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Wildcat Hills Good Sam Club – July Newsletter

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Cat’s Den Chronicle
Monthly Newsletter of the Wildcat Hills Good Sam Club
Your Humble Editor Speaks
I know, I know it isn’t official yet, but maybe by the time I get this out we will have a Charter. I am getting so excited that I just can’t wait. So, I thought I would put my energy into our new Chapter.

As you can see the job of Asst. State Director Is real tough.

Please print this newsletter and frame it under glass. The first issue is always valuable. I figure with inflation it will worth 10 cents in a few years.
The Ball Starts Rolling at The State Samboree
A few of us were in Hastings at The Nebraska State Samboree and we met with Fred Hatch our State Director, Carla Gries the incoming State Director and Dennis Butcher our Asst Director. They reviewed the Constitution and By-Laws and asked about a zillion questions and then helped us fill out the application for a Charter. Fred said it should be done in a couple weeks. I’ve been anxiously waiting for the news ever since.

I have a confession to make. Everyone praised me on the quality of the Constitution and By-laws for our new chapter. I accepted the praise and took all the credit. In truth the By-laws came from Bart’s notes that were from your input. Thank you to all of you for your help.
First Unofficial Meeting
We had our first official/unofficial meeting on Thursday evening, June 10th at the Bartow’s house. Jim had copies of the Constitution/ By-laws for everyone and Denny read it paragraph by paragraph. We had several questions that lead to a few changes and some things just had to be defined and or explained. We set the dues at $15.00 per year. We also decided that our campouts/meetings will be on the second week of the month so as not to interfere with the two other Chapters in the area.

Our group discussed the possibility of requesting a $25.00 loan from each Charter Member to help get things started. This would be refundable when we get solvent.

I made the corrections Friday morning to get the Bylaws to Tom and Bart who were leaving for Hastings on Friday afternoon. We are confident that next month we will have the Charter signing.
Happy Camping – Linda & Jim

Wagon Wheel Sams August newsletter

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Editor’s Notes
I need to make a correction to last month’s newsletter. I mistakenly said that Alvin and Ken made the camping arrangements for July. It seems that it was Dave Feagler and not Alvin that worked with Ken . My Bad – My apologies to both of you.
Our August campout/meeting will be Aug 20, 21 and 22 at AB Camping in Cheyenne, WY. Tom and Dot Walsh will host a carry in at 12:00 noon with our monthly meeting following at 1:00pm. Wagon master Alvin Banghart will lead a caravan over there on Friday morning. The caravan will depart from the old Sun Mart in Gering at 9:00am. I have attached directions from Gering with two routes. One is through Kimball and the other is through LaGrange, WY. There will be a Friday night dinner at the campground and a lot of people want to go to it. Please call Alvin and let him know if you will be at the campout and also the Friday night dinner.
We had our July highway cleanup on Saturday July 24th and I had the honor of Filling in for Cindy as the leader of the pack. We had the usual turn out and there was quite a large amount of trash. I assume it was from Oregon Trail Days because of the types of beverage containers we found. What has me upset with the whole picture is that we have the same people turning out for this every month. I understand that there are health issues with some members, however there are able bodied people in this chapter that need to step up and get out there and help. Cindy Banghart works hard to keep the highway clean up going and she needs your help. We need to see some fresh new faces out there on Saturday morning.
Some of our members are upset with Tom and Dorothy Walsh’s decision to have a Carry in Dinner
August 2010 Newsletter
at the campground at noon. I know some of us wanted to go to The Country Buffet for Supper and have the meeting at the restaurant. But the way I understand it the Hosts are responsible for deciding where and what time we have the meal and meeting. What is the big deal? They made their decision. Now live with it. You are acting like a bunch of spoiled brats.
As most of you know the Vances will not be re-newing our membership in Wagon Wheel Sams at the end of the year. That will leave the newsletter Editor’s position open. If you are interested in becoming the newsletter Editor, please contact Ken or the incoming President.
Campout/Meeting
Although we had 14 Rigs answer roll call we only had 7 at the campout. It is just as well because we suffered from severe electrical shortage. We all got through it and had a lot of fun. We had over stocked the ‘fridge with food and except for milk on my Cheerios and a glass of OJ it was all there when we got home. Friday night was supper at Grampa Chuy’s and since we no longer have a Burger King in Scottsbluff we headed over there on Saturday night. Friday night Harry and Charlene Case drove in pulling their brand new camping trailer. They picked it up in Casper and drove straight to Torrington. Congratulations to the Case family. Most of the week end was spent trying to find some shade and relaxing with friends.
The July 17th meeting was called to order at 1:10 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance and Flag Salute.

Roll call was read with 14 rigs represented.

Mary and T Jones, friends of Dave and Sandy Feagler, were our guests.

The Minutes of the May meeting were read by Secretary Marilyn Petersen. Char Schanaman made a motion to accept the Minutes as read. Bonita Case seconded. Motion carried.

The Treasurer’s Report was read by Treasurer Jim Vance, with a starting balance of $1533.03. After a deposit of $79.50, the ending balance was $1612.53. Motion was made by Betty Wilhelm to accept the Treasurer’s Report. Twilla McCarthy seconded. Motion carried. No bills were presented for payment.

Correspondence was received from Dogs for the Deaf and Special Olympics, thanking us for the donations.

Due to ill health, Carolyn Austin has stepped down from the nominating committee. Char Schanaman will fill in.

As of this date, the nominations are: Char Schanaman for President, Lurleen Adamson for Vice President, Marilyn Petersen for Secretary, Jeanette Schreiner for Treasurer, and LeRoy Schreiner for Wagon Master.

Wagon Master Alvin Banghart asked those present for a count of who is planning to camp in Cheyenne. He will be calling everyone else. For those who want to travel up together, we will be meeting at the old Sun Mart parking lot at 9:00 a.m.

Dave Feagler made a motion to donate $100.00 to a homeless couple staying at the fairgrounds. Doris Bartow seconded. Motion carried. Dave will deliver the money.

Betty Wilhelm thanked everyone for all the cards sent to George.

Our next scheduled cleanup will be July 24, 2010. We will meet at 7:00 a.m. at the RV Park.

It was decided that we would empty the can shed on Tuesday, July 20, at 9.00 a.m.

50/50 brought in a total of $58.00. $29.00 for the club, $14.50 won by Dorothy Walsh and $14.50 won by Ken Petersen.

The door prize donated by LeRoy and Jeanette Schreiner was won by Tom and Twilla McCarthy.

Birthdays and anniversaries were read.

Tom and Dorothy Walsh will host the August camp out. It will be pot luck.

A motion was made by Bobbie Baird to adjourn the meeting. Doris Bartow seconded. Meeting was adjourned at 1:40 p.m..

Two City Sams June 26, 2010

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Two City Sams meet on June 26th at Arrowhead State Park. President, Pete Thomas, called meeting to order with the Pledge of Allegiance and prayer.

We received a thank you card from Dogs for the Deaf.

Discussion on various ideas where we can help our community.

Leonard Schwalm was our chef for the week-end.

Thursday evening was roasted hot dogs;

Friday morning was pancakes and evening was grilled hamburgers;

Saturday morning we enjoyed Bacon and Eggs cooked outside.

Group sang happy birthday to Colleen Schwalm.

Our July meeting will be in Burwell Ne. where we are going to take in the rodeo.

Wagon Wheel Sams July Newsletter 2010

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July 2010 Newsletter

The newsletter is early this month because we have a couple issues that need to be addressed as soon as possible.

First, there were a few members that are concerned that the camping at Goshen County Fair Grounds is too close together. The problem has been solved. Dave and Ken have been working with the people up there and we have 20 sites on the grass. They are wide enough to open your awning if you desire. The sites are electricity only (no water) with a cost of $15.00 per night. We also have the pavilion for the meal and meeting. Make your plans now. This is a pretty good deal. We’ll be there July 16th, 17th and 18th.

It has been brought to my attention that several of our Wagon Wheel Sams Newsletter Chapter members are upset
with my since of humor. I assure you that my comment about Alvin Banghart in the back of Harry’s truck was made in fun. I know that my comment was probably in bad taste, but you need to understand that a lot of what Alvin and I do is in bad taste. I talked to Alvin and he and Cindy thought it was funny. I also told him that if I didn’t like him I would not be making fun of him. We joined this Chapter to have fun, but it seems there are some of you that don’t like it when we are laughing and having a good time. To those of you who don’t like the way I do things, I’ll give you a quote from my dearly departed Father. “You can get glad in the same underwear you got mad in.” From now on it will be strictly business with no jokes or frills. Have a good day.

The June 19th meeting was called to order at 1:10 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance and Flag Salute.

Roll call was read with 16 rigs represented.

We were honored to have Cindy Banghart’s mother, Marie Darnstaedt, Rich and Barb Kissler, Ron and Gail Ledesma and grandchildren, and Chet and Wanda’s grandson,Tucker as our guests.

The Minutes of the May meeting were read by Secretary Marilyn Petersen. Bart Bartow made a motion to accept the Minutes as read. Char Schanaman seconded. Motion carried.

The Treasurer’s Report was read by Treasurer Jim Vance, Motion was made by Bart Bartow to accept the
Treasurer’s Report. Gene Fees seconded. Motion carried. No bills were
presented for payment.

Jim Vance read a wonderful letter from The Ronald McDonald House thanking the club for the donation.

President Ken Petersen asked for members to be on the nominating committee. Tom McCarthy, Sharon Gregory, and Carolyn Austin have volunteered.

After much thought and discussion, Tom McCarthy made a motion to have the July meeting at the Torrington Fairgrounds on the original date of July 17, 2010.
Doris Bartow seconded. Motion carried. Bart and Doris Bartow will host a potluck.

More discussion was had on the August 21st meeting. A decision was made to go to the AB Campground in Cheyenne.

Cindy Banghart gave a quick report on the highway cleanup. She informed us that our club would not be dropped from the program.

Our next scheduled cleanup will be June 26, 2010. Bart Bartow made a motion to meet at 7:00 a.m. at the RV Park. Doris Bartow seconded. Motion carried.

President Ken Petersen announced that Fred Hatch will be retiring as State Director this year. Carla Gries has been nominated to fill this position.

A short report was given on the 2010 Samboree. All who were able to attend, agreed that we had a fabulous time.

The 2011 Samboree will be held on June 9 through 12. The theme will be Treasure Island. It was also mentioned that the cost of going to the Samboree will be increased to $70.00.

50/50 brought in a total of $79.00. $39.50 for the club, $19.75 won by Marilyn Petersen and $19.75 won by Cindy Banghart.

The door prize donated by Jim and Linda Vance was won by LeRoy and Jeanette Schreiner..

Birthdays and anniversaries were read.

A motion was made by Bart Bartow to adjourn the meeting. Jeannie Fees seconded. Meeting was adjourned at 2:05 p.m..

Wagon Wheel Sams Newsletter May 2010

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June Newsletter

2010 First Highway Clean up

Our merry group of highway clean up professionals poses for a picture after picking up trash along Five Rocks Road.
We had a good turnout for our first highway cleanup of the year. After a long, cold and wet winter we had quite a haul. Harry and Clyde used their pickups to haul the big chunks. I even saw one big lump of trash in the back of Harry’s truck that looked like Alvin Banghart.

After we finished it was time for the usual picture with Gunner guarding the pile of trash. Someone said “I’m hungry.” A few of us had Saturday morning “honey dos” and headed home. The rest of us went to the Log Cabin Restaurant for breakfast. Biscuits and Gravy was flowin’ and our bellies were growin’. I think we should change our chapter name to Let’s Eat Sams. We’ll meet again next month.

May 2010 Meeting

Ken called the meeting to order after Dave and Leroy got back from a garage sale. After roll call with 15 rigs (yes, believe it or not some of us, including your editor and treasurer wimped out and drove up in our cars) in attendance, Kathy Gatch from Buckboard Therapeutic Riding Academy gave a presentation about what they have accomplished over the last year and their plans for the future. We had voted to donate $100.00 to them and presented it afterword.
After Jim gave the Treasurer’s report that left us with a balance of $3,698.87 he read a letter from The Special Olympics thanking us for the donation.

Cindy reported that she has signed a contract to do the highway cleanup again this year. The amount is $400.00 and the first cleanup is 8:00 am, May 22nd.

Because the State Samboree is in June, we had a few housekeeping items to take care of. $10.00 was donated to Special Olympics in memorial of each family member we lost in the past year. $50.00 was donated for door prizes at the Samboree.

Jim brought up the idea that since our chapter has a large account balance that we should clear out $2,000 by making additional donations to our charities’. After much discussion on the subject Tom McCarthy suggested we give $500.00 each to Ronald McDonald House, Buckboard Therapeutic Riding Academy, Dogs for the Deaf and Special Olympics. Tom made the motion and we all approved it. Needless to say Jim was busy with the check book.

Because we are in charge of parking at the State Samboree, Denny Butcher gave a quick talk on how, when and where.

It looks like we need to decide where to have our campout in July. Alvin reports that the campground in Lusk is full for that weekend.

We had some discussion on going to Cheyenne in August. As this is when we have our elections some of us wanted it closer to home. Tom McCarthy had to remind everyone that it has been voted on and approved by a majority vote. Tom also thanked everyone for the many cards, phone calls and visits. We need to keep Tom and Sue Shepherd in our thoughts and prayers.

Because someone forgot the tickets, we did not have a 50/50 this month. We did, however, have a door prize. The door prize that was donated by Dennis and Sharon Gregory was won by Jim and Linda Vance. Thanks Dennis and Sharon. We are already enjoying the prizes.

The June campout will be at Fort Robinson with Gene and Jeannie Fees as our host with the pot luck at 12:00 noon and the meeting following at 1:00pm. We will be in the same area as last year. See you there.

June Birthdays
Betty Jo Kreman – 5

Leroy Schreiner – 6

Charlene Case – 14

Marilyn Petersen – 22

Sharon Gregory – 25

Happy Birthday to all of you

June Anniversaries

Larry & Lurleen Adamson – 4

Harry & Bonita Case – 10

George & Betty Wilhelm – 12

Happy Anniversary

That’s all for this month. See you in Hastings and at Fort Rob.

Happy Camping,

Linda and Jim

Wagon Wheel Sams April 17, 2010

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Wagon Wheel Wanderer

May 2010

First Camp out

The week end of April 17^th we had our first camp out of the year at Robidoux RV Park. We had a lot of fun with a good turn out and a surprising number of guests. There was the usual trip(s) to Wal-Mart to fill the list of stuff we forgot to bring. Saturday was on the cool and breezy side so I know there was a lot of Pegs and Jokers going on.

Sunday we woke to warm and sunny weather. Since the pavilion was closed most of us hung out around Tom and Dot’s camper all morning until Tom McCarty decided to go to Runza for lunch. We followed along with several others. After eating we all sat there trying to delay the inevitable drive back to the camp ground and breaking camp to head for home.

This weekend sure gave us the itch for the coming season.

April Supper and Meeting

After the pot luck dinner for April, which was hosted by Dennis and Sharon Gregory, we had our April meeting.

We had a good showing this month with 18 rigs answering roll call. There were a few that couldn’t make the long trip with their camper but showed up with their car. We had several guests this month. Our guests for the evening were Paul and Joyce Schmunk, Dick and Sherry Blaha, Jack and Char Medearis and Ed Schreiner. Welcome to all of you. I believe they were invited by the Bairds and the Bartows. Ed is Leroy and Jeannette Schreiner’s son. It looks like we have four contenders for the last two rig slots. Ohhhh the suspense! Stay tuned.

After Marilyn read the minutes and Jim gave the Treasurer’s report Tom McCarthy made a motion to give Ken $50.00 to help cover expenses for the trip to the state meeting. Sharon gave a report on the two trips the local Special Olympics has coming up in the future. After asking the club to donate $100.00 for each trip, Alvin made a motion and we donated $200.00 to Special Olympics.

Since Bart has become a snowbird we didn’t get around to installing him until this month. Tom McCarty did the honors and we now Have an official President in charge of Vice.

We had a letter from Fred Hatch (our NE Good Sams State Dir) explaining when the spring meeting was to be held. The theme for the state Samboree this year will be hobo days. We will again be doing the backseat driver and helping with horseshoes. Fred also sent a Comp to the state Samboree for a Wagon Wheel Good Sam member in good standing. We had a drawing of those planning to attend and Larry and Lurleen were the winners. Congratulations go out to Larry and Lurleen.

Kathy Gatch from Buckboard Therapeutic Riding Academy was scheduled to attend our meeting to receive a check for $100.00. According to Bobbie she had a prior engagement and will be at our May meeting.

Cindy informed us that the first highway cleanup will be Saturday, May 22^nd and there after the fourth Saturday of the month through September. We will meet at Robidoux RV Park at 8:00am.

The 50/50 brought in 47.00 for the club and $23.50 each for the lucky winners Betty Wilhelm and Jack Medaris. The door prize which was donated by Clyde and Bobbie Baird was won by Dennis and Sharon Gregory. Congratulations!

Twilla had the flag cleaned at Ideal Linen. We all thanked her for getting it cleaned.

Sharon and Dennis donated the center pieces and Sharon drew names for center pieces. Winners were Bart and Doris Bartow, Leroy and Jeanette Schreiner, Alvin and Cindy Banghart, Roy and Carolyn Austin and Rich and MaryTaedter.

Thank you Dennis and Sharon Gregory for hosting the pot luck dinner and for donating the table center pieces.

Our May pot luck will be at Box Butte SRA, on the 15^th with Leroy and Jeannette Schreiner our hosts. The dinner will be at 12:00 noon with the meeting at 1:00pm. See you there.

HAPPY CAMPING

Linda and Jim

May Birthdays

The following folks have birthdays in May

Sue Shepherd 4

Jim Vance 10

Alvin Banghart 13

Doris Bartow 16

Tom McCarthy 19

Ken Petersen 20

Harley Vance 25

Betty Wilhelm 30

Happy Birthday y’all

May Anniversaries

There are no anniversaries in May

Two City Sams May 17th, 2010

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May meeting for the Two City Sams was held at Walnut Creek Campground near Papillion, Ne.

Meeting was called to order by President Pete Thomas.

Pledge of Allegiance to Flag was led by President Pete Thomas.

Pray was given by Ray Fink.

22 members were present for the May meeting.
Plans were discussed about our Burwell NE. camp out, July 29 to August 1st.

Plans to enjoy the rodeo and surrounding events.

Friday evening the group went to a local mexican restaurant and enjoyed good mexican food.
Saturday evening we enjoyed a potluck supper.
Art & Mavis Tvrdy are celebrating their 48th anniversary this month.

We had a 50/50 drawing we collect $18.00

Logan Valley Sams News 5/26/2010

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The Logan Valley Sams went to the Cottonwood area near Yankton for their first campout of the season on April 26-28. Five rigs were present.
Marvin Brummond resigned as president at this time because of his wife, Carol’s ill health. Roy Stohler will take over as president.
The group visited an antique shop and ate lunch and dinner out on Tuesday.

On May 25-28 the group camped at Snyder Bend Camp ground near Salix, Iowa with five rigs present.
The chapter members participated in the Clean-Up America effort by picking up trash along the lake.
Two rigs will be going to the Samboree. Our chapter will be represented by our Vice-President, Gary Uehling.
We visited the new Air Museum on the airbase at Sioux City on Tuesday.
Our next campout after the Samboree will be at the lake of one of our members on June 28-30

ELKHORN VALLEY SAMS MAY 15, 2010

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The regular meeting of our club was held on May 15 in Louisville, NE. State Recreation Area. There were nineteen rigs represented. The minutes were read and approved with one addendum—When registering by mail for Samboree, please enclose a check for registration.

Correspondence: Reservations are made for Branched Oak. Jan is now colleting money for Scenic Park in So. Sioux City,NE. Only one nights fee is required at this time,of $17.00. Cancellations must be made two weeks in advance.

New Business: Ten couples will be attending Samboree in June in Hastings, NE. It was moved by Betty Bauer to give $100 to Dogs for Deaf and $100 for Special Olympics from the club. This was seconded by Dorothy Peterson and motion carried. So the club will give a total of $245.50 to Dogs for Deaf and $180.00 to Special Olympics. Discussion was held concerning duties and jobs that have been delegated for our club. We have donated items for gift baskets which will be raffled at the Samboree.. The money received for our baskets will go to our club. Door prizes are also being donated by Larry Hintz and Linda Bontrager. Betty Bauer has continued work on our picture scrapbook and will have it displayed at Samboree. On Wed. night there will be entertainment provided by members from individual clubs, so being thinking of what you would like to do.

New business: Members were reminded to hang out their nameplate on the Elkhorn Valley members sign at each campout. If you do not have one, please contact Richard Ruff. He has made them in the past.

Jim Cunningham accepted the duty of Chaplain for the coming year. Betty Bauer and Gerald Bontrager will serve on the nominating committee.

Birthdays and anniversaries for May were honored. Tom and Elsie Saunders won the drawing of $19.

A recipe box was auctioned off and recipe cards were handed out for people to copy recipes that they would like added to a club cook booklet. Elie Saunders was highest bidder for the recipe box.

The meeting adjourned.

A thank you to the hosts, Bells, Bontragers and Cunninghams. A welcome coffee was held Fri. at 3pm, followed by a potluck at 6:15 pm. Three members celebrated their birthdays on this very day. Sat. night we all gathered around the campfire for Whirlpop popcorn and Smores. A good time was had by all.

Secretary,

Sharon Lofgren

Elkhorn Valley Good Sams April 17, 2010

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Elkhorn Valley Sams April 17,2010

The regular meeting of the Elkhorn Valley Good Sams was held April 17,2010 at Fremont State Lakes Recreation Area. Our meeting was preceded by a potluck dinner with the hosts furnishing beef stew, and drinks. The meeting was opened with prayer by Gerald Bontrager and led by President Mary Bell 18 rigs were present. The minutes were read and approved. The Treasurers report was read and approved.

Mary read correspondence from state president, Fred Hatch. One free registration for the State Samboree being held June 10 through the 13^th is being given per club. A drawing was held and Char and Al Beckman won the drawing.Baers won the monthly club drawing.

Jan Rishoi reported that Willow Creek reservations have been made. Thank you Jan. She is now collecting money and reservations for Branched Oak in Sept. at Lincoln. A count was made of those attending The Wilds in August. Two nights are free and the third night is $20 for those wishing to stay the third night.

President Mary Bell reported on the State meeting which was held April 10 and attended by Mary Bell, Beckmans and Rishois. It has been requested that all reservations for Samboree be made via the internet if at all possible. The website address is www.nebraskagoodsams.com.(all lower case) The registration fee is $65 and payable at the gate. An auction will be held for Dogs for Deaf and Special Olympics. Please donate items for this if possible, handcrafted are always nice . Our club will sponsor the Bingo again on Wed. night. Also there will be baskets available from six different clubs to be raffled off. Gerald Bontrager moved that our club sponsor baskets for the raffle. The motion carried and final plans will be made at the May meeting.

Ken and Janet Emken thanked everyone for all the cards and those who attended their 50^th wedding anniversary celebration. Donna Hintz thanked everyone for all the cards, visits and calls during her recent and continuing recuperation following major back surgery. Birthdays and Anniversaries were honored.

The next campout is in May at Louisville State Rec. Area. The hosts requested we all bring a recipe to exchange. They will provide ham as the main dish and we are asked to bring side dishes.

Boyd Dose recently audited the treasurer’s books for the dates of Jan. 2009 through March 2010 and reported all was in order.

Mary thanked the hosts for this campout—Ruffs, Coates and Lofgrens. We had fun visiting couple to couple on Sat. pm. We were assigned certain couples so that we could get to know each other better. We were also challenged to complete a NE town game. Meeting then adjourned.

Secretary

Sharon Lofgren