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Great Lakes Upcoming Rides & Events
Send an email to glrc@rogers.com
to advise of new upcoming rides.
Please contact the hosting chapter for specific details of their event to confirm the
places and location held. You may check with the
International Events page for other
conferences and rides not listed here.
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2008
Great Lakes Events |
| 13 Jul |
Fallen Officers Memorial
We are holding our annual Fallen Officers Memorial Run again out
of the Chevrolet Center in Youngstown, Ohio.
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| 19 Jul |
Moto Movies Ride In Theatre
On Saturday, July 19th at 6:00 pm AD Farrow and
ColumbusBiker.com present Moto Movies Ride In Theatre.
They're showing "The World's Fastest Indian" and "Easy Rider" on
an outdoor 25' x 14' screen with a 6000 watt sound system.
Donations accepted as you enter, suggested amount is $20.00 but
give what you can.
Please visit
www.moto-movies.com for map and more information.
Proceeds benefit Flying Horse Farms, a camp for seriously ill
children being built in Mt. Gilead, Ohio. Flying Horse Farms
will serve children from Ohio and surrounding states, who have
cancer, sickle cell disease, heart disease, haemophilia and
related blood disorders, and other serious illnesses.
Flying Horse Farms is endorsed by Blue Knights Ohio V |
OH V |
| 20-25 Jul |
2008 International Convention
Hosted
by Illinois I (Peoria, ILL)
Mail-in
registration forms for the convention can now be downloaded from
our web site at
http://www.2008blueknightsconvention.com
This link takes you to the Registration Page as well as a host of
other information related to the International Convention.
Holiday Inn City Center
500 Hamilton Blvd
Peoria, IL 61602
Please call the hotel direct at
800-474-2501
to speak to a
reservation specialist, and make sure you mention you are booking
with the Blue Knights.
$94 per night for standard
rooms.
Due to the number of rooms available, past convention history,
and to better serve everyone, only
full week stays or longer
will be accepted at the
City Centre Hotel Peoria. This means a minimum 5-night stay
including Sunday, July 20 through Friday, July 25 is required.
Partial week hotel stays should be made through the
overflow
Hotel Pere Marquette. If by chance the host hotel is not booked
by April 20, 2008, we will open the remaining rooms to partial week
reservations.
Toll free 866-376-8886 for reservations.
For additional information, email President Mark Williams at
illinois1@bkillinois1.com.
Holiday Inn Center
Peoria, ILL |
ILL I
Peoria, ILL |
| 16 Aug |
Great Lakes Motorcycle Training Seminar
www.glpmts.orn/home.html
Toronto, Ont. |
ON IV |
| 22-24 Aug |
Summer 2008 Conference
Wisconsin
Dells - WIS XVIII
WIS XVIII has on line registration for those who wish to do so.
Here is a
form to complete and mail to
the chapter.
Host Hotel:
Chula Vista Resort Special Rates on Villa
Golf Course Condos
Villa Studio: $139/Night
Villa Loft: $169/Night
Villa Family Unit: $189/night, 2 Bedroom Rio Condo:$249/night
Free Water-Park Passes with Stay Camping available for
$10/night
(Water Park not included) Must mention you are with the Blue
Knights and be prepared to prove it.
Event Registration Cost:
Adult : $75 (on or before August 1) $85 after August 1
Child (6-12): $35
Banquet Only: $40
Banquet Only Child: $20 Included in Registration Fee Event
Pin, if registered on or Before August 1. Wisconsin Dells
Coupon Book
Tanger Outlet Mall Coupon Book Friday Night Beer, Soda, Water
Friday Night Entertainment Saturday Morning Breakfast
Shopping Trip to Tanger Mall
Saturday Night Banquet
Saturday Night Beer, Soda, Water |
WI XVIII |
| 23 Aug |
6th Annual Officer Terry McDowell
Memorial Poker Run
On
Aug. 24, 2001 Officer Terry McDowell was shot and
killed as he and his partner, Officer Eric Brill,
attempted to serve a traffic citation to a woman at
her home for driving without a license. The woman
had driven to the police station earlier in the day
to pick her husband up, who had been arrested on a
DUI charge. When it was discovered the woman did not
have a driver's license, the two officers told her
to walk home. She decided to drive home
anyway. Officer McDowell and his partner then went
to her home to serve her a citation. While the
officers were knocking on the door, the woman's
husband fired a .357 calibre handgun through the
door without warning, striking Officer McDowell’s
chest just above his vest. He immediately fired a
second time striking Officer Brill in the face,
seriously wounding him. As Officer Brill retreated
and called for assistance, the suspect stood over
Officer McDowell's body and shot him one more time
in the head. As backup officers were arriving on the
scene, the suspect walked to the backyard of his
house. He was shot in the leg by officers just
before he turned his weapon on himself and took his
own life.
Registration
starts at 10 am at the Rooster’s in Whitehall, OH
(376 S. Hamilton Rd)
$15 per bike and $5 per passenger.
All bikes out by Noon.
All proceeds will go to Get Behind
the Badge, a charity created to financially help the
families of firefighters, police, and peace officers
who have given the ultimate sacrifice.
For more information, please call
614-209-4872
or e-mail Lance Short at
shovelshort@yahoo.com |
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OH |
| 24 Aug |
11th Annual Charity Ride
Start/End: Yorkville American Legion
Corner of Rt 34 and Tuma Road
Phone: 630-553-7177
Tickets: $15.00 in advance - $20.00 at the door
Includes commemorative pin for the first 300 registered
participants
Sign In: 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM. Ride happens rain or
shine. First bike out at 9:30 AM, all retuned by 3:30 PM
Food: Coffee and Donuts in the morning
Fried Chicken, au Gratin Potatoes, Baked Beans, etc... at 3:00
PM
Charity for Shiners Hospitals for Children
Contact: 630-552-7903
www.bkilxx.com |
IL XX |
| 7 Sep |
Red, White and Blue – Toy Ride
Enjoy their new
web page with all the information available.
Nathan Phillips Square
Toronto, Ont.
Registration at 09:30, leave at 10:30 AM Sharp! |
ON IV |
| 19-21 Sep |
New York 17 - Wine Country Weekend Make your own hotel reservations at the
Best Western Grand Victorian Inn,
255 Spring Street, Sayre, PA. (570) 888-7711 @ $99.00 / night.
Mention: Blue Knights when registering
Reservations must be made before 15 Aug 2008 for the
discounted rooms.
Event Registration: $75.00 - download
advertisement for details. |
NY XVII |
| 20 Sep |
Annual Hog Roast
Location:
Peoria Police Benevolent grounds in Bartonville , Illinois
Doors open at
12 noon with a motorcycle ride at 2pm, food served beginning at
4pm, and the band starting at 8:30pm.
Cost is $10 per person and includes a hog dinner with sides,
beer, water, soda, games, raffles, merchandise sales, and more.
Camping is
available onsite starting Friday night.
If you bring a bedroll, you can sack out in the clubhouse.
Hotels are
nearby. Maps and directions are available on our web site at
www.bkillinois1.com .
Any further
info contact Mark Williams at 309-840-0542. |
ILL I |
| 21 Sep |
Mark Laccheo Ride Ohio
BKXV chapter will be having their annual Mark Laccheo ride on
September 21. All proceeds from this run go to Camp Ho Mita Koda,
this is a children camp experience to help youngsters enjoy the
camping experience while teaching them how to manage their
diabetes shots, diet etc. I guess this is about the 14th or 15th
year for this local run.
The ride goes from camp Ho Mita Koda, Auburn Rd. Chardon,
Ohio last sign in will be 11:30 followed by a brief ceremony and
we hit the road for a 60 plus mile escorted ride through Geauga
County.
This year we are having the ride catered serving sausage
sandwiches, salad and deserts, coffee, pop, water and door
prizes to ride ticket holders.
Cost will be $15 per driver and $10 riders.
Any question I can be contacted by phone 440-477-5462 or
e-mail
wingergold@yahoo.com
Phil Haskell
Vice President BKXV Ohio |
OH XV |
| 25-28 Sep |
Fall SRC Weekend Ocala
Florida I & III
Registration: $55.00 / person before 01 Aug 2008
Host Hotel:
Quality Inn Hotel and Conference
Center
3621 W. Silver
Spring Blvd. Ocala, Fl 34475
Phone: (352)
629-0381 Ask for Blue Knights Rate $55.00 Per Night
Exit : 352 SR 40 from I - 75 North or South
Download Registration form for
details |
FL III |
| 28 Sep |
4th Annual Route 66 Charity Run
Come along and join in with Irish Blue Knights on a charity run
from Chicago to the West Coast.
Want to join in the fun and great run!
On 28th September we will arrive in Chicago for the 4th time
with our biggest group to travel Route 66.
It would not be possible without your friendship and
support and certainly would lack that what joins us - the Craic!!
Tom, Jack, Sandy, Mark, Tom, Gayle on the East and Sean and
Ralph on the
West - you guys have no idea how comforting it is to know I have you in my
corner as we ready for what for me is a phenomenal honour - to
lead the Irish 66'ers.
Have a fantastic St. Patrick's Day and remember 'Keep it Clean
and Keep it Green'
Me, Tina and I are off to meet Kris Kristofferson with some
other Irish 66'ers, Yeeehaa!!.
Contact Person: Gayle Murnane -
bkbwsil9@comcast.net |
IL XIX |
| 28 Sep |
2nd Annual Helping Hands Charity Ride
Hosted by: Blue Knights Ohio V
Red Knights Ohio 5
TWIG #283
Proceeds will benefit Nationwide Children's Hospital and
Flying Horse Farms
Please visit:
http://helpinghandscharityride.spaces.live.com/ for more
information.
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OH V |
| 08 Nov |
ONT VI Annual Christmas Dinner Get
Together All Blue Knights
Welcome to Attend.
Book your room now at the Best Western Brant Park
Inn
19 Holiday Drive, Brantford, Ont. (519) 753-8651
or online at
www.brantparkinn.com
A block of rooms have been set aside - group #104471
Rooms are reserved until 27 Sep 2008 at $89.99 +
Tax / night WITH Government ID only.
After 27 Sep 2008, rooms are subject to availability.
12:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Hospitality (Gretzky)
Room
At 5:00 PM the hospitality room closes.
6:00 PM to ??? Christmas Buffet
Dinner - Formal Attire, in the Alexander Graham Bell
room.
Tickets will be on sale soon at $25.00 /
person. See Paul or Mac.
There will be no
ticket sales at the door...
We ask that you purchase your tickets prior to
the 27 Sep 2008 so we can advise how much food is required and
make the necessary seating arrangements.
Please bring along a non-perishable donation
for our local food bank. |
Ont VI
Brantford |
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This listing is compiled from various sources and no guarantee is
made as to it’s accuracy.
It would be prudent to check with the contact number or email address
given for up-to-date information. |
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