District VII Report
Iowa / Michigan / Minnesota / Wisconsin
Vice President
Bill Oberdieck Vice President Box 1076 Southgate, MI 48195 Tel.: (734) 283-4813 Fax: (734) 283-0650 E-mail: [email protected] District VII Web site: www.amadistrictvii.org
Associate Vice Presidents
- Guy Barber, 9879 SE Torch Lake Dr., Alden, MI 49612; Tel.: (231) 331-4807
- Larry Brannan, 2181 Cascade Lakes Cir., Grand Rapids, MI 49546; Tel.: (616) 956-6012; E-mail: [email protected]
- Ed Bucki, PO Box 324, South Rockwood, MI 48179; Tel.: (734) 379-4054; E-mail: [email protected]
- Bud Gorman, Box 33, Knife River, MN 55609; E-mail: [email protected]
- Thomas D. Lazar, 435 Hubbell St., Marshall, WI 53559-9409; E-mail: [email protected]
- Jon McVay, 5 Hillcrest Heights Ln., Mount Vernon, IA 52314-9611; Tel.: (319) 895-6527; E-mail: [email protected]
- Tom Pierce, 6862 Frith Rd., St. Clair, MI 48079; Tel.: (810) 367-6450; E-mail: [email protected]
- Mark E. Robotti, 26540 Olympic Trail, North Lindstrom, MN 55045
- Tom Ryan, Box 1111, Milwaukee, WI 53201; Tel.: (414) 881-0070; E-mail: [email protected]
Frequency Coordinators
- (West): Al Schwartz, 2787 Fernwood, Roseville, MN 55113; Tel.: (651) 633-2286
- (East): Pete Waters, 7420 Seven Mile Rd., Northville, MI 48167; Tel.: (248) 486-4800
Each month I receive newsletters from clubs all around our district. I am now getting them via e-mail as well as through the U.S. Postal Service. Believe it or not, I do read every one.
As a writer of a monthly column, I am fully aware of how difficult it must be for some of you newsletter editors to get information for your newsletters, but no one said it was easy. I must admit that I am impressed with some of the work that comes in.
Some small clubs have only one page whereas the larger ones have a number of pages. Most of them are printed in black and white, but I am seeing some very good full-color newsletters with great pictures.
I want to congratulate and thank all of the newsletter editors for the time and effort that they put into producing the newsletters.
Here is a reason to be proud of some of our youngsters. Mark Schaefer sent in this report. The pictures are by Tom Sova.
Brett Sanborn of the Cloud Busters club of Flint, Michigan, was selected for a place on the United States junior team at the team trials in Lakehurst, New Jersey, for the F1D World Championships held in Slănic, Romania.
The event was held in a salt mine with a 210-foot ceiling. Brett's times at the World Championships were 28:18 and 27:08, beating the third-place junior by three and a half minutes and earning Brett a second-place silver medal. Congratulations, Brett.
The United States team won first place, finishing more than 33 minutes ahead.
Following the same theme of World Championships, Dale Campbell sent in pictures of the 2004 Scale World Championships held at the Air Force Academy in Dęblin, Poland. Dale thought District VII members might like to see what goes on outside of our boundaries. Unfortunately he did not include any captions.
Till next time, have fun, fly safely, and introduce a youngster to our hobby/sport. C.A.V.U.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
