Annual Planning Meeting
February 8, 2009
On February 8th we had our monthly Open Prairie Trikers meeting at the Home Town Buffet. It was a nice place to eat;
looked almost like a miniature Dillon's from the outside. The meeting began with a search for the owner or future owner
of a cell phone, but it turned out to be Larry’s. Wayne brought the meeting to order around 3pm. Someone from the restaurant
came in wondering when we would be finished at this point, but there’s never a set time for ending when we get together.
If we could we would probably all stay past closing time if not for prier arrangements. During the meeting we discussed our
schedule for the summer months. One of the major plans was to change the overnight trip to Abilene over Dodge City due to
gang activity and possibly Dodge City’s wonderful aroma of cattle. One of the suggested sites to visit is the Eisenhower National
Library and Museum. During the meeting we were also introduced to our new treasurer Jerry. One of our associate partners
decided to close, but they donated the rest of their funds to us at approximately 75 dollars. To support OPT; Bob is taking
orders for motorcycle size license plates with OPT logo minus the “little curly q’s” at either end of the words Brothers of the
Third Wheel. They are for sale for ten dollars. The decision was made to follow last year and not hold our second Sunday OPT
meetings during the summer. Next month’s OPT meeting will be held at the new Golden Corral on the east side.
Until next time happy riding. ...Kirk DeVore
Dwight Rix
Hey ya all! Got an email from our fellow triker, Dwight Rix. He says he's off the insulin and controlling his blood sugar with a
good diet and a pill a day. He did have a bad infection and was sent to E.R. which in turn, put a temporary stop to his chemo
treatment. Although, when his sugar counts get back to normal he has about 5 weeks of treatment left. So we need to keep
Dwight in our prayers! ....Wayne Eck
Trike-night: IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN
It’s that time again when the annual Opt Trike Night hosted by Wayne; Sarah
and Jeff Eck gets in to full swing. In attendance
were Newly elected Road Capt. Bill Tabor ; Asst. State Director and State Treasurer Junior and Debra Hester; Asst. Opt Chapter
Director Dale “Pete” Walter; Opt Events Coordinator Tish and husband Dan Seely; Tom, Shannon and Andrew Shields; Kenny
and Keith Flower; Leo Foster who leathered up and rode his trike out; Jason and little Braden Hester and friend Shane; Opt Chapter
Director. and State Webmaster Wayne and wife State editor Sarah Eck. We were bless to have in attendance Laurie Grunden
who lost her husband and Opt member Gerald in a tragic automobile accident in 2007, it was great to have he out and to see she
is doing well. After a fantastic dinner prepared by the ladies most of the men headed out to the shop except for Bill Tabor as he
chose to stay in the warmth and fascinate whoever remained behind with stories of years past not everyone has a historian that
can give firsthand accounts of events that has happened over time he is very enjoyable to listen to and conversate with. There wasn’t
any trike work going on tonight which might be a good sign meaning everyone is ready to ride except Tom shields his trike is getting
a major conversion he is redesigning his front-end with Harley forks custom front wheel and getting a V6 upgrade. Junior and Wayne
was busy fabricating radiator supports and steering plates for Juniors V8 project “Shasta” as Jason worked on electrical wiring on
his ¾ ton truck and changed tires as Little Braden dashed back and forth thru the shop; everyone else sat around talking about what
their plans were for the upcoming season. .... Andrew Harris