From the Seat of the President
January 17, 2012Dale Schwantes
ds.schwantes@gmail.com
(920)210-6744
Hello everyone,
The most recent of our club events has been the toy show. After several years of having our toy show at the Beaver Dam Mall, due to renovations and remodeling there we were required to make a change. Thanks to the efforts of Les McCullough we were able to hold our annual toy show at the Rock River Intermediate School, Waupun, WI, in conjunction with the Waupun FFA and their FFA Alumni. The FFA very graciously assisted our membership with setting up and taking down the tables in exchange for the privilege of selling refreshments to raise funds for their organization. Many of our own club members also helped with the setup and takedown. Thanks to all who participated!
Although the toy show was moved to Waupun with very little prior notice, there was a very good turnout. The school gym was so filled with toys and crafts that we spilled out into the halls with even more crafts and displays. Our board members reported good comments made by venders and buyers alike. We were so pleased with results that we agreed to contract with them again for next year. If you missed out on this last show, you will not want to miss out on next December’s toy show. Mark your calendars for December 8 & 9, 2012.
Despite our water drainage and legal issues, the club is still moving on. The club is finding ways of generating income. One way is by donating scrap iron and batteries. If you have any scrap iron or batteries laying around and getting in your way, please bring them over to the side of the club shop, or call Marion Reisetter at (920)387-4193 cell (920)210-8908 to have your scrap picked up at your convenience. We will give you a receipt to use for a tax deduction in exchange for your donations!Curtiss Mueller will haul the stuff to the scrap yard for us. Several loads have been hauled in already and the current scrap price makes this a profitable project. The income we have generated thus far is allowing our treasurer, Jim Richardson, to continue to pay our expenses and the Wednesday crew to continue with a few projects. Recent projects include a snow blower, an IH corn binder, a milk machine vacuum pump, new wooden benches and tables are being repaired. Although there are more projects on our list, unfortunately we can only get those less costly projects done. Please consider helping us out in any way that you are able. We thank you for your support.
During this year the club will also be sponsoring several brat fries with Ballweg Implement at their Beaver Dam location. Marion Reisetter coordinated this fund raiser for us for the first time last fall and it worked out very well for us. All supplies are furnished by Ballweg Implement. All the club has to do is furnish people to grill, serve and sell brats. We have only done this once so far, and it proved to be a rather good fund raiser for us. Good enough to want to do this two more times. We will keep you informed as to the dates when they are booked.
We are having a garden tractor raffle. This year’s feature is IH, so we will be raffling a cub cadet garden tractor (Grand prize), a peddle tractor, and a1/16 scale toy tractor. Bob Riegle and Dave Bradley own cub cadets of their own and are working on it so it can be ready to take to other shows and places to display. The board members and several others feel that there is more wide spread interest in a garden tractor than in a larger tractor. Most people can accommodate the size of a garden tractor in a shed or garage, while more room is needed for a larger tractor. More women are apt to drive a garden tractor. Most women do not want to drive a larger tractor. If this is true, we should be able to sell enough tickets to make a profit, and keep the women happy too! In addition, a garden tractor is small enough to fit on most trailers, lighter, and easier for many to maneuver.
If you are going to a show and would like to take the cub cadet with you to set up a raffle station, please contact a board member or the Wed. crew leaders to help you. Of course, you are always welcome to help sell tickets even if you do not take the tractor to an event! Call any board member for tickets the whole year through!
We have begun a new year with a new Board of Directors. I would like to thank our out-going board members, Russ Sponem and Ade Weisensel for their fine years of dedicated service. I would like to thank Connie Kraemer for her very many years of service as our secretary and thank her for her continuing service as a current member of our board. Without dedicated members such as these fine people, our club could not function.
Finally, we are always looking for anyone who would like something to do! If you would like to start a project, serve on a committee or run for office, please see the roster in this newsletter and give any one of us a call or an email.
Respectfully submitted
Dale Schwantes
Club President
NEWS FROM THE SHOP
Winter projects progress as the weather cools off. Work has started on restoration of our 1936 Klauer Sno-Go. The engine is running and the blower works. The transmissions (yes, two, one four speed and one two speed) need to be checked and the hydraulic system freed up. Then a new wood cab frame has to be constructed.
The IHC corn binder donated last year is in need of a complete rebuild. The crew working on this project was surprised by the condition of the castings and the ease of disassembly.
Now everyone who worked on the teardown needs to be on hand for the reassembly.
Some progress has also been made on the large Buckeye engine. The bent connecting rod has been removed and the piston and sleeve removed. This engine may end up being a static display as many hours of work would be needed to restore this engine to working order.
A note from our Treasurer $$$$$
The Toy Show was a success with two sunny days and a great turnout of vendors, farm displays, and buyers. The Waupun site worked well and we had great help from the FFA.
Total show receipts were fantastic with 722 people paying admission and 3 advertising passes.
This was a very succesful show for a new location.
Jim Richardson, Treasurer
A note from our Secretary
Greetings to one and all:
I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year! For those who may not have not heard, I am the newly elected Secretary of the Power Club. My name is Sue Bintzler. I am married and I have 3 wonderful children, one of whom was married this past July and one who will be married this coming August. (Yes, she planned it to land right in between two tractor shows YEAH!). I live just outside of Lomira, WI on the Bintzler Homestead Farm which has been in the family since some time in the 1800’s. I work full time at Marlin Technologies, in addition to which I have 5 part time jobs. I am an EMT IV Technician for both the Theresa Ambulance Service and the Mayville Ambulance Service.
I can usually be found in the club’s kitchen the week before the show and during the show. Please stop in to say "Hi" and introduce yourself. I love to meet new people. I do have some big shoes to fill and I will need the help of everyone to be very patient with me during this transition. I would like to thank Connie for all the years she has served as secretary of our club. She and I were talking about it the other day and she thinks she has been doing this since we were first at the Beaver Dam fairgrounds (about 18 years!). That is a long time and many changes have taken place since. So please give a great big THANK YOU to Connie when you see her for her many dedicated years as secretary of our club’s board of directors.
The Board sat down and put some figures together and discovered that it costs the club over $1000 each year to send out this newsletter by snail mail. Because we would like to save money where we can we are asking everyone who has an email address to please send it to me, Sue Bintzler at bintzler@gmail.com so that we can begin sending our newsletter to you digitally. (No need to concern yourself about privacy. We will NEVER share your information with anyone!) Please, just email me a "HI" with your name, it will give me your email address. THANK YOU for your help!
For those who have no access to a computer, no worries. We will still send you a newsletter in the snail mail, but we are asking that you notify us by phone call (920) 386-2565 or mail with your request. Everyone’s cooperation will be greatly appreciated for this will save the club some money.
I want to thank everyone for all their hard work and dedication to the club. It is our club and we need to take pride in what the club has become. We have a great thing going! PLEASE DON’T FORGET TO GET THOSE EMAIL ADDRESSES TO ME!
Your Secretary,
Sue Bintzler
Hello Guys and Gals!
This is a quick note to say “Thanks!” to all who have helped
out at the Show Grounds throughout the year. I think things went quite smoothly
before, during and after the show last year, but there is always room for
improvement. So, as an old board member, I ask you to contact me at lmmccullough@att.net or
Les McCullough, 812 East Franklin Street, Waupun, WI 53963 if you have any
questions or concerns and I will be happy to take them to the board for you
(though, of course, you are most welcome to contact any of them yourself as
well).
We have gained a few new members to help with our regular
Wednesday Crew and that is great! More help spreads out the work for all of us
and makes everything that much more fun to do. Remember, there are only 26 more
work days until our next show! Come on out and help the rest of us if you can!
Thanks Again!
Les
NEWS FROM THE WOMEN’S COMMITTEE
| Quilt donated by Joan Weisensel & Connie DePover |
| Handknitted afghan donated by Carolyn Dehler |
| Quilt donated by Joan Weisensel & Connie DePover |
| Quilt donated by Joan Weisensel & Connie DePover |
| Hand-quilted tea cloth donated by Bernice Frank |
| Hand quilted tea cloth donated by Bernice Frank |
| Hand crocheted doily donated by Sue Schwantes |
Now that we have a working website, the women’s committee would like to publish recipes from you in each of our online newsletters. If you have a recipe to share, please email it to
Michelle Zahn at thesoaplady@sbcglobal.net








