If you have not signed up for the Swap Meet but are available to help, please email me or just show up at the meet.

Also, everyone, whether you can help or not or stay or not, is free to bring things for the KRAM Swap Meet tables. No charge. Just put your name on the items and the amount desired. I plan to have the KRAM tables manned for selling stuff.

Let me know if you have any questions.

See you Sunday!

Tom DeVries

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Just a reminder. If you have things that you would like at the Swap Meet and cannot make it to the Swap Meet, you can bring them to the meeting tomorrow night. Please put your name on the items and the price and bring in a box / similar. We will put it on the KRAM tables at the Swap Meet on Sunday, 18. Of course, we would love it if you can come to the Swap Meet in person.

Best wishes,

Tom DeVries

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Our regular club meeting is the coming Tuesday, October 6, at 7:00 p.m. at the West Michigan Aviation Academy. Please come as this is the last meeting before the Swap Meet. As I wrote in my previous email, I am sponsoring 10 tables at the Swap Meet for any KRAM member who wants to sell some of their things but does not want to reserve / man a table. It would be great if everyone would go through their things for items that they are willing to sell so that we will have a lot of product for buyers. For those who are no longer able to be as active building and flying, this is a great opportunity to pare down your inventory. Please tag all of your items with your name and the price.

For those who are unable to attend the Swap Meet, you can bring some things to the club meeting on Tuesday night. When I say “some things”, I am referring to unmade boxed kits, engines, props, hardware and similar. Please do not bring built airplanes as we do not want to be responsible for transporting them. Please put everything in a box or a tote for easy transportation. Of course, it would be best if things can be taken to the Swap Meeting on Sunday, Oct. 18 to the Knights of Columbus Hall, 5830 Clyde Park Ave. SW. Then you can put it right on the table. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best regards,

Tom DeVries

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A huge thankyou to Jim Grant for sponsoring the Poker Fun Fly. Obviously, we wish that the weather would have cooperated last week as a number of members who were planning on coming last week could not make it this week. But while it was a bit cool today, the sun was shining and overall it was a great day for flying.

While I am certainly not the best flier, I did win first place – and $200 – in the Poker Fly by drawing 4 aces and a king with my cards. Chris Bohn came in second – $150; and Bob Irish third – $100.

We had two new items for the Fun Fly today. One contest was who could land closest to the yellow square on the runway. We used the 3 landings from the Poker Fly in this contest. After all the flights were finished, Bob Irish and I were tied with landings 44 inches from the center of the target. We were both given one more flight and the one who landed closest would win. I landed 8 feet from the target but Bob won the contest by landing 7 feet from the target. Bob won $100 for this.

The other new contest time was ribbon cutting. A ribbon was hung between two poles. Contestants were given three tries to cut the ribbon. Bob Irish was the only one to successfully cut the ribbon and he did so on his second attempt. Other flights were very close, but only Bob cut the ribbon. Bob won another $100 for winning this contest as well.

Best wishes to all. See you on October 6 at West Michigan Academy for our monthly meeting.

Tom DeVries

Tom,

You are am awesome president. It was a fun morning. It would have been great if we had more fliers.

Jim Grant

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As you know, the annual Swap Meet is in three weeks, on Sunday, October 18. I have sent out emails to every RC club within 100 miles of Grand Rapids inviting them to the event. Of course, I have no idea how many people will come. But one concern that I have is that at this point only two tables have been sold. I am sure that more will come in, but I want a lot of things available for sale, especially for those that drive in from quite a distance.

I also know that quite a few of us KRAM members have extra stuff laying around that we probably will not use. But many of you probably think that you don’t have enough stuff to justify buying a table. I will make this offer to all of you. I will pay for 10 tables for KRAM members to sell their excess things. I am asking that all of you, especially the members that for whatever reason don’t have the time to fly much anymore, to bring your excess things to the Swap Meet to put on these 10 tables. Go through your garage, your basement, whatever and see what you have. You just need to put your name and price on your items and if they sell, you will get the money. Of course, if you can be at the Swap Meet, that would be best. But if you are not able to be there, please call me – 269-908-1343 – or email me so that we can arrange to get your items for the Swap Meet. But let’s fill up 10 tables. And if you bring more than enough to fill 10 tables, so much the better.

Best regards to all,

Tom DeVries

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We are planning on the Poker Fun Fly this Saturday. Please come before 9:30. The pilots’ meeting is at 9:30 and then flying. The weather is supposed to be sunny with only a light breeze. I have a busy week and am a bit under the weather, so I cannot prepare things to be the cook for Saturday. However, this is my suggestion. Assuming that I feel well, I will bring some drinks. Anyone else can bring any light food that they want to share: donuts, muffins, chips, fruit, cookies, finger food, etc. That way we will at least have snacks.

Hope to see you all there,

Tom DeVries

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Unfortunately I have to cancel the Poker Fun Fly for tomorrow. The weather forecast has not improved; they are predicting a lot of rain. Therefore, we will try for next Saturday, September 26. At this point, I am NOT planning on the picnic. However, if I can work out details for a picnic, I will let you know later. But plan on the Poker Fun Fly for next week Saturday.

I guess that I am a “bad luck” president. We had to cancel our summer picnic due to rain. A few weeks ago we had to cancel the church picnic of the church I attend due to rain. And now we have to cancel our Poker Fun Fly due to rain. Hoping for next week. I am on a losing streak.

Your bad luck president,

Tom DeVries

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Unfortunately I have to cancel the Poker Fun Fly for tomorrow. The weather forecast has not improved; they are predicting a lot of rain. Therefore, we will try for next Saturday, September 26. At this point, I am NOT planning on the picnic. However, if I can work out details for a picnic, I will let you know later. But plan on the Poker Fun Fly for next week Saturday.

I guess that I am a “bad luck” president. We had to cancel our summer picnic due to rain. A few weeks ago we had to cancel the church picnic of the church I attend due to rain. And now we have to cancel our Poker Fun Fly due to rain. Hoping for next week. I am on a losing streak.

Your bad luck president,

Tom DeVries

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Just a reminder that next Saturday (September 19th) is the Fun Fly and picnic. Pilot’s meeting is at 9:30. If you can come early to help set up, that would be great! See you there.

Tom DeVries

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