I FINALLY HAVE RECOUPERATED FROM MY TRIP TO THE 50TH AND THEN A SIDE TRIP TO UPSTATE NEW YORK BEFORE GOING HOME TO MARYLAND.
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK THE POG HISTORIAN, PAUL DANIK FOR COMING UP WITH THE IDEA TO HAVE THE EVENT ON THIS DAY , AND THEN PAUL AND JACK DOING THE COORDINATION ON THIS EVENT. THANK YOU TO BOTH.
NEXT A BIG THANK YOU TO PAT GREEN, ELAINE COBB, AND BARB (B.J.)PENTON
FOR ALL THEIR WORK FOR THE THREE DAYS, BUD THOUGHT HIS WIFE LEFT HIM.
IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, IN THE POG I HAVE ONLY SEEN JEFF PENTON A COUPLE OF TIMES AT OUR EVENTS. I THINK HE NOW HAS THE POG FEVER. JEFF IS A GREAT GUY. THANK YOU JEFF FOR ALL YOUR HELP.
THEN THERE IS LARRY MAIERS, HE IS A SHOW ALL BY HIMSELF. THANK YOU LARRY FOR ALL THE JOKES. TODD HUFFMAN BROUGHT US SOME GREAT EXTRA FOOTAGE FROM THE MOVIE. TOOD IS A GREAT GUY. HE ALSO WON THE 49TH ISDT POSTER I MADE, GUESSING WHO THE MYSTERY RIDER WAS IN THE PICTURE, IT WAS JEFF PENTON FROM THE 48TH ISDT.
THANKS TO ALL THE MAINSTAYS THAT ARE THERE EVERYTIME WE HAVE
SOMETHING. TOO MANY TO LIST BUT A THANK YOU GOES OUT TO ALL.
THEN, THERE IS DALE BUEHNER, THIS GUY IS UNBELIEVABLE. HE DID THE SUNDAY BREAKFAST. WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE 75 LEFTOVER STRAGGLERS
FROM SATURDAY, BUT THEY SAID 130 SIGNED UP. DALE HAD TO BULK UP ON HIS ITEMS HE HAD FIXED. I KNOW HE MUST NOT HAVE SLEPT ALL SATURDAY NIGHT PREPARING FOR SUNDAY. MOST PEOPLE DONT KNOW THIS, BUT DALE MAKES EVERYTHING HIMSELF, ALL THE MUFFINS, STRUDELS, ETC.....
THANK YOU SO MUCH DALE, YOU ARE THE MAN!
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE POG MAIN MAN, MR. JOHN PENTON, AND THE NEW PRESIDENT OF POG FOR 2018. JOHN IS LIKE THE BIONIC MAN FOR SURE, HE MUST HAVE SIGNED HUNDREDS OF ITEMS OVER THE THREE DAYS.
THANKS JOHN FOR MY PENTON MOTORCYCLES AND MAKING THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION POSSIBLE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE 60TH !!!!!!!