District XI
Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
Hi all! Happy New Year! We are deep in the building season as you read this. I hope your projects are doing well. I’m working on some things and I’ll update them next month. Our fall season was short. Flying ended abruptly here in the Northwest. I still have some event reports to share.
Gayla Dumont, of the Desert Eagles Model Airplane Club in Eastern Idaho, tells us about the club’s open house event:
We had approximately 175 visitors and participants, bringing in $2,020. We are donating $1,800 to the Veterans Mobility Corp, a nonprofit organization that provides wheelchairs to war veterans and their families.
It all began with one chair in very poor condition. With the help of two local shops, the organization was able to rebuild the chair and deliver it to a veteran in Pocatello, Idaho. Word got out, and the demand came in. To date, it has provided 337 chairs to vets in Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Boise, Twin Falls, Heyburn, Salmon, Challis, and Coeur d’Alene, as well as in Arizona, and Colorado. As one nurse said, “The [Veterans Mobility Corp] is really giving [these veterans] their lives back!” We are proud to contribute to this honorable cause.
Also at this event, Jim Dokos received the club’s Desert Eagles Hall of Fame award for his many years of service to the club.
I attended several events this past month. I visited my mom in Arizona on the weekend that the US Scale Masters Championship was held. Because it was on my way (how convenient), I stopped for a couple of hours. I also attended the AMA Executive Council meeting in Muncie, Indiana. It is always a fun time. Finally was the NW Model Hobby Expo’s fall swap meet in Monroe, Washington. I am always happy to see and interact with our members, and I had a great time! Here are a couple of pictures.
I’ve been thinking about how to get more coverage for non-RC events in the district. I’m still working full time, so it’s hard to travel to events that are out of my area in Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho.
I am going to try harder. Please let me know if you are having a larger Free Flight or Control Line event and I’ll try to attend. Send me a short report and a couple of high-resolution pictures and I’ll work to get them in the article. Put me on your newsletter list. I look at them all. I want to be inclusive, but I need your help to do it.
That’s all for this month. Keep building and flying!
Phil Tallman
Vice President
AMADistrictXI@modelaircraft.org
28910 W. Hallet Rd, Medical Lake WA 99022; (509) 220-6513
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENTS
David Agar, Battle Ground WA; (360) 721-1963; kamamhusky@aol.com
Rick Crow, Garrison MT; (406) 559-6662; rwcrowjr@gmail.com
Bryan Diffendaffer, Meridian ID; (208) 841-7358; bryandiff@cableone.net
Michael Ingram, Wenatchee WA; (509) 699-3034; firercer@cs.com
Joe Miller, Dallas OR; (503) 798-7241; dragonriders54@yahoo.com
Chris Rankin, Bend OR; (541) 330-5692; oregonraven@earthlink.net
Robert Stephens, Anchorage AK; (907) 440-0478; rfstephens@hotmail.com
Jay Strickland, Central Point OR; (458) 226-0470; strickdog@q.com
Tom Strom, McCleary WA; (360) 791-7729; flyboy23@aol.com
FF/CL EVENT SANCTION COORDINATOR
Mike Hazel, P.O. Box 505, Lyons OR 97358; zzcspeed@aol.com
RC EVENT SANCTION COORDINATOR
Michael Ingram, Wenatchee WA 98802; (509) 699-3034; firercer@cs.com
