Three River's Model T
Club
April 19,
2012
Meeting
Minutes
Tonight's meeting was held at
Old Country Buffet in the Columbia Center Mall
area. We had a good turnout of members. President, Dean Stokes
opened the meeting. Secretary, Wanda Stokes was asked to read the
minutes. All approved. Treasurer, Mike Porter gave his report.
We have one new member, Paul Dion. He also read a thank you card from the
folks who own the Lyle Hotel. We have money in the bank.
Old
Business
Dean asked Jim
Langdon to give a report about the breakfast that Jim
and Phyllis hosted last month. We had a good turnout and
great food. Bill Sheller did a fantastic job with
the pancakes and the equipment Jim made for the breakfast was wonderful.
Thank you for your help.
Dean asked Dale
Peterson to talk about the Hummingbird tour set for May 17th. We
finally decided that the time would be 4:30p.m. and we
will meet at the Walla Walla Fort at that time. We
will then travel to see the hummingbirds and have a picnic afterward. Dale
and Sharon will provide the sub sandwiches and we are asked to bring
salads or desserts. We can either trailer our T's to Walla Walla or drive
modern cars, the choice is ours.
May
19th - Hat Rock Creek Tour. We are invited to attend
this tour put on by the Model A car people. If interested, please contact
Fred or Mary Fraser. Also on May 19th is the car show in Waitsburg,
WA. If interested, contact Herb Mettler. Another car show is slated
for May 19th at Canyon Lakes. If interested, please contact Wayne
Williams.
June 1st - (Friday) Dean and Wanda Stokes are hosting a
tour of the Black Rock Creek
Area. We will leave our
ranch about 9:00 - 9:15 a.m. and travel to the
Black Rock Area. You
will see wonderful vistas of the area and experience Mother Nature at her
finest. We will have a potluck and have a great tour.
June 17-20 -
Montana 500 Speedster run will take place. Several
members are attending. Also June 17 - 22 -
is the National Model T tour
in Lincoln, Nebraska. Many members will be attending
both of these great events.
August tour to Mount Rainier National Park is
turning out wonderfully. Dale and Sharon
Peterson have been working very hard on this tour. You
should have your reservations all made for the trip to Mt. Rainier and the return
trip. More information will be coming soon.
Gary Ellingson noted that two
Speedster tours are in the
works for Memorial weekend and Labor Day weekend in Spokane. He expressed
that these are well worth attending. If interested, please contact
Gary.
New
Business
Bill Sheller made a motion that we
skip the June 21st meeting because most of the
membership will be either in Montana at the Speedster Run or in Lincoln,
Nebraska for the National Model T Tour. Gary Ellingson seconded the motion
- passed. Dale Peterson will call Applebee's Restaurant in Kennewick and
cancel the meeting. Jim and Sandy
Ellenbaas asked if the July meeting could be at their home
in Granger. The date will be July
19th and more information will be forthcoming.
Wanda read a letter (via e-mail)
from Andrea Benedict from the Western Idaho Model T Club. She likes our
newsletter and asked if they could add our club as a link to their
newsletter. Also, noted that excerpts from Roscoe Sheller's "Me and the
Model T" were used by their club. Bill Sheller noted that everything
in Me and Model T is copywrited and he will contact Andrea. Dale
will provide Bill with Andrea's address.
Bill asked Dale who all is getting
newsletters both e-mail and snail mail. Dale reported that he only sends
snail mail newsletters to paid members of Three River's Model T Club.
Other past members and interested people get a e-mail newsletter.
Dean mentioned that of the 25 paid
families of our club, seven members celebrated birthday's in April.
Dean also mentioned that he is
planning a "flash tour" (the
tour will be spontaneous) out in the Yakima Indian Reservation traveling
over the ridge and onto Naches. We scouted this trip out and it is
fantastic - beautiful scenery and wonderful Model T roads. More
forthcoming.
Wanda will write a letter to the
Riatta Springs Church explaining why we have not been
meeting at the church in hopes of improving members attendance by
meeting at restaurants or members homes. So far this has been
successful and we will continue not meeting at the
church. Wanda will check with Fred Fraser to see if he has contacted the
church and if not, then the letter will be sent.
Dean asked members for a
Garage Report. Members told of what they are doing
with their T's to get them ready for all of the great tours fast
approaching.
Jane
Armstrong brought Vintage Car Quizzes for us. Wanda read
questions from one of the quizzes to our members and we learned many interesting
facts. Thank you Jane.
With nothing more to come before
the members, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectively
Submitted,
Wanda Stokes,
Secretary
