Safety Officer

Jim Estey

Field Marshal

Ken Meyers

Editor

Dave Harvey

President

Ron Liebmann

Secretary

Hans Becker

Treasurer

Dave Harvey

Director

Frank Del Giudice-

Director

Wolfie Donalies

Vice President

Hugh Pearl

Radio Waves Tri Village RC

Volume 26 Issue 3 March2020

Poplar Creek Model Airplane Field www.trivillage.com

2020 Key Events:

Rescheduling

to Fall 2020

Tri Village Banquet / Meeting

‘20 Cancelled Toledo Show _ R/C Expo

April 11 ??? Barnstormers Swap Meet Du Page Cty Fairgrounds

April 25 Rockford Swap Meet

Oct 28-Nov 1 Top Gun—Lakeland, FL

May 9—18 Joe Nall

May 17—19 Warbirds On The Beach—VA

June 12-14 Horizon R/C Fest—Monticello

2020 Warbirds & Classics

Sept 25-27 Streator Warbirds and Classics

Sept 12 Rockford Warbirds and Classics

July 11 Warbirds Over Rt. 66—Joliet

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My fellow members,

After some common sense consideration, I have decided to postpone our spring Banquet until later in the year.

I took over the Banquet back in 1983 from Nick Juliano who was getting up in age and this is the first time that I can remember that it had to be changed due to a crisis.

Hopefully you will agree with my decision.

Cash and checks will be returned to you.

Ron

Tri Village Banquet To Be Rescheduled

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Radio Waves March Meeting - Frank Del Giudice’s Styk

Radio Waves Wolfie Donalies’scratch build Extra - 87” Wing Wolfie Donalies’scratch build Extra - 87” Wing

Radio Waves Bob Larsen’s Ziroli Spitfire Wing – panel lines and rivets demo

Radio Waves Hans Becker’s Fuse of the FW 190 D ¼ scale

Radio Waves Mark Fimoff’s Sig LT40 - electric powered

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Oct. 28—Nov 1

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Warbirds On The

Beach -Virginia

May 15—17

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Radio Waves Forest Preserves of Cook County

Update on Compatible Recreational Use Discussion Update from February 4th Roundtable of Representatives for Forest Preserves of Cook

County and Key Stakeholders (Bob Larsen participating)

Recommendation 1: Ensure all residents have access to Compatible Recreation opportunities

Recommendations 2 and 3: Transform or repurpose programs and facilities which are incompati-ble or unsustainable to nature-compatible uses. Ensure all future investments support nature-compatible and sustainable uses. Discussion questions:

a) This was a very difficult issue which the committee struggled with. We do believe we need a tool to

evaluate uses in a fair and objective manner. Are the criteria listed in 2.1 the right factors to consider? Are

we missing anything?

b) What would this look like? Can we transition a pool to a nature-based water park? Can we re-position

model airplane fields to a nature-compatible use?

c) Is the primary concern how we use tax-payer funding, or is this about ensuring that all recreational op-

portunities offered in the preserves are compatible with FPCC’s mission? (For example, 3.2 asks if FPCC

would continue to invest in model airplane fields if the investments were funded by user fees.)

d) Pavement is very expensive to maintain AND parking lots throughout the preserves are unused most of

the year. We cannot afford (and do not want) the amount of pavement required to meet peak demand.

Radio Waves Recommendation 4: Throughout the planning and decision-making process, engage stakeholders

to help plan and implement programs and new facilities, and to develop re-use plans for incom-

patible and unsustainable uses. Discussion questions:

a) What are the best community engagement techniques to build participation, understanding and trust?

What is your honest assessment of our efforts to date? What can we do better?

b) How do we balance economic realities with community desires? What happens when the community

wants us to support a use that is unaffordable? How do we resolve this?

Bob Larsen’s take-aways from the meeting:

1. Tri Village could cease maintaining / mowing some of the Shoe Factory location near (1) the

farmer’s field and (2) along Shoe Factory Road that is not very useful for aircraft operations

to support the natural footprint.

2. Initial County focus will be on how to avoid expensive maintenance costs (i.e. Golf courses,

paved flying field runways, paved parking lots, other ongoing maintenance (Bob added that

we mow the field and require limited support).

3. At this time, Shoe Factory Road flying field is limited cost / maintenance for Cook county

and that there were many other facilities that would offer more opportunities to enhance

service to the community.

Radio Waves Roundtable participants discuss nature-compatible

recreation in the Forest Preserves of Cook County

Safety Officer

Jim Estey

Field Marshal

Ken Meyers

Editor

Dave Harvey

President

Ron Liebmann

Secretary

Hans Becker

Treasurer

Dave Harvey

Director

Frank Del Giudice-

Director

Wolfie Donalies

Vice President

Hugh Pearl

Radio Waves Tri Village RC

Volume 26 Issue 3 March 2020

Poplar Creek Model Airplane Field www.trivillage.com

Tri-Village R/C Meeting Minutes - March 5, 2020

32 members attended the meeting.

Discovery night: Start in May about 5:30 PM

Picnic 7/12/2020 , Imac Fun Fly 8/23/2020

Banquet: 4/4/2020 includes also a quick Club Meeting.

Swap meet: Du Page County Fairground 4/11/2020

Bob Larsen: Reported that our Flying field is fine with the Cook County Forest Preserve.

Club Contest Greg Knaack will do it again this year. No Date is scheduled as of now.

Penguin Flying on 3/8/20 and one more in April.

NWRC will have no more Contests at the field. They plan to have their Club meeting at the Field 2nd Tuesday of the Month.

Show and tell:

Frank Del Giudice brought his 55 Super Stik,

Hans Becker brought the Fuse of the FW 190 D ¼ scale,

Wolfie Donalies brought his scratch build Extra Wing 87” powered by a 70 twin.

Mark Fimoff brought his Sig LT40 electric powered,

Bob Larsen brought one wing of his Spitfire and showed how to – make panel lines and rivets – great job.

Raffle winner: Dave Edson big winner of the Raffle,

Hugh Pearl auctioned of items from Lou Matuska family and the total was $129 for the Club.

Meeting ended 8:15 PM

Place your ad into the classified section. Note that ads are FREE to the members of the Tri-

Village RC Club. All ads should relate to the model airplane hobbies. I try to get the newslet-

ter out by the 20th—Contact Dave Harvey at itzatj7@aol.com or by phone at 815-690-3324.

You can post your Ad on our website HERE It’s very easy but if your having any problems just

contact Tim Bylczynski at trivillagerc@gmail.com or by phone at 847 409-1921

Classified

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