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The contents of the “Weekly Feature” page are provided
to you for your entertainment, amusement, and perhaps information.
Here you may find articles of interest, pictures, historical information
on the Club, or whatever shuffles to the top of the pile on our
desk. The only defined characteristic of this space is that we
will make every effort to change/replace it around the middle of
each week. Thank you for visiting, and please stop by again. Click
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OUR
MOMENT IN THE SUN
Mother Nature is armed with an abundance of unstoppable
forces, and not all are welcomed, to be sure. We have all seen the
ferocity of winter storms, tornados,
lightning, floods, and know that we are not equipped to challenge them directly.
We remember more fondly the softer powers in her considerable arsenal, like
the warming of the earth, the patient growth of a tree that will surround
a fence
wire, the push of a seedling that bursts through crusted soil. It’s all
about the time and the perseverance. Like I have reminded you in many seasons
past, nothing is as inevitable as Spring. We had a fairly painless winter, an
unprecedented period of warm weather in March, a few frosty setbacks in early
April, but it is here, and we couldn’t be more pleased.
At the MMOGTA Showgrounds, spring means the return
of the outdoor activity season. The month of April will bring us back
to our favorite warm weather
hangout, to
resume all the work and play we have been missing over the past few months.
Wednesday evening work bee’s will be back, and projects will be undertaken in various
areas. For those who have not visited the grounds since last fall, you will see
the stacks of logs that line both sides of the south drive, all the way to the
gate. Much of this is the result of the donation of timber from our friends at
the Chesaning Area Conservation club. The saw-mill will be busy this year. Volunteers
are also remodeling the Track I announcer’s stand. As soon as the weather
permits, water service will be restored to our facilities, and then we will
be back in the tractor business for the 2012 season.
The April meeting will still be held at the Brady
Twp. Hall ( 10:30am, Sunday, Apr 15th), and then it will be fast-forward
to Saturday, the 28th, for the
opening day of pulling season. A dead weight pull is scheduled for the
28th, and the
first T-Sled points pull will be on Sunday, the 29th. The kitchen will
also be open for both events.
If the favorable weather continues, we will soon
be into the grass mowing season, which is always accompanied by mosquito-slapping
season, and I’m sure some
campsite clean-up will be on the agenda, as well. Like all of you, we
eagerly anticipate the moment when that Brennan Rd gate swings wide,
and welcomes us
to another season of fun and friends at the MMOGTA Showgrounds.
We thank Myrle and Delores for joining the website
team, and for adding their recent contributions to the Weekly page.
We leave you with a few recent pics taken during
our summer-like, late March visit to the grounds. (click individual
photos to enlarge)
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