District VII Report - 2010/05

May 2010 149
EACH MONTH I’ve mentioned in this
column about clubs getting involved and
sharing our hobby in the local community
and the benefits that a club can receive.
Windom, Minnesota, located in the
southwest corner of the state, is the home of
the Windom Eagles Model Airplane Club
that accepted my challenge. Bob Varilek,
former club president, sent in this report.
Bob related that he was inspired by one
of District VII columns. He presented an
idea to the 25-member club about getting
involved with local youngsters.
Bob ordered some Delta Darts and
contacted the local Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts,
and Girl Scouts to the club’s field and
roughly 60 people showed up.
Was the event successful? The club now
holds its meetings in a hangar at the
Windom Municipal Airport and has its
flying site on the east end of the field
because of the support of Bruce Caldwell
and the City of Windom.
Schwalbach Hardware promotes the
hobby and club by having models hung from
the ceiling and the local Lions Club donates
food for the annual fly-in. Great job!
District VII
Bill Oberdieck, District VII Vice President; [email protected]
Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin
Bill Oberdieck
Vice President
Box 1076
Southgate MI 48195
Tel.: (734) 283-4813
Fax: (734) 283-0650
www.amadistrictvii.org
Associate Vice
Presidents
Ed Bucki, S. Rockwood
MI; (734) 379-4054; thebuckster@
sbcglobal.net
Lee D. Frederickson, Ada MI;
[email protected]
Bud Gorman, Knife River MN;
[email protected]
Don Held, Elmira MI;
(231) 584-2662; [email protected]
Tom Pierce, St. Clair MI; (810)
367-6450; tom_pierce_48079@
yahoo.com
Mark E. Robotti, Lindstrom MN;
[email protected]
Tom Ryan, Greenfield WI;
(414) 881-0070; tomcat@
execpc.com
Frequency Coordinators
West: Al Schwartz, Roseville
MN; (651) 633-2286
East: Pete Waters, Northville MI;
(248) 486-4800
Flying Site Coordinator
Joe Beshar, [email protected]
Webmaster
Ed Kincer, [email protected]
District VII Volunteers
This story was sent in by Rusty Billings
from the R/C Flyers club, in Lakewood,
Wisconsin. The photos show the club’s
involvement in the community with the
Take off And Grow (TAG) program.
This type of involvement reaches
literally thousands of folks in a very short
period of time with resounding recognition
for the club. I’ll let the photos below tell the
story.
I’m sure there are many other clubs in
District VII that have similar stories to tell,
so why not send them into me so others may
get the message.
Till next time, fly safely, have fun, and get
involved. C.A.V.U.
Dale F. Jeld
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