President s Message - Snow Bill Cheek Record snowfall with record cold gets in the way of all sorts of things. Snow and cold get in the way of gatherings. I was disappointed, as were others, that the annual Christmas party with the Ozarks Chapter had to be canceled. It was a tough call for Ozarks Chapter President, Mike Ramirez, but looking back, it was the wise thing to do. We'll just have to make next year's event that much more festive to help make up for this year's loss.
Winter weather makes it more difficult to do much flying.
I mentioned in the December newsletter that, while the cold and snow was with us, I was going to try to catch up on some reading and maybe play with my flight simulator. Scratch the simulator, but I did read several articles that had been set aside for a quiet day. Going north certainly didn't get us away from snow and cold. I toyed with the thought of renting a plane and trying some truly cold weather flying while in Madison, but 500 foot ceilings all but one day, along with the cold, made reading a better option for filling time between playing with grandson Lucas and taking naps. We decided on the trip back that late December is really a dumb time to go north.