NOVEMBER 2009

NOV. 2009Newsletter

Salt River Antique PowerAssociation , Inc.

****Next Meeting

: November 19th. at

7:30 pm****

Meeting Location

We meet at the Spencer County Extension Office located at 66 Spears Drive. To get there,turn right off Hwy 155 between the Country Mart and the Citizens Union Bank on IndustrialBlvd in Taylorsville, Kentucky, go one block and turn left onto Spears Drive.

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2009 Officers President: Scott LeCompte 502-633-5030 Secretary: Teresa Scherffius 502-244-5279Vice Pres: Jim Hance 502-220-6016 Treasurer: Steve Scherffius 502-244-5279

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Additional thoughts about our meetings for new and prospective members:

Our normal meeting night is the 3rd Thursday of the months January through November.We have a Christmas party on a Friday or Saturday night in December in place of that month’s meeting.Our meetings start at 7:30 pm and usually run about one hour.In January, April, July and October, we gather at 7:00 pm for our quarterly dinner before the 7:30 Meeting.============================================================================At this month’s meeting we will be holding our annual elections for the 2010 year. You are encouraged toattend because we should actually have an election this time. As always, the nominating committee is giventhe difficult task of filling the required positions, let alone finding any extra people to run for office, but thisyear the committee has out done itself.Per a Club vote at the October, 2009 meeting, we shall elect a maximum of 7 members to the Board of Directors, and the nominating committee has come up with 9 volunteers willing to run for the office.Nominees for the Board of Directors include:Roger Cox Dave Fiehtner David Hardin Jim McCall Mark PayneTim Prather Paul Ruble Stewart Stratton Phil WorsleyThe nominating committee was not so successful in the hunt for Club Officers finding only one member torun for each of the positions. The slate for the officers includes:President; Scott LeCompte Vice President ; Jimmy HanceSecretary; Teresa Scherffius Treasurer; Steve Scherffius

It should be noted that any member in good standing may be nominated from the floor

at the time of the elections and, if they except the nomination, their name will be placed on the ballot.

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The Annual Club Christmas Party

is scheduled for Friday, December 11th at the Finchville Ruritan Club.Doors will open at 6:00pm and dinner will be served at 7:00pm. This event includes a dinner for all membersand their guests. We do require reservations for the dinner and you can make your reservations by sendingyour check for $15.00 per person, made our to the Salt River Antique Power Association, to Mary Prather atthe address listed on the form below. As you may have noticed, the Club voted to reduce the cost of theChristmas dinner from $25.00 to $15.00 since we have so many new members that might not have had achance to make the needed 6 events to qualify for the free dinner.Several people have asked if they may bring other guests, (Friends, neighbors, future members, etc.) and asalways, we definitely encourage you to include then on your list.As always, to motivate members to attend more Club events, the Club will return your check for each mem-ber that has attended at least six Club functions, (i.e. meetings, parades, shows, plow days, etc) in the pastyear. These checks will be returned only to those members that actually attend the dinner party. If yousend a check and make a reservation, but do not attend, the club will cash your check because the food hasalready been prepared for you. This rule also states that a member attending the required 6 events maybring a guest, (husband, wife, child or significant other) and that guest will enjoy a free dinner as well.Additional guests may attend for the fee of $15.00 per person, accompanied by their reservation.This years Christmas Party will include a slide show with pictures from the many events that we enjoyed thisyear as well as a door prize drawing, a lot of fine food and a chance to visit with a lot of old and new friendsthat are a part of our Club.We ask that the membership make an effort to collect door prizes from the people that they do businesswith as well as from your attic or garage. Several of our members have come up with some really beautifulhand made pieces and some have come up with very interesting gag gifts and “white elephants”.**********************************************************************************************************

2009 Christmas Party Reservations

Name _____________________________________ Phone Number ______________ Name _____________________________________ Name _____________________________________ Name _____________________________________ Name _____________________________________

Please remember to include your check for $15.00 per person withthis reservation. Also, Mary would like to have your reservation inhand by December 1st, so that the proper quantity of food, drinks,chairs and tables will be ready when we arrive.Mail this reservation to:Mary Prather3795 Little Union RoadTaylorsville, KY 40071

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Membership news:

Our Club continues to grow and is now boastinga

record 152 members

that have already signed up for 2009. As youknow, we will accept membership applications anytime throughout theyear. We will continue to keep you posted on our progress.

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Just as a reminder, dues are $15.00 for the first member in a household, and $5.00 for otherfamily members living at the same mailing address. If you want a membership application formthat you can give to prospective members, please contact Steve Scherffius at 502-244-5279 ore-mail SHS13000@aol.com. Spread the word.

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Upcoming Event:

The annual Shelbyville Christmas Parade

will be held on Saturday, December 5th, 2009. We meet atthe Shelbyville Fairgrounds at 9:00am to unload and stage for the parade. The Parade starts at 10:00am andUsually takes about one chilly hour to complete. It is always a cool ride, but well worth it to show theClub’s support for the event.============================================================================

Believe it or not, we finally had a plow day!

Our theme, “Plowing for a cure”, with all proceeds going to the Susan G Koeman Breast Cancer Researchfoundation was a great success. We had over 35 tractors in attendance and several times we counted 26tractors plowing in the field at once.We want to thank Lois and Julius Roemer (pictured on left, below) for being our Hosts for the day and thedriving force behind the project to “Plow for the Cure”. We also want to thank the Scott Travis and hisfamily for allowing us to enjoy such a beautiful valley and plow up so much ground.People started plowing early, and by lunch time we had already turned the 80 acre main field. Speaking of lunch, the Prather family (pictured on the right, below) did a fine job of serving a tasty hot lunch that includedchili, hot dogs, burgers and steak sandwiches.