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Words From The PresidentBhrent Waddell Since this will be the last EAA 10 newsletter for 2001, I'll try
to cover a few things related to the end of year holiday season and
the New Year. The November and December meetings are special in that
November 19 will be the annual election of officers for the next year
and the annual pie auction. The December meeting is the annual Christmas
party and is NOT on the third Monday, but on Saturday evening, December
8, 2001 at 6:00 p.m. Although Chapter 10 elects its officers in a very democratic way, there is usually only one slate of nominees. I guess that is still democratic. The election will be just before the pie auction in November. Fortunately, for Chapter 10 and myself, we have had a very dependable group of officers this past year and all of them are willing and able to serve again. Please express your appreciation to Bart Dalton, Vice-president, Gerald Vaughn, Secretary, and Craig Loomiller, Treasurer. Other members have severed in positions that aren't elected, but are important to the Chapter's operations. Lynn Coltharp, Newsletter Editor, Mark Laboyteaux, Web Site Manager, Flight Counselor, Randy Brooks, and Technical Counselors, Don Pearsall, Bart Dalton and Roger White have all supported Chapter 10 this year. Lynn Coltharp will be taking a rest from his editing duties next year, and Bob Minich will be the newsletter editor and will begin publishing the newsletter in January. Bob Rothlisberger has served as Young Eagles coordinator this year, but will be unable to continue. His service is appreciated and if a member would like to assume this duty, please contact one of the above officers. An important thing I hope everyone knows is that while the November pie auction is a lot of fun and we enjoy some really good pies. The money received for the pies is used to buy door prizes for the Christmas Party in December. A fancy pie that brings a good price is just more money for the door prize committee to spend. Think about it. Just in case someone wants to know, although Thanksgiving is the same week as the November meeting, the Saturday pancake breakfast will still be served. We may have a few pinch hitter cooks, but come anyway even if you've had too much turkey. We like to decorate Chapter 10's hanger for the Christmas party and have scheduled the decorating for just afternoon on Sunday, November 25. A gourmet chili lunch will be served (you go to the pot and get it yourself) to the decorating crew at 1:00 p.m. There's no decorating committee for this event, if you're a member, your welcome to come and help. The Christmas party is still $12.50 per person this year. There will be a limited number of tickets so get your money to Craig Loomiller or Darline Opdyke as soon as your can. The Deadline for reservations is Saturday, December 1. The caterers will be the same as last year, but instead of steak or chicken, we will enjoy prime rib or chicken this year. Don't miss this one. That about covers the upcoming events for Chapter 10. If you have
November 19, 24, 25 and December 1st and 8th on your calendar, you're
all set. I wish everyone in Chapter 10 a Happy Holiday season! THANK YOU EAA & AOPAby the editor Considering what kind of restrictions could have been put on aviation since our country was attacked I feel we are extremely fortunate. I think we owe a great big "THANK YOU" to EAA and AOPA for their efforts in keeping the restrictions to a minimal level. They have done an excellent job of getting a common sense approach to this situation across to our political leaders. I know, in past years, some of us have bemoaned the fact that EAA is no longer just a small group of guys building airplanes in their garage. EAA has been able to grow to an organization with capabilities to influence our political leaders as well as help the guys building planes in their garage. The long-term vision of EAA is paying off for us now. PIE AUCTIONDon't forget for the meeting this month we hold our annual Pie Auction as a fundraiser to help with our Christmas party. So bring a pie to be auctioned off and a great big wad of money to out bit the other big spenders. CHRISTMAS PARTYOur Chapter has been holding an annual Christmas party for quite a few years now. In the past we had to rent space somewhere for our party. Since we have our own hangar now we hold the Christmas party in our hangar at Gundy's. It may not be as fancy as some of the places we used to go to but it cuts down on the logistics of getting the party going and we can decorate it to our own satisfaction. THIS YEAR THE CHRISTMAS PARTY WILL BE HELD AT OUR
HANGAR AT GUNDY'S AIRPORT ON DEC 08 WITH SOCIAL HOUR STARTING AT 6:00
AND WE WILL EAT AT 7:00. GET YOUR MONEY TO: Craig Loomiller OR Darline Opdyke Bring a "white elephant" gift. Men bring for
men and women bring for women. We will hand out the white elephants
and then have the drawings for door prizes. Hopefully, some of our
real "unique" gifts will rear their ugly heads again this
year. It is a lot of fun! I almost forgot; we are limited by our seating
capacity to 80 guests so get your "tickets" early before
we run out!! DUES TIME AGAINIt is time to get your dues in for 2002. Our annual dues are $20.00. I will be enclosing an application with this newsletter. Fill it out and get it with your check or money to our treasurer, Craig Miller. You can mail it or bring it to him at the meeting. For those of you using the Web based newsletter Mark has a version on the web so fill that one out and get it to Craig. I need to remind everyone that you are required to also be a member of the National EAA so, please join National EAA if you are not already. Their activities of protecting our flight freedoms since our country was attacked need to be rewarded with our support as members. Link to a printable online version of the membership application. Membership UpI get questions from a lot of members and non-members about how many members we have in our chapter. Craig told me that we now have 143 members. It seems that we have had a gradual increase in members over the last several years. WING DINGThe annual WING DING at Gundy's was a success again this year. We had good weather and a good number of airplanes. The wings were good and the "covered dishes" brought by the attendees were all excellent. One of the highlights of the event was the fly-bys of a jet. I never
did hear a firm idea of just what kind of a jet it was. It was a one
or two place fighter type of some sort. I think it may have been from
Poland. It made several low passes over the field and then disappeared.
The first one was the most impressive because we did not hear it coming,
only leaving and it was quite an awesome sound to have at our little
old airport. Thank you, whoever provided the entertainment. REKLAW FLYING -M
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