October Awareness

*Breast Cancer Awareness Month

*World Blindness Awareness Month

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure. Facts About Breast Cancer In The United States This year, an estimated 43,600 women will die from breast cancer in the U.S. Although rare, men get breast cancer too. In 2021, an estimated 2,650 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year in the U.S. and approximately 530 will die.

In South Carolina, approximately 3,845* women are diagnosed with breast cancer and 678 die from the disease each year. *This statistic is for female breast cancers excluding in situ cancers. Breast cancer starts when the cells in the breast begin to grow out of control.

Yes, Can MEN get breast cancer? men can get breast cancer. But breast cancer is about 100 times more common in women than in men. In men, breast cancer can happen at any age, but is most common in men who are between 60 and 70 years old. Medical treatment options are the same for both women and men who get breast cancer.

In South Carolina: More than 138,000 people report blindness or severe difficulty seeing even with glasses.

cdc.gov/visionhealth/data/state-profiles/ south-carolina.htm

Can BLIND PEOPLE motorcycles? ride

YES with the “UltraBike”! It’s actually an ultrasound ‘kit’ which has been designed so that people who are blind or visually impaired can cycle independently. The kit fixes onto the centre of the handlebars on any bicycle so it’s completely detachable and can be used on any type of bike.

www.ultracane.com/ultra_bike

Keith Scott put a pink shirt on at the Rodeo to Support Breastcancer Awareness

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Saturday, October 2nd Annual Abate State Pool Tournament Sign in @11amTournament starts at “NOON” Chevy’s Sports Bar, 3902 Platt Springs Road, West Columbia SC 29170 Entry Fee - $20.00 a Team, No limit on how many teams a chapter can have

Saturday, October 2nd Phil Page Memorial Challenge Event by Central SC HOG Chapter Benefiting Carolina Sunshine For Children! A ride to help grant wishes to children in SC with life threatening illnesses. KSU at 10am from Harley Haven

Saturday, October 2nd Iron Order MC South Carolina Online Special Olympics Fundraiser Due to COVID-19 concerns we are moving our annual Special Olympics charity online! Come watch and support. We have raffle tickets for sale in person for 2 firearms. Raffle tickets are $25/ticket with only 100 being sold. We will have an online auction as well with all proceeds going to the Special Olympics of South Carolina! https://fb.me/e/1jnFJ5Dvl

Sunday, October 3rd Annual Helmet Law Support Rally Celebrating 41 Years Of Freedom FMI: www.ABATEofSC.ORG Flyer page 18

Sat, October 9th Hog Chapter Chili Challenge! 11am-3pm Cox’s Harley Davidson-Rock Hill Hog Chapter Members are Encouraged and Challenged to make a pot of your BEST CHILI and square up! $5 Tasting Fee will give you a Ticket.

Oct 8th@ 7pm-Oct 10th @Noon 35th Annual Boogie Hosted by Bootleg MC 405 Farr Rd, Cope, SC. $10 Admission per person. Edward Phillips and the Blue on stage Oct. 9 from 2-6 and HARDWIRED from 8-12! Rock the weekend in the Swamp….it’s gonna be one hell of a great time!

Saturday, October 9th Biketoberfest & Blue Fire MC Benefit @ Black Jack HD Event byBlue Fire MC providing food plate for donations and music by the Rich Johnson Band & FREE adult beverages!

Saturday, October 9th Annual Fish & Chips for Law Enforcement Noon-3pm, Rain or Shine 50/50, $10 advance/ $15 @door inclds Fish & Chps, Hush puppies, Coleslaw & tea or water. Band and more! Flyer page 18

Saturday, October 9th 6th Annual Dan Boyce Benefit Ride Fire & Iron MC Sta.115 Event by Fire and Iron MC Station 115 Fee is $20 per bike and $5 per riderinclds Band and more! FMI Tony 803-223-5938 or Grizzly 803603-4055.

Saturday, October 9th CVMA® 34-4 ISLAND HOPPING CAMPAIGN American Biker, 679 Treeland Dr, Ladson, SC Reg 10am, KSU 11am. $20/single, $10/passenger. Live music, 50/50, raffles, food trucks. Benefits Lowountry Veterans. www. facebook.com/LowcountryCVMA Flyer page 19

Saturday, October 9th Patriot Rovers Car, Truck, Rat Rod, and Motorcycle Show American Legion Post 34 524 Heckle Blvd, Rock Hill, SCNoon-3pm. Patriot Rovers is a nonprofit 501(c)3 that provides canine therapy using trained Psychiatric Service Dogs for military veterans who suffer from PTSD and/or Traumatic Brain Injury.

Sunday, October 10th @1pm Benefit for Jason Floyd Jr. 2859 Lessile Highway Rock Hill Donations accepted via cashapp to $melissafloyd80

Sunday, October 10th Breast Cancer Awareness Ride Leaving from Harley-Davidson of Greenville Registration from 12:30pm-1:30pm KSU at 2 pm. $20 Registration Fee/Rider $10 for Passengers All bikes welcome!!! Free Hot Dogs and Chili, Raffles, Food, Fun and Riding! Wear your pink! All proceeds & donations given to the Cancer Society of Greenville County. The rider with the most PINK support on will receive a special prize, so will the bike that comes dressed in PINK.

Saturday, October 16th Kickstands for Kids - Foster Care Benefit Ride Hosted by the Lancaster MC. “Rotties” 221 Biergarten, Woodruff SC. 127 kids in foster care just in Laurens County! The county is in need of coats and shoes for kids of all ages and clothes for older kids. We can do our part and help support these youth! The starting point will be at Rotties on Main Street Woodruff. Music, food, and drinks available. The lineup will start at 11 and we will begin the ride at 12:15. Registration: Either a new pair of shoes, a new coat, or $20/ riders and $5/passengers. End point at Wingnutz in Fountain Inn. $5 hotdogs plates 50/50 and a raffle for any items donated to the benefit. FMI Facebook: Lancaster Motorcycle Club

Saturday, October 16th Ride to Bikers with Boxes Event by Independent Motorcyclist Association Meeting at 9am KSU AT 9:30 AM. RIDING to the Billy Graham library for Bikers with Boxes. feel a shoe box with hygiene item and school supplies. Take as many as you want! it’s for kids. Free meal t-shirt and a patch.

Saturday, Oct 16th Tanner Williams Benefit Ride/Event 10am-3pm @ Black Jack Harley-Davidson. Recently one of our own Fit Specialists Tanner Williams was involved in a life changing motorcycle accident, we are bringing everyone together on 10/16/2021 in order to raise money to help out Tanner Williams and help with his medical bills. If you would like to donate to Tanner’s gofundme, click the link below:https://gofund.me/ef12e5c0 Food Truck: DownCountry Grill Live Music By: Shattered Glass Raffles, Donations, and more!

Saturday, Oct 23rd Southern Showdown Florence Motor SpeedwayTimmonsville, SC 6am-3pm Hundreds of the baddest custom Trucks, Cars, & Bikes on South Carolina’s Historic Racetrack

Sunday, October 24th Annual Texas Roadhouse Motorcycle Ride Benefiting Homes for Our Troops Sunday, Oct 24th Scooters for Hooters 2021! 11am @ Heroes Pub Goose Creek, SC Get ready to get “Pinked” *Pink’d Contest for Men/ Women/Bike *Bra Show - Decorate a bra and bring it with you! *Raffle Prizes, 50/50 *Brenda the Pink Firetruck Afterparty at Sand Dollar Social Club (7 Center St) $20 Rider, $10 Passenger Includes food, ride, and pink’d items All proceeds stay local to support those affected by breast cancer through www.soslowcountry.org FMI contact events@riderslawgroup or Kelly Carroll: 843-478-3026.

Thursday Oct 28th Halloween Bike Night

@Timm’s Harley Davidson Anderson, SC @ 6:30pm

Sunday October 31st 32nd Annual Bub Lollis Whitten Center Ride

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Saturday, Nov 6th @ 2pm Benefit for Ricky Dorman Saints & Sinners Bar 50/50 Raffle Tickets already on sale at the bar 108 Fairleaf Circle Camden, SC 29020 Sunday,Nov 7th 15th Annual “You Are Not Forgotten Run” Richard M Campbell Veterans Nursing Home Flyer page 18

Saturday,Nov13th Sugar High Showdown Event by Disciple Christian Motorcycle Club @ 10am

Sunday,Nov14th 18th Annual Golden Strip Toy Run 2pm beginning at Grand South Bank at the corner of South Main St & HWY 418 in Fountain Inn. Ends at Xtreme Customs & Cycles in Mauldin. Bring an unwrapped new toy for kids of all ages. door prizes! Ride is police escorted. FMI Paul Williams 864-221-2042

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Fall Rally Schedule

Angel City Fall Motorcycle Rally Unadilla, GA October 6-10

Myrtle Beach Bike Week (Fall Rally) September 27 - October 3

Daytona Biketoberfest October 14 - 17

Thunder Beach Rally;

Panama City FL October 20 - 24 CHROMESC.COMLonestar Rally: Galveston TX November 4 - 7

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This morning started out like most. After getting dressed, I sat down in my recliner, slipped my socks on, and reached for my Georgia brand work boots. It was then I remembered that I had a funeral to attend after work and I would be riding my motorcycle. I stood up, walked to my closet, and grabbed my faded out well used Merrell riding boots instead. Then it hit me…

For as far back as I can remember, I have been a boot wearer.

As a kid, “Cowboy” boots were my favorites. Usually, they were black and had ornate stitching on the upper leather portions, and they were probably purchased at Sky City or Belk. When I wore those boots, my bicycle or minibike became a horse, I became the Lone Ranger, and my brother John was relegated to Tonto.

Years later, when I went to work at Greenwood Mills, the Red Wing shoe truck would visit the plant every so often with an array of company approved safety shoes. As employees, we could purchase a pair of boots and have the money drafted from our check on a weekly basis. When you are making just $4.25 per hour, a hundred-dollar pair of boots required payments. Again, my first choice was always black western style steel-toe boots.

Between the Army and working as a lineman for more than one electrical contractor and then the phone company, boots continued to be my main footwear for most of my life. The Army had dictated that we lace our boots left over right which is what I still do today, and my OCD kicked in when messing up that routine on those knee high lineman’s boots.

My footwear choices for motorcycling in the early days were mostly those western style safety boots. They seemed comfortable, durable, and they looked cool. Also, if you were to get in a scuffle with someone, a steel toe to the shin or knee could make an aggressor drop to the ground and think twice before coming back for more.

As I have aged, my boot choices have shifted more towards comfort. I was first introduced to the nylon “jogging shoe” style boots while still serving in the military. After decades of hot, sweaty leather that required polishing, the Army switched to tan suede and along with it, a huge selection of nylon boots became available. Today, Merrell waterproof boots are my favorite. They are breathable, they keep my feet dry in a downpour, and they are very comfortable.

Why all this discussion about boots?

While style, brand, materials, and a host of other things dictate what kind of footwear we choose, the bottom line is the same. We wear shoes to protect our feet. I am never more aware of this than when I open the door to let my dog out for his evening romp around the yard, and I trek across the gravel in my bare feet! OUCH!!!

My point. On Sunday mornings at the close of our Sunday School class, we always join hands in a circle to pray.

One particular Sunday morning as I bowed my head, I noticed something: The shoes...

Standing there in that circle, I looked around at all the different kinds of shoes. Boots, gym shoes, leather dress shoes, and even sandals... Some old and beat up, some brand new...

These people in my class have been on mission trips all over the US and several other countries. They have made it their duty to help people who are less fortunate by rebuilding their houses. They have assisted churches in other places who are struggling for whatever reason, to become beacons of hope in their communities. Those shoes in that little circle have carried these people near and far to share Christ with literally thousands of people.

This morning, as I looked down and laced my dirty, worn riding boots (left over right of course), I was reminded of all the places my various boots have taken me over the years. Places like New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, all over the East Coast, several trips out west, and even cross country to San Diego. Then, I asked myself these questions, “All the places the boots have carried me, Have I been faithful to share Jesus? When I have worn them, have I always been willing to reach out to people in need?”

Sadly, for much of my life, it was all about me.

The good thing is, God tells us in his word that He can wipe all that old stuff away and give us a second chance. No matter where our boots have taken us in the past, today we can change the path they walk if we decide to follow Him!

Today, where are your boots taking you? Is it to a place where you serve only yourself, or a place where you serve Jesus Christ? Today, pick up your feet and choose a different direction. I guarantee you will not regret it!