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“The Voice of the Midwest Coast”
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Publisher/Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ralph Roades
Public Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jessica Schiesser Wow! This September has been a frantic one! Attending an event or rally every
Promotions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jesse Roades
weekend, finishing up the magazine and getting it to press, working on the 2010 Wide
Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ralph Roades
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Open Girls Bikini Calendar, and finalizing details for the three bike shows we will be
putting on in January and February has left us at Wide Open with little time for any-
Writers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Loney Wilcoxson
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stephanie Wilcoxson
thing else- Good thing we love what we do! As this issue is being printed, we are at
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the Lake of the Ozarks West Side Rally; tapping our feet to the music provided by the
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bands who participated in the first ever anywhere “Battle of the Biker Bands”, or par-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Lee Wells
ticipating in the dice run with over twenty stops, proceeds benefiting American Biker
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jessica Schiesser Relief.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kevin Smith
I want to send a special thanks to our advertisers, who make this publication pos-
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ken Everett
sible. They’re doing more than getting their name out there by appearing in our mag-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Half-Pint
azine, they are supporting the Midwest Coast riding community- they’re giving us a
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dee Austin
way to share, promote, and most important, they’re allowing us some good ol’ fash-
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ioned local biker entertainment. Certainly if you have not ever appeared in Wide
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Open, you know someone who has.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Erik Anderson
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ed Hale
Wide Open is proud to announce the addition of a fifth Harley-Davidson dealer to our magazine and Bike Shows- Alefs
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Harley-Davidson. Each of these five are prestigious in their own unique way, whether it be that they are the oldest, largest,
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biggest, or highest ranked, the Harley-Davidson Dealers bringing this publication to you are without a doubt some of the best
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stephanie Wilcoxson
around. You’ll read about St. Joe Harley-Davidson and their 40th Anniversary Celebration. They’ve definitely mastered the coun-
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try style, down home, family feeling of their Harley Dealership. Gail’s Harley-Davidson held their annual, and record smashing
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Miller
9-11 Tribute Ride. This ride is the largest two-wheel parade in the history of motorcycle riding. The ride was a mind boggling eleven
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miles! Hell, I don’t even know of any eleven mile parades! This has got to be the most amazing ride I’ve been on, not to mention
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the unheard of celebration held the following day. You’ll read about Myers-Duren Harley-Davidson’s 95th Anniversary, which they
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are celebrating throughout the month of October. St. Charles Harley-Davidson just hosted the Missouri H.O.G. Rally. Also, don’t
Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anderson Computer Graphics forget to read about our newest addition; Alefs Harley-Davidson. There’s a great story behind how they got to where they are today.
Check out the “Sturgis Reports”, I know I had a blast up there. Also, we’ve got some bad-ass pictures and coverage of the
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Greaserama, it’s like walking into a whole other world, I like to say. We’ve got the American Victory Rally and AMA International
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Women and Motorcycle Conference and Biker’s Edge facelift (definitely worth the ride down to Wichita to check out Biker’s Edge
from the editor. Wide Open Magazine is not responsible
for any transactions resulting from advertisements in this
and Alefs Harley-Davidson). As always our many sets of eyes and ears are forever scopin’ the newest and hottest scoots and
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Here we go! It’s already time to start working on the Bike Show issue of Wide Open, and we can hardly wait, because that
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Our offer of free limited bike space in the shows has been such a hit, every day the entries pour in. (It may not be too late- send
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how many “Hell ya, I wanna go to Tulsa too!” I hear. I have a real good feeling about this new show we’re doing!
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This last month Gail’s Harley-Davidson was able to pull the strings to have a free preview showing of “Sons of Anarchy” be-
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With the coming of our January ‘10 Bike show in Tulsa, Wide Open has lit some more fires…we are excited to be working
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with Tulsa’s March of Dimes Chapter to help them put together a Tulsa Bikers for Babies Chapter. The Kansas City and St. Louis
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