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ATTENDEES: Rebba Guthrie, Reg Blackman, Joan Borer, Jack Penton, Ollie
Martin, Jerry Grakauskas, Ted Guthrie, Tim Blackman, James Borer, John
Penton, Al Martin, Barb Weisman, Joe Dengler, Bob LeForme, John Borer ,Joe
Novak , Larry Maiers, Doug Wilford, Dave Callison, Paul Danik, Al Born, Don
Knaggs, Greg Troyan, Scott Brogan, Alan Buehner and Bill Smith.
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Pres. Paul Danik called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. and asked each
person to introduce themselves, including guests Reg and Tim Blackman and
Bob LeForme who spoke about their riding experiences. Al Born read the
minutes of the April meeting and Scott Brogan made a motion to accept the
minutes as read. Barb Weisman seconded the motion and all were in favor of
the motion. Doug Wilford gave the membership report showing 6 new members,
15 renewals, 5 being for 2 years and 2 for 5 years. Seven were moved to the
inactive list, leaving 432 active members. Alan Buehner gave the Treasurers
as of 4/30/09. Alan also had the year-end Financial Statement for 2008, as
well as a “Social Charter” from the AMA. Alan stated that he has been
working on the Summer Newsletter that will have a “Member Profile” on Dwight
Rudder. Bill Smith reported that all is well for our web-site and that the
Feb. issue of Trail Rider magazine that has extensive coverage of the POG
40/10 Celebration is now listed for sale on the site for as long as they
last.
Paul stated that Steve Barber and The Enduro Riders has entry forms and a
Preview report on the Reunion Ride done and is being reviewed at this time
and will soon be on the web-site. Paul also stated that on a week-end in
June that he and a few others will go check out the trails that are laid
out. A discussion was held about reserving the banquet hall at “The Inn at
Hocking College”. John Borer made a motion that the POG send a check for
$1,339.83 to Kent Knudson to reserve the hall. This would be refundable up
until 2 weeks of the date, if, for some unknown reason we would have to
cancel. This will be repaid to the POG by The Enduro Riders from sales of
banquet tickets. Paul also stated that camping sites are available for the
R.R. ride, with electrical and water hook-ups. There is also a sewer dumping
station available. Alan Buehner stated that our spaces for Vintage Days are
paid for and the tent installation order is in. He also read a press release
from the AMA about the Vintage Racing events this year. Our POG theme at
Vintage Days will be John Penton’s record-breaking Cross Country ride.
John Borer gave the E-Bay report that showed the following sales: a nice
1970s Vintage Penton MX gas tank with petcocks had 7 bids for $227.50, a ‘74
Penton 6-Day triple clamp tree had 21 bids for $217.50, a set of 35 mm
Ceriani forks had 15 bids for $208.50, another set of 35 mm forks with
triple clamp had 7 bids for $174.50 and a ‘74 Penton 6-Day exhaust pipe had
12 bids for $202.53. Also, a left side number plate/cover for a ‘74 6-Day
had 17 bids for $108.49, a Penton Hi-Point tool bag had 2 bids for $149.00,
a round 68/69 air box assembly had 8 bids for $103.50, a nice ‘70s Penton
6-Day, including lights had 19 bids for $1326.00, a very nice ‘74 Berkshire
sold on “Buy it Now” for $1,999.00 and a nice race-ready 1977 Penton MC5,
250 cc sold on Buy it Now” for $2000.00.
Under old business, Jack spoke about the opening of the new Quaker
Steak/Lube in Vermillion that will have John Born’s Berkshire displayed
there for at least a year. They also have on display a BSA Flat-tracker
belonging to POG member Pat Holbrook. We discussed the possibility of
holding a meeting there sometime this summer.
Under new business, Larry Maiers announced that former Penton rider, Frank
Gallo had suffered severe leg injuries while riding last Sunday. Ted Guthrie
spoke about meeting the publisher of "Rider" magazine at Mid-Ohio last
summer and he showed the June, 2009 issue that has photos of Dave
McCollough’s Penton Mint 400 with a two page article. We discussed the fact
that Teddy Landers had purchased a POG easy-up for approximately $1,000.00
that is used at many events he attends. S. Brogan made a motion that the POG
reimburse Teddy for the cost of the easy-up. John Penton seconded the motion
and all were in favor of the motion. Paul distributed flyers about the
Spring Classic Reliability & Dual Sport run to be held on May 30th at
Toronto, Oh. by the Ohio Valley BSA Owners club. Ted Guthrie is helping them
lay out this run. Ted says they now have 4 DVDs made from the POG
Celebration. Jack Penton spoke briefly about the retirement of Mark Mederski
from the AMA Museum and he stated that Katie Woods has been named as the
Museums Operations Manager. Jack told about a man named Chris Miller that he
recently had contact with who was a young lad when the Penton team was
riding the Ft. Hood Qualifiers. He had a large poster that he took around
and had all the Penton riders sign. He recently passed away, but his father
had copies of the poster made and sent 2 of them to Jack. Those should be a
conversation piece at future events. It was reported that “Young Ted” is
installing disc brakes on a Penton. Could this be “Davy”??? If so, look out.
Bill Smith told a couple interesting stories about winning a trophy on a 80
cc Yamaha and also about finding a couple Pentons by placing an ad in the
Cycle Conservation Club of Michigan’s Trail Rider magazine. The meeting
adjourned at 8:50 p.m. and the next meeting is scheduled for June 4th at
7:00 p.m. at KTM., USA.
Al Born, Sec. of POG |
