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Tioga Transmission August Events There are three big events for the month of August that do more to tell the public who we are than any of our other efforts.
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Extra! Extra! Car Show August 21 2016 
The first event is the Newark Valley Days Parade. This event is the one where we not only exhibit our cars, but we also provide vehicles for elderly persons to be recognized by their fellow citizens. The parade is on August 13th and we will assemble at the Newark Valley Methodist Church parking lot. They would like to have us at the lot by 10:00AM with the parade starting promptly at 11:00. The extra time involved is so that they are able to introduce us to our passengers and brief us on any
information concern- and begin the meeting the logistics of the ing at 7:00PM. parade. There have been In the past we have some issues with the been able to provide dog park people at the all the cars that were Hot Rod show and needed for the senthe park people and iors, but I would like the dog park people to have more cars just would like to have a to show that we supchance to meet with port the county that us to prevent a reocwe represent. Let’s see currence at our show. if we can have at least I have issued an invitwelve of our cars tation for both people present! to meet with us at our Second event is our meeting. August meeting. This is our final attempt to iron out the kinks in our preparations for the car show.
The last event is of course the car show itself. We will meet Saturday the 20th for the layout at 10:00AM. The ,more The August meeting members present the will be at the Hicko- sooner we will be done. ries at pavilion 5. The date is August The show will need 15th at 6:00PM. We help by 7:00AM!!! will picnic on a bring a dish basis
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Secretary’s Report July 18, 2016 Meeting held at Hickories Park at 6pm 14 Club Members present Discussion and approval of: Rental of 2-20x20 tents for use as hospitality tents One placed on each side of show field. Port-a-John-Rental Purchase of 6-2 Way Radios for better communication placed at: Stop 1-Direction and Form Distribution Stop 2-Classification Stop 3-Registration Tent Info tent /President Vendor/Car Corral Parking Master We rehearsed to new 1-2-3 program with marginal success August Meeting - 6pm August 15 dish to pass at Hickories Park Respectfully submitted, Cheryl Klingensmith
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A New Feature at The Hickories Park Have you been to the Hickories Park lately? There is a new construction going on at the main intersection of the park!
ber 11, 2016.
I was given the impression that the main amount of construction will be complete in time for our car show, but the landWorkers from J.Hulslander Superior scaping and an inDesign are construct- tended flag pole ing a large attraction might not be there in time. at the intersection. This construct is the I was told that the two beginning of a 9/11 pieces of rail; that will memorial which will be used in the memocontain two railroad rial are now stored in or subway rails from a warehouse in New the basement of the York City and will be World Trade Center transported under poas well as two high lice and military propower lights that will tection once the site is burn from dusk to ready for them to be dawn and are pointed installed. straight up. There will undoubtThere will also be an extensive landscape planting. I asked the workers when the construct is slated to be complete and the reply is that the plan is for the dedication to take place Septem-
edly be a ceremony for the install and you might want to see the pageantry when that happens.
Can’t wait to see this complete.
What is going on at The Hickories Park?
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What has happened at the Dog Park? that people going to the dog park, and asA bottleneck develsuring us that they oped at the bridge enwould not violate our trance and several dog show without paying people got into serian entrance fee, could ous and loud conflict drive through our with the members of event and park at the the Southern Tier Hot dog park. Rods. This resulted in A representative of the officials of The the dog park people Hickories asking for will position themour co-operation in selves at our entrance finding a better soluto help to control the tion to the problem. traffic and smooth the Although I know that operation. some of our members The Park Ranger and would prefer that no a member of the dog dogs be present on park group asked to our show field, we The first solution that have never had a seri- meet with us at our had been developed ous problem with well August meeting to go was that the people mannered and leashed over the details of our going to the dog park dogs at our show in plan. would have to park on the past. The hot rods I created the letter the entrance side of though refuse to per- you find on the next the bridge and walk mit dogs on their field page and took several into the park with and refused to permit copies to the dog park their dogs. This prothe passage of dogs to try to promote betposal seemed to be into the dog park. ter feelings with the the way that would be After two phone calls dog people. They done, however it from the president of seemed to feel that seems that there was a Tioga Region was goS.T.H.R. and another glitch during the ing to be more pleastwo calls from The “Cars in the Park� Hickories park Ranger ant to deal with. show and there was it has been suggested harsh words and hard We have all been told many versions as to how the dog park will work with our car show. Some asked if it was possible to close the dog park for our show. The answer to that is that when the park was first created it was agreed that the park could never be closed. Thus it became a question how there would be the least interference between the dogs and any other event that was being held.
feelings created.
Collector cars and summer, what could be better?