M E S S A G E F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N TPlans are underway for our upcoming summer season. Looks as though everyone will have plenty of options to choose from when the time comes. Our club will be holding a “Show and Shine” on June 18th on our Norridgewock property. We are inviting many different kinds of car clubs and individuals from all over the state to display their hot rods, antique cars, street rods, motorcycles, classic VW’s, cruisers, and antique tractors to raise funds for our pulling arena. Plans are still underway and your input is welcome. A big “THANK YOU” to all the people who have donated to purchase a truss. In the month of January, we had 9 trusses donated. This is narrowing in on our goal of 39. I am excited to meet with Wes Jordan to hear about the plans and see the drawings for the pulling arena and look forward to sharing these with the club. Stay warm and take care, spring is just around the corner! —Pam

PRESIDENTPam Vaillancourt

110 Cross Rd, Anson, ME 04911(207) 431-2718 • 93MATC@gmail.com

VICE PRESIDENTMatthew Hunter

17 Nash Drive, Chelsea, ME 04330(207) 622-6608 • mattelsie@roadrunner.com

SECRETARYEmily Folsom

PO Box 125, Bath, ME 04530(207) 350-0179 • emilyrae1989@gmail.com

TREASUREREvelyn Twist

14 Ward Brook Rd, Wiscasset, ME 04578(207) 323-6646 • twisted883@hotmail.com

NEWSLETTER EDITORJennifer Libby

220 Eames Rd, Winslow, ME 04901jennifer.libby@hotmail.com

WEBMASTERBurl Ewell

48 Serenity Dr, W. Gardiner, ME 04345(207) 844-1182 • Burl1949@roadrunner.com

The February meeting was held at the Mexico town office, hosted by Mike & Debbie Rivard with 38 members present. The secretary and treasures reports were read and accepted. The meeting started off with a few members, who had reservations about the purchase of the land in Norridgewock, expressing their feelings for how proud they are of how far the club has come. When working together there are endless possibilities we can accomplish as a club.

The Summer Fest will be held on June 25th and 26th at the club’s land with a full schedule of fun things going on including tractor pulls, doodlebug pulls, the barrel train, and vendors of all sorts. We hope everyone is able to join us for the weekend. All are welcome.

It has been previously mentioned that the MATC host a show and shine to include antiques tractors and cars. Pam had made up an invitation to send out to Maine car clubs asking them to join us on June 18th for the MATC show and shine to be held on the club’s land. The motion to allow Pam to send out the invitations to the car clubs was approved.

The proposed rule changes to rules #8 and #9 were voted on. The change to Rule #8 stating “a youth under the age of 18 years old, who has taken the MATC Safety Course and passed on all tractors they operate, can pull the same tractor only once, can pull only once per weight class, and can pull a maximum of 4 times per Tractor Pull Event on a different tractor

even if that same tractor has or will be pulled twice by an adult” was approved. The change to Rule #9 reading “no weights may be added or changed after a tractor has entered the pulling ring” also was approved.

Matt Hunter proposed allowing Steiner Tractor to become sponsors of the MATC in which they will pay for a sponsored membership and they will send us memorabilia of theirs to give out. They will add our club to their group of 300 tractor clubs that participate with them and they will add our club events to their calendar of events for all to see, among many other opportunities. This motion was approved for Matt Hunter to follow up on after much discussion.

Membership Pins for 2016 were discussed and a decision was made to order the pins. The feature tractor will be the club’s raffle tractor; a 1948 John Deere A. These will be ordered shortly and will be available at the club meetings and club events.

The amount of truss donations that have been donated is astonishing. The total number of truss donations is now at 35 of the projected 39 trusses needed for the pulling arena. This is really exciting!

I hope to see you all at the next club meeting on March 6th.

Respectfully yours, Emily Folsom, Secretary

Highlights of the February Meeting

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TREASURER’S REPORT (as of 1/31/2016)

Balance in Checking ..................................................... $17,732.99 Balance in Savings ......................................................... $7,968.35 1 year CD ......................................................................... $5,026.16 5 year CD ......................................................................... $5,296.54 Total Assets .............................................................. $35,997.61

Balance on loan ............................................................ $17,706.56

Submitted by Evelyn Twist

NEXT MEETING:

Sunday, March 6, 2016At the clubhouse, with Mel & Donna Nickerson as hosts.

Pot Luck Lunch: 12:00pm | Meeting: 1:00pm

2016 Membership Dues Form(January 1 - December 31)

PLEASE PRINT VERY CLEARLY

Name: (print) _______________________________________________

Company Name: (if sponsor) _____________________________

Spouse/other: (print) ______________________________________

Names of children younger than 18 years:

___________________________________________ BD _________________

___________________________________________ BD _________________

(For additional children, please provide information on a separate sheet.)

Address: ________________________________________________City: ___________________________________________________________

State: _________________Zip: __________________________________

Phone: ________________________________________________________

E-mail: _______________________________________________________

Membership is $25 per year per familySponsor membership is $40 per year/sponsor

Insurance is $15 per person

Membership: $ ___________

Insurance: $ ___________

Both Membership and Insurance: $ ___________

The newsletter is available on the Club’s website: www.maineantiquetractorclub.com

Please check if you DO NOT WANT a copy of the newsletter mailed to you.

Please make checks payable to: MATC

Send to: Emily Folsom PO Box 125 Bath, ME 04530

HAY/WAGON RIDE SAFETY On January 8th, four club members met with the State Fire Marshall

and others in Augusta to discuss Hay/Wagon Rides and the safety issues surrounding them. Bill Clark, Bob Clark, Dale Fairbanks and Pam Vaillancourt from MATC, Maine Campground Owners Association Representatives, State Police, Maine Association of Agriculture Fairs Representative and others gathered to see if

regulations should be put into effect. After a lengthy discussion, the consensus of all those gathered was to put forth a list of guidelines

on the state’s website as a way to inform people of safety when using hay/wagon rides as regulating such activities would be near

impossible. This was a very informative meeting and we feel privileged that our club was asked to participate.

AGRICULTURAL TRADE SHOW The Agricultural Trade Show in Augusta on January 12th, 13th,

and 14th was a success again this year for our club. Many, many people stopped by to join our club, renew their memberships

and/or buy raffle tickets. Some stopped just to share their memories with tractors, which is always fun to hear about.

Thank you to our members who volunteered their time to help man the booth; Bill Clark, Bob Clark, John Hilton, Dale and Judy Fairbanks, Matt Hunter, Skip Woodworth and Eunice

Michard, Emily Folsom, Evelyn Twist, Pam Vaillancourt, and Terry and Harriet Spencer. We secured one truss donation as

well, thank you Windy Hill Restoration, Ron Winship.

Sending out a “Get Well” wish to Charles Bagley up in Harmony. Hope you’re feeling better soon Charles!

The vote on the proposed rule changes passed and go into effect immediately. The new rules are here:

RULE #8: Tractors will be weighed with the operator that is to pull that tractor. If the tractor is to be pulled again with another operator, it must be weighed again. LIMIT – any tractor can pull

“only” twice during an event, excluding the Open Class. The Pulling Committee may change this rule at an event if too few tractors are

available for a full event. See Number 18 below. A youth under the age of 18 years old, who has taken the MATC Safety Course and passed on all tractors they operate, can pull the same tractor only

once, can pull only once per weight class, and can pull a maximum of 4 times per Tractor Pull Event on a different tractor even if that

same tractor has or will be pulled twice by an adult.

RULE #9: Tractors may be weighed as many times as necessary to obtain your desired weight class. Remember, that the tractors

pulling before you have priority, especially when pulling has started. No member may load or unload weights on, or near

scales, so as to interfere with the weighing of tractors. No parts may be removed from a tractor other than cast weights to get into a class. It is the discretion of the committee members present to weigh tractors before the pull or just weigh the first three places

at the end of the class. Whoever is unsure of their weight may still weigh their tractor at the beginning of the pull. Tractor and driver

may not exceed 1% over their weight class. No weights may be added or changed after a tractor has entered the pulling ring.

Randy & Denise Chapman CHAPMAN SERVICES

Troy, Maine • (207) 416-9700Used Trucks & Equipment

ENGSTROM LOGGING Licenced-Insured Wood Cutting Processor & Forwarder System

Dover Foxcroft, Maine (207) 564-7221

Eunice MichaudDedicated to Terry & Harriet Spencer for all the years of

dedication to MATC.Find Out Why Everyone Loves to BANK WITH FRANK

JORDAN COLLISION REPAIRMark & Barbara Jordan

Anson, Maine (207) 696-8411

“Keep Them Tractors Rolling!”

Eunice MichaudFairfield, Maine

“In memory of my family”

Erin & Margaret CooleyYork, Maine

Find Out Why Everyone Loves to BANK WITH FRANK

William Rust & Family RUSTY KNOLL FARM

Gorham, Maine (207) 839-3170

Fairfield, Maine

Find Out Why Everyone Loves to BANK WITH FRANK

Randy & Denise Chapman CHAPMAN SERVICES

Troy, Maine • (207) 416-9700Used Trucks & Equipment

Ken Buzzell NEWPORT TRACTOR SERVICE

Newport, Maine (207) 296-2437

Barry & Ann CooleyYork, Maine

Ralph & Linda Bagley “Pulling To Stop Domestic Violence”

In loving memory of Amy • Coty • Monica

Bruce Grant “THE GRANTS”

Northport, Maine

Eva & Warren DavenportThe Davenport Family

Wayne, Maine

The HIGHT FAMILYof Dealerships

Chevrolet • Ford • Dodge

Find Out Why Everyone Loves to BANK WITH FRANK

Norridgewock, Maine

Norridgewock, Maine

Leland & Donna BesseyAlbion, Maine

BRACKET & WOOLEY Farmington, Maine

A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR TRUSS DONORS

Nicholas Lambert LAMBERT FARM Norridgewock, Maine

Hilton Family Hilton Family Farms Norridgewock, Maine

Dean & Gerard PAINE FARM

Arthur Hertell OLD DEERE YARD

Debbie & Kirstien

In Memory of RAYMOND BAILEY

from friends

Tim & Sandi Conley Portland, ME

Windy Hill Restoration (207) 892-0163

TM Tractor Parts

HAMPDEN, ME n 947-1899

Are you, or someone you know, interested in having your name, or your business name, displayed in the MATC Pulling Arena? Join these people by sponsoring a roof truss!

DONATED BY R.S. McCarthy

Farmington, ME

Dickinson Farm Norridgewock, ME

In Memory of George, Ruth & Frank Dickinson

In Memory of Sy lv i a bagley

Charles, Ronnie & Brian Bagley

februa ry 2016

John Hilton and Emily Folsom working our club’s booth at the Agricultural Trade Show in Augusta.