The History of North Texas HOG

by Chuck Mabrey, Chapter Historian
and Jack Graham, former Chapter Historian

In the 1970's a national riding club called the Harley-Davidson Owners Association (HDOA) sprang up in California. One of the local chapters in Texas was chartered at what was then Eddie Conley’s Harley-Davidson on Plano Road.

In 1983 Harley-Davidson created the Harley Owners Group (HOG). For the first couple of years it was a national membership only. For this reason many people belonged to both HOG and the local HDOA at the same time. In 1984 Eddie Conley sold his dealership. In 1985 HOG started issuing local charters. Eddie’s old HDOA switched over to be a local HOG. This was the beginning of Dallas Texas HOG. In 1988 the Dallas HOG chapter moved from Plano Road to Shiloh Road in Garland.

1988: Lee Wood’s daughter, Dee Ann, started leading Wednesday night dinner rides out of Lee Wood’s Harley-Davidson on Harry Hines. Kevin Meyers took over leading these rides when Dee Ann went back to Midwestern University.
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1989: the Dallas HOG Chapter on Shiloh Road in Garland started experiencing growing pains. There were differences of opinion regarding what activities the Chapter should pursue and where the Chapter should ride. In the end, several of the Dallas HOG members approached Lee Wood to start a new North Texas HOG Chapter out of his shop on Harry Hines. Lee gave his approval and the North Dallas Texas Chapter was born receiving its Charter on February 5, 1990. Lynn Causey became the first Director by a coin toss. Some of the Charter Members were Ron Taylor, Gary Mackie, Newman Lofland, Jack Burns, Tim Connor, Bill Hoh, D.L. Wood, Dee Ann Wood and Lee Wood. Roger Wren, Regional Director, hosted the meeting for the second annual Texas State HOG Rally of which was later held in San Antonio.
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1991: Lynn Causey named Newman Lofland the Chapter Director. Jack Burns was Secretary, Treasurer and Membership Chairman. Jim Henry, Newsletter Editor, mailed the first issue of the HoGazette. Dues were raised to $10 per year. Roger Wren was the volunteer Regional Director.
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1992: Newman refused to name a successor, but had the chapter officers vote and they elected Ron Meligan. Ron moved to Florida in mid-year, so the chapter officers convinced Jack Burns to grudgingly take the office. Linda Peavy was the first paid Regional Director. By December we were mailing out 140 newsletters.
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1993: the officers chose Dan Cofall for director. Other officers were: John Riodan-Assistant Director, Guy Empie-Assistant Director, Jim Henry-Editor, Stuart Craft-Treasurer, Jim Hughes-Secretary, Cheryl Hatcher-LOH, Keith Griffith-Safety, Jim Woods-Photography and Steve Inmon-Head Road Captain. Other Road Captains were Jerry Bragg, Jack Burns, Cliff Fair, Henry Graham, Charles Hatcher, Don Nolen and Ron Taylor. This year saw the Big Bend Run and Tom Stone’s Eureka Springs run. 46 motorcycles spent the night on the Jefferson, TX run. The State Rally was held in Amarillo. We had 431 members by December.
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1994: John Riordan was elected Director. Guy Empie was Asst. Director. Jim Henry was the Newsletter Editor. Back then we would meet at Jim’s house to collate, fold, staple and label the newsletters. Jim had a copier in his dining room that he used to run off the copies. The pay was in pizzas. One of the guests of honor was Jim's Cocker Spaniel. Newman Lofland was the Activities Officer. Membership Officer was Paul Metzger. Charles Hatcher was the Secretary and his wife, Cheryl, was the LOH Officer. Back then we also had an Assistant LOH Officer who was Lewelen Empie, Guy Empie’s wife. Treasurer was Stuart Craft. Jerry Bragg was the Safety Officer. The emphasis was on safety with enough of the members taking the safety courses that Milwaukee sent a plaque of recognition that was hung on the wall of Lee Wood’s dealership. Road Captains were Jack Burns, Jim Hughes, Don Nolen, Don Fleischman, Ronnie Duke, Jud Walker, Dennis Murawski and Chuck Hasley. Chuck used to play keyboards for the Maylee Thomas band and was a salesman at Lee Wood’s for a while. Our Chapter meetings were held in Lee Wood’s parking lot standing up. If it was too hot we moved west of the building to be in the shade. After a short meeting, we would go for a lunch ride. Wednesday night dinner rides were still the tradition back then. We repeated our highly successful 1993 trip to Jefferson, TX. We were a little more daring back then and scheduled rides to Jim’s down in Axtell and attended the Harley Hill Halloween Hoot. We also had a Hill Country run back then. Jack Cobb was the regional director as of Nov 1994. Jack was a real fan of Hooter's restaurant. He even had Hooter's tattoos on his arms. The Texas State HOG Rally was in South Padre. Harley-Davidson had an annual Miss Harley-Davidson, Gina Galligan, a tradition Harley has since abandoned. The chapter saw the largest growth in one year finishing at 658.
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1995: Guy Empie was elected Director. Jerry Bragg was chosen as Asst. Director. Jim Henry continued as Newsletter Editor. His newsletter folding parties at his house are legendary. Other Officers were Charles Hatcher-Secretary, Cheryl Hatcher-Membership and LOH, Jud Walker-Safety, and Larry Hollingsworth-Activities Director. Road Captains were Don Fleischman, Stuart Craft, Dennis Murawski and Dave Anderson. North Texas HOG hosted the State Rally. Jim Henry, Jerry Bragg and Jud Walker were busy with the Republic of Texas State HOG Rally with Maylee Thomas and "Asleep at the Wheel". It was the biggest yet with 5,039 attending. "Empieville" was a favorite destination for a few. "Chief" was a road captain. This was the year of the infamous blacked-out newsletter. Jim believed in calling things as he saw them. Milwaukee and the dealership often disagreed with some of the phrases. All newsletters have to be read and approved by the dealership and they would black out the offending phrases with a black magic marker. Jim's last newsletter was half blacked out. We had close to 500 members that year. Dues were $12.
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1996: Dave "Chief" Anderson was elected director. Larry Hollingsworth was appointed Asst. Director. Other Officers were Bill Laney-Treasurer, Chuck Mabrey-Editor and Historian, Judy Mabrey-Membership and Secretary, Jay Laney-LOH, Dennis Murawski-Safety, Don Fleischman-Activities, Kendall Hutton-Photographer and Karen Dyslin-Merchandise Coordinator. Road Captains were Jud Walker, Ron Taylor, Cabot Frenette, Paul Prizzi, Joyce Martinez and Buddy Jenkins. Dues were raised to $15. The HoGazette was handed over to Chuck Mabrey. On February 10 Chief attempted to "jump" Lake Texoma with Sandy Bowers on the back of the bike. Chuck broke his leg on the ride to the Oasis at Joe Pool Lake April 20 and was off the bike for 3 months. We continued the tradition of the Big Bend ride in May, the last with the Odessa Chapter. This was also the year of the "Sleazy Bar Ride." Jim Henry, Jerry Bragg, Jud Walker and Dennis Murawski had their hands full with the Republic of Texas HOG Rally with Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings in June. This one was hosted by Texas H-D, the shop in Bedford, TX. Valerie McDaniel was the Chapter Director in Bedford. This one topped the 1995 attendance with 7,156. Some say this was more than attended the National HOG Rally in Memphis that year. The Wednesday night dinner ride tradition continued with over 100 bikes showing up at many of the rides. Valerie McDaniel married and became a Ledterman after being proposed to on the stage in front of all the rally-goers in the June 96 Rally. Jud Walker lead our October "Hill Country Run." December saw over 730 members on our rolls.
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1997: the officers re-elected Dave "Chief" Anderson as Director. He was the first Director to serve two consecutive terms. Don Fleischman was appointed Asst. Director. Other Officers were Bill Laney-Treasurer, Judy Mabrey-Secretary, Chuck Mabrey-Editor and Historian, Paul Prizzi-Activities, Jay Laney-Safety, Joyce Martinez-LOH, Robin Prizzi-Photographer, Julia Thornburg-Merchandise Coordinator and Bud Colby-Head Road Captain. Road Captains were Bob Griffice, Ben Wade, Don Hunt, Bruce Jarrett, Ed Edwards, Randy Schmit, Chris Toop, Richard Milano, Ron Bauman, Bob Dane and Jack Graham. Dues stayed at $15 even though Milwaukee said we could raise them. Enough members took safety courses that Milwaukee again sent a plaque of recognition to the Chapter. Valerie McDaniel-Ledterman became our new Regional Director. Jack Cobb went to another region in the east. The State HOG Rally was in Corpus and the R.O.T. Rally went public and stayed in Austin. We went on our first Gulfport Blowout run to Mississippi. We rode in the rain to Wimberley and Jasper. Several of our LOH ladies formed the Motorcycling Grannies and toured the country as guests of the Nostalgia TV network. We had several dinner rides with over 100 motorcycles. Sherry Sandoval won a brand new Road Glide in a Harley giveaway. Favorite after hours places were the Hole in the Wall and Cafe 121. The Texas helmet law was amended so no helmets are required if you are over 21. Chief got approval from Milwaukee for an official name change for the Chapter from North Dallas Texas Chapter to the North Texas Chapter. We closed out the year with over 850 members on our rolls. This was also the first year that Harley started keeping track of local Chapter memberships. They had us at 1,011. Milwaukee doesn’t take you off the local chapter rolls automatically at the first of the year like we do.
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1998: Paul Prizzi was elected Chapter Director. Jay Laney was chosen as Assistant Director and Randy Schmit was Activities Officer. Other Officers were Bill Laney-Treasurer, Judy Mabrey-Secretary, Chuck Mabrey-Editor and Historian, Julia Dane-LOH, Bob Dane-Safety and Head Road Captain, Terri Watt-Photographer and Anne Hinman-Merchandise Coordinator. Road Captains were Richard Milano, Ben Wade, Don Hunt, Bruce Jarrett, Ed Edwards, Julia Dane, Jay Laney, Chris Toop, Robin Prizzi, Ron Bauman, Bud Colby, Jack Graham, Anne Hinman, and Tom Watt. We started the year with a ride to Luke's Out House. This was the year of the Harley-Davidson 95th Anniversary and the HOG 15th Anniversary in June. It was estimated that there were over forty bikes on the trip from Dallas to Milwaukee. The State Rally was held in Waco in May. Valerie Ledterman stayed on as Regional Director. Some of Paul's innovative rides were to see the Texas Felines, the "World Tour", and the first annual Cowboys (football) ride for kids in July. This was the year of the last Seinfeld TV show for which we had a party. The 100 bike dinner rides were becoming common place and we even had over 130 bikes a couple times. Cafe 121 was bulldozed to make room for a GTE office building. The Oasis and the Cattleman’s burned down. We closed out the year with 1,085 Chapter members.
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1999: Randy Schmit was elected Director. Bob Dane was Assistant Director. Other Officers were Jack Graham-Secretary and Treasurer, Terri Watt-Editor, Don Hunt-Activities, Bud Colby-Safety and Head Road Captain, Richard Milano-Photography, Chuck Mabrey-Historian and Karen Nimocks-LOH. Road Captains were Chris Toop, Ben Wade, Ron Bauman, Tom Watt, Walt Bergman, Julia Dane, Anne Hinman, Sue Jones, Cliff McCall, Bruce Jarrett, Ed Edwards, Chris Schrowangen, Gary Tambourine, Dennis Coonrad, Linc Layman, Veda Pannone Baker and Bob Short. This was the year of the introduction of the “Fat Head” Twin Cam 88 cubic inch engine. Dues were raised to $20 per year. We started the year with a ride to Luke's Out House. This was an eventful year for Randy. His house burned. The State HOG rally was held in Amarillo. 1999 was a year of "firsts." In May, North Texas HOG had their first Spring Fling Poker Run. In September, we attended the first Dallas Mile AMA Grand National Championship at Lone Star Park. We also had our first chapter picnic at old Ft. Dallas. In October we had out first Texas Forts tour. Valerie Ledterman was still Regional Director and visited the chapter on one occasion. Old Chicago became an evening hangout. Our favorite hangout for Officer's meeting's, Salerno's Gibb's Station in Coppell, closed. We lost Rod Lehr to a 18-wheeler on I-35 on December 7. We finished the year with 980 Chapter members.
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2000: Bob Dane was elected Director. Don Hunt was Assistant Director. Other Officers were Don Fleischman-Assistant Director and Mentor, Dave Malcolm-Treasurer, Paula Wallace-Secretary, David Shawler-Activities, Sherry Sandoval-Editor, Karen Nimocks-Safety, Veda Pannone-LOH, Rich Klumb-Photographer, Chuck Mabrey-Historian, Rodney Doss-Member Services, Mary Beth Doss-Member Services and Gary Tambourine-Head Road Captain. Road Captains were Darrell Belew, Bob Gilbreath, B. R. Israel, Dale Meyer, Ken Randolph, Bob Short, Charles Wagner, Julia Dane, Bud Green, Linc Layman, David Minick, Chris Schrowangen, Ray Traskauskas and Steve Hawks. We lost Steve Hawks to an accident in August while he was leading a ride. This was the year of the introduction of the balanced “Fat Head” Twin Cam 88B cubic inch engine for the softails. Dues were kept at $20 per year. To continue the tradition, we started the year with a ride to Luke's Out House. A couple of months later, Luke's Out House was torn down. The staff ran a successful mail campaign to those that were former members and had not re-upped. We also hosted our 2nd annual Poker Run with 118 showing up. In addition to the normal Wednesday night rides and the weekend rides, we started doing a once-a-month Monday 5-Star Dinner Ride and a once-a-month Friday Around-The-World Dinner Ride.
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2001: Bob Dane kept the position of Director. He was the second Director to serve two consecutive terms. Other Officers were David Shawler-Assistant Director, Don Fleischman-Assistant Director and Mentor, Richard Klumb-Treasurer, Susan Graves-Secretary, Jim Roark-Activities, Sherry Sandoval-Editor, B. R. Israel-Safety, Veda Pannone-LOH, J. R. Pierce-Photographer, Gordon Graves-Hot Line Guy, Chuck Mabrey-Historian, Dennis Williams-Webmaster, John Martin-Webmaster, Ron Wisian-Member Services, Linda Wisian-Member Services and Bud Green-Head Road Captain. Road Captains were Michael Antee, Darrell Belew, Mark Easley, George Hatt, Dave Malcolm, Chuck Ramsey, Bob Short, Jeremy Winters, Bill Baugh, Julia Dane, Bob Gilbreath, Mark Kirkman, Dale Meyer, Chris Schrowangen, Paula Wallace and Ed Dahir. The 5-Star Dinner Ride and the Around-The-World Dinner Ride continued as well as did the Wednesday and weekend rides. February 14 saw our first annual Ladies of Harley Valentine's Day Sweetheart Ball. There was a great turnout and everyone agreed to continue the tradition. As usual, we continued our tradition of long weekend rides. We rode to Lafayette Louisiana for the Louisiana State Rally in March and we rode to Fredericksburg Texas for the Wildflower Ride in April. In June we rode to Austin Texas for the ROT Rally and rode to Lubbock Texas for the first annual Grape Escape Ride in June to visit wineries. We rode to Gruene Texas for the Hotter N Hinges Of Hell Ride in July. Forts Tour III continued our Forts tour tradition in September. This took us to San Antonio Texas. Also in September, we rode to Hot Springs Arkansas for the Arkansas State Rally. In October we rode the Fall Foliage Run to Mena Arkansas. We had an overnight campout and chuck wagon breakfast inside Fort Parker outside Mexia Texas in November. This was well received by the members with plans to continue this annually.
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2002: David Shawler was elected Director. Other Officers were Don Fleischman-Assistant Director and Mentor, Richard Klumb-Treasurer, Susan Graves-Secretary, Chuck Beckham-Activities Officer, Jeremy Winters-Activities Officer, Sherry Sandoval-Editor, Jack Graham-Historian, George Hatt-Safety Officer, Dawn Koston-LOH Officer, Shari Short-LOH Officer, Rick Benton-Photographer, Gordon Graves-Hot Line Guy, Dennis Williams-Webmaster, John Martin-Webmaster, Ron Wisian-Member Services, Linda Wisian-Member Services, and Chris Schrowangen-Head Road Captain. Road Captains were Michael Antee, Darrell Belew, David Blake, Mark Easley, Bud Green, Mark Kirkman, Dale Meyer, Chuck Ramsey, Bob Short, Jeremy Winters, Bill Baugh, Rick Benton, Ed Dahir, Bob Gilbreath, George Hatt, Dave Malcolm, J. R. Pierce, Dan Ruth, Paula Wallace and Ron Wisian. The 5-Star Dinner Ride and the Around-The-World Dinner Ride continued as well as did the Wednesday and weekend rides. In February, we rode to the Mardi Gras in Jefferson, Texas. Forts Tour IV included a trip to Big Bend in March. We continued the tradition of the Wildflower Ride to Fredericksburg in April. Other rides included the Texas State HOG Rally to Beaumont in April, the Grape Escape III to College Station in May and the Rolling Thunder-Ride to the Wall in Washington DC with a side trip to Gettysbury, Pennsylvania. Fort Parker welcomed us a second time in November for our 2^nd annual campout.
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2003: David Shawler kept the position of Director for a second straight year. Other officers were Bud Green-Assistant Director, Don Fleischman-Assistant Director/Mentor, Debi Short-Treasurer, Rochelle Schrowangen-Secretary, Chuck Beckham-Activities Officer, Bud Colby-Editor, Ron Reiner-Historian/Photographer, Lou Ignarro-Safety Officer, Dawn Koston-LOH Officer, Shari Short-LOH Officer, Fred Waggoner-Photographer, Dan Ruth-Hot Line Guy, Dennis Williams-Webmaster, John Martin-Webmaster and Mark Easley-Head Road Captain. Road Captains were Bill Baugh, David Blake, Julia Dane, Michael Foley, Mark Kirkman, VerNeil Mesecher, Chuck Ramsey, Chris Schrowangen, Wayne Short, Danny White, Darrell Belew, Ed Dahir, Pat Davis, Steve Friske, Dave Malcolm, J. R. Pierce, Dan Ruth, Bob Short, Gonzo Gonzales and John Cuellar. Long weekend rides included the Mardi Gras to Jefferson, Texas in February, the Wildflower Ride to Fredericksburg, Texas in April, Texas State Hog Rally to Tyler, Texas in May, Mushee Tushee 500 to Weatherford, Oklahoma in June, Fall Foliage to Mena, Arkansas in October and the Forts Tour V to Oklahoma in October. The Chapter continued their weekly tradition of Wednesday night Dinner Rides, monthly 5-Star Dinner Rides/Sunday Brunch Rides and monthly Around the World Dinner Rides. Other notable events were the Chapter Picnic in July, the Kaboom Town Fireworks in July and the 3^rd annual Fort Parker Campout in November.
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2004: Don Fleischman was elected Director. Other officers were Bud Green-Assistant Director, Chuck Beckham-Assistant Director, Debi Short-Treasurer, Debby Jacobs-Secretary, Gonzo Gonzales-Activities Officer, Bud Colby-Editor, Jack Graham-Historian, Lou Ignarro-Safety Officer, Debbie Foley-LOH Officer, Rochelle Schrowangen-Membership Officer, Cathy Ringueberg-Membership Officer, Tony Erickson-Dinner Ride Coordinator, Alison Cook-Merchandise Officer, Fred Waggoner-Photographer, John Cuellar-Assistant Photographer, Dan Ruth-Hotline Guy, Dennis Williams-Webmaster, John Martin-Webmaster, and Darrell Belew-Head Road Captain. Road Captains were Bill Baugh, Dan Brice, John Cuellar, Ed Dahir, Pat Davis, Mark Easley, Michael Foley, Steve Friske, Gonzo Gonzales, VerNeil Mesecher, J.R. Pierce, Chuck Ramsey, Dan Ruth, Russ Schneider, Chris Schrowangen, Bob Short, Wayne Short, Fred Waggoner, Lisa Smith and Danny White. Annette Davis and Ron Reiner were responsible for the monthly Around the World Dinner Rides and Marc and Leah Bond were responsible for the monthly 5-Star Dinner and Brunch Rides. Long weekend rides included the Mardi Gras Ride to Jefferson, Texas in February, Carlsbad Caverns Ride to Carlsbad, New Mexico in March, Wild Flower Ride to Brady and Fredericksburg, Texas in April, Louisiana Hog Rally Ride to Shreveport, Louisiana in April, Iron Butt Ride to Las Vegas in April and May, Texas State Hog Rally to Montgomery, Texas in May, Texas Border Ride around the perimeters of Texas in May, ROT Rally Ride to Austin, Texas in June, Mushee Tushee to Weatherford, Oklahoma in June, Capture the Passes Ride to the Rocky Mountains in August and September, Feedlot Tour to Amarillo, Texas in September, Arkansas State HOG Rally Ride to Hot Springs, Arkansas in September, Blues “Cruise” Mississippi Delta Ride to Mississippi in September, CAF Air Show Ride to Midland in October, Fort Tours VI Ride to Shreveport, Louisiana in October, Tail of the Dragon Ride to Deal’s Gap, North Carolina in October, and Fall Foliage Run Ride to Mena, Arkansas in October. The Chapter continued their weekly tradition of Wednesday night Dinner Rides, monthly 5-Star Dinner and Brunch Rides and Monthly Around The World Dinner Rides. Other notable events were the Dallas Symphony Orchestra night in May, Chapter Picnic in July, Kaboom Town Fireworks in July and 4th annual Fort Parker Campout in November. In May, John and Paulette Cuellar were named winners of HOG’s 2003 ABC’s of Touring Contest when they rode 30,589 miles to 49 states, most of the Canadian Provinces including the Northwest Territories, Harley-Davidson factories and many HOG Rallies.
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2005: Don Fleischman continued as Director. Fred Waggoner and Chuck Beckham were Assistant Directors.

Treasurer was Barbara Sobkowiak; Secretary was Annette Davis; Activities Officer was Bill 'Gonzo' Gonzales; Editor was John Martin; Membership was Cathy Ringueberg; Historian was Chuck Mabrey; Safety Officer was Glenn Douglass; Ladies of Harley Officer was Debbie Foley; Dinner Ride Coordinator was Dereke Mims; 5-Star Dinner Ride Coordinators were Lea & Mark Bond; Merchandise Coordinator was Alison Cook; Photographer was John Cuellar; Assistant Photographer was Dennis Long; the Hotline Guy was Dan Ruth; New Member Coordinator was Lou Ignarro; Birthdays Coordinator was Debi Short; Webmaster was Dennis ‘Neo’ Williams; and the Head Road Captain was Wayne Short.

Road Captains were Bill Baugh, Ken Brand, Jim Cook, John Cuellar, Ed Dahir, Pat Davis, Debbie Foley, Michael Foley, Steve Friske, Gonzo Gonzales, Dennis Long, Chuck Ramsey, Chris Schrowangen, Bob Short and Fred Waggoner.

Ron Reiner took us to the West Coast and Rochelle and Chris Schrowangen took us to the East Coast. Harley took us to Chattanooga, the North East part of the US and beyond. Lynn Sanders made sure we saw the changing colors of the leaves and Richard Jaffe let us watch the Commemorative Air Force Air Show from the 'Officer’s Club.' Robert and Janis Fromelius continued Chuck Beckham's Friday Night Lights only to see what the stomach felt like when six bikes showed up at the shop and forty more at the restaurant awaiting our arrival.

NT HOG set a record of 179 rides riding the traditional rides such as the Chili Cook off, Mardi Gras, Wildflower Run, Big Bend, Mushie Tushie, Boyz Night Out, Pub Crawl, The Feedlot Tour, Run to the Wall, Arkansas Fall Foliage Run, Toy Runs,Poker Runs, Tours, Road Dinners, 5-Star
Dinner Rides, Bike Weeks, etc.

The tradition was continued with the KaBoom Town, Chapter Picnic, Night at the Symphony, Christmas Party, and New Years Party.

The chapter made HOG history by documenting over One Million collective miles ridden by the members. If you didn’t see our Bulletin Board at the shop this year you missed the tasteful and artful work that Gary and Debbie Majdoch did. Debi and Todd Martin of North Texas Harley-Davidson were our Chapter Sponsors.

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2006: Don Fleischman continued as Director. Pat Davis joined Fred Waggoner and Chuck Beckham as Assistant Directors.

Treasurer was Barbara Sobkowiak; Secretary was Rand James; Activities Officer was Michael Foley; Editor was John D. Martin; Historian was Chuck Mabrey; Safety Officer was Jim Cook; LOH Officer was Sherry Hall; Membership Officers were Gary & Debi Majdoch; Dinner Ride Coordinator was Dereke Mims; Friday Night Lights were Robert & Janis Fromelius; 5-Star Dinner Rides were Mark & Lea Bond; Merchandise Officer was Shannon Ramsey; Photographer was John Cuellar; Assistant Photographers were Dennis Long and Chris Dikmen; Hot Line Guy was Tim Rogers; Webmaster was Dennis Williams; New Rider Officer was Lou Ignarro; and Birthday Party was Debi Short. Road Captains were Wayne Short (Head Road Captain), Bill Baugh, Darrell Belew, Ken Brand, Jim Cook, John Cuellar, Ed Dahir, Pat Davis, Mark Easley, Michael Foley, Steve Friske, Gonzo Gonzales, Doug James, Dennis Long, Jim Sartin, Chris Schrowangen, and Bob Short.

NTHOG continued being a 2006 Million Mile Chapter.

In March Fred Waggoner dropped out as Assistant Director and was appointed Road Captain. Also in March Mark Easley dropped out as Road Captain. In July Michael Foley took over as Activities Officer when we lost Gonzo Gonzales. Goodbye Gonzo, Our Very Dear Friend! You are forever in our hearts!

February 2, 2006 we headed for the Mort Myerson Symphony Hall in Dallas for a concert of patriotic music. During our meal we visited with Richard Kaufman, the Guest Conductor for the evening who wore his NTHOG vest that we gave him!

2006 NTHOG CHAPTER EVENTS

• Dinner Rides every Wednesday night

• Patch Rides

• No Bar Too Far Rides

• Boyz Day Out Runs

• Call in Sick Day April 18^th

• 2nd Annual Slap Shot Bike Ride April 15th

• Chapter Chili Cook-off was held February 4th.

• Wild Flower Run April 6, 7, 8: Miller's Inn Fredericksburg, TX

• Sanford's Mushee Tushee 500 June 10-11

• Wildflower Run, April 6th – 9th

• Kaboom Town July 3rd ride to Addison Airport

• NTHOG Stacked Deck Run May 27

• Chapter Picnic July 23rd

• Advanced Rider’s Course October 21st

• Arkansas Fall Foliage Run October 27-29 McKinney, Bonham, Paris, Hugo, Antlers, Talihina OK. Talimena Scenic Byway to the Queen Wilhelmina Lodge in Mena, AR atop the Rich Mountains and on to Mt. Magazine, the highest mountain in Arkansas. HQ motel was the Lime Tree Inn.

• Annual Christmas Party December 16th at Duncan Duvall’s Double Tree Ranch. After many years, this was the last party to be held here. Double Tree Ranch was sold.

• Hawaiian Shirt Night

• The Big Texas Toy Run - Besides Ft.Worth and Dallas, Grapevine was offered as a starting point.

• Christmas Shopping at North Park Mall

• Ladies of Harley Ornament Exchange

• Five Star Dinner-Holiday Party December 4 at Nana’s!

• Fiday Night Lights Once-a-month

• Five Star Dinner Rides Once-a-month

SPORTS RIDES

• Super Bowl XL at the Thunderhorse Saloon February 5th.

• Dallas Stars Run April 15th

• Frisco Roughriders April 23rd

HARLEY RALLIES

• Arkansas HOG rally August 24-27 Ft. Smith.

• 2006 Texas State HOG Rally May 18th-21st in Abilene. The Saturday Headliner was STYX.

• The National HOG Rally in Billings, Montana from June 30 – July 1. A group ride that left on June 23rd and returned on July 4th.

• The 2006 H.O.G. Road Candy Tour was attended by Mark and Sheila Easley along with Willie and Nancy Davidson who were signing autographs. They visited the Hershey Chocolate Factory and Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO) factory among other places.

• Republic of Texas Rally June 1-4 Austin, TX

• The Lone Star Motorcycle Rally November 2-5 Galveston.

• Run for the Wall In May ending up in Washington, DC at Rolling Thunder’s annual ride around town.

• 4 Corners "Rally in the Rockies" August 30th for the ride to Clayton New Mexico

2006 CHAPTER RIDES

• 23rd Annual St. Patty’s Day Poker Run Sunday, March 12th is the put on by the Dallas HOG Chapter.

• Bill’s Hotter than Hell Catfish Ride April 1

• The 4th Annual Mud Bug Boogie Saturday, April 29 All You Can Eat Crawfish at The Thunderhorse Saloon of Lewisville (now out of business)

• CAF (aka Confederate Air Force) Air show Oct 6—8th Midland, TX

• Mardi Gras Up-River in Jefferson, Feb 24 East Texas.

• First ever Forts and Suds tour On May 5 where we stopped at Fort Waco (Texas Rangers Museum), La Grange for lunch, and Shiner, TX ending up for 2 nights in San Antonio.

• Gaston's White River Resort ride September 14-17 to, in Lakeview, Arkansas.

• Ron Reiner’s Tour of three Presidential Libraries April 20th – 23rd 1100 miles in four days.

• NTHOG chapter ride went to Salt Lake & Vegas to participate in the HOG Saints to Sinners ride. The group was: Ron & Maxine Reiner, Mike & Denise Randall, Allen & Sherry Udisky, Randy & Cathy Brodhead and Leon Carr. We then rode through Glacier National Park and met up with a large NTHOG group at the HOG National Rally in Billings. This was a 6,000 mile ride.

• Also in September 2006, an article Ron Reiner wrote was published in HOG tales about our chapter riding more than One Million Miles last year. Don Fleischman said, "It really answers that ancient question of whether we are a drinking, eating and partying chapter or a riding chapter."

• El Camino Real June 16th—18th The King’s Highway – Old San Antonio Road. That route, modern-day State Highway 21, is said to be the oldest highway in Texas.

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2007: Pat Davis was the new Director. His Assistant Director was Michael Foley. The Darth reign is over and the Double Tree is gone. Don Fleishman finishes three years of dedicated leadership of the chapter.

Treasurer was Jay Hall; Secretary was Steve Sobkowiak; Activities Officer was Dereke Mims; Editor was John D. Martin; Historian was Chuck Mabrey; Safety Officer was Jim Cook; LOH Officer was Sherry Hall; Membership Officers were Robert Buck & Michelle Bertone; Dinner Ride Coordinators were Michael & Sandy Staab; Friday Night Lights were Robert & Janis Fromelius; 5-Star Dinners were Greg Jones & Pat Gawenda; Merchandise Officer was Shannon Ramsey; Photographer was Bill Bradford; Assistant Photographers were Annette Davis Allen Udisky and Bill Hendryx; AnswerWoman was Annette Davis; and Webmaster was Terry Sides.

Road Captains were Bill Baugh, Darrell Belew, Bill Bradford, Alison Cook, Jim Cook (Head Road Captain), John Cuellar, Ed Dahir, Mark Easley, Don Fleischman, Michael Foley, Steve Friske, Jay Hall, Debby Jacobs, Jim King, Mark Kirkman, Dennis Long, Gary Majdoch, Dereke Mims, Chris Schrowangen, Wayne Short, Lyle Stanton, Fred Waggoner and Dennis Williams.

In May Kevin Gibbs took over as Webmaster and Martha and Lyle Stanton took over the Friday Night Lights Dinner Rides. In August Alison Cook dropped out as Road Captain. In July Rick Lowe took over as AnswerMan. In November John Cuellar dropped out as Road Captain.

Pat Johnson's Funeral was Friday, June 1, 2007 He died after a motorcycle accident in Tuscaloosa , Alabama coming back from Myrtle Beach Bike Week. In August, Chuck and Shannon moved to Fredericksburg, TX.

The Chapter bought a BBQ Smoker and sold "Tag the Smoker" plates.

NTHOG continued being a 2007 Million Mile Chapter.

2007 NTHOG CHAPTER EVENTS

• Dinner Rides every Wednesday night
• Friday Night Lights
• Five Star Dinner Rides
• Boyz Day Out Rides
• Hawaiian Shirt Night
• Kaboom Town
• The Big Texas Toy Run
• 1st Annual Christmas party at Sneaky Pete's on Lewisville Lake.
• Christmas Shopping at North Park Mall
• 9th Annual Stacked Deck Poker Run June 16th was rained out and rescheduled to September 8th on the Harley-Davidson of North Texas OPEN HOUSE celebration.
• Ladies of Harley Ornament Exchange
• Brenda Blassingame came some of the Wednesday night dinner rides custom fitted members for a pair of earplugs.
• Barbeque and Bridges July 21st Country Line Barbeque's new restaurant in Garland next to Brass Pro Shop overlooking Lake Ray Hubbard.
• Halloween Costume Dinner Ride October 31 aka “Buffalo Joe’s Halloween Costume Dinner Ride”
• ABC’s of Touring Ride January 28th
• NTHOG & Multi-Chapter Chili Cook-Off, Feb 10th & 25th
• AFTERNOON at the SYMPHONY March 11th featuring music of the “Beatles” at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, in downtown Dallas,
• Concealed Handgun Classes February 17 and Saturday March 3, were held by LOH.
• Crawfish Boil at Bruce Pearson's place, 90 acres in the country, March 31.
• 3rd Annual Slap Shot Bike Ride April 15th
• March 10th, LOH went to the movies to see “Wild Hogs” featured Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy hit the road.

2007 HARLEY RALLIES

• Texas State HOG Rally, Amarillo - May 17-19, 2007
• Arkansas HOG rally Ft. Smith.
• Schrow's ride to the Smokey Mountains and the Tail of the Dragon. Club H.O.G. Downhome and Tail of the Dragon – Deal’s Gap August 18 – 26
• 2007 National H.O.G. Rally Knoxville, TN
• In 2007, 8 chapter members rode in the longest HOG Posse ride ever, the Great American Adventure. The Posse started in Wilmington, Delaware and went to Portland OR. Total mileage for each NTHOG rider was 8,000 miles. Participants were: Ron & Maxine Reiner, Sheri and Allen Udisky, David Shawler, Sherry Sandoval and Randy & Cathy Brodhead.
• In June 2007 we had a large NTHOG group that rode in the HOG Ride the Rockies, a 3,000 mile ride. Riders were Ron & Maxine Reiner, Sheri & Allen Short, Jay & Sherry Hall, Mark & Sheila Easley, Ron Wisian, Chuck Heinz, Connie Modesto and Ron Fiebiger.

2007 CHAPTER RIDES

• NTHOG Chapter Picnic July 22nd Parker Russell's place in Flower Mound next to Lake Grapevine
• Ride to Lake Murray Oklahoma July 7
• Fall Foliage Ride Oct 25 –28 usual trip to Mena, AR, but added a Friday night in Branson MO. Mena HQ was the Lime Tree Inn and the Branson HQ was the Howard Johnson's on Highway 76.
• Bridge Tour 2007 September 21-23 patterned after the Forts Tours from a few years back. Possum Kingdom Lake, the Brazos River, Goldthwaite, the Regency Suspension Bridge, the Beveridge Bridge west of San Saba, the Guadalupe River at New Braunfels, the Faust Street Bridge, Schulenburg's Piano Bridge, Hwy 90 Bridge in Colorado County and finally Waco to see the Waco Suspension Bridge.
• CAF Air show Midland, TX Sept. 28 to 30 at the Midland-Odessa Airport midway between the two cities.
• The Great State Fair of Texas September 29th
• Lake Athens Marina Restaurant Ride October 27th
• Hot Springs Rally September 13 – 15 Back in 2006 the annual Arkansas State HOG Rally moved to Ft. Smith and the organizers of the previous HOG Rallies in Hot Springs started their own rally.
• Lone Star Rally, Galveston, Texas NTHOG “Big Water Run” November 1-4 more commonly known as the Lone Star Rally.
• The LOH Arachno-Ride Saturday, October 6th Lake Tawakoni State Park vast web has millions of spiders crawling around in it and had entomologists and scientists from all over the world coming to investigate it.
• In mid March, chapter officers attended Primary Officer Training (POT)
• Battle of Port Jefferson Civil War Re-Enactment May 4th
• Mushee Tushee June 23-24 Sanford swore this was his last Tush
• 2007 Wild Flower Run April 12-14