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ABATE Christmas Party

Our annual Christmas Party to say our year end thanks to our members and volunteers.

VFW Post 10252, 3105 Mountain View Dr.
6pm – 9pm is a pot luck dinner and children are welcome. ABATE will provide the main dishes and hope you can bring a side.
Split the pot to benifit the Downed Bikers Fund as well as a silent auction and our year end awards including the presentation of the Warren Garrison Award.
LIVE BAND will be Powerhouse
for more info contact
Steve; 248-2502
Cindy; 317-7048
Abby; 223-7443

General Membership Meeting – Elections

VFW POST 9981
9191 Old Seward Highway, #9
Anchorage, Alaska 99515

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(907) 349-8397 – Office
(907) 349-1671 – Canteen

For more info contact “Blue” 230-9305 or president@abateofalaska.com

ABATE of Alaska is not an M/C or riding club. ABATE is a non-profit dedicated to serving the comunity and esspecially the motorcyclist in the community. ABATE hopes to better the community through education and training and to protect the comunity through our legislative work to promote basic freedoms. Freedoms such as the right to repair, the right to choose to wear a helmet, the right to purchase insurance both medical and automotive.

Plus we just like to get together and have a good time.

 

This is it, our election meeting for 2009 officers and board members. Ballots have been mailed out to all PAID members. Ballots can be mailed back in the self addressed return envelopes or dropped off at Alaska Leather on the corner of Minnesota and Spenard. You may also bring your ballot in person to the meeting. All ballots must be sealed in an envelope with your name and membership number on the envelope. One ballot per envelope. NO exceptions. Mailed and dropped of ballots will be picked up on Thursday at 5pm before the meeting. Ballots brought to the meeting must be there by 7pm as the tally committee will count votes while the meeting is under way.

ABATE Freeze-up Run

ABATE is pleased to announce that the Freeze-Up Run will go to Pioneer Lodge at Mile 71.4 in Willow. Pioneer can be contacted at (907) 495-1000 or http://www.pioneerlodgeak.com/. Tent camping is free and RV spots with hook-up are $25 per night. There may be cabins available but the rooms have been booked by us early arrivals.
There will be a Bar-b-que on Saturday and live band (A Time To Live).
Sunday the restraunt will open at 8am for breakfast.50/50, door prizes, bike gamesBikers of America are sponsoring a 50/50 poker run to Pioneer Lodge. Meet at the Whaler on Muldoon at 10:00am with a run briefing at 10:15am and promptly leaving at 10:30am. All procedes raised by BOA will be donated back to ABATE’s Downed Biker Fund.
First stop: Team CC, Eagle River. Take the N. Eagle River exit and turn right on Old Seward then right on Snowmobile dr. (first right) follow to the end.
Second stop: Denali Harley Davidson, Wasilla. Take the Parks Hwy and exit at Hyder Rd. Take an immediate right at the stop sign.
Third stop: Performance Yamaha, Wasilla. ride through Wasilla and turn right at 749 Parks Hwy.
Gerry at Team CC will have donughts and coffee as well as in store door prize drawings while we get our second card.
Paul at Denali HD will have a hamburger and hotdog bar-b-que for us compliments of DHD and inhouse door prize drawings while we draw for our third card.
Jaye at Performace Yamaha will have more coffee for us as well as in house door prize drawings while we draw for our fourth card.
The location for our fifth card is still being determined.
If you can’t join us at the Whaler then hook up with us at any of our stops.
I want to thank Team CC, DHD and Performance Yamaha for their support.
For info on the Poker run contact “Blue” at 230-9205

 

WE HAD HOPED TO HAVE ARCTIC ATTACK BUT WE HAD TO CANCEL FOR INSURANCE REASONS.

For more information or to help or just contribute door prizes contact Token at 952-4003

Date: Saturday, September 20, 2008

VNV-MC Memorial Day Run

Here is the latest info on the Memorial Day weekend.

A. Memorial Day Wkend, Sat & Sun, May 24, 25th, 2008.

1. Poker Run, Sat, May 24. Muster in the Whaler parking lot, (in Muldoon), 11:15A-11:44A.
Depart 11:45A. The run is open to all, & it will end at LZ Easy, (Cache Creek Bar), mi 114.5,
Parks Hghy. 1st stop will be BIG DAN’s in Burchwood.
2. There will be an all weekend party at the LZ. Everyone is welcome. Tent camping, as well
as a few RV spots, & Hotel rooms may be available in the local area.
3. Sun, May 25th. We will be leaving the LZ at approx 12:30P & head to mi 134, Mary’s McKinley
View Lodge. We will muster between 13:00P & 13:29P. We will depart in formation, “Rolling
Thunder”, at approx. 1:30p & arrive at the State Veterans Memorial, mi 147, at approx., 1:50P.
The Services will start at approx. 2P.
4. After the Services plan on stopping at LZ Easy, mi 114.5, for a free BBQ, hosted by Dave
of the Cache Creek Bar, approx 3:30P.

B. Memorial Day Mon, May 26th.

1. We will Muster at 11th & I, between 9:00A-9:27A. We will depart at approx 9:28A, in a ,”Rolling
Thunder”, formation, arriving at the Anchorage Veterans Memorial at approx 9:30A.
2. There will be a formal Ceremony at the National Veterans Cemetery on Ft Rich.
3. I’m sure many will want to go to the Living” Wall of Honor” in Wasilla. I do not have any info yet,
but will foreword it when I do. I expect the start time will be between Noon & 2P.

I will send future updates as they happen.

I still cannot receive e-mails,—-so-sorry!!! If U need to talk to me my # is 775-FRED.

LOVE, HONOR, AND RESPECT
Bulldog, CM
VIET NAM VETS M/C, ALASKA USA
VFFV

Alaska Motorcycle Safety Advisory Committee

Alaska Motorcycle Safety Advisory Committee
Denny’s Back Room on Benson Blvd
Sunday, April 27, 2008
3:00-6:00pm

The Alaska Motorcycle Safety Advisory Committee which operates under the Alaska Highway Safety Office will be holding a meeting at the Denny’s Back Room on Benson Blvd. on Sunday from 3pm to 6pm. This meeting is to discuss the use of Federal monies to promote motorcycle safety and awareness as well as all safety concerns for motorcyclists. While these are working meetings, the public is welcome to attend and comment. For more information contact Craig Breshears at ak-craig@ak.net or 230-9205.

Dan Coffey, Chair
Dan McCrummen, Vice-Chair

ABATE Break-Up Run

ABATE is sorry to have to tell the motorcycle community that Terry and Michelle have left the Trading Post and are moving North. Willow Trading Post will not be available for the Break-Up Run.

ABATE is pleased to announce that the Break-Up Run will go to Pioneer Lodge at Mile 71.4 in Willow. Pioneer can be contacted at (907) 495-1000 or http://www.pioneerlodgeak.com/. Tent camping is free and RV spots with hook-up are $25 per night. There may be cabins available but the rooms have been booked by us early arrivals.
The bar-b-que Saturday will be a $20 all you can eat after 4pm.
A Time To Live will rock us on Saturday evening.
Sunday the restraunt will open at 8am for breakfast.

50/50, door prizes, bike games

VNV-MC is sponsoring a 50/50 poker run to Pioneer Lodge. Meet at the Whaler on Muldoon at 11am with a run briefing at 11:30am and promptly leaving at 11:45am. Disadvantaged Vets of Alaska will benifit from 50% of the funds raised.

For more information or to help or just contribute door prizes contact Token at 952-4003