Just a reminder that we are fast approaching our deadline for the AWESOME Christmas dinner on December 12th! Spread the word!

Please see Ken Schwartz or Jim Hughes if you want to purchase tickets as they are selling fast and we expect to sell out this year. The deadline to purchase these highly sought after tickets is December 6th. Tickets are $40.00 per person and includes a great meal with drink, tax and tip! Also you will get to enjoy the music of Danny Hull and friends! There will be an open bar for those that wish to drink. This will be an awesome venue! Dinner, dancing, music. There is even a pool table and darts for those that wish to play!

Feel free to bring your entire family, friends or that special someone!

You must make a main course selection at the time you buy the tickets.

Includes drink, soup or salad and choice of dessert:

Pan Seared Chicken Breast –
wild mushroom risotto, baby carrots
with roasted chicken jus

Grilled Flat Iron Steak –
four cheese potato gratin, grilled asparagus,
crispy onions with red wine jus

House-made Gnocchi –
butternut squash,
asparagus, shaved parmesan,
with sage brown butter

NorCal flight center are having the monthly pancake breakfast on Saturday. They will have pancakes, sausage, eggs, drinks, etc from 08:00 – 11:00. Depending on the weather, it will either be at the gazebo or in the hangar behind the flight school.

Elections were held last night, with the following results for 2016-17:

President – Ron Wright
Vice President – Ken Schwartz
Treasurer – Jim Hughes
Secretary – Richard Pearl

Board Members:
Bruce Estes
Tony Kasabasich
Tom Lieb
Bob Miller
John Perry
Richard Ryan
Dug Smith

Instead of a monthly meeting in December, we will be enjoying the Christmas party.

Wednesday, November 18, is our next meeting, and there are two important tasks to complete.

1. It’s time to vote on the new Board of Directors. Voting will take place at the meeting, with results announced that night.
2. Final preparations and ticket sales for the Christmas Party. We have an especially good venue this year…more details at the meeting.

Our guest speaker Wednesday will be Brent Smith, giving a presentation on his impressive Mini IMP.

The meeting will be at Tony’s Hangar, as usual, at 19:00, with dinner starting at 18:00.

Looking for somewhere local for lunch on Saturday? Sutter are having an open hangar day, from 10:00 – 12:00, and will be barbecuing.

The City of Lincoln is inviting the Airport Users Group to an open forum from 09:00 to 11:00 on Friday, November 6 at the Corp Yard breakroom, 2100 Flightline Drive. The purpose of this meeting is to enable Airport management to become more aware of its user’s actual needs.

Please keep in mind that this is intended to be a discussion and not a “free for all” complaint session. Planning ahead by preparing a written list of the thoughts you wish to share will help ensure the meeting remains on topic. Alternatively, submit your thoughts to the LRAA and we’ll pass them along on your behalf.

Space is limited to approximately 25 participants. Please reserve your space at the table.

The November Board of Directors meeting takes place this Wednesday, November 4th. As usual, it will be at Pizza Roundup, 2270 Nicolaus Rd., Lincoln… dinner at 18:00, meeting at 18:30. All members are invited.

We’re having our Xmas party at Beermann’s in Lincoln, on December 12th. It’s going to be $40 a person, with entertainment provided by our own Danny Hull and his band.

Coffee, soda, iced and hot tea included, cash bar for alcoholic beverages.

Menu:
1st course
Winter Salad – mixed greens, maple pecans, cranberries, goat cheese w/ apple cider vinaigrette
– Or –
Sweet Potato and Bacon Soup

2nd course
Pan Seared Chicken Breast – wild mushroom risotto, baby carrots w/ roasted chicken jus
– Or –
Grilled Flat Iron Steak – four cheese potato gratin, grilled asparagus, crispy onions w/ red wine jus
– Or –
House-made Gnocchi – butternut squash, asparagus, shaved parmesan w/ sage brown butter

3rd course
Apple Cobbler
– Or –
Chocolate Crème Brulee

For tickets see Jack Parks, Jim Hughes or Ken Schwartz.

Topic: Search and Rescue procedures in the Continental USA
On Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 10:00
Location:
EAA Qhut, west side of Benton airport
2025 South Street
EAA Q Hut
Redding, CA 96001

Select Number:
WP2563688

Description:
Member of the local CAP chapter (an auxiliary of the US Air Force) will explain the how, what, why, where and response times of a rescue mission.

To view further details and registration information for this seminar, click here.