MEMBERS MESSAGE BOARD

FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS

THIS PAGE IS FOR ALL MEMBERS TO USE ! THIS PAGE WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPECIAL EVENTS, RIDES YOU WANT TO INVITE OTHERS ON, THANK YOU NOTES OR ANYTHING YOU WISH TO SHARE. PLEASE GET THE INFORMATION TO ME ! I WILL UPDATE THE WEBSITE EVERY MONTH ON THE 1ST AND THE 15TH. PLEASE SEND ALL ANNOUNCEMENTS ETC TO webmaster@freedomfirstridersabatemn.org THANKS ! PENNYJO

JULY 18 2008

I would like to say THANK YOU for the flowers and the gift of cash that I received at our last meeting. That was so unexpected

but greatly appreciated. I will use the money for a new pair of riding goggles to wear over my glasses. Now I will finally be able to go outside and enjoy the summer and maybe soon go for a ride with my old man (Wolf) Thank you all so much.

By the way my smile is started to return this week, lets hope that my eye pick up the pace and comes around soon as well.

It has been 2 mouthssince my surgery and my face is now just starting to show signs of comming back. Thing will just take time. THANKS TO ALL. Deb Eastmead. Member FFR

RED & I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OUR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE CALLED, SENT EMAILS ETC ABOUT DAD. HE WENT THROUGH THE SURGERY WITH FLYING COLORS AND IS ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. SOUIX FALLS HOSPITAL ACTUALLY SAID HE WAS IN THE TOP TEN OF THE LAST 2 MONTHS FOR THE WAY HE WENT THROUGH THE SURGERY AND RECOVERY THUS FAR! WE CAME HOME LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL HEAD BACK DOWN IN ABOUT A WEEK TO SEE HIM AS LONG AS HIS RECOVERY CONTINUES THE WAY IT IS! THANKS ~~ RED & PENNYJO

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JULY 15-2008-PLEASE KEEP LOUIS DOUMA FATHER OF STEVE *RED* & PENNYJO IN YOUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS AS HE IS UNDERGOING DOUBLE BY PASS OPEN HEART SURGERY ON WEDNESDAY JULY 16TH. PLEASE KEEP PENNYJO & RED IN YOUR THOUGHTS AS THEY TRAVEL TO BE WITH HIM IN SOUIX FALLS S.D. THANK YOU!

AL SANDBERG SENDS A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS CHAPTER MEMBERS WHO NOT ONLY ATTENDED ALGONA RALLY BUT HELPED WITH THE FRONT GATE : THANK YOU ED & BETH ENGSTROM, MURF, MICKEY & BETH LINT, & STEVE *RED* & PENNYJO DOUMA.. YOUR HELP AND VOLUNTERING OF TIME WAS MUCH APPRECIATED!

THANK YOU SANTA & DONNA FOR LEADING THE PARADE IN OASKIS.. YOU WERE A BIG HIT! THANKS TO WOLF, DEB, ROXANNE, KIA, NICOLE & HEATHER FOR CARRYING OUR BANNER SO PROUD ! WE HAD A GOOD TURN OUT FOR THE PARADE...THANKS FREEDOM FIRST RIDERS!

WELCOME HOME JEPPE & SHIRLEY FROM YOUR ALASKAN EXCURSION! WE ARE GLAD YOU HAD A GREAT TIME AND YOUR 7,000 MILES OF RIDING WENT SO WELL. WE ARE ALL ANXIOUS TO SEE YOUR PICTURES AND HEAR YOUR STORIES... PENNYJO & RED..P.S. WISH SHIRLEY & JEPPE A HAPPY 30TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WHEN YOU SEE THEM.. THEIR ANNIVERSARY IS JULY 22ND!

PENNYJO & RED ATTENDED THE 3RD ANNUAL UPPER KETTLE RIVER SHAKE DOWN NEAR SANDSTONE MN. THIS WAS JACK PINE RIDERS FUNDRAISER, WHICH WAS A SUCCESS IN SPITE OF THE RAIN THAT PASSED THROUGH! WE WERE ABLE TO VISIT THE MOVING WALL WHICH WAS PLACED IN SANDSTONE, WHAT A SITE TO BE SEEN !

PENNYJO, RED, STEVE & MARY ARE PLANNING A MOTORCYCLE TRIP UP THE NORTH SHORE . WE WILL BE LEAVING ON FRIDAY SEPT. 12TH AND RETURNING ON SUNDAY SUNDAY SEPT. 14TH. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING US PLEASE CONTACT PENNYJO,RED,STEVE OR MARY.

WE HAVE NEW T-SHIRTS, TANK TOPS AND SPAGHETTI STRAP SHIRTS ARRIVING SOON ! WE HAVE ORDERED A VARIETY OF COLORS AND SIZES. I WILL BRING THEM TO THE NEXT MEETING!
PENNYJO

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Hey Everyone, Just wanted to remind you that I am hosting a car show as well as a bike show on June 28th here at the Old Mill in Urbank MN. It would be great to see you all there! Please gimme a call if you would like more information @ 267-5222.. Thanks Jim G.

PENNYJO , what a great job you've done on this web-site , the FFR club is very lucky to have such a talented ( & pretty ) lady . You are SO cool ! Vince

After being out on the highway this spring and really enjoying the almost total lack of bugs, it struck me as I came by a bee hive alongside the road that there really is no good reason we have to put up with f)*&*&*# beehives 20 feet from the edge of a road. How many people have had a bee up a sleeve or down a shirt collar, or just hit and stung on some exposed body part.
After being in a 7 year long lawsuit with bee keepers, I have learned a lot about bees, they claim bees will fly 7 miles to get the kind of pollen they really like.
If that is the case then there is no good reason to have the hives w/in 50 feet of a road so it boils down to them being lazy.
I propose ABATE push some legislation that requires bee keepers to place their hives 500' from any asphault road. This will keep most of the bees more than 6' off the ground at the roadway. The bees will still be able to do their important job, they don't mind flying a ways, fewer of them will be killed on the highway by windshields. Anyone allergic to bees that rides will have a little more cushion near hives. Hopefully I won't have to scrub as much honey off my windshield.
Ernie