THE WISE OWL CAR VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR TRAINFEST

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1 VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR TRAINFEST SEPTEMBER 2013 I hope everyone has had a great summer. We will be doing a transition from outdoor summer events to model railroading with our September 15 meet at the Milwaukee Light Engineering Society s Live Steam Park. While we will not have a swap area, and no model contest (unless it s for equipment at the park) you will have a chance to enjoy the afternoon riding behind live steam equipment. This is also a great family event, so bring the family. On the topic of outdoor events, the Division s membership picnic at the Milwaukee County Zoo was great. A big thank you to Ed Varick and his helpers for making it another success. During the picnic Ed THE HEAD OWL HOOTS BY JOE RUSS announced that he has decided to step down as picnic chairman, but in two hours I had another member, Mark Willmering, approach me about volunteering for the position. Thank you, Ed, for your years of running the picnic, and thank you, Mark, for stepping up to take over. I also need to give a thank you to Ken Ristow, who had both of the zoo s steam locomotives operating for our visit there. Thank you, Ken. Now for the business side of things. At our October meet the membership will be voting on approving the updated Division constitution. Please go to the Division web site at and read it over. There will be a number of changes in how your Division operates, At our October meet the membership will be voting on approving the updated Division constitution. Please go to the Division web site at and read it over. There will be a number of changes in how your Division operates, Bonnie Janke, our contest director, is looking for new pictures to use on the award plaques. If you have any prototype steam or diesel photos that YOU took and would like to see used on the plaques, please contact Bonnie. Finally, over the summer we lost two members of the WISE Division family. (con t pg. 6) The WISE Owl Car is published by the Wisconsin Southeastern (WISE) Division of the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA). Subscription is free to all NMRA members residing within the boundaries of the WISE Division. The Wisconsin Southeastern Division, Inc. does not offer any warranties or guarantees, nor assume any liability from the information contained in this publication. Permission is granted to use news items in other publications provided credit is given to the Owl Car and author. Trainfest and the Trainfest logo are registered trademarks of the WISE Division, NMRA, Inc. Please send any comments, information, or editorials to the editor. Editor: Harry Grieshaber grieshab@gmail.com Phone: PICNIC CHAIR REPORT BY ED VARICK THANK YOU... THANK YOU Thank you to all you wonderful folks who made our annual WISE Division Picnic at the Zoo a huge success. The weather was perfect, the food was delicious, and Dick Cecil was at the pinnacle of his good humor (ha, ha). I do wish to thank all our great folks for their donations for door prizes. I especially thank my committee for their help; Fred and Bonnie Janke, Neil Michel, Wayne Dunbar and last but not least Dick Cecil our Editor s Note: Thanks for the great times and your dedication to making the picnic a wonderful time for all. Please see page 4 for other pictures.

2 T HE WISE OWL CAR P AGE 2 MC. As I mentioned at the picnic, I have resigned as Picnic Chairman. I have been doing it for more than 15 years and I feel it is time for some new ideas. I want to thank all you wonderful folks who, over the years have made my job look good and easier by your attendance each year. So once again, Thank You and see you next year. A DDITIONAL P ICNIC P ICTURES :

3 PAGE 3 CONTEST CHAIR REPORT BY BONNIE JANKE The April meet was very exciting with all who came prepared to enter the WISE Division s Meet. We had several categories featured. We also had a very busy day in the contest room. It was great to see our youth group participating and we had two youth with entries into the contest. The youth group meetings are being held at the Waukesha County Gandy Dancers club facilities. I get a chance to talk with the youth about the WISE Division s Monthly Meets and to encourage them to place an entry into the contest. I have enjoyed the time I get to see and talk with the youth and to keep them informed as well as the other members of our WISE Division of things happening in the contest room. I wanted to let all know that we will not be having a regular contest at September meet, as we will be visiting a club which runs live steam equipment. There will be a contest for the Live Steam equipment on exhibit on that day. Hope to see all of you and your entries in the contest room at our October 2013 meet. April s Best of Show: Steve Miazga N scale Conner's Thai Trading Co. Additional Contest Results from April 21, 2013 Motive Power Steam 1 st Place - #102 Thunder Lake Lumber #6 Jim Sohns 2 nd Place - #101 Milwaukee Road # Jim Sohns Motive Power Diesel 1 st Place - #202 Thunder Lake Lumber #34 Jim Sohns 2 nd Place - #201 IC Bicentennial GP 38-2 Jim Sohns Freight Equipment 1 st Place - #504 Nevtronic Gonculator Ed Varick 2 nd Place - #502 (NKP) w/load Charles Friedlein Non-Revenue Equipment 1 st Place - #603 Work Flat Car Mark Willmering 2 nd Place - #601 Thunder Lake Lumber Co Caboose/Work Car Jim Sohns Structure 1 st Place - #704 Conner s Thai Trading Steve Miazga 2 nd Place #701 Covered Bridge Jim Laatsch Prototype Photo 1 st Place - #803 Blue Island Jct John Shipman 2 nd Place - # in Milwaukee - Tim Shipman Model Photo 1 st Place - #901 Evil F Unit Bob Gallegos 2 nd Place - #904 H&NE at Stand Rock Harry Evans General 1 st Place - #1202 American Freedom Train Jim Sohns 2 nd Place - #1201 Molton Sulpher Train Ray Meyer Youth 8 to 17 1 st Place - #1301 Hotel Sydney - Sydney Vinyard 2 nd Place - #1302 Boy Scout Camp Jaden Liermann

4 PAGE 4 Sunday, September 15, :00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The first meet of the 2013 season will be at the Milwaukee Light Engineering Society s Railroad Park. It will run from 11 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and feature train rides at their facility. There will NOT be a swap area at this meet, and we will not have the regular model/photo contest room. However, we are planning on having judging of the equipment being operated and on display that day. As it isn t easy to bring equipment that size to the meet and the contest room, we are bringing a contest to them. So be sure to come to the meet and enjoying riding a model railroad for a change. Update on the Division Constitution The Constitution and Bylaw Committee has spent nearly 30 hours going over the Constitution. There will be some notable changes, including electing some board members every year, making the Chief Clerk and Paymaster appointed positions, and allowing for mail-in ballots. The membership will have to approve the new Constitution, and will do so at a special meeting at the October 20 meet. In the meantime, you can review the updated Constitution at the WISE Division s web site at Thank you to the committee for their many hours of work on this project.

5 PAGE 5 WISE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Superintendent Paymaster Achievement Program Trainfest Joe Russ Bob Sherman Laroye Chisley John Tews (MMR 313) (262) (262) (414) W. Shadow Dr. Contests Membership Picnic New Berlin, WI Bonnie Janke Neal Michel Mark Willmering jruss@execpc.com (414) (414) (414) Assistant Superintendent Owl Car Newsletter Layouts Bus Trip Ken Jaglinski Harry Grieshaber Mike Carlson Art Oseland (414) ( 414) (262) (414) Chief Clerk grieshab@gmail.com Youth Club Video Library Al Lederman Webmaster Mark Hintz Burnell Breaker (262) Open Position (262) (262) Directors At Large Richard Cecil(414) Gary Children (414) Cedor Aronow (262) Ed Varick (414) Trainfest Tickets are NOW ON SALE Starting August 1, 2013 until Trainfest, Advance Tickets will be on sale for $10 each. Friday Product Showcase tickets now on sale. The $45 special Friday Products Showcase ticket includes access to the manufacturers show, dinner and gift bag on Friday along with admission to Trainfest Saturday and Sunday. Kids coupons for free admission are available from the Trainfest.com web site and hobby shops selling tickets which are listed below. Tickets are on sale at the following supporters and friends of the WISE Division and Trainfest. Metro Milwaukee Area: Greenfield News and Hobbies - Greenfield Hiawatha Hobbies - Waukesha Sommerfeld s Trains - Butler South Side Trains - Milwaukee Walthers Terminal Hobby - Milwaukee Outside Metro Milwaukee Engine House Service Green Bay, WI Lombard Hobbies - Lombard, IL Madison Hobby Stop Madison, WI Park Lane Hobbies - Dyer, IN

6 PAGE Meet & Events Dates (Cont. page 1) Sept. 15 Oct. 20 Nov Dec. 1 Jan. 19, 2014 Feb. 16, 2014 Live Steam Park Menomonie Falls Midway Hotel-Brookfield Trainfest-Wis. State Fair Park Expo Center Midway Hotel-Brookfield Midway Hotel-Brookfield Midway Hotel-Brookfield And on June 21 former Kalmbach Publishing employee George H. Drury passed away at the age of 73. George was a great modeler, and NMRA member, who was always willing to help. He gave many clinics at WISE Division meets and Midwest Region conventions the Division hosts. In the early days of the WISE Division, he also served as chief clerk. The WISE Division extends its condolences to both the Oseland and Drury families. More WISE information F AC E B O O K: I S E D I VI SI O N, N MRA W EB: W W W.W I S E D IVI SION. O R G UPCOMING EVENTS FOR OCTOBER 20, 2013 Opens at 12:30 p.m. Popular vote contest registration (free and open to the public) until 1:30 p.m.. Catagories: diesels, freight equipment, prototype photos, train crafts and youth. 1:00 to 1:45 Tom Bundy (MLES) Signals 2:00 to 2:45 Bob Fry 2013 National Convention at Atlanta as seen by Bob Fry 3: to 3:45 Rob Pfeiffer Night shots (Halloween-themed photos) 3:45-4:00 Announcements and Presentations of Contest Awards 4:00-6:00 Layout Tours (Maps distributed at conclusion of meeting)

7 PAGE 7 Volunteers Are Needed For TRAINFEST 2013 Trainfest is arriving on November 9th and 10th. We will again need volunteer help to distribute programs, help with set up and manage other assignments. Please fill out the form below and mail or send an to Ed Padgett volunteer@trainfest.com. is the best and easiest way for me to follow up with you. Thank you in advance for your help. We will also need help on Friday, November 8th with directing traffic and other tasks needed to be done. In addition, we need a few people to help with closing the Expo Center. This consists of helping direct the vehicles out of the Expo Center. If you can help, please sign up below, then on Friday locate me, Ed Padgett or Cedor Aronow at the Trainfest office when you arrive. I need a couple of people to work at the desk as a helper Friday, Saturday and Sunday. If you could help, please let me know. Please add your phone and . Yes! I can help at the desk: Name: Day ; Time Yes! I can help on Friday, November 9th Phone Name We will need three people at each of the two doors for the 9am and 11am shifts. One of those volunteers will be Counting children. That will require 6 people for each shift so volunteer. We want to make this a great show. Yes! I can help distribute programs. Please circle your choice of time(s) you are available to work. Please report to Ed Padgett or the personnel at the Trainfest office fifteen minutes prior to your shift start. If you are in the building prior to your start time, you may check in early. That helps us know that the shifts are filled. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH OPENING SUNDAY, NOVEMBERR 10th OPENING AFTERNOON SHIFT 1 AFTERNOON SHIFT 1 AFTERNOON SHIFT 2 AFTERNOON SHIFT 2 CLOSING CLOSING Name Address Mail form to: Ed Padgett City, State, Zip mail S57, W22641 Woodside Ct Waukesha, WI OR send to: volunteers@trainfest.org Or epadgett@powercom.net

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