Hello fellow Spikers;

I hope this newsletter finds all of you well and busy enjoying these summer months. Barbara and I are presently in Lancaster Ohio just a few miles southeast of Colum-bus.
As I‘m sure many of you realize that due to the unusually wet weather in the Northwest these past few months the July Rally in Montana had to be postponed, so even though we didn‘t meet I felt it necessary to produce a newsletter to fill everyone in on future activities. Everything had been completely planned for our rally experience in Lewiston by the Steindorfs and had to be called off 3 weeks before the event. I was informed by friends of the St Johns that the bridge on our excursion route had been forced out of alignment by the river on one bank and the track banked to a dangerous degree and couldn‘t be repaired for a couple of months. I really want to take this opportunity to ex-press my appreciation on behalf of the chapter for all the time and work that Jim and
Betty put in on this event and hopefully we will be able to reschedule in the next year or so.
On another note our Carson City rally in September/October is about to be put to bed and the details are in this newsletter on pages 8 & 9. A great big thank you goes out to Dan, Sami, Gracie and Patty Chance for the outstanding preparation put into this event. If it weren‘t for our members willing to put in the time, these events would certainly not take place. I hope you all consider attending this rally as it looks to be a real winner.
Speaking of the upcoming rally, we will be discussing some very important issues regarding the by-laws; you‘ll want your voice heard on this. Read the letter from FMCA on the last page of this Telegraph to be prepared for the discussion.
I also heard from Anne and Ron Slavicek letting us know about Central Coast Railroad Festival Oct 6-10 in San Luis Obispo. Information on this can be found at http://ccnf.com
You might think about this fun activity on your way home from Carson City.