that includes your club name, the names and email addresses of all attendees and anyspecial dietary requirements.

SEE YOU IN ST. PAUL!

PAUL MULHERN

CHARTERED CLUB LIAISON

210-279-6074PMULHERN@SWBELL.NET

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On the Net...Have you found a neat location on the Internet? Send the URL in with a brief description of what it’s

about to the editor and we’ll post it here for the benefit of your fellow riders...Note: copy or type the underlined link into your browser’s URL textbox and hit ‘Go’ or ‘Enter’ to go there.

Our Four Winds Site, what else??? http://www.4windsbmw.org . And always remember never to forget, you can get thisand past color copies of the Newsletter in PDF format there! Check it out if you haven’t already done so.

Pittsburgh Motorcycle Events—from Diane Pears — http://www.pittsburghbiker.com/june.html .

FOR SALEPlease note: If you sell your item, please notify the newsletter editor so it can be removed from this list.Stuff for F800ST: 25” tall Cee-Bailey Windshield, 26” tall Parabellum Windshield, Touratech crash bar set, Bar Back,

BMW Tank Bag. Windshields are clear and already have Velcro strips for attaching EZPass Transponder. Rick Mayerheated Pilot Seat for 2006 K1200GT. Asking half new price (or less). Make an offer on any or all items. Contact:meyer@zoominternet.net .

Big Al Vangura’s Kymco for sale: W:e are selling Big Al’s Kymco Scooter. If you are interested or know anyone that wouldwant to purchase this scooter, please contact us or pass this message on. This is a 2009 Kymco 250 Ri Scooter. We are asking$3,500 or best offer - It has on it 19,940 miles, and includes an extra long wind shield, Special brake light, cover, and Toptrunk. If interested, please call: 724-736-2884 or 724-557-0802. Dee Vangura. Please see the pictures of it and its accesso-ries on page 16 of the March 2013 newsletter.

WARTHER MUSEUM RIDEby Sean Barrett

To those of you who stayed home on May 4th: You missed a great time. Although things looked ominous as I rode up to Zelienople to meetup with Ed Syphon, the weather held and we never did have any rain.

At Zelienople, I joined Kevin Hart, Ed Syphon, Jay Singh and Frank Beatrous . From there, Ed led us down two lane county rounds to

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Dover, Ohio. It was a three hour ride, but it didn’tseem so long and the roads were great with theclouds clearing as we entered Ohio. There was afair amount of flooding and high water, but nobad weather, ...alright--it was a little windy. I amnot sure what roads we were on, but I am prettysure it was Rte 39 thru most of Ohio.

If you have never been to the Warther Mu-seum, it is a must-see place. You can’t believewhat he could carve with a knife. It was well worththe ride.

After a couple of hours, it was time to headhome. Since I was the only one that lives south ofthe city, I left on my own and did back roads allthe way home. A great ending to a great day.

I want to thank Ed for setting up this ride.You can always count on good roads when riding

with Ed even if the weather doesn’t always cooperate. Years ago, we referred to Ed as Ed “Syphoon” because of his ability find terribleweather as well as great roads. Hopefully he will continue to do without the bad weather as he has done recently. But, as I always say, if youdon’t ride in bad weather in Pennsylvania, you probably will not get to ride much.

SEAN

Thanks to Kevin Hard and Ed Syphan for the pictures. Ed’s e-note with his said, “These are the pix I got. The one is with Jim, the docent that gave us thetour. He’s been giving them for for forty years! And some of us at lunch. The ride over was actually pleasant enough, considering it was Ohio.”

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THE WAY WE WERE BACK WHENPrepared by Walt Halaja

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The way we were, continued -- Pictures from Ed Syphan’s Dayton U.S. Air Force Museum Ride:

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SYRIA MOSQUE POKER RUN

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PUNOGRAPHYSent in by Ron “ReddyK” Latkovic:

ERR RALLY IDEASby Diane Pears

Hi Guys,We had a good time, albeit very cool and damp, at the 14th ERR (European Riders Rally) in Burkesville, KY. They’re well organizedand really give a lot for the money at their rally, including free T shirts and pins, 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, 1 dinner, two nights live music, asmany free camping nights as you want, free RV spots, restaurants & stores in walking distance and two motel rooms rented in walkingdistance just for rally goers to use the showers (besides the ones right at the park), lots of door prizes, very nice engraved awards for allcategories, guided rides & seminars — all for $45 pre-registration and $55 at the door. Day pass was $25. They provided no discount forthose staying in motels.

I have “Building Envy” though. They have 2 perfectly positioned enclosed buildings and one huge open paved picnic shelter all besideeach other at the entrance. They have amazing community support from the visitors bureau, mayor and merchants as well as local BMWdealer who donates and serves the whole free BBQ lunch. Local churches cook and bring the free breakfast Sun. morning with a brief talk,couple songs and gave out free DVD’s (something about the Beatles, but we didn’t get one). The community gives them $4,000 every yeartoward the rally. Afterwards, they donate it back to a charity or non-profit of the town’s choosing. Some restaurants stay open extra hours. One year the mayor told employees to empty out the basement of the courthouse so people could camp inside if they wanted, since theweather forcast was bad!

I got some good ideas from them and other clubs. Their pre-registration online really helped. I propose we do the same — get a pagegoing for it thru June & July with a $5 discount incentive. Also could pre-order shirts with specific sizes and options like long sleeve, pocketand hoodie. Here is an example of a club doing it. I don’t propose different color choices, just styles. Their choice is paid for on the rallypre-reg form page. http://beartoothbeemers.org/t-shirt-orders/

DIANE

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Please add these events to the What’s Happening Section of your great magazine.

June 1; Brewster, OhioAnnual Fun RunSponsored by Canton Motorcycle Club starting at their clubhouse located ¼ mile south of Brewster, Ohio on SR93. Registration 11:30 am. First Bike out 12 Noon. Information: Call (330) 970-9359 or emailCantonMCinfo@gmail.com.

July 20; Brewster, OhioAnnual Poker RunSponsored by Canton Motorcycle Club starting at their clubhouse located ¼ mile south of Brewster, Ohio on SR93. Registration 11:30 am. First bike out 12 Noon. Information: Call (330) 970-9359 or emailCantonMCinfo@gmail.com.

September 28; Brewster, OhioAnnual Dam Run and Canned Food DriveSponsored by Canton Motorcycle Club starting at their clubhouse located ¼ mile south of Brewster, Ohio on SR93. Registration 11:30 am. First bike out 12 Noon. Information: Call (330) 970-9359 or emailCantonMCinfo@gmail.com..

November 2; Brewster, OhioAnnual Freeze Your Buns RunSponsored by Canton Motorcycle Club starting at their clubhouse located ¼ mile south of Brewster, Ohio on SR93. Registration 11:30 am. First bike out 12 Noon. Information: Call (330) 970-9359 or emailCantonMCinfo@gmail.com.

Thank you,David M. WeinrebPresident, Canton Motorcycle Club

RUN DATES--CANTON MC CLUB

THE PERFECT SQUELCH(S)THIS IS A STORY TOLD ABOUT MOHANDAS GANDHI, KNOWN BY MANY INDIANS AS “MAHATMA” OR

“GREAT SOUL”...When Gandhi was studying law at the University College of London, there was a professor, whose last name was Peters, who felt animositytoward Gandhi, and because Gandhi never conceded to him in any disagreement, their “arguments” were very common.

One day, Mr Peters was having lunch at the dining room of the University and Gandhi came along with his tray and sat next to him.Theprofessor, in his arrogance, said, “Mr Gandhi: you do not understand...a pig and a bird do not sit together to eat,” to which Gandhi replied,“You do not worry professor, I’ll fly away,” and he went and sat at another table.

Mr Peters, enraged, decided to take revenge on Gandhi on the next test, but Gandhi responded brilliantly to all questions.Then, Mr. Peters asked him the following question, “Mr Gandhi, if you are walking down the street and find a package, and within it

there is a bag of wisdom and another bag with a lot of money; which one will you take?”Without hesitating, Gandhi responded, “the one with the money, of course . “Mr Peters, smiling, said, “I, in your place, would have taken the wisdom, don’t you think?”“Each one takes what one doesn’t have”, responded Gandhi indifferently.Mr Peters, already hysterical, wrote on the exam sheet the word “idiot” and gave it to Gandhi. Gandhi took the exam sheet and sat down.

A few minutes later, Gandhi went to the professor and said, “Mr Peters, you signed the sheet but you did not give me the grade.”

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LAUREL HIGHLANDS CAMPOUT REGISTRATION

12TH ANNUAL LAUREL HIGHLANDS BMW RIDERS CAMPOUT 2014JUNE 13, 14, 15, 2014

Name Rider_____________________________________________________________________Address_________________________________________________________________City_______________________________State____________Zip__________________Email Address___________________________________________________________Miles ridden to Rally______________________________________________________Make & model, year _________________________________________________Name Passenger_________________________________________________________________Address_________________________________________________________________City_______________________________State___________Zip___________________Email Address____________________________________________________________**************************************************************************************Club affiliations: __________________________________________________________Camping: Yes_____ No______ Motel (-$5.00 pp/pn)____________________________Number of Attendees ______ X $45.00 at gate - $40.00 if preregistered by 5/31/14=___________ Pd. Cash_________ Pd. Check #__________Please read and sign the following release:

I understand that the Laurel Highlands BMW Riders cannot assume responsibility for my personal safetyin this event. I choose to participate in this event voluntarily, based on my own assessment of my abilities,the route conditions and facilities, and therefore assume all risks. I release and hold harmless LHBMWR; it’sofficers, agents and members from any and all injury and/or loss to my person or property that may resultfrom my participation in this event. I further certify that my vehicle and I are in compliance with all appli-cable license, insurance and financial responsibility laws applicable to my participation in this event. Allparticipants under 18 years of age must have their parent or guardian sign the following additional release.As the parent or guardian of the above participant, and being informed or familiar with the risk normallyassociated with motorcycle events, I hereby consent to his or her participation in this event, and accept andadopt all the representations and assumptions of risk set forth in the foregoing release.Rider Parent Signature:_______________________________________Guardian Signature ________________________________________PassengerSignature:________________________________________Make Checks payable to LHBMWR and mail to:Stacey Papinchak840 Basin Dr. Windber, Pa. 15963

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Four Winds BMW Ridersc/o Ralph Meyer, Editor6056 Meadow LaneBakerstown, PA 15007-9720

DIRECTIONS TO THE JUNE MEETING:The June meeting will be held Saturday, JUNE 14th at the Laurel High-land BMW Riders Campout at Pioneer Park Campground, 273 Trent Roadfrom 4--7 PM.**. A catered meal with the Laurel Highlands Club camperswill be available at 6:30 PM for $15 per person that has pre-registered forit.. Please Note that if you intend to partake of this meal, you MUSThave pre-registered for the meal by June 7th with LH Treasurer, StaceyPapinchack at wcycle@comcast.net!

From the West on the Superslab: Take the turnpike, I-76 East. Take theDonegal exit—exit 91—to the right towards Pa-711/Ligonier/Uniontown. Turn left out of the exit onto Hwy 31. In about 11.7 miles,Turn right onto Trent Rd. In about .4 miles turn right into Pioneer ParkCampground @ (GPS) Latitude & Logitude: N40.02637 W79.21376.

From the West on Back roads: If you don’t like the super slab, figureback roads to get to Rte 31 East. Continue on Hwy 31 about 11.7 milespast the Donegal Turnpike Exit to Trent Rd. Turn right onto Trent Rd,go about .4 miles and turn right into the Campground.

Ride to the meeting: Pres. Adrian Marini will lead a back-road ridestarting at the GetGo station on Rte 51 just south of the Rte 51--I-70exit. The Ride will start at 3:30PM. Be sure to have your gas tank full(& bladder empty) before beginning the ride..

(Laurel Highlands Campout Registration for camping is on the previouspage.)

**The Board will meet after the meeting.Note the change of the meeting date from the usual 3rd Saturday to

the 2nd Saturday in June!!!

HOW DO I JOIN

FOUR WINDS BMWRIDERS?

To join, come to a meeting and introduceyourself. Meetings are listed here in theNewsletter and in the schedule of eventson the Web Site, www.4windsbmw.org.

Membership dues are $20 per year for pri-mary membership, and $10 per year forassociate members residing in the samehousehold as a primary member.