Before I begin my first letter as president, I would like to give a BIG thank you to Jim Vitte for being our president over the past few years.  Jim will remain our representative to the Midwest Area Cooperative (MAC).  I will be the alternate representative to MAC.
 
The September Rally was held at the Sandwich Fair.  We had our semi-annual meeting the morning of Saturday, September 8th where we elected new officers for the next two years.

          President:                      Jack Holecek
          Vice President:              Flo Purcell
          Secretary:                      Mary Jo Benhart
          Treasurer:                      Linda Ellsworth
          National Director:          Kathy Holecek
          Alt. National Director:    Linda Long
 
 The Sandwich Fair as always was very enjoyable.  Most members arrived on Wednesday but a number of us arrived on Thursday and Friday.  Members present were the Addems’, Ellsworth’s, Flynn’s, Morris’, Benhart’s, Schlie’s, Purcell’s, Willie’s, Olsen’s, Vitte’s, Harden’s, Koehne’s, Kriz’s, Leeder’s, Long’s, Semitekol’s, Thornton’s, Zigler’s, Koeppel’s, Don Russell, and Holecek’s.  A number of members had family and friends visit.  Also, Benhart’s had a new grandson born on Saturday, September 8th.  Their first grandson after four granddaughters.
 
After the Sandwich Fair the Kriz’s, Koehne’s, Holecek’s, Schlie’s, Vitte’s, Willie’s, Long’s, Zeigler’s, Thornton’s and Addems’ headed for the Midwest Area Rally in Manchester, Iowa.  Since the rally did not start until Tuesday afternoon we stayed Sunday and Monday nights at either Zeigler’s or Vitte’s home.  All are thankful for their hospitality.
 
We arrived at the MAC rally Tuesday afternoon.  Most of us made a side trip to the Field of Dreams and a Catholic Basilica which was in the next town.  The MAC Rally had about 400 coaches in attendance.  About 6 dealers brought in about 25 new for sale motor homes.  There were a number of vendors including John Ellsworth’s employer Inland Power Group.  John helped manage the vendor table and the seminars for Inland an authorized distributor of Allison Transmissions etc.  We had a very good time.
 
See you in October at Tom’s Campground in Wisconsin.  Don’t forget the White Elephant sale.


From the book “What’s so funny about getting old?”  --
“You know you’re getting old when:
You open your outgoing mail.”