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FLYING FARMER March/April 2015 Volume 69, Number 2

2015 IFF WorkshopNavarre, FL

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March 20155-7 – Iowa/Missouri Convention20-22 – Kansas Convention -- Hyatt Regency Wichita, 400 West Waterman,Wichita, KS 67202. Phone 316-293-1234. Reservations: https://resweb.passkey.com/go/KSFlyFarm

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2015 Calendar of Events

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March/April 2015

International Flying Farmer(ISSN 0020-675X)

Vol. 69 – March/April 2015 – No.2

The official publication of and published by:International Flying Farmers, Inc.

P.O. Box 309Mansfield, Illinois 61854

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Patricia L. Amdor..........................Office Manager Patricia L. Amdor.......................................Editor

IFF OFFICERS 2014-2015

President Burl Scherler (Cathy)21899 County Road 59Sheridan Lake, CO 81071(719) 729-3367(719) 729-3312 faxemail: [email protected]

Vice President Wayne Wilderman (Terry)Box 220Blackie, AB T0L 0J0 Canada(403) 684-3611(403) 684-3329 faxemail: [email protected]

Treasurer Zelda Thorp Lewis818 Milan Ave.Joliet, IL 60435(815) 740-6417(815)-740-6417 faxemail: [email protected]

Secretary Alex Knox (Lisa)881 N. Oxford Ln.Chandler, AZ 85225(480) 963-2949email: [email protected]

Past President Wendell Rust (Joyce)7817 E. County Line Rd.Bourbon, IN 46504(574) 646-3705(574) 646-3115 faxemail: [email protected]

IFF Queen Colette PierceBox 7Miniota, MB R0M 1M0 Canada(204) 568-4651email: [email protected]

IFF Duchess Rosella Bjornson52111 Range Rd. 223Sherwood Park, AB T8C 1A6 Canada(780) 922-4918email: [email protected]

SPECIAL FEATURES

8 IFF Queen’s Reception)10 2015 IFF Workshop18 Florida Snowbird Fly-In20 IFF President’s Day22 Bahama Hop 201527 Airport Brat28 2015 IFF Convention31 IFF Duchess Day41 2015 IFF Convention Registration Form

REPORTS

4 President 6 Duchess5 Queen 7 Farmerette

DEPARTMENTS

2 Calendar of Events 32 ‘Round the Regions27 Conventions 40 Memorial

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President’s Report

By Burl ScherlerHeartland Flying Farmer

We have enjoyed the companyof a lot of Flying Farmers sincemy last article. We had a niceflight with a good tailwind as weflew our 210 to the Melton,Florida airport to attend the IFFWorkshop at Navarre Beach. InMelton we were able to top offour plane with the leastexpensive Avgas we havebought in many years. We paid$3.50 per gallon.

Wendell Rust met Cathy and meat the Melton Airport and led usto their hangar to put 2028S tobed. What hospitality. Joel andTina Wharton landed just afterwe arrived so we all werepromptly whisked off to the BestWestern Hotel in Navarre Beach.The weather didn’t offer as muchhospitality as our hosts. It wascool and cloudy and we had avery low overcast for a lot of thetime we were there. Wendell andJoyce Rust did a great job ofplanning the workshop andbringing it to fruition. Theagriculture tours were

outstanding and the speakerswere very well versed in theirparticular areas. As we wereleaving a University of Floridaresearch farm, I saw this on theirboard: “It isn’t the farm thatmakes the farmer. It’s the love,hard work and character”. Ourcolorful tour guide at the NavalAir Museum had actually flownmany of the planes in themuseum. He flew the old piston-powered planes all the way upto fighter jets. He was able toadd interesting insight aboutwhy the planes were chosen tobe in the museum. One of thebanquet speakers told us he flewfor a charter service called AtlasAir. He spoke of piloting a 747full of roughnecks every twoweeks from Houston, Texas tothe oil fields of West Africa tooperate the drilling rigs there.Two weeks later he would takemore roughnecks to the oil fieldand pick up the roughnecks hehad flown there the previous theflight before. Now that is a longcommute. He also said thatflying a cargo of horses to Asiain a 747 was more of a challengethan the roughnecks.

Prior to the IFF Workshop ourIFF Queen Colette had a verynice reception in an outdoorpavilion overlooking the bay.

Thanks for the great job Colletteand Ken.

After the workshop, we had towait an extra day for theweather to clear before we coulddepart for Fort Pierce, ourstarting point for the Bahamastour. We were blessed with clearskies and smooth air and a goodaerial tour of most of Florida.The Bahamas trip had a groupof seven airplanes and 14people. Two of the couples werenew IFF members who joinedIFF just to go on the tour. Thenext morning we donned our lifejackets and put the life raft inthe plane and took off to thesoutheast for the longest overwater leg of only about fiftymiles to Grand Bahama Island.Our 210 must not have noticedall the water because I didn’thear any of the strange soundsthe engine usually makes whentraveling over water or roughterrain! We turned east and flewover Grand Bahamas Island andthen hopped over a short stretchof water to Abaco Island. Westayed there for three nights.Then it was on to NorthEluthera where we were met bya local farmer. Bahamianagricultural officials also took thetour where we visited severallocal farms. We saw vegetables,

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Queen’s Report

By Colette PierceManitoba Flying Farmer

First and foremost, thank you tothe Rust’s for organizing thehugely successful 2015workshop. Foggy weatherwasn’t enough to “dampen” IFFenthusiasm! For sure, thedaytrips left us all “buzzing”!! Iwas glad that many of you cameearly to attend my reception.Following workshop, 5 flyingfarmers planes, (and 2 non),flew with Caribbean Sky Toursto the Bahamas. By the end ofthe trip the two non flyingfarmer planes joined IFF.

Here’s an idea . . .If anyone inyour family has a birthday orother special occasion comingup why not buy them an IFFmembership? Buy one for yourAME! Encourage your localaviation or ag businesses to join.Over the years Flying Farmershave supported local businessesfaithfully. Buy a membership foryour flying club president, or foranyone you know who is “planenuts.” It will give them a chance

to see what our organization isabout. We need new membersto help our amazing organizationgrow and prosper.

As for the Bahamas trip itself, Ididn’t know that so manybeautiful shades of blue waterexisted.

Sir Redcap Ken and I have a busyyear l ined up. We will beattending conventions inAlberta, Manitoba, Mid-Atlantic,Minnkota, Montana,Saskatchewan and Ontario. Kenwill attend the North WestAviation Conference in Puyallup,Washington near the end ofFebruary.

We will be spending the rest ofthe winter in Osoyoos, BC untilearly April. When we returnhome Ken will be busy gettingpastures ready for the CustomGraze Cows that will be comingin May. I will resume my nursingfoot care business, and will seedsome lettuce in my littlegreenhouse. I sow successivesmall crops of lettuce until midsummer for continuous freshlettuce.

With chapter conventionsstarting up soon, new queenswill be crowned. It would bewonderful to get ladies who

have never had the pleasure ofbeing Queen before. They willget plenty of support from theirlocal sisters, you are never farfrom advice. Please send meyour new queen’s name and infoas I will need to contact them.

Happiness and Health to all in2015

time. When I completedUniversity, I found a job as aFlight Instructor to build upmore time. I also completed theMulti Rating and InstrumentRating while instructing. WhenI had the required time for anATP – I wrote the exams. I thenapplied to all the Airlines inCanada and was accepted by asmall airline in 1973 to fly an F-28 as a First Officer. That wasthe beginning of a long andwonderful career. In 1980, Ichecked out on the Boeing 737and flew it around NorthAmerica for 24 years.

If a young person has a goal andworks towards that goal, theycan accomplish great andwonderful things.

Wishing all of you Blue Skies andTailwinds

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Duchess’s Report

By Rosella BjornsonAlberta Flying Farmer

Bill and I are enjoying thesunshine in Southern Arizonaand will return to Alberta byApril 1. Hopefully the weatherwill be improving in Alberta bythen so we can fully enjoyDuchess Day on April 10 andattend the Alberta Flying FarmerConvention in Calgary.

I would like to remind everyoneto look at the IFF Awards andScholarships that were listed inthe Jan/Feb IFF Magazine. If youare eligible or know of someonein your family that can takeadvantage of the awards, makesure they know about them andget their applications in on time.The Flying Farmers do aremarkable job of promotingaviation. Flight training andCollege are very expensive thesedays and it certainly is a helpfor students to have some extramoney to use towards thetraining or upgrades. The IFFMemorial Scholarship Award forCollege Completion; The Gift ofFlight Award and the Land it

Scholarship are worthconsidering. If you havecompleted any upgrades ordone an APT ride be sure andfill in the application for a FlightAchievement Awards.

During my career as a FlightInstructor and then as an AirlinePilot, I recognized theadvantages of recurrent training.The APT Program is a way tokeep current because it makes apilot review very importantsafety items. I retired from theairlines ten years ago and I knowhow easy it is to forget the smalldetails. There were some basicimportant lessons I learnedflying the Boeing 737 for 24years– always check theweather; always file a flight planor flight notification; always doa preflight check of the aircraft;always use a checklist; alwayshave an alternate plan of action;know your aircraft and allemergency procedures. It isamazing how the size of theaircraft does not matter – pilotshave the same responsibilities.We all want to continue flyingso it is worth the effort to keepcurrent.

My other project is encouragingmore women to fly. Growing upin a Flying Farmer family waswonderful; I just assumed thatI would be a pilot like my Dad.

Mom and Dad surprised me withflying lesson when I wasseventeen. Now 18,000 hourslater, I am still flying. I love toget in my Cessna 170 and takeoff. Learning to fly can bechallenging but it is not difficult.There is a lot of information thathas to be learned but that is partof the challenge. I think toomany women just assume theycannot do it because it looks socomplicated. The Landitprogram is a good way to getstarted. It teaches the basics ofhandling an aircraft and a personcan see if they are reallyinterested or not. So any ladyout there who is hesitatinglearning to fly should try theLandit program first and if theywant to continue, they cancomplete the Private Pilottraining.

I also like to encourage youngpeople to consider a career inaviation. I knew that I wantedto be an Airline Pilot when I wasquite young so I had a goal towork towards. I knew that as awoman, I would have to be wellqualified so I chose to go toUniversity to complete a degree(companies are impressed witha college education). During thesummers, I completed theCommercial Pilots License andInstructors Rating and flew myDad’s Cessna 170 to build up my

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Farmerette’s Report

By Reilly ShoreKansas Flying Farmer

Hello everybody! Is it just me,or is it crazy that it’s alreadyFebruary? This year alreadyseems to be going by way tofast! Since you’ve last heard fromme, I’ve turned 16! I don’t feelany older, but the one thing Idid feel was the swats mygrandpa jokingly gave me.

School is going pretty good, andmy grades are staying up. Ithink a lot of the teachers aregetting tired of the studentsthough. I have 2 Agricultureclasses this semester, and theyboth are super easy! PlantScience is the more difficult ofthe two. We have to memorizeand identify 60 different plantseeds – Noxious Weeds,Restricted Weeds, Grain Crops,Legumes, and Forage crops. The7 different wheat varieties arealmost impossible for me toidentify. Our Ag instructor keepstelling me and the 4 people Istudy with, that we are probablythe only contest material in thewhole class, which feels prettynice because we almost have 30kids in that class. Animal ScienceIII has been a cake walk. I love

animals, and I’ve learned a lotof the material over the yearson my own. We mostly work outof the books, and we’re allowedto use our notes and stuff forthe tests, so it ’s almostimpossible to have a bad gradein there. We had our chapterValentine’s Day party and wehad a good turnout. Recently Ialso bought 2 more 4-H calveswhich makes the number in mypen three. I purchased Elvis, abig 1,005 pound ¾ Angus, ¼Hereford steer off of wheatpasture that looks exactly like aHereford, but with black insteadof red. So far he’s only been tiedup twice and he’s proving to bethe smartest and gentlest of thebunch. The 2nd calf was a BlackAngus heifer, named Priscillawho weighs around 600. She’scrazy. That’s all you can reallysay about her. She’s been tiedup twice also, and nearly tearsthe fence down. We’re hopingshe gets her act together, buttime and a lot of work will tell!

We had our chapter Valentine’sDay party and we had a goodturnout. Our Kansas Stateconvention is coming up onMarch 20th-22nd (during ourspring break) in Wichita. It’sgoing to be great to seeeveryone there! That’s not veryfar off from now. Also, thissummer is going to have a big

monumental landmark in mylife. I’m leaving home for 10days, riding a bus packed full ofother 4-H kids I’ve never metbefore from across our state, allthe way to Washington D.C. It’ssupposed to be a veryeducational trip, and it will alsoteach us leadership skills thatwe’re to take back to our localprograms and put to use. I’mexcited to see the nation’s capital,being that I’m a big history buff.The downside is, I won’t beanywhere near my family for 10days, and around people I don’tknow. I’ll make friends, and havean enjoyable time, but I’ll besuper homesick! I’ll be writingabout it! I hope to see you allat our state convention, and Iwish you all safe travels!

Don’t forget to makeyour nominationsfor Man of the Year,Woman of the Yearand AirportOperator of theYear!


Special Feature

IFF Queen’s Reception

by Karen BraddIllinois Flying Farmer

Queen’s Day at InternationalFlying Farmers Workshop inNavarre, FL on January 12,2015.

Eighty Flying Farmers joinedQueen Colette Pierce in anoutdoor reception near thebeach for an afternoon of wineand coffee with cheeses, snacksand fruits in an adorably

decorated pavilion which shecalled “shabby chic!” Friendsfrom all over Canada and theUnited States spent a wonderfulbut cool and foggy afternoon ina reunion-like atmospherereminiscing and sharing of

adventures and catching up oneach other and those absentees.All this camaraderie took placeamid aerial charts hanging fromthe ceiling and a gift table withbeautiful flowers and adecorative chest holding hertiaras. Redcap Ken entertainedthe men with Manitoba chartsand flying exploits of their area.The area around him was

constantly busy for three hours.The local paper interviewedQueen Colette and PresidentBurl Scherler as well as manyindividual flying farmers. This

Lto R: IFF Past President Wendell Rust, IFF Secretary Alex Knox, IFF Vice PresidentWayne Wilderman, IFF Queen Colette Pierce, IFF President Burl Scherler, IFF Trea-surer Zelda Lewis.

Redcap Ken Pierce watches VirgilShultz mark his hometown on the map

Charts hang from the rafters as flyingfarmers visit during the IFF Queen’sReception

Redcap Ken and IFF Queen Colette Pierce

IFF Queen Colette and Redcap Ken pre-pare the refreshments for the reception


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Navarre Press interview L to R: WayneWilderman, reporter Ashley Varese, BurlScherler, Colette Pierce

wonderful afternoon was theperfect start to a great workshopwith warm hearts abounding.

Opening BBQ

Following the IFF Queen’sReception, Workshop was kick-started with a cookout ofhamburgers, hotdogs, veggies,beans, chips and condimentscatered by Alphy’s restaurant.

After Flying Farmers enjoyed thecookout in the pavilionbeachside, we learned aboutNavarre and the barrier islandswhose purpose is to absorbstorm shock. Santa Rosa Islandin front of Navarre is only 2blocks wide but is 42 miles long. The only two bridges that crossover to the island are here andat Pensacola. It is also the siteof the longest pier in Florida.

Gulf Island National SeashorePark is located on the island andis the home of salt marshes, liveoaks, maritime forests and

L to R: Anita Meyer, Gordon & Velda Beidler and George Conard receive food beingserved by Jeannine Klotz and Joyce Rust

Jeannine Klotz serves beans to BurlScherler as Joyce Rust watches in thebackground.

L to R: Kay Berghaus, Ed VanderKolk, Jack Jenkinson, Bob Lutes, Don & Judy Jacobs,Colleen Travis and Florence Lutes enjoy the cookout and conversation.

magnolias. The area is tracedback thousands of years to earlyIndians. It was the home of fiveforts. 21.5 million hand-madebricks were used in building FortPickens. Their ceilings couldnot be flat as they had to support10 feet of sand above withcannons on top of that. Themost famous Indian held captiveat Ft. Pickens was Geronimo.

The park is the home of aplethora of wildlife including fourvarieties of sea turtles on theendangered list. It is a haven forbird nesting areas for 260

varieties of birds. The ospreyfishing bird of prey is just oneof the examples.

In 2004 and 2005 hurricaneswashed the roads away on theisland. They were reopened in2009 and Ft. Pickens is a majortourist area today. This bird,beach and sea life is set asidefor future generations in this wildand remote area. It’srecreational and historicalsignificance is and hopefully willremain a masterpiece of naturefor all to enjoy and learn from.


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2015 IFF Workshop

by Joan LieberKansas Flying Farmer

Palm Tree or Dolphin

Were you a palm tree or adolphin? There were two tourbuses at the Navarre BeachWorkshop, and those on the firstbus Tuesday were on the “palmtree schedule” – the dolphin’sschedule was slightly different.

We all saw lots of palm trees asthe buses traversed through a

forest of palms in PensacolaBeach enroute to the NationalNaval Aviation Museum. Aknowledgable guide relatedmany tales about the historicaircraft on display, then welearned how the Blue Angelstrained at the iMax presentationof ‘The Magic of Flight.” Afterlunch, we were free to explorethe fabulous museum.

L to R: Don Apple, Harold Sindt and BobLutes check out one of the Navy planes

Above Velda Beidler stays outside a BlueAngels plane while Gordon Beidler sits inthe cockpit below.

L to R: Gene Shore & Wendell Rust visitat the National Naval Aviation Museum

On the bus and ready to start a day of touring


A group of Flying Farmers listen to a docent at the National Naval Aviation Museum

Back to the bus where a guidestepped on in Pensacola to tellus about the historic city. Somehistory, sites and sights:

· First founded in 1559,Pensacola was the firstsettlement in thecontinental United States,but it only lasted twoyears; it was again settledin 1698, and this time itlasted.

· Five flags have flown overthe city – Spanish,French, British, Americanand Confederate.

· The narrow streets, tinycottages and small yardsof the 1810 “ColonialVillage” were especiallyinteresting.

· Andrew Jackson defeatedfirst the British, then theSpanish (1814-1818),and signed the treatygiving Florida to theUnited States in 1819. In1821, he becameFlorida’s first governor.

· As we drove past acemetery (with fencedgraves), we learned partof it was under thepavement we weretraveling on.

· John Wesley Hardin,outlaw, breathed his lastin Pensacola.

· Some cities have paintedcows or horses;Pensacola has paintedpelicans.

The guide on the bus talksabout the sites in Pensacola.

· We even saw elephants!A circus was setting up,hence the pachyderms.

After an interesting tour, the“palm trees” and later the“dolphins” rode back across theIntercoastal Waterway to theNavarre Beach Best Western forthe evening activities.

NJ Flying Farmers L to R: Laura & BobBoyer and George & Judy Conard enjoyice cream after dinner at Alphy’s

L to R: Cathy Scherler, Noreen Carley,Pat Clapper, Doris Shultz

Peanuts, Bees and Trees

Whee! How do you adequatelycover a farm tour cram packedwith interesting information?You start at the beginning. Thefirst stop Wednesday morningwas the Santa Rosa County

L to R: Willy Teller, Zelda Lewis & AlexKnox visit after dinner at Alphy’s.


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Extension Office wherepersonnel that had coordinatedthe tour stepped on the buses.The first thing they did was tohand out snack bags of peanuts(complete with the Heart Healthyseal), and you knew it was goingto be an outstanding day!

Peanuts and cotton are theprinciple crops of the area, withpeanuts the most profitable.They work together well inrotation, with two years of cottonfollowed by a year of thenitrogen fixing peanuts. Cottonfarmers especially appreciateGMO/BT genetics as they lowerthe number of sprayingapplications needed from fifteento one, a major reduction onchemical usage, hence 99% ofthe cotton planted is GMO. Othertraditional crops in Santa RosaCounty are soybeans, (soft)wheat and corn (gotta havethose grits!)

A less traditional crop is pinetrees for paper pulp, poles andtimber. Part of caring for thetrees is proscribed burning every3 to 5 years; it helps controlinvasive plant species. Strangely,the fire also helps some animals;it aids wiregrass, fodder for thegopher turtle, and the animals

that use the burrows dug by theturtles.

The sign in front of the FloridaResearch Center states: “It isn’tthe farm that makes the farmer,it’s the love, hard work, andcharacter”. We appreciated thesentiment, and the personnelwho took the time to tell abouttheir projects. One told of the

turf grass developed for the1,300 golf courses and baseballfields in Florida, and anotherdemonstrated a gristmill thatused fine sieves for cornmealand coarser ones for grits. Laterat lunch, we had mullets dippedin cornmeal before frying, andcheese grits, both from theresearch center.

Definitely a less traditionallivestock enterprise was the C &C Honey Farm, which specializesin selling queen bees. Prior to“The Hurricane”, they had 700hives, now they are back up to250, gradually increasing to fullcapacity. They raise 500-600queens a year, selling them allover North America to thosewho need new queens to assurea non-Africanized addition to

Flying Farmers at C & C Honey Farm

The grist mill produces corn meal & grits


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their hives. Several bottles ofhoney made it onto the bus tokeep the sacks of grits company.

Brief stops were made atGabbert Farm (restored antiquetractors, 1930-40’s John Deereparts store and farmhouse), andalso an implement shed wherepeanut harvesters and cotton

L to R: Florence Lutes & Jeannine Klotzlook at tools at the Gabbert Farm

L to R: Burl Scherler, Don Apple &Sylvia Murphy check out the farmmachinery at the Gabbert Farm

A John Deere toy collectionat Gabbert Farm

Don Apple cracks a nut

pickers were stored; not manyof the farmers on board hadthose machines!

The last stop was PanhandleGrowers where ornamentallandscape trees are grown forthe wholesale market. Whenthey were established in 1986,most of their trees went toDisney World. They currentlyhave 75,000 trees on 330 acreswith 15-18 tree types; 25% arelive oak, next are crepe myrtle(called “crepe murder” after toodrastic pruning), then holly andmagnolia. One new term forsome people was “litigationtrees”; some cities requiredevelopers to replace treesdestroyed by parking lots, etc.Those living in droughty areaswere impressed with the 66 inchannual rainfall, until we learnedthey lost over 4,000 trees in last

Twisted Pens andProficient Pilots

Both evening meals were at acatfish house, but neitherdelicious meal featured fins; onemeat had cackled and the othermooed!

On Tuesday evening, we weregiven “twisted pens” with avariety of shapes, from fish,flamingos and turtles to palmtrees, hearts and guitars, all ina variety of colors. They werefashioned by the Careers Classof the Navarre High School andwere such a hit that severalFlying Farmers bought additionalpens. We also received uniqueand useful favors (luggagehandle covers, airplane shapedluggage tags, and microwave

spring’s flood. We EasternKansans were aghast that theygrew and sold Eastern RedCedar, a species that can overrunand ruin our native tall grasspastures.

It is always interesting to learnabout agriculture in another partof North America, and as oneFlying Farmer commented, “Thatwas the best farm tour ever.” Weagree!

L to R: Janice & Dave Tranberg andColleen Travis enjoy coffee and

cookies after a day of tours.


popcorn) from specialmembers.

Both speakers had been inSpecial Ops for the military. OnTuesday night, Larry Rodka toldabout being a navigator for theMilitary, CIA, and StateDepartment, and his admirationfor STOL planes. Wednesdayevening’s speaker, Brian Bettsregaled us with tales of flyingdifferent birds, both fixed wingand helicopter, for the militaryand as a civilian pilot. One storyinvolved 200 head of cows hetransported to Iceland in a 747!

Wednesday evening closed witha power point presentationhonoring President Burl Scherler.Past President Wendell Rust thengave him a certificate ofappreciation featuring a gold“key” representing the key to theRust’s Navarre home; theScherlers may have the use of itfor a week’s vacation.

Dense fog hampered the journeyof some to Navarre Beach, butthe weather cleared enough forsuccessful tours. When all weredeparting on Thursday, the

Brian Betts was both entertaining and informational

heavens opened for a wateryfarewell, but that failed todampen the memories ofanother outstanding FlyingFarmer Workshop. Thanks to IFFOffice Manager Pat Amdor, andespecially to Joyce and WendellRust for all the planning, labor,and organization; it wasappreciated.

L to R: Don Apple, Terry &Wayne Wilderman

Sally Apple and Larry Dahl know theusefulness of a smart phone.

L to R: Joan Lieber, Sylvia Dion, AnitaMeyer & Marcia Thompson

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L to R: Sherry Stinchcombe, RuthLewis & Sylvia Murphy

Wendell Rust and Gene Shore seem tobe having a serious conversation


L to R: John & Noreen Carley, Burl & Cathy Scherler,Doris & Virgil Shultz, Pat & Norman Clapper

Larry Dahl, MK & Clément Dion, SK

The view from many hotel windows

Sally & Don Apple, OH

Randy Klotz, IN & Doris Shultz, IN

Jerry Brown, VT

Nevoy & Shirley Culp, IN

Noreen & John Carley, MB

Karen Bradd, IL & Judy Jacobs,Davene Brown, VT


Jack Jenkinson & Kay Berghaus, KS

Jamie McCague, ON

Sylvia & Clément Dion, SK

Ellis & Margaret Hill, AB

Florence & Bob Lutes, IN

Judy & Don Jacobs, HL

Sherry & Terry Stinchcombe, ON

Ron & Ruth Lewis, ON

Ken & Colette Pierce, MB

Joyce & Wendell Rust, IN

Cathy & Burl Scherler, HL

Virgil & Doris Shultz, IN

Gert & Ed VanderKolk, MI

Janice & Dave Tranberg, DM

Merry & Jack Vandervalk, AB


Colleen Travis, PA

Terry & Wayne Wilderman, AB

Davene Brown, VT & Colette Pierce, MB

Willy Teller, IL

L to R: Howard & Virginia Buehler and Phyllis & Darrell Lemons finally made it in timefor the final Workshop dinner after commercial airline delays.

It wouldn’t be an IFF event without ice cream. L to R: Larry & Diane Dahl and Terry& Wayne Wilderman

How many Flying Farmers can you identify by seeing the back of their heads?

IFF Queen Colette Pierce & Tina WhartonGert VanderKolk & Anita Meyer


2015 Florida Snowbird Fly-InJanuary 16 - 17, 2015

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by George ConardNew Jersey Flying Farmer

Following this year’s Navarre IFFWorkshop, IFF members andfriends pointed their planes,trains and automobiles towardthe southeast and landed inVenice where warm sunny daysafforded a respite from the coldand snow. Our hostess for thismarvelous weekend was theFlorida Chapter’s Mary Gruber,a planner par excellence.

The Rookery

The Snowbird event beganFriday afternoon with agathering at the Venice AudubonRookery, a delightful placewhere toward dusk many birdsfly in and land on an islandwithin a few feet of a viewingarea. The bird fly-in continuesas darkness sets in withshrubbery on the islandbecoming decorated much likea Christmas tree with birdsrepresenting its ornaments.

This was a marvelous sight andpure joy for any bird lover.Hostess Mary and her helpersthen set out a fine picnic supperin the Rookery’s pavilionprovided by the Florida FlyingFarmers. What a wonderfulevening it was and afterwards

everyone departed for theirrespective evening lodging.

SaturdaySaturday afternoon everyonewas invited to Art and MaryGruber’s new home at 19591Quisto St. in Venice. Their newly

built dwelling has a fullyscreened in Florida Room withenclosed pool for the very bestin southern living. Art and Maryarranged a tasty lunch for allattending who then relaxed

L to R: Dolores Green & Gert VanderKolkvisit on the lanai at Gruber’s home

L to R: Don & Barbara Leis and MaryGruber wait for the birds to arrive

The birds are beginning to roostat the Rookery

The darker it gets, the more birds arrive(note all the white spots in the trees)

L to R: Judy Conard, Davene Brown &Jim Meyer relax on Mary’s comfy sofa


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L to R: Judy Conard, Doris Shultz, Pat Amdor, Florence Lutes & Karen Bradd enjoythe sun and visit near the covered pool in Gruber’s lanai.

Flying Farmers gather around the food L to R: Alex Knox, Davene Brown, Doris &Virgil Shultz, Zelda Lewis, Pat Clapper, Bob Finley, Norman Clapper, Dolores Green.Seated: Jerry Brown

either in the house or itsadjoining Florida room. Manythanks go to Art and Mary foropening up their home to FlyingFarmers from across the U.S.and Canada. Attending wereDon & Sally Apple. Pat Amdor,Karen Bradd, Davene & JerryBrown, Norm & Pat Clapper,

Judy & George Conard, Jim &Jane Farrell, Bob Finley w/Dolores Green, Art & MaryGruber, Alex Knox, Don &Barbara Leis, Zelda Lewis w/Willy Teller, Bob & FlorenceLutes, Jim & Anita Meyer, Bob& Donna Miller, Kim & SylviaMurphy, Virgil & Doris Shultz,

Colleen Travis, Ed & GertVanderKolk, Jack & MerryVandervolk, and Al & BarbWadley.

Saturday Evening Dinner &the Buddy Holly Story

Later, most everyone de-campedto the Left Coast SeafoodRestaurant for a tasty dinner andthen onto the Venice LittleTheater where they enjoyed amusical production, The BuddyHolly Story. Buddy and his bandhad a meteoric, though brief,eighteen month “rock music”career that ended in a disastrouswinter plane crash near MasonCity, Iowa. Though a wintersnowstorm forecast, the band’spilot did a poor job of evaluatingthe risk for icing conditions thatnight. “The Buddy Holly Story”touched the hearts of many wholived through that time and havevivid memories of its tragicending. Buddy and his musicalgroup member the “The BigBopper” live on today in someof the rock music they createdduring the mid fifties. The showwas enjoyed by all, especiallythose who were “into” the rockmusic of that era. The eveningended on a high note and nicelywrapped up this year’s FloridaSnowbird Fly-In weekend.


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2015 IFF President Burl Scherler’s Day

by Cathy ScherlerHeartland Flying Farmer

International Flying FarmersPresident Burl Scherler washonored on February 20 duringthe Heartland Flying Farmersand Ranchers 11th AnnualConvention that was heldFebruary 20 – 22, 2015 atAlliance, Nebraska.

Members from several chapterswere present at the Banquet.Among the dignitaries whoattended were: IFF Region 6Director Bill Bunger and his wifeMargaret. His wife and personalphotographer Cathy Scherlerwas there. Burl’s daughterChristi Stulp and her husbandJeremy were present. Mark andBrynn Stulp were present forGrandpa Burl’s Day.

The tables were decorated withred roses in bud vases tastefullydesigned by Virginia Buehler.Margaret Bunger made sureeveryone had some chocolatesweets to enjoy.

The evening started with abanquet held at the WestsideEvent Center compliments ofBurl. The kitchen staff preparedcomfort food consisting ofchicken fried steak, potatoes,gravy, salads and dessert. KeithSchumacher did a fine job ofchoosing the meal selections.

The Ice Cream Making KingKeith Schumacher proved thathe hadn’t lost his special recipeand touch between the IFFConvention that was held in July,2014 at Loveland, Colorado andthe Heartland ChapterConvention. Members of his

family prepared homemade icecream for all to enjoy and wasone of the highlights of theevening.

Local Poet Robert Hendersonentertained the attendees withhis poetry. Most of his poemsabout farmers, ranchers andpilots related to most everyonewho was present.

Burl called on volunteers tomake their own paper airplanesout of placemats and to havesome competition. There werefive contestants and DarrellLemon’s plane flew the farthest.Then Burl waded up hisplacemat in a ball and threw itsomewhere in the room.

Burl and Cathy received somecongratulatory letters. VirginiaBuehler read some letters fromWayne and Terry Wilderman.

Keith Schumacher introduces local poetRobert Henderson

L to R: Bill & Margaret Bunger, Connie &Keith Schumacher

Burl enjoys the ice cream made bythe Schumacher family

IFF President Burl & Cathy Scherler


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Burl’s grandson Mark helps open gifts

Burl’s granddaughter Brynn

Burl gives instructions for the paper airplane comtest

Darrell Lemons just threw his paper air-plane the farthest

L to R: Darrell & Phyllis Lemons,IFF President Burl Scherler

Burl thanks the Heartland Flying Farm-ers and Ranchers for their support andeveryone for attending.

Margaret Bunger read a letterfrom Wendell and Joyce Rust.

Cathy Scherler had prepared aslide show complete with someof Burl’s favorite musicalselections. The projectormalfunctioned and everyone inthe pictures had a green tint.She had 550 pictures in the slideshow and was set up to last 25minutes. She was verydisappointed and hopes toredeem herself and present it atsome point.

Burl received several gifts andhe opened them with the helpof his grandson. Among the giftsone box contained toilet paperand paper towels.

Darrell and Phyllis Lemons onbehalf of the Heartland FlyingFarmers and Ranchers presented

Burl with a beautiful woodenplaque recognizing him for beingInternational Flying FarmersPresident for 2014-2015. Hisphoto was etched in the cherrywood plaque.

As the evening came to a closeBurl thanked everyone forcoming to his special day. Healso thanked all of the HeartlandFlying Farmers and Ranchersmembers for their supportthrough the years while he isgoing through the IFF officerteam. He thanked everyone inattendance for their support.


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Bahama Hop 2015

by Clément & Sylvia DionSaskatchewan Flying Farmers

Are Flying Farmers not onlyadventurous but a daringsquad? Yipper! Althoughhopping the Bahamas was forsome of us the most remotedreamed of expedition, sevenprivate planes (pilot plus co-pilotor first officer) met in FortPierce, Florida on Friday, January16th for a first briefing with theincredibly competent CaribbeanSky Tours’ team, Rick Gardner& Pia Hilbert. IFF president Burland Cathy Scherler (Colorado),IFF Queen Colette and KenPierce (Manitoba), John & SueSmith (Kansas), Tom & LydiaReeves (Massachusetts), Ted &Karen Templeton (Florida),Clément and Sylvia Dion(Saskatchewan) enlisted for amemorable flight.

Saturday, January 17: Finalbriefing at St. Lucie CountyInternational Airport in FortPierce. There, it was compulsory

to rent a raft and life jackets.Although advised life jackets

would be considered sold ifopened, some of us decided todon the jacket before take-off(without blowing it up ofcourse). Definitely a gooddecision; couldn’t imaginehaving had to struggle with thatapparatus when fastened in ourseatbelts in the air! We feltreassured and we now haveextra emergency gear added toour airplane paraphernalia.Flight times approximately 1hour 45 minutes over brokenclouds, approx. 45 minutes overwater. For this leg, our Cessna210 was the first to take off afterRick and first to land in TreasureCay. As foreseen, it wasnecessary to clear customs andadapt to the multiple stampingprocess which was to be

Rick & Pia have a final consultation

Sue & John Smith don theirlife jackets - yes!

Clément Dion does a final checkas Sylvia watches

Clearing customs in Treasure Cay


Special Featurerepeated before and after everydeparture and landing. Off thento Treasure Cay Hotel andMarina’s cosy 1½ story suiteswith living room and deckoverlooking the Atlantic Ocean.Rick and Pia courteously hostedus for a welcome cocktail at theTipsy Seagull Bar and Grill.“Boombay Smash” it was!Ayoye!! There is definitely morerum than mix in this typical localdrink where in the Bahamas thealcohol is cheaper than soda!

Fortunately, delicious conchefritters and spread were servedor the beach would have had tobe wider for the strollers andneedless to say, the walk backto our living quarters muchslower. Refreshed travellersreconvened for the evening mealat the impressive “Spinnacure”which although served onBahamian time was delicious.We had hoped Colette could singfor us, accompanied by Burl onthe piano. However, theattempted performance,although unanimouslyprompted, was short-livedbecause the piano was out oftune.

Sunday, January 18: Interestingguests this morning at CocoBeach restaurant: oops! a bird,

another bird, a small reptile, adog! The crew had decided toswim or explore the island asone so wished. After breakfast,Burl & Cathy, Clément & Idecided to take up Tom & Lydia’ssuggestion to go geocaching onthe opposite side of the island.Off we were in rented golf carts,the popular means oftransportation in Treasure Cay.For those who are not familiarwith geocaching, this proved tobe quite a lengthy adventure butafter lifting or moving umpteenrocks and branches, the treasurewas found. (Should you wish tohave more information on thisfun-filled GPS treasure hunt,

check the website:geocaching.com. On our wayback to the marina, we stoppedbriefly at the Catholic Church fora few prayerful momentsenriched by Burl’s touchingrendition of Amazing Grace.Lunch at Coco Beach whereothers, namely Colette & Ken,Ted & Karen were intrigued byour expedition and decided tojoin us for more geocaching onthe opposite side of the island.Golf carts, here we went againfor a very enlivening afternoon.

Monday, January 19:. Most ofus opted for a 20 minute ferryride to Green Turtle Cay. Againwe rented golf carts to tour theisland and New PlymouthVillage. One way streets offeredan immediate adjustment. Ted& Karen met their particularchallenge bravely drivingdownhill with little or no brakes!Were they relieved to join us onflat ground! Throughout the day,we admired turn-of-the-centuryhomes, visited the Albert LoweMuseum as well as the MemorialSculpture Garden, a tribute tothe builders of the Bahamas andenjoyed the village’s small giftshops. Food served for lunch inlocal restaurants was delicious.The famous Bahamian“Boombay Smash” is said to haveoriginated in this very village inthe Blue Bee Bar. An on-the-premises treat indeed! Time thento board the ferry whose pilotonce again proved impressivelycompetent.

Tuesday, January 20: After anearly breakfast, we reconvenedin the main lobby. A more thanpleasant surprise awaited Burl.Tom and Lydia had decided tostay back yesterday with plansto return to the first geocachingsite where Burl had lost his

L to R: Burl & Cathy Scherler,Rick Gardner & Pia Hilbert

Thank God for GPS!

Burl Scherler - This, then this -- got it!


glasses. Lo and behold, withinfive minutes of searching, thereunder a rock were the prizeglasses! Tom did return theglasses duly attached to a neckcord! Touched by one of manykind gestures, we headed toTreasure Cay Airport for 8:00am to fly to North Eleuthera.There we were greeted byFrederic, owner of Fine ThreadsFarms, clad prestigiously withsuit, shirt, tie and cap. Ouragricultural tour at the farm leftus amazed at the courage anddedication needed to growtomatoes, cabbages, corn,herbs, spices in … rocks. A teamof government officials who aretrying to improve agriculture inthe Bahamas came to speak tous to encourage an exchange ofsuggestions from the UnitedStates and Canada. During theengaging outdoor talk, we were

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offered generous amounts ofcoconut milk as one by one wewere handed a freshly pickedcoconut. Our next stop was atLady Di’s pineapple farm. Thisdynamic hard-working lady, wewere told, grows the best whitepineapple, “Sugar Bread”.Unfortunately because we wereoff-season, we were unable tosample. A typical pre-orderedlunch was served at Gene’Restaurant and Bar. We thenheaded to an island that hadbeen separated by a raginghurricane. A man-made bridgetakes the place of what was oncean impressive rock arch. Theconcrete replacement bridge hasalso been battered by turbulentstorms. The Glass Window thereis a prime spot for viewing thestriking contrast of the deep blueAtlantic Ocean on one side andthe gentle turquoise waters of

Exuma Sound on the other. Wethen boarded our planes for aone hour flight from NorthEleuthera to New Bight, CatIsland. Fernandez Bay Villagewhich was to be our home forthe next few days was paradise.Once again, the turquoisewaters of the ocean were but afew steps away. Food wasdelicious and drinks purchasedon an honour system. And thiswas security at its best: no keys,no locks!

Wednesday, January 21: Planesheaded to the New Bight Airportfor an adventure to Staniel Cay.Brave souls boarded a boat toexplore the famous James BondThunderball grotto and tackle alittle snorkling in rather turbulentwaters. Sue’s memorable words:“Forget the fin! Get Lydia!” A littlescare however didn’t dampenLydia’s enthusiasm. Not only didshe enjoy the swimming pigs asdid the rest of the team, shebasked in the sun with thisfriendly porcine species.

Thursday, January 22: This wasa day to enjoy more of therelaxing beach and turquoisewaters of Fernandez Bay and anopportunity to visit the town ofNew Bight. When we stopped toenjoy a meal at a typical

Yes, tomatoes do grow in limestone rocks! L to R: Sue Smith,Colette Pierce, John Smith & Burl Scherler

Mail boat to Cat Island


At Glass Window L to R: Burl Scherler, Clément & Sylvia Dion, Lydia & Tom Reeves, Sue & John Smith,Colette & Ken Pierce, Karen & Ted Templeton, Rick Gardner & Pia Hilbert

Geochache find on Cat Island - Back L to R: Burl Scherler, Lydia & Tom Reeves, Sue& John Smith, Ted & Karen Templeton. Front: Ken a& Colette Pierce.

Quiet Cathy - there to rescueanyone, anytime, anywhere!

Bahamian restaurant, we wereentertained with traditionalmusic provided by a trio whohad mastered a buttonaccordion, a makeshift drum anda vibrating handsaw/screwdrivercombination. Colette joined inwith rhythmic spoons theFrench-Canadian way. This hadbeen the day as well to visit “theHermitage”, a miniaturemonastery built atop Mount

Alvernia, the highest point in theBahamas at an elevation of 206feet. It was Clément’s turn toreport a hair-raising mishap.“Sylvia paused at the top of thechallenging jagged climb to takea photo of the tomb site, becametangled in heavily twisted vines,dropped like a fence post androlled a full 360 degrees. I wasafraid she’d roll all the waydown!” The result: multiple

bruises and an injured knee cap.Upon returning to FernandezBay, trust Cathy, although downherself with a bad cold andcough, to come to the rescuewith Emergency Chocolate as aprimary first aid treatment! Thefinal dinner meant sharinghighlights of the trip and

Fernandez Bay sunset


acknowledging newly acquiredor reinforced friendships.

Friday, January 23: Breakfast …check out … and time for thefinal flight: New Bight with a fuelstop and customs ritual at NorthEleuthera and on to Fort Pierce.Added opportunities to capturemore Bahamian aerial wonders!

Yipper again! Amazing featswere accomplished, manyenjoyable moments shared —sheer results of teamcamaraderie backed by efficienttour guides, Rick Gardner & PiaHilbert!

“Cat” Island “hospitality”

Farewell to the Bahamas L to R: ColettePierce, Lydia Reeves & Karen Templeton

Sue & John Smith

Lydia & Tom Reeves

Ted & Karen Templeton

Cathy & Burl Scherler

Rick Gardner & Pia Hilbert

Ken & Colette Pierce

Clément & Sylvia Dion

Bahamian coziness

The Hermitage, a miniaturemonastery atop Mount Alvernia


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Airport Brat

by Diana HamVermont Flying Farmers

Some of my fondest memoriesof Cape Aircraft, Inc. days in the‘50s at the Warren CountyAirport involve me, a small“tom” girl with thick brownbraids standing in the shopwatching ‘Pout’ and Ed Watt dotheir meticulous rebuildingmagic with airplanes. In theshop there were always glue anddizzying solvent smells andpungent oil smells. There wasgunk, paint and masking tape.At home, Poutre’s wife Ruthwould have cut and sewn toshape the heavy off-whitematerial used to recover theholes in the planes, and Poutwould painstakingly stitch it onthe wooden frame. Coats andcoats of goop later, the planewould be whole and beautifulonce more – the paint matchingperfectly and numbers stenciledon straight and bold for all tosee. I probably was in the waysome of the time, or maybe allof the time, but I always gotpatient smiles. Both Mon andDad worked at the Glenn Fallsairport as Dad was the FBO; itwas really another home to meand I loved it.

It almost seems like yesterday– I remember a small me with awooden handled cardboardbasket filled with Concord

grapes, witting on a hugesmooth boulder a couple feetabove the grassy field justnorthwest of the airport, in thewarm late summer sun. I amwatching the darning needlesnear the drainage ditches andthe occasional airplane on thebleached runway. After feastingon grapes, I picked cattail leaves,cut them to size and worked onweaving a placemat. Thesounds of summer at the airportbuzzed all around.

Mom, the Cape’s record andbookkeeper, had a glass-toppedheavy old show case upstairs,which was her office counter. Iremember Dad frequentlypolishing it with pink glass wax,which was hard to remove fromthe many scratches in the thickglass. Mom would have smallmementos in it to sell to thetraveler/pilot who might want tosurprise someone with a trinketupon returning home from theairport. She sold tiny blownglass animals for a while. Shewould let me play with them!There were army-drab coloredmetal chest lights that were,unfortunately, fraught withmechanical problems, eventhough the neat green adjustablebraid that ran through the backcould go around your neck and

the whole mechanical wondercould wobble around on yourchest, sending beams of light offin all directions – when it wenton, that is. The hard paper off/on switch was its weakestfeature, as it was not attachedvery well. So, one would notalways get that blinding comeof “Ever Ready” light afterflicking the switch. Mom andDad had some of these oddflashlights (they were slowmovers) in their cellar in GlennFalls for many years. I wouldfiddle with them at differenttimes when exploring in thecellar, hoping that perhaps theywould have healed.

Fond memories like these canboth sustain and entertain us astime passes, can’t they? Theyare like old friends that cansurface when the rain keepsdrumming on the roof. And,they help keep the past alive.

Franklin Roosevelt was relatedto five U.S. Presidents by bloodand to six by marriage.


What Does Helena, Montana Have to Offer?IFF 2015 ONVENTION - FOURTH INSTALLMENT

It is only four months until the 2015 IFF Convention is a reality. Hopefully you have had theopportunity to read our last three articles and are excited to participate in our planned tours andactivities.

Reality also means that the time has come to make your hotel reservations even if you are not100% sure of your attendance. The room reservation can be cancelled up to 24 hours in advanceof your arrival without penalty. Keep in mind that in the summer time the hotel is heavily bookedas is the case everywhere so it is vitally important to book early.

Amenities at the Best Western Great Northern in Helena are first rate. A complementary deluxebreakfast bar is included with your stay. Also you will have access to free high speed internet.

Keep in mindthat just stepsfrom theentrance to thehotel is the TownCenter which ishome to theGreat Northern

Carousel and Ice Cream Company,Exploration Works Museum and the Lewisand Clark Bicentennial Walkway – a strollthrough Montana history.

Convention room rates for the hotel are $132 single or double(double queen rooms); $142 king rooms; $152 king feature rooms plus taxes until June 20,2015. Please call 800-829-4047 or 406-457-5500 for reservations prior to the release date inorder to guarantee yourself a room. Be sure to refer to International Flying Farmers whenbooking in order to receive the convention rates.


You will find in this magazine, as well as the last issue, a copy of the convention registration form.Please fill this out and mail to Pat “sooner rather than later”. Make note that the rate for theconvention of $325 must be received at the office by May 15 or postmarked by this date. Afterthat the rate increases to $350. Again, there is a cancellation policy in effect if unforeseencircumstances occur. So there is no excuse not to register!

In searching on the internet it appears that three airlines service the Helena Airport – Alakda,Delta and United. The last two have stops in Denver or Salt Lake City or even Minneapolis.Another option may be to fly nonstop to Billings, MT and rent a vehicle to drive to Helena. Thedistance is about 240 miles and would take you through some very scenic country, passing nearYellowstone Park.

Of course driving your own vehicle would make for a wonderful trip as well. The east-westinterstates will eventually bring you to Helena which is located on I-15. There is free parkingduring your stay at the hotel.

For you intrepid flyers – and isn’t that where our organization began? – we have enclosed someinformation for you as well.

Our FBO of choice is Exec Air Montana located at the HelenaRegional Airport. You can find information about this FBO athttp://helenaairport.com/fbos/. The usual services found at otherFBOs are available here. Also, the Customs Office is adjacent tothis site. Detailed information for those flying their own planesto Helena will be available in the next issue of the magazine.

For any individuals or chapters who are planning to contribute to the convention throughsponsorship or donations, we would appreciate that you let the office know this information in atimely fashion so you will be recognized in the Convention Program.

The decision was made last year to not hold a live auction this year. Your generosity with this inthe past has been greatly appreciated. However, donations for door prizes and the silent auctionwill be gratefully accepted.

WATCH FOR INSTALLMENT FIVE – ENTERTAINMENT AND SEMINAR SPEAKERS –COMING IN THE MAY/JUNE MAGAZINE


coconut, papaya, pineapple andother tropical fruit. It was atough country to farm with a lotof rocks and brush that neededto be cleared. The water tablewas shallow enough to sub-irrigate the fields. Then after alate lunch at a small caféoverlooking a azure blue bay itwas off to the airport. We had abeautiful flight along the islandchains to Cat Island. The largeshallow ocean areas have themost beautiful light turquoiseblue water that providesawesome vistas from the air. Westayed in a Fernandez Bay resortwhere the beach was just 50 feetfrom our cabin door. What anice relaxing place it was. Wehad candlelight dinners on theoceanside patio. After threemore days in paradise, it wastime to head back home. Asalways, Rick and Pia fromCaribbean Sky Tours did a greatjob of efficiently herding usthrough all the obstacles andpaperwork that are alwayspresent with international travel.

Homeward bound, we hadsevere headwinds but smooth airand clear skies. Cheap avgasprices softened the blow of ourslow trip home.

With a forecast of snow andwind, we were off by car to theHeartland Flying Farmers andRanchers Convention in Alliance,Nebraska. Alliance is the rail hubof the Powder River Basin coalmine so a lot the coal produced

in Wyoming comes throughAlliance. BNSF Railroadconstructed a maintenancefacility to service the equipmentthat hauls the coal. What aninteresting tour. We got a goodview of the locomotives andlearned that they operate with4,500 horsepower dieselengines coupled to AC electricgenerators and traction motors.Some of the locomotive enginesare still two-cycle diesel but mostare four-cycle. The AllianceBean plant was a good tour also.We were informed that 90% ofthe world’s Great Northern beansare produced in the Nebraskapanhandle and easternWyoming. That’s a lot of gas orrather —beans.

Thanks to the Heartland Chapterfor helping host my IFFPresident’s Day. NebraskaPresident Keith Schumacherpersuaded a local poet toentertain us with his originalpoems about life andhappenings in Nebraska. Cathyput together a slide show of myyears as an IFF officer and theSchumachers treated us withhomemade ice cream. Thesnow didn’t arrive as predictedand the rest of the conventionwent smoothly. We did arrivehome to almost an inch of muchneeded moisture from the rainand snow that came while wewere gone.

If you have not been to theInternational Flying Farmerswebsite lately you might wantto look it over atwww.internationalflyingfarmers.org.

You will find chapter newslettersposted there as well as a fullcalendar of events. You caneven download issues of themagazine in full color. If youhave activities or events that arenot posted, be sure to send themto the IFF Office [email protected]. The IFFFlyer and IFF Care Network aresent by e-mail only. You willneed to be sure the IFF officehas your current e-mail addressso you can keep getting theinformation.

Cathy and I are looking forwardto attending some of the manyconventions that are coming upas well as IFF Duchess Rosella’sDay in Calgary. Don’t forget thatWayne and Terry Wilderman areplanning a great IFF conventionin Helena, Montana this summerso make early plans to attend.Helena is in the mountains ofMontana with breathtakingscenery close by.

See you in the air or on the road.

Continued from page 4-President

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Room rate (standard room) $139.00 plus taxes; includes hot breakfast for 2 guests Room cancellation accepted by the hotel till 48 hour prior to arrival

The BIG Event will include an area tour, dinner and speaker. There will be time to toast and gently roast our Duchess. (Please contact us to be on the program)

(The full convention program will be in the AFF Newsletter )

Flying Commercial Flying your own planeYYC Calgary Use High River or Springbank airports(Transportation to the hotel can be arranged)Convention Registration has not yet been confirmed

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Heartland Convention

Conventions

by Darrell Lemons &Margaret Bunger

Heartland Flying Farmers

The 21st of February was a grandday to honor the IFF President,Burl Scherler, and celebrate allday in Alliance, NE at theHeartland Flying Farmerconvention.

Tours were to the BurlingtonNorthern and Santa Fe railroadmaintenance facility there inAlliance. What a large facility forworking on such monstrousmachines – engines thatproduced as much as 4,000 hpand rail cars that would haulfrom 85 ton to 110 ton. Thatwas for just one part of the threepart building. The second partwas for parts and the third partwas for rebuilding engines or railcars that had been involved inaccidents. Coal Trains are seenmoving down the track made upwith as many as 130 rail carsloaded with coal with two,

maybe three engines in frontand one, maybe two engines inthe rear for balancing the powerload of the train between frontand rear engines. Yes the rearengines are connected in such away so the engineer up front cantalk to the rear engines for helpin a power run or a time ofbraking. The tour guidementioned one and a half milesto stop a loaded coal train doing50mph to 60mph. Not exactlysomething you want to step outin front of.

Next stop was the New AllianceBean and Grain Company. Threeor four varieties of NorthernBeans are handled in the plantin cleaning, sorting and baggingfor shipment. Bags of 10 lbs, 50lbs or several 100 lbs areprocessed through machineswith electric eyes and baggedand then loaded into box cars

for shipping. The entire processwas interesting through all thework, physical, in cleaning,bagging and then loading a boxcar with as many as 180,000 lbsof beans. The loading wentalong fairly well with a fork liftup to about the top two or threelayers. That is when physicallabor was required and theperspiration came intorecognition.

The weather turned some colderand snow moved in later that

Flying Farmers listen to an employeeexplain operations at the New AllianceBean & Grain Company

Flying Farmers at the Burlington North-ern & Santa Fe Maintenance Facility inAlliance, NE

Employee loading a rail car with beansbound for Houston where it will be placedin a shipping container and shipped in-ternationally

A BN & SF locomotive in the shop formaintenance


Conventionsevening. But the Flying Farmerspirit didn’t sway and a greatmeal was had at the CountryClub. That was a chicken-friedsteak to die for.

After filling to the brim, a roastBurl party formed and thepackages came forward.Everyone had a good time andespecially when it came totoasting the special guest, IFFPresident Burl Scherler. Theentertainment was The CowboyPoet Robert Henderson recitingmany of the poems he haswritten.

Saturday morning we had thebusiness meeting, reports fromthe officers and many doorprizes. Out of state officers gavea brief synopsis of theirupcoming conventions. We hada combined men and ladiesluncheon with guest speakerWally Seiler portraying MarkTwain.

Saturday afternoon was open forpeople to visit Carhenge, thenew $5 million museum, orshopping. Saturday eveningawards were given, Newsletteraward given by Burl andCatherine Scherler, a gift of a

Outgoing Hostess Virginia Buehler (L)presented new Hostess Phyllis Lemons(R) with a bouquet of red roses

Virginia Buehler presents KeithSchumacher with a clock plaque for hisyears of service to the Heartland Chap-ter

L to R: Darrell Lemons, Jerome Arneson,Phyllis Lemons - Jerome & Marilyn re-ceived the award for traveling the far-thest to the convention in Alliance, NEfrom Cooperstown, ND

Margaret Bunger presents the WOYplaque to Dwayne Margritz for his wifeSally who could not be present.

Bill Bunger presents the MOY plaque toDwayne Margritzbeautiful clock was presented to

President Keith Schumacher.

The award to the persontraveling the farthest distance tothe convention went to Jerome

Wally Seiler portraying Mark Twain

Burl Scherler presents Margaret Bungerwith a glass Huskers birdbath as News-letter Editor gift of appreciation from theScherlers.

and Marilyn Arneson fromCooperstown, ND. Bill &Margaret Bunger presentedDwayne and Sally Margritz as thenew Man and Woman of theyear.

Virginia Buehler presentedPhyllis Lemons as the newhostess for 2015-2016. Thefollowing officers were installed


L to R Heartland officers: President Darrell Lemons, Vice President Beth Scott,Treasurer Dwayne Margritz, Newsletter Editor Margaret Bunger, installing officerIFF President Burl Scherler

by Burl Scherler: President -Darrell Lemons, Vice President- Beth Scott, Treasurer -DwayneMargritz, Newsletter Editor -Margaret Bunger. Secretary -Luellen Landgren was notpresent.

Sunday morning church servicewas conducted by Pastor TeriLucas. Following the churchservice everyone left with asmiling face and cheerythoughts.

Heartland and Minnkota Chapter members

Minnkota & Kansas Chapter members

Heartland Chapter members

Keith Schumacher

Darrell & Phyllis Lemons

If you have achieveda flight upgrade,please submit it foryou IFF certificate.The form to submitis on page 26 of theJanuary/FebruaryIFF magazine.


‘Round the Regions

By Florence LutesIndiana Flying Farmer

The 2015 IFF Workshop hostedby Joyce and Wendell Rust, IFFPast President is now history. Itwill be remembered as a verycool, interesting, and informativefew days. Due to the weather,those traveling via commercialairlines had trouble arriving atNavarre Beach, Florida. Read allabout the Workshop events inthe ‘Special Feature’ articles.

The annual Florida Snowbirdevent was planned and hostedby Art & Mary Gruber, in theVenice area. On Friday, January16th late afternoon, 29 FlyingFarmers gathered at the VeniceRookery. Members wereamazed watching all the birdsthat came to roost for the night.A catered meal by Sonny’s Bar-B-Q was served. We were joinedby more Snowbirds for theSaturday lunch at Gruber’s newhome. After lunch and a shortmeeting, some of the men wentto a car show, others visited,played games, or wentswimming prior to our eveningmeal at Left Coast restaurant.Several members then attendedthe Buddy Holley show at theVenice Little Theater. Specialguests attending were IFF

Secretary – Alex Knox, AZ, IFFTreasurer – Zelda Lewis, IL andIFF Woman of the Year - DaveneBrown, VT. A total of 40 guestat one time or another.

On, Friday February 13th thirty-three Snowbirds, Floridamembers and guests gatheredat the Lakeland Airportrestaurant. President Sally Applehad seasonal decorations andfavors for everyone. We orderedfrom the menu and a shortmeeting was held. It wasannounced Richard Daytonwanted to be replaced asTreasurer, and Don Apple willassume those duties. FlyingFarmers attending included: FL-Allan & Janet Craig, Richard &Pat Dayton, Royce & ConniePierson, Herb & Bunny Call andguests – former NY members;IL- Karen Bradd; IN-Bob &Florence Lutes, Bob & DonnaMiller, Truman & Joyce Miller,Virgil & Doris Shultz; MI- Ed &Gert VanderKolk and guests -daughter & son-in-law; OH- Don& Sally Apple, Don & Barb Leis,Al & Barb Wadley; ON- Don &Glenda Matheson; PA- Jim &Joyce Sheaffer.

Mark your calendarsnow for the followingevents:

June 19 – 20 OH\MIConvention, Defiance, OHHampton Inn, 1037 Hotel Drive

Sept 18 – 19 IL\INConvention, Springfield, IL

Florence & Bob Lutes at IFF exhibitin the Mid America Air Museum

L to R: Bob Lutes, Ernest Thorp

L to R: Bob Lutes, Ernest Thorp,Florence Lutes

On their way home from theLoveland Convention, Bob andFlorence Lutes visited the MidAmerica Air Museum in Liberal,KS and stopped in Clinton, IL tovisit with Ernest Thorp. Beloware photos from their visits.


‘Round the RegionsWhile traveling to Workshop, Bill and Joan Lieber enjoyed lunchwith Donly Dehn and her grandson, Brian, in her home in Clinton,Missouri. The old friends reminisced about Flying Farmer meetingsand members.

By Colene SagerWashington Flying Farmer

Kansas Flying Farmers attending IFF Workshop L to R: Mary Ann & Ralph White, Kay & Jim Riggan, Janet & Eugene Shore, Joan& Bill Lieber, Kay Berghaus, Jack Jenkinson.

The annual safety seminar at Big Bend Community CollegeAviation Classroom in Moses Lake, WA

Washington Flying Farmers heldtheir annual safety seminar onJanuary 31 at Big BendCommunity College AviationClassroom in Moses Lake,Washington. Three individual

seminars in one day met therequirements (except the flying

portion) for the FAA WingsProgram and the IFF APTProgram.


‘Round the Regions

By Jack VandervalkAlberta Flying Farmer

John Swedburg, a recentlyretired faculty member with BigBend Community College andHarry LaForge, career flightinstructor and CEO of HoffmanPilot Center, Missoula, Montana,were our very able presenters.A big thank you goes to themfor a job well done. The lovelyclassroom facilities at BBCC areanother factor which makes thisa successful seminar. FlyingFarmers provide coffee andcookies to keep up the energyof the attendees. Thiscombination makes for a veryproductive learningenvironment.

The morning seminar was basedon aircraft performanceincluding density altitude,weight and balance, waketurbulence, aircraft instrumentsand good decision making skills.Early afternoon concentrated onthe pilot’s responsibility from thepreflight to the postflight. Thefinal afternoon seminar coveredthose unexpected airspaceissues like temporary flightrestrictions, active restrictedareas, unforecast weather, andthe pilot’s responsibility forcontinually checking these outduring cross country flights.This all added up to a day wellspent.

Region 9 invites you to the Tri-State Convention June 5-7, 2015in Richland, WA. The highlightof the convention will be thecelebration of Art Sager as IFFMan of the Year. We have somegreat tours lined up and would

like to see you all there. Pasco,the closest commercial airport(about 5 miles away) is servedby Delta, United, Alaska andAllegiant or fly to Portland,Spokane or Seattle, rent a carand make it a great vacation.The hotel is the Hanford HouseRed Lion (800-733-5466)mention you are with theWashington Flying Farmers andget the rate of $122 whichincludes taxes and breakfast.Audrey Ledgerwood would loveto send you the registration form([email protected]). Wehope to see you there.

On January 6th Merry and Istarted for Florida in our MotorHome. We would like to havestarted earlier but our daughterand her husband from Thailandwere here till the 5th. The firstday we drove in light snowcausing some trouble with thethrottle on the Motor Homefreezing. We stayed that nightin Billings, MT in front of mycousin’s new house. After goingout for Breakfast with family andthawing the throttle again wewere off to Cheyenne, WY.

The next day we drove toSheridan Lake, CO and enjoyedtouring Burl and Cathy Scherler’sfarming operation. We had anice visit and were impressedwith the whole operation. Fridaywe drove to Dallas, TX and spenttime with my cousin Marg. Thatis a story on its own. Saturdayafternoon we finished drivingthe rest of Texas. Sundaymorning we tried to find achurch that had services whenwe were in that area. TheChurch that our GPS lead us tohad no parking for our big rigand the streets were narrow. Soback on the freeway and wemade it to the hotel at Navarre,Florida early that evening. Weparked the Motor Home in a farcorner of the parking lot andmoved into the hotel the nextday. We enjoyed 3 days of foggyrainy weather and found out itwas warmer at home.

Monday we enjoyed goodfellowship with a reception andgoodies sponsored by IFFQueen Colette Pierce. In theevening we enjoyed an outdoorCookout that had a roof only.Later we watched a video on TheGulf Islands of the area. Tuesdayafter breakfast at the Hotel wewere on buses to the NationalNaval Aviation Museum followedby a tour of downtownPensacola. At the Museum wewere divided in groups and eachgroup had a retired navy pilottell stories about each plane andwhy it was needed. There werealso models of a lot of Aircraft


‘Round the RegionsCarriers from the early days tomodern day vessels. In theevening we dined at a Catfishhouse with a retired Navy mantelling of some of hisexperiences. Wednesday wewere again early on the busesand off to the West Florida AgResearch and Education center.There we learned a little aboutgrowing peanuts and theyshowed how to make grits andcorn starch. They were showingfarmers how they could get setup to make grits to increase theprofit in growing corn. Next wewent to a small honey farmwhere we were told a lot aboutbees. It takes perfect timingand knowhow to raise QueenBees that he sold for 20 dollars.Our next stop was at a farmwhere the owner had restored alots of farm tractors. This farmerhad been a John Deere dealerso it was good to see a lot ofold John Deere models inexcellent shape. There wereeven peddle cars and oldwashing machines. The mostinteresting stop if you wantedto see present day expensivemachinery was at a large farm.This place had machinery togrow and harvest peanuts andcotton. The peanuts first haveto be plowed up and turnedupside down to let dry. Thenthey are harvested with a specialcombine type machine. It wasinteresting to see the 2 big shedsfull of tillage, planting, peanutharvesting equipment and cottonharvesters. The huge JohnDeere Cotton Harvester wassomething to see. What a hugeinvestment in machinery. The

last stop was at a farm wherethey grow all kinds of trees thatare used to landscapecommercial buildings. The placewas huge with 6000 trees witha lot in pots ready to go.Wednesday evening we wereback to the Catfish house foranother great meal and speaker.The evening ended with theclosing of Workshop gettogether. Wendell and otherswere quite entertaining.

Thursday morning we headedsouth to find some warmth.Friday afternoon we joined someof the IFF Florida snowbirds. Wemet at Art and Mary Gruber’snew winter home. They movedin only 2 months earlier. In theevening we had a picnic in a parkwhere a lot of birds spend thenight on a little Island. Lots ofpeople were getting close uppictures of the birds coming in.Saturday we again were atGruber’s for games andfellowship. That evening we allwent out to eat together at arenowned restaurant.

Sunday we went to a BaptistChurch and then up to StPetersburg to visit Merry’s niece.We stayed 6 days, walked thebeach and got sunburned.Then we moved east of Tampato a RV Park for 3 days so wecould visit Chad and his family.As a boy Chad spent 8 summersat our house in Claresholm andwe had not seen him for 20years.

Monday the 26th we headednorth, and because the easternUS had a bad snow storm weturned west on Interstate 10.After visiting Merry’s sister in-law in Louisiana we moved toAustin, Texas. Stayed withMerry’s cousin 2 days thenmoved on to Casa Grande, AZwith friends for 3 days. AfterCasa Grande we visited Wayneand Terry Wilderman in Mesa,AZ where we stayed in a RV parkand visited other friends for 5days. Then we went on toBuckeye, AZ to spend 2 dayswith some of our Claresholmneighbors. From there we spent3 days in Yuma, AZ and 3 daysgoing home. We had a goodtime and saw a lot of newcountry.

June 15, 1947

June 15, 2014

Carl & Lillie Ray were married on Father’sDay in 1947 at Second Baptist Church inMarshall, Texas. On Father’s Day in2014 they celebrated their 67th wed-ding anniversary and posed for another“bride and groom” picture at First Bap-tist Church in Floresville, Texas.


On the way from IFF Workshop in Navarreto the Florida Snowbird Fly-In in Venice,a stop at Parkesdale Farms in Plant City,FL made IFF Secretary Alex Knox astrawberry king

‘K’ was chosen to stand for astrikeout in baseball because ‘S’was being used to denote a sac-rifice.

Armadillos have four babies ata time and they are always allthe same sex.

Dad and Helen want to thank all of you forthe birthday cards that were sent to Dad tohelp celebrate his 94th birthday on February3rd. Out of the 67 cards he received over 50of them were from Flying Farmers whichmeans a great deal to him and shows howthoughtful you all are.

Our family appreciates every boost youcontinue to give Dad with the phone calls,cards and visits!

Zelda

Thank You


MemorialNorman Wilmeth1918 – 2014

Col. Norman C. Wilmeth ofGuymon, OK, US Army (Ret)passed away July 7, 2014 after abrief i l lness at Texas TechUniversity Medical Center inLubbock, Texas. He was 96 yearsold.

Wilmeth was born May 2, 1918south of Guymon, Oklahoma toJoseph Carroll Wilmeth and LoraDixon Wilmeth. He enlisted in theUS Army in 1939. In WWII, heserved with distinction as a GliderPilot flying numerous missions. Hewas a founding sponsor of theNational Museum of the US Army.

He was married to Mary DonnaLong on September 3, 1950 thenmarried to Kay Tipton on July 9,2003.

Wilmeth was a past-president ofthe Oklahoma State AuctioneersAssociation and an active memberof the National AuctioneersAssociation where he was one ofthe first in the US to earn theprofessional CAI certification. Hewas the 2010 International FlyingFarmer Man of the Year and aformer president of the OklahomaFlying Farmers as well as an activemember of the WWII Glider PilotsAssociation.

He is preceded in death by adaughter, Lora Melinda Wilmeth,and his first wife, Donna LongWilmeth.

Wilmeth is survived by his wife, KayWilmeth; his daughters CarolWilmeth Wheeler of Oklahoma City,and Renee Wilmeth of Indianapolis.

Dorothy Marie Gay1926 - 2015

Dorothy Marie Gay, 88, ofAtwater, Ohio passed away onSunday, February 15, 2015.Dorothy Marie Northup wasborn in Denver, Colorado onSeptember 23, 1926. Shemarried James Gordon Gay onJanuary 1, 1947. They movedto Atwater, Ohio in June of1948.

Dorothy was a member of theAtwater United MethodistChurch, United MethodistWomen, Rebekah Circle,Campfire Camping Club of Ohio,International Flying Farmers,and the Atwater Red Hat Societywhere she was the Queen andtwo bridge clubs. She enjoyedreading, playing cards and hastraveled extensively.

She is survived by her husbandJim of 68 years and sons:Richard (Beverly) Gay of Saline,Michigan and John (Norma) Gayof Wadsworth, Ohio. Survivingalso are her grandchildren:Steve, Tom, David, Bryan,Tammy and Tiffany and step-grandchildren: Donavan,Melody, Josh, Tim, Mandy and17 great-grandchildren. Dorothyalso leaves her brothers: Bob(Shio) Northup, Jim (Mae)Northup and Harry (Holly)Northup.Dorothy was preceded in deathby her parents George and MarieNorthup and her brother George

Ruth Elizabeth Reaman1923 – 2014

Ruth Elizabeth Reaman passedaway peacefully at her home inGravenhurst, Ontario onNovember 3, 2014, after a fulllife. She was the wife of thelate Isaac John Reaman (2000)and mother of Marjorie AnnShield. She was predeceased byson Robert James (1972) anddaughter Jean Elizabeth Hann(1987).

Ruth is survived by hergrandchildren Jeremy Shield,Melinda Yane, Amanda Hann,Sean Hann, Jillian Ivan andTimothy Hann and greatgrandchildren Brady and BellaIvan and Avari, Elise andCharlotte Yane. She is alsosurvived by brother AllanWellman, sister-in-law ElsaWellman and son-in-law SimonHann.

Raised a proud farm girl inHeadford, she attended TorontoNormal School (Class of ’44) andtaught in a one-room schoolbefore returning to farm life inMaple and later Minesing.Fondly remembered by manyfriends, fellow pilots andrelatives.

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