| The year 2000 was a very special year for
Chapter L. The Chapter celebrated it's 15th birthday! Our
first meeting was held on Saturday April 13, 1985. Bill Wergowske was the first
Area Representative (now called Chapter Director) and Elmer Jauch was the first
Assistant Area Representative.
Elmer resigned in October of 1985 and Jim & Brenda
Pennington became the new Assistant Area Representatives. Bill Wergowske
resigned in May of 1987 and Jim & Brenda Pennington became the new Area
Representatives. At this time Chapter L had over 400 on the membership list for
the southwestern part of the State of Ohio and it was evident that only about
1/3 of the members were able to attend because of the traveling distance.
Kathy Peck represented Chapter L in 1987 as Chapter
Queen, then was chosen as Ohio State Queen and Region D Queen, which led her to
compete in Knoxville at Wing Ding. Chapter L's support was so great at Wing Ding
that we received an award for having the most pre-registered in attendance
(68!).
That same year Chapter L was giving support to Indiana
G-2 in neighboring Lawrenceburg and Kentucky G just across the river. Chapter L
also began to have labor pains and soon delivered 2 brand new chapters: Chapter
A-1 (now A-2) and Chapter E-1 (now E-2). Since many of the Chapter L staff left
to start the two new Ohio Chapters, Chapter L's staff was nearly
depleted.
With the true Chapter L enthusiasm and having Fun, Safety
and Knowledge in our minds, we soon had one "L" of a great corps of officers to
continue serving Gold Wing riders of the Queen City.
In October of '93, our progeny (A-2) delivered a
rambunctious new Chapter, X-2, our "grandchapter"… and we were proud as
"L!!"
As we go forward into the future we envision a great
year of riding our Gold Wing motorcycles, attending rallies, joining in rides,
activities and events with the GWRRA members of one "L" of a great chapter. "L"
yes!
Special thanks to the Chapter "L" leaders --
| 1985 |
Bill Wergowske |
| 1987 |
Jim & Brenda Pennington |
| 1991 |
Jim & Pauline Petroviak |
| 1993 |
Bill & Yvonne Tieke |
| 1994 |
Dick & Lois Pettit |
| 1996 |
Mike & Judy O'Rourke |
| 1998 |
Rich & Nancy Hesse |
| 2000 |
Tom & Pat Runck |
| 2003 |
Carl & Cris Hauser |
| 2005 |
Tim & Anita Kendrick |
| 2007 |
Roy & Kathy Richard |
| 2009 |
Jim & Brenda Pennington |
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