November 2012 - ABATE of ND

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November 2012
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November 2012 `ABATE of ND - 37 Years of Riding Free Volume 37 Issue 11
DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES
District 1 Divide-Williams-Mountrail-McKenzie
Craig “Rattler” Metcalf 701-774-8463
District 2 Burke -Renville-Bottineau-Ward -McHenry-Pierce
Woody & June Seemann 701-721-5560
ABATE OF ND STATE OFFICERS
Executive Offi cers: District 3 Rolette -Towner-Eddy-Benson-Ramsey-Cavalier
Don Faber President [email protected] . . . 226-4884
Lance “Crash” Ekern 701-351-9560
Roy Towne V Pres [email protected] . 226-1469
Doug Hursman 701-370-9692
Larry Stevahn Treasurer [email protected] . . 223-9737
Genie Sauvageau Secretary [email protected]. . 471-0352
District 4 Pembina-Walsh-Nelson-Grand Forks
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Open - Interested? Call or email the ABATE offi ce
Tom Birkholz [email protected] . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214-3194
Coop [email protected] . . . . . . . .471-3388 District 5 Steele-Traill-Cass
Kim Brandner [email protected]. . . . .220-5669
Wayne Halverson 701-893-5394
Roger “Fridge” Behm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226-7730
Matt Maier 701-321-5683
Randy Love [email protected]. . . . . . . . . . . . . .220-1655
Jay “Bird” Toepke [email protected] . . . . . . . . . .226-9030
District 6 Ransom - Richland - Sargent
Open - Interested? Call or email the ABATE offi ce
OFFICE STAFF
Executive Director District 7 Barnes-Dickey-Foster-Griggs-LaMoure
Michael “Cutter” Jay [email protected]. . . . .701-391-3062 Kurt “Jerry” Isakson 701-883-4493
Administrative Assistant -Part time mornings
District 8 Kidder-Logan-McIntosh-Stutsman-Wells
Roxie Hopfauf [email protected] . . . . .701-223-5609
Al Martell 701-320-0351
Marketing & Promotions Director George Quigley 701-320-5355
Janet Frost [email protected] . . . . .701-471-2231
District 9 Burleigh-Emmons-McLean-Sheridan
Membership Coordinator/Offi ce Assistant - Part time afternoons
Alice Mosbrucker [email protected] . . . . .701-223-5609 Kent Fischer 701-255-3584

District 10 Grant - Mercer - Oliver - Morton - Sioux
NDMSP RIDER COACHES
Kim Brandner 701-220-5669
Greg Haug - Lonnie Bertsch - Mike Cooper - Dave Mills
Wayne Maruska - Jim & Jan Bailey - Mark Arndt - Brock Callina District 10 North Grant - Mercer - Oliver - Morton - Sioux
A.J. Callina - Thomas Johnston - Derek Schatz - Lyance Savage
Tim & Brenda Mattheis 701-880-1160
Todd Zewick -Jennifer Zewick - Michael Hauf - Rod Krause
Dave Parsons - Glen Weinmann - Jim Keal - Kevin Bernier
Joseph Grotjohn Steve & Marge Hohnadel - Paul Lenzmeier
District 11 Billings-Dunn-Golden Valley-Stark
Looking for more Rider Coaches - Interested? Call Cutter at the Kevin Wojahn 701-227-1508
ABATE of North Dakota offi ce. This is a paid position.
Jerry Mayer 701-290-6730
The North Dakota Motorcyclist is the offi cial monthly publica- District 12 Adams-Bowman-Hettinger-Slope
tion for ABATE of ND. Abate is a non-profi t organization whose
Doug & Terry Storer 701-523-5814
primary purpose is to educate our citizens on motorcycle safety.
Drew & Nichole Henderson 701-212-2147
The state offi ce is located at 1001 S 22nd St Bismarck, ND 58504
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November 2012 “Let’s Ride Together” Volume 37 Issue 11

A message from our President... Because of these freedoms, I have the right to voice my per-
sonal opinions and beliefs. One of opinion that I feel strongly
Greetings fellow about is that everyone that rides should be an ABATE of
ABATE members, ND member. I don’t mean to be pushy but, every time I see a
motorcyclist riding free on our beautiful highways, I wonder
Well, it’s that time
IF they are a member.
of year again! The
temps are falling and Your ABATE has fought long and hard to keep our freedoms
the days are getting and to protect the rights of all motorcyclists. For that alone,
shorter. I believe all riders should be supporters of our ABATE. Not
only as member but as a volunteer, a recruiter, and a respon-
Short days means
sible rider.
less daylight. It also
means that it will be We need to be a little pushy sometimes to get others to
harder to see all the aniimalls gettiing readdy ffor wiinter andd thhe understand that without recruiting new members, young and
occasional frost that can cause a hazard on the roads. Please old, we will not be able to continue to protect the rights and
remember to take the necessary precautions when riding in freedoms that we all appreciate. We owe it to our sons and
the fall and WINTER - for some of you. daughters to keep our Motorcycle Rights and Safety Organi-
zation strong for their generation and future generations.
I realize that for some of you, politics and who is in charge
of our government may not be a high priority, but before it This is not a hard task - “JUST ASK” - everyone that rides to
is too late, remember how many of our brother’s and sisters become an ABATE of ND member.
have made sacrifi ces so we HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
Don Faber
You have the right to choose!
That freedom along with some many others that we cherish [email protected]
are often times taken for granted.
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November 2012 `ABATE of ND - 37 Years of Riding Free Volume 37 Issue 11
New Business: There was a motion to increase our tiers
for the amount of new members we ABATE members sign
up. We have made the following changes: 3 new members
get a free membership; we have changed this to sign up 5
new members and get a free membership, sign up 10 new
members and get a jacket; we changed this to sign up 25 new
members and get a jacket, sign up 20 new members and get
$100 gift card; we have changed this one to sign up 15 new
members get a $50 gift card to our ABATE product line. A
reminder we changed our member rewards program to go
Tuesday, October 9th
from January to January. Genie 2nd

Randy will be getting back to us at our next meeting about
Attendance: Don, Coop, Roy, Cutter, Tom, Genie, Randy, Jay,
our product line and what he can help us out with.
Janet, Alice
Membership report: We have 28 new members, 1 new busi-
ness sponsor, and 1 new Advertiser. Thank you for all your
Order: 6:58 pm help to “Just Ask.”
Secretary Minutes: Approved Jay, Roy 2nd MRF: Tom went to Meeting of the Minds since our last meet-
ing. You better check out his article for all details.
Treasure Report: General: $33,069.54, Little Spoke:
$113,242.76, Gaming: $7,832.06, Trust: $8,787.55 Coop, Tom Adjourned: 8:17pm Tom, Randy 2nd
2nd
Education Report: We are offi cially done with 2012 educa-
Till we meet again, your secretary!!!
tion season. We had 2001 registered students and taught 1800
plus. Overall we had a better year than 2011. Cutter will be Genie
busy this month traveling to Fargo to check out the range and
get that fi nalized. He will also be meeting with the state for Next BOD/Membership meeting
the year-end report. We need some rider coaches for the 2013 Tuesday, November 6th ABATE Of ce 7pm
season. Please if you are interested give Cutter a call at the
offi ce. Randy, Coop 2nd
Mark your calendars for our annual
Gaming report: Gaming is wonderful. Thank you to all your ABATE SANTA DAY
support at the Hide-Away!! Randy, Coop 2nd December 1st.
Marketing & Promotions: Over the past quarter and year to
date we have seen an increase in our Membership, Business
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You must be a licensed motorcyclist,
nities for 2013.
at least 18 years old, who currently rides
Rick Drown has retired as District Rep 9/10 North so Janet on a frequent, routine basis.
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You should have several years of
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help volunteer for the Haunted Fort event in October. This You must have a sincere desire to help students learn the
is a great event and fun for all ages. There will be perks for us essential skills to become a safe and responsible motorcyclist.
if we can help them out. If you are interested please contact
Janet. For the right candidate, this is a job that will reward you fi nancially and personally.
Interested?? Call Michael at ABATE - 223-5609.
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Greetings Fellow Abate members Kathy Harrington A NC State Senator was the keynote
speaker at the Awards Banquet held Saturday night. Kathy
I had the pleasure of attending the MRF’S Meeting of the
started her speech wearing a women’s blazer which she
Minds with Board member Tom Birkholz in Raleigh, NC the
quickly removed to put on her North Carolina motorcycle
last weekend in September. The conference drew about 350
vest. Turns out Mrs. Harrington and her husband are not only
fellow freedom fi ghters from around the country. As usual
avid bikers but are also involved in local biker rights Abate
there were several interesting items that were discussed from
type organizations. Her speech was all about freedoms and
EPA proposed rules to the Intelligent Highway System. Our
how we as individuals can make a difference but must ever
work seems never to end keeping an eye on Big Brother with
remain vigilant in protecting those precious ones that still re-
some of the proposal they would like to see in their perfect
main. Anyone over that certain age can relate to what we have
world. I suggest that you read the articles that Tom will have
already witnessed in our time as far as lost freedoms.
on some of these topics. As I reported in last month’s article
one main topic that I was concerned with was the Minnesota I encourage everyone to communicate with the delegates that
proposed helmet bill. I’m glad to report that bill died in com- are running in your area. Find out what their views are? Do
mittee but they are keeping a watchful eye on its status. they understand your concerns and passions? Sometimes a
little education on your part can sway their pre- conceived no-
On a sad note a good friend of mine and one of the most
tions. Donating your time and energies no matter how small
respected Freedom Fighters, Still Ray Fitzgerald and his wife
to help a certain delegate will not be forgotten and sometimes
were traveling to the conference from Arizona by motorcycle
can help open a door for something that you are passionate
and were involved in a crash on the way there. Still Ray is
about. I think the biggest part that we can make is to exercise
recovering from his injuries but his wife Pat passed away. My
our voting power that we still have .
thoughts and prayers go out to both of them.
We all have something to offer in this world no matter how
On a brighter note, North Dakota plus the other states that
big or small. Maybe in politics or maybe in your own orga-
make up Heartland Steam were honored with the President’s
nization of Abate of North Dakota. Abate is always look-
Award for all of the work that has been done to help support
ing for volunteers on certain projects throughout the year.
the Motorcycle Riders Foundation throughout the years.
No matter how small or how big we encourage you to get
involved after all this is your organization.
Our Education department is fi nished for the calendar year.
We had another successful year fi nal report will follow in next
newsletter. We are looking for qualifi ed candidates to become
Rider Coaches in the following cities Bismarck, Minot and
Fargo. If anyone knows of a teacher that already rides in
those areas that would make an ideal candidate please have
them give me a call.
Ride Safe – Ride Responsible.
Respectfully Submitted
Cutter
[email protected]
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Our Troops appreciate the support! District 2
Burke - Renvlle - Bottineau
In August, your ABATE offi ce received an on-line request
Ward - McHenry - Pierce
for some of the RED FRIDAY Support shirts. Of course
this is not anything new, since we receive orders every week,
but this one requested us to send it to Camp Leatherneck in Greetings Dist 2:
Afghanistan!! Now THAT is something new!
It looks like the scoots will be soon
This prompted several emails that gave the freedom fi ghters put away, and winter will be here.
a touch of home and the pride that every little thing we do I ever the optimist, am waiting for
state-side means a lot to our brothers and sisters in the sand, just one more ride. When you put
or other not-so desirable locations. your ride away for the winter, don’t forget to winterize. Your
ride has treated you good all summer, give it a treat back.
Fresh oil & fi lter, tire pressure up to specs. If you have air
shocks, check this pressure too. Look at all your fl uids, and
make sure they are topped off. Give your scoot a good bath.
Get those bugs off, cause they will eat into the paint. Give it
a good coat of wax too. Pull the battery, and take into a cool
place for the winter or use a battery maintainer. I’m sure that
if you look in your owners manual you will get even more
tips. Finally cover the bike with a cover, or an old sheet.
Something that breaths. If you store in a unheated shed, re-
member the little furry critters with the beady eyes, are look-
ing for a place to spend the winter. Moth balls have worked
for me. There are other things that work too. Treat your scoot
right, and it will be ready for you in the spring.
At our last meeting we discussed plans for growing ABATE
membership, and activities for next year. It would help if we
had more people attending these meetings to get new ideas,
and different ways of looking at things. This is your origina-
tion, so come and help grow it.
In the photo above, Milo Thomas (left) & Jeremy Leiviska
(right) both NoDak natives are stationed at Camp Leath- Speaking of which, Next meeting, Monday, November 5th.
erneck. We support the war fi ghter by providing them with 7:00 PM, Rollin Pin Restaurant. We usually come at 6:00 and
the safest equipment available, the Cougar MRAP or Mine eat, so come early, join us for supper, and give input at the
Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles. This photo is taken in meeting.
front of a small lineup of the trucks we work with every day
Until next month, Ride Safe, Ride Far, and Ride often
and an Afghan Chopper used to get around the compound.
We thank you for supporting our service members. Woody & June Seemann
Milo Thomas [email protected]
Force Protection Engineering - Afghanistan
ABATE DISTRICT MAP
In one of my follow up emails, I asked Milo what more could
we do to give them a little “touch of home” here is his reply... Rep positions available for District 4 & 6, if you are interested call Janet
Janet, Just a couple copies of the newsletter for Jeremy and I
is good enough for us. In the process of attaining the address
of a ND National Guard unit stationed out here. They are
doing route clearance, a tough job.
The best thing I ever got in a care package was a stick of that
ND made summer sausage (a taste of home). It could only
be sent in the winter so as not to spoil. You could send that
to them for Christmas. I’ll be back state side then. Thanks.
ABATE says-Welcome home Milo!!!
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District 3 District 3 North
Rolette - Towner - Eddy
Another month has fl own by and
Benson - Ramsey - Cavalier
it is already due date for another
newsletter.
Hello fellow Abate members.
The district had it’s September
First off, I would like to say thank social as we like to call them as ev-
you to our Abate members and eryone shies away from meetings
their spouses of district 3 for com- in Nekoma with about 24 people
ing out and helping with our adopt a highway clean up. It is present and many of them rode even though it was a rather
greatly appreciated, THANK YOU!! chilly day. A great lunch was cooked up by Bob and a special
thanks to him. Hopefully the weather is nice in October and
A friend and I, went on a ride down to Cooperstown and we
we can all ride to our next social at Webster on the 20th.
made a quick stop just north of there at the Ronald Reagan
Minuteman Missile Site. It was unreal to see...there’s no words I decided to take one last decent ride for the year and made
to say really, just wow! If you get down that way you should a 3 1/2 day run to the Black hills of South Dakota the last
stop in, it is really cool. weekend of September and nobody even tried to run me off
the road! But I will have to say that I didn’t venture through
Fall is here, with the start up of pheasant hunting and shortly
the Fargo 500 zone on the way there. The hills were beautiful
deer hunting, hopefully everyone can fi nd a deer. I think its
with the leaves changing and the traffi c was light and moving
gonna be tough this year. But with any luck I will get my
slow as everyone was looking and enjoying the sights.
buck, lol.
I rode through Spearfi sh Canyon and the Needles Highway
P.S. If its nice enough to ride the fi rst part of November, ride
and also the old Keystone road. I would have liked to have
safe. Road hunters and deer aren’t looking for bikes.
spent a couple more days there but rain and snow were in the
Upcoming events in District 3 are: forecast for Wednesday so I high tailed it home on Sunday to
get a few things done before the weather changed.
Our District 3 social event is October 20th at The Flyway Bar
in Webster at 2pm. We have welcomed the precipitation as everyone knows how
extremely dry it has been. Of course I got sprinkled on a few
Jan. 5 - Abate District 3 Christmas party at Devils Lake
times on the ride but that’s just the usual thing for me. Hope-
Speedway at 6:00pm
fully the weather warms up again for a while and we can all
Jan. 19- Abate District 3 and SLR MC Chili Cook-off at the
get a few more miles in the wind in before mother nature says
pain reliever in Nakoma at 2:00p.m.
that’s all for the season.
Feb. 16-17 SLR-MC Bike Show in Devils Lake at the Holiday
So until next month, the Rainman says “ride safe and ride
Mall.
often.”
Who has more fun than people? BIKERS!!

Lance “Crash” Ekern Doug Hursman
[email protected] [email protected]
Support your ABATE.
Be proud and wear
ABATE Product Line!
ABATE memberships, apparel,
patches, coins and our
North Dakota Motorcycle
Safety program certifi cates
make great Chirstmas Gifts!
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District 5 helping us out so much for
Steele - Traill - Cass the show! We really appreci-
ate it so much and we enjoy
Hey Everyone! working with you guys as
sponsors. We would also like
We want to once again give a big
to thank Full Throttle Leath-
thanks to everyone for all the help
ers for coming and setting up
with the 3rd Annual Just Cause
a vendor booth for our show.
Ride as well as for the 1st District
They donated a dollar to our
5 Ride in Bike Show!
district for every patch they
sewed on for the day!
And our fi nal thank you goes out again to all the sponsors for
the door prizes, and also to everyone who came out to the
show. We had a lot more people coming and going from the
show than we actually anticipated and that means a lot to us!
The show winners were in followng order:
Cruiser class
2nd place - Teresa Terry;
1st place - Ron Lattimore
We had very good turnouts
for both events! The weather Performance class
was not in our favor for Just 2nd place - Jarrod Livingston; 1st place - Mike Wagner
Cause. As some of you know
Ratt Class
it was about 50 degrees and
2nd place - Ben Larson; 1st place - Brad Oswell
rainy. But we still managed
to have 27 bikes on the ride. People’s choice - Ben Larson..
Thanks again for everyone that helped us make these events
possible, we really appreciate it.
We had fun and got to meet Our next get together is going to be Thursday, Nov 1st at
some more awesome people! Fort Abercrombie Saloon in Abercrombie, ND. The gathering
Thanks again to all the great will be at 7:30pm. We hope you will come see us then!
buisiness sponsors for the
door prizes.
Until next time!
Wayne Halverson & Matt Maier
Also thanks to everyone at [email protected] [email protected]
the Harwood Hideout for
hosting our steak supper.
It was AWESOME!
Unlike the weather for our
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District 7 District 8
Barnes - Dickey - Foster - Kidder - Logan - McIntosh
Griggs LaMoure Stutsman - Wells
Hello District 8 and Abateland.
Greeting District 7
I’m going to set up a District 7 Fall is here and it is early. So, try to
meeting at the end of November. ride when you have a chance. It has
I will post the date in time in the been very dry for a long while – the
next newsletter. crops could have had more moisture
but Mother Nature will decide what is best.
It’s kinda quite in our District now, but the Prairie Riders MC
are having their Christmas Party in Hannaford on Nov. 24th Not much else to write – getting slow in my age. Ha! Be sure
at their clubhouse. to read “The Motorcyclist” and “What’s Happening” there
are still many events to be had.
December 1st, is the date for the Abate of North Dakota
Annual Santa Day at the Abate offi ce in Bismarck. Well, so much for my B.S. So when you drive – don’t text or
drink – ride safe – stay alive – wear red on Fridays – support
The FM Crusaders MC are holding their Annual Christmas
your troops – support your sponsors – ABATE – members
Party in Sabin, Minn. on December 1st at their clubhouse.
and clubs. God Bless America.
Be sure to check your newsletter for upcoming events and Al Martell
details on events.
Take care
Kurt(Jerry)Isakson District 8
[email protected] Greetings Abate land,
Well here we are at the end of an-
other riding season close by, time
to get the scoot ready for winter.
Some tips on that from some
experienced riders: Top off the
tank and add Sea Foam instead of
sta-ble, some say it works better. Change oil, put on a Battery
tender or remove battery. Most bikes have a slight draw of
electricity and will kill the battery and freeze. Check with your
dealer or mechanic for other tips and advice.
Election time is here (Nov 6) for most (Dem vote Nov 7th,
sorry - just kidding) so get out and vote! Many of your rights
and freedoms depend on it.
Check out the events going on at Stutsman Harley-Davidson,
they always have some cool stuff going on and they support
Abate. I think they have coffee on and you can always fi nd
other riders there to BS with. Took me 1 cup to get this far
on this damn newsletter. Some people, like those reps in Dist
12, love to write these reports, they need medication. Lol.
Love you guys.
Gotta go to work. Support our Troops, and support all of
our sponsors. See Ya Somewhere down the road.
George Quigley
[email protected]
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November 2012 `ABATE of ND - 37 Years of Riding Free Volume 37 Issue 11
District 9 We had a good turnout for the toy run with about 20 or so
people taking part. After the ride we enjoyed some bike style
Burleigh, Emmons, McLean, Sheri- fellowship, BS, burgers and brats cooked by Coop (one of
dan the BOD). Thanks Coop. Thanks to those that joined us and
brought toys or donated cash. We appreciate your participa-
Hello fellow ABATE members.
tion and your donations will go to a good cause.
PLEASE NOTE: next meeting-
not sure??? Not much going on in District 9/10 for now. We have been a
little slack on meeting lately. With riding season coming to an
The signs of the end of the normal
end we should be getting back on track with the meetings.
riding season are upon us. The leaves are leaving the trees, the
air is a lot cooler, the furnace runs instead of the AC, the days Our next big “district” event will be the Tips & Balls pool
are much shorter and in the morning the dog’s water dish is and dart tournament and chili cook off. This is normally held
covered with ice. in February so watch the newsletter for more information.
As usual with North Dakota we still get the occasional “nice” Other than that, there will be the ABATE Open House/
afternoon to go for a ride. Just remember while on your ride Santa Day that is held annually at the ABATE offi ce. Watch
that this time of year presents another batch of hazards. the What’s Happening section in the newsletter for dates and
Watch the road for places where leaves and other fall debris time for upcoming events.
collect and avoid then as they do not provide good traction.
The wild life (especially deer) is on the move more, so watch Schedule for the next meetings: tbd…
for them especially as the sun sets because that is when they Until next time…
usually come out to start feeding. There are also the smaller
animals (raccoons, skunks, etc) to watch for. They are more
Kent Fischer
on the move this time of year too.
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