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TAMPA BUDDY RALLY JAN. 2010
News & Updates: 3-15-2010 - BT Cruisers website has been updated with info on upcoming rallies and a group discussion website. 3-5-2010 - Refunds were mailed today to all the members who signed up for the BHII Rally. 3-5-2010 - Rocky Mountain Gulf Streamers Chapter page has been updated. President, Dave Borreson invites anyone who is in the Colorado Springs, Colorada area March 13-17, 2010, to contact them to join them at the Mountaindale RV Resort (www.mountaindalecampground.com). For more info and pricing contact Claudette Pottoff, claudettegp@msn.com.) All kinds of fun and interesting activities are planned! 3-1-2010 - Updated E-News has been posted. 2-28-2010 - Service Center List has been updated. Please contact these locations if you are in their area and need service on your Gulf Stream RV. 2-28-2010 - Chapter Rally Calendar has been updated. 2-28-2010 - Invitation to RVFest Dear Fellow RVers, RVFEST 2010 is an independent RV (self-contained and towable) rally with no connection to the Gulf Streamers International RV Club and Gulf Stream Coach, Inc. I (Les) have planned it for Monday June 21, 2010 to Monday June 28, 2010 at the Elkhart County 4H Fairgrounds, Goshen, Indiana. It will be hosted by yours truly and my wife, Jean Potteiger, Richard and Virginia Raikes, Don and Suzanne Palczynski, and all who volunteer to help! I have had requests to do this! I chose to extend the rally to the 28th to give us more time together, after all, some of us travel a great distance to get to Goshen! I can reserve the Fairgrounds if I act before 28 February! This will be an inexpensive rally, $250 or less for two people in an RV with a full hook-up site! We will have entertainment, craft classes, perhaps meals other than pot-luck dinners and much time to renew friendships, and time for fellowship, fun and games. We will have use of the carpeted area of the ECC air-conditioned building 24/7. I will solicit seminars, craft classes, talent, etc from attendees. You can invite your friends to attend no matter what brand RV they have. Please notify your friends who do not receive e-mail! There are many nearby hotels for those who do not want to bring their RV. I've asked local RV repair facility personnel to come to the Fairgrounds to look at your coach, to give estimates for repairs and perhaps do on-site repairs for a fee. We will use our cars or RVs for transportation (there will be several golf carts at our disposal on the Fairgrounds - I can get one for you to use personally at about $30.00 per day if you wish). There will be no buses! I need to know ASAP what your interest is in this rally. I am hoping that I can get at least one hundred units to commit and make this feasible, 150 units would be great! I plan on making this a success at minimal cost to you. It is possible with a hundred units and volunteer support. There is a kicker - to get the discounts I must write one check for all of the Fairground charges. Their cash register is not set up to handle discounts - you cannot individually register and pay at the reduced camping fee. To do this, I will have to have cash (personal check, cashiers check, money order, etc.) - obviously, I as an individual cannot process credit cards! As soon as I have an adequate number of replies, I will finalize the plans and cost ($250.00 or less). I will prepare an application form with standard wavier (you will be asked to list your site preference, second and third choices) and send it via e-mail for your signature and submission with a $50.00 refundable deposit. The application also will include an Emergency Information/Medical form for you to fill out. (If you want to send me a $50.00 deposit earlier, I will not refuse it!) Payment in full will be required by April 21, 2010 - ~60 days before the rally begins. Please respond ASAP either by e-mail or telephone. Lester A. Potteiger 13103 Trapp Drive Spotsylvania, VA 22551-8023 (540) 220-7649 (c) (please use until 3 April 2010) (540) 972-8399 (H) 2-28-2010 - Invitation to join the group attending the FMCA Convention in New Mexico - Hello Gulf Stream International FMCA Chapter Members, If any one is planning on going to the Spring FMCA Convention, you can contact Honey and Tom Sailey to get together. So far I know of four people that plan on going. Their email is; tohos02@yahoo.com. To view info on the conventions offered by FMCA, visit www.fmca.com. The FMCA Conventions are a great place to meet vendors who supply components to manufacturers for your products, and offer a wide variety of entertainment and seminars. Leroy & Louise Stambaugh Dan & Sylvia Kendrich Jim & Margo Bowman Tom & Honey Sailey Regards, Bill Campbell ND Gulf Stream International Chapter of FMCA 2-28-2010 - Congratulations to Bob Ware & Shirley Erb wedding, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Picture 1 and Picture 2, Picture 3, Picture 4, and Picture 5. These are pictures from our wedding. For any of you that cannot open them you can see them on Facebook under Shirley Erb. We had a beautiful wedding, with a full church, and a wonderful day. Bob's son Robby, his wife Michele and the granddaughters KayLee and BreAnna were here from Virginia along with my son Jeff from Dallas. It was the happiest day of my life and I wanted to share it with all of you. Love to all, Shirley Ware 2-28-2010 - The Stamp Article Please read the following story and consider purchasing the postage stamps! Thank You Ken & Shirley Mitchell for sharing with us! Like most elementary schools, it was typical to have a parade of students in and out of the health clinic throughout the day. We dispensed ice for bumps and bruises, Band-Aids for cuts, and liberal doses of sympathy and hugs. As principal, my office was right next door to the clinic, so I often dropped in to lend a hand and help out with the hugs. I knew that for some kids, mine might be the only one they got all day. One morning I was putting a Band-Aid on a little girl's scraped knee. Her blonde hair was matted, and I noticed that she was shivering in her thin little sleeveless blouse. I found her a warm sweatshirt and helped her pull it on. "Thanks for taking care of me," she whispered as she climbed into my lap and snuggled up against me. It wasn't long after that when I ran across an unfamiliar lump under my arm. Cancer, an aggressively spreading kind, had already invaded thirteen of my lymph nodes. I pondered whether or not to tell the students about my diagnosis. The word breast seemed so hard to say out loud to them, and the word cancer seemed so frightening. When it became evident that the children were going to find out one way or another, either the straight scoop from me or possibly a garbled version from someone else, I decided to tell them myself. It wasn't easy to get the words out, but the empathy and concern I saw in their faces as I explained it to them told me I had made the right decision. When I gave them a chance to ask questions, they mostly wanted to know how they could help. I told them that what I would like best would be their letters, pictures, and prayers. I stood by the gym door as the children solemnly filed out. My little blonde friend darted out of line and threw herself into my arms. Then she stepped back to look up into my face. "Don't be afraid, Dr. Perry," she said earnestly, "I know you'll be back because now it's our turn to take care of you." No one could have ever done a better job. The kids sent me off to my first chemotherapy session with a hilarious book of nausea remedies that they had written. A video of every class in the school singing get-well songs accompanied me to the next chemotherapy appointment. By the third visit, the nurses were waiting at the door to find out what I would bring next. It was a delicate music box that played "I Will Always Love You.." Even when I went into isolation at the hospital for a bone marrow transplant, the letters and pictures kept coming until they covered every wall of my room. Then the kids traced their hands onto colored paper, cut them out and glued them together to make a freestanding rainbow of helping hands. "I feel like I've stepped into Disneyland every time I walk into this room," my doctor laughed... That was even before the six-foot apple blossom tree arrived adorned with messages written on paper apples from the students and teachers. What healing comfort I found in being surrounded by these tokens of their caring. At long last I was well enough to return to work. As I headed up the road to the school, I was suddenly overcome by doubts. What if the kids have forgotten all about me? I wondered, What if they don't want a skinny bald principal? What if. I caught sight of the school marquee as I rounded the bend. "Welcome Back, Dr. Perry," it read. As I drew closer, everywhere I looked were pink ribbons - ribbons in the windows, tied on the doorknobs, even up in the trees. The children and staff wore pink ribbons, too. My blonde buddy was first in line to greet me. "You're back, Dr. Perry, you're back!" she called. "See, I told you we'd take care of you!" As I hugged her tight, in the back of my mind I faintly heard my music box playing ... . ... "I will always love you.." Please read and pass this on. It would be wonderful if 2010 was the year a cure for breast cancer was found!!!! The notion that we could raise $35 million by buying a book of stamps is powerful! As you may be aware, the US Postal Service has the "Fund the Cure" stamp to help fund breast cancer research. The stamp was designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda , Maryland .. It is important that we take a stand against this disease that affects so many of our Mothers, Sisters, Friends, Coworkers, and Spouses of Coworkers. Instead of the normal 44 cents for a stamp, this one costs 55 cents. The additional 11 cents will go to breast cancer research A "normal" book costs $8.80. This one is only $11.00. It takes a few minutes in line at the Post Office and means so much. If all stamps are sold, it will raise an additional $35,000,000 for this vital research. Just as important as the money is our support. What a statement it would make if the stamp outsold the lottery this week. What a statement it would make that we care. I urge you to do two things TODAY: 1. Go out and purchase some of these stamps. 2.. E-mail your friends to do the same. Many of us know women and their families whose lives are turned upside-down by breast cancer.. It takes so little to do so much in this drive. For those of you who can afford the $0.55. Please help & pass it on. 2-12-2010 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - RV READY FOR A CRUISE? Savannah, TX, February 12, 2010 -- RV@Sea announced today that the world’s first Theme Cruise for RVers will depart Nov. 6, 2010. For the first time, a cruise will include three days of RV seminars. This new and exciting RV adventure will set sail from the port of Miami for a 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise. “There are other group cruises sponsored by RV-related companies, but none with seminars. Our RV seminars will be held during the three days at sea so there is no overlap or conflict with any ports of call, shore excursions, or major entertainment venues on board,” said Ron Jones, Cruise Co-Host and RV author. “You get it all… the cruise, the ports and the RV seminars." According to David Bott, Cruise Co-Host, “We chose our maiden voyage aboard Norwegian Cruise Line’s newest ship, the ‘EPIC of the Seas’ since this will be one epic event for the RV industry. RV@Sea is a true theme-based cruise with special events taking place on board. Plus, we have great ports of call including St. Maarten, St. Thomas (US Virgin Islands), and Nassau, Bahamas.” RV seminars will include up-to-date information applicable to most RVers and RVs. According to Jones, “From the wannabies to new RVers to fulltime RVers, there is always something to learn including Driving, Maintenance, Fulltiming, RVing to Alaska, and much more.” Six experienced RV-industry presenters are being finalized now and will have a wealth of knowledge and experience to share on a variety of RV topics. Presenters are either fulltime or part time and they walk the walk. Attendees will experience nearly fourteen hours of seminars during the three days at sea. To be registered on the “theme cruise” and eligible for the RV seminars, individuals must book by calling 888-516-6306. For more information about the RV@Sea cruise, the ship, RV seminars, and to contact the Co-Hosts, visit http://www.RVatSea.com 2-11-2010 - We regret to inform you that due to circumstances beyond our control that the 2010 Back Home in Indiana Rally has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you in your 2010 travel plans, but hope you continue to attend chapter rallies and other RV related events, such as the FMCA Conventions, Hershey Show, Pomona Show, etc. If you signed up for the rally, your BHII deposit refund will be credited back to the credit card supplied or refunded by check within the next four (4) weeks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Links to third-party websites on Gulf Streamers' website, (http://streamers.gulfstreamcoach.com) are provided solely for your convenience. If you use these links, you will leave our website. Gulf Streamers has not reviewed these third-party websites and does not control and is not responsible for them or their content or availability. Gulf Streamers does not endorse or make any representations about them, or any material found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. 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