June - Two Rivers Jeep Club

Two Rivers Tracker
A publication of the Two Rivers Jeep Club, Pittsfield, Illinois
Volume 7, Issue 3
June 2004
Safari 2004
The 2004 Safari is now history – and what a time it was! Rain
Thursday and Friday – slippage, winching, mud, more slippage….but
by Saturday morning we had a perfect day for wheelin’. This turned
out to be one of our best events so far with a lot of fun on the trails
and during the raffles. We collected over $3500 for charity with
$1000 being donated to Pleasant Hill Summer Recreation Saturday
night. Pike County Matters and The Senior Center will also share in
the proceeds.
Various write ups for the Safari are included in this newsletter.
Thanks to all who took the time to gather the photos and write. And
thanks to all those who volunteered and helped to make this an
enjoyable time for all. Be sure to also check out the list of almost
100 vendors that donated to the raffle this year.
Besides the Safari, there were a number of other
major events this spring. Included in this newsletter is
an article about the Ag day that TRJC sponsored.
This was a great success; the kids enjoyed it almost
as much as Walt, who gave a radio interview!
There’s also an article about the Advanced Recovery and
Rescue Course. This involved TRJC members, New
Canton and Pleasant Hill Volunteer Fire Departments and
the Air-Evac helicopter team from Quincy. Based on this
training, we’re already changing the way we will handle
trail emergencies.
During this summer there are a number of other major
events, capped off by the BLAST in August. Details on
most of these are also found elsewhere in this newsletter.
Sat. June 19: Board Meeting
Sat. June 19: Father’s Day Run
Sun. July 4:
4th of July Parade
Two Rivers Tracker
Sat. July 24:
Sat. Aug 7:
Aug. 19-21:
June 2004
Trail Building
Trail Building & Board Meeting
6th Annual 4x4 BLAST
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Ah! Sunday morning
By Rick Culberson
Ahh! Sunday morning, it’s all over! I
look at the clock. It’s 5:00 am. Oh No!
I forgot the trail signs. So I get up and
to the Legion I go only to fine out
someone had taken care of me.
Thanks! I think I know who helped.
Well I’m up so I may as well head
home. Back to the Motel Pike to leave
the key and on the road again. I’m
lucky I only have a two hour drive to
think of all the mistakes I made over
the weekend, but very glad it is over.
Now to have a little time to do things
around the house and to the Jeep. Much to my surprise, setting on the table with the mail, is registration
for the Blast. Oh well, so much for time to work on the Jeep; my wife said the house WILL get done.
As a first time coordinator, I had a lot of fun. It helps when you have good people taking care of all the
things that have to be done. I don’t know if this would be possible without the help of all of you members
that helped. Dave Christensen and Graham McNeill were the backbone of the work - making sure the
registrations forms were made (and mailed,) answering seemingly thousands of questions that I had,
supporting me when I thought everyone was against me and trying to make me have “the big one.”
John Toumbs took care of the rodeo, and I didn’t even have to do a thing. He had everything under
control.
Tony and Andrea Prochaska did a wonderful job on the sign-up and registration, Tony’s a little hard to
get a hold of, but what can you say about people who still get the job done when they are working the
hours they do..
Garry Shadwick and the tech crew did a wonderful job,. They had one complaint: one of the tech crew
told a Bronco owner to get his Jeep out of the way. Boy did he take offense at that!
Tim Miller was the clean-up coordinator, and did a very good job. I can not find any of the banners to be
used for the Blast. He keeps saying, “You told me to clean it up.” I bet if I go to his shop I can find all
the banners I need for the Blast.
Dennis Wencel, Rick Miller, Kris Priessnitz, and Bridget Fugett ran their feet off selling raffle tickets. I still
think it may have been fixed the way the same people kept winning on Friday. J Kris, Bridget and Ardis
Lozenski again did an excellent job contacting vendors, and getting over $20,000 of raffle prizes. We all
owe these folks a very big thank you for the excellent job they did. This is the last year that Kris and
Bridget want to do this, so we are looking for help. I still have a little magic up my sleeve and hope the
girls I talked to will step up and take over. They will need help, and if you are interested please contact
me. We all need to support them. Without many vendors we would not have the excellent raffle we had.
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We all owe the City of Pittsfield, and Pike County a big “THANK YOU” for allowing us into their town.
They put up with a lot any time you have that many people trying to find rooms, campgrounds, and
meals. Try to remember they have to order extra for us and try to figure out how much we will buy.
Also we need to thank the people who run the Legion, Bowling Alley, Sears, and John Wood Community
College for the use of their parking lots. Finding a place to line up 250 Jeeps and generic Jeep vehicles
(that’s for you Bronco owners) is a nightmare. If we could only do it in one place.
And last but not least, we have to give the landowners a big “THANK YOU VERY MUCH!” If we did not
have these people I don’t know were we would wheel!
The Safari was a success, and I guess I will start to look toward the Blast since the registration packet is
sitting in front of me. I just wanted to give a big “THANK YOU” to all of the members who went out of
there way to make the Safari a success, whether it was working during the Safari or just cleaning trails
during a work weekend. And if I left anyone out, my apologies. There were over 60 people who helped
and over 200 tasks that needed to be done so I’m sure I missed someone somewhere.
If we did not have the membership with people who care, the Safari and Blast would not be here for us
to enjoy. But the burden of these events fall on the same people each year, so I ask all of the members
of Two Rivers Jeep Club to do something to help me out with the Safari and Blast. Please tell all your
friends that Jeep about us, and try to get them to join the club so we will have new members to help with
the events.
Well back to painting the house before I get into to much trouble. Just remember, we need your help to
keep Two Rivers Jeep Club the #1 club that it is. Try to find new members to help with the events and
to have new people to help on the trails.
Oh by the way, being the coordinator was not all bad. I got to run on six different trails over the
weekend. I had the video photographer with me, so any one who did not get a video or DVD ordered,
let me know and I can give you T.J.s number so you can order one.
Well thanks to all, and hope to see you at the Blast.
Rick Culberson, 2004 Safari and BLAST Coordinator
Although it looked tempting for years (prior as a Jamboree), due to the travel
distance, this was our first Safari. What an excellent event it was; well organized
with friendly personnel every step of the way making it a pleasurable experience.
Day one was on the Mossy Mountain trail that had numerous challenges magnified
by the recent rains.
Day two we stepped up to Black Oak Run, a 2+ trail that was made more difficult
with the wet weather. That was a little more than the 31/10.5’s on our ’95
Cherokee could muster requiring us to take three by-passes. This trail was quite
impressive with one obstacle after another. Some events/trails may have a couple
major challenges on an otherwise so-so ride, but, this one seemed to have one right
after anoth er.
Congratulations on a well run event.
Bob & Sharon Piper
Hamilton, Ohio
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The week of May 25, Pike and surrounding counties received extensive storm damage and were
declared disaster areas. Hundreds of trees in Pittsfield have been damaged and one member who
went there a few days later said "It looks like a war zone!" Several houses were also destroyed in the
storm that had 75 mph sustained winds.
Several of our trails have been damaged and will require maintenance before the BLAST. Information
on additional work weekends will be sent as soon as an assessment has been made.
Trail guides should check their trails as soon as possible and coordinate clean up efforts with Doug
Maxheimer.
2004 Ag and Conservation Field Day
By Walt Gilbert
Over 650 fifth grade students attended the Fifth
Annual Ag and Conservation Field Day held at the
University of Illinois Orr Ag Research Center/John
Wood Community College Perry campus
sponsored entirely by Two Rivers.
Present from The Club were O.R. Freesen, Alan
Grady, Hayward Ball, Doug Maxheimer, Tim "T.J."
Haeussler, and Walt Gilbert.
There were a total of 25 hands-on sessions,
ranging from forestry to bats and farm safety, for
the students who came from 11 school districts in four counties. Though rains came at the conclusion of
the event, ideal weather prevailed during the morning and early afternoon.
Quotes from Brad Smith, Resource Conservationist, Pike County Soil and Water Conservation District:
"Without the support of the Two Rivers Jeep Club, we wouldn't be having this event today. The state
funds for programs such as this have dried up and we were unable to secure grant funds for the
program this year." According to Smith, the field day is to make students aware of where food comes
from, and to instill good conservation practices. Smith said he and the schools are indebted to the Two
Rivers Jeep Club for its valuable contribution which allowed the field day activities to take place.
Each class enjoyed having pictures taken on OR's yellow Jeep. Five Jeeps were on display during the
event, and all were well explored by the students. Several teachers commented on the display and
thanked club members for sponsoring the event.
Welcome New Members !
Charles Ater III - Winchester, IL - 99 WJ, 89 YJ
James A Peek - Jacksonville, IL - 91 YJ
Dave and Eleni Cimino, Manhattan, IL - 95 XJ, 85 CJ7
Andy Percy, Macomb, IL - 01 XJ
Shane Garver, Decatur, IL - 79 CJ7
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Advanced Recovery and Training Course
The Advanced Recovery and Rescue Class was also a
success. Over 40 Trail Guides, helpers and members
showed up on a cold rainy day. We almost cancelled the
scenarios with the Fire Departments and Air-Evac but the
weather got a little better in the afternoon. We had a lot of
issues and things that went wrong, but we learned much.
The biggest problem was calling 911, getting a cell site in
Missouri, and finding the Pike County, MO, dispatch was
unable to notify Pike County, IL. As a result, we are
asking TRJC members to call the Pike County (Illinois)
Sheriff's Office number (217-285-4471) and NOT to use
911 in an
emergency.
As part of the
exercise, the
New Canton
and Pleasant
Hill Fire
Departments
responded as
did the Air-Evac helicopter from Quincy. The rescue drill went without a hitch once the call was made to the Pike
County, IL, Sheriff's Department.
Afterwards we had a debriefing with the rescue teams and learned much about what we could do differently. The
30 or so responders also agreed this was an excellent exercise. We then had a nice warm meal and finished the
day knowing we had made a major impact on the folks that attended the drill.
After the drill was done we carried Tim, one of our victims, over to a tree, stood him up on the backboard and took
photos. Thanks Carey (victim #1) and Tim (victim #2), and thanks to all who attended and participated.
Two Rivers Jeep Club would like to thank all those who participated in the rescue
drill on May 1, especially the Pleasant Hill and New Canton Fire Departments, the
Pike County Sheriff’s department and the Air Evac Lifeteam. The response time was
excellent and the care and professionalism of everyone who participated in this drill
was outstanding.
With two major events coming up this spring and summer, Two Rivers will be
drawing over 1000 people to Pittsfield and Pike County. While it is our hope that
there will be no incidents, we have confidence that any of the Pike County
emergency services would be able to more than adequately respond and deal with
any situation.
We also wish to thank the Rockport Off-Road Park for the use of their facilities for
this training exercise. Again, thanks to all who participated in this drill – and thanks
to all those emergency services in Pike County that spend their time training and
preparing to protect and serve the public when they are needed.
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The Trail of Life
By Chief
I hope all of you who attended the Safari enjoyed the time spent in beautiful Pike County. It amazes me
that even when we were standing in the rain on Friday morning, everyone seemed to be enjoying
themselves. There is just something about being with good people, sharing a common interest that
seems to take the edge off of less than desirable conditions. And could we of had a better weather day
than Saturday? I think not. Nothing like a little sunshine. Congratulations to Rick and all who helped
him in producing a class event.
Well, as I have limited information to pass along, I do have a post-Safari experience I would like to share
with you - nothing to do with JEEPING, just life.
Upon my return home, as I pulled up to my driveway entrance, planning my attempt to back the truck
and trailer up the 150' long perennial challenge, I noticed my wheeled garbage dumpster was missing.
Now this is not your average Ace hardware wheeled dumpster, but a bona fide industrial grade garbage
container. We have had it since we built the house in 1987. It has become like part of the family,
carrying away memories of family events, my failed attempts at inventing genius and broken Jeep parts.
Thinking my son, who watched the house while we were gone moved it to the back of the house, I
continued my process of backing up the lane.
Once I managed to get everything in its assigned parking place, I noticed the dumpster was not behind
the house. No way! Somebody has stolen my trusted dumpster. Talk about feeling violated. Who
steals garbage dumpsters? My first thoughts of loss were then transformed into a vengeance. I am a
trained arson investigator; I have been involved in successful stakeouts catching arsonists in the very
act. I have tracked down arsonists from mere bits of evidence left in the ashes of their dirty work. I
watch CSI every week for crying out loud! They can't get away with this!
I approached the crime scene, careful not to disturb any evidence. Then there it was, tracks in the
grass from my dumpster and tire marks on the road where the perpetrators sped away with the
dumpster. I knew I could identify my dumpster because back during the raccoon wars, (another story),
the little critters left their foot prints on the side of the container during a night time raid after walking on a
freshly painted walkway. To make a long story shorter, and in an attempt not to divulge any investigation
techniques, after a drive around the area, I located my dumpster, in front of a residence where a city
police officer lives.
Now what? Surely he did not steal my dumpster. I approached his house to confront him when a
neighbor approached me and asked. "Did you hear those kids running up and down the road last night
pulling that dumpster behind their car?" she asked. "Well, no, I was out of town, but that is my dumpster
and I am taking it with me," I replied. "That's okay, Steve (the police officer) wondered where it came
from." So my dumpster was recovered and even though I didn't discover who the culprits were, I still felt
a sense of justice. Funny thing how something as unimportant as a garbage dumpster can mean so
much to a sense of well being. I 'm sure there is a lesson here, I'm still working on that.
Congratulations:
Ed and Lisa Leech have been blessed to receive a referral to a little girl who was born on October 22,
2003 in Seoul City, South Korea. Her Korean name is Jin Mee Ha and her new name is Maleena Ha
Leech. Congratulations Ed and Lisa.
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Surgeries:
Billy Walston is recuperating from his recent back surgery. He is doing well and able to be at the Legion
hall to spread his sunshine during the Safari.
Carl Redecker will be having neck and back surgery in the future. More to come on that.
Condolences:
Our sympathy and prayers to Janet and Carey Levoy. Janet's mother, recently passed away.
Our sympathy and prayers to Lee and Tammy Ator, Lee's father recently passed away.
Please send any information you would like in the Trail of Life to: chief351hfpd@msn.com
217-423-2917
Words of wisdom:
Sometimes the majority only means the fools are on the same side.
See ya on the trail,
Chief
TRJC Jackets
My apologies to Chad and Fran. They prepared an insert for this newsletter with information on the new TRJC
jackets and I find, with only an hour before I send this to the printer, that I can’t open the file. I’ll put this in for now
and next time we’ll have the official ad.
Attention all TRJC club members. We will be ordering jackets as requested by some members. They will be on a
preorder and prepay basis. Here are the details:
The jackets are a quilt lined, weather-resistant. They will have a slightly different logo rather than the Illinois
outline. It is like a mountain or rock design (having the letters TRJC in it) with a Jeep crawling over it. The
"mountain" will be outlined in black and the Jeep will be red and it will be centered on the back. We will have Two
Rivers Jeep Club printed on the front with an option to have your name printed on the opposite chest.
The Jackets will be available in the following sizes and colors:
Youth S(6/8) - XL(18/20), Adults S - 3XL
navy/light gold/white, black/maroon/white, black/dark green/white, black/royal blue/white, black/purple/white,
black/scarlet/white, black/light gold/white, and black/orange/white
The cost for youth jackets is $65 and adult jackets are $75.
You may call orders to Frannie Suhre at 217-742-9818 or email to suhresp@myhtn.net
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The Electric Slide Backwards
By Elmo
The 2004 4x4 Safari started out a little wet this year. On the way to Pittsfield Thursday, we drove
through some fairly strong rain storms. There was enough water coming down to get into the tail lights of
my trailer and break both bulbs. The good part was by the time we arrived in Pittsfield the rains had
subsided and allowed a great time checking in vehicles and playing on the ramp checking out how much
flex we have built into our toys. Garry of GDS 4x4 won the competition in one of the classes with his
monster Jeep.
Friday morning found us starting out in the rain after the great breakfast served by the American Legion.
We had our driver’s meeting in the hall due to continuing rains. I lead the Mongo trail now along with my
tail gunner, Todd. As I drove to the trail, I was praying for the rain to let up so we could enjoy our day a
little more and sure enough it did !
We had the pleasure of having the Team Plesko with us on Friday and as legend has it, we had a great
time. The Electric Slide Backwards happened about the fourth uphill into our trail. (This was after lunch
just to give you an idea of how much the rain soaked hills slowed down movement.) As I attempted to
lead our group up, I found the only way to the top was going to be via winch cable, as had been the way
most of the uphills had been done that day. I had just successfully winched about ¾ of the way to the
top where it was determined the need to reset the pull point. Jerry decided he would move the tree saver
to another tree when my Jeep began a backwards downhill decent with Jerry trying without success to
anchor the hook end of my winch cable with only his feet dug into the slippery mud. As my Jeep slid
backwards, with all four wheels locked, (courtesy of my foot on the brakes) Jerry proceeded part of the
way down the hill dancing as he tried to hold my 4000 pound plus Jeep from sliding. Thanks Jerry for the
valiant effort, but as you can imagine it didn’t work.. After using two winches to get the remaining
vehicles out of the valley, we proceeded to another down hill section by the old Ford truck cab.
I could not believe how fast you can go down hill with the brakes on. The REAL Jim Plesko thought it
was quite the ride, too. Something about his seat puckering under him. I was very fortunate as I only
bounced a little bit of my right front fender off the tree at the bottom. The REAL Jim Plesko bounded off
the same tree with his right front tire with no damage. By the time the fourth vehicle came down, it was
somewhat of a controlled slide as opposed to the seat puckering ride of the first few.
Saturday brought us better weather and the Bronco gang. Those guys aren’t afraid of anything. My
winch had bit the big one from the day before and Todd was leading the trail. Only a few minutes into
the trail found us once again winching up hills. The good part was we could at least have some control
of our down hill travel as opposed to the Friday. The Bronco guys were fairly well entertained by my
imitation of a turtle on one of the hills where I decided it would be better to go through “a brush pile”
instead of sliding off into a stump. After all, I had the momentum and the traction - just not the right
direction. Well it turns out the pile of brush was covering a downed tree about 2 feet in diameter.
Fortunately, I didn’t break any thing doing my little wheel stand over the tree, but, once I landed there, I
sat TURTLED.
Thank you to all our sponsors for our third annual Safari 4x4, with a special thanks to Tom and Debbie
and the Rockport Off-Road park.
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County Line Trail
By Rita
Friday's County Line Trail was guided by Pete Niles and Randy Bullard who did a GREAT JOB. Our
group consisted of Wranglers, TJs, a Scrambler & a
Suzuki Sidekick. Everyone had a great time. Becky had an
encounter in the BIG hole by the creek. (Now cordoned off
with orange hazard tape!) James saved a snapping turtle
from the mud pit - - a career with the Crocodile Hunter
awaits him! Stephen's TJ tire was cut by a tree root and
the tire was changed in record time.
A clogged carburetor jet was no problem for super
mechanics Lars & Brent. Tom's new Rubicon was a streak
of yellow as he slid down the hill into the bottom of the
embankment. Gary was the winch-martyr, helping lots of
us up the slick hills. Lee & Barb's TJ won the muddiest jeep award for County Line Trail. No injuries or
major damage occurred. Everyone was extremely helpful, patient, and had a great attitude! "Oh What A
Beautiful Day!" An awesome, wonderful experience - we highly recommend it.
My Comments
By Dave Christensen
Since 1999, this was the 8th public event that TRJC has sponsored and also the 8th major event where
I’ve had the opportunity to see our club pull together and provide an event that is great fun but also
benefits the entire community. “It’s the people!” Allen Merritt, the writer/photographer for Off-Road
Adventures Magazine who rode with me for the two days, couldn’t get over what a great group of people
we have here and how much this was like Moab in its early days, before it grew. He was impressed with
the camaraderie, the fun and the way we show Pike County how much we appreciate their land.
We’ve got something to be proud of – but we also need your help. Each year many of the same folks
put in untold hours to make these events happen – but they are getting tired and need a break. Please,
we need folks to think, now, about helping for next year’s events. You all have an opportunity with the
BLAST coming up. Let Rick Culberson, our coordinator, know that you’d be willing to help next year and
he’ll match you up with the folks that are working the BLAST, so you can get some training before next
year. Please, if we are to continue these events, we will need new volunteers to come forward.
We’re losing some key folks who need a little rest. Without their coordination, we’ll be hard pressed to
put on the events next year. Please, if you are willing to help, let Rick know now.
Our website, www.trjc.com has hundreds of photos of the Safari, but some of you aren’t online. We
can’t put all the photos in the newsletter, but on the next page is a montage of this year’s Safari.
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2004 Safari and Blast Sponsors
Thanks to the dedication of the Fugett, Priessnitz and the Lozenski families, we had almost 100
sponsors this year and over $10,000 in prizes for each event. Please thank these folks for their hard
work. They put in hundreds of hours begging folks to sponsor us. And also, please patronize these
sponsors – and thank them for their support of the Safari and the Blast.
4 Plus
4WD Books.com
4 Wheel Drive Hardware
4 Wheel Parts
Advance Adapters
Advanced Air Systems
Aston Enterprise (TN)
Ayerco
BF Goodrich
Beard Seats/Red Art
Best Systems Car Wash
Best Top
Blue Bell Club
Brickyard Grill
Borgeson Universal
Brewer Science
Bushwacker
Cabela's Catalog
California Duster
Carl's Cardinal Inn Café
Classic Tube
Collins Bros. Jeep
Corner Pantry
CTM Racing
CT Jeep Body Parts
Crane High Clearance
Daystar Products
Extreme O utback Products
Farm & Home Supply
G.D.S. 4x4 Drivetrain
Giovanni's Pizza
Green Acres Motel
Girots Garage
Hardee's
Harold Motors
Harpoles Heartland Lodge
Heckethorn Products
High Impact
Hi-Lift Jack
Holley
Hopewell Views and
Hunting Club and Lodge
Husky Liners
Ice House Inn
Illinois Four Wheel
Drive Assn.
Two Rivers Tracker
Interco Tires-Swampers
James Duff
JC Whitney
KN Replacement filter
Klune-V
Leatherman
M.O.R.E.
Map Gear
Mastercraft Racing Products
Mile marker
Motel Pike
NAPA Auto Parts
Neal Tire - Pittsfield
Oasis Off Road
Off-Road Motorsports
Oitker Ford
Painless Performance
Performace Gear & Axle
Pike County Chamber
of Commerce
Pine Lakes Resort
Pittsfield Tire & Auto
Pizza Hut
Pheasant Run Resort
Predator 4 Wheel Drive
Quadratec
Red Dome Inn
Refreshment Services Pepsi
Rockport Off Road Park
Rocky Mountain
Suspension
Save-A-Lot
Shell Valley
SkyJacker Susp. LA
Summit Racing
Superlift Suspensions
Tera Flex
Tiny Bits of Silver
TJ Video
Tim Miller
Tops 4 Less
Toumbs Repair
Tuffy Security
Warn
West Coast Differentials
Wisconsin Off Road
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Bloopie of the Month
By Bill
How do you scare the hell out of 10
grown men at exactly same
time??? Have your Ma roll her Jeep
three times at the Superlift off road
park
.
JULY 4TH PARTY AND PARADE
July 4, all TRJC members are invited to attend a parade in
Mokena, followed by a picnic and car crushing event.
Here are the details:
Meet at Bill Zoetvelt’s in Mokena, 12 noon
The parade will start at 1 PM, we’re the 12th entry
Afterwards there will be a picnic followed by car crushing
(this has always been an awesome event)
Bring your cameras
Bring your water guns
For more details , directions, and questions :
contact Bill at 708-205-0040 or
email: scremngepn@aol.com
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2004 Board Members and Responsibilities
Board Members
President
Vice President
Secretary/Treasurer
O. R. Freesen
Lee Ator
Graham McNeill
Jim Catt
Walt Gilbert
Bob Lyerla
Tim Miller
Hamer Tate
Gary Williams
Tom Wombles
Board Member
oryellow@hotmail.com
madbrit@jeepingoffroad.com
jumpercatt@aol.com
waltpj@big-river.net
rcat9@msn.com
jeepnwidow@home.com
gwilliam@adams.net
twombles@adams.net
217-754-3505
217-437-5221
630-416-6625
815-469-1484
573-324-6464
708-479-6541
217-875-2680
217-833-2861
217-285-4750
217-437-4361
Responsibilities
Illini 4x4 Safari & Blast
Promotional Items
Trail Leadership &
Maintenance
Public Relations,
Newsletter, Web Page
Rick Culberson
Chad & Fran Suhre
rick1@consolidated.net
suhresp@myhtn.net
217-562-4145
217-742-9818
Doug Maxheimer
drmaxheimer@netzero.net
217-287-7470
Dave Christensen
davec@millenicom.com
630-393-3314
TRJC Web Page:
Club e-mail:
Club phone:
http://www.trjc.com/
trjc@trjc.com
630-717-5337 (JEEP)
Membership: Annual membership in Two Rivers Jeep Club runs from January 1 through December 31. First time
memberships accepted after June 1 will be applied to the following year. Annual Membership dues are to be paid by
October 1st each year with a 30 day grace period. Membership fees are $60.00 for members who have participated in
two work events (or equivalent) in the past year and $120 for first year new members or those who have not met the
work requirement. Landowners are given a complimentary membership.
Newsletter Deadlines: This newsletter is published 6 times a year (February, April, June, August, October, and
December.) All articles and photos are due by the 15th of the month before the newsletter will be published.
Newsletter Article Submission
All articles and photos should be submitted to the appropriate columnist listed below. If you’re not sure who to send it
to, you can always send it directly to the newsletter coordinator. Photos can be black and white or color with a
description of what, where and when. Put your name on the back of the photo when submitting. All photos will be
returned to the owner. Scanned photos, in any reasonable graphics format (medium to high-resolution), will also be
accepted. (Low resolution photos do not print well.) Scanned photos may be sent directly to davec@millenicom.com
Column
Bloopie Blurb
Classifieds
Club Affiliations UFWDA/ILFWDA
Club Events
Jeep/Member Spotlight
Social Coordinator
Trip Reporter
Columnist
e-mail
Phone
Bill Zoetvelt
ScremnGepn@aol.com
708-479-9600
Dave Christensen
Tony Prochaska
Steve Gambrill
Dave Christensen
davec@millenicom.com
Sparky@aans.org
chief351hfpd@email.msn.com
davec@millenicom.com
630-393-3314
815-436-0722
217-423-4144
630-393-3314
Next Newsletter Deadline: July 15
Two Rivers Tracker
June 2004
Page 13
Two Rivers Jeep Club
C/O Graham McNeill
28W117 Countryview Drive
Naperville IL 60564