latest POG newsletter #105 is in the mail

[ALB]

The latest POG newsletter #105 was mailed out last week.
A special member profile on Dane Leimbach is in this issue. Since Dane is no longer with us, I reprinted the article that he wrote for the very first POG newsletter #1 which he titled "Penton Motorcycle?". He started out his article talking about himself back in the 60's when Uncle John was putting together the Penton motorcycle. Now back in the beginning the POG we did not have any "Member Profile" articles until issue #5. In issue #4 Ed Youngblood wrote up an article about John Penton titled "A Life Less Ordinary" which was sort of a member profile.

So, for Dane's member profile, I put together a group of recognition stories shared by various people who knew Dane. These are under the banner "Dane Remembered". From the feedback that I have received from a couple of people who have read it, they could not help but be teary eyed while reading it and I also had the same emotional response. This was what I had in mind when putting this article together in honoring Dane.

There are other good articles in this issue and some interesting things under "Latest News".

If you have not received your copy of this newsletter, then

1) your membership has expired and you need to renew it
2) you are not a paid POG member and you need to join
3) you moved and did not notify us of your change of address

After reading your copy of this newsletter, post your thoughts about it.

[skiracer]

Nicely done Al!  You did a great job on the piece on Dane!  Thanks for all you do here, and for the group!

[Rob Hugo]

Yes. A good newsletter and enjoyed reading Dane's piece.

James, thanks for taking the time to write such a fun article about your trip to Italy. What an adventure! Great job!

[ALB]

I am glad that you enjoyed the article on Dane Leimbach. I am grateful for having the opportunity to meet and get to know all of our Penton heroes during the past 26 years of the Penton Owners Group.
I am currently working on going through a huge batch of photos from the years 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. I am getting them sorted out and arranged in order and identifying who and what is in each photo. These are all actual photos that have been in a couple of photo albums since they where shot. I am converting them into a digital format so that they can be posted on the POG website in the photo collection page. it is my hopes that if you were at these events it will revive the great times that we enjoyed. If you were not there, it will give you an idea who the people looked like and the wonderful displays that were put together.
The year 2000 photos were of the Penton AMA feature marque displays that we put together for the Sears Point California vintage days and the Mid-Ohio Vintage Days events.
By the Way at the AMA Vintage Days event at Mid-Ohio, our Penton display in the huge tent that was provide to us by the AMA has never been surpassed by any of the other feature marque displays. We knocked their socks off!
Stay tuned for the photos showing up next month.

[skiracer]

Yes. A good newsletter and enjoyed reading Dane's piece.


Your welcome!  And thank you for all you help!  So greatly appreciated!  It was fun artile to write.

James, thanks for taking the time to write such a fun article about your trip to Italy. What an adventure! Great job!