President Rod Johnson, VP Eric Farry and Secretary/ Treasurer Randy Stout as officers were present when the Meeting started at 7:07 PM at the clubhouse in Creswell. There were 12 Members, and two guests in attendance. Our guests were Kimberly Witchie and Mike Barco. Welcome to you all!!
President Rod Johnson, and Past Presidents Pat Dodson and Bill Dewey (broken arm an all!) prepared dinner, which consisted of hamburgers, Hot dogs, salads, Chips, Cookies, and a drink- for $8.00. Thanks guys! We almost had Emu meat for the grill as a full-sized Emu wandered by. He was given a complimentary hamburger and sent on his way but not before creating a bit of a hazard on the taxiway. We noticed that the Sheriff Dept. cornered him at the RV dealership, so hopefully he was re-united with his (her?) owner.
President Rod Johnson called the meeting to order. He then presented to the group a new banner from EAA National that commemorates our 1000th Young Eagle flight that occurred recently. We all decided where to hang it and thanks were given to everyone who helped with this milestone.
Also, a huge thanks to Rod Johnson who single-handedly cleaned the clubhouse for the meeting. A big job and much needed and appreciated! Thanks Rod!
Our next piece of business was to decide to move the 3rd Saturday breakfast (for October only) to the 2nd Saturday, which will be October 14th. This will allow us to host several groups who will be observing the
The group approved of this change and so we will make breakfast at that time.
Remember our next monthly breakfast will be on the 3rd Saturday of the month. We need members to help make the fixings. Walt Weischedel is bringing eggs, but Pat Dodson will be gone. The next breakfast will be on September 16th at the clubhouse starting at 9:00. Eggs, Bacon, Pancakes and Juice or Coffee for $8- a bargain!! See you there!
Secretary Stout noted that the bricks that we have ordered for the Memorial Garden by the FBO have been shipped. He was disappointed that they did not arrive in time for the meeting.
The checkbook balance is now $1621.01
It was noted that the very popular Chicken Run fly-in at Gillette Field in Scio will be held on September 24th between 10:30 and 4:00. Always a great event!
Gary Ludeke was then asked to take the floor and discuss the plans for the “Build and Fly” RC model build that the club purchased from EAA National early in the year. He and Pat Dodson will be speaking with the students at Creswell High next Monday. They will bring the project to future meetings as they progress on the build and report on the progress they are making. He also noted that Creswell Airport will be closed on September 12th and 13th for final project wrap ups.
The Flying Octogenarians group has opened membership up to folk who are flying at age 75-79. This is a restricted membership but an opportunity to join folks of a certain age for fun and facts about flying as we age.
John Kuehl noted that was unable to download the Chapter Video but that the most recent video gram noted that the FAA has now changed the LSA regulations. He was unsure of the final rules but noted that they are heavily favorable to those flying Light Sport.
There being no other business the meeting was adjourned by President Johnson at 7:35PM.
EAA chapter 31 will be having our next meeting this Wednesday the 6th at 7:00pm. We will be discussing moving the October Saturday breakfast to the second weekend of the month (as opposed to the third Saturday) so we can all take in the lunar eclipse that will be happening that morning.
We will be having dinner beginning at 6:00pm with a cost of $8.00. We will be serving hamburgers, hot dogs and the fixings.
EAA chapter 31 will be having our next meeting next Wednesday, September 6th at 7:00pm.
We will be serving dinner at 6:00pm and the cost will be $8.00.
On the meeting schedule will be discussion regarding moving our October breakfast to the second Saturday in October as to coincide with the lunar eclipse that is supposed to take place on October 14th.
EAA chapter 31 is having our Saturday breakfast tomorrow, August 19th at 9:00am at the chapter club house located at the south end of the Creswell airport.
Breakfast will consist of bacon, sausage, eggs, pancakes, juice and of course COFFEE. Cost is only $8.00, a real bargain.
President Rod Johnson, VP Eric Farry and Secretary/ Treasurer Randy Stout as officers were present when the Meeting started at 7:01 PM at the clubhouse in Creswell. There were 16 Members, and two guests in attendance. Our guests were Jim Torley- a friend of Gary Ludeke’s here from Colorado Springs, and Mike Barco (here for his 2nd meeting). We did gain a new member, Michael McConnel. Welcome to you all!!
President Rod Johnson, and Past Presidents Pat Dodson and Bill Dewey (broken arm an all!) prepared dinner, which consisted of hamburgers, Hot dogs, salads, Chips, Cookies, and a drink- for $8.00. Thanks guys!
President Rod Johnson called the meeting to order. He called for Shelly Humble to take the floor.
Shelly Humble then gave her report on the status of the “fixes” that the contractor is still doing on the airport improvements. They will be closing the airport for a day or two (tentatively scheduled for August 21st and 22nd) for heavy equipment to access the runway. These fixes include changing the PAPI pad, and repair on runway end lights among some other projects. Another closure that will occur either August 28th or the first week of September involves the last striping and glass bead placement for the runway.
Her next report was on the 4 projects that are in the works. 1) North Taxi Lane construction. 2) Wastewater Treatment facility on the North of the airport so that tenants can have water and sewer. 3) Installation of Security Cameras and 4) Completing of the Ham Radio base station. She hopes that the August 14th City Council meeting will approve all of these CORE grants. She mentioned that EPUD will be adding redundancy to the electric grid and Douglas Bass Net will be offering internet service soon. Her request to be able to hold STOL contests this year was tabled until next year. Thanks Shelly!
Remember our monthly breakfast on the 3rd Saturday of the month. We need members to help make the fixings. Walt Weischedel is bringing eggs, but Bill Dewey will be gone, so we need Rod to buy any other supplies needed. The next breakfast will be on August 19th at the clubhouse starting at 9:00. Eggs, Bacon, Pancakes and Juice or Coffee for $8- a bargain!! See you there!
The checkbook balance is now $1883.00.
Bill Dewey then noted that the new sign for the EAA Chapter 31 Memorial Garden has been installed (thanks to Shelly and Joel!)
Gary Ludeke was then asked to take the floor and relate his experience with flight testing a Zenith 701. He told of the many glitches he had to fix and the hours he flew to allow it to go anywhere. It seemed as if any problem he found was passed off by the seller as “Oh yeah, it has done that since new!” Anyway, it is now nearly ready to go. Shean Kelly in Cottage Grove has it now attempting to fix an oil pressure problem.
There being no other business the meeting was adjourned by President Johnson at 8:05PM. It was suggested that everyone help clean up the clubhouse then go up to the Memorial Garden and get a look at the new sign.
While up there, the consensus was to move the bricks with names on them to an area under the flagpole when the 5 new bricks arrive. There was also a discussion of moving the memorial rock and benches out of the area. More coming on that.
We will be having our chapter meeting next Wednesday, August 2nd at 7:00pm. We will be meeting at the chapter 31 club house at the south end of the Creswell airport.
We will be serving dinner at 6:00pm. The menu is up in the air at this point but the cost will be $8.00.
On a sad note, member Tom Buckhouse died from a stroke on July 17th. Jim Orglosio will be able to give more details (they were partners in an airplane)
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