Feb. newsletter

Feb. newsletter 01/28/2010

NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA

SCROLLERS

FEBRUARY 2010 We are a SAW affiliated club www.northeastoklahomascrollers.com

The next scheduled meeting of the

NorthEast Oklahoma Scrollers will

be at 7PM, February 4th, at Jim

Stotts shop. If needed refer to the

enclosed map for directions.

NOTE: In case of inclement

weather please call Jim Stiek, 845-

0025, or Cora Mehm, 250-3517

before driving to Jim’s.

As you are aware we cancelled the

January meeting because of the

intense cold so this newsletter will

be sadly lacking in information.

(That is more so than usual!)

I have received several emails

from Ed J. concerning Project

Rudolph. I thought you might be

interested in reading a few of the

thank-you noted from G.I.’s who

received the packets.

“Dear Ray and Cheri, (founders of

Project Rudolph)

I am an Air Force Officer currently

deployed to Camp Lemonnier,

Djbouti. Last night at our camp

Christmas party, Santa came and

handed out bags of goodies to all

of the servicemen and women.

This is a joint base with

servicemembers from all of the

branches of the military, though

the majority here are Navy and

Marines.

As I opened my bag last night,

imagine my surprise when I read

the notes and realized they were all

from Paul and Burley, ID. I was

born and raised in Soda Springs,

ID, attended the University of

Idaho, and only left Idaho after

joining the military. It was like

having a little piece of home sent

to me and really touched me. This

is the second Christmas in 3 years

I have been deployed, and I have

been feeling a little bummed out

missing Christmas with my family

yet again, and your little care

package really lifted my spirits. I

plan to send a personal note of

thanks to each of the kids who

wrote a note in my bag-thanks

very much for putting all of this

together.

Sincerely

Major Airon A. Mothershed,

USAF”

And

“My name is SSG Sean Gotham; I

am currently stationed at COB

Speicher, Iraq (just outside Tikrit).

Today I received a Project

Rudolph bag with the note from

you. I wanted to send you an email

to say thank you very much and to

let you know it was very

appreciated. I went to the Dining

Facility and while there a soldier

was handing out the Project

Rudolph bags and mine had your

note. As a Soldier with almost 19

years in and on my second

deployment to Iraq I can say the

efforts of good caring people like

you do not go unappreciated.

These little surprises make being

away, especially during the

holidays, just a little easier.

Anyway THANK YOU very much

and I hope you have a wonderful

Christmas and a Happy New Year.

SSG Sean Gotham

COB Speicher, Iraq”

If you notice in both of these

emails the soldiers mentioned how

much they enjoyed the notes in

their packages. Ed John has many

more emails that say the same.

Maybe we should also include

“thank you” and “be safe”

messages with our ornaments.

Anyone out there who would like

more information can contact Ed

John at eajohn@cableone.net. He

gave me permission to include his

email address.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

Tex. Picnic 4/17-4/18

Our Picnic 4/24

WWoWood Show 6/18-6/19

SAW Expo- Ohio 7/10-7/11

WI. Picnic 7/31-8/

My Birthday 10/14

(Just wanted to see if you were

paying attention)

Our picnic is just 2 months away

and Jim is going to need help in

the planning, both in setting the

shelter up – banner, extra chairs,

ect, and what food will be needed.

When he asks, don’t be shy, speak

up, tell him what you think and

volunteer to pitch in to do what has

to be done.

There still seems to be a problem

with the rules of the 2X4 contest.

I think the problem lies in the fact

that there are no rules, you can cut

it, resaw it, turn it, nail it screw it,

glue it. You can paint it, stain it,

varnish it or leave it plain. In short

anything you want to do.

It will be on the honor system in

that you must use only ONE

2”X4”X8’ in its construction. And

just in case anyone asks, you do

not have to use the whole board.

Well that will do it for this month,

hope to see all of you Feb 4th at

Jim’s. Until then keep sawing and

keep the teeth pointing down.