Happy Wanderings The Official Newsletter of the Happy (OK) Wanderers

South Central

Area

FMCA

An Affiliated Chapter of the Family Motor Coach Association

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Vol. XXIII

Issue 1 March, 2014

For those of you that

might be interested, Rob-

ert, from RV Mobile Lube

will be available at the

March Rally to provide oil

changing services.

If you are new to the club,

several of the members

have used this company

for several years and have

been happy with the ser-

vice.

You may check prices by

going to the web-site at

www.rvmobilelube.com. If

you plan on having service

done, please arrive on

Wednesday of the rally

week.

There is a place on the reg-

istration form that we would

like for you to fill out so that

we can give Robert some

idea of how many service

calls he will have.

MARCH RALLY TO BE ON WEST SIDE OF FORT WORTH, JUST OUTSIDE

OF WEATHERFORD, TEXAS AT THE OAK CREEK RV PARK

I hope that this first newslet-ter of 2014 finds you begin-ning to thaw out after this past winter! I think the Arizo-na HOW group found the best place to winter this year. Regardless of where you spent the winter, now is the time to begin thinking about this year of rallies and making plans to get out the rig and having some rally fun. Our hosts have begun making the plans to keep us entertained so let’s get stared with the first rally in Oak Creek RV Park just outside of Weather-ford, Texas. The registration form can be found on the last page of the newsletter along with a schedule on page 5. Please note the deadline for registra-tion and have your money and form sent in ahead of time. Also note the place on the registration form to sign up for service on your coach. This will be provided at your site so you will not need to move your coach to receive service.

March Page 2

Elected Officers-2014 President

Frank and Sandy Taber

1st Vice-President Don and LaVonna

Kinnamon

2nd Vice-President Jim and Sandy Sturdivant

3rd Vice-President

Dwayne and Dee Davis

Secretary Cyndi and Frank Timchak

Treasurer

Rita and Tommy Team

National Director Judy Janicke

Alt. Nat. Director

Faye Shelton

2014

Nominating Committee Rod Cleavelin Chris Curtis

La Vonda Waldron

Member Support Membership Betty Shedrick

Hospitality Lois Austin

Club Clothing

Webmaster John Trivette

Newsletter Earl Powell

Devotional Leader

Ron Wadley

“Mr. Coffee” Carl Threlkeld

Rally Sites for 2014 March 17-20 FMCA 89th

Family Motorhome Rally Perry, GA

March 20-23 Oak Creek RV Park

Weatherford, TX

April 24-27 River View RV Park

Colbert, OK

May 15-18 KOA

Checotah, OK

June 19-22 Cedar Oaks RV Park

Grove, OK

August 13-16 FMCA 90th

Family Motorhome Rally

Redmond, OR

September 18-21 WinStar Casino RV

Thackerville, OK

October 1-5 South Central Rally

Fairgrounds Shreveport, LA

October 23-26 Wanderlust RV Park Eureka Springs, AR

TBA Christmas Luncheon

Stroud, OK

Rally Hosts for 2014 Happy (OK) Wanderer’s Rallies

Oak Creek RV Park, Weatherford, TX

March 20-23 Don & Lavonna Kinnamon Charlene & Ben Sasser Marvin & Chris Curtis Neal & Betty Von Tungeln Jim & Lyda Walker

River View RV Park, Colbert, OK April 24-27

La Vonda & Gary Waldron Rita & Tommy Team Roy & Cindy Standridge Dwayne & Dee Davis Steve & Julie Bivin

Checotah KOA, I-40 & Pierce Rd,

May 15-18 Jim & Sandy Garrelts Tony & Betty McCoy Joe & Lois Sturgil Earl & Mary Powell Leroy & Lois Hinderliter Tom Murdoch

Cedar Oaks RV Park, Grove, OK

June 19-22 Ron & Betty Wadley Frank & Sandy Taber Bob & Donna Waller Rod & Ginger Cleavelin Gary & Dorothy Van Fosen Kent & Linda Van Fossen

WinStar Casino RV, Thackerville, OK September 18-21

Gilbert & Lois Stagner Ed & Erma Wise Lois Austin & Betty Shedrick Randy & Beth Plant Ernie & Jolene Hartman

Wanderlust RV Park, Eureka Springs, AR

October 23-26 Jim & Sandy Sturdivant, Carl & Delores Threlkeld, Frank & Cindi Timchak, Dave & Darlene Demuth

Christmas Luncheon Steve & Julie Bivin

In Memoriam Bunnie Morgensen

Mary English

Don’t forget to pay your Happy (OK) Wanderers’ Dues to Rita and Tommy Team

March Page 3

Early arrivals to the Christmas Luncheon

take time to visit before the Noon meal.

Pictured are Mary Powell, Dee Davis,

Marvin Curtis, and LaVonna Kinnamon.

Twinkling giant ice formations

adorned the tables and sparkling

white trees set the stage for the Win-

ter Wonderland vision for our Christ-

mas Luncheon at the First Christian

Church in Stroud on December 14.

Once again the Sunday School class

there hosted us and provided a deli-

cious meal of chicken and pork loin

entrees complemented by roasted

potatoes and green beans, green

salad, heavenly Red Velvet Cake for

dessert and a table generously laden

with tasty hors d’oeuvres—all as a

treat for us and a fund raiser for them.

Julie and Steve Bivin and Ken Mush-

rush’s daughter, Marilyn, have volun-

teered for at least 12 years to bring

us this wonderful end of the year

event. We all appreciate such a gen-

erous gift of their time and talents

during a very busy season.

Fellowship was the key and it was

great to see so many members and

catch up with the details of their lives.

Marlene and Dick Pinstaff have gone

from full-timers to apartment dwellers;

JoElla Jordan is recuperating in a

care facility; Randy Plant has sched-

uled hip replacement surgery in Feb-

ruary; Carl Threlkeld announced his

engagement to Delores Tyler; Aaron

Hubl accompanied his folks; Don and

Carol Wells from Edmond were

guests of the Standridges. And a sad

news announcement of the loss of

former members Anne Thomas and

Carl Brock.

President Dave and Darlene Demuth

thanked all the rally hosts for making

it such a great year of rallies and

also expressed appreciation to all

the officers and support members

for their efforts to keep the chapter

running so smoothly. They also

thanked all the Tulsa and Oklahoma

City monthly dinner hosts for extra

efforts to keep us all in touch with a

little extra special time. Dave

Ruttman offered an opening prayer

and Julie introduced their Sunday

School class hosts to much ap-

plause and appreciation.

President Demuth thanked Past

President Chaz Allen as he present-

ed the 2014 Officers for installation.

Jim Sturdivant, 2nd Vice President

Elect, announced the opportunity for

all members to meet their obligation

to serve as a rally host once a year

and circulated a rally site list for

completion. Membership Chair Bet-

ty Shedrick announced the member-

ship total at 75 coaches.

President Elect Frank Taber encour-

aged host participation and thanked

Kent Van Fossen for serving as a co

-Chaplain with Ron Wadley as he

fulfills his National FMCA Chaplain

services.

Treasurer Elect Rita Team and

Treasurer Dave Ruttman collected

dues payments before the luncheon.

Our Christmas Luncheon once again

was a great final “rally” for the year,

and a wonderful opportunity to enjoy

our friends in the Happy (OK) Wan-

derers.

Winter Wonderland

Dewayne Davis and Chaz Allen do some

catching-up at the beginning of the Christ-

mas Luncheon. More about Chaz’s win-

ter in Arizona on the next page of the

newsletter.

March Page 4

Just Some Bits and Pieces

Congratulations to our own Ron Wadley who was tapped to serve as National FMCA Chaplain for 2014. This is a Volunteer position with no compensation. His first du-ties will take him to the Na-tional Rally in Perry, GA this March. Be safe in your trav-els Ron and Betty!

There have been a couple of changes in who is serving Member Support. (See Page 2 of this Newsletter) A spe-cial Thanks for those that volunteered to help perform these important jobs. Also, Thanks to those that helped in the past. We still need some volunteers!

Thought you'd like to know that Chaz

Allen won the dancing contest called

Dancing with the Valle Del Oro Stars.

Based upon the TV show, Dancing

with the Stars, the Valle Del Oro RV

Resort held a contest in which six

contestants were selected to train

and present a dance with profession-

al dance students from the Utah Ball-

room Dance Company.Chaz and his

beautiful young partner taped an in-

terview which was followed by a live

onstage East Coast Swing. Most of

the other five interviews were very

serious, telling the audience why the

dance couple thought that the audi-

ence of at least five hundred should

vote for them. Chaz opened his in-

terview with "I'm Going to Kill My

Wife for Getting Me Into This". This

set the tone for the upcoming dance

wherein Chaz came out dressed in

dress-casual attire overlaid with a

hospital gown, walking like an oldster

with a walker. His partner, dressed in

a cute little nurse's uniform, helped

him shed the walker and they set

about with a very lively East Coast

Swing dance. The audience loved

it! And the three judges loved it as

well!

When all dancers had finished

their dances, and the entire audi-

ence cast their ballots, the audi-

ence was delighted with the an-

nouncement that Chaz and his

partner had taken first place. The

mirror-ball award looked great as

Chaz accepted his well-earned

reward. Chaz says he could hear

onstage the hooting and hollering

of the contingent of Happy Wan-

derers which included Sandy

Johnson, Ron and Betty Wadley,

Bob and Donna Waller, Frank and

Sandy Taber, Tommy and Rita

Team, Paul and Barbara Isenberg,

Gary and Dorothy VanFossen, and

Kent and Lynda VanFossen.

HOW Activities in Arizona

By Kent Van Fossen

Winter Mini - HOW

Rally South of

Houston

Not all HOW members ventured out to Arizona for the winter. Some stayed a little closer to home and braved some cool weather of their own in the area between Houston

and Galveston.

Pictured above are Penny Razinck (friends of the Hinderliter’s. Her husband, Earl, is taking the picture,) Lois and Leroy Hinderliter, Norma Hamel, June Guess, Mary and Earl

Powell.

We had just finished a wonderful meal at the famous Rooster’s Din-ner. Those of you who are fans of the Duke should know who the din-ner is named after, and what movie he starred in that was made in the

area. Hint: It was not a western.

For answers you will need to attend a rally this year and ask one of the

diners.

Welcome New Members

Michael and Lyanna McKinney

Grove, OK

Keep these members in your

Prayers

Judy Janicke Marie Childers Janie Ruttman

March Page 5 March 20-23

Oak Creek RV Park Weatherford, TX 76088

Thursday

Dinner - 5:30 pm Potluck

Please bring Salad, Meat, or Cassarole Hosts will provide dessert Evening Activities

Visiting to catch up on winter activities and Spring plans Friday

Breakfast - 9 am

Sausage, biscuits, gravy, fruit Lunch - On Your Own Dinner - 4:15 pm Dutch Treat Brazos River Catfish Cafe

Upon arrival at the campground, you will be asked to choose one of the following for your Friday Evening Meal: 2 pieces of regular fried catfish dinner, or One plain grilled chicken breast, or

One lemon/pepper grilled chicken breast, and

Baked Potato, or Regular Fries, or Sweet Potato Fries, and

Regular green Salad, or Cole slaw, plus Hush puppies, beans and sweet tomato relish.

Cost will be $9.75/person (does NOT include tax or tip) Payment will be made at the Café. Evening Activities

Group Game back at rally hall followed by Cobbler and Ice cream Saturday

Breakfast - 9 am

Eggs, gravy, biscuits, ham, fruit Lunch on your own Dinner - 5:30 pm

Pulled pork sandwich, cole slaw, potato salad, baked beans Evening Activities

Group game followed by ice cream and cookies Sunday

Breakfast - 8:30 am

Cinnamon rolls, juice Devotion

If you have signed-up for service to

be performed on your coach by RV

Mobile Lube, please plan to arrive

no later than Wednesday. Robert

arrives to begin service, you will be

here and ready to be serviced.

March Page 6

March 20-23

Oak Creek RV Park 7652 West I-20

Weatherford, TX 76088 817.594.0200

Lat: 32.69953 Lon: -97.96760

Directions: From Jct. of FM 1189 and I-20 (Exit 397), Go 1/2 mile west on North Service Road. Campground is located on the Right side. Cost: Rally Fee is $15/person attending rally. Camping cost is $31.50/night and payable to the RV park upon

arrival. Arrangements for arrival before Thursday, March 20 should be made directly with the campground. Extended stay after March 23rd will not be allowed since another rally arrives Sunday afternoon. Also 3 apartment/suites above the clubhouse are available at $75/night each. Contact the park directly to reserve. Sites: Sites are 30/50 amp full hook-up, parked on Concrete Pads. Registration: Deadline is March 6th. Rally registration checks should be made payable to Happy (OK) Wanderers and mailed to: Ben and Charlene Sasser 4317 Tamarisk Drive Oklahoma City, OK 73120 405.749.1775 (Home Phone) 405.627.2333 (Cell Phone) Hosts: Ben and Charlene Sasser, Jim and Lyda Walker, Don and LaVonna Kinnamon, Marvin and Chris Curtis, and Neal and Betty Von Tungeln

March 20-23

Oak Creek RV Park 7652 West I-20

Weatherford, TX 76088

Name: _________________________

Cell Phone #: ______________________

Arrival Date: ________________ Coach Brand: ______________________

Coach Length: ________ No. of Slides: ______

Special Needs: __________________________

(Handicapped, Close to meeting Room, etc.)

No. of People Attending _____ x $15/person = _______

See you in April at River View RV Park, Colbert, OK

Fill this section

out for service

Coach Year: ________

Engine Brand: ____________

Engine H/P: ________

Generator Brand: ___________

Circle Type of Service Needed:

Engine

Transmission

Generator

Other _______________