NWI
CHAPTER
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
February 2019 from
Jerry Pyfer
Thank you for staying
and rejoining us for 2019.
Your NWI dues portion will remain at $20 for 2019. The NWI Chapter will
only accept our portion, the NRHS portion must be sent to the NRHS.
You have several options for the NWI dues payment: Mailed to our P.O.
Box, mailed directly to our Treasurer Lloyd Rinehart at 522 Bradshaw Street,
Dixon, Il., 61021 or presented to Lloyd at a chapter meeting. He will
not be attending the February meeting.
If you haven’t renewed by now, your address label will have a yellow
mark-up indicating such. The March edition will have a red mark-up and
the end of your membership-subscribership.
Meeting Cancelled by Weather?
The question came up once again, how can
we find out if a Chapter meeting is cancelled due to weather.
We have two options for such a notice. First, Roger Hervey, our webmaster,
will have it posted on our website. I will contact him early in the week
if the weather has a chance to go bad. On that Saturday, I will give Roger
the order to post yes or no.
Lance Wales will set up a facebook site for the Chapter to give an indication
for those that choose to go with facebook.
Rockford Passenger Train Update
Friday, Feb. 8th, saw another passenger train
meeting held in Rockford. About 100 people attended with both sides of
the issue present. The supporters as well as the detractors made their
thoughts known.
One sentence caught my attention, “We may have to start from square
one.” This is due to the fact the information from the previous
effort is over eight years old and things change. So, here we go again,
more money will be spent on fact findings. The routing debate fires up
again. And life goes on. Just my thoughts.
28th Annual RRVD Train Show
We will once again take part in the Rock
River Valley Division of the National Model Railroad Association’s
28th annual train show to be held March 30 and 31st.
John Fredrickson will handle set up and would appreciate your help to
represent the NWI Chapter on Saturday and Sunday. I plan to be there Saturday.
We can use three people per day. Let John know if you can help out: 815-226-0670
The show opens to the public Saturday from 10am to 5pm, Sunday between
10am and 4pm.
The train show will take place at Belvidere North High School gymnasium
located at 9393 Beloit Road, Belvidere.
Slide Scanning Note
As noted on Page 2 of this newsletter, Lance
Wales will be available this meeting to scan your slides for the photo
contest in April.
You should inspect your slides before giving it to Lance. Are there any
goobers, fibers or scratches? We will be glad to scan it for you, but
you need to detect any imperfections prior to scanning.
For
more information about the Chapter, see Meetings
and Join.
North Western Illinois Chapter - NRHS
P.O. Box 5632
Rockford, IL 61125-0632