FEBRUARY Memorial Scroll. Oregon Good Sam Club Newsletter. Where to find it.. February 2017, Issue 2. Ann Springer. Orville (deceased)

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1 Oregon Good Sam Club Newsletter February 2017, Issue 2 Where to find it.. Memorial Scroll In Memory of Ann Springer Page 1 New Chapter Members, More Chapter Changes Page 2 Pow Wow s Roaring Twenties Theme Page 2 Note from Terry Page 3 Good Sam Store Page 3 79ers Karen s Chat Page 4 March 8, 1926 Judging form for Chapter Newsletter Contest Page 5 New Updated Memorial Scroll Form Page 6 Dates to Remember Page 6 Rally Volunteer Request Form Page 7 List of Veterans Receive so far Page 8 List of Rosters Still Needed Page 8 Registration form - Pow Wow Page 9 Registration form Country Cuzzins Page Registration form - Round-Up Page Registration form - Spring Gathering Page Fox Gulch Rd. New Photo Contest Page 16 Stevensville, MT Last page - Form to receive Drifter Page 17 NAME Ann Springer SPOUSE Orville (deceased) CHAPTER BIRTH DATE DEATH DATE January 20, 2017 Ann s Memorial Service will be held at 1 pm on March 8th, her birthday, at the Bateman-Carroll Mortuary at 520 W Powell in Gresham (97030). Sympathy cards and condolences can be sent to: Mike Springer and Family Ann s favorite charity was Dogs For The Deaf. IF you like, a donation in Ann s Honor would be a wonderful thing to do. FEBRUARY 2017 Dogs for the Deaf, Inc Wheeler Road Central Point, OR She will be greatly missed. We lost a most wonderful lady today. What a truly great lady. We will miss her enormously. She was our Secretary, Friend and our Go-to-Person. She held us together and will be missed by us all. 1

2 New Chapter Members LAYOVER SAMS - 1 Ernst & Arlene Pine READY ROAMERS - 4 John & Annemie McCaffree Paul & Dawn Needham Joneth Ann Lucht Arlene/Hank McCarthy/True BLUE MOUNTAIN GOOD SAMS - 3 Frank Locati Barry & Louise Van Donge Curtis & Barb Walter This Drifter is full of new registration forms for the following events: 1. Regional Westerners North Coast Round-Up 2. Spring Gathering 3. Regional Country Cuzzins Rendezvous 4. Regional Wy-East Pow Wow The State Rally Registration Form is not quite ready for publication. GOOD SAM KLAMATH KAMPERS - 1 Ann Schooler More Chapter Changes Going Dormant: Bay Area Renegades & Lighthousers 2

3 NOTE FROM TERRY Last month I sent you 36 titles of library books that would make good skits for the 2017 Saturday Night Show. How about any favorite childhood stories do remember the Bobsey Twins? Of course! Here are some more: Johnny Appleseed Davy Crockett Billy the Kid Paul Bunyun Johnny Tremain Alien novels Vampire stories Werewolves Zombies Sherlock Holmes Edgar Allan Poe Emma Bombeck stories Agatha Christie The Time Machine 20,000 Leagues Under. Mark Twain Louisa May Alcott Dickens Casey Jones Annie Oakley Harry Houdini Ann Franks Biographies Presidents Comedians Now that s the most eclectic list I ve ever seen! ANYTHING will fit in the library!! Put on your thinking caps! 4 1/2 months left!!!!! Call or me. I d love to help you. terlar02@aol.com home cell OREGON GOOD SAM STORE Is open for business Oregon Good Sam has had a store with Good Sam items for many years. These items have been on sale at the Good Sam Store at the Rally/Samboree each year. They are also available by contacting Don Nedrow at donnedrow@gmail.com or Don will mail your order back to you with a bill for the items requested. There is no charge for shipping on stocked items. Some of the items Don stocks are: Good Sam Flags and Holders License Plate Frames Life Time Flags Good Sam and Life Hats & Patches Vest Guards that hold your vest together Good Sam 2-slot Name Tags NW Good Sam Patches and much more You may also order Good Sam items from When they ask you how you heard about this catalog, tell them Oregon Good Sam Drifter sent you. :-) 3

4 Karen s Chat: I do like the snow (I m an Iowa girl) but we didn t have to put up with it for weeks and weeks like so many of you did or are still doing. This Drifter would have been shorter if I hadn t put all the registration forms in it. I thought about just putting them on the webpage, but changed my mind. I really want you all to seriously consider attending as many of our OGS Regional and State meetings as you can. They are fun! I have a true story to tell you:. The Mississippi Good Sam Club doesn t have a candidate to run for State Director. So they are going to become DORMANT, just like some of our OGS Chapters. That means they will have to close down the shop; no bank account, donate all their money to a non-profit, have no campouts, rallies or meetings and turn in all their Good Sam paraphernalia. How sad!!! I don t want that to happen to Oregon. Let s work together to simplify and streamline our OGS rules, processes and meetings and enjoy what we are doing. Good Sam has a wonderful reason for being - YOU! I am looking for YOU!; someone who cares about making people happy, has courage to try new things, is full of ideas, and has some energy and wisdom beside. That s what Ann told me and she was right. We are sure going to miss her. I am ready to accept an offer from someone to become either the State Director at the end of this year or come on board with the title of Executive Assistant to the Director as you work toward the Directorship in two years. The deadline is the first of May. Karen A WELL-PLANNED RETIREMENT (Sent to me by Randy Wells, Blue Mountain Good Sams. He received it from the widow of a man he once worked with at a tire store. Randy was about 20, the man was older and a very positive mentor to Randy. Randy has kept in contact with the man s wife since he passed away many years ago. Her name is Wanda Wyrick, his was Guy Wyrick. Very wonderful people.) Outside England's Bristol Zoo there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 buses. For 25 years, its parking fees were managed by a very pleasant attendant...the fees for cars ($1.40),for buses (about $7). Then, one day, after 25 solid years of never missing a day of work, he just didn't show up; so the zoo management called the city council and asked it to send them another parking agent. The council did some research and replied that the parking lot was the zoo's own responsibility. The zoo advised the council that the attendant was a city employee. The city council responded that the lot attendant had never been on the city payroll. Meanwhile, sitting in his villa somewhere on the coast of Spain, or France, or Italy, is a man who'd apparently had a ticket booth installed completely on his own and then had simply begun to show up every day, commencing to collect and keep the parking fees, estimated at about $560 per day -- for 25 years. Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to just over $7 million dollars...and no one even knows his name. HA HA HA HA 4

5 Here is the judge s form To help you plan your contest entry: Criteria for Newsletter Competition 2017 No entry form is required. Open to all Oregon Good Sam chapters. Enter three (3) samples of your newsletters. They must have been published between July 2016 and June Primary purpose of newsletter is to inform membership of chapter events and other news in a timely and interesting manner. Further, it should promote participation in Good Sam events. Category Criteria Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Content Relevance Balanced Contact info listed Calendar of events Editorial Motivational Layout & Design Accuracy Creativity Coverage Totals Overall pleasing appearance Readability (size of type & use of white space) Balance of copy with photos, headlines Consistent format Effective proofreading, accurate spelling and punctuation Observance of copyright laws Year & month listed Easily understood Use of imagination Entertaining as well as informative Chapter news: past & future GSC material covered Links to OGSC website JUDGES: You can rank each question/criteria from a low of 1 to a high of 10; then add points to determine winners!! 5

6 NEW MEMORIAL SCROLL NOTIFICATION FORM This information will be included in next issue of The Drifter after received and at the following Rally (Samboree) Memorial Service. Name Spouse Send to Karen Wells 3080 Jefferson-Scio Dr. SE Chapter Jefferson, OR Date of Birth (if known) Date of Death NEW: We welcome a picture of the deceased and a short blurb to put in The Drifter. We have been reformatting many of the forms that are used in our Oregon Good Sam organization. Above is the form our Chapter Secretaries will use to report the passing of Chapter members. The names sent to Karen, our OSC State Director, will be shown in the next Drifter and included in the following Samboree/Rally Memorial Service. During our Spring Gathering, April 30-May 2, 2017 in Wapiti RV Park (Lincoln City), we will hand out a special Secretary s Workbook that will include all the forms needed to keep our records organized and everything working in a straight line. :-) NOTE: The Spring and Fall Gatherings, are constitutional events where all chapter Presidents, the voting body of OGS, must attend or send someone in their place to vote on OGS business. Here are some really great events happening in the next few months: April 27-30, 2017 (arriving on April 27th) The Westerners Round-Up Regional Campout at Wapiti RV Park in Lincoln City. May 1-2, 2017 (arriving on April 30th) Our Oregon Good Sam Spring Gathering at Wapiti RV Park in Lincoln City. This is a piggyback event with the Round-Up. (see next page) May 18-21, 2017 (arriving on May 18th) The Country Cuzzins Rondezvous Regional Campout at Eastern Oregon Trade & Event Center (EOTEC) in Hermiston. June 21-25, 2017 (arriving anytime between June 18th-20th) Our yearly Oregon Good Sam RV Rally (Samboree) at Douglas County Fairgrounds in Roseburg. August 3-6, 2017 (arriving anytime between August 1st-3rd) The Wy-East Pow Wow Regional at the Hood River Fairgrounds in Odell. August 7-8, 2017 (arriving on Sunday, August 6th) Our OGS Fall Gathering (used to be called a mini-rally) at Hood River Fairgrounds in Odell. This is a piggyback event with the Pow Wow. Mark Your Calendar Now! 6

7 LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP AT THE RALLY (SAMBOREE) Do you enjoy singing? Do you play a musical instrument? Do you like to speak in front of people? (not afraid of a mic) Are you a wood worker? Do you have a favorite group game? Are you trained to take people's blood pressure? Have you been in the military or a veteran's organization? Do you enjoy greeting people? Do you play golf? Do you know how to line dance or act like a DJ? Do you like to do office type activities? Do you quilt or sew? Do you like to paint, draw, design or other artist stuff? Do you enjoy working as a videographer? Do you enjoy drama, play acting or wearing costumes? Do you know how sound equipment works? Would you like to help set up a stage and move chairs? Do you like to work on computers? Do you like to tell people what to do? Do you enjoy cooking or grilling? Would you enjoy helping people play games in tournaments? Do you like to pack trailers; is that one of your talents? We need as many people as possible to help set up the Rally you would need to arrive at the fairgrounds on Sunday (June 18th) or Monday (June 19th) and stay until the next Sunday (June 25). If one or more of these tickle your ears, please let me know. You can reach me at or oregongoodsamfamily@gmail.com IT TAKES OVER 100 PEOPLE TO MAKE A RALLY GO TOGETHER Please return to Karen at oregongoodsamfamily@gmail.com or or 3080 Jefferson-Scio Dr SE, Jefferson, OR Yes, Karen, I like (list ALL that interest you) Please tell me what Rally job would fit my likes best. I will decide which one I could do after I get your list. Signed Phone My hobby is (name ALL) Yes, I could help you, Karen, with your computer questions. And your internet questions. 7

8 The names of our Veterans are coming in. Seventeen (17) of our Chapters have responded. Bay Area Renegade Sams Blue Mountain Good Sams Bridgetown Campers Cascade Cruisers Cascade Sams Clackamas Campers Columbia River Sams Eugene Sojourners.. 8 Good Sam Beaver Dam #1 Good Sam Klamath Kampers Good Sam Trav l Nuts Grande Ronde Wheelers Hobo Sams... 6 Jumpin Junipers Layover Sams.. 6 Lighthousers McKenzie River Drifters...5 MF Apple Blossom Sams. 5 Oregon Single Sams Polk About Sams...21 Portland Single Sams Ready Roamers..7 Rim Rock Rec s River City Sams...14 Rogue River Rooster Sams Rolling Coasters Rollin Roamers Roseburg Sams ers Santiam Sams..8 SO Sams..10 Spruce Runners Tillicum Sams Trail Dusters Tri-Mountain Good Sams... 5 Weekend Sams.. 2 Westside Wanderers Members At Large *.. 3 (also known as MALs) 11 TOTAL SO FAR. 126 Dormant Dormant Dormant Dormant *MALs are our Oregon Good Sam members who no longer are a part of one of our Chapters because of choice, going Dormant or De-Chartering, older members becoming noncampers and those who have never joined a Chapter. * Watch for more information about special events for our MALs. ATTENTION: ALL VETERANS We are going to honor all our veterans at the rally in Roseburg june 21-25, 2017 We are building a list of our Oregon Good Sam Veterans. I am asking all Chapter Secretaries to PLEASE send me a list of the veterans in your chapter before the end of the year. Also if we knew where they served, which war/theater and when, that would be helpful. Thank you for helping me. NOTE: All Chapter rosters are required to be sent in to me by January 31st. I have not received rosters from the following Chapters: Cascade Cruisers Good Sam Beaver Dam #1 Good Sam Trav l Nuts Rolling Coasters Rim Rock Rec s The 79ers 8 Tillicum Sams

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10 35 th Annual Eastern Oregon Country Cuzzins Rendezvous 2017 Date May 18, 19, 20, & 21, 2017 Theme Wild About Oregon Place Eastern Oregon Trade Event Center (EOTEC), 1705 E. Airport Rd, Hermiston, OR Directions East and West bound on I-84 take exit 188 and proceed North on Hwy 395. Travel North 5.0 miles through Stanfield, Oregon until Denny s Restaurant is seen on the right. Slow-down, take the right turn after Gary Culp Machine Shop, onto East Airport Road. Travel about four blocks, turn left into EOTEC driveway. Fee $75.00 per rig. Pre-Registration must be received before May 1, After this date, add $5.00 late registration fee. This fee covers, 3 nights parking, Fri & Sat Morning: pancakes; Fri: Cake & Ice cream; Sun Morning: coffee & donuts. Walk-ins pay $5.00 per day each person. There is no water or sewer available this year, just electricity. Westfall Septic will provide RV pumping at $40 per rig per service. Parking Rendezvous Parking begins at 10:00am Wed. There is a $10.00 early bird parking fee on Wed. Anyone arriving before Wed will pay $10.00 per day directly to the EOTEC office. Registration Thurs. 10:00am - 2:00pm; Fri. & Sat. 10:00am - 12:00 noon Refunds If you are Pre-registered & unable to attend, a $5.00 charge will be deducted from your requested refund. Refund request must be made by June 15, Meals Thursday Night: POTLUCK. Friday Night: POTLUCK Saturday Night: POTLUCK Activities Outdoor Games, Bingo, Card Games, Chapter Stores, Brown Bag Auction (For this each rig provide a brown bag containing something of value not less than $10 or more than $20. No food items.) Each rig to provide one door prize. Church Service Sunday. Food Drive Please supply at least one (1) non-perishable food item per person. Food will be provided to Agape House-Hermiston in co-operation with the Oregon Food Bank. NOTICE This is a DRY CAMP. Don t forget your water jugs to place by your RV. If you wish to park as a group, please wait until all group members are present, then enter the parking area as a group. DETACH AND MAIL PRE-REGISTRATION FORM BELOW " Mail to Wanda Gundlach Make Checks Payable to COUNTRY CUZZINS 2600 SW Goodwin #28 Pendleton, OR , or Shirley Pulley Number for Senior Center Lunch on Thurs. Please print or type both names of couples: Names Chapter GS# Address City State Zip Phone# Early Bird Parking Wed. $10.00 Amt. Wed. Parking... $. Registration $75.00 per rig Amt. Reg. Fee.. $. Late Registration Fee $5.00 per rig Late Reg. Fee.. $. Walk-in Fee $5.00 per day per person Walk-in Reg. Fee.. $. 10

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12 Directions to Wapiti RV Park Go south on Hwy 101 through Lincoln City, Turn left just south of Lincoln City at Mile Post 119, Drive 2.2 miles to Wapiti RV Park NOTE: Don t use your GPS, it might lead you astray. 12

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16 NEWEST WEBSITE PHOTOCONTEST ON THE ROAD AGAIN THEME: On the Road Again - We are looking for a photo that shows what you are looking at when you look out the front window of your RV while you are driving down the road. WHO CAN ENTER: Open to all photographers 12 years of age and older who are members of a family who is a Good Sam Club member and a paid-up Oregon Good Sam Chapter member. DIRECTIONS: The pictures must be taken in 2016/17 on any digital camera, phone or i-pad. The photo must be the original work of the entrant and an accurate reflection of the subject matter and scene as it appeared, without alteration. All digital photos are to be sent to oregongoodsamfamily@gmail.com. Twelve (12) photos will be chosen and displayed on the home page of our OGS website, one at a time. The photographer s name will be displayed with their photo. DUE DATE: There will be no certain beginning and ending dates. As the photos come in they will be added to the photo collection to be used as seen fit. JUDGING: Photos will be picked for use by OGS Webmaster, Gene Hancock. No prize other than photos chosen to be used on OGS website will be given. COPYRIGHT: By entering, you retain copyright and remain the owner of your image and may also continue to use it in any manner you choose. You agree that the image you submit may be used in printed publications, OGS website, in a slideshow and screensaver, may be uploaded on OGS social media channels or in any other media and may be copied and displayed in any country provided that you are afforded appropriate attribution as the photographer. For questions regarding this 2017 photo contest, please contact OGS State Director at or oregongoodsamfamily@gmail.com. Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the side of the road. As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped the car and asked the Navajo woman if she would like a ride. With a silent nod of thanks, the woman got into the car. Resuming the journey, Sally tried in vain to make a bit of small talk with the Navajo woman. The old woman just sat silently, looking intently at everything she saw, studying every little detail, until she noticed a brown bag on the seat next to Sally. What in bag? asked the old woman. Sally looked down at the brown bag and said, It s a bottle of wine., I got it for my husband. The Navajo woman was silent for another moment or two. Then speaking with the quiet wisdom of an elder, she said: Good trade. 16

17 Oregon Good Sam Club, State Director Karen & Larry Wells 3080 Jefferson-Scio Dr SE, Jefferson, OR HERE IS HOW YOU CAN GET A COPY OF THE DRIFTER Please send me a subscription to THE DRIFTER, the Oregon Good Sam Club newsletter: New Renewal Hard paper copy sent by Postal Service (11 issues) $20 for one year copy sent by (11 issues) Free $ $ 0 Make check payable to: Oregon Good Sam Total $ Name Street Address City State Zip - Phone Cell Chapter Required for E-Drifter Subscription MAIL THIS FORM AND CHECK TO: Karen Wells, 3080 Jefferson-Scio Dr SE, Jefferson OR If you don t want to receive this Drifter, you can opt out by letting Karen know your decision DID YOU KNOW A black and white edition of The Drifter is sent out to about 25 Good Sam members who do not have a computer or access to the internet. Each printed paper Drifter copy now costs Oregon Good Sam $2.00 ($.68 for mailing and $1.32 for b/w printing). $2.00 X 12 times a year is $ We have raised the price for getting the paper Drifter sent to you to $20.00/year. Thank you for understanding. Our Website Our oregongoodsamfamily@gmail. com 17