| Greetings! After what has been a mild winter (in the 50's through the middle of this past week and less than 2" of snow), winter showed up on Thursday with in excess of 5" of snow throughout the Region. There was a good snow cover at North Judson today and temps were barely above 20 degrees all day. At least the sun was out at times. Due to an errand, I was late arriving at the museum, not getting there until after 10:00. Rich Warner was working on the switches on the G gauge layout that runs around the top of the gift shop area. Judy Boyer and Loretta Kosloske were working in the depot. I found a broom and swept the station platform, but couldn't find the shovel, so had to go over to the Erie building to locate one. Did a bit of digging out at the ends of the platform. Saw Joe Baker almost immediately thereafter and he reported that the north wall of the East Shop building annex had been cleaned of junk. This is to accomodate the heavy metal shelving from the Milk Station that will eventually be put into this area, after concrete posts can be installed when some warmer temps show up. I walked down to the Shop and had to admit that the guys did a great job. Not sure who helped besides Joe, but saw John DeGan, Fred Boyer, Bob Albert, Cory Bennett, Steve Newland, Doug Kosloske and a few others in the area. A good turnout today, considering the weather. Mark Knebel picked up pizza's for lunch and the members scarfed them down. After lunch, Bob, Steve and Ryan Kertis joined Bruce Fingerhut over at the Milk Station building, to continue with cleanup. I decided to head over to the Shop where I found Fred working on removing the bolts from the benches and the wheelchair anchors in the EJ&E transfer caboose so I found a wrench and pitched in. This is being done so a new rubberized floor can be put in the car. This is the same type of floor that was put down in the B&LE caboose some time back, and it has held up very well. After Fred and I finished, we went over to C&O 2789 and removed the right marker light bracket so that Fred could check to see if a similar bracket can be made for the left side. Turns out that it would fit, so Fred took the bracket home as a pattern for a new one. We then did a slow walk around the K-4 and noted some of the problems that need to be addressed in its cosmetic restoration. Fred managed to locate the latch and we were able to get the door to the stoker motor open and take a look at it. It was a long time ago that Bill Byers managed to get that motor running one day. Don't forget that next Saturday is the Annual Meeting of the museum which will be held at the North Judson Public Library in the downstairs meeting room at 1:00 in the afternoon. Hoosier Valley will hold their elections at that time. Running for office: For President: Cory Bennett Les Beckman For Treasurer: Margrett Cook Bob Barcus For Director (two to be elected): Joe Kingsbury Tom Travis Steve Newland John LaOrange All members in good standing will be allowed to vote so please try to attend the meeting if at all possible. Have a great week everyone. Try to stay warm! Les | 
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