The July meeting was held On July 16th at the A to Z pest control office site. Those in attendance were Susan Danvers, Bonita and Scott Lair, Bill Lair and Carl Ross. Many changes or clarifications were brought up so read this issue very carefully!!!

The alternate race schedule will remain in effect until September. It is entirely too hot to race and the summer is usually full of other duties and vacations. We will have races on August 8th & 22nd. We will not have races on August 1st, 15th or 29th. registration opens at 11AM and Races start at 12 AM. Tentatively, we are planning to return to an every Saturday schedule beginning on September 5th.

Due to popular demand, the club meetings will go back to meeting on Wednesdays. Attendance has plummeted for our Thursday gatherings and this change is to bring back attendance. THE NEXT

CLUB MEETING WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY AUGUST 19TH.

Preparations for the Region 40ff road race to be held in Ocala on November 7th & 8th need to get into full swing. So far, the registration forms are being created by Bonnie and need to go out as quickly as I can determine how to get a mailing list for ROAR members in Region 4. Registrations will also be mailed to each club within the Region 4 area as provided by REV UP magazine. Susan Danvers has obtained a mailing list of all hobby shops in Florida off of the internet. The total was 207, but we are narrowing them down to RIO type hobby shops. We will mail registration forms to these folks, too. We are going to apply for sponsorship, cash awards, door prizes or anything we can beg from the manufacturers listed in R/O Action magazine. Our application for sponsorship will contain a cover letter explaining that sponsorship will get an advertisement at the track, an advertisement on the registration forms and the undying love of a bunch of yahoos in Florida! What more could they ask for?? We are also sending a letter to all the moderate/cheap priced hotel/motels asking for a special rate that we can offer to our race participants. As always, anyone with connections or a willingness to help us achieve our goals is encouraged to let a board member know. Any help will also earn you the club’s undying love. We have lots of it to spread out!!!! (I have no idea what’s up with this funky print size?)

Annual membership is due in July. The cost is still $24 per year. Please see me to continue your membership or join as a new member.

Many regular Saturday racers are interested in a get together outside of the O.R.C.C.C. race site. Anyone who would like to join us or has ideas for our shindig, let a board member know.

Back to the Region 4 race the following areas needs to be quickly organized. We need to arrange for T-shirts; sponsors; motors and workers. Please help or offer advice, we are quickly running out of time!!!

Here’s a little tidbit I bet most of you didn’t know. The meetings are pretty exciting since we moved to the A to Z location. The location comes with an entertaining little dog named Sandie. Sandie has a fuzzy bone that she likes to have tossed. Our creative attendants have managed to hit the ceiling fan (which sends the bone zinging across the room) and made several attempts at the trashcan. At the last meeting, Susan Danvers was crowned the "Fuzzy Bone Champion" in that she made a hole in one in the trashcan!! (sorry that sounds so pornographic!) Feel free to attend our meetings and take your place in the O.R.C.C.C. history books for your dog bone tossing skills! We do have a blast and managed to get things accomplished.

Remember last month’s newsletter? It had a storm cloud and umbrellas on it. I think I might have some sort of supernatural powers, because it started to rain immediately and only recently let up! We might become a for profit organization soon!

This month’s newsletter shows a watermelon in honor of a few member’s trip to the annual Watermelon classic race in Aiken, South Carolina. All R/C racers are encouraged to visit and race at their facility at least once. You’ll be hooked like the rest of us. They have all the conveniences that the state taxes can offer. Their track is almost twice as big as ours is and it includes many jumps, dips and changes in elevation. They have lots of heavy equipment for setting up their race track, as well as a cleaning and mowing staff provided by the park site operator. Aiken is really a nice place and worth a visit.

Not much else happening. I personally am looking forward to the fall, so that it’s not so hot and we can get back to our weekly race schedule. I appreciate all the help at the track in my absence. Everyone needs to get geared up for September and the busy schedule needed for a successful Region 4 race. Please feel free to offer suggestions to improve your track. My phone number is 245-6247. Thanks to you all.