A HOOT 'N' A HOLLER
LA FERIA CHAPTER GYPSY M/C
On October 5th, The La Feria Chapter held it's elections. Twenty members
were present to change the course of history and The La Feria Chapter. I was
present, because of coming home to the valley early from my travels, for my
re-constructive surgery just 4 days away on the 9th. Our "guest's" that
evening, were "HAP" Simerly & his lovely wife "GIDDY-UP-GO"`They are always
welcomed. But, I don't think they were prepared for what went on that
fateful night. Jim "PREACHER" Ball, was voted out of office by a slim
margin, after holding that office and leading The La Feria Chapter to where
it is today, for 6 years. Al "YO MAN" Minton, became our new President "YO
MAN" will now have the "HUGE" responsibility of keeping the chapter up to the
standards it has come accustomed too and, quite frankly, what we alltook for
granted. The election results are as follows: President; Al "YO MAN"
Minton.....Vice Pres; David "SMOKEY" Metzger....
Secretary; Phyllis "SUCHA" Minton.......Treasurer; George "DRIVE THRU"
Alexander......Sargent At Arms; Doolittle"....
& our new Road Captian; Sue "BAT GIRL" Metzger. A new millenium, with a new
crew. Lets all hope them the best and wish them luck in the year to come.
The next evening, saw some of The L Feria Chapter selling tickets at the
"BIKE FEST 2000" on S. Padre Island. We were personnally invited by Evan J.
Shall
of the Island H.O.G. Chapter, to come and set up our booth to sell tickets
for our "2001 Harley Davidson Night Train" motorcyle, at no cost, in hopes
some of us would volunteer to help with the rally in the serving of beer and
other miscellaneous jobs. In exchange for our help, we were invited to a
free buffet and half priced drinks at 202 Bayside Bar & Grill a few blocks
south of the convention center. The weekend proved very successful. We sold
over 500 tickets at "BIKE FEST 2000." Those from The La Feria Chapter who
were there to work, are as follows: '' HIGH SIDE'', & his girlfriend
Sherrie, ''SQUEAL'', ''BADGER'', 'DRIVE THRU'', ''KILLER B'', ''TA TA'',
''DOOLITTLE''& ''PREACHER''. Although the motorcycle isen't in our possesion
just yet, it is being made as we speak, a beautiful banner in living color
gives you the sense it would be there if it could. The following weekend,
saw 10 members of The La Feria Chapter at theCalallen Halloween Run. They
are as follows: "PREACHER", "MASTER CHEIF", "LITTLE CHEIF", "PET PONCHO",
"BAT GIRL", "MASTER CHIEF", "KILLER B", "SUCHA", "YO MAN" & me "LADY DI". A
great time was had by "ALL" who attended. And although there was lots to see
and do, a dark cloud hung over the festivities. "BIG C'' was in the hospital
fighting for his life friday, the day the rally started. All who knew and
loved him were planning on visiting him sunday after the rally was
over.....but....."BIG C" pasted away early saturday morning.....bringing what
is and has been the best damn rally besides Fiesta to a stand still. You can
read more about this tragedy in the column I wrote for the Calallen Chapter
in this issue of the Folly's. At the many rally's I attend, I always meet
many, many people whom read my articles.and come up to me to tell me how much
they enjoy them. And although I can't remember them all, some new faces some
not so new, I'd like to mention this one gentleman who was truly happy to
meet me. His name was Rene "K-9" La Vina, a prospect from Laredo. I told
him I would say "HELLO" to him in my next article. That weekend was also the
weekend The American Cancer Society was to hold a very special event at The
Valley Baptist Regional Hospital in Harlengin. A "TIME CAPSULE" to
memorialize the event was buried on the hospital grounds. All Breast Cancer
Survivors, thier families and friends were invited to attend this special
event to recognize those individuals who have survived their battle with
cancer. I know I should have gone, but, I don't like to be singled out in a
crowd or to have people starring at me and asking me questions about my
battle....I'm here to report to you and that's enough for me..........But,
some woman "NEED" that recognition, I'm just not one of them, is all. Many
things are planned for the month of November, involving The La Feria
Chapter.. And, as always, I will bring you all the news of "What's Happnin"
down here in the valley. Oh, before I forget........the re-comstruction went
exstremly well.....I was in and out of the operating room in record
time...........and that could only be attributed to the great health I was
in. But, to be quite honest, this surgery made my mastectomy feel like a bee
sting. You really have to want it to go thru with it....and although I had
questions about "WHY" I was going thru with it, I'm glad I did.....To have a
breast again has made a big difference in how I look at myself now. I would
reccomend anyone considering haveing re-construction contact me for support.
And as always, I leave you all with this too think about: "You know you are
in love, when, another person's needs become more important than your own."
Dianne "LADY DI" Hammond T.M.R.A.#32066
Dianne “LADY DI” Hammond T.M.R.A.#32066
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