February 2010

FEB. 2010Newsletter

Salt River Antique PowerAssociation , Inc.

****Next Meeting

: February 18th. 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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2010 Officers President: Scott LeCompte 502-633-5030 Secretary: Teresa Scherffius 502-244-5279Vice Pres: Jimmy 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.============================================================================

Our sympathy

goes out to several of our members that are in poor health. Bobby Harrod was diagnosedwith cancer of the esophagus. Marvin Maser had eye surgery to repair a retina and is now reported to bedoing well. Duncan LeCompte continues to have some good days and some that are not so good.============================================================================This month’s feature is on John Moody pictured plowing with his Alice Chalmers. We got to know John lastsummer when we worked together helping toget things set up for Robert Yount’s show. Johnhas lots of interesting stories and he really en- joys plowing, harvesting, and most all of theother things you can do on the farm with a trac-tor. John’s family is behind him one hundred percent.There is John’s wife Betty, son Wyatt (W.K.),Wyatt’s wife Kim, and two grandchildren,Patrick and Krystin. The whole family has joined our Club to help John share in the fun.

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Our club has a lot to accomplish in the next three months to get ready for our FOURTH ANNUALANTIQUE POWER EQUIPMENT SHOW that is scheduled for the first Saturday in June. Dave Fiehtner, oneof our new Board members and the Chairman of the June Show Event, has already put a lot of work intoplaning. Dave will have a list of

opportunities

for those members interested in pitching in and helpingwhere they can. Steve and I have worked with Dave in the past years and we have had a lot of fun and alsodeveloped a lot of new friends in the process. For us it is an opportunity. I am sure that there will be some-thing for all interested parties to do, so DO NOT miss this meeting. Your thoughts and comments are of great value in getting this show off the ground.

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Upcoming events:

Our Tractor Pull Team,

headed up by Jimmy Hance, has planned a full schedule of events for this 2010pulling season starting with the first pull at the Shelby County Fair Grounds on April 3rd. This event will beheld regardless of the weather because they now can hold pulls inside or outside. Our pulling team has joined together with the Central Kentucky Pullers to put on 13 events for the year. All pulls will be listed onour Club web sight at www.saltriverantiquepower.com. By the way, there is a lot of very useful informationon this sight, so check it out. It will keep you in the know. Also, say thanks to Misty Jewel when you see herfor all the work that she does to keep this site up and running.

Mount Washington

is having their spring fair on May 8th with a parade and street festival. We will havedetails on the time and exact location for setup in the near future. Last year our Club had our wagon andabout 15 tractors. The display parking was fine and we got a lot of exposure for the Club.

Henry County

is having their annual

“Relay for Life”

event on May 22nd at the Henry County fairgrounds.

Robert Yount

is planning his annual

“Antique Farm Equipment Show”

August 26th through the 29th.This is a show you will not want to miss. There will be working saw mills, Steam tractors running all kinds of farm equipment, work animals demonstrating how things were done before the tractor was commonplaceand of course, there will be a tractor pull on that Saturday night. Robbie has fine food, live entertainment,and a collection of tractors and friends that make this an event for the whole family.

Roger Brown

is planning his annual Tractor drive and games for Saturday the 4th of September. The eventwill start at 10:00 at Roger Brown’ farm. Lunch will be served before the tractor drive which is planned tostart at 1:30pm. The drive will cover about 15 miles through some very scenic back roads and end up back at Roger’s place about 3:00pm. This will be Roger’s third annual drive, and it should be lots of fun. This isplanned as a club event, so bring the family and join in.

Waddy, Kentucky

is planning a Labor Day parade. Details are sketchy at this point, but we will have moreas the time gets closer.

Families like the Moodys are what give our Club real meaning in preserving a piece of history and demon-strating family values.

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Membership news:

2009 proved to be the best year ever in terms of total membership. As you know, January is the time to get your dues in for the upcoming year, so see the Treasurer at the meeting or feelfree to mail your dues to: Steve Scherffius13000 S Pope Lick Rd.Louisville, KY 40299-4600If you do mail your dues to us, please include the name, address, phone number, and e-mail address if youhave it, for each member you are signing up. As always, we will accept membership applications anytimethroughout the year. We will keep you posted on our progress.And, just as a reminder, dues are $15.00 for the first member in a household, and $5.00 for other familymembers living at the same mailing address. If you want a membership application form that you can give toprospective members, please contact Steve Scherffius at 502-244-5279 or e-mail SHS13000@aol.com.============================================================================

Ladies, this section is for you!

A group of ladies met to discuss the possibility of forming a LadiesAuxiliary within the Tractor Club. The Auxiliary could support, help and assist the club in their activities aswell as establish a social network that would provide an opportunity for us to get to know one another bet-ter. Many ladies already do a lot for the Club on an individual and family basis and this might give themadded support and encouragement as well.The actual structure of this organization is open to suggestion, but for now, they are attempting to get a feelfor your interest and your ideas. Two project ideas include continued help on the June Show as well as thedevelopment of a 2010 fundraiser for the Club or other worthy cause.This is where they need your help! There are 54 female members in our Club. Your thoughts on groupstructure, projects, social networking and your general interest in such an organization would be a greatbenefit in developing an arm of the Club that would be of value to the Club and to you.Please answer the following questionnaire and return it to: Janet Cox or Lois Roemer212 Valleyview Dr. 9810 Somerford Rd.Fisherville, KY 40023 Louisville, KY 40242Would you have an interest in such a group? ______ Would you be willing to be a leader for this organized group of ladies? ______ Would you be willing to help with some activities for the June Show such as the Fish Fry or registration? ___ Would you consider organizing a fund raiser such as a Tractor Club Cook Book, or quilt raffle? ______ (Feel free to give us other suggestions for fund raiser activities.)Would you consider organizing an exhibit such as a quilt or tool exhibit for tractor shows or functions? ____ Your thoughts and ideas are very important to us and we hope that you will take the time to consider thesequestions and share your insights.