By Jan Wideman

Saturday, July 18th Gator Harley-Davidson celebrated 27 amazing years in business. During the party we held a Tattoo Contest. Binx, owner of Style and Grace Modern Electric Tattooing Leesburg sponsored the Men’s and Ladies tattoo contest. With Binx, John Malik, Jr and Keith (Slapshot) Totten assisted with the judging. Binx gave the 1st place winners, both men’s and ladies a $100 gift certificate to Style & Grace. Gator H-D gave to the 2nd place winners a $50 GHD gift card and the 3rd place winners received a $25 GHD gift card. The judges had their work cut out for them as each contestant had amazing tattoos with interesting stories behind them. They were judged on: *Quality *Originality *Artwork * Over All Layout.

The winners in the men’s division were 1st Place-Stephen Malmrose 2nd Place-Tony Vick and 3rd Place-Shawn Fitzpatrick. The winners in the ladies’ division were 1st Place-Nellie Elizondo 2nd Place-Ellen Winans and 3rd Place-Robyn Stack. Congratulations to all the winners. Thank you to all the participants that entered the tattoo contest.

The Malik family opened Gator Harley-Davidson 27 years ago right down the road in a small shop. John Malik Jr. thanks all his customers, friends, and family for supporting them for the past 27 years. It was a great day at Gator Harley listening to Hypersona on the Fran Haasch Law Group stage, grabbing a bite to eat and enjoying an ice cold beverage from the Lake Co. Firefighters, visiting the vendors and checking out all the great stuff inside the Dealership. Customer Appreciation was a big hit inside with 20% off licensed product and aftermarket P&A. The sales staff welcomed 4 new Harley-Davidson owners also on Saturday.

A big Thank You goes to our Sponsors Fran Haasch Law Group and Budweiser for the Raffle Package we had for Josie McBride. We raised over the week and during the event $1521.00 in ticket sales for the raffle and another $145.00 in cash donations not to mention (2) checks in the amount of $400 as donations.

Marg was inside sewing away, patch after patch and altering leathers for folks.

Congratulations to Kelly Montgomery for winning the 50/50 and giving it back to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. A big congratulations to Michele Gentles for winning the Raffle Package which included a kick ass cooler and beach chairs.

Thank you to each and every one of you for coming out and celebrating our Anniversary with us.