Buzzard Droppings January 2004

Happy New Year! I want to thank all of you who made the December meeting. We had a full room and most had enough pizza, although some mentioned they still had room for more! Our pizza delivery team will make sure there’s plenty at next year’s meeting.

Congratulations to Rick Hanners for being voted as the winner of the Dave Weber Special Service Award for 2003!

Many thanks to Hap for being the club VP over the past year! Thank you to Brian for accepting the job for 2004!

Our new year begins with some high activity in the club! Joe and Randy have finished the new table for the field and will have it at the January meeting for all to see. Joe will also have an example of a flight box/table.

The Puyallup Event is January 31/Feburary 1 and Bob Martin is

January 2004

Volume 11 Issue 1

Next Club Meeting is Tuesday, January 6, 2003, 7:00 PM at the Monroe Library (map on page 7). 

Program: Covering and Detailing

 

President’s Message — Ron Swift

News Bits:

·  Rick Hanners is the winner of the Dave Weber Special Service Award for 2003—Congratulations!

· Looking for volunteers for the Puyallup Model Expo January 31 and Feb 1. Please contact Bob Martin with the times you can attend.

· Club dues for 2004 are being accepted now. You need 2004 AMA membership to fly at our field.

looking for volunteers to help at our table. Please sign up if you can make it this year!

We are still flying at the field and on December 27, there were a dozen of us at the field (see the photos on page 5).

Several of us had a chance to talk with Dale, our landlord. He is encouraging us to shift our flight line toward the NE to prevent flying over the house to the East of the field. He mentioned again, being at the house more than once as our planes flew over it. Randy and Joe, as our field development committee, are working on a plan for this year’s improvements.

Bob, Brian and I did some preliminary frequency scanning (before the rain came) on December 27 as well. There seemed to be a transmitter operating on CH 41 we couldn’t account for, but overall, there

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      President: Ron Swift  (425) 788-6045                                                  Vice President: Brian Richardson

 

      Secretary:  Bob Martin  (425) 483-2348                                               Treasurer:  Doug Hoff (360) 794-8757

 

      Safety Officer: Karl Schaefer (425) 259-1824                                     Newsletter & Web: Ron Swift (425) 788-6045 

 

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