March 2010

MARCH, 2010Newsletter

Salt River Antique PowerAssociation , Inc.

****Next Meeting

: March 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.============================================================================

Spring is close at hand

and there are a lot of events and activities coming up. So Check you News Letterand also please check the Club’s web sight for the latest information.============================================================================Two generations of the Morris family are pictured here enjoying a fine day at the Marian Bishoff farm withtheir John Deere tractor. Father RalphMorris does the driving while son GaryMorris watches to make sure that theOliver plow is running at just the rightdepth.Our Club continues to become moreand more of a family affair with mem-bers Ralph Morris and his wife Helenas well as son Gary Morris and his wifeNina. As always, it is both interestingand informative to visit with the Morrisfamily especially if you want to learnmore about the workings of the Oliverplow.

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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 Friday and Saturday in June. DaveFiehtner, one of our new Board members and the Chairman of the June Show Event, has already put a lot of work into planing. Dave will have a list of

opportunities

for those members interested in pitching in andhelping where they can. Steve and I have worked with Dave in the past years and we have had a lot of funand also developed a lot of new friends in the process. For us it is an opportunity. I am sure that there willbe something for all interested parties to do, so DO NOT miss this meeting. Your thoughts and commentsare 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. Our pulling team has joined together with the Central Kentucky Pullers to put on 13 eventsfor the year. All pulls will be listed on our Club web sight at www.saltriverantiquepower.com. By the way,there is a lot of very useful information on this sight, so check it out. It will keep you in the know. Also, saythanks to Misty Jewel when you see her for all the work that she does to keep this site up and running.The first 5 tractor pulls for the 2010 season will be held at the Shelby County Fair Grounds on:March 18th, April 3, May 1, June 5, and June 21. So come out to pull, help out or just watch.If you have any questions on the pulls, please call Jimmy Hance and he will have all of the details.

We are planning a Plow Day

at Yount’s Farm on Saturday, April 10th, as weather permits. We are alsoplanning a plow day at the Travis farm again as weather permits. The target dates are Saturdays in late Marchthrough April. We will just have to keep you posted and Scott LeCompte will post the information to youre-mail if you are on his list, or you may call Scott at 502-321-0060.

The Tractor Supply

in LaGrange is hosting a tractor show and display on Saturday, April 10th from9:00am to 3:pm. You may contact Gene Crady at for more Details. 502-592-0341.

The Dairy Queen

in LaGrange is hosting a tractor show on Saturday, April 24th from 11:00am to 4:00pm,but you are welcome to come and go as you want to. They block off the whole lot for us and there will besome good food for the participants. So come and enjoy the fun. You may contact Gene Crady for the de-tails. 502-592-0341.

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. William Potts is our contact for the details and his number is 502-220-0431.

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More Upcoming events:

The Campbellsville, KY

Parade will be held at 10:00 on July 4th, 2010. Contact David Harden with anyquestions at 502-836-5621.

The Salt River Antique Power Association’s Tractor Show

will be held on June 4th and 5th at theShelby County Fair Grounds. Dave Fiehtner is the Chairman of the show and his number is 502-647-6065.

The Oldham County days

and parade will be held on July 17th. There is a new requirement for this yearthat each participant must fill our a registration form to be in the parade. You can get the form by callingDoreen Goodwin at 502-222-9898 or 502-262-3420. For those that do not want to participate in theparade, but would like to show their tractor, you may go directly to the History Center grounds.

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. Pat Hargadon will be our contact.============================================================================

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.============================================================================