DECEMBER 1986 4

RES IDENT 2) skatsia.a.cys)ecace ate rte JIM DAVIS 759-5616
VICE PR -BOB BRANSON 848-3714
SECRETARY. AURIE WOHLHUETER 878-5405
TREASURER. SUE GIVEN 565-0535
TOURING G & PHYLLIS LAY 759-1816
NEWSLET -LINDA SMITH 863-1327

Tacoma Wieelmen’s Club
PO, Box 99555
Tacoma, WA 98499

This is one of those club events that is fun for the whole family, so be sure to bring everyone. Please R.S.V.P. for the dinner with Jim or Sue Davis, 759-5616. However, if you decide to come at the last minute, we always have enough food---so join us!

Christmas Party

After many telephone calls to the
North Pole, we have finally confirmed that
Santa Claus will be riding with the Tacoma
Wheelmen's Club on Saturday, December 20th.

DAY RIDE---Come join in our annual Christmas bike ride and caroling fun. TIME: 12:30 p.m. MILES: approx. 10-15 PLACE: Highlands Golf Club House, 1400 Highlands Parkway N (see map to follow) LEADER: Santa Claus

SOCIAL HOUR---Some refreshments will be
served.

TIME: 4:00 p.m.
same as above

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DINNER---This year's menu will be ham and
baked beans with salad.

TIME: 5:00 pom.
as above
Jim and Sue Davis (759-5616)
$2.00 per person

DESSERTS---You are asked to bring your
favorite Christmas goodies to share with
everyone.

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS RIDE---Come bicycle around
the streets of Tacoma and see the Christmas,
lights.

TIME: 6:30 p.m.

PLACE: as above
approx. 8-12

: The Christmas Lay's

Date

Time Miles e Code Leader

Yeapenneed SHGeeE ~ [759-5016

759-5616

s-to-Trails - |For more informa-
Meeting tion call Bob

rete ta|| Xz. UPS fieldhouse, Pancake breakfast and| Phyllis Lay
Dec. 6 N. 11th & Union Christmas bazaars 759-1816
(Bring your Classified
section - #509 - of
Spee ee tenet Lf neath TT foe Bazaars) | Se ee
Sun. 10 am | 30 So. Park Community Puyallup for donuts | 2

Center, S. 50th &

Steve Lay
759-1816

Sat. 10 am] 30 Winchells Donuts #318] Sweet Tooth Ride -
Dec. 13 2915 6th Ave. with lunch & a stop

at the Brown 'n Haley Fy
factory Chris

Highlands Golf Club | Christmas caroling ab Santa Claus
House, 1400 Highland ride 1-800-NORTH POLE,
Parkway N.

Christmas dinner - Jim and Sue Davis
party 759-5616

Christmas lights 1 Steve & Phyllis
ride _[. 759-1816

Skyline Park & Ride Loop to Gig Harbor 2 Gina & Greg
Lot, 6th & Skyline (short but hilly) Grenier
(Dunkin Donuts if 752-4348

(see article)

Sun. im. Coffee Break Ride = Jim Davis
2 [2p | 759-5616

catch up & regroup. 13-16 mph.
#3 - STEADY PACE - Limited stops. Maps
will be provided. 15-18 mph.

Okay, okay, it's finally been decided. Have I jheld you in suspense too long? Sorry about that, but good things take time to plan. This year's banquet will be the best one yet! "You are invited to Italian night with the Tacoma Wheelmen's Club. What do we cyclists love

to eat? PASTA! Lots of it!! This year we are having cater our banquet. It
Calzone

will be buffet style---with 2 kinds of pasta, mini-calzones, salad, vegies, and more. Yum!
Besides this great meal, we have planned a super program, slide show, and of course lots of cake
(Al may even jump out of the cake!)

Cocktails will be served from 6:00 to 7:00. Dinner and program will follow. Don't miss
this delectable, delicious, and d'appetizing event! Your stomach will thank you. Oh, I almost
forgot...

WHEN? - Saturday, January 31, 1987

6:00 p.m. - cocktails

7:00 p.m. - dinner
WHERE? - Tacoma Mountaineers Club

2302 N. 30th, Tacoma

COST? - $10.00 each for TWC members
$12.00 each for non-members
$8.00 each for kids 12 and under

Please fill out the reservation form below and send it along with your check or money order
by January 15th. Circle Saturday, January 31 on your calendar. See you there!
-Laurie Wohlhueter

LS SS SS NNN SS
‘TWC BANQUET RESERVATION mt
Name of each person attending:
(1) (5)
(2) (6)
(3) (7)
1 (4) (8)
$10.00 each, members X = $
$12.00 each, non-
members X = $
$8.00 12 and under X = $
TOTAL = $
I Make check payable to Tacoma Wheelmen's Club and send to: TWC - Banquet
! P.O. Box 99555

Tacoma, WA. 98499
Deadline: January 15th

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Reprinted from Bicycle Rider magazcne,

Everyone seems to have a different method for getting ready to go on a bike trip. Take my son Bruce and his friend Matt, for example. Now they should sell tickets! The morning they propose to leave, they start packing and overhauling their bikes. Bruce tends to travel light. Matt needs everything he has at home, including his down bed pillow. That was good for a half- hour of very heated discussion. Then at the very last minute, Matt decided he needed fenders on his bike. The first day, they got as far as Roy.

Now as far as I’m concerned, the worst part of getting ready to go is making the lists. I spend weeks doing this. I usually think of something that will be indispensable when I'm 20 miles from home in the car, on the freeway, in rush hour traffic, with no paper or pencil handy. Now when you get to my age, the old memory system just isn't what it used to be, and by the time I get home, all I can remember is that I'd thought of something vital I must remember to take; but that precise something has somehow slipped my mind.

Then not only is there the list of things to take, there's the list of things that must be done before you leave. The length of one list rivals the length of the other list. Usually I find that most of the things on the "to do list" are things I've been procrastinating about for at least six months anyway, so what's another month or so? That takes care of most of that list.

Now it's down to the real nitty-gritty time - the day (or evening) before departure. I get out the "things to take list" and start piling everything in the middle of the living room floor. This is the point where utter panic sets in. Where are the rack adapters for the Eclipse panniers? The bags are useless without them. Oh good, that was fairly easy. Now let's see, where was the special place I put those funny U-shaped bolts for my front low-riders? All I can remember is that I put them in a real safe place there they wouldn't get lost. Tear the garage up, dump out those four boxes full of useless worn-out freewheels, chains, and other such treasures. Oh yes, there they are in one of the drawers of the plastic small parts cabinet. Such a clever place. Now how did these go together? Maybe Bruce will be able to figure it out. And so forth, long into the night.

At this point, I'm already sick of the trip. This year, however, I have a head start on the Baja Tour; I found my list from last year!

See ya,
Fast Granny
P.S. Left over after the pancake breakfast ride was a pair of navy blue polyester slacks and a
pair of navy blue terrycloth Bellweather bike shorts. Owner may claim sometime in January.

It is with mixed emotions that I sit
here typing the last newsletter for 1986.
All in all the position of newsletter editor
is an exciting and creative way of making a
contribution to the club. There were some
months that I probably felt like the person
in the picture above by the time I got to
the mailbox, however.

I would like to thank Jim Davis and
Sue Given for their regular contributions.
And of course, who could forget Fast
Granny and her witty way of recounting our
many cycling adventures.

A big thank-you is extended to Steve
and Phyllis who faithfully prepared the

• - butions were also received from the
• - chairpersons of various special club
• - committees and events. Greg Grenier got
• - the mailing labels ready on time each month
• - (thanks to the computer age), and Janis
• - Grenier insured that new members during
• - the month got their issue of the news-
• - letter along with other new member infor-
• - mation.
• - Thanks also to the many hands that
• - often helped to fold, insert, staple,
• - stamp, and label the newsletters following
• - a Flakey Jake's dinner. We had quite an
• - assembly line production! It certainly
• - eliminated the tedious job of one person
• - doing each of those steps 200 times!
• - My best wishes and support (and type-
• - writer correction fluid) go tc Diane Taylor
• - who will be your newsletter editor for
• - ee -Linda Smith,
• - Newsletter Editor, 1986
• - THREE CHEERS FOR...
• - At the November 18th general club
• - meeting, the following officers were
• - elected by an overwhelming majority to

President: Jim Davis

Vice-President: Bob Branson

Treasurer: Sue Given

Secretary: Laurie Wohlhueter
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Timothy Cullum
Richard Foss

Donald Sanford
Richard Webster
Timothy Wetzler

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