[AT] Work Day at Portland

[Gene Dotson]

    Landen;
    I tried to get them to come to my place this saturday to
clean my fencerows, but didn't have any takers.
    It was a fun gathering there. The club even treated us all
to dinner at Ponderosa. I was certain there were twice as many
people at the dinner than we had working. The group thinned out
some after dinner.

                        Gene



----- Original Message -----
From: Landen Schooler <skoullar at ix.netcom.com>
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Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Work Day at Portland


:
: Wow, I'd sure like your crew to show up on our farm,
: too bad I'm, half a country away.....
:
: Landen Schooler
: Palmyra, Iowa
:
:
: Gene Dotson wrote:
: >
: >     Yesterday was the volunteer work day at the Tri-State
club
: > grounds at Portland, Indiana. The big poject this year was
: > clearing fence rows from the new land the club has
purchased
: > next to the Jay County fairgrounds. The club has added
about 75
: > acres to the site for additional selling space and will
allow
: > tractor tillage operations starting this year.
: >     We started at 7:00 am with coffee and doughnuts and
then
: > about 8:00 am we all went acros the fairgrounds to the new
: > ground. There was several thousand feet of very overgrown
fence
: > rows that we tackled with chainsaws, bulldozer, skid
loaders,
: > tractors with loaders and about 40 able-bodied volunteers.
This
: > was really quite a sight to see as all the wild brush
: > disappeared and ended up in massive piles to be burned.
: >     I had an opportunity to get to know a lot of the
members
: > and officers of the club and help bond the association with
: > A.T.I.S. and the Tri-State club.
: >     I had hoped to see a few more members of the list there
to
: > help, as volunteering our services will help to assure our
: > camping arrangements for the summer show. Chris Englehardt
will
: > again reserve our camp area this year. We will have the
same
: > area as last year.
: >     I told Ken and Chris that we would have more volunteers
: > from the early arrival for the show, so hope I can deliver
as I
: > promised.
: >     There will be ground working areas for those who would
like
: > to bring a plow, disc or harrow along with their display.
Only
: > registered displays will be able to participate.
: >     This was a very productive day for all involved and a
very
: > satisfying accomplishment.
: >
: >         Gene Dotson, Portland Campmaster
: >
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