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Holiday 2012
Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year for 2013!
Congratulations to the Following:
36th
NWSS Tournament Winner!
Brendan Beardsley
Season Points!
Jim Frahm first in “Open”
Tom Brightbill first in “2 Meter”
David Portwood first in “RES”
Other Awards:
Lee Urbaniak “Most Improved Flyer”
Duane Cassidy “Cliff Mink Service Award”
John Burke “Silver Cup”
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Young Beardsley Tournament Champ Again Holds off Ol’ Man Johnson for the win on Sept 15th and 16th in Pasco, WA
By Tom Culmsee
Brendon Beardsley, flying a near perfect contest with his Icon2, won the 2012 tournament in dramatic fashion.
Coming in on his last flight at extremely low altitude, he barely made it back to the landing area with absolutely
no speed and altitude to spare. His 1000 point score was enough to hold-off a rejuvenated Dave Johnson who
came in a close second flying his venerable Shadow. Jim Frahm was just behind in 3rd with his Aspire.
Brendon was tournament champion in 2009 (and the previous junior world F3J champion and winner of the
huge Visalia Fall Fest in 2010) so is already no stranger to big wins. He entered the final competition as tops
among the 26 pilots entered in the preliminary rounds, heading up the group of 12 vying for the right to take
home the classic Herfy’s Cup.
There was great weather all weekend (unlike the previous couple of years) with warm temperatures and light to
no wind conditions. Thermals were a bit muted and sometimes hard to find, but there was enough activity to
keep this interesting yet challenging for everyone. Seven rounds were flown on Saturday and another 3 on
Sunday morning in the preliminary competition. The final placing was determined after the lowest round score
was thrown out. The Finals competition consisted of four - 10 minute duration rounds and scored man-on-man.
Special awards were provided to Ken Eaton as both the top finishing Competitor Class pilot and RES class
glider. The top Expert Class (B. Beardsley, Knight & Grace) and Competitor (Eaton, Frahm, Hood) teams won
a pie award slice. The Silver cup (over 62) was won by the newly ancient John Burke.
Interesting bits . . . Gramper Brightbill smacked a thermal ribbon pole on his very first landing approach, but
managed to score a landing without suffering any damage. . . . Sherman Knight blew the arm hubs on both
aileron servos on his last finals flight with an aggressive launch and flew the rest of his flight rudder/elevator
only. . . . Daddy Dave Beardsley wiped out the flap horns on his first finals landing and was forced to scratch
the remainder of the rounds.
Humongous thanks to local hosts Don Stewart and Doug Coleman and to the always wonderful Mary Ann
Parker as scorekeeper, Cathy Boysen and Linda Hobbs for flight control and the Eastside Fly Guys headed by
Steve Adams and Lee Urbaniak for equipment set-up and support.
Final standings (10 rounds, after throw-out)
total rnd-1 rnd-2 rnd-3 rnd-4 rnd-5 rnd-6 rnd-7 rnd-8 rnd-9 rnd10
1 8968 998 997 1000 998 995 995 0 988 997 1000 Brendon Beardsley - Icon2
2 8896 970 997 979 0 991 981 997 993 995 993 Sherman Knight - Maxa
3 8895 988 990 990 991 974 995 993 988 986 0 David Portwood - Supra
4 8869 970 998 947 997 993 0 974 998 995 997 Dave Beardsley - Xplorer 4.0
5 8859 978 993 986 997 993 983 0 948 991 990 John Burke (S) - Pike Perfect
6 8856 953 990 995 988 974 990 0 998 971 997 Dave Johnson (S) - Shadow
7 8846 998 995 0 993 991 983 929 993 993 971 Lee Urbaniak - Pike Perfect
8 8805 945 0 984 983 988 998 983 985 955 984 Tom Brightbill - Pike Perfect
9 8738 965 976 983 933 947 0 997 970 983 984 Ken Eaton (C, RES) - Super AVA
10 8624 983 976 995 997 976 0 791 938 984 984 Jim Frahm - Aspire
11 8607 978 986 993 974 971 0 957 808 978 962 Steve Adams - Pike Perfect
12 8565 1000 990 0 993 986 981 672 975 997 971 Duane Cassidy - Pike Perfect
13 8440 995 972 993 990 972 0 734 953 998 833 Doug Coleman - Pike Perfect
14 8410 990 972 750 972 971 991 848 963 953 0 Jim Pugh (S)- Pike Perfect
15 8400 993 821 984 993 986 709 0 935 993 986 Tom Culmsee - Xplorer 3.8
16 8319 985 941 826 974 959 0 728 923 983 1000 Curtis Headrick - Xplorer 4.0
17 8155 980 991 0 991 762 972 964 745 928 822 Brian Keeffe (C) Tragi 801
18 8069 975 786 969 984 700 0 722 988 966 979 Doug Russell (C) - Topaz Full
19 7952 968 883 748 959 0 810 943 968 828 845 Sandie Pugh (S)- Supra
20 7819 948 817 697 983 991 0 660 943 971 809 Jason Hood (C, RES) - AVA
21 7725 970 860 0 988 979 519 862 845 995 707 Richard Van Dijk (S) - Pike Perfect
22 7601 903 976 938 816 986 322 0 948 993 719 Rex Grace (C) Sharon Pro
23 7154 953 683 0 822 459 714 822 748 986 967 Ron Turner - Egita
24 7056 993 584 974 186 909 603 0 945 883 979 Don Stewart (S) - Pike Perfect
25 6359 998 676 381 0 388 540 993 928 819 636 Art Boysen (RES) - AVA
26 5243 423 933 288 645 729 731 288 728 478 0 Kevin Martin (RES) - Sopazitory
* C = competitor, S = old guy/gal :-)
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Team Results
Expert 1 25465 Sand Baggers
8968 Brendon Beardsley
8896 Sherman Knight
7601 Rex Grace
2 25460 Westside Wonders
8895 David Portwood
8155 Brian Keeffe
8410 Jim Pugh
3 25405 Cd's Choice
8400 Tom Culmsee
8565 Duane Cassidy
8440 Doug Coleman
4 24730 Grandpa's Group
8869 Dave Beardsley
8805 Tom Brightbill
7056 Don Stewart
5 24395 No Quitters
8624 Jim Frahm
7952 Sandie Pugh
7819 Jason Hood
6 24332 Shark Attack
8319 Curtis Headrick
8859 John Burke
7154 Ron Turner
7 23822 Zircons
8607 Steve Adams
6359 Art Boysen
8856 Dave Johnson
8 21814 Emeralds
8846 Lee Urbaniak
7725 Richard Van Dijk
5243 Kevin Martin
Competitor 1 25181 Rubies
8738 Ken Eaton
8624 Jim Frahm
7819 Jason Hood
2 23552 Bad To The Bone
7601 Rex Grace
8895 David Portwood
7056 Don Stewart
3 22158 Aquamarines
8069 Doug Russell
8846 Lee Urbaniak
5243 Kevin Martin
FINALS total rnd-1 rnd-2 rnd-3 rnd-4
1 3977 977 1000 1000 1000 Brendon Beardsley
2 3969 1000 1000 988 981 Dave Johnson
3 3942 971 1000 1000 971 Jim Frahm
4 3938 1000 977 973 988 David Portwood
5 3807 978 951 1000 878 Duane Cassidy
6 3767 901 918 948 1000 John Burke
7 3687 819 974 894 1000 Steve Adams
8 3631 972 914 970 775 Ken Eaton
9 3564 1000 666 970 928 Tom Brightbill
10 3548 958 994 985 611 Sherman Knight
11 3547 942 837 777 991 Lee Urbaniak
12 881 881 0 0 0 Dave Beardsley
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2012 NWSS Awards Banquet This year as in the past few years the NWSS Awards Banquet was held at Tony Roma’s that
famous place for ribs and other good stuff.
To begin the evening’s festivities, Tom Culmsee presented an outstanding slide show tribute to
Kirby Parker with many pictures of Kirby from the past several years that Kirby was active in
the NWSS.
NWSS President Doug Coleman cleverly persuaded Art Boysen into being the MC for the
awards portion of the program. Also since Doug was supposed to do this write-up, yours truly
ye Olde newsletter editor has stepped in to do said task, boy does he know how to work things.
So without further ado, let’s get to the awards for the evening. However, we shall digress for a
moment. Doug passed around a thank you card for folks to sign for Les Grammer who will be
leaving us and moving to California. Les is retiring as the NWSS Scorekeeper and passing the
hat to the capable hands of Rex Grace.
Now back to your regularly scheduled program. Please note I may have the order of business
slightly off from this point on.
Steve Yerchevich Most Improved Flyer Award: This year’s award goes to Lee Urbaniak who
showed a marked improvement in flying by raising his season point’s average by over 7 %.
Nice flying Lee.
Competitor to Expert Award: This year Ken Eaton joined the Expert ranks.
Silver Cup Award: There was a slight mix up on this award but it was corrected the next day.
John Burke was this year’s winner.
Cliff Mink Service Award: This year the award was presented to Duane Cassidy who was
nominated by Bruce and Colleen Bumgarner for his willingness to help behind the scenes at the
contests he attends and all of the other good things that he has done over the almost 30 years of
contest flying in the NWSS.
Season Points Awards; here is the summary of the top flyers in the following classes.
RES 1
st Place Dave Portwood Season Points 95.507
2nd
Place Ken Eaton Season Points 92.707
3rd
Place Jim Pugh Season Points 90.645
2 Meter 1
st Place Tom Brightbill Season Points 97.625
2nd
Place Tom Culmsee Season Points 96.507
3rd
Place Dave Portwood Season Points 92.233
Open 1
st Place Jim Frahm Season Points 99.995
2nd
Place Dave Portwood Season Points 99.109
3rd
Place Lee Urbaniak Season Points 99.103
4th
Place Dave Johnson Season Points 99.083
5th
Place Tom Culmsee Season Points 99.061
(Boy talk about being close especially 2nd
through 5th
place.)
To close the program, Art announced the following officers for 2013.
President: Kevin Martin, Vice President: Doug Coleman, Secretary: Art Boysen, Treasurer:
Colleen Bumgarner.
With that the program was concluded. Or as Porky Pig would say, “That’s All Folks”
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2012 Tournament Pictures By Dave Portwood
Most Improved – Lee Urbaniak
NEW Expert – Ken Eaton
Silver Cup-John Burke
The Shadow Knows
First Place RES-Dave Portwood
First Place 2 Meter-Tom Brightbill
First Place Open-Jim Frahm
Calling all Pilots get ready to fly
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More Tournament Pictures
Is he sleeping or cringing?
Look I found all of the Parts, rekitting starts
now!
A Great Group of Flyers!
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Shavings from the Editors Desk By Perry White (AKA Jim Pugh)
Well the 2012 flying season is over so it is
time to start working on the next great glider
project for the 2013 either building or
repairing, and if the weather is nice do some
flying.
This month’s edition has a lot of “stuff” in it
including contest reports, tournament report,
tournament banquet report, 2013 Draft
Contest schedule and the NWSS fall board
meeting minutes.
Did you have a hole in your pocket or purse
and lost all of your lose change?
Did your foot get run over when you were
crossing the street?
Do all the water faucets in your house leak?
Is that what’s bothering you?
Well here is something that will brighten
your day.
Do you have trouble removing tape residue?
Well folks I have found that a product called
Goo Gone Spray Gel does real well on
removing that nasty tape residue from wings
and fuselages. Give it a try.
This message brought to you by the makers
of Powder Milk Biscuits always light and
fluffy.
Smooth flying and many thermals to Les
Grammer who is retiring as the NWSS
Scorekeeper and moving to California. Les
is also a NWSS past president, board
member and Cliff Mink Service Award
recipient. We hope that he can make it back
to the NW and fly. Les was the CD at the
Fry Fly for several years, although the last
couple of years the contest was plagued by
the weather. But we will forgive him for
that, and he always had a challenging
contest format that we really liked, or hated
only if we didn’t get our task times.
NWSS Masters Class. What is it? The NWSS Masters Class is a
designation that has been created to honor
those individuals that have shown
themselves to be highly competent in the
areas of flying ability, leadership and
technical aspects of the hobby. To qualify
for the honor of membership in the NWSS
Masters Class, the individual must show
competence in the following three
categories: Competition, Leadership and
Technical.
There are two ways to become a Master
Class flyer; one is by being nominated by
any member of the NWSS with supporting
information and data that shows that the
individual meets the criteria. The second
way is by personally accomplishing the
three year flight tasks/scores and showing
leadership and technical competence.
So if you know a NWSS member that
should be nominated for this honor, please
put together a data package and summit it to
the NWSS Board of Directors for his/her
consideration.
Special thanks to the following for their
contributions to this issue of the Eagle:
Tom Culmsee for the Rippin Thermals
contest report and for the Tournament report
and results.
Kevin Martin for his report on the PASS
Thermal Search Contest.
Lee Urbaniak for his report on the North
Idaho Championships.
Art Boysen for the Fall NWSS Board of
Directors Meeting minutes.
Dave Portwood for the Tournament and
Banquet Pictures.
Last but not least, thanks to all of you that
sent in articles, tips etc. for this year’s
editions of the Eagle. You all make my job
a lot easier to do.
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NWSS Request for Donations for
Retrievers
NWSS is soliciting contributions to help
defray the costs for a retriever.
Donations should be sent to Colleen
Bumgarner, NWSS Treasurer
1020 Eid Road, #8
Moscow, ID 83843
Well folks that is about for now, here’s
hoping you have a great fall, winter and
spring, and we will see you at the flying
field wherever that may be. Fair Winds and
Smooth Flying.
2013 NWSS Calendar/Coming
Events Tentatively March 30 or April 6, 2013 Board of Directors Meeting at central
location.
June 1, 2013 Nominations for 2012 Board
of Directors and Nominations for Cliff Mink
Award are open.
August 1, 2013 Nominations Closed for
Board of Directors.
August 1, 2013 Masters Class paperwork
due for consideration for 2012.
August 15, 2013 Nominations for Cliff
Mink Award closed. Masters Class
nominations closed.
September 13, 2013 Board of Directors
meeting before the Tournament at the flying
field.
September 14, 2013 37th
Annual NWSS
Tournament
September 14, 2013 Board of Directors
meeting reconvened after flying for election
of Officers for 2014.
Tentatively March 15, 2014 Board of
Directors Meeting at central location.
NWSS Eagle
Volume 2012, Issue 7 Holiday 2012 The Eagle is the official newsletter of
the Northwest Soaring Society. More
information about the NWSS can be
found at our website:
www.northwestsoaringsociety.org
Newsletter Editor: Jim Pugh
[email protected], 253-874-2429
Hardcopy production and mailing:
Sandie Pugh [email protected]
253-874-2429
Contact Jim Pugh for address
corrections, technical issues with
electronic editions and information
about receiving The Eagle.
Send articles, classified and photos to
Jim
Flyers for NWSS contests should be
sent to Richard Van Dijk, NWSS Contest
Coordinator [email protected]
360-891-2188) who will proof them and
forward to the newsletter editor and
webmaster.
Three delivery methods are available
for The Eagle: hard copy, download from
the NWSS website (PDF format), or email
copy of the newsletter (PDF format).
Scientific Explanation: It's the door. The following write up explains so much.
"Ever walk into a room with some purpose
in mind, only to completely forget what that
purpose was? Turns out, doors themselves
are to blame for these strange memory
lapses.
Psychologists at the University of Notre
Dame have discovered that passing through
a doorway triggers what's known as an event
boundary in the mind, separating one set of
thoughts and memories from the next. Your
brain files away the thoughts you had in the
previous room and prepares a blank slate for
the new locale."
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ThermalSearch 2012 By Kevin Martin Unlike in 2011 when the Sunday flying was rained out, this year was clear skies for both days.
However, the weather was not without issues. Saturday was very breezy with winds 8-12 mph.
Not too windy to fly but enough to make things interesting. Thermals were building during the
day but more often than not they were torn apart by the breezy conditions. One could be in a
thermal one moment and it would disappear the next. The wind also played havoc with landings,
resulting in lower scores for the day. Fortunately, no planes were damaged in the challenging
conditions, although some flyers had to make the “walk of shame” to retrieve their planes (yours
truly included).
Sunday brought a new weather challenge – heat. The winds blew at 0-2 mph all day. This made
for great thermals and better landing conditions. However, the minimal breeze made for
extremely hot conditions. I spent the entire afternoon with a wet towel on my head. When I left
the field at 5:30 pm the temperature was 96 degrees. It was even hotter when I arrived home.
Again there was no airplane damage and everybody stayed well-hydrated in the heat.
Thanks to the Culmsee family for providing the PASS Sandwich shop and to Terry Erickson for
the use of his electric golf cart. Saturday Standings (5 rounds flown)
Place Total
R.E.S. CLASS ---------------------------------------------------
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1 4579 Jim Pugh
2 4450 David Portwood
3 3941 Kevin Martin
4 3537 Dan Fiedler
5 3400 Ken Eaton
6 1947 Fred Spencer
Expert CLASS -----------------------------------------------------
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1 4678 Dave Johnson
2 4674 David Portwood
3 4270 Richard Van Dijk
4 4259 Don Stewart
5 4074 Tom Brightbill
6 3958 Tom Culmsee
Novice CLASS ----------------------------------------------------
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1 2633 Daniel Fiedler
2 1920 Tom Fowler
ALES CLASS ----------------------------------------------------
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1 1947 John Long
Competitor CLASS -----------------------------------------------
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1 4182 Keith Ragsdale
2 3875 Ken Eaton
3 3803 Jason Hood
4 3548 John Long
5 3430 Dan Fiedler
6 3284 Sherrill Steinhauer
7 2921 Fred Spencer
8 2447 Tom Gist
Two Meter CLASS -----------------------------------------------
----------------
1 4727 Tom Brightbill
2 4527 Tom Culmsee
3 4116 Jason Hood
4 3587 Keith Ragsdale
Sunday Standings (5 rounds flown)
R.E.S. CLASS -----------------------------------------------------
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1 4885 David Portwood
2 4767 Jim Pugh
3 4416 Kevin Martin
4 4390 Ken Eaton
5 4225 Jim W. Gibson
6 3581 Terry Erickson
7 2811 Fred Spencer
Expert CLASS -----------------------------------------------------
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1 4937 Tom Culmsee
2 4918 Tom Brightbill
3 4906 David Portwood
4 4791 Dave Johnson
5 4456 Sandie Pugh
6 4431 Don Stewart
7 4366 Richard Van Dijk
8 3882 Roger Breedlove
Competitor CLASS -----------------------------------------------
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1 4750 Ken Eaton
2 4603 Jim W. Gibson
3 4421 Keith Ragsdale
4 3364 Fred Spencer
Two Meter CLASS -----------------------------------------------
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1 4698 Tom Brightbill
2 3800 Tom Culmsee
3 2831 Keith Ragsdale
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Thermal Nirvana
Eugene Report, Contest held August 25th and 26th By Tom Culmsee What a contest. Perfect warm weather, calm winds and wonderful camaraderie added up to an incredible contest. Plenty of
strong lift (a bit of that sink too) gave everyone a chance to sky out on any particular flight. Sunday’s signature Egg Bust
event was won by Dan Fiedler who managed to topple the egg. Of special note was the extra special last flight of Kirby
Parker who passed away earlier in the year. Some of his ashes were collected by Dave Johnson and brought to Eugene in
celebration. Jason Hood placed the ashes in a tube on top of his wing. During launch the ashes spread far and wide backlit in
the morning sun. It was a spectacular and very fitting sight to behold.
Thanks again go to the EGGS crew of Steve Ehrlich, Frank Bell, Ken Eaton and Jason Hood for preparing the field so
beautifully (this year with street signs!) to Scott Goodman for his always magnamous hosting of the fabulous Saturday
evening “Corn Feed” and to EGGS founders Barrett Jones and Dean Rea for moral support. Thanks also to Debbie Culmsee
for scorekeeping, Daniel Fiedler for photography & awards preparation and Sandie Pugh for the design and fabrication of the
Egg Bust Master Award shirt.
Congratulations to all the winners (below) and hope to see everyone again next year.
Pictures from Ripping Thermals
Left to Right: Duane Cassidy Open Winner, Street Signs courtesy of EGGS, Jason ready to give Kirby his last flight,
Pilots meeting.
Final standings after 11 rounds (11,000 points possible) Place total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Woodie 1 8704 913 450 942 745 924 602 950 583 940 863 792 Dean Gradwell 2 5458 884 463 329 485 423 297 433 788 596 517 243 Ronald McElliott R.E.S. 1 9704 978 990 992 920 687 993 748 930 996 987 483 Jason Hood 2 9235 979 994 778 680 979 992 895 977 685 963 313 Dan Fiedler 3 8839 940 849 940 100 921 913 913 765 849 851 798 Jim Pugh 4 8785 853 805 804 835 989 819 940 433 970 808 529 Ken Eaton 5 1083 850 233 Scott Goodman 6 930 930 Kevin Martin Novice 1 7326 843 794 705 250 456 464 723 849 717 735 790 Daniel Fiedler Expert 1 10474 997 985 950 970 999 973 960 995 980 996 669 Duane Cassidy 2 10342 993 998 1000 830 996 588 990 989 990 983 985 David Portwood 3 10126 870 996 915 968 976 531 988 994 997 946 945 Tom Culmsee 4 10047 989 985 990 925 1000 992 970 990 1000 750 456 Dave Johnson 5 8981 987 410 965 975 961 442 953 600 977 896 815 Richard Van Dijk 6 7596 754 835 611 775 488 740 990 588 679 769 367 Don Stewart 7 5369 957 969 913 970 704 856 Sandie Pugh 8 2270 500 980 790 Tom Brightbill Competitor 1 10005 991 963 903 965 893 560 958 890 956 933 993 Jason Hood 2 9760 979 975 940 805 967 979 963 941 760 958 493 Keith Ragsdale 3 9320 940 993 975 993 800 489 745 969 468 960 988 Ken Eaton 4 8426 853 950 953 425 988 591 615 878 662 941 570 Dan Fiedler 5 6904 558 625 457 145 856 494 415 813 833 979 729 Fred Spencer 6 5586 818 984 981 955 938 910 Sherrill Steinhauer Two Meter 1 10435 984 985 985 985 939 975 945 937 987 975 738 Tom Brightbill 2 9110 525 981 990 995 425 677 933 984 610 994 996 Tom Culmsee 3 8768 983 987 973 945 425 650 943 954 578 870 460 David Portwood 4 8624 970 927 980 985 638 539 853 783 980 363 606 Keith Ragsdale 5 6819 830 910 644 375 612 681 903 725 496 319 324 Fred Spencer 6 3606 220 148 214 890 281 161 968 503 221 Kevin Martin
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NWSS BOARD OF DIRECTOR’S MEETING
MINUTES
ELTOPIA, WA
SEPT 14, 2012
I. With a quorum of members present, President Doug
Coleman called the summer/fall meeting of the NWSS
Board of Directors to order.
Board Members present: Doug Coleman – President,
Kevin Martin – Vice President, Art Boysen –
Secretary, Richard Van Dijk – Schedule Coordinator,
Rex Grace – Scorekeeper, Jim Pugh – Newsletter
Editor, Jim Frahm, Lee Urbaniak, and Tom Culmsee –
proxy for David Webb.
II. MINUTES OF LAST MEETING
A motion was made, seconded and passed to approve
the March 17, 2012 minutes.
III. TREASURER’S REPORT
Colleen Bumgarner reported that there was $1,487.18
in the treasury as of Sept 8, 2012. A motion was made,
seconded and passed to accept the treasury report. It
will be discussed further at the next meeting on how to
increase the treasury balance.
IV. OLD BUSINESS
1. TOURNAMENT TEAM TROPHIES
A discussion was had on the tournament team trophies.
A formal decision will be made at the next meeting.
2. CD GUIDE
The CD Guide has been updated and is on the web site.
V. NEW BUSINESS
1. MASTER CLASS NOMINATIONS
There were no Master Class Nominations for 2012.
2. COMPETITOR TO EXPERT
Ken Eaton fulfilled the requirements to move up to
Expert Class.
3. MOST IMPROVED FLYER
Lee Urbaniak was awarded the Most Improved Flyer
Award for 2012 by a unanimous vote.
4. CLIFF MINK SERVICE AWARD
A motion was made, seconded and passed to present
Duane Cassidy the Cliff Mink Service Award for 2012.
5. APPOINTED BOARD MEMBERS
A motion was made, seconded and passed for the
current Appointed Board Members: Rex Grace –
Scorekeeper, Jim Pugh – Newsletter Editor, Dave
Portwood – Webmaster, Sandie Pugh – Newsletter
Production, and Richard Van Dijk – Scheduling
Coordinator.
6. FRY FLY CONTEST
A motion was made, seconded and passed for Don
Stewart to be the CD for the Fry Fly contest that will
be held in Eltopia, WA.
7. 2013 CONTEST SCHEDULE
Richard Van Dijk presented a preliminary 2013
Contest Schedule. It will be discussed more at the next
meeting if rearranging the schedule can increase
attendance.
8. TROPHY COSTS
Tom Culmsee will provide more details at the next
meeting on how to decrease Season and Tournament
Trophy costs. Possible suggestions are smaller size
and less number.
9. ALES CONTESTS
Tom Culmsee will provide more details at the next
meeting on how to incorporate Altitude Limiting
Electric Soaring (ALES) Contests into the NWSS.
10. APRIL NEWSLETTER ARTICLE
Doug Coleman volunteered to write article and tips for
April Newsletter.
11. OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS
The following are the outgoing Board Members after
serving the last three years (2010 – 2012): Jim Pugh,
Kevin Martin and Rex Grace.
12. BOARD MEMBER ELECTION
RESULTS
The following are the Board Members elected for the
next three years (2013 – 2015): Jim Pugh, Kevin
Martin and Rex Grace.
13. THANK YOU NOTES
As in the past, the following will be presented with $50
gift certificates for the 2012 Tournament: Tom
Culmsee for CD’ing, Mary Ann Parker for keeping
score, and the Sod Farm Owners for allowing us to fly
there.
14. OFFICERS FOR 2012
Motions were made, seconded and passed for the
officers for 2012: Kevin Martin – President, Doug
Coleman – Vice President, Art Boysen – Secretary, and
Colleen Bumgarner – Treasurer.
VI. SCHEDULE NEXT BOARD OF DIRECTOR’S
MEETING The next Board of Director’s meeting is tentatively
scheduled for the first weekend in April 2013.
Weather permitting; it will be at the Sod Farm to be
combined with a Fun Fly. Mary Ann Parker has
graciously offered her residence in case of inclement
weather.
VII. ADJOURNMENT
With no other business before the Board, a motion was
made, seconded and passed to adjourn the meeting.
Respectably Submitted by:
Art Boysen
NWSS Secretary
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North Idaho Soaring Championships 2012 By Lee Urbaniak
This year’s edition of the NISC was a bit different. After 30 years at the same site, this year the contest was
not held in North Idaho. Normally held at the beautiful Farragut State Park, it seems there was a bit of jealousy
going on with another group who has envied our hold on the weekend at the park for many years. Park rules say,
“first come first served” so without even discussing it with us we were beaten to the registration for use of the
flying field. A war-bird fly-in was held instead of our contest. Apparently they were moderately successful and
intend to do it again next year. We intend to get our weekend back, but that is a story to be told next year.
This year the NISC was held at our club field on Paradise road in Spokane. The field itself is not as nice as
Farragut but the thermals are better. I want to think that the location change is what affected the turn out as only
ten people showed up. That didn’t make it any easier to take home a trophy. The Expert competition was fierce, the
lead changed 6 times in 12 rounds and ended with the top six pilots within two hundred points of each other. Curtis
Headrick held the lead for four rounds and seemed to be the one to beat, until round ten when he had a bad landing,
enabling others to pass him. The lead changed twice in the last two rounds ending with Portwood as number one.
John Burke, flying steady both days finished strong in second.
Portwood also finished first in Two-Meter. Steve Adams held the lead until the ninth round but David’s
steady flying proved too much. John Burke took third.
Dave Moore and Rex Grace had a pretty good competition in Open Competitor with Dave Moore coming
in first. He found out what a moldie can do for your scores. It’s nice to see someone taken in by the allure of high
performance.
There were no entries in RES.
It was a pretty good contest and next year we hope to be back home at Farragut.
Hand Crafted Trophies by Lee Urbaniak
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North Idaho Soaring Championships 2012 (Continued)
Thermal Wizard I
Total Time
Flown Pilot Name Class
100:20 Frahm, Jim E 96:36 Headrick, Curtis E 94:41 Burke, John E 93:47 Adams, Steve E 86:31 Urbaniak, Lee E 77:33 Portwood, David 2M 76:32 Portwood, David E 69:36 Adams, Steve 2M 67:55 Grace, Rex C 60:46 Moore, Dave C 56:43 Burke, John 2M 29:08 Kirkpatrick, Robin C
28:20 Stewart, Don E
Standings at the End of the Contest Class Place Event
Total
Pilot Time Flown Landing Round
Score
Task
Min:Sec
Expert 1 11,354 Portwood, David 03:01 88 935 3P
2 11,215 Burke, John 08:56 93 983 9 ID
3 11,204 Urbaniak, Lee 07:00 0 808 7 ID
4 11,141 Adams, Steve 08:55 93 981 9 ID
5 11,134 Frahm, Jim 10:01 50 927 10 ID
6 11,125 Headrick, Curtis 09:44 71 936 10 ID
7 3,230 Stewart, Don 00:00 Round not flown
Competitor 1 8,058 Grace, Rex 03:02 0 485 3P
2 7,432 Moore, Dave 00:00 0 0 3 3,123 Kirkpatrick, Robin 00:00 Round not flown
Two Meter 1 10,153 Portwood, David 05:04 83 948 SID
2 9,655 Adams, Steve 03:59 63 755 5 ID
3 7,759 Burke, John 04:58 84 955 SID
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Final Season Points for 2012
Open 2012 2012 2012
Last name First Name Class Days Days Season
counted flown Points
Frahm Jim E 8 18 99.995
Portwood David E 8 12 99.109
Urbaniak Lee E 8 14 99.103
Johnson Dave E 8 16 99.083
Culmsee Tom E 8 15 99.061
Grammer Les E 4 4 98.785
Cassidy Duane E 8 15 98.281
Headrick Curtis E 8 13 98.046
Adams Steve E 8 15 97.961
Webb David E 4 4 97.743
Johnson Kelly E 2 2 96.785
Laurel Connor E 4 4 96.503
Coleman Doug E 8 8 95.206
Burke John E 7 7 93.279
Pool Amy E 2 2 92.955
Stewart Don E 8 12 92.600
Pugh Sandie E 6 6 90.988
Eaton Ken C 7 7 90.411
Van Dijk Richard E 6 6 85.978
Russell Doug C 5 5 85.614
Brightbill Tom E 8 8 85.013
Boysen Art E 3 3 83.810
Turner Ron E 5 5 83.790
Grace Rex C 8 8 73.903
Sayers Sue C 1 1 72.150
Bumgarner Bruce E 5 5 69.484
Carroll Scott C 3 3 63.627
Kirkpatrick Robin C 8 8 56.396
Ochs Harold E 1 1 44.820
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Final Season Points for 2012 (Continued)
2 Meter
Last name
First
Name Class Days Days Season
%
perfect
counted flown Points all days
Brightbill Tom E 6 12 97.625 90.076
Culmsee Tom E 6 13 96.507 88.779
Johnson Dave E 2 2 96.245 93.749
Portwood David E 6 10 92.233 86.673
Cassidy Duane E 2 2 90.990 89.353
Johnson Kelly E 2 2 88.870 87.433
Adams Steve E 6 13 86.470 75.954
Pool Amy E 2 2 85.310 83.917
Pugh Sandie E 1 1 77.680 75.114
Ehrlich Steve C 1 1 74.010 71.571
Coleman Doug E 2 2 71.680 70.765
Burke John E 4 4 68.050 65.239
Russell Doug C 2 2 38.910 37.771
Lorimor Rodney C 2 2 34.245 33.271
Martin Kevin E 2 2 33.410 32.870
RES Class
Last name
First
Name Class Days Days Season
%
perfect
counted flown Points all days
Culmsee Tom E 1 1 98.730 95.471
Johnson Dave E 1 1 98.230 94.986
Portwood David E 6 7 95.507 92.178 Frahm Jim E 2 2 95.250 94.025
Eaton Ken C 6 9 92.707 85.770
Pugh Jim E 6 9 90.645 85.841 Grammer Les E 2 2 90.585 89.419
Van Dijk Richard E 1 1 85.300 82.486
Martin Kevin E 5 5 73.550 71.617
Boysen Art E 3 3 52.440 51.635
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2013 NWSS Contest Schedule
2013 NWSS Contest Schedule Draft V2
April
27/28 Mission, BC Vancouver Tune-Up Ron Turner
May
11/12 Lewiston, ID Orrin Crooks Memorial Bruce Bumgarner
18/19 Woodburn, OR Barry Kurath Memorial 2M/RES David Portwood
25/26 Farragut, ID Ed Huffman Soaring Classic Robin Kirkpatrick
June
1/2 Spokane, WA Paradise Fly Off's Steve Adams
8/9 Mission, BC TBD Ron Turner
15/16 Pasco, WA Fry Fly Don Stewart
22/23 Woodburn, OR Thermalitis Tom Culmsee
July
6/7 Pasco, WA Sun Fly Doug Coleman
13/14 Spokane, WA Soar At Paradise Jim Frahm
20/21 Carnation, WA Soar Korey Sherman Knight
27/28 Vancouver, BC Vancouver Thermals TBD
August
10/11 Woodburn, OR Thermal Search Kevin Martin
17/18 Carnation, WA Dennis Otter Memorial Sherman Knight
24/25 Eugene, OR Rippin’ Thermals Tom Culmsee
September
31/1 Spokane, WA N. Idaho Championships Lee Urbaniak
14/15 Pasco, WA NWSS Tournament Tom Culmsee
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