Big Bird is Sunday, September 18.

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1 AMA Chapter #755 September Newsletter of the Pekin RC Club Big Bird is Sunday, September 18. Officers PRESIDENT Denny Baker Set up is Saturday, September 17 around 9:00 AM. It should take us about a hour, so bring your planes and fly after we setup. Donna VICE PRESIDENT Wayne Hood SECRETARY TREASURER Jim Roach Appointments WEBMASTER Curtis Colburn EVENTS Donna Smith SAFETY Denny Baker MAINTENANCE/GROUNDS Chris Leibel PUBLIC RELATIONS Curtis Colburn EDITOR Dennis Shoemaker The next meeting of the Pekin RC Club is Saturday, September 17 6:30 PM at the Hermon D Lowery Field

2 President Denny Baker Hi Everyone, It s September and time for the Big Bird. This is our first year without Hermon, so we want to make this event a success to honor his memory. Hermon loved all large airplanes but warbirds were his passion. Please help support your club, lend a hand and have some fun. We need suggestions on events after the Big Bird and where we can have our winter meetings. See you at the meeting. Denny 2

3 It s starting to get light later and dark earlier. Summer is gone and fall is here. I didn't fly as much as I wanted to this summer but I had a lot of different things away from the field I had to take care of this summer. I still hope to get as much flying in this fall as i can. Vice President Wayne Hood Big Bird is coming up next Sunday. Any members that can help would be appreciated. If you have any planes, helicopters, drones or misc RC equipment that you want to bring to the Big Bird and set along the fence for sale that would be fine. Wayne Hood 3

4 Minutes from the August 20 th 2016 Meeting Welcome by Vice President Wayne Hood Secretary/Treasurer Jim Roach Motion to accept the July 2016 Minutes as published in the August 2016 Newsletter was made by Curtis Colburn, 2 nd by Bill Bradburn. Motion carried. Motion to accept the July 2016 Treasurer Report as published in the August 2016 Newsletter was made by Bill Swearinger, 2 nd by Joey Jacobson. Motion carried. There were 18 club members present at the meeting. Discussions: Jim Roach reported the club received $52 from the 50/50 drawing at the breakfast fly-in. Also all food was donated by various club members. Thanks to Chris Leibel for cooking the meat and setup and teardown, and to Wayne Hood for the scrambled eggs. Also thanks to Chris for filling the cracks with tar and filling the pothole in the driveway. Wayne Hood reported the shed was left unlocked and the keys that are normally in the lock-box were left on the roller outside the shed. He reminds us the shed contains our most valuable assets and we need to keep the shed secured. Old Business: None New Business: None. Events: The early work to get ready for the Big Bird Event is going as planned. Setup for the event will be the Saturday before. Chris Leibel reported the trees have been trimmed and he has cleaned both the mowers. Safety: None. Guests / New Members: None. 50 / 50 Raffle: Joey Jacobson won half the $23 in the raffle. He donated $11.50 to the mower fund. Thanks Joey. Motion to adjourn was made by Donna Smith and 2 nd by Tim Foster. Motion carried. 4

5 Donna and Mike were in Harrison, Ohio with the Cincinnati Aeromodelers for their World War 1 Event in July. About 40 pilots attended the event. Thanks to Donna for sending in the pictures. 5

6 Thanks to Moe for this blast from the past. An article from the July, 1999 Pekin RC Club newsletter 17 years ago. It tells the story of Hermon s maiden flight of his giant C-47. If any members have old newsletters with interesting articles..send them in and I ll use them from time to time. Ed. 6

7 ...and here s something from 42 years ago the Pekin RC Club was represented at the National Multiwing RC Championships in Omaha. Hermon is quoted and Jack came home with a trophy. 7

8 Now back to this century. 8

9 THE SERVO is the monthly newsletter of the Pekin RC Club, AMA Chapter#755, Allentown Rd. Mackinaw, IL