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ATTENDEES: Larry Pennigton, Jerry
Grakauskas, Brett Watson, Dane Leimbach, Connie DelSolar, Halle Borer,
Scott Barnhard, Dot Wilford, Karen Turner, Pat Leimbach, Ted DelSolar,
Bailey Borer, Jay Cobb, Doug Wilford, Bill Smith, Mary Kovach, Linda Losse,
Patty Borer, Elaine Hall, Belinda Brogan, Donna Penton, Floda White, Val
Losse, John Borer,
Bev Troyan, Scott Brogan, John Penton, Marj Born, Reb Guthrie, Alyssa Borer,
Greg Troyan, Paul Busick, Jack Penton, Al Born, Ted Guthrie, Zak Borer,
Dolly Martin, Rosemary Buehner, Barb Weisman, James Borer, Lynne Camp, Paul
Borer, Ollie Martin, Alan Buehner, Matt Weisman, Joan Borer, Chris Saylor,
Jeff Borer, Al Martin and Paul Danik.
Pres. Paul Danik called the meeting to order at 7:05 and he asked each
person to introduce themselves and state where they were from. He then asked
Karen Turner and Linda Losse to come forward and play their dulcimers that
they had set up in the front corner of the meeting room. They played “Winter
Wonderland” which fit the occasion as it was a very snowy evening and they
also played another song named “Harvest Home”. They were both dressed in
1910 era outfits. Sec. Al Born read the minutes of the November 3, 2005
minutes and James Borer made a motion to accept the minutes as read that was
seconded by Bill Smith and all were in favor of the motion. Doug Wilford
gave the membership report showing 3 new members and 8 renewals for the
month of November. The report showed 404 active members as 6 had been moved
to the expired list due to not renewing since their expiration date of Aug.
Treasurer Alan Buehner gave his report as of 11/30/05. Alan reported that he
had 435 Newsletters printed and had mailed 411, 74 of them with renewal
notices and 30 having expiration notices in them. Alan brought all of the
Executive Board members Newsletters with him to save on postage. He also
stated that Feb. 18th will be the deadline for receiving articles for the
spring edition. Bill Smith explained what he and Karen have been doing about
getting the web-site back up to power again after all of the recent
problems. There were no web stats available to tell how many visits have
been made recently. Pres. Danik reminded all “Poggers” to take the time to
thank Karen and Bill for all of the hard work they have done and are still
doing. John Borer gave the E-bay report that showed the following sales: a
’77 Penton 400 CM5 sold for $2000.00, a ’74 Jack-piner went for $1650.00, a
steel tanker, less some parts, met the reserve and sold for $860.00. Also, a
VDO speedometer bracket sold for $127.00, a set of Magura star adjusters and
covers went for $164.00, an early model kick start lever sold for $103.00
and a nice Penton enduro head light sold for $102.00.
At this time Jack Penton introduced Jon Eric Burleson, the new President of
KTM, USA who spoke briefly to the group. Pres. Danik then spoke briefly
about the “Steel Tanker” book and stated that the next PFP meeting will be
on Jan. 5th, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. He also reminded us that Penton Day at the
AMA will be on Feb. 4th, 2006, beginning at 10:00 a.m.,{Museum opens at 9:00
a.m.} and he encourages anyone having any MC5s or Steel Tankers to bring
them to be displayed outside in the covered garage area. Scott Brogan
announced that he will have the new MC5 T-shirts and caps ready by then.
Under new business, Alan reported that Victor Monz from California had
recently contacted him and he told him that he had recently rode the
Elsinore race on his Penton Jack-piner and that out of 73 entries in his
class that he had placed 16th. His Jack-Piner should be one of the featured
bikes on Randy Kirkbride’s 2006 Penton calendars. Alan announced that Randy
was unable to attend tonight but he will have the calendars at the January
meeting. Paul stated that to the best of his knowledge that this is/was our
96th POG meeting and that we might just have the 100th one on a Saturday in
April, maybe outside at the former Penton shop????? Paul also read parts of
a very funny article that was recently written by Ed Hertfelder about how he
first met John Penton at an Enduro in New Jersey several years ago. Jack
Penton showed a short [but funny}video clip starring Ted Guthrie and his
neighbor making a pitch for Penton motorcycles and Vintage Motorcycle Days.
The regular meeting adjourned shortly after 8:00 p.m. and everyone enjoyed
pizza and lots of other “goodies” while Karen and Linda entertained everyone
by playing several more songs on their dulcimers. After the snacks, Paul
introduced Mrs. Pat Leimbach, {Danes mother and Johns sister} who spoke for
several minutes about John, the Penton family and also read a couple short
stories from her books/writings which included a tribute to her son Teddy
who died in 1980 from injuries from an auto accident. Scott Barnhard
{Woodsy} then performed a short skit with the emphasis on always being
friendly when riding your motorcycle which led him to have a very exciting
off-road ride in Mexico which included being lost in the mountainous area,
that he told us about.
A drawing was held for door prizes consisting of Penton Sportcycle signs,
Jack-piner caps and T-shirts and DVDs that went to the following people: Bev
Troyan, Paul Busick, Halle Borer, Bailey Borer, Zak Borer, Dolly Martin, Jay
Cobb, Linda Losse and Scott {Woodsy} Barnhard. All tickets were drawn by
Donna and John Penton.
To bring the meeting to a close, Linda Losse played Silent Night on her
dulcimer as Karen Turner and Al Born joined in with their harmonicas. A very
nice “Family Night” was enjoyed by all. The next regular meeting will be on
Jan. 5th, 2006 at KTM, USA at 7:00 p.m.
Al Born, Sec. of POG
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