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ABATE of Florida, Inc. HELLO MEMBERS, We have Chapter Shirts, Head Bands and NEW Personalized Name Tags. If you would like to order one please e-mail me at hccabate@gmail.com or send $7.50 + $1.50 for mailing or just pick it up @ our meetings. Please support our chapter. You can go on our state web-site to see all of the State Products. We have Pins-Patches-Stickers-Jewelry http://www.abateflorida.com/ products.php Hope everyone has a safe time @ Bike Week….Ride Safe! Becky ORDER FORM NAME:___________________________________________________________ ADDRESS:________________________________________________________ CITY, STATE & ZIP CODE:_________________________________________ EMAIL ADDRESS:________________________________________________ PHONE NUMBER:________________________________________________ NAME (as you would like it to appear) ON NAME TAG:_______________ #________ TAZ’S MEMORIAL PATCHES: ___________________________ #________@ $5.00 ea. STATE ITEM NUMBER(S):_________________________________________ TOTAL NUMBER OF ITEMS _______________ AMOUNT ___________ + MAILING* $ 1.50______ = $ ________________ PICK UP @ __________________ (If picking up order, write N/A for mailing amount) PREPAY Y N (circle one) CASH___ CHECK # ______ MONEY ORDER ____ MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: ABATE OF FLORDIA , INC. Page 18 Mail to: Hillsborough Co. Chapter PO Box 16297 Tampa, FL 33687. * Please Note: $1.50 will cover up to 3 patches - Other postage will be quoted per order.
Hillsborough County Chapter Page 19 A Few Words About Our Newsletter Editor For those of you who don’t know me, My name is John Lowe AKA “Rambo”. I am not new to ABATE nor Motorcycling. My interest in motorcycles, particularly Harley Davidsons goes back to when I was 16 years old. I bought my first motorcycle in 1983 when I was 20 years old. It was a 1979 Suzuki GT-380 Triple. I stopped riding about 2 years later when one of my friends was killed on his bike. I started riding again in 1991, after getting my head screwed on straight and have pretty much stayed with it as long as I could keep a scooter up and running. I was nicknamed Rambo in 1991, I was working construction and found BDUs or fatigues made great work clothes and didn’t show the dirt too badly. Plus I had the attitude to go with the moniker. I started riding with CMA in 1993 my membership number is 40,283 and was very involved with that group for several years. In 1993 I tried talking the Covenant riders into visiting Spooks ‘n Scoots and 3 of us rode out. Myself Michelle Life (now Taylor) and Al Perry and spent the day there, I was riding one of my favorite old bikes, a 1972 Honda 754 on a Savoir frame with a 45 degree rake. Eventually the Chapter warmed up to ABATE and found several of our members now working members of ABATE. In 1995 I was Blessed with a 1984 1200 Goldwing Aspencade, that I toured the Southeastern United States on. I have toured a total of 11 states on a motorcycle, 8 of them solo and 3 with a passenger. In 1995 I also became President of the Covenant Riders . I spent only one year at this post and I will tell you why. Being the President is more responsibility than you can imagine. It is a lot of work and a lot of time helping members deal with problems. I had more literal headaches in that one year than all the other years of my life. So be kind to our President Richard. He does more than you know. I was also privileged to be the first CMAer to bring the Word at Spooks ’n Scoots. That was one of the roughest weekends I remember up there. So the following year we started riding up to Sertoma and praying over the camp grounds a week before the event. What a difference that made. I think that was the same year that CMA began providing activities for the children. They have become a great asset to ABATE and make up a large part of our membership. In 1996 one of our members Jerry “Papa Smurph” McDaniel was critically injured in a motorcycle accident that eventually took his life 18 months later. I was one of his Paul Bearers and rode with ABATE in the Funeral procession from St. Pete to Tampa. Shortly after that I joined ABATE and served as Chaplain for several years. In 2000 I got rid of my Goldwing and Bought a 1994 Harley Davidson FLHTCU Ultra Classic Electraglide. I held 2 other jobs with HCC, I was Sgt at Arms for a short time and also products. After dealing with some personal problems, I left HCC and dropped out of membership for about 5 years. I had been an inactive member for a year or 2 and decided at the first of this year to return. I was in between bikes at the time and presently I have 2 bikes. A 2001 Suzuki Savage and a 1996 Harley Davidson 1200 Sportster. In June I signed up as a Life Member.
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