OPT Meeting Minutes

Present: Dwight Rix, Tish and Dan Seely, Bob Primm, Robert Haris, Bill Taber, Joyce Ehmke, Elroy Kettleman, Sonny Suskey,

Jody Guilford, Kenneth Flower, Kathy & Dale Walters, Wayne and Sarah Eck, Larry and Darlene Adams, Junior Hester, Roslyn Snyder,

Linda and Jerry Dunn

Elroy Kettleman, brought raffle tickets for a drawing at the SEK, June 26th, Trike In. It is in support of Relay For Life and the

prize is a 42" flat screen TV. Anyone interested in purchasing a ticket should contact Elroy.

Wayne Eck, Director, passed a sympathy card around for everyone to sign. This will go to Carl Hagebusch, whose wife Cathey

recently passed away after an 8 year battle with ovarian cancer. Wayne said she was a wonderful, loving, strong person who

loved triking and will be greatly missed.

Wayne talked about the state elections coming up March 23rd. He introduced Sonny Suskey and Jody Guilford, from SEK. Sonny

is running for the position os Historian and was asked to say a few words. Dan Seely has also been on the list to run for this position

but has decided to back down from the running. Sonny briefly mentioned his ideas for this position -- archiving photos and stories

and articles of interest on the state website. He added that he feels this is a state affair and he will not contact National. Ish Deel

has been the Historian for quite some time and is also running for this position again.


Roslyn Snyder	Dwight Rix

Jerry Dunn, Treasurer, asked if it had been decided whether we could vote by proxie in the state election. Junior Hester, Regional

Director, said we can vote by proxie as long as signatures are witnessed. He said that no one under the age of 16 is allowed to vote

even though they may be members. This will be made more clear in the by-laws in the near future. We decided that the next meeting,

March 16th, would be a perfect time to do the proxie vote for those who will not be driving to Emporia to cast their ballot in person.

Wayne will take care of getting these votes to Emporia.

Tish passed out a schedule of what she's been working on for weekend activities. Some information is not finalized so continue to

check the website for updates either in the minutes, the calendar, or the Director's Page.

March 13	St. Patrick's Day Parade	$10 per group which goes toward porta-potty rental. This is a short parade and we'll line up behind the old Nichols Honda shop in Delano.
April 17	Hutchinson Salt Mine	Check with Bill Taber for details. Meet at Park City Spangles and ride together. The tour is wheel chair accessible so all should be able to go and have a good time. The cost is $14.35 for Adults, $12.75 for Seniors, $9.05 for Reno residents. Note: no weapons of any kind are allowed, including pocket knives. So leave this stuff at home or be prepared to leave them with your trike.
April 27	Shelly Andros Memorial Ride	Orchard Park. More info later.
May 23	Tanganika Wildlife Park	Goddard, KS. The cost is $11.99 for adults and $8.99 for seniors. There is a $1 discount for groups over 20 and $2 discount for Sedgwick County Zoo members. Electric scooters are available for rents for $35. Meet at Spangles at Broadway and Kellogg at noon.
	Benton, KS parade	Bill mentioned this and said it started 50 years ago. It is a long parade which includes Shriners, antique tractors, horses, etc. He feels this would be fun for us to participate in. Details later if we are interested.
June 5	Coronado Heights	Lindsborg, KS. Meet at Park City Spangles at 10 AM. Eat in Lindsborg or Salina or take a picnic.
June 5	ECK Trike-In	TBA
June 13	National Trike In	Branson, MO
July 4	Park City Parade	TBA
July 17	Dexter, KS Parade	Meet at 47th and Broadway Spangles at 9 AM. Tish will find out about giving rides to residents at a local retirement home.
July 23	Abilene/Ft. Riley weekend	Tish will pull together some information on activities. This is the same weekend we will be going to Fort Riley Army Post. Bill Taber is in charge of this. We must tell him, at least 2 weeks in advance, if we are going. Children 12 and under can be escorted. The rest of us must provide him with a photocopy of our picture ID. f you do not provide this, you will not be allowed to go on Post.
Aug 7	Halstead Parade	TBA
Sept 4	Black Arts Parade	TBA
Sept 25	City Wide Garage Sale Park City	Meet at Park City Spangles at 9 AM
Oct 16	Haysville Fall Festival	Meet at 47th and Broadway Spangles
Nov 7	Annual Toy Run	TBA

Old news that was brought up was regarding leaving appropriate tips for the wait staff. Everyone agreed this will be a personal

decision as to how much they leave.

Bill Taber talked about Cowboy Church at Prairie Rose. Leo Gillum, Cowboy poet, will be the guest speaker on the 22. Orin Friesen

is the speaker on the 15th. There is always great food and fellowship.

Wayne said he still wants us to go to Prairie Rose on August 15 for Gospel Music at 1 PM.

Our next meeting is March 14th, 3 PM, 2 Brothers Bar-B-Q buffet on West Central, between Ridge and Tyler.


Jody, Wayne, Sonny	Wayne & Sarah Eck	Wayne talking about State	Tish talking about weekend trips

Robert Haris & Bob Primm	Jerry Dunn	Jr. Hester & Bill Taber	Jr. Hester


Jody Guilford, Sonny Suskey, Elroy Kettleman, Joyce Ehmke	Darlene & Larry Adams	Linda & Jerry Dunn	Sarah Eck

Kathy & Pete Walters	Bill Taber	Tish and Dan Seely	Kenny Flower