March 2019 Where Strangers Become Friends & Friends Become Family!

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1 Nebraska March 2019 Where Strangers Become Friends & Friends Become Family! State Director s Message Rob and Joleen Baker ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!! NO MORE SNOW!!! All joking aside, we hope everybody had a safe and fun winter. We are ready to start camping again. We are having a planning meeting for the State campout. We have scheduled the meeting for March 23, 2019 from 2-4 at the Anderson Branch library in Lincoln. The address is 3635 Touzalin Ave. This meeting is open to all Nebraska membership. We look forward to seeing as many at the meeting as possible. We have a lot of work to do this year as far as getting new members. Walk the campgrounds, talk to your friends, friends of family and family to see if they would be interested in joining your chapter or one of the other chapters for a weekend. Please put National Campvention on your calendars. It would be great to see as many Nebraska campers as possible. There are still a number of positions open for volunteering. We are waiting for an updated schedule from the Chairs and once it is available we will forward it so you can see what is open and if you would be interested in fulfilling one of the positions please sign up. One position that is available is we need pickups to assist with the people movers. We tried to get one of the antique tractor clubs to assist and they have opted out. So if you have a pickup, planning on going to National, please let us know if you would be willing to help with the people movers. We would like to thank you all for your support in 2018 and look forward to another great year in See you around the campgrounds. What s Inside State Director s Message 1 Dates to Remember Goals and Objectives 1 State Treasurer s Report 2 State Secretary s Report 3 Nat. Rec/Corresp. Officer 4 State Committee Reports 4 Chapter News 4 Campvention Registration 7 Nebr. Chapters Camping 8 Campvention Volunteers 9 List of Directors 13 Nebraska FCRV Membership 2019 Goals and Objectives March 23 June July 7-13 Sept Dates to Remember State Planning Meeting, 2 4 pm, Anderson Branch Library, Lincoln June Bug, Windmill SRA Campvention, Hutchinson, KS State/Fall Workshop, York Fairgrounds, York, NE Transparency Increase State Membership Attendance at Chapter Campouts and State Events Rob & Joleen Baker State Directors 1

2 Reports... State Treasurer s Report Teresa Matthews NEBRASKA FCRV FINANCIAL REPORT December 31, 2018 Chaplains Fund Regional Fund 1, General Fund 1, Conservation Fund CAMP Fund Teen Fund Youth Fund Wildlife Fund 0 TOTAL $3, INCOME December Bank Interest.44 EXPENSES None **June Bug funds will be added to the ledger in January The financial report will always be available for any member to review we will maintain complete transparency. Some of the differing Fund Accounts are getting low we could think about fundraising outside of those held at camping events. Put your thinking caps on. I am up to the challenge! Thank You, Teresa Mathews Treasurer 2

3 State Secretary s Report Jan VanArsdall Minutes of the State/Fall Meeting [Repeat for your information.] The Fall Workshop was held on October 5 7, 2018, at the Double Nickel Camp Grounds in Waco, NE, and was called to order at 3:30 pm by State Directors Rob and Jolene Baker. There were 35 members in attendance. Reports from the Program Directors: Treasurer: Showed a balance of $4, Secretary: None available CAMP: 2 chapters (Triple F and Heartland Runabouts) are active. Reminder: all you have to do is walk ½ mile for credit. Conservation: None available Youth: None available Calling Editor: Pat explained the use of copyright material. Also please contact Pat if not getting the newsletter, or to send in articles. State Chaplain: None available State Photographer: None available Presentation of National Awards Chapter of the Year: Explorers Chapter; Explorers received a Certificate of Participation in Chapter of Year Contest. Youth Awards Jernaile Morgan-Baker 1 st Age 3-4 poster contest Camerick Hoagland Age 7-8 Hon. Mention poster contest Haylie Baker 2 nd Age poster contest Lucas Mathews Participant Conservation Essay Contest and acknowledgment with letter Presentation of State Awards Retiree King & Queen Jim and Mary Kay Hackett Conservation Project-Ken and Sandy Kendall In charge of the Hall County clean up. Rollin' Turtles Camping Club- 45 year certificate Courageous Ramblers 45 year certificate Individual Anniversaries: Gene Carriker & Ina-Hill Carriker--45 years Shirley Rippe 25 years Chuck & Peggy Warner-20 years Robert & Ann Berggren - 15 Gene & Deloris Robb 15 years Brian & Michelle Kiel 15 years Charles & Cindi Atkins 10 years Harry & Vickie Dipple- 10 years Gene & Glenda Anderson 10 years Most Charitable Chapter Heartland Runabouts providing food for the Senior Citizen Center, supplies for the Animal Center, and working for other charitable organizations. Most Active Chapter Triple F Chapter, is active in many club activities. FAMILY OF THE YEAR Mathews, Erich, Teresa, Lucas & Tyler. Planning Meeting for 2019 JUNE BUG Co-chairs Shirley Rippe/Marcia Witman 3

4 National Recording/Corresponding Officer Sue Carlsen Subject: 2019 National Awards Notice It s time to start thinking about national awards once again. We've honored several of our fellow campers over the years, and I hope we can keep up the momentum in The forms and instructions will be on the National website. Please take a few moments to review the criteria for each of these awards Chapter of the Year, individual (Citation or Plaque), Humanitarian, Lifesaving, and the Hank Nathan Lifetime Achievement Award. Our aim is to recognize folks (or chapters) whose contributions to FCRV deserve to be acknowledged. Who is that individual, couple, or chapter in your region, state or province who represents our family camping values, volunteers whenever needed, enthusiastically recruits and welcomes new members, and is often active in their community as well? Please scroll through the list of previous recipients and if you don't see their name, let's put it there! A member may only receive a plaque once; however, a second citation may be awarded for exceptional or distinctive service. There is no limit on how often a chapter can earn this award. I'm still putting together the Awards Committee, and will update you as soon as it's complete. I strongly encourage you to begin gathering information now for this year's nominees so the Committee will have their work cut out for them. If you have any questions, or need help getting started, don't hesitate to ask. Thank you for your time and help with this meaningful project. (Awards Notice and forms in full are also available from the State Directors.) State Committee Reports... June Bug. Shirley Rippe & Marcia Whitmer Shirley and Marcia are hoping you are making plans to attend June Bug, Camping with Hattitudes, at Windmill SRA, June Bring your favorite hat, decorate a hat or make a hat never before seen, wild, crazy, colorful or where ever your imagination leads. There will be Root Beer Floats served by the Scholarship Committee. Water fights are a must with Leonard and Rob, games, craft making, and an auction with baked goods, crafts and other items. Scheduled activities will be in next months CALLING. Conservation..Steve & Marcia Whitmer Camping season will soon be here. Do you as individuals, or your chapter, have conservation projects planned? These could be Roadside Cleanup, Park Beautification, Wildlife Conservation, Forestry, Water Conservation, Soil Conservation, Conservation Education and Recycling. How about creating and entering an artful conservation poster? This contest is open to all ages. Chapter News... Courageous Ramblers This has been a cold and snowy winter. We are all ready to go camping. Long time member Mickie Hetrick is having some health issues. Please remember her and the family in your thoughts and prayers. We had a Christmas party in December. We ate too much and played card bingo. All had a great time. Hope winter ends soon. Norma Hetrick Field Director Triple F Campers C.A.M.P Report In the month of February, Triple F decided to go bowling for a C.A.M.P activity. While we did have a few people unable to bowl, most members were present for the activity and enjoyed socializing. We had every skill level play, and everyone had a great time! After we were done, we went to a local restaurant to have a meeting and enjoyed more social time. 4

5 Meeting What a cold, dreary winter we have been having! Triple F has been very busy despite the weather. As a group, we are always trying to think of different ways to give back to our local community. We decided that we wanted to help humans as well as animals. We had a Thanksgiving meal together for our November meeting and decided to focus on giving to humans for this month. We collected food items to stock the pantry of a very deserving family. We collected canned goods, pancake mix, noodles, fruits, etc. In December, we had our Christmas party with wonderful food and games. We decided to shift our focus to giving to animals and collected varying items to donate to Town and Country Animal Hospital. We collected dog/cat beds, cat litter, dog treats, etc. At our January and February meetings, our youth members Lucas Mathews and Tyler Mathews, and Haylie Baker (with help from Jessica Baker) decorated Valentine cards to be distributed to residents at Hillcrest Health and Rehabilitation Homes in the Omaha area. We will continue to give back to our local community and will keep everyone updated on our progress. Stay Warm! Mark your calendars for the State/Fall meeting!!! York County Corn Carnival - We will have a shuckin good time! More information to come as you watch the corn pop up in rows. Everyone is invited to join us in a planning meeting at the Anderson Library located at 3635 Touzalin Avenue in Lincoln on Saturday, March 23, 2019, from 2:00-4:30pm. There will also be a short Scholarship Committee meeting toward the end. Teresa Mathews, President Heartland Runabouts Heartland Runabouts met on November 10, 2018, at the Kilgore Memorial Library in York, NE. Minutes of July 15, 2018, meeting were approved. It was decided to move our December meeting to January 5, 2019, at the Exeter Fire Hall. We also decided to bring nonperishable food items to be donated to the local area Food Bank in Friend instead of exchanging gifts. We selected the 2019 Campout Schedule and hosts. Mert and Janene Feikert are discontinuing their membership with the 5

6 Heartland Runabouts due to a limited number of campouts that they could attend in 2019, but they are not leaving FCRV-just becoming "at large" members. Anita reported that Mercy Meals were looking for volunteers on November 18 to pack meals at Heartland Lutheran School in Grand Island. Anita will sign up Steve and Marcia Witmer, Dennis and Debby Hoagland and herself to help at 2:00 that day. Meeting adjourned. We went to Kerry's in McCool for a lovely lunch after the meeting. Sandy Kendall, Secretary Heartland Runabouts Holiday Gathering The Heartland Runabouts met at the Exeter Fire Hall on January 5 at 11:30 pm for our Holiday Gathering. Those in attendance were Ken and Sandy Kendall, Chuck and Peggy Warner, Gary and Linda Sanders, Dennis and Debby Hoagland, and John, Anita, NEW OFFICERS FOR THE COMING YEAR: President: Debby Hoagland, 8908 Osborne Drive East, Hastings, NE Vice-President: Linda Sander, 4320 Claussen Road, Grand Island, NE Secretary: Sandy Kendall, 2421 Sheridan Ave., Grand Island, NE Treasurer: Jessica Hoagland, 1607 W. 6 th, Hastings, NE Anita Mueller Rollin Turtles The Rollin' Turtles Camping Club set two records during their February meeting! First off, there were only 10 members present! This is an all-time low. Second, the meeting took only 12 minutes! We are looking forward to our annual St. Paddy's Day Corned Beef and Cabbage dinner at Risky's Sports Bar. And spring can't come soon enough to suit us! Broc, and Tara Mueller. The meat was provided by Sanders and Muellers with other members bringing a side dish to go with it. We collected nonperishable food items to support the local food bank in Friend which is housed at the Friend Christian Assembly church. The Friend Food Bank was very thankful to receive the food donation since their supply was low after the holidays. Front: Mel King, Kathy Beverly, Allan Smith Back: Don Beverly, Glema King, Glenna Chapelle, Daryl Chapelle, Don McGinnis, Myrna Steiber Officers Installed for 2019 President Daryl and Glenna Chapelle Vice President Kathy and Don Beverly Secretary Allan Smith Treasurer Joe Schneider (Backup Mel King) Members at Large Connie McGinnis, Myrna Steiber Allan Smith Secretary 6

7 NEBRASKA CHAPTER CAMPOUTS FOR 2019 HEARTLAND RUNABOUTS January 5 Exeter Fire Hall February No Meeting March 9 Perkins, Grand Island April Fort Kearny, Kearney May Pawnee SRA June June Bug, Windmill, Gibbon July Branched Oak SRA August 9-11 Hebron City Park September Fall Gathering, York Fairgrounds October Lake Shore, Geneva November 9 York Library December TBA ROLLIN TURTLES January 20 Anderson Library, Lincoln February 17 Anderson Library, Lincoln March 17 Anderson Library, Lincoln April Double Nickel, Waco May Victorian Acres, Nebraska City June Branched Oak SRA July Louisville SRA August Two Rivers SRA, Omaha September Haworth City Park, Bellevue October Wilbur Sportsman Club, Wilbur November 17 Anderson Library, Lincoln December 1 - Christmas Party TRIPLE F January 12 Pizza Ranch, Papillion February 9 Papio Bowl March 9 Prehistoric Putt on Q St. April 13 Halleck Park Shelter May 3-5 Wilber American Legion Park June Rock Creek Station June June Bug at Windill July 7-12 Campvention, Hutchinson, KS July Branched Oak August 7-11 Lewis & Clark, Onawa September Fall Gathering at York Fairgrounds September Viking Lake October Waubonsie State Park November 2 Planning Meeting at Meinstad s December 14 Christmas Party at Meinstad s As we receive information from the other chapters, it will be provided. COME CAMP WITH US PRINT THIS PAGE AND TAPE IT ON YOUR FRIDGE IF YOU WANT TO HANG OUT WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER HERE ARE THE SCHEDULES WE HAVE RECEIVED 7

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13 Regional Director Gerry Pfirsch Nebraska Directors State Director Rob and Joleen Baker Secretary Jan VanArsdall Treasurer Eric and Teresa Mathews Chaplain Mert Feikert Conservation/Wildlife Steve and Marcia Witmer Scholarship Jan VanArsdall CAMP (Campers Actively Moving Program) Ken and Sandy Kendall Retirees Mahlon and Judy Dickey D.A.S.A.T. (Disaster and Safety Awareness Training) Vacant Youth/Teen Dawn Morgan-Baker Photographer Janene Feikert Calling Pat Smith, Editor Editor s Notes Send chapter news items, articles, special member recognition, photos, comments. and corrections to the Calling editor s inbox: psmith031@gmail.com. Issues will be posted monthly March through October. One issue will cover the winter months Nov. Feb. Deadlines will be the 25 th of the month before each issue, and Oct. 25 for the winter issue. I, Pat Smith, certify that all material contained within this newsletter is used by permission and is acknowledged. Field Directors Name Chapter Joan Stone Explorers alandjoanie.stone@gmail.com Rob and Joleen Baker Triple F rojopapio@cox.net Ina Hill-Carriker Golden Rockers inacarriker@yahoo.com Donna Hansen and Norma Hetrick Courageous Ramblers Kcchifes@netzero.net (Co-Directors) Jan VanArsdall Rolling Turtles jvanars@neb.rr.com Ken and Sandy Kendall Heartland Runabouts kendalls4824@gmail.com Jim and Janet Staehr Republican Valley Sodbusters jjstaehr@gmail.com Leonard and Lynna McKenney Members at Large lynnamckenney@hotmail.com 13

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