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FLYING FARMER July/August 2015 Volume 69, Number 47

Mid-Atlantic Convention - page 14

Tri State Convention - page 18

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July 201518 – IFF Convention Pre Tour - Leaving Helena, MT to visit Deer Lodge, MT19-22 – 2015 IFF Convention -- Best Western Premier Helena Great NorthernHotel, 835 Great Northern Boulevard, Helena, MT 59601 Reservations Phone: 800-829-4047; Hotel Phone: 406-457-5500

August 201514-15 – Region 3 Tour -- Nappanee Inn, 2004 West Market St. (U.S. Rt. 6),Nappanee, IN Phone: 574-773-5999

September 201511-13 – Ontario Convention -- Kempenfelt Conference Center Lake Simcoe, Barrie,ON -- $300 registration includes hotel and meals. Deposit of $100 to Gale Gray byMay 1st with balance due August 1st.18-20 – Illinois/Indiana Convention -- Springfield Ramada North, 3281 NorthfieldDr., Springfield, IL Phone: 217-523-4000

October 201523-25 – Saskatchewan Convention -- Manitou Springs Resort & Mineral Springs -Watrous, SK - for reservations call 1-306-946-2233

January 201625-28 – IFF Workshop -- Flamingo Hilton, Las Vegas, Nevada

2015-16 Calendar of Events

If you have an item to be placed on the Calendar of Events, please send the DATE, NAMEOF EVENT, PLACE WHERE THE EVENT WILL BE HELD, and CONTACT PERSON WITHPHONE NUMBER to the magazine email ([email protected]) or mail tothe IFF Office at P.O. Box 309, Mansfield, IL 61854

July/August 2015

International Flying Farmer(ISSN 0020-675X)

Vol. 69 – July/August 2015 – No.4

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

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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

10 Tangier Island Excersion11 Larry Dahl receives Master Pilot award11 Bob Noll Master Pilot & ADS-B24 IFF WOY Honored26 IFF MOY Honored

REPORTS

4 President 6 Duchess5 Queen 7 Farmerette

DEPARTMENTS

2 Calendar of Events 28 ‘Round the Regions 9 Chapter Queens 33 Memorial14 Conventions

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President’s Report

By Burl ScherlerHeartland Flying Farmer

Hello friends! As I write thisletter, we are harvesting anabove average wheat crop. Ourgrain sorghum and sunflowersare looking good too because ofrecent abundant rains. We havehad many dry, droughty, dustyyears so it is a welcome change.May was the second wettest everand June has been very goodtoo.

I hope you have made plans tofly to Helena for the IFFconvention. Wayne and Terryhave set up a really goodschedule of events to keep usbusy in the mountains ofMontana. Helena is an area ofthe country that Cathy and I havenever been. We are lookingforward to the trip and hope tosee you there.

Our travels to attend FlyingFarmer activities kept us busy thefirst half of the year. We neededto make a trip to Las Vegas totour hotel and meeting facilitiesfor the workshop. After a nice

rain, we loaded the 210 andheaded for Vegas.

We set the GPS direct for LasVegas and headed west. Ourroute took us just south of WolfeCreek pass. The mountains werestill covered in a beautiful capof pristine white snow. Next, wewere over Durango, Colorado.As we traveled, we saw the 4corners monument where thestates of Colorado, New Mexico,Arizona and Utah meet. I’vealways wanted to go there andnow I have seen it. I lookedahead and noticed some rockyspires sticking up from the desertfloor and realized we were flyingright over the middle ofMonument Valley. What animpressive sight! Then, wefollowed the Colorado River andLake Powell to a fuel stop inPage, Arizona. As we took off,we flew right over Glenn CanyonDam and then along the northside of the Grand Canyon. Aswe were talking to LVS approach,we were over Lake Mead andHoover Dam. What a flight! Idon’t think I can remember aflight that I enjoyed so much.We are so blessed to be able totake a chart and draw a line andtake off happily as the IFF songsays. Such vistas of color androcks and water and snow will

give us memories that can onlybe seen from a light plane.

We toured five hotels andselected one that met most ofour needs. We were looking fora place that had meeting roomsclose to the sleeping rooms sowe wouldn’t have to walk far tosee our friends and attend theseminars and meetings. Wesettled on the Flamingo HiltonHotel located on the strip near alot of other hotels and shows. Ithas been a Las Vegas icon formany years and has newlyremodeled rooms I thinkeveryone will enjoy. Lots ofpink, too which I will not enjoybut my granddaughter tells meis a very nice color. The roomrate will be $70.00 per night andwill be honored from Jan. 24 toJan. 29 for those who would liketo come a day early or stay aday longer. The meetings willstart on Jan. 25. We will havetours on the 26th. We will endwith a banquet on the eveningof Jan. 27. The hotel meetingrooms are near to the sleepingrooms and will not involve a lotof walking for those who mightbe concerned about walking longdistances.

Airfare for those flying in byairline can be very reasonable

Continued on page 8-President

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Queen’s Report

By Colette PierceManitoba Flying Farmer

You have heard it before, but Ihave to say it one more time – Ican’t believe how fast this pastyear has gone! Our IFF travelsstarted with Ontario FlyingFarmers Convention inSeptember, then toSaskatchewan in October. Wespend the rest of my Royal yearflying to Saskatchewan, stoppingin Colorado to visit withScherlers on the way to FloridaWinter Workshop. Wendell andJoyce Rust went the extra nineyards and arranged aninteresting Workshop. I wasglad to welcome workshopattendees to my reception. Thenwe went on to the Bahamas andspent a couple of days visitingwith Don and Sally Apple in theirFlorida home on our way backto Canada. Next it was time toattend the Alberta Conventionand finally the Mid-AtlanticConvention. Sir Redcap and Ispent time on the farm with theWharton gang. We evenmanaged to do a little fancy

footwork for them when weshowed them a new dance thatwe were learning. Spendingtime with Tranbergs andWhartons on the Boardwalkwalking in the fog wasunforgettable. I have only oneregret – that I wasn’t able to visitmore of you. Health reasonshad a hand in slowing me downfor a while, so I was slow to getgoing. Okay, I have tworegrets. My second regret is thatChapter Queens are becomingrare. Please try and keep thisimportant tradition alive. It is afine way to honour our chapterwomen, and an opportunity forthose women to really shine andmake their year as IFF Royaltyone that they will rememberfondly. Responsibilities havebeen pared down to a reasonableamount compared to the past(from what I understand). Ispent timel o c a l l yp r o m o t i n gaviation andr a i s i n gawareness ofthe FlyingFarmers byspeaking atflying clubsand beinginterviewed bymedia. It is

never hard to find enthusiasmto talk about aviation and FlyingFarmers. It’s just like talkingabout family and friends. I haveenjoyed it all and would do itagain in a heartbeat.

To Duchess Rosella: what aprivilege to get to serve withyou. Thank you for all of yourhelp and support. You and Billare truly a dynamic duo!!

I end this feeling truly blessed.

One last bit of shamelesspromotion – Manitoba FlyingFarmers are celebrating 60 yearsof flying and fellowship April 15-17, 2016 in Brandon Manitoba.You are all welcome to join us.More information on this laterin the Manitoba ChapterNewsletter to be found on theinformative IFF website.


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Duchess’s Report

By Rosella BjornsonAlberta Flying Farmer

My year as IFF Duchess has flownby! We are getting ready toattend the 2015 IFF Conventionin Helena, Montana. I want tothank the Flying Farmers forgiving me the opportunity toserve as your Duchess. What anhonour!

Some highlights of the year:Attending the IFF Convention in

Loveland, Colorado; attendingthe Ontario FF Convention inNiagara Falls, ON; attending theArizona FF in Chandler, AZ;attending the Alberta FFConvention in Calgary, AB;attending the Manitoba FFConvention in Riding MountainNational Park. Another highlightwas having a Canada PostCommemorative stamp printedwith my picture on it.

At the 2015 Convention inHelena, I will be presenting theAPT Aawards to: James Meyer,Robert Lutes, Nevoy Culp,

Truman Miller, Duane Dysinger,John Black, Audrey Ledgerwood,Burgess Lange, Art Sager andColene Sager. Congratulationsto Colene Sager on receiving herPrivate Pilots License. I knowhow much effort and dedicationgoes into achieving theseawards so I am very proud ofthese recipients.

I look forward to seeing oldfriends and meeting new friendsat the Helena Convention. Pleasehave a safe journey and we willsee you there.

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Farmerette’s Report

By Reilly ShoreKansas Flying Farmer

Hello everyone! I can’t believeit’s already time to write anothernewsletter! I’ve had a lot ofcompliments on my newslettersand I’m glad you like them!

I’ve stayed very busy here latelyand haven’t had very manybreaks. Two days ago I just gothome from an 11 day 4-H tripto Washington D.C. The trip wasa lot of fun, and I got to meet alot of kids that are like me fromKansas and other states thatwere there also. We got to see

all the monuments and went toTwilight Tattoo, which is areenactment of all the wars. Ithink that had to of been myfavorite part of the trip. Whileat the reenactment, the UnitedStates Military Drill Team wasthere and they did their guntwirling and spinning routines.All of us kids were sleepdeprived and were starting toget grumpy by the end, whichworked out just fine since we’dbe riding in a motor coach allthe way back to Kansas. Thelong ride allowed us to catch upon all the sleep we’d missed. Wewere all very sad to see eachother go, and some of us evenshed a few tears. We’re havingour reunion at the Kansas StateFair so we’re all texting eachother, counting down the days.

Soon as I got home the workbegan. Record books were due5 days after I got home, animalsneeded worked, horses neededridden, horses needed shots,and on top of all that I’m gettingready for a rodeo queenpageant. The pageant is a newdeal to me, which I’m finding isa good thing. I’m using myhorse Dale (the big buckskinyou’ve seen in a previous article),he’s basically been trained to runALL the time, and it’s been prettyhard to break him of that habit.Before I left for D.C. he wasreally starting to understand andlook good, so I have to pick upwhere we left off. I’m stillnervous about him thinking thatthe pageant is a rodeo once allthe other horses get there andhe’ll be a nut. I’ve still got a

Continued on page 8-FarmeretteReilly in front of the capital building. Thedome is still under construction.

All of the Kansas kids that attended Citizenship Washington Focus together


speech to write that I have topresent about myself to thejudges.

County fair is closing in on ustoo, which means that schoolwill also be starting soon. Thesudden heat change has kind ofhurt my steers and they aren’teating much anymore. YesterdayI hung up fans and put the flypredators out to kill any fliesthat haven’t hatched yet, so I’mhoping that makes them a littlehappier and they’ll continue todoing well. I’ve also been putin charge by my grandparentsto design the IFF Convention T-Shirts. I’m thinking somethingwith a bucking horse andmountains, but I haven’t startedon the design.

Convention is coming up veryquickly and I hope I’m able to

Continued from page 7-Farmerette

from all over North America.There are two good generalaviation airports nearby forthose who fly their own planes.

Las Vegas is not just a gamblingtown there are many things tosee and do. Top ratedspectacular shows and smallerinexpensive local talent shows,too. Be sure to save the datesJanuary 24 to Jan. 27.

Until we meet again . . .

Continued from page 4-Presidentmake it. This year our countyfair was planned for the sameexact time as convention; and,I think my grandparents evenhave to miss my horse show.We’ll see how it all pans out. Ihope you bring your kids andgrandkids to these conventionsbecause they are VERYeducational. I think you’d besurprised how much of anadvantage that Steven and Ihave over all of the other kidsin our school, because we’vebeen everywhere and learnedabout all sorts of things. On ourway home from Washington wetoured Gettysburg and the tourguide couldn’t believe that I hadbeen to General Custer’s houseand the military barracks. Wevisited that as teens and juniorsduring our North Dakotaconvention. I was very proud toof been able to experience that.I hope to see you all AND yourgrandchildren at theInternational Convention!

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ChapterQueens

Minnkota QueenGloria Reed

Gloria Reed was crowned Queen of the MinnkotaChapter during their chapter convention in June.She and her husband Kenneth farm 385 acreswhere they raise corn and soybeans, milk cowsand raise hogs.

Flying farmers has been a big part of the Reedslives since 1980. After a lapse of a few yearscaring for ill family members, they returned tothe organization that they so enjoy. They havehosted fly-ins, and Gloria has earned theHospitality Award and the Woman of the YearAward. She served as teen advisor and currentlyis beginning her second year as president of theMinnkota Flying Farmers.

Gloria enjoys volunteering her time at thePipestone Performing Arts Center and preparing

table settings for the Tour of Tables fundraiser.In her spare time, she enjoys antiquing, squaredancing and collecting cow figurines. A highlightof her life was being involved in a hot air balloomministry with the balloon being a Noah’s Ark.The cow featured on the balloon was one of theReed’s cows named Queenie. Gloria also enjoysdressing up in a variety of costumes (dairy cow,yellow chicken, Easter bunny, Mrs. Claus) toentertain at nursing homes, hospitals orbusinesses. She carries with her treats for alland her motto is “to turn a frown into a smile”.

Gloria says, “In our busy lives, we make time forFlying Farmers. The friendships we make arelasting and the fun and fellowship make for an‘udderly wonderful day’.”

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Special Feature

Tangier Island Excursion

by June PendletonVermont Flying Farmer

Tangier Island sounded quiteromantic and far away. It is justa 1.5 hour boat ride fromCrisfield, Maryland – still it waslike entering a different world.

We first saw a long low strip ofland with a water tower juttingabove the horizon. Then, as theboat slowly approached thedock, rows of fishing shackswith stacks of crab pots piled infront appeared on both sides ofour boat.

After a short walk down Mainstreet to Mrs. Crockett’sChesapeake House, we weresoon doing justice to a heartyand delicious country styledinner. The crab cakes andpickled beets were unusuallygood. From there we hurriedout to explore the island.

Captain John Smith, founder ofJamestown Colony, 1607,visited Tangier in 1608. Hedecided it was uninhabitablebecause he could find no sourceof fresh water. He did notdiscover the island, historicalmarker to the contrary. Duringthe later 1600’s, some wealthyVirginia planter becameconcerned about falling profits

in tobacco and decided todiversify with cattle. Rememberthere was no barbed wire orelectric fencing back then, so anisland made a great pasture.They apparently took their cattleto the Tangier group of islands.

They built shelters for theworkers who stayed with thecattle. Do you suppose theworkers lived on beef orseafood? Little else is knownabout that part of the localhistory. Although you may becurious about the derivation ofthe island’s name, there is noagreement on it.

The first permanent settler wasJoseph Crockett, not JohnCrockett as the historical markerclaims. According to the 1800census, 89 persons lived onTangier, 40 of them namedCrockett. Joseph, while livingon Smith Island had beenappointed to Constable in 1763,and moved to Tangier during therevolution.

The islanders suffered indignitiesfrom all quarters during the war– pirates called Picaroons,Loyalists and British ships, aswell as local mainland

governments, who believed theywere aiding the enemy. Eventhe Continental Army sent forprovisions such as salt beef anddairy products. The islandershad to kowtow to whatevergroup came calling. They hadno defense against the cannon,which every ship and bargesported in greater or lessernumber. They received nosupport from the mainland.Several of the young men werecaptured (impressed) by theBritish, probably to act as piloton their ships.

As the war continued, Marylandauthorities had several plans todepopulate the island so it couldnot be used as a hideout byfugitives. One plan includedremoving all the islanders, butwas never implemented. Finallythe war formally ended in 1783and the British ships sailed forhome. The smuggling tradeended, the Picaroon leaders werecaptured and Tangier Islanderscould go back to their fishingand oystering.

Crabbing was not begun untilthe 19th century. The residentscould not know they would beinvolved in another conflict inless than 80 years.


Special Feature

Larry Dahl Receives Master Pilot Award

Speech by Jeffry R. BoeFAASTeam FPM (A/W)

submitted by Marilyn ArnesonMinnkota Flying Farmer

Larry soloed April 17, 1961 andflew solo accumulating 96 hoursof flight time until September 11,1964 at which time he passedhis Private pilot check ride. Heentered the Air Force in 1966with 185 hours under his belt.During his time in the Air ForceLarry continued flying while onleave and with the Aero club atFairchild AFB. During that timehe managed to obtain hisCommercial pilot certificate inNovember of 1968 and FlightInstructor certificate in May of1969 which enabled him toconduct flight instruction atFairchild AFB until January1971.

Returning to the farm in NorthDakota he helped his dad withaerial spraying eventuallybecoming a chief pilot. Larryoperated Dahl Air Spray, Incfrom 1971 through 1998 from

Dahl Private strip (ND 90). From1998 through 2007 he flewprivate aerial application on hisown crops. This has given Larryover 5,200 hours of aerialapplication and as he was alsodoing some flight instructing aswell as private pilot flying he’sgot over 7,600 hrs flight timeand in addition over 3,500 hoursas a Weapon Systems Officer inthe Air Force and the NorthDakota Air National Guard.

Presently Larry continues to giveflight reviews and groundinstruction and renewed his CFIin 2014.

Larry has served on the boardand as president of the NorthDakota Aviation Association aswell as president of the NorthDakota Flying Farmers and aspresident of the MinnkotaChapter in addition to serving

on numerous committees of theInternational Flying Farmers.

These accomplishments are thereason I’m up here now! TheFAA recognizes both pilots andmechanics with 50 years ormore in aviation. The “MasterPilot” award symbolizes thoseindividuals who havedemonstrated professionalism,skill, and aviation expertise bymaintaining safe operations for50 or more years.

This award acknowledges yourexemplary service,professionalism, devotion toaviation safety, and recognitionby your peers.


Special Feature

Bob Noll Master Pilot and ADS-B

by Floyd EvansNew Jersey Flying Farmer

Bob Noll is a long time FlyingFarmer member and he washonored on his 95th birthdaywith the presentation of the FAAWright Brothers MASTER PILOTAward by Harrisburg FlightStandards District Manager BillBanks for “Fifty Years ofDedicated Service in AviationSafety”. The event was held atthe Lancaster Airport terminal.Immediately following thepresentation Mr Banks presenteda Power Point program on ADS-B.ADS-B (Automatic DependentSurveillance-Broadcast) is asurveillance technology in whichthe aircraft determines itsposition by satellite navigationand broadcasts this informationso that it can be tracked. Theinformation can be received byair traffic control ground stationsand can also be received byother properly equipped aircraft.ADS-B out (the ability for theaircraft to transmit) is mandatedby FAR 91.225 effective January1, 2020 in most of the airspacethat now requires a transponder.

With both ADS-B “out” and “in”air traffic control will beenhanced to the “NextGen” (nextgeneration) and aircraft can“see” each other with altitudeand tracking information beingprovided on the display. ADS-Bout transmits aircraftidentification, current position,altitude and velocity. A GPS withWAAS is required as part of thesystem and the information canbe displayed on some GPSdevices or a separate screen.Again some allow theinformation to be connected toan iPad and other devices byBlue Tooth or Wi-Fi.

Certified ADS-B links operate ontwo frequencies, one is 1090MHz and is essentially a modifiedMode S transponder and theother is 978 MHz which does notrequire a transponder. Theaircraft that operate above18000 feet are generallyequipped with 1090. Generalaviation aircraft operating below18000 may have either. Inreality most General Aviationaircraft will have both for ADS-

B in, which will allow seeing“all” traffic” in the “hockey puck”.The Hockey Puck is the coveragearea of 15 nautical mile radiusand 3500 feet above and belowthe aircraft.

If you only have one of the 978-1090 frequencies for ADS-b inand are properly transmittingADS-B out then the groundstation will automatically relaythe other frequency informationto you. The installation iscomplex and the componentsMUST BE COMPATIBLE. Thereis no guarantee if you havecertified componentsmanufactured by differentcompanies, that they will behappy and talk to each other inall modes.

The nice thing about the systemis that it is automatic, turn it onand it goes to work for you. Youhave to learn some connectionmethodology and what thevarious icons are telling you butthe system is workable and givesthe pilot some outstanding trafficcollision avoidance information


although you may not see alltraffic due to several thingsincluding antennae shadowing.Many systems will have both atop and bottom antennae to helprelieve this problem. It alsoprovides weather includingthunderstorm information.

The regulation is published andwill be mandated on January 1,2020. If you have a certifiedGPS with WAAS then the priceminimum is about $2500installed if all goes well and youhave a good avionics shop thatis reasonably priced. The morereal number is probably $4,000.

I flew to the Flying Farmer eventin Lancaster in a Twin Comanchewith the full package and theaircraft pilot is a retired electricalengineer and knows so muchabout ADS-B if you listen to himtalk about it for a couple ofhours your head will hurt. Thesystem is complex, has flaws, isexpensive but will get better andcheaper as more venders join in.

This information is designed tobe simple and fundamental butwill give you an overview. If youplan on enjoying most of theairspace in our area buying into ADS-B it will be necessary. Ifyou have an airplane with noelectrical system you can still gopretty much where you can go

now with no upgrade but whereyou can go now is very limitedon the whole east coast area.The good part about that is thatthe ADS-B ground stationcoverage is good in this andmost areas except in the highcountry out west.

If you have an opportunity toget a ride with someone that hasADS-B operational in theirairplane by all means take a ridemaybe including you buying gasand lunch. If you don’t have aFAAsafety.gov account, establishone. The website is a bitchallenging at first view butfairly intuitive. Get someone towalk you through a session andset you desired parameters sothat you get notices aboutseminars that you are interestedin, especially ADS-B. FAA FSDOManager Bill Banks did a goodjob with the Lancasterpresentation. That seminar willbe floating around the systemand it worth watching again.

Put on your ADS-B learning hatbecause it is here to stay and itis a good system.

Floyd Evans is a former Air Forcepilot and retired airline pilot,flight instructor, has a Piper TwinComanche, is a FAAST (SafetyTeam) member and Flying

Farmer NJ Chapter VicePresident.

Special Feature

The Lockheed Martin F-35 LightningII is also known as the Joint StrikeFighter or JSF. It is the mostexpensive airplane project in thehistory of the world. The aircraft isprimarily produced by Lockheed-Martin along with NorthropGrumman and BAE Systems.

The aircraft was originally intendedto be a low cost replacement fornumerous aging aircraft designs. Acombined total of 2,443 aircraftwere planned, at a total projectcost of US$223 billion. They wouldbe for use by the U.S. Air Force,U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marines inthree variants to keep developmentcosts down.

According to its designers, the F-35’s mission is not intended as airsuperiority, but as a multi-roleintelligence gathering light weaponsplatform. Due to newermaintenance technologies, it wasbelieved that the cost to fly theaircraft would be about the sameas the aircraft it would be replacing.

The concept behind the F-35Lightning II is of one that shouldhave been inexpensive to produce.It is intended to be used in a worldwhere conflicts like Afghanistan arecommon. Ideally there should beno modern fighter aircraft for it toface, nor should there be anyground fire, or anything other thanX band radar guided ground-to-airdefensive systems to fly against.


Conventions

Mid-Atlantic Convention

by Tina WhartonDelmarva Flying Farmer

Photos by Floyd Evans

May 15 was the start of a greatweekend. After morningregistration and lunch on ourown, a group of ladies (IFFQueen Colette Pierce, BarbaraLeis, Sonya West, Bibby Nutterand I) traveled to The CountryHouse for an afternoon ofshopping. The hot item was“switch flops” which are flip flopswith changeable Velcro straps.Bibby gave us a demonstrationas she has a few pairs of switchflops with quite a few changeablestraps. I also found a fewdecorative items I couldn’t livewithout. Since we hadn’t spentall of our money, we found aAntique/Consignment shop justa couple miles away. Some in

our party found a few moretreasures.

Part of our group went to theWard Museum. Cindy Applegateshared her pictures with me.The carvings were amazing. I

think everyone who went to themuseum had a good time too.

On Friday evening, we carpooledto the Flaming Grill for a largebuffet meal I think everyonefound something they liked.Some of us found two or threethings that we liked!

Back at the hotel, IFF Treasurer,Zelda Lewis, showed a DVDabout the IFF Convention inHelena, Montana.

Region One voted to accept theVermont Chapter into the

Dressed in hatchery attire L to R: Laura & Bob Boyer, Lee Tussel, Jean Mansur,Angela Lachenmayr

Don Leis looks at one of the exhibits inthe Ward Museum

L to R: Mary Hawthorne, Pat Amdor andPat Clapper visit at he Ward Museumbefore the tour begins


Conventionsregion. Even Jerry Brown wasvoted in (we must bedesperate!), just kidding!Welcome Vermont – we are gladyou joined us. After a time offellowship and a game of ‘HeadBandz’ with the Pierces andJanice Tranberg, it was off tobed.

Saturday morning arrived earlyand the business meeting beganat 8:30 a.m. We had to makethe meeting short and sweetbecause we boarded the busesat 9:30 to head to Perdue’sHatchery for a tour. We’ve beengrowing chickens for 30 yearsand have never taken a tour ofthe hatchery. It was veryinteresting.

Automation has replaced manyjobs there, but our tour guidehas worked in the hatchery for29 years and truly loves his job.He was very knowledgeable

about all aspects of the hatchery.We saw the cool room whereeggs are brought in fromBreeder Farms. From there, theyare put in incubators and thetemperature is increased.

Every hour, the eggs are rotated45 degrees. Once the chicks arehatched, they are separatedfrom the egg shells and put in

boxes (100 chicks/box) anddelivered to the farms.

We then headed to Crisfield, MD.There we boarded the ‘Steven

Dining at Mrs. Crocket’s Chesapeake House on Tangier Island

Thomas’ and went to TangierIsland, VA. The boat ride was1 hour 45 minutes long, butDavene Brown provided us witha cute little bag filled with water,tea, crackers, cookies, apples,candy, nuts, etc. So, along with

Flying Farmer fellowship, wehad plenty to occupy us.

Once we arrived on the island,we quickly made our way toHilda Crockett’s ChesapeakeHouse. The meal, servedfamily-style, was delicious asusual. I think everyone gotplenty to eat! After lunch we

Jim Riggan entertains with one of hisstories on the ride to Tangier Island asKay listens.

George Conard listens to the tour guideat Perdue Hatchery.


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had an hour or so to tour theisland.

Joel, Jill and I took a golf carttour and learned about the firstislanders, the churches, theschool, etc. We have never hada guided tour before, and welearned a lot about the island.We visited a gift shop andsomehow Joel and Jill foundroom for an ice cream treat.

A boat and a bus ride later foundus back at the hotel with a smallamount of time to rest and getready for the next big activity –

Flying Farmer’s enjoy the family style dining on Tangier Island

Bus driver Tina Wharton as seen in herrear view mirror

the big weekend event –Davene’s Woman of the YearRoast and Toast.

The Sunday morning churchservice was lead by Sonya West.Her lesson, “Who’s in Control”,was very inspirational as sheshared her and Richard’spersonal experiences as well asmy favorite Bible story found in1 Kings, Chapter 18, of Elijahon Mt. Carmel. The messagewas a great way to end theconvention.

After many hugs and kisses,everyone headed back to theirhomes with many fun memoriesand some of us with quite a fewsouvenirs.

On behalf of the DelmarvaFlying Farmers, I want to thankeveryone for attending our

convention and making it a funweekend. Also, I want to thankeveryone who donated theirtime, talents, food, etc. It wasa great weekend and it couldn’thave happened withouteveryone’s help.

THE WHOLE 9 YARDSAmerican fighter planes in WorldWar II had machine guns thatwere fed by a belt of cartridges.The average plane held beltsthat were 27 feet (9 yards) long.If the pilot used up all his ammo,he was said to have given it thewhole 9 yards.

BUYING THE FARMThis is synonymous with dying.During WWI, soldiers were givenlife insurance policies worth$5,000. This was about theprice of an average farm, so ifyou died, you “bought the farm”for your survivors.

OVER A BARRELIn the days before CPR, adrowning victim would beplaced face-down over a barrel,and the barrel would be rolledback and forth in an effort toempty the lungs of water. It wasrarely effective; hence, if you areover a barrel, you are in deeptrouble.


IFF Treasurer Zelda Thorp Lewis is thrilled toannounce the engagement and upcomingmarriage of her son Doug to Emily Ann Steffan.

The wedding date is set for July 8, 2016 inWoodridge, IL.

Doug is employed with Executive FlightManagement in Aurora, IL as a First Officer ina Ratheyon Hawker 800. He has logged over250 hours as a First Officer. He also is a CFIat Chicagoland Aviation based at LewisUniversity in Romeoville, IL.

Emily is a music teacher in Naperville, IL andwill begin her 5th year of teaching this fall. Herundergrad degree is from North Central Collegein Naperville, IL. She will be completing herMasters degree in Music Education from KentState University this December.


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Tri-State Conventionby Audrey Ledgerwood

Washington Flying Farmer

Tri-State was held in Richland,WA at the Red Lion Hotel. Theaccommodations were great, theweather was great and theparticipants were great. Wewere thrilled to see our Idahoand Oregon Flying Farmers.From Idaho we had Ray andDonna Brown, Keith and LouiseDuffin. Oregon brought FrankKummerfeldt, Lorraine Gabel,Bob and Barbara Severence. Wethank them all for driving toWashington. Pat Amdor andZelda Lewis flew out for a weekof Washington beautiful weather.Wayne and Terry Wildermandrove from Alberta andcontinued on to Helena to putfinishing touches on the IFFConvention. Between Zelda andWayne I think they convincedmost of Washington to go to theconvention. Attending fromWashington were: John &Audrey Ledgerwood, Bob &Paula Kramer, Jerry & NinaRichardson, Bob & ChrisClinesmith, Burgess & MaxineLange, Art & Colene Sager, PeteSwanek, Sheila Slinkard, LarryKing, Dick Lawton & Pat

Our day started off with a tourof the new TRIOS Hospital inKennewick. It is a new hospitalwith state of the art equipmentbut the outstanding feature is theart collection they have acquired.

Most of the pieces were donatedby Northwest Artists. One ofthe most outstanding is a blownglass piece by Dale Chihuly ofTacoma, Washington valued at$34,000. One of my favoritepieces was in the cafeteria byConsuelo Sato Murphy, a localartist who picked cherries as achild. She shows the pickingbags as very large because thatwas what it felt like when shepicked. We had the privilege ofhaving the CEO Wayne Marshallgive us the tour.

After the hospital tour came afun time at the Carousel wherea volunteer gave us some

history of the Carousel. Thehorses were carved by CharlesCarmel in 1910, have beenrestored to perfection. It is theonly Carmel Carousel used as aride today. Disney has a set butthey use it as a model to makefiberglass horses for theCarousel in Disneyland. Manyof us enjoyed rides on theCarousel. Sheila Slinkard got abrass ring which gave her a freeride. Sheila was hoping to gether husband to the carousel touse her free ride. They liveabout 45 minutes away.

We made it back to the hotel intime to change and get readyfor our pasta dinner, speakerand meeting. The speaker,Mayor Steve Young ofKennewick was as humorous ashe was informative of the Tri-City area. We were honored tohave as a guest at dinner JeanTommlinson of Pasco, an old

TRIOS CEO, Wayne Marshall explainssome innovations in the hospital roomsas Barbara & Bob Severance listen.

Barbara Severance ridesa carousel hourse

Maxine Lange (L) watches asLarry King is “driving Miss Pat”


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Washington Flying Farmer. Thebusiness meeting thanked all forcoming to the convention withreports from Oregon,Washington, Wayne Wildermanand the IFF presentation byZelda Lewis. This was to be thelast Tri-State convention as theage and energy of all isdwindling, however ColeneSager stepped forward tovolunteer to put one togetherfor 2016. The place and timewill be announced later.Everyone was happy to hear wewill meet again as we reallyenjoy each other and have somuch history.

L to R: IFF Vice President WayneWilderman & Bob Severance

Pete Swannack gives the Tri StateConvention a big thumbs up!

L to R: Bob Kramer & Sheila Slinkard

Oregon President Lorraine Gabel

Watching the carousel L to R: John Ledgerwood, Paula Kramer, Larry King, PatAmdor, Burgess & Maxine Lange

Saturday morning we were offto the REACH Museum. Themuseum and visitor centercelebrates the natural andcultural history of the HanfordReach of the Columbia River, theonly free-flowing section of theriver in the United States aboveBonneville Dam, and the greaterColumbia Basin.

As a gateway to the HanfordReach National Monument, the24,000-square-foot buildingshowcases agricultural history,advancements in technology, theManhattan Project National Park,the Ice Age Floods and other

stories of the communitythrough the lens of the ColumbiaRiver.

In the afternoon many of themen went to the Corvette on theColumbia show and shine forlunch and to see the beautifulcars. Art Sager’s brother had acorvette in the show which madeit more interesting. Then themen car pooled to the Port ofPasco to tour the largest cranein the world built by Lampson.Many other people went back tothe hotel for rest and time in thehospitality room. We had to getprepared for the evening tohonor Art Sager as Man of theYear.


Minnkota Convention

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by Marilyn ArnesonMinnkota Flying Farmer

Minnkota Flying Farmers heldtheir annual convention at theCanad Inn in Grand Forks, ND,June 19th through June 21st.The convention began with toursto a fascinating garden nursery,“All Seasons Nursery” as well asa tour of the famous RalphEnglestad arena. Eveningentertainment was “Lois andLois”, two lovely ladies with thesame first name. These ladiesharmonized beautifully, singing

songs from as far back as the40’s and up to the 80’s. Whilewe were entertained by them,we dined on delicious Italiancuisine at the ‘l Bistro, arestaurant that was part of thehotel.

Saturday began with a businessmeeting, followed by a lovelyluncheon at yet anotherrestaurant in the hotel.Saturday’s tour was to the UND

school of aviation where welearned much about the droneprogram and flight simulators.

Saturday evening we had alovely catered meal at the hoteland the priviledge of hearingMarilyn Haggerty speak. Marilynis a lovely 89 year old columnistthat writes for the Grand ForksHerald. Recently one of herfood reviews on a localrestaurant went viral. She was

Minnkota MOY Jerome Areneson and WOY Marilyn Arneson Minnkota Queen Gloria Reed and Red Cap Kenneth


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Minnkota officers L to R: President Gloria Reed, Vice President Don Zimbleman, Secretary Mildred Klamar, Treasurer &Newsletter Editor Marilyn Arneson, Installing officer IFF Vice President Wayne Wilderman

suddenly the attention of themedia all over the nation. Shewas treated to several trips toNew York City, was on theAnderson Cooper program threetime, critiqued two New YorkRestaurants, was approached bymajor news networks andinterviewed. Through it all, sheremains the same humble ladyjust doing what she likes to do– write columns for the localpaper.

We had several special eventsSaturday evening. Our ownLarry Dahl was presented witha special Master Pilots awardfrom the FAA. Following

installation of officers, wecrowned Gloria Reed as chapterqueen. Jerome and MarilynArneson were selected as Manof the Year and Woman of theYear.

The 2015 Minnkota convention’slast event was a church serviceSunday morning conducted byLarry Dahl. It included twoinspirational stories of menLarry has known, what theysuffered and how they servedboth our country and the Lord.

Jack’s mother ran into thebedroom when she heard himscream and found his 2-year oldsister pulling his hair. She gentlyreleased the little girl’s grip andsaid comfortingly to Jack,“There, there. She didn’t meanit. She doesn’t know that ithurts.”

She was barely out of the roomwhen the little girl screamed.Running back in, she asked,“What happened?”

“She knows now,” Jack replied.


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Ohio/Michigan Convention

by Florence LutesIndiana Flying Farmer

The OH/MI Convention was heldJune 19 – 20 in the northwestcorner of Ohio and hosted byOhio’s Vice-President Ray andSecretary/Treasurer SharonJohanns. We stayed at theHampton Inn in Defiance, Ohio,with over 40 persons attending.Our first tour Friday afternoonwas to a family owned technicalplant. InSource Technologies,Inc. of Paulding, Ohio firststarted in January 1997 and hasgrown from one small buildingto at least four times that. Theymanufacture wire harness andcircuit boards that feed intoother systems, includingAgricultural, Refrigeration, andFire Department Industries.They manufacture the circuitboards for Precision Planting andthe 360 Yield Center soilsamples for agriculture. In therefrigeration field, theyassemble hose and copperassemblies for cooling includingCondensing units, Evaporatorcoils, and complete refrigerationsystems. The circuit boards andwire harness assemblies for theFire Departments control thedirection and flow of the water.

The Engineering departmentdesigns and builds per customer.We then went to Ray andSharon’s lovely hangar and Raygave a slide show of theConsolidated Grain and BargeCo. which we drove past. Thisfacility was built on the CSXrailroad; the loop track isdesigned to hold 90 rail cars.They have the ability to load 15– 20 cars per hour (less than 4minutes per car). They recentlyloaded a 65 car shuttle under 3hours and a 90 car shuttle in 5hours. We were all treated toice cream prior to returning tothe hotel. Our evening mealwas served in the meeting roomof the hotel. Mary Rentschler ofMichigan gave everyone a verypretty ceramic egg she hadpoured, painted and glazed.Thanks Mary! Ample pizza,chips, sub sandwiches andvarious cakes were enjoyed byall. Happy Birthday was sungto Mary Gruber, Jim Meyer andArt Gruber! There special dayswere the 19th, 20th, and 24th

respectively.

After breakfast at the hotelSaturday, we toured HummelAviation which was founded in1983 by James Morris Hummelin Bryan, Ohio. Theymanufacture experimental ultralight and Light Sport plane kits.They have six different aircraftplans. You can buy the Plans,Partial Kits, or the whole thingincluding hard-ware andengines. The Ultra Cruiser wasdesigned as the first all metalultralight aircraft; intended forfirst time builders as well as firsttime pilots. It is easy to buildand even easier to fly. TheHummel Bird is a single-seat,single-engine, all-metal airplanetypically powered by a ½ VWengine. They designed the H5version of the Ultra cruiser’s goodqualities into a “roomier”airframe to accommodatesomeone over 200 pounds and/

IFF Secretary Alex Knox in one of theultra light planes at Hummel Aviation


Conventionsor 6 ft. tall. It is intended for65-85 hp with most being builtfor a VW conversion engine.Tri-gear or conventional, the H-5 is an excellent handlingHomebuilt – excellent visibilityand very efficient. Exampleshave been built for less than$4,000 with extensive“scrounging” but with all newmaterial and a pre-built engine,a more likely figure would hovernear $8,000–$10,000. ASpecial Anniversary HummelGathering was held July 11th forpersons interested in HummelAviation or VW aircraftconversions. We then walkedover to the other hangar atWilliams County Airport, andmet Ray’s mechanic, Jim Calvinowner of Hickory Aviation. Hewas working on the wings of aCessna Bamboo Bomber, an allwooden airplane. Don Leisrecognized the plane, which hadbeen at the Versailles Airport.Jim’s Piper plane was out front,and he had some other planeshe was restoring.

A delicious catered meal wasthen served at Johann’s hangar,followed by the annual meetingsof the two Chapters. Discussionswere held on combining the fournorthern Chapters into onegathering once a year. Theysuggested it be brought up atthe IL/IN Convention inSeptember. The Chapters wouldeach have an annual meeting toelect officers, etc. at one of theirfly-ins. Hopefully, each Chapterwill have their suggestions inSeptember following the IL/INConvention. The evening mealwas catered at the meeting roomat the hotel. Mary Gruber wona beautiful door prize made byDuane & Loyola Dysinger.Informal discussions followedthe installation of Officers.

Attendees included thefollowing: Michigan – Duane &Loyola Dysinger, Don & MaryRentschler, Harold & LaureneSheathelm, Ed & Gert

L to R: Installing officer IFF Secretary Alex Knox, Michigan officers: Secretary/Treasurer Duane Dysinger, Vice President DonRentschler, President Gary Wilcox; Ohio officers: President Ray Johanns, Don Leis standing in for Vice President Don Apple,Secretary/Treasurer Sharon Johanns.

L to R: Mary Gruber won the beautifulindoor/outdoor quilt square door prizemade by Loyola Dysinger

VanderKolk, Gary & EmilyWilcox; Ohio – Glen & SusieCole, Lloyd & Audrey Dayton,Art & Mary Gruber, Ray & SharonJohanns, Chuck & PeggyKauffman, Don & Barb Leis,Walter & Shelby Jean Noffsinger,Bibby Nutter and daughterShelly. Other Chaptersrepresented: AZ – IFF SecretaryAlex Knox; Florida – Herb &Bunny Call; Illinois – IFFTreasurer Zelda Lewis, KarenBradd, Norman & Pat Clapper,Jim & Anita Meyer; Indiana –Shirley & Nevoy Culp, Bob &Florence Lutes, Bob & DonnaMiller. Thanks to the OhioChapter and especially Rayand Sharon for a greatconvention!


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IFF WOY Honoredby Diana Ham

Vermont Flying Farmer

This cake I had designed andordered from the family owned“Cakes by David” shop inSalilisbury,MD. I dealt with thepleasant mom and 20 yearowner Barbara whose web sitewas down. Barbara had to calmme one phone call bysaying...”Don’t worry, Diana. You’ll get your cake!” The WOYceremony ended Saturday nightwith the sharing of that cake andwith 2 huge tubs of delicious icecream and Tina Wharton’s(Delmarva Chapter) homemadesauces. That capped a superparty with a riotous roastdelivered by Charlotte Lapp ofthe PA chapter. The VermontFlying Farmers had designed theevening for Davene with thegracious help and guidance ofthe Mid-Atlantic Chapters of theInternational Flying Farmers. Our thanks to Convention ChairJanice and Dave Tranberg, Tina

and Joel Wharton, and the ONFFgracious helper Nancy Abra. Huge bunches of thanks also goto the multi-talented Evan Lappof PA for his multiplecontributions. Many othershelped make the WOY event areally fun, yet casual and warmevening. Thanks too to Veldaand Gord Beidler editors of theMid-Atlantic Newsletter and toPat Amdor for publicizing theevent in the IFF Magazine.

As people entered the room,they were asked to place a wordthat described WOY Davene ona table in scrabble boardfashion. Mistress of CeremoniesNeida Fischer delivered theopening prayer written byJeannie Cronce of the NJChapter. We then had a lightsupper of the Brown’s treat -good sub sandwiches - whichhelped set the casual tone of theevening. After we ate, Char

Lapp took center stage for theroast of Davene. Judy Conard’sdescription of the lasting qualitiesof Davene’s friendship was ameaningful start to the programSaturday night. But after thatsentimental yet true eulogy,there were no holds barred asto what qualities of Davenecould be, and were roasted! Wescreamed with laughter; Daveneand Jerry’s good senses ofhumor were really tested! One

L to R: Neida Fischer and Charlotte Lappstart the evening to honor IFF WOYDavene Brown

Colleen Travis goes through the line topick up sub sandwich and chips forsupper


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Jerry Brown holds a clock that was a giftfrom Muriel Ewing.

Charlotte proposes a toast to Davene

Completed “scrabble” descriptions ofDaveneCharlotte Lapp presents the garden

statue gift to Davene

of the entertaining stories wasabout a group carrying MariachiBand statues across the border– TWICE! Another wasDavene’s choice to retire on acruise ship instead of a nursinghome.

Char had selected the perfectWOY gift from the group whichthe Browns should enjoy formany years - garden statues oftwo small children, reminiscentnot only of the Brown’sgrandchildren, but of all thesmall people we have enjoyedin our lives.

Hot Fudge Sauce(made by Tina Wharton for

Davene’s celebration)

1 cup butter1/3 cup unsweetened cocoapowder3 cups white sugar1 – 12oz. can evaporated milk1 tsp. vanilla

Combine butter, cocoa powder,sugar and milk in saucepan.Bring to a boil over medium heatand lightly boil 7 minutes.Remove from heat and stir invanilla. Carefully pour hotmixture into a blender and blendfor 2 to 4 minutes. Serveimmediately. Store leftovers inrefrigerator.

Wet Nuts

1 cup white corn syrup1 cup brown sugar3 tbsp butter½ cup milk1 tsp vanilla2 cups walnuts, chopped orwhole.

Bring syrup, brown sugar, butterand milk to a slow boil overmedium heat, stirring well.Lightly boil for 5 minutes thenremove from heat. Add vanillaand nuts, stir well and allow tocool.


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IFF MOY Honored

by Paula KramerWashington Flying Farmer

A western theme was used atthe dinner and programhonoring Art Sager as the 2014IFF Man of the Year. The tables,decorated by Colene Sager,featured western placemats,multi-colored bandanas tied withrope , and airplane whistles.

Following the meal, events inArt’s life were revealed througha dialogue between PaulaKramer and IFF Treasurer ZeldaLewis.

Question: What do an 18-wheeler, a spray plane, a cattleranch, a dog in a box and acowboy hat all have in common?

Answer: They have all playedan important part in the life ofArt Sager, the International Manof the Year.

Using a few props to enhancethe script, Paula and Zelda toldof Art barely beating the clockin order to purchase his andColene’s marriage license. Itinvolved running out of gas,changing plans for getting to thecourthouse and beating the 5p.m. deadline by just a coupleof minutes. Thankfully, they

were legally married the nextday.

Over the years, Art has owned5 planes. One of them was aCessna 172 in which he and hisfamily, along with their pet dogflew to Idaho to see relatives.During the trip home, theyencountered weather and had toleave the plane, taking a bushome. The trick was how to getthe dog on the bus too, so hewas crated in a cardboard boxand placed under the seat. Thedog never barked once duringthe trip, but the box moved intothe aisle periodically.Fortunately, none of thepassengers tattled to the busdriver.

For 12 years Art did long-distance hauling with his 18-wheeler truck. During that timethey became city dwellers inSpokane. Art didn’t like beinggone from the family so muchof the time, so he would parkthe truck for 2 weeks eachsummer so the family could go

L to R: Paula Kramer & Zelda Lewis tellIFF MOY Art Sager’s life story

IFF MOY Art Sager


Special Featurecamping, often on an island inPriest Lake, ID.

It is said that you can take theman out of the country, but youcan’t take the country out of theman; so when Art was offereda job on a farm, he sold thetruck and the family moved backto country living.

Soon Art was thinking aboutplanes again, so he bought aStinson, but it was hard on thegas bill, so then he bought aMooney. He also purchased anAg Truck and began cropdusting. All went well until hecrashed the plane, breakingseveral vertebrae and histhumb. The plane was totaled,but he used the insurancemoney to buy some cattle andmake a down payment on theacreage where he and Colenenow live. What a perfectexample of making lemonadeout of lemons.

Following Paula and Zelda’sdialogue, friends and familywere invited to make remarks. Lorraine Gabel broughtgreetings from the OregonChapter, and Wayne Wilderman,Zelda Lewis and Pat Amdorspoke on behalf of IFF. Art’sbrothers—Floyd and Vern—andhis son, Blake, also spoke andtold a few more stories abouthim.

L to R: Colene Sager, Paula Kramer & ArtSager with the gift of an engraved slateplaque from the Wasiington Chapter

After the story telling and Art’srebuttal, he and Colene werepresented with an engravedVermont Slate plaque from theWashington Chapter, to be hungoutside their front door. Everyone was then invited tothe hospitality room for visitingand ice cream treats, courtesyof Art and Colene. A balmyCentral Washington eveningmade this the perfect ending toa great celebration.

The Taylors were proud of theirfamily tradition. Their ancestorshad traveled to America with thePilgrim fathers on the Mayflower.They had includedcongressmen, successfulentrepreneurs, famous sportspeople and television stars.

They decided to research andwrite a family history, somethingfor their children andgrandchildren. They found aspecialist, a genealogist andwriter to help them. Only oneproblem arose – how to handlegreat-uncle Jefferson Taylor,who was executed in the electricchair.

The writer said she could handlethe story tactfully.

When the book appeared, thesection about Jefferson read:“Great-Uncle Jefferson Tayloroccupied a chair of appliedelectronics at an importantgovernment institution. He wasattached to his position by thestrongest of ties and his deathcame as a great shock.

A pharmacist is going over thedirection on medication bottlewith an elderly patient. “Be surenot to take this more often thanonce every four hours.”

“Don’t worry,” replies the patient.“It takes me four hours to getthe lid off.”


‘Round the Regions

By George ConardNew Jersey Flying Farmer

End of spring droughtbrings good News toRegion One farmers

May was very dry and greatflying weather so farmers begansmiling as the first substantialrains began falling in early June.Plenty of top quality hay wasmade in May while dry weatherpersisted, so you can imaginethe joy on faces after corn &soybean plantings were doneand regular rain began to fall.Here in the Flemington area wehave had over 8 inches andeverything now looks green onceagain.

Hidden Spring LavenderFarm

The tour of Hidden SpringLavender Farm on Friday June12th was a fun time with fourteen

members and guests attending.Our hosts Steve and MarieVoorhees made our visit mostenjoyable and taught us abouta wide variety of lavender plantsgrown on the farm and themany uses of the crop.

Lavender is grown on the farmfor their varietal purposes suchas culinary, fragrance and oil.These plants were in peakbloom during our visit makingthe fields beautiful to view. Thefarm is well placed on a bend inthe Route 601 so a driver’s eyes

drift in that direction whilepassing by. Steve and Mariehave a great story to tell abouthow they have developed theirproperty into a lavenderproduction, processing andmarketing facility during thepast three years. The farm isbeautiful to behold and our visitto the lavender shop in a formerdairy barn was most interesting.We learned how lavender plantsare made into neck rolls, softpillows and sachets that inviterelaxation at nap time. Steveshowed us how lavender oils aredistilled for use in soaps, gelsand skin creams. You can learnmore about Hidden SpringLavender Farm by visiting

Standing L to R: George & Judy Conard, Lee Tussel, Lucille Zettlemoyer, GordonBeidler, Ryman Herr. Seated: Velda Beidler

L to R: Marie Vorhees & Ryman Herr

Marie Vorhees on left, gives an overviewof the lavendar farm

L to R: George Conard, Marie Vorhees,Gordon Beidler


‘Round the Regions

By Florence LutesIndiana Flying Farmer

Steve Vorhees on left explains oil distil-lation to Lee Tussel, George & JudyConard

www.hiddenspringlavender.comfor further information.

Attending were Lee Tussell, andguest Janet Pickover, Gordon &Velda Beidler with LucilleZettlemoyer, George & JudyConard with guests Ken & MaryZeller, Angela Lachenmayr withguests Jo McCaffrey and TanyaSoskanova, Ryman Herr andFloyd Evans who capturedseveral N/L great pictures of theevent.

Following our farm tour most ofour group followed George onan unscheduled farm tour of thecountryside to Hopewell’s BrickMarket for a tasty lunch togetherat that farm green market,butcher shop and deli. Thisunscheduled farm tour ourgroup experienced was causedby re-paving operations onMercer County’s Route 518, themain drag between our tour siteand lunch. Since most of ourgroup is composed of seriouseaters, there was some anxietyin the ranks until we eventuallyarrived at our lunch destination.Once everyone’s tummies weresatisfied we gathered outside fora group picture by our stellarcameraman Floyd Evans.Thanks Floyd.

Congratulations to Floridamember Richard Dayton! He waspresented the ‘Wright Brothers50-year safe pilot award’ onApril 23rd at Sun ’n’ Fun. Patalso planned an 80th BirthdayParty for him on the 16th. Hisactual birthday was May 19th.

The Indiana Chapter met May16, Shipshewana, Indiana at the5 & 20 Country Kitchen. Wehad a small group for ourmeeting; you could say we had“Quality” instead of “Quantity”!Truman and Joyce hosted themeeting. We welcomed ourguests from Ohio, Chuck &Peggy Kauffman. Joyce hadpamphlets of the various places

to visit in the area, but it hadbeen a while since we had beentogether, so we just visited withone another. It was good to seeeveryone. Others attendingwere Bob & Donna, Virgil &Doris and Bob & I. ThanksJoyce and Truman for arrangingour meeting place. After theclose of the business meeting,Bob reminded the pilots to gettheir APT form sent in beforethe 31st. He got his APT donelast fall and got it sent in to IFF.The June meeting was hostedby Virgil & Doris Shultz at theirlovely home on June 13th. Virgil& Doris provided most of themeal with members contributingside dishes. Our guests thismonth were Bob Finley andDolores Green, Illinoismembers. It was good to seethem, but sorry to hear of allthe rain their area had beenreceiving. Our numbers werelow due to graduations,weddings, etc. Other membersattending were Shirley & NevoyCulp, Bob & Donna Miller, andBob & I. Truman and JoyceMiller had left on Friday for RapidCity, SD to attend his ship’sreunion, the USS Knudson.Truman & Bob Miller were bothhonored as veterans on June 27th

at the Goshen Airport (GSH)Rotors ‘n Ribs Fly-In. This isthe 4th year for this event, andeach year they give differentVeterans a ride in the HueyHelicopter. They and their wivesalso enjoyed a free World-famous BBQ Rib dinner. It’sIndiana’s turn to host the Region3 Tour, it is planned for August14- 15th in Northern Indiana.


‘Round the RegionsSee other articles of the detailsor contact Florence Lutes.

The Ohio Flying Farmers metMay 3rd in Lima, Ohio at the ‘OldBarn Out Back’ restaurant. Sincethey did not have a privateroom, no official meeting washeld. A good group enjoyedvisiting with one another. TheOH\MI Convention, June 19 –20, was held at the HamptonInn, Defiance, OH. A full storyappears elsewhere in themagazine.

The Michigan’s Chapter annualSpring Cabin Fly-In was heldMay 15 – 17th, Luzern, Michiganat Lost Creek Airport. Therewere no planes fly-in, and onlya small group, the regularattendees, attended.

Host for the IL\IN Conventionis the Illinois Chapter this year.It will be September 18-20 atthe Springfield Ramada North.Reservations prior to Aug. 28th

are $89 per night. Phone 217-523-4000, tell them you are withthe Flying Farmers. Tours willleave Friday at 1:00 p.m. Usethe Abraham Lincoln CapitalAirport. Horizon Aviation is theFBO. Contact Jim Meyer forquestions or details:[email protected] or (217)784-8125. Registration is only$25.00.

By Kim & Sylvia MurphyOntario Flying Farmers

This year the Ontario FlyingFarmers bumped up their Juneevents. Our annual President’sday fly-in was held on June 13th

at Welland Airport and hosted byPresident Adrian Verburg andfirst lady Hortense. With helpfrom friends and family they puton a great BBQ and of course inthe usual OFF manner we had apotluck of salads and moreimportantly desserts as we allknow that Adrian has quite asweet tooth. After lunch we hada slide presentation from‘Accipiter Radar’, where welearned about the many uses ofradar. One interesting applicationwas to detect and deter birdsfrom landing on tailings pondsat mines in western Canada.Adrian also gave a slidepresentation showing localairports from pre-WWII to today.

I was surprised to learn howmany training centers therewere in just one small corner ofOntario and how few of theseremain today. Our host airportat Welland was one of the luckyfew that are still going strongnow.

Since VP, Kim Murphy and hisco-pilot Sylvia had neverventured into the town ofTobermory, they decided to plana fly-out for Flying Farmers andfriends for a Thurs-Friday in lateJune. Tobermory is on the tipof the Bruce Peninsula, that pointof land that juts out into LakeHuron. Many southern Ontariopilots overfly this area on theirway to Manitoulin Island andwestward. Thurs morning weawoke to overcast skies but theceiling was at least 5000’ AGLso it was a solid VFR day. Lightrain cleansed our plane as weflew up ‘the Bruce’ and the firstorder of business after arrivingin town was to purchase anumbrella.The weather did improve as theday progressed and 14 of usenjoyed a cruise to FlowerpotIsland and through the FathomFive Marine Park. Here thewaters of Lake Huron andGeorgian Bay are crystal clearso it was easy to view a couplesunken ships through the glassbottom viewing area.

Friday morning we were joinedby 2 more Flying Farmer aircraftas we continued our trip toKillarney for lunch at Herbert’sFish and Chips. It was a beautifulday with mild temps and clear

Sylvia & Kim Murphy


By Colene SagerWashington Flying Farmer

‘Round the Regionsblue skies so no one minded thewalk from the airport into town,the blackflies even cooperatedand kept their distance!

Check out our websitewww.ontarioflyingfarmers.ca forpictures of these gatherings andthis scenic part of Ontario

The first weekend of June theOregon and Washington flyingfarmers met in Richland,Washington for their Tri-StateConvention. Now you maywonder why it is “Tri”. This titlegoes back to when Idaho had achapter and thus the three states.Now Idaho is with Washingtonand we have two couples fromIdaho who come to thisconvention most years. Oregonand Washington members haveformed close ties through theyears and still meet twice a year;at this convention and latesummer at the Oregon “cornfeed” in Independence, Oregon.It had been said that this wouldbe the last Tri-State. At theRegion 9 business meetingduring this “last Tri-State”sentiments were shown that itwas hard to give up thisenjoyable weekend. It wasexpressed that we didn’t need

to have tours and busyness, butjust time to visit and enjoy ourfriendships. I looked aroundand saw two couples fromIdaho, two couples fromOregon, and 7 couples plus 4singles from Washington. ThenI heard a person say, “But whowill organize this gathering?”And I heard myself say, “I will.”Since then I have had twopeople come forward and say,“I will help where I can.” Tri-State will be held in 2016 thefirst weekend in June, 3-5.

Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf

2 pounds ground beef 1/3 cup ketchup 1 pound pork sausage 1 tsp. seasoned salt 1 small onion, chopped 1 tsp. Italian seasoning 2 eggs, lightly beaten 6 slices bacon 3/4 cup bread crumbs Sliced cheese

Combine the meats, eggs, bread crumbs, ketchup, seasonedsalt, and Italian seasoning. Divide in half. Form one half into aloaf and place it in a treated casserole dish. Place sliced cheeseon top, leaving an inch border all the way around on theoutside. Put the other half of the meat on top of the cheese, andpress down on the edges to seal.

Drape bacon over top of the meatloaf, overlapping slightly, andtuck the ends underneath.

Bake at 350 degrees F. for 90 minutes or until you get aninternal reading of 160 degrees F. Let the meatloaf rest a fewminutes before slicing. The rule of thumb is to cook meatloaf 30minutes for every pound of meat. Use a meat thermometer tomake sure it’s fully cooked.

A waiter brings the customerthe steak he ordered, but thewaiter’s thumb is resting onthe meat.

“Are you crazy?” yells thecustomer. “You bring my foodwith your hand on my steak?”

“What?” answers the waiter.“You want it to fall on the flooragain?”


Memorial Jean P. McClure1928 – 2015

Jean P. McClure, 86, of Convoy,died at 10:15 p.m. Sunday, May30, 2015, at Hearth & Home inVan Wert, OH.

She was born August 24, 1928, inFlint, Michigan, the daughter ofJohn and Beatrice (Herringshaw)Albrecht, who both preceded herin death. On November 24, 1951,she married Glenn E. McClure, whosurvives in Convoy.

Other survivors include threechildren, John Roy (Marvelene)McClure, of New Holland,Pennsylvania, James Earl McClureof Van Wert and Catherine LindaMcClure of Convoy; sixgrandchildren, Stephen McClure,Laurie McClure, Angela Horning,Kristin McClure, Kayla Herstad andKeri McClure; and five great-grandchildren, Caleb, Kaylee andDavid McClure and Davin andFoster Horning.

Mrs. McClure drove a school busfor Crestview Local Schools andThomas Edison Center, with morethan 25 years of service, andworked on the family farm formany years.

She was a member of the formerUnion Center Church in rural VanWert County and currently is amember of Convoy UnitedMethodist Church. She is a pasttrustee and member of thechurch’s Ladies Aid Society of theformer Union Center Church, anda member of the Ohio FlyingFarmers.

Mary Jane Vasey1931-2015

Mary Jane Vasey, age 83 of Cozad,Nebraska, passed away May 16,2015 at Meadowlark Pointe. Shewas born June 15, 1931 to Macand Blandena (Johnson) Bovee.Following graduation fromMonticello College in Alton, Illinois,Mary Jane lived in Lincoln, Omahaand Chicago while working forGMAC.

She married Bill Vasey on March16, 1957 at the Cozad MethodistChurch. To this union, threechildren were born: Douglas,Susan and Nancy.

Mary Jane’s professional careerbegan with her radio talk show onKAMI-AM, Cozad. The name ofher unique show was “Potluck”, witheveryone making sure the dial wasturned to this special program.After 10 years at KAMI, Mary Janebecame a bus tour guide for LincolnTour and Travel. In 1987, shebecame Executive Director of theCozad Chamber of Commerce.

Mary Jane’s awards includeNebraska Flying Farmers Queen,International Flying FarmersDuchess, Admiral in the NebraskaNavy, Cozad Aviation Hall of Fame,the Distinguished Service Awardpresented by the Chamber ofCommerce and the 2008 FarmFamily of the Year.

She was preceded in death by herparents and daughter Susan.Survivors include her husband Billof Cozad, sister Phyllis Bovee ofCozad, son Douglas Vasey ofNashville, TN, daughter NancyHenry of Cozad and fivegrandchildren.

He Only Takes the Best

God saw that he was getting tired,A cure was not to be.So He put His arms around himand whispered, “Come with Me.”With tearful eyes, we watched himsuffer,And saw him fade away.Although we loved him dearly,We could not make him stay.A golden heart stopped beating,Hard working hands to rest.God broke our hearts to prove tousHe only takes “the best”.

Perhaps they are notstars in the sky,

but rather openingswhere our loved ones

shine downto let us know they

are happy.

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