District IX Report - 2003/06

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I WANT TO
welcome H.
Michael
Harrington as our
new District IX
Associate Vice
President (AVP).
Mike Harrington
was been involved
in aeromodeling
for more than 40
years with
interests in all aspects of modeling.
He is active in a variety of modeling
activities and has a keen interest in greater
engagement of the general public, particularly
young people, in modeling. Mike is a
member of Love Air RC Club where he
currently serves as the vice president.
Prior to moving to Colorado, Mike
served as the AMA District X AVP for
Hawaii and Guam from 1996 to 2001. He
served as the president of the Aloha State RC
Club in 1991-2002. He worked with the state
Strategic Planning Task Force and
coordinated the aeromodeling interests on
Oahu, Hawaii, to assure the continued
support of model aviation. These efforts were
instrumental in retaining a city park
specifically designated as a model air park.
Mike is a founding member of an AMA
Air Show Team, the Birds of Paradise, and
served as the manager of the team until 2001.
The Birds of Paradise maintained a rigorous
schedule, performing as many as 20 shows
each year.
He is a member of the AMA Air Show
Team (AST) program Advisory Committee
and has been the chairperson of this group
since 2000. Under his leadership the AST
program became a member of the
International Council of Air Shows which
coordinates full-scale air shows.
In 2002, Mike was presented with the
AMA Distinguished Service Award, the
Academy’s second highest honor.
Professionally, Mike serves as the
Executive Director of the Western
Association of Agricultural Experiment
Station Directors, one of five regional
organizations. In this capacity, he works to
address pressing needs in the agriculture and
food system. He serves on a variety of
advisory boards and commissions.
Mike, Pam, David, (18) and Evan (9)
live in Ft. Collins, Colorado.
Jefco’s 20th Annual Auction was another
success! The following came from Judy
Gerken of the Jefco Aeromod’lers in
Jefferson County, Colorado.
“They came from all over Colorado,
Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, North
Dakota, and Wyoming for the annual
migration of Radio Control (RC) modelers.
They started arriving at 9:30 a.m. (The doors
weren’t scheduled to open until 1 p.m.) By
10 a.m. enough people from our club were
present to start checking in the sellers;
however, the doors were not to open for a
couple more hours.
“Our club members, showing their
ingenuity, sent a crew out to the waiting
crowd, the registration crew opened the
windows from their position to the parking
lot and started handing out registration sheets
to be filled out and the 20th annual auction
began.
“The auction was delayed Saturday
morning due to the Columbia tragedy. As
many of us were walking in the door to start
work, the updated news of the tragedy was
being relayed with each person walking
through the door. We listened to the radio
reports for awhile. Our thoughts go out to all
who lost family and friends that day.
“The totals for this year and a few others,
for comparison, are as follows:
Year Total Sales Attendees
2003 $70,800.00 311
2002 $68,878.00 325
2001 $64,111.00 305
2000 $64,753.00 322
1999 $77,122.00 344
1998 $56,686.00 312
1997 $63,827.00 378
1996 $66,113.00 368
“During the auction on Sunday we were
treated to our good buddy Paul Samaras
taking over the auctioning duties for a bit.
Sure brought back a lot of good memories
for some of us. Paul used to do the entire
auctioning duties for the whole auction
which used to last eight hours or more!
“We owe all the workers a big thank you
because they really came through for the
club. The kitchen was again run efficiently
by Anita Boucher and her crew and we thank
them so much for all their efforts.
“A big thank you goes to the following
people who made this event another success:
Burness Ansell; Art Baker; Chuck Beckey;
Larry Bickel; Robert Boswell; Rick, Anita,
and Peter Boucher; Edward Brozowski;
Frank and Kay Buturla; Roger Carpenter;
Randy Claussen; Cecil Corbitt, Rich and
Fran Correa; Lee DeMary; Steve Dotson;
Mike Duffy; George Foster; Don Frey; Sid
Gates; Wayne Geer; Jerry and Judy Gerken;
Butch Gillette; Phil Graybeal; David Heiser;
Carl Hofer; Tom Hooser; Hal Husted; Gayle
Jackson; Dick Johnson; John Karahalios;
Tim Kenney Sr.; Hans Kriek; Nat Lancaster;
Dick Laubach; Don Lutze; Steve Mangels;
Nick Meneses; David and Heather
McDonald; Jim McManus, Roger Mitchell;
Mo Molinsky; Ed Munoz; Phil Onofrio;
Mike Peterson; Marty and Donna Phillps;
Phil Pillitteri; Jay and Kevin Purcell; Bruce,
Annie, and John Ranum; Mike Roberts; John
Roenfeldt; Bill Rossi; Paul Samaras; Tom
Sarber; Chris Sarian; David Shangraw; Mike
Shoemaker; Herb Simpson; Dick Snyder;
Dale Stukel; Dennis Sudar; Robert Suding;
Lee Taylor; Frank Vandenberg; Mike
Wakefield; Don Wakeling; John Wallrath;
Jack Warkins; John Welschinger; MJ
Welschinger; Darrell Wiedman; Andy
Woodward; George Wowchak; Denny
Wruk; Dennis Yates; Gary Yeager; and Matt
and Adam Yeagle.”
From the Beresford Area Radio Flyers’’
newsletter, The Barf Rag, comes the
following:
You are from the Midwest if ...
You’ve never met any celebrities.
Your idea of a traffic jam is 10 cars
waiting to pass a tractor on the highway.
You know several people who have hit a
deer in the last year.
You’ve had to switch your home system
from “heat” to “A/C” in the same day.
You install security lights on your house
and garage then leave both unlocked.
You use three spices—salt, pepper, and
catsup.
Driving is better in the winter because all
the potholes are filled with ice and snow.
You know all four seasons—Almost
Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and
Construction,
You know what “knee high by the
fourth” means.
East to you means Illinois.
You find -20 degrees a little chilly.
You measure distance in minutes.
Stores have sacks, not bags.
You carry jumper cables in your car.
You know what “cow tipping” and
“snipe hunting” are all about.
The weekly paper devotes one page to
national/international news and six pages to
local sports.
You think sexy lingerie is tube socks and
a flannel nightie.
Associate Vice Presidents
H. Michael Harrington, 6112 Ashton Ct.,
Ft. Collins CO 80525
Max Hansen, 1909 Wisconsin SW, Huron SD
57350
Nathan Lancaster, 3597 S. Kendall Street, Denver
CO 80235
Fred Hildebrand, 4015 Somerset Circle, Casper
WY 82609-3161
Troy Lapp, 1619 Wichita Dr., Bismarck ND 58504
Travis McGinnis, 8027 W. 81st Circle, Arvada CO
80005
Don Moden, 410 Hart St., Salina KS 67401
Jim Ricketts, 4921 Fernwood Drive, Sioux Falls
SD 57103-5573
Jack L. Sibert, 3611 Kimberly Circle, Lincoln NE
68506-4524
Mark T. Smith, 14632 W. 50th Street, Shawnee
KS 66216
Frequency Coordinator
Steve Mangles, c/o Radio Service Center, 918 S.
Sheridan, Denver CO 80226
Colorado / Kansas /
Nebraska / North Dakota /
South Dakota / Wyoming
Russ Miller
Vice President
980 N. 3rd St.
Carrington ND 58421
Tel.: (701) 652-2321
Fax: (701) 652-2994
E:mail:
[email protected]
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