HBC Banquet - November 12th

Mark your calendars now for Saturday, November 12^th, and join your HBC friends to socialize and enjoy good food, good wine and good friends at our HBC Annual Banquet.  This year we have chosen a “New Venue” for our get-together!  Our banquet will be held at The Radisson Hotel, 1150 Camp Hill Bypass, Camp Hill, PA 17011. We hope to see you there!

 The Radisson Hotel Camp Hill                   Directions to The Radisson Hotel

The Social Hour will begin at 5:30 pm with appetizers, cash bar and the HBC Year in Review slide show. Dinner will start at 6:30 pm with plenty of great food as we will be treated to The Radisson’s Dinner Buffet and Desserts (see menu below).

We will have great door prizes, a live auction, recognitions and the awarding of the Service Before Self Award.  The evening will conclude with an after dinner social hour. Submit your pictures from this year’s riding no later than Oct. 30^th to Dave Gorski (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) with a brief description about the photo and you could be a star!

As a benefit to HBC members, the cost will be $25.  If you have taken the ride leader training this year or last, and have led 5 rides this year, your admission is free (a registration form must still be submitted).  The cost for non-HBC member guests is $35.

The Registration Form can be downloaded from the HBC website.  Make your plans now to join us.

The deadline for registration and receipt of payment is Saturday, November 5^th.     

HBC Banquet Buffet 2016

Cash bar & Social hour appetizers:

Domestic Cheeses displayed with crackers and fresh fruit

Assorted vegetables and ranch dip

Roasted peanuts, hard pretzels and gold fish

Soup and Salads

Tomato Basil Bisque

Tossed Garden Salad

Tri Colored Tortellini Salad

Dinner

Chicken Marsala

Roasted Sirloin of Beef

Blackened Salmon

Seasonal Vegetable Medley

Oven Roasted Red Potatoes

Green Beans Italiano

Assorted Freshly Baked Rolls with Butter

Dessert Table

New York Style Cheesecake / Apple Pie / Chocolate Triple Layer Cake

Vanilla Ice Cream

Drinks:

Freshly Brewed Regular and Decaffeinated Coffees, Selection of Hot Teas and Iced Tea

**If you prefer a Vegetarian or Vegan Meal Option** they are available by request – please contact

 Sue Casto by 11/05/2016 to reserve

Found:  Cycling computer on Arcona Rd between Hertzler and Lisburn Rds in Mechanicsburg.  Email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the make and color and I'll see you get it back. 

I received a phone call today from a driver who was stopped for a red light in the lane next to a cyclist. The driver was in the lane for proceeding straight ahead while the cyclist was in the right turn lane.  When the light turned green, the driver went straight, as did the cyclist, who then shouted at the driver for not giving him space.  

I mention this story because it is a good reminder that bad biker behavior reflects on all of us. She just assumed this rider was an HBC member, hence the call to me, as HBC President. 

Bike riders are legally obligated to follow the same rules as motor vehicle drivers. That means stopping for stop signs and red lights, using turn signals, and yes, being in the correct traffic lane.  Whenever you see a news article about cycling, there are always the angry follow-up comments posted about bike riders cutting through intersections, riding on sidewalks, cycling in groups more than 2 abreast, etc.  You get the idea. 

Like it or not, when we ride in public, we are ambassadors for HBC and the whole biking community. Please keep that in mind when you are out on the roads.  We can’t be accountable for every rider who breaks the law, but we can do our best to set a good example by showing people that many cyclists do follow the rules of the road.

In 2014 cyclist Francisco Jose Ventura Guerra pedaled from Madrid, Spain to Anantapur, India, fundraising for the dalits kids (the untouchables, the lower cast in India ).  With the collected money, over 300 bikes were purchased that provided these kids with a Safe Way to go to school.  With the same objective, he has started a new trip in May from NYC to Anantapur India.  Last weekend some HBC riders met Francisco in Harrisburg and escorted him to Dave Kurth’s house, who hosted him for the evening as a Warm Showers guest.  Then on Saturday the he was escorted to the Newburg.  Francisco is very passionate about this charity and comments on how lucky we all have things.  “We flush our toilets with drinking water”.  He is advocating for the Vicente Ferrer Foundation and they are trying to get something going here in the USA as well. 

If anyone would like to help Francisco by donating something to VFF the information is below.  It might be nice to add a little note that you are from the Harrisburg Bicycle Club if you are donating. 

 Harrisburg Bicycle Membership Co-Chairman 

The Harrisburg Bicycle Club is seeking an individual to assist with the responsibilities of accepting new members and renewals.  Responsibilities would include updating the club’s membership database and assisting members with questions.  If you can invest a few hours a week, please contact Mark Riordan at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..