Meeting Minutes from February 6th, 2013 Meeting

The meeting started at 6:00 (Happily with Melinda Petersen’s famous chili), BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs, chips, BROWNIES!! and a drink for only $5 !! Come next month and bring a friend!

Business meeting called to order at 6:48 PM by Sec./Tres. Randy  Stout. President Bill Dewey was on a trip to visit relatives.

The 17 members (sadly no guests) in attendance then introduced themselves and gave a brief “What
exciting thing happened this last month”. The new Ipad app. (Fore Flight) was discussed and noted that it was free and works for both the Ipad and Iphone. Another GPS add on was also mentioned.

Secretary Stout noted that yearly dues of $25 are due now. Please see him after the meeting or you can send them in by mail:  EAA Chapter 31, 86277   Panorama Rd., Springfield, OR   97478 Thanks to several people for renewing at the meeting.

Dave Eason gave a presentation and diagram for the memorial area. He noted that Bricks will be available for purchase with you or a loved one’s name on them in 3 lines of text for $50 for the 4×8 and $100 for the 8×8 size. You can also add art to the brick for $6. He gave his rough budget estimates, which are quite doable for the group. He is hoping to get some help from Louis Lyons with equipment. He broke his plan down into phases, with phase 1 consisting of getting the paved walkway and landscaping done, along with moving the rock by the clubhouse, phase 2 the building of a memorial wall at the culvert and phase 3 the design for the propeller mounting on the wall.

Although the normal procedure is for the executive committee to meet and vote on a plan, with the lack of a quorum, a vote was taken at the meeting on whether to proceed or not. It was unanimous agreed that we should proceed on this plan, with some design changes to occur as they become apparent.

President Bill has a slightly different design plan, and both plans will be discussed and then decided on at the next meeting. Either will do well, as long as they get done soon!

Then Sid Voorhees then rose to discuss the AWOS system that Creswell is trying to get. It appears that they are about $15,000 short of the needed funds as of yet. He will be sending a letter asking for donations from the local community. He also noted that Creswell has a Part 131 operator on the field now.

There being no other business, we moved into our series of “Homebuilders Corner”. Gary Ludeke presented a 90 deg. angle drill jig he made, using plans found in Sport Aviation. It uses a ruler from Oregon Rule Company, and a roto-zip tool.

Allen Weider got up and brought a sanding block he build using 1×2 MDF with spray adhesive and 2 different grits. He also showed us a chip chaser made with J channel and a hole locator he made out of a used hacksaw blade and pop rivets.

Secretary Stout then asked the group to bring in any bore scopes that they have for the next meeting. These will be evaluated, compared and their capabilities explored.

There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:29 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Randall Stout
Secretary/ Treasurer

Hank Anderson flys into the sunset

Vern “Hank” Anderson

OBITUARIES

Past EAA Chapter 31 President Hank Anderson’s obituary from the Register Guard.

A celebration of life will be held at 12:30 p.m. Jan.10 at the First Baptist Church in Eugene for Vern “Hank” Anderson of Eugene, who died Dec. 15 of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. He was 74.

He was born Oct. 2, 1937, in Salt Lake City to Vern and Lorna Ence Anderson. He married Susan Higbie on July 17, 1960, in Salt Lake City to Vern and Lorna Ence Anderson. He married Susan Higbie on July 17, 1960, in Buhl, Idaho.

He graduated from Buhl High School in 1955 and graduated with a degree in animal reproduction from Colorado State University in 1960. He attended the University of New South Wales in Australia as a Fulbright scholar. He worked at the Colorado State Extension Service and earned a doctorate of veterinarian medicine from Colorado State University in 1968.

He owned and operated Anderson Veterinary Clinic in Eugene for 42 years. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Lori Ramsthel of Bend; a son, Trevor of Eugene; a sister, Yvonne Anderson of Bluffdale, Utah; a brother, Michael of Dallas, Texas, and Papua, New Guinea; and five grandchildren. A son, Will Anderson, died April 13, 2011.

Arrangements by Sunset Hills Cemetery, Funeral Home & Crematorium in Eugene. In lieu of flowers, remembrances to Samaritan’s Purse.

It doesn’t mention his having built his own RV-6 and was very active giving rides and introducing a great many people to sport aviaion. He was a great guy and good friend to a bunch of people.

December meeting Minutes and an invitation

The meeting was held as normal with dinner of hamburgers, hot dogs and Chili along with some wonderful apple cake from Melinda and attended by 10 members. The introduction part of the meeting was started with a short story from Tom Cunninghams’ daughter about the Notre Dame bell ringer and was really funny. Other introductions were of the normal sort and we found that Brent Henning had bagged a black bear very near his home south of Cottage Grove. The bear had been eating lots of apples and the description of handling the bear meat and the effect of an apple diet was great. Gary Ludeke advised that John Stahr had invited any interested Chapter 31 member to attend their Christmas party at 6pm Saturday Dec. 17. RSVP will be needed to plan for the food. Also they will supply the main dish of chicken, pork or shrimp with casual attire and potluck dishes > People with A – L last names should bring a dessert or appetizer and M- Z a salad, pasta dish or Veggie. There will also be a white elephant exchange with max value of $15. To confirm with John, our members need to contact John by E Mail ( jstahr@stahrdesign.com )

Old business covered was that I will contact Kaiser Metal Buildings regarding the construction of the pole building for our proposed memorial garden – John Rowell the architect advised that their engineered building would be the only thing that might be a hang up for the building inspectors at Creswell. Before spring I will plan to get the design finalized and work with Shelly to get it presented to the city for their approval. With any luck we will be able to build it this late spring and summer . New business included a discussion about using the Young Eagle program to aid with the Boy Scout Aviation Merit badge program. When I was in Colorado, my grandson invited me to his boy scout troop meeting – it was a lot of fun and really impressive to see the group of scouts and find that they had 9 Eagle scouts in their troop. Last Year their troop sponsored a Aviation merit badge trip to Calif. to a glider school and the scouts accomplished the requirements for the award. Obviously their troop wants to continue offering assistance to their members wanting a aviation merit badge & I just read that EAA has signed a letter of intent to work with the national Boy Scout officials to improve the EAA assistance with this program. On our way back from Colorado, Dee and I stopped at Hood River and I discussed the EAA / BSA possibilities with Donna at their volunteer program and found that they would be very interested in a big deal scout camp out / merit badge program at their facilities and will in the near future visit with the scout office here in Eugene to see what they think. Rusty advised that the Creswell scouts troop was also very active and would be good to include in our program. Obviously if this comes together the Hood River chapter will need some help and if we get a big response from the scouts, it could result in a big deal camp out at the WAAM facilities.

Another interesting part of our meeting with a short talk from Tom Preuss regarding Replica Fighters , kits now available, engines for these scaled down WW! – 20′ 30′ and WWII flying machines. It was interesting to see and hear about some of the really great workmanship these builders are now flying.

With no Christmas party or mid month Saturday breakfast, our next meeting will be Wednesday January 4, 2012.

Best for a very Merry Christmas and a great 2012. Bill

Minutes from 11/3/2011 Meeting

Meeting Notes November 3rd, 2011

The meeting started at 6:00 with our normal BBQ hamburgers and hot dogs, and with a large helping of  Melinda’s famous chili!

Meeting called to order at 7:05 PM by Sec./Tres. Randy Stout.  The 17 members and guests in attendance then introduced themselves and gave a brief “What exciting thing happened this last month”. President Bill Dewey will be gone until the next breakfast. Ray Morse’s grandson was a guest.

Tom Cunningham has a Rans S-12 wing and tail and 3-4 struts for sale. Contact him at       541-895-2745  tcunny@aol.com.

John Kuehl has ½ of a 172 and also a whole Porsche for sale. Contact him at 541-689-0847 or at John.kuehl@continet.com

Dave Petersen then gave a report about the Sept. 10^th YE event. We flew 31 kids and everyone had a wonderful time. His only problem was that he overbought supplies and food. That will remedy itself over the next months, but he is concerned that our breakfasts and dinners are costing more than we charge for them. We will regroup on January to decide if we need to charge more for these meals, or change the menu in order to match the costs. He is going to do a breakdown on portions so that he can speak more accurately about any changes and their effects on our costs.

Secretary Stout then brought up the Christmas party. As no one has stepped forward to lead the efforts this year, it is apparent that we will not be having a Christmas party unless President Bill Dewey (who is out of town) decides otherwise. If no party, then the regular meeting will be held on December 7^th at the clubhouse. Please check your email to see if this changes over the next few days or weeks.

There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:54 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Randall Stout
Secretary/ Treasurer kids

September Meeting

Today is Wednesday September 7th So it must be time for our September Meeting ! Dinner at 6, Meeting at 7 and We’ll do a little clean-up to get ready for Saturday’s Young Eagle Event. Hope to See you all at the Chapter Hanger.

Minutes from 6/1/2011 Meeting

Meeting Notes for June 1st, 2011
The meeting started at 6:00 with our normal BBQ hamburgers and hot
dogs, sadly without Melinda’s famous chili! Also salad and chips and
some good cookies. Still the best bargain in the area for $4
Meeting called to order at 7:05 PM by President Bill Dewey with
Sec./Tres. Randy Stout also present. The 15 members and guests in
attendance then introduced themselves and gave a brief “What exciting
thing happened this last month”. We had Brent Hennings as a guest at
the meeting.
Tom Cunningham sent around a picture of a train from Antelope Valley
that makes a complete circle during its run up a hill. He also
reported that the Antelope Valley airshow was a bit of a bust. The
winds never went below 30 and the temperature never went over 50.

Gary Ludeke reported that he is painting the rotating beacon tower at
the Oregon Aviation Historical Society at Cottage Grove. The last time
it was painted, it was lying down. Not so much this time!

The next Chapter 31 breakfast will be held on Saturday, 18th of June.

The Memorial Area plans are still progressing.  President Bill has
given up on working his way through the school of architecture to get
a student to help with the design. He and his lovely wife Dee have
gone to the library and gotten plans that they hope to modify and
submit to get the ball rolling. He will submit the plans to Shelly who
will submit them to the city and get approval from the building dept.
He has budgeted between $2000-4000 for the cost. Secretary Stout
suggested that OAHS Board member Doug Kindred ask them (OAHS) if they
would be interested in participating with us in order to use their 501
C-3 non-profit status to  help with donations. He will report back
next month.

Tim Talen at the Ragwood Refactory is also hoping to restore the 1st
airplane shot by the Japanese in Pearl Harbor, an Interstate Cadet.
The owner is confirming identity at this time.

Rusty Bartel then offered up his list of available tools to loan and
passed it around for further inclusions.

Member John Kuehl has ¼ interest in a 1956 Cessna 172 for sale. It is
a straight tail with an 0-300 engine for $7,200. Contact him at
john.kuehl@peak.org

Walt Weischedel noted that past member Len Tarantola has had a double
by-pass surgery and is recovering well. It was also noted that past
member John Bigelow’s son has passed away.

That concluded the business portion of the meeting.

There being no new business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:18 PM .
Respectfully submitted,
Randall Stout
Secretary/ Treasurer

June Meeting

Tomorrow is Wednesday, June first so it must be time for our June Meeting !
Burgers and Hot Dogs at 6, Meeting at 7. Please join us.

Phil Writer’s Celebration of Life

Phil’s Celebration of Life Service will be at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene May 29th at 3PM. Address: 477 East 40th Ave. Cross street is Donald. There will be a potluck in the social hall after the service. We are requesting that people attending the potluck who are from the area bring a small salad or main dish. There will be some food , Beverages and desert provided. Please bring your favorite Phil story or joke to share.

 Charlotte Writer