number of changes in how

your Division operates,

At our October meet the

membership will be voting

on approving the updated

Division constitution.

Please go to the Division

web site at

www.wisedivision.org and

read it over. There will be a

number of changes in how

your Division operates,

Bonnie Janke, our contest

director, is looking for new

pictures to use on the award

plaques. If you have any

prototype steam or diesel

photos that YOU took and

would like to see used on

the plaques, please contact

Bonnie.

Finally, over the summer

we lost two members of the

WISE Division family.

(con’t pg. 6)

I hope everyone has had a

great summer. We will be

doing a “transition” from

outdoor summer events to

model railroading with our

September 15 meet at the

Milwaukee Light Engineer-

ing Society’s Live Steam

Park. While we will not

have a swap area, and no

model contest (unless it’s

for equipment at the park)

you will have a chance to

enjoy the afternoon riding

behind live steam equip-

ment. This is also a great

family event, so bring the

family.

On the topic of outdoor

events, the Division’s mem-

bership picnic at the Mil-

waukee County Zoo was

great. A big thank you to

Ed Varick and his helpers

for making it another suc-

cess. During the picnic Ed

announced that he has de-

cided to step down as pic-

nic chairman, but in two

hours I had another mem-

ber, Mark Willmering, ap-

proach me about volunteer-

ing for the position. Thank

you, Ed, for your years of

running the picnic, and

thank you, Mark, for step-

ping up to take over. I also

need to give a thank you to

Ken Ristow, who had both

of the zoo’s steam locomo-

tives operating for our visit

there. Thank you, Ken.

Now for the business side

of things. At our October

meet the membership will

be voting on approving the

updated Division constitu-

tion. Please go to the Divi-

sion web site at

www.wisedivision.org and

read it over. There will be a

THE HEAD OWL HOOTS BY JOE RUSS

PICNIC CHAIR REPORT

BY ED VARICK

THANK YOU. . . THANK

YOU

Thank you to all you won-

derful folks who made our

annual WISE Division Pic-

nic at the Zoo a huge suc-

cess. The weather was per-

fect, the food was delicious,

and Dick Cecil was at

the pinnacle of his

good humor (ha, ha).

I do wish to thank all our

great folks for

their donations for door

prizes. I especially

thank my committee for

their help; Fred and Bonnie

Janke, Neil Michel, Wayne

Dunbar and last but not

least Dick Cecil our

Editor’s Note: Thanks for

the great times and your

dedication to making the

picnic a wonderful time

for all. Please see page

4 for other pictures.

SEPTEMBER 2013

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VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR TRAINFEST

The WISE Owl Car is published

by the Wisconsin Southeastern

(WISE) Division of the Nation-

al Model Railroad Association

(NMRA). Subscription is free to

all NMRA members residing

within the boundaries of the

WISE Division.

The Wisconsin Southeastern

Division, Inc. does not offer any

warranties or guarantees, nor

assume any liability from the

information contained in this

publication.

Permission is granted to use

news items in other publications

provided credit is given to the

Owl Car and author.

Trainfest and the Trainfest logo

are registered trademarks of the

WISE Division, NMRA, Inc.

Please send any comments, in-

formation, or editorials to the

editor.

Editor: Harry Grieshaber

Email: grieshab@gmail.com

Phone: 414-915-2102

ADDITIONAL PICNIC PICTURES:

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MC. As I mentioned at the picnic, I have resigned as Picnic Chairman. I have been doing it for more than 15 years

and I feel it is time for some new ideas. I want to thank all you wonderful folks who, over the years have made my

job look good and easier by your attendance each year. So once again, Thank You and see you next year.

The April meet was very ex-

citing with all who came pre-

pared to enter the WISE Di-

vision’s Meet.

We had several categories

featured. We also had a very

busy day in the contest room.

It was great to see our youth

group participating and we

had two youth with entries

into the contest. The youth

group meetings are being

held at the Waukesha County

Gandy Dancers club facili-

ties. I get a chance to talk

with the youth about the

WISE Division’s Monthly

Meets and to encourage them

to place an entry into the con-

test. I have enjoyed the time I

get to see and talk with the

youth and to keep them in-

formed as well as the other

members of our WISE Divi-

sion of things happening in

the contest room.

I wanted to let all know that

we will not be having a regu-

lar contest at September

meet, as we will be visiting a

club which runs live steam

equipment. There will be a

contest for the Live Steam

equipment on exhibit on that

day. Hope to see all of you

and your entries in the con-

test room at our October

2013 meet.

CONTEST CHAIR REPORT BY BONNIE JANKE

April’s Best of Show: Steve Miazga N scale Conner's

Thai Trading Co.

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Additional Contest Results from April 21, 2013

Motive Power – Steam

1st Place - #102 – Thunder Lake Lumber #6 — Jim Sohns

2nd Place - #101 – Milwaukee Road #1422 2-6-0 - Jim Sohns

Motive Power – Diesel

1st Place - #202 – Thunder Lake Lumber #34 – Jim Sohns

2nd Place - #201 – IC Bicentennial GP 38-2 – Jim Sohns

Freight Equipment

1st Place - #504 – Nevtronic Gonculator – Ed Varick

2nd Place - #502 – (NKP) w/Load – Charles Friedlein

Non-Revenue Equipment

1st Place - #603 – Work Flat Car – Mark Willmering

2nd Place - #601 – Thunder Lake Lumber Co Caboose/Work

Car – Jim Sohns

Structure

1st Place - #704 – Conner’s Thai Trading – Steve Miazga

2nd Place #701 – Covered Bridge – Jim Laatsch

Prototype Photo

1st Place - #803 – Blue Island Jct – John Shipman

2nd Place - #805 – 261 in Milwaukee - Tim Shipman

Model Photo

1st Place - #901 – Evil F Unit – Bob Gallegos

2nd Place - #904 – H&NE at Stand Rock – Harry Evans

General

1st Place - #1202 – American Freedom Train – Jim

Sohns

2nd Place - #1201 – Molton Sulpher Train – Ray Meyer

Youth 8 to 17

1st Place - #1301 – Hotel ‘Sydney’ - Sydney Vinyard

2nd Place - #1302 – Boy Scout Camp – Jaden Liermann

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The Constitution and Bylaw Committee has spent nearly 30 hours going over the Constitution. There will be some

notable changes, including electing some board members every year, making the Chief Clerk and Paymaster ap-

pointed positions, and allowing for mail-in ballots.

The membership will have to approve the new Constitution, and will do so at a special meeting at the

October 20 meet.

In the meantime, you can review the updated Constitution at the WISE Division’s web site at

www.wisedivision.org.

Thank you to the committee for their many hours of work on this project.

Sunday, September 15, 2013

11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The first meet of the 2013 season will be at the

Milwaukee Light Engineering Society’s Rail-

road Park. It will run from 11 a.m. until 4:00

p.m. and feature train rides at their facility.

There will NOT be a swap area at this meet,

and we will not have the regular model/photo

contest room. However, we are planning on

having judging of the equipment being operat-

ed and on display that day. As it isn’t easy to

bring equipment that size to the meet and the

contest room, we are bringing a contest to

them.

So be sure to come to the meet and enjoying

riding a model railroad for a change.

Update on the Division Constitution

Superintendent

Joe Russ

(262)408-1946

16800 W. Shadow Dr.

New Berlin, WI 53151

jruss@execpc.com

Assistant Superintendent

Ken Jaglinski

(414)331-9643

Chief Clerk

Al Lederman

(262)617-6064

Paymaster

Bob Sherman

(262)790-9830

Contests

Bonnie Janke

(414)352-4197

Owl Car Newsletter

Harry Grieshaber

( 414)915-2102

grieshab@gmail.com

Webmaster

Open Position

Achievement Program

Laroye Chisley

(414)352-3546

Membership

Neal Michel

(414)817-1278

Layouts

Mike Carlson

(262)370-9321

Youth Club

Mark Hintz

(262)820-3566

friends of the WISE Division

and Trainfest.

Metro Milwaukee Area:

• Greenfield News and Hobbies

- Greenfield

• Hiawatha Hobbies -

Waukesha

• Sommerfeld’s Trains - Butler

• South Side Trains - Milwau-

kee

• Walthers Terminal Hobby -

Milwaukee

Starting August 1, 2013

until Trainfest, Advance

Tickets will be on sale for

$10 each.

Friday Product Showcase

tickets now on sale. The

$45 special Friday Prod-

ucts Showcase ticket in-

cludes access to the manu-

facturers show, dinner and

gift bag on Friday along

with admission to Train-

fest Saturday

and Sunday. Kids coupons

for free admission are

available from the Train-

fest.com web site and hob-

by shops selling tickets

which are listed below.

Tickets are on sale at the

following supporters and

WISE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Directors At Large

Richard Cecil(414)236-5386 Gary Children (414)327-1666 Cedor Aronow (262)242-0108 Ed Varick (414)761-2068

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Outside Metro Milwaukee

Engine House Service Green

Bay, WI

Lombard Hobbies - Lombard,

IL

Madison Hobby Stop Madison,

WI

• Park Lane Hobbies - Dyer, IN

Trainfest

John Tews (MMR 313)

262-820-3566

Picnic

Mark Willmering

(414)438-7231

Bus Trip

Art Oseland

(414)764-5375

Video Library

Burnell Breaker

(262)939-9193

Trainfest® Tickets are NOW ON SALE

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And on June 21 former Kalmbach Publishing employ-ee George H. Drury passed away at the age of 73. George was a great modeler, and NMRA member, who was always willing to help. He gave many clinics at WISE Division meets and Midwest Region conven-tions the Division hosts. In the early days of the WISE Division, he also served as chief clerk.

The WISE Division extends its condolences to both the Oseland and Drury families.

2013 Meet & Events Dates

More WISE information

UPCOMING EVENTS FOR OCTOBER 20, 2013

W E B :W WW .W ISED IV IS ION . ORG

F AC E B O O K :WWW .W ISE D IV IS ION , NMRA

Sept. 15 Live Steam Park– Menomonie Falls

Oct. 20 Midway Hotel-Brookfield

Nov. 8-10

Trainfest-Wis. State Fair Park Expo

Center

Dec. 1 Midway Hotel-Brookfield

Jan. 19, 2014

Midway Hotel-Brookfield

Feb. 16, 2014

Midway Hotel-Brookfield

Opens at 12:30 p.m.

Popular vote contest registration (free and open to the public) until 1:30 p.m.. Catagories: diesels, freight equipment, prototype photos, train crafts and youth.

1:00 to 1:45 Tom Bundy (MLES) Signals

2:00 to 2:45 Bob Fry– 2013 National Convention at Atlanta as seen by Bob Fry

3: to 3:45 Rob Pfeiffer– Night shots (Halloween-themed photos)

3:45-4:00 Announcements and Presentations of Contest Awards

4:00-6:00 Layout Tours

(Maps distributed at conclusion of meeting)

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Volunteers Are Needed For TRAINFEST 2013

Trainfest is arriving on November 9th and 10th. We will again need volunteer help to distribute programs, help

with set up and manage other assignments. Please fill out the form below and mail or send an email to Ed Padgett

volunteer@trainfest.com. Email is the best and easiest way for me to follow up with you. Thank you in advance for your help.

We will also need help on Friday, November 8th with directing traffic and other tasks needed to be done. In

addition, we need a few people to help with closing the Expo Center. This consists of helping direct the vehicles out of

the Expo Center. If you can help, please sign up below, then on Friday locate me, Ed Padgett or Cedor Aronow at

the Trainfest office when you arrive.

I need a couple of people to work at the desk as a helper Friday, Saturday and Sunday. If you could help, please let me

know. Please add your phone and email.

Yes! I can help at the desk: Name: ______________________________ Day_____________; Time

Yes! I can help on Friday, November 9th Name____________________________

Phone__________________ Email________________________

We will need three people at each of the two doors for the 9am and 11am shifts. One of those volunteers will be Counting

children. That will require 6 people for each shift so volunteer. We want to make this a great show.

Yes! I can help distribute programs. Please circle your choice of time(s) you are available to work. Please report to Ed

Padgett or the personnel at the Trainfest office fifteen minutes prior to your shift start. If you are in the building prior to

your start time, you may check in early. That helps us know that the shifts are filled.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH SUNDAY, NOVEMBERR 10th

OPENING OPENING

AFTERNOON SHIFT 1 AFTERNOON SHIFT 1

AFTERNOON SHIFT 2 AFTERNOON SHIFT 2

CLOSING CLOSING

Name Address Mail form to: Ed Padgett

City, State, Zip mail S57, W22641 Woodside Ct Waukesha, WI 53189

OR send Email to: volunteers@trainfest.org Or epadgett@powercom.net

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