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Wind & Fire MC International newsletter for Firefighters In-The-Wind Po Box 23, La Mesa, CA USA 91944 Volume 24 Issue #4 October 2016 Year 26 and beyond… In this issue: 1 ………………………………………………… Prez: JR 2 ………………………………… Founder Jerry Eibert 5 …………………Editor’s Corner - Spanky Bratton 5 ………………………………… Send me your story 5 ……… Hard copy newsletter subscriptions due 6 .……… 25 Years of Wind & Fire MC – Part 3 of 4 7 …………………………………… Where we’ve been 9 ………………………………… Where we’re going 10 ……………………………………… In memoriam 11 ..................... Wind & Fire MC Challenge Coins 11 ………………………………………… Other Stuff 12 ………………………………………… Club photos 14 ..... International officers and board members JR – International President WFMC I want to remind everyone that we are a Harley riding firefighter MC. We are known around the world as such. It is very important that only firefighters and those that work in the fire service be “full members”. If you have any questions, ask any board member, JB or me. As they say "when in doubt ask". As you know our associate membership was designed for family members and in some cases those that support our club’s mission and goals; we are a fire fighter MC. With the Western in the books our official riding season has come to a close, those that attended the Western in Carson City were well taken care of thanks to members and families of Chapter 88. We had two very special guests this year. Aldo from France and Big Tatonka (Dirk Broeckx) from Belgium, they had many stories to tell. I am sure they had a good time. Thursday the weather was very cold, but Friday and Saturday were perfect. I also want to thank the board members that attended: Tex and Karen, William and Bruce.

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Wind & Fire MC

International newsletter for Firefighters In-The-Wind

Po Box 23, La Mesa, CA USA 91944

Volume 24 Issue #4 October 2016

Year 26 and beyond…

In this issue: 1 ………………………………………………… Prez: JR

2 ………………………………… Founder Jerry Eibert

5 …………………Editor’s Corner - Spanky Bratton

5 ………………………………… Send me your story

5 ……… Hard copy newsletter subscriptions due

6 .……… 25 Years of Wind & Fire MC – Part 3 of 4

7 …………………………………… Where we’ve been

9 ………………………………… Where we’re going

10 ……………………………………… In memoriam

11 ..................... Wind & Fire MC Challenge Coins

11 ………………………………………… Other Stuff

12 ………………………………………… Club photos

14 ..... International officers and board members

JR – International President WFMC

I want to remind

everyone that we are a

Harley riding

firefighter MC. We are

known around the

world as such. It is

very important that

only firefighters and

those that work in the fire service be “full

members”. If you have any questions, ask any

board member, JB or me. As they say "when in

doubt ask".

As you know our associate membership was

designed for family members and in some cases

those that support our club’s mission and goals;

we are a fire fighter MC.

With the Western in the books our official riding

season has come to a close, those that attended

the Western in Carson City were well taken care

of thanks to members and families of Chapter 88.

We had two very special guests this year. Aldo

from France and Big Tatonka (Dirk Broeckx) from

Belgium, they had many stories to tell. I am sure

they had a good time. Thursday the weather was

very cold, but Friday and Saturday were perfect.

I also want to thank the board members that

attended: Tex and Karen, William and Bruce.

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As you meet fellow firefighters be sure to invite

them to join W&FMC. As our club gets older so

do our members. It is important to keep new and

younger members coming into our club.

I want to thank those that went to Europe and

attended our International Event. I understand

those that attended had a good time. I am very

sorry for the misunderstanding which caused

some members to stay home. It will never

happen again. Any member is welcome at any

International Event. We are working on some

changes to insure W&FMC is the same worldwide.

We still have some great chapter events coming

up, support your local chapters. The big events

on the west coast are the Sacramento FF

Memorial and the Johnny V Toy Run. Both are

awesome and you need to attend if you can.

Now is the time to service your bikes and get

ready for 2017 and the rides ahead.

See you on the road,

JR

JB - John Bergstrom - Vice President

As I see Things....

JB will be back in print

next issue – Editor

Jerry “Evo Red” Eibert Wind & Fire MC

Founder

Today I read the

Thunder Press edit of

my Kids Day Run

story. TP published 3

out of my 4 photos

and the article

appears very early,

page 6. Nice!

Editor – here is the article in its entirety as Jerry

wrote it:

Besides riding and socializing, Wind & Fire

Motorcycle Club (a Firefighter/Harley

international club) has a secondary focus on

charity. W&F MC’s first motorcycle charity

events in 1994 were hosted by chapters

located in Santa Barbara, CA; Bellwood, IL

and Denver, CO. Thus began the club’s

signature Burn Camp Run (BCR) events,

motorcycle runs to summer camps

benefitting burn-injured children. At camp

club members made donations and

intermingled biker-to-camper with the kids.

Hula-Hoop Relay

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Duplicating that same BCR format, an

inaugural Kids Day Run (KDR) took place

three years later in California. This time the

venue was Camp Ronald McDonald for Good

Times in Idyllwild, a summer fun camp for

kids with cancer. July 16th of this year

marked the club’s 20-year of riding to Camp

Ronald McDonald.

Upon arriving at camp, club members are

paired-up with a Cabin – a group of kids

defined by the numbered cabin in which they

reside. In my case I joined Cabin #14, a

cheery group of young ladies. Festivities on

site include: get-acquainted games such as

Hong Kong Phooey to introduce the bikers to

their Cabins, Slow Race bike heats, camper

selfies taken astride the Harleys and the

highly competitive Hula-Hoop Relay (actually

more spectacle than contest)…details later.

It’s traditional for those campers in-the-

know to plea, “Can I wear your Colors Vest?”

This request is a narrowly disguised ploy; its

real target being to setup an “unsuspecting”

biker for the vest return ritual. Later, said

vest-retrieval requires an obligatory Squirrel

Dance, often done line-dance fashion,

during lunch, in front of a packed mess hall.

The Squirrel is a thing of beauty. Not! What it

is, is awkwardly, goofy, fun.

The Hula-Hoop Relay Race explained: Out in

an open field, four teams are stretched

hand-and-hand into lines consisting of

several Cabins with their respective bikers.

At the end of each line sets a Harley; at the

other end stands a biker waiting next to a

pile of clothes. A hula-hoop is then placed

on the arm of the first person near the line’s

bike-end. At “Go” the hoop is relayed down

the line, clumsily passing over and under

each team member’s body while that

member has both hands held fast to

adjoining line-mates. Once the hoop has

traveled the line end-to-end to arrive at the

awaiting biker, he (funnier when it’s a guy)

has to don gear from the pile (frilly ladies

clothes no less), run back down along the

line garbed in dress & bonnet to his bike,

hop on and fire it up. Cool fun…no one really

cares who wins.

This year W&F MC brought along

commemorative 20th Anniversary Run

Slow Race

The W&F MC crew takes a break on route to

camp. (The

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Patches for everyone: riders, campers and

staff. The unique anniversary patches feature

the dual logos of Ronald McDonald’s

“Rainbow Kids” and Wind & Fire’s “Fire Bike”.

W&F MC is grateful to be part of the summer

escape of Camp Ronald McDonald for Good

Times. It’s always good to be in-the-wind.

Adding something altruistic to the journey

enhances the experience. It’s a completely

uplifting feeling to put some happy and/or

mesmerized faces on kids coping with

adversity. Nationally & internationally the

clubs hosts approximately two dozen annual

charity events.

Evo Red

Spanky Bratton – Editor’s Corner

[email protected]

This year’s riding

season is winding

down and for me it

was another good

time of many days in

the saddle. Our ride

out to Sturgis for the

unofficial Wind & Fire

Rally, which was done quite well by the Black Hills

Chapter, and return was one of my best ever. If

I’m counting it right and subtracting the two

years I missed in succession, it was my 17th

pilgrimage to the Hills. Once again we lucked out

with the weather when others were having wind

and rain and hail on the road. To those of you, I

tip my helmet for staying the course and building

those road memories through thick and thin.

From Southern California we made it a point to

hit the two-laners and visit old friends and

making new ones in Arizona, New Mexico,

Colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota, Utah, Nevada

and Oregon before we came back home. On our

way through Oregon we happened along Wind &

Fire brother Jon Journey at the Chevron Station in

Roseburg. I can’t tell you how many times this

has happened to me over the years (eh, Lisa Price

Waltman?). Wear your colors! You never know

who you’ll see along the road.

This year’s ride took us down the incredible

Pacific Coast Highway 1 from Oregon to San

Francisco. We spent a couple of days to wind our

way along some of the most beautiful coastline

and landscape on the planet before we crossed

the Golden Gate Bridge at rush hour on a Friday.

That patch of ground brings back great memories

of my youth – I once rode a 1966 Honda 305

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Superhawk from Southern California to Fort

Bragg, California to visit a girl and my relations –

some 600+ miles on a seat that was made for

cruising around town, not for the long haul. I

learned the true meaning of having an iron butt,

50-some miles at a bite. But the memories of

that great trip came flooding back to me as we

rode along the Mendocino coast.

Some of the clan still live there in fact. I hadn’t

seen my cousin Bruce since 1978 after I

graduated from the Engineer Academy and

visited at Thanksgiving. I knew he owned the

Napa Auto Parts store in the middle of town at

one time so I decided to stop unannounced just

to see if he might still be there. I dismounted

Rocinante, entered the shop and there he was,

leaning across the counter. A little greyer, but

still with the same smile and good nature that I

remembered. He’s owned/managed the place for

40 years now.

That’s really it, isn’t it? A great road trip isn’t

just about pounding out the miles, merely riding

through this country’s magnificent scenery. It’s

about meeting both the local and the traveler

along the way. Even if you don’t know someone

in towns along the road, get your butt off the

superslab, cruise through the oldest part of

anytown, USA and make that human contact. The

best way I’ve found is to find that mom and pop

hash house that serves up more than what’s on

the menu. You won’t regret it.

It’s in the wind…

Spanky

Newsletter Notes

Send Me Your Story!

I’m still looking for your W&FMC stories to close

out our commemoration of 25 years in the

January 2017 issue. Send them to me any way

you can get them to me.

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I do not have an account for the Wind & Fire MC

newsletter. My bank will not cash them if made

out to Wind & Fire MC.

Address: Spanky Bratton PO Box 23 La Mesa, CA

91944

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25 Years of WIND & FIRE MC

April 1991 to April 2016

Beginning with last quarter’s newsletter, we

embarked on an abbreviated history of our club

in honor of our 25th anniversary. I originally

intended to have JR and JB write a few words on

the more recent years and the future of WFMC,

but I thought it would be good to hear from one

of the first members in the club so I have been

bugging Member #6 Bill Cadam to give me some

of his thoughts on events of the early days of the

club. I’m happy to say my haranguing worked!

Here he writes about how the annual Fresno Burn

Camp Run and the annual Kids Day Run (which

just celebrated its 20-year anniversary) got

started.

Bill: Back in 1993 my wife at the time, being a

burn survivor, wanted to go to Alisa Ann Ruch

Burn Camp as a counselor. She spent about two

weeks with the kids and had a wonderful time.

She also met a really good friend Kristen Smith.

Anyway, that will come up later. They started

talking about the things that went on at Burn

Camp with the kids during those two weeks. I

asked if we, as firefighters and Wind and Fire

members, could ride in and spend a day with the

kids and have fun. Santa Barbara County

Firefighters Local 2046 was donating about a

thousand dollars a year toward the burn

foundation. I figured we could deliver it in

person.

My ex-wife and Kristen went to the powers to be

at Burn Camp and asked the question if we could

ride into camp and the kids sit on our bikes and

have fun with the kids. They came back with let’s

give it a try. I went to Jerry and asked if we could

do this ride to burn camp and he said, “Why not?

Let’s do it”. Thus Chapter No. 1 of Wind and Fire

made its first run to Burn Camp in 1994 in

Wonder Valley outside of Fresno, CA. If you

haven’t been to Burn Camp in Fresno you’re

missing out.

A few years later someone came to me from the

Fresno firefighters (I don’t know his name but I

will buy you a beer next time you see me, I am

sorry) and asked why I was doing this run from

Santa Barbara when Fresno is in our backyard? So

Fresno Wind and Fire Chapter has taken the helm

on Burn Camp and doing a wonderful job. Bebee

and his wife Dee and the rest of Wind & Fire

Chapter #44 do a really great job. You have Evil

and 2Evil doing the BBQ and Serving beer, what is

there not to like? Thank You for doing a great

ride.

OK, now off to Kids Day in Hemet. Kristen Smith

decided to try working at a different camp.

So Kristen went to Ronald McDonald Good Times

which are kids that are cancer survivors and

patients.

In 1996 Kristen went to Camp Good Times and

came to me after camp and asked if we at Wind

and Fire could do a run to Ronald McDonald. I

said yes. I went to Jerry and asked “could we do

another camp run?” So in 1997 we went to our

first Kids Day (outside of Hemet, California). Jerry

came up with the name Kids Day and it has stuck

ever since.

I did the Kids Day Run for a couple of years

before I handed it off to CDF-FIRE Wind and Fire

Chapter #91. Papa Dwayne and his Chapter 91

have done a great job in running this ride. Kids

Day is an absolute blast. We play games with the

kids as well as having lunch with them. We

entertain the kids with a slow race and we play a

game with hula hoops. I can’t say enough about

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how much fun this camp is. This camp is good

for the heart and it is good for the soul. We Wind

and Fire Members are doing a great job with the

kids and the firefighters who attend.

I would like to say that being a member of Wind

and Fire is an honor. Being in our 25th year as

Wind and Fire is absolutely wonderful. And thank

each and every one of you for the ride.

Bill Cadam

Wind & Fire MC Member #6

Where we’ve been:

WIND & FIRE

Rallies and Other Events

CDF-Fire Chapter #91

20th Annual Kids Day Run

Mountain Center, California

July 15 and 16, 2016

On a warm July Saturday thirteen bikes with

eighteen people made the 20th Annual Kids Day

Run to Camp Ronald McDonald For Good times.

Camp Ronald McDonald is located in the

mountains east of Hemet (Riverside County)

California and is a one week camp for kids that

have cancer.

W&F members interacted with the 125 campers,

counselors, and staff. The campers were divided

into groups and a W & F member was placed with

each group to talk about their bikes and what W

& F is all about. The kids were encouraged to sit

on the machines and ask questions. There were

some interesting games played with the kids and

a slow race contest was held among the bikes

that were there. Mike Walker and Fat Bob of the

Central Sierra Chapter faced off in the "Finals",

with Fat Bob being declared the winner!

W & F Founder Jerry "Evo Red" Eibert designed a

special Run Patch for our "20th" and generously

funded patches for each of the kids, Thank you

Jerry !

Support for this year's Run came from multiple

chapters including: Buck-Fifty from Kingman-

Lake Havasu, AZ, Central Sierra from Merced,

Fresno Area Firefighters, Fresno, Big Bear, from

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the San Bernardino Mountains, San Diego Chapter

11, and CDF-FIRE, Riverside. This year's Run was

able to donate $2,035 to the Camp, well done

guys & gals! Chapter 91 thanks all the

participants and acknowledges and appreciates

the support of all the Wind & Fire members,

Thank you all!

Papa Duane

Chapter 91

CDF-FIRE

Black Hills Chapter #183

"Ride 2 the Hills ... Ride 4 Your Life"

August 7 – August 9, 2016

(This was a WFMC Four For Four Run)

This year’s rally was much quieter than in years

past. Not just because many went to Europe or

the new eastern rally in Indy, but throughout the

Hills & Sturgis also. With the exception of a few

members’ bikes breaking down, I think all that

came had a good time here.

We had our usual annual ride with a trial new

route, still ending at Jim's place Chute Roosters .

Meet & Greet went well with all of us pitching in

(like a potluck) around the campfire at Pactola

Campground.

We tried a few new ideas of having a mystery ride

with couples guessing where the next stop was.

We finished the day with dinner at the Alpine Inn

and hosting a gift exchange. Cesar Meza of the

Black Hills Chapter engineered [literally – editor]

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the train ride this year which benefits our

fundraiser - Black Hills Children's Home.

Speaking of that fundraiser for this organization,

we collected almost $2000 this year, thank you

everyone.

I want to send out a big thank you to my chapter

members, the Bebees, Barry & all others that

helped us pull all this off.

Twig Stanger, President

Black Hills Chapter #183

Where We’re Going:

WIND & FIRE

Upcoming Rallies, Runs and Events

Sacramento Firefighter Chapter #30

California Firefighters Memorial

October 14 and 15, 2015

On behalf of the Sacramento Chapter of W&F, I'd

like to personally invite you back for our get

together and dinner on Friday October 14th. The

California Firefighters Memorial is Saturday,

October 15th.

We have reserved a block of rooms at the

Hawthorne Suites, 321 Bercut Dr, Sacramento.

Once again, they were nice enough to give us last

year's rates. 1K or 2Q rooms are $69 and a 2

bedroom suite with 1Q in each room is $109.

You can call the hotel direct (916) 441-1200 and

ask for the Wind & Fire Motorcycle Club block

rate. The price is good thru Oct. 15th.

Vallejo's Mexican Restaurant IS back again this

year...they delivered a great dinner buffet. Dinner

will again be $15 for Carnitas, Chicken Fajitas,

beans, rice and all the fixins. Please RSVP for the

dinner so we know how much to order. Our

website, http://sacwindandfire.com/ will

have more info. Click on upcoming events.

Also, we'll be selling our newly designed, 2016

Memorial t-shirts (limited number), our W&F ball

caps, memorial pin and patch sets and raffle

tickets... all proceeds go to the Firefighters Burn

Institute Kids Burn Camp. To RSVP and/or reserve

a t-shirt, you can simply reply to this email or call

me, Sandy, (916) 967-4213,

[email protected].

Please pass this info on to your club members.

We look forward to seeing our Wind & Fire

brothers and sisters on Friday and at the

Memorial on Saturday.

Sandy Donahue

Chapter 30 Secretary

Barbary Coast Chapter #57

10th Annual Johnny V toy Run

November 5, 2016

Once again the Barbary Coast Chapter of Wind &

Fire MC will be hosting a Toy Run on November

5, benefiting the San Francisco Firefighters Local

798 Toy Program. Come join us on an escorted

ride through our beautiful streets of San

Francisco. Then join us for our after ride party,

BBQ, 50/50, raffle, music and run pin. San

Francisco Firefighters' goal is to distribute over

250,000 toys to about 40,000 dis-advantage

families during the Holiday Season. No child

should ever have to go without a little Holiday

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Cheer. Please come join us on November 5th

and help us put a smile on a deserving child.

Saturday November 5

2225 Jerrold St. San Francisco

Registration 10:00 – 11:30 am

Donation: $25. Rider $5 with unwrapped toy.

WIND & FIRE Members and friends who

have left us this year

Don “Stewmeat” Stewart

Past Wind & Fire MC Board Member

Past Orange County California Chapter

September 11, 1950–February 18, 2016

Dany Vermeersch

Flanders Firefighters Chapter #181

May 6, 1961 – July 20, 2016

Brothers,

With pain in our hearts, we Flanders Firefighters

#181, inform you that we lost one of our

brothers. Yesterday evening around 7:40 p.m.

Dany Vermeersch passed away struggle against

cancer. The funeral will take place on Wednesday

27 july at 10:15 a.m. in the auditorium of the

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funeral home 'Bleyaert' in Bruges. The address is:

Moerkerksesteenweg 77, Sint-Kruis Bruges.

If possible, please wear the colours of Wind &

Fire, if is possible coming with your bike with a

black ribbon.

Kind regards,

The board

Flanders Firefighters #181

WIND & FIRE MC Challenge Coins

Contact Skipper Road Captain/Board Member or

Redlight at the Big Bear Chapter #53.

Terry Porter (Skipper)/Laurie Porter (Redlight)

PO Box 623

Big Bear Lake,

CA 92315-0623

Home (909)866-5151 Cell (909) 289-1508

[email protected]

Other Stuff…

Motorcycle Flag Display Guidelines

Thanks to longtime WFMC member William Trinkl

who sent in basic guidelines for displaying the US

flag on your motorcycle when the Wind & Fire,

POW, military or other flag is also being

displayed. Here is the US flag protocol

recommended for civilians displaying flags on

vehicles, including motorcycles as outlined by the

Courtesy Military Salute Project (CSP).

http://www.newlondonmotorcycleclub.com/uplo

ads/Flag_Guidelines.pdf

Automobile and Motorcycle Flag Display

Guidelines for Non-Military Vehicles

No other flag should be flown higher than the

Flag of the United States of America. No other

flag should be noticeably larger than the Flag of

the

United

States of

America.

The U.S.

Flag is

mounted

on its

own

right as

the

vehicle is moving forward, EXCEPT when it is

mounted as follows.

A single U.S. Flag mounted on the roof of an

automobile or a truck, or on the rear fender

or “bumper” of a motorcycle, CAN be

mounted in the center of the vehicle OR it can

be mounted on the right side (passenger side)

of the vehicle.

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The U.S. Flag can be displayed in the center of

a row of an odd number of flags (i.e. three

flags, five flags, seven flags, etc.) mounted

across the roof of an automobile or truck or

in a fender-mount or bumper-mount on the

rear of a motorcycle. In this case, the U.S.

Flag should be higher than all other flags.

“Higher” means that the uppermost red stripe

of the flag should be above the top of all

other flags. This can generally be

accomplished by using a U.S. Flag one size

larger than all of the other flags or by

extending the length of the pole holding a

U.S. Flag that is the same size as all of the

other flags.

The U.S. Flag displayed in the center of a row

of multiple U.S. Flags mounted in a line

across the roof of an automobile or truck, or

in a fender-mount or bumper-mount on the

rear of a motorcycle, CAN be higher than all

of the other U.S. Flags (in the case of an odd

number of multiple U.S. Flags, i.e. three flags,

five flags, seven flags, etc.) OR all of the U.S.

Flags can be the same height and size.

If a row of multiple U.S. Flags has an even

number of flags (i.e. two flags, four flags, six

flags, etc.), ALL of the flags in the row should

be the same height and size.

If U.S. Flags are flown from poles extending

out of the “post holes” in the rear of, and on

both sides of, the bed of a pickup truck, both

U.S. Flags should be the same size and

height.

Courtesy Military Salute project:

http://www.newlondonmotorcycleclub.com/uplo

ads/Flag_Guidelines.pdf

WIND & FIRE MC On the road again…

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Sergeant at Arms

Shannon Turner

1224 Triangle Drive

Central Point, Oregon 97502

(541)324-8984

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Board Member

Darrell Stevenson

PO Box 97

Dawson, TX 76639

(903) 875-9895

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Board Member

Ron Hyde

57 Bay Hill Lane

Panorama Village, TX 77304

(281)298-1968

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Board Member

William Trinkl

3971 Bison Blvd.

Lake Havasu City AZ 86404

(714) 743-9852

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Board Member/Hospitality

Gary Lovell

1411 Hwy. 205

Rockwall, TX 75032

(972) 563-9116

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Board Member/Secretary

Mike May

3416 Lancaster Way

Calgary, Alberta T3E 5W6

Canada

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National Rally/Board Member

Terry “Hef” Heflin

(634) 484-0824

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Board Member

Tom Dill

6063 Newcombe Court

Arvada, CO 80004

(303) 669-0375 cell

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Membership/Club Products

Dave Barr

PO Box 8633

Bodfish, CA 93205

(760) 379-4941

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Chaplain

Mark “Straight Arrow” Rittermeyer

4784 Foxwood Blvd

Lakeland, FL 33810-2041

(863) 816-9898

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Newsletter Editor

Mike “Spanky” Bratton

PO Box 23

La Mesa, CA 91944

(619) 415-6258

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Wind & Fire Historian

Wild Bill Sterne

1008 Georgia St

Louisiana, MO 63353

(573) 754-0122

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Club President/CEO Board

Member/Webmaster

John “JR” Robbins

3113 Tupelo Drive

Merced, CA 95348

(209) 769-7408

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Vice President/CFO/Board

Member/Corporate Rallies

John “JB” Bergstrom

140 Slatey Ford Rd.

Greenbrier, AR 72058

(501) 428-7701

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European Director/Board Member

Eddy Styven

Vinkenlaan 17

2630 Aartselaar

Belgium

03 8871938

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Road Captain/Board Member

Terry “Skipper” Porter

PO Box 623

Big Bear Lake, CA 92315-0623

(909) 866-5151

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Charity Officer/Board Member

Bruce Reibly

65 Cortez Dr.

Nocoma, TX 76255

(940) 825-5138

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Safety Officer

Lisa “SureShot” Rudikoff

Colorado 303-949-5896

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W&F plaques JB and Eddy