March
RAILMAIL
President, Donnie
Shirey
918-371-8216 donniewshirey@mbcsi.com
Vice. Pres. Vernon
Guess
918-361-6084 vg3616084@aol.com
Treasurer, Kathy
Klawitter
918-382-9924 mjkn6789@sbcglobal.net
Secretary, Nadine
Hodge
918-742-1743 nh2640@sbcglobal.net
Editor, Jim Martin
918-756-3324 nitram1933@sbcglobal.net
C/o
Greetings from the Presidents Round
House....
The annual Jenks herb fest is coming up on April 26th
and this year we have decided to add something to it in the way of showing off
some of our handiwork in the form of models or structures that have been
crafted by our club members. We will set up a display table and area so that
items that you would like to show off can be displayed for the public to see.
This will give people a chance to see that our club is not only about running
trains, but that there is a lot more involvement into garden railroading. So
bring your special item that you have put much hard and dedicated work into and
show it off. This would not only be limited to models or structures, but can
include photos from the photography buffs out there, or maybe some memorabilia
that you may collect. Keep in mind that we need some ideas for club show and
tell and for workshops.
If you have an item
that you would like to show off and would like to bring it to the club meeting,
please do so. If you have an area of “expertise” and would like to share with
the other club members, let us know and we can get a workshop put together. Who
knows, it might just be the item that other club members are missing on their
layout and would like to see just how it is done.
Until the meeting….Donnie
Banner Photos
Got a favorite photo of yours
railroad? Send it to me at nitram1933@sbcglobal.net
. This months banner photo is from Barb and Ken
Casey’s Wild Wild West RR.
Upcoming Shows and Exhibits 2008
April
5th, Bixby OK – Greater
Buy, sell,
trade, all scales. Info @ 918-440-1910 or 405-624-7651
April
26,Jenks OK - Herb Fest
Always a good turnout of folks for this one with great vendors, food and
entertainment. The
club sets up track in the street (More info due)
April 29-May 4,
This is the
big one and all large scale with tours of garden RR’s throughout the area. If
you’ve not been to a GR Nat’l, this would be a good one to attend. Info @ www.ngrc2008.org
May 3,
The event
will cover all aspects of gardening from plants to equipment, plus food booths,
games and more. Info @ okmulgeemainstreet@sbcglobal.net
June 5&6,
June
20-22, KC MO – Heart of
This is the
second time for this new show, crowds were thin last year but the exhibits were
good. Info @ www.hagrs.com
June
27-28,
August 8th, Claremore OK- RC Trade Show
The
models,
cars, planes, trains with vendor booths and operating displays. More info to come on this one.
“Next stop,
Train
At last
months meeting the topic of train tours and outings came up. Here are a few
railroads within easy driving distance of
Arkansas
& Missouri RR,
Eureka
Springs & N. AR,
Midland
RR,
Branson
Scenic RR,
Belton
Grandview & KC RR,
Abilene
& Smokey Valley RR,
Grapevine
Vintage RR,
www.grapevinevintagerailroad.com
Minutes: February 2008
The meeting
was called to order by President Donnie Shirey.
The Minutes of the January 2008 meeting were accepted. The Treasurer was not in attendance, so the
Treasurer’s Report was not given except to report the balance of the checking
and savings accounts.
Old
Business
As was decided at the last
meeting, we have opened a savings account and transferred $1500 into it from
our checking account. he club membership approved the
payment of $118 for two years for a new website with a domain name of tulsagardenrailroadclub.org
Bob Gardine
will evaluate the trailer and report back with suggestions on how to better
organize the trailer. It was agreed that
we need to remove Christmas trains and other seasonal items and that we need to
install additional shelves along the sides of the trailer and that we need
rolling racks for loading modules. If we
are hauling the trailer to ground track-only events, we need to ensure the
ground track and accessories are stored at the back of the trailer for easy
access. We need to decide when
and where to hold a module workshop. A special thank you to Jim Martin for rebuilding Skip’s drawbridge.
Harry Wolohon
volunteered to provide a collection box for donations at ground track and
module events.
It was agreed to postpone the
model contest until after the tour, but members are encouraged to display their
contest entries at events like the Herb Fest or the annual tour to show another
dimension of our club.
It was decided to hold the
annual tour on Saturday May 31. Vernon
Guess will be the event coordinator.
Tour hosts to date include: Bill
Black, Bob and Sheila Buttram, Bob Gardine, Vernon Guess, and Joe Salamon.
Reminder: Bob and Jonna Gardine will host an Open House Memorial Weekend on
Saturday and Monday. Visitors are
encouraged to bring trains to run.
Reminder: Dues are due.
New
Business
Jenks Herb
Fest, Saturday April 26. It was
suggested that we have live steam on an inside track.
We need to find new venues,
particularly in light of the cancellation of the Claremore Home and Garden Show
and our non-participation in the Tulsa H&G Show.
We are waiting to hear the cost
of silk screening the canvas tote bags with the TGRRC logo, and we will price
the bags accordingly.
Ludwig is attempting to repair
our Thomas the Tank engine, and he strongly encourages regular maintenance!
It has been suggested that the
club have an annual directory that includes photos of the club members. A decision will be made at a later date.
Joe suggested that we have a
building inside each loop of the eggliner helix. The two buildings could be connected by an
elevated walkway. Is anyone able to
fashion this from wood or styrofoam? Think “model contest.”
Ludwig has offered to donate a
prize to be awarded to the “Favorite Model” in our model contest.
If anyone has train whistle
sounds on a CD, please contact Joe.
Club members are encouraged to
provide photos to Jim Martin for the Railmail and to
Cindy Whitton for the digital photo frame.
Show and
Tell: Cindy Whitton
brought a digital photo frame on which she had loaded several hundred photos of
club layouts. The electronic frame
slowly sequences through the digital photos.
Ludwig displayed a number of Accucrafts
freight cars that he purchased at their year end sale and has them available at
a 50% discount.
Program: The planned program by Southwood
Nursery was cancelled due to illness of the presenter. The substitute program by Donnie was also
cancelled due to Donnie’s Airwire system being packed
and stored and unavailable.
Submitted by Nadine Hodge, Club
Secretary
Our Next Stop….
…will be at
6:45pm, Thursday, March 27th at the
“All-aboard!”