New President - South Jersey Kite Flyers

Number 42
The newsletter of the South Jersey Kite Flyers
January/February, 2003
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New President
At its Annual Holiday Party, SJKF, out-going President Andy Selzer announced the results of the
recent election for a President and two Directors-at-Large. The new President who will lead our
club into 2003 is Bryan Bozarth. The Directors-at-Large are Jim Davis and Mike Dallmer.
As part of his official duties, Bryan appointed of Scott Spencer as First VP and Chris Mears as
Second VP.
Top row left to right: President Bryan Bozarth, Directors-at-Large Jim Davis and Mike Dallmer.
Bottom row left to right 1st VP Scott Spencer. Missing is 2nd VP Chris Mears' picture.
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WindWriters #42
There’s an Empty Place
in the Sky
w/o Bernice B. Turner
By Betty Hirschmann
Today, December 28, 2002, I attended the
viewing/celebration of life for Bernice Turner. On
December 23, 2002, Bernice went to join her beloved
husband Olan in, what I feel must be, a far better place
than here.
I first met Bernice and Olan about 12 years ago, when I
attended my first Core Creek Park kiting event. As Scott
(Spencer) introduced me to many of the kitefliers at the
event, it was Bernice who came up to me and
immediately made me feel like part of the family.
As I write these words, I realize that there will be some
of you who didn’t know her, but many of you did. I
shouldn’t speak for others, but I will say that I don’t
know anybody who ever met her who didn’t love her on
the spot.
Bernice made friends with everyone, and spent her life
helping others. If you were down, she was there to cheer
you up. If you were excited, she was there to share that
with you too.
The group attending today’s ceremony was diverse.
There were family members, friends, neighbors, fellow
kitefliers, and those from the many activities that Bernice
was involved in. Both family and friends (extended
family actually) spoke of the many things that Bernice
did for others, and of the personal memories that they
had of time spent with her. We laughed, we cried, and we
remembered; I shed a tear or two, but I left with such
love in my heart.
Bernice, your physical presence will be missed, but I
know that as long as I live you will be in my heart. As
expressed earlier today, we will meet again at the kite
event that you and Olan are organizing in heaven.
Goodbye for now.
.
On the results of the election
by Ron Jakubowicz
I would like to congratulate Bryan Bozarth on his
election as the new President of SJKF. Bryan and I have
talked on numerous occasions. He is an energetic
individual who cares about the club and it's people, and I
believe he is an outstanding individual who will do a very
fine job as President.
I would also like to express my appreciation to everyone
who supported my decision to run for president, as well
as those of you who voted for me.
Thank You!
Short Stories
By SES
Military Intelligence.
Or is that an oxymoron in your pocket?
Driving to the convention in O.C. MD we passed
Dover A.F.B.. I thought it was odd to see a large plane
painted in camouflage. Do the defenders of our country
really think they can park a plane in front of a forest and
the enemy won’t see it? Yes M.I. is an oxymoron.
They even paint silhouettes of planes on the tarmac to
confuse the spy planes. I’d like to make the motion that
we go to abandoned Air Force Bases and plant trees on
the tarmac in silhouette shapes of airplanes to further
confuse the enemy.
Camera man to pilot. “ Sir those stupid Americans
painted more camouflaged plans on the tarmac thinking
we can’t see them.”
Air force Commander to the President. “Mr. President
we found a way to quiet all those tree hugging naturalist
groups and make Scott happy.”
Presidential Pondering
Bryan Bozarth
S.J.K.F.
President
Bryan Bozarth
[email protected]
As the new SJKF president I would like to say thank you
for all your votes. Like I had said in my election letter, I
will try to do my best for both the club and it’s members.
For starters, “Happy New Year”, hope you have a safe
and fun filled “2003”.
Vice Presidents
1st - Scott Spencer
[email protected]
2nd
856-854-5520
- Chris Mears
lorddeimos@
On November 9th &10th I had the opportunity to take
part in the Georgia International Sport Kite
Championship. The event was held on Tybee Island, Ga.
just east of Savannah. We, Michele, Lacie, John and
myself, along with Pat and Russ Mozier decided to drive
down. It was a good trip down. Once we got there we
did some touring of Savannah. I was very surprised at
the amount of history that took place there. On Friday
night there was a bar-be-cue. Saturday was the start of
the competition. What an experience, the beach was
narrow and that made for a different flying field, the
boundaries were three hundred feet by, as deep as you
could go in the ocean and continue to fly. All in all it
was a great time with great people. The winds started out
light on Saturday but got better as the day went on.
Sunday is another story, in the morning we had strong
wind by mid morning winds were light, then early after
noon the wind picked up again. The whole trip was a lot
of fun for all.
On December 15th, we had our Holiday Party. The turn
out was less then we had thought, but as always SJKF
made it a time to remember. All the children got a
special gift. And the baskets for the auction were
outstanding. With thanks going to Pat, Michele, and
Russ who worked together to make them such a success.
I can’t remember whom it was that won the 50/50, but
they did all right. A big thanks you to everyone for your
support and your attendance. A special thank you to
Cafe’ Neena's staff for another job well done. Thanks to
Pat for getting it all together. Hope to see more next
time.
I am sure that most of us have heard the news about
Bernice Turner, Olan Turner’s wife. Bernice passed
away on 12/23/02. She is going to be missed by
everyone. Bernice Turner is a lifetime member of SJKF.
Let us keep Olan and Bernice in our hearts, thoughts,
and prayers!
We also have to keep giving our love and prayers to the
Dallmer’s. Mike, Cel, and Mike Jr. we love you and miss
you!
Secretary
Betty Hirschmann
[email protected]
856-854-5520
Treasurer
Pat Mozier
[email protected]
856-881-8765
Directors at Large
Mike Dallmer
[email protected]
215-722-4092(H)
215-233-6509(W)
Jim Davis
[email protected]
Publishers
Lee & Ethel Kraft
[email protected]
215-673-4476
Merchandise
Russ & Pat Mozier
[email protected]
856-881-8765
Hospitality
Cel Dallmer
[email protected]
215-722-4092
Editor
Charles Bojarski
[email protected]
215-824-1180
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WindWriters #42
AKA 2002 Convention in OC
Memories – Part 1
By Scott E. Spencer
By Scott E. Spencer
It’s nice to be able to drive to a convention. You can
take all those special kites and toys that do not travel well
on the airplanes, or take a lower pecking order when it
comes time to pack that tinny ski bag, Wonderful wind
toys to show off on the beach. The problem this year
was that I wound up volunteering too much time. Thus,
beach time was at a minimum. I made up the word
“wow-in-tering” cause Stafford Wallace, and a few
others, commented to me that I do a lot of work to
support the AKA Convention. You know what, it can be
fun too. Just knowing that I did a great job is a good
feeling. This year I spent more time than usual since I
knew a special slot had to be filled. Whenever I felt like I
was overwhelmed or disappointed I was missing
something I love to do, FLY KITES, I would just pray
that Cel would get better. That sure puts things in
perspective. But for the grace of God, I could be sick
too. So, I did manage to have a good time.
Another great thing is the people at the convention.
Some I see only once a year. It’s nice to catch up on
what’s happened, what’s in the plans and rehash old kite
stories. Speaking of old kite stories, here’s one I haven’t
told for a couple of years. I thank John Donnell for
taking the time to stop and remind me of a good time.
Well, here goes. Anything in bold is meant to mean that
we were shouting, usually in a manic tone. The setting
for this story is at the second AKA Wildwood
Convention, 1997. I think it was on Monday. Well
anyway, we arrived, decompressed the inside of the car
and I went off to pick up supplies for the week. Heading
west on Rio Ave., about a block ahead of me, I noticed a
NJ Transit bus pull onto Rio Ave. The bus stopped and
a passenger got off. The bus pulled away and the
passenger (man) immediately ran out into the street
screaming and yelling and waving his arms. I went into
the left lane and pulled up to this frantic person. I leaned
over and rolled down the window and said, “What’s the
problem?” John replied, “that @#&#@ bus just drove
off with my bags and now my whole week is ruined.”
At the 1984 Convention in Nashville, TN, there
was a special competition titled “Grace and
Style”. The concept was to judge the fliers on
their flying abilities (presentation) only, what a
concept.
How I did it: I placed a Star Facet downwind, unwound
100’ of line and sat down in my lawn chair waiting for
my turn. When it came time, I stood up, pulled the kite
up, tugged it into a tumble, removed my cigarettes from
my pocket, placed one in my mouth, and put the pack
away. I pulled the kite back up and tugged it into another
tumble. I retrieved my lighter, lit the cigarette, and
returned the lighter to my pocket. Then I pulled the kite
back up readying for another tumble. A tug and the kite
went into another tumble.
As the kite spun and slowly tumbled down, taking out
more line than I had pulled in, I went over and sat in the
chair. Tugging on the line once more, the spirited kite
climbed once again with 200 + feet of line out. Once the
kite hit its zenith, I reached to the ground and popped
open a cold one, toasted the judges and asked when I
should bring it down? They reluctantly replied, and I
extinguished the butt and hauled the line back in. When
the kite was close enough I snatched it out of the air and
bowed to the judges.
To my surprise, at the banquet, I was one of the
winners. The award was a GOLD record mounted on a
nice wood plaque; seems that in Nashville these things
are plentiful. To top it off, I wore my oriental wear to the
banquet, bare feet and all.
Year’s later curiosity got the better of me and I carefully
removed the record from the plaque, and to my surprise
it really worked on the turntable. Unfortunately, it was
some country western s - - t; so back on the plaque it
went and stay for eternity
Motto: Good times last forever, and the pain of some
music can be easily forgotten.
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O.C. 02 AKA CONVENTION
Christmas Present
By Scott E. Spencer
By Marc Tucci
I was going to give a day-by-day routine but decided to
do good, (G) times, bad, (B) times highlight instead.
G&B: Learned a lot
G&B: The time I spent in auction receiving
B: Lack of beach flying time
G: Having the opportunity to see all the items that were
donated.
G: The joy of hearing and telling jokes to relieve the
tension that goes along with the job.
G: Decorating the banquet hall for the loud auction 9:00
am – 3:00 PM, with expert help from Adrianne Ballmer,
Ron Jakubowicz and a couple of other folks. Ron J. put
together a dozen kites he had never seen before and
learned a lot.
B: Adrianne taught my how to move a kite 2” for better
presentation, even though I was on a tight schedule.
B: After stretching the NYKE Arch across the hall the
NYKE group walked in and looked around and couldn’t
see their arch; it takes some people a little longer to learn
to look up.
G&B: I was the runner for the cash out table people at
the auction, and solved a lot of problems by having the
skills to do it; just some more running around in the
midst of the undecorating process.
G: Politely removing the impromptu indoor kitefliers
from the silent auction area when they should not have
been there.
G: Politely removing the quad line flier from the
boardwalk, what an idiot!
G: Flying in the Mass ascensions that I could attend, they
are always a BLAST.
G: The enthusiasm and friendliness of the fighter kite
people. Dave Young from Oklahoma is a Blast, always
exploding with enthusiasm.
G: Just hanging on the boardwalk and chatting with
anyone.
G: Friday I took sometime to go back to my room and
clean up, then before
going back to work I spent a
half hour on the boards checking out the beach and all
it’s aerial delights.
G: Filling in for Mike D’s Bear workshop, a big thank
you to Andy Gelinas for attending, he was a big help.
G: Old friends I see just once a year.
ALL things considered, it was a wonderful week.
Hope to see lots of SJKF members at next year's
convention in Dayton Ohio.
Hello everyone. I'm hope everyone had a good
Christmas and a good New Year.
This Christmas was a lot of fun for me. I got a new kite!
When I ordered my kite, I didn't realize how big 9ft was!
I got a Thunderfoil 9, and it is scary. I have a Premier
Speedfoil, which is about 1/3 smaller and it gives me a
little pull. I can't wait till I can get to fly this kite.
I'm hoping to get a buggy. I also got a new kite bag. I
used to have 3 different bags, which I keep my stuff in
but now it is all in one bag. It is great to have everything
all in one place.
Another Kite for Christmas
Charlie Bojarski
My brother brought me a new kite when he came in
from Washington for the Christmas Holidays. It's called
a 2nd Wind and he found it in a kite shop in Tacoma,
WA.
The original designer of the kite is deceased and the shop
was able to buy what stock was available. It's a different
type of kite in that the spreader spar goes in front of the
sail and the keel can be adjusted from no keel at all to
one about 3" deep. My brother has one and said that
with no keel it acts like a fighter, but with the keel
adjusted to the max, it's a very stable flier. Can't wait for
the temperature to go above 40 to try it.
I tried gliding it in the basement and it sailed fairly
straight. It looks like this may be a good indoor kite.
National Kite Month Events
April 1 to May 4, 2003
April 30 - A definite commitment for a kitemaking workshop at St. Katherine of Sienna
School, located on Frankford Ave. below Grant
Ave., in Phila. The workshop will be for 22 Third
Graders and will be from 10:00 AM til Noon. I will
need some help from the club. Their teacher
promised some parents to help out also. Submitted
by Charlie Bojarski
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Cel update, 1/16/03
Day 141
On January 7, Cel was transferred to the Hospital the
University of Pennsylvania (HUP) Surgical Critical Care
Unit because Jeanes Hospital felt as if they could do no
more to help get her well.
Cel after her 4 operations to remove a Sudo-Cysts the
size of 2 footballs was doing well until another collection
of blood and Pancreatic fluid formed. The Doctors and
Staff at Jeanes again tried to use drains to get it empty
and had it down to a quarter of its original size until she
bleed into it and had a temperature of 105.5, this is the
point at which Jeanes felt as if they could do no more. At
HUP they too are trying to use drains but Cel continues
to need blood transfusions, 29 so far, and still has fevers.
If the drains do not work she will need more operations
but according to last nights CT Scan the collection has
shrunk a little in size (baby steps).
Her lungs, despite all the other problems, continue to
improve and she is being slowly weaned off the
Respirator. Her kidneys are functioning very well after
shutting down after the initial onset of the Pancrititis.
Cel has periods when she is awake and asleep and is still
on drugs for pain (Dilaudid) and to make her
comfortable (Ativan).
The final bit of bad news is that a nurse on Monday, 113-03, decided on her own to cut 99% of Cel's hair off,
and she did a real butcher job of it. The nurse asked Cel
in her drugged state and supposedly got her OK. Her
reason for cutting her hair was because she had a mat
that was making a red spot on her head. The really sad
part about this is a night shift nurse was working on it
and I had brought all kinds of supplies to make her job
easier.
The good news is that Jeanes Hospital allowed us to
celebrate Christmas in Cel's room (see pictures). She got
to see all the grandchildren for the one and only time
since she's been hospitalize, even baby Nicky who was 2
weeks old when she entered the hospital. Marc and Eric
were a little hesitant because of all her tubes but they
were distracted by their presents, which we had brought
to her room. Nicky on the other hand thought she was
great and Cel was nothing but smiles! Also there were
Mom, Mike Jr., Gina and Ken, a real family celebration
That's all for now, thanks for all the love and support
but keep us in your thoughts and prayers as she still has a
tough long way to recovery with many bumps along the
road.
Good winds see you on the flying field sometime.... Mike
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Bernice Turner
(1917-2002)
By Roger Chewning and Kathy Thomson
“Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is
far above rubies...” Proverbs: 31.10
Bernice Turner was a special person: ask anyone who
knew her. She was a friend to all she met. She simply
loved people. Whenever you would see Bernice, she
always met you with a kind word or thought. She was
truly gracious. A deeply religious woman, Bernice
reflected the characteristics of a Christian woman.
Bernice loved her husband Olan. She was devoted to
Olan, and he to her. Together they educated and
enlightened thousands of people to the beauty and
wonder of kites. It was through the Turners that I first
became acquainted with kites, and met so many of the
wonderful people of kiting.
Olan and Bernice created the Bucks County Kite Day
(Olan Turner Kite Day) at Core Creek Park in 1980. The
Turners invited kite-flying friends from all over to this
event. The Maryland Kite Society would show up in large
numbers, and folks would come from hundreds of miles
away. I was always amazed! After these kite days in May,
kite fliers would congregate back at the Turner’s house
for food and camaraderie. Here you could meet Bob and
Jewel Price, Mel and Valerie Govig, Fran and Mary
Gramkowski, Scott, Ed and Nancy Spencer, Len
Conover, Bill Tyrell, Felix Cartegena, Red and Lee
Braswell and so many more. Kitefliers traveled from
afar to Kite Day, as it was simply called – and much of
that was due to the warmth one always felt when they
met Bernice and Olan.
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Olan was one of the founders of the East Coast Stunt
Kite Championships in Wildwood. During the many
long meetings held at the Turner’s house, where we
wrote the first sport kite rules book, Bernice was the
perfect hostess… filling us with cookies and ice cream, a
trademark in the Turner’s house. If you admired one of
the treasures on display in their home, Bernice would
lovingly tell you its history. Bernice was a wonderful
story-teller and loved conversation. It was interesting
how she was always careful to direct the conversation
back to you.
In Wildwood, while Olan became the first chief judge,
Bernice participated by being the first chief scorekeeper.
During the early years of the ECSKC, there was a stage
erected on the beach. The stage had two tiers: the front
was where the announcer, the judges and operations
were managed and the higher level in the back was where
Bernice and her army of scorekeepers reigned supreme.
I have very fond memories of those days. Scoring was
always manual, and scores were checked and doublechecked with efficiency. It was a sad day when we finally
dropped the scorekeepers for computers in Wildwood.
Bernice always brought with her a sense of charm and
honesty that was infectious.
The Turner’s were involved in so many local functions
here in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Schools, clubs and
organizations benefited from their kite workshops and
presentations. Thousands of kids made kites, and
hundreds of people today are kite enthusiasts because of
these two ambassadors of kiting. Olan, as a recipient of
the Steve Edeiken award truly shared this award with
Bernice for they were a team. Together they made
beautiful large Bermuda kites, which they flew at all the
festivals and won awards with at the Smithsonian Kite
Festival. Olan and Bernice would work up the designs,
Bernice would sew the sails and Olan would do the
construction. Their kites were traditional, beautiful and
forgiving much like their designers. I never thought of
kites this way, but kites are truly a reflection of their
designers. The Turner’s kites, in their day were big kites,
spanning six feet with tails over one hundred foot long.
Bernice was not big herself, but her spirit and her love
were great – exactly like her kites. She was loving,
generous, non-judgmental and kind.
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Coming Events:
01/16/03
Apr. 30 - Kite making workshop - 10:00 AM to Noon
St. Katherine of Sienna School - Grade 3B
Frankford Ave. below Grant Ave.
Phila., PA
Contact: Charlie Bojarski - 215-824-1180
[email protected]
May 23 -26 - WIKF/ECSKC
Wildwood, NJ
Jun. 13 - 15 - Kittyhawk Kite Festival
Kittyhawk, NC
Jan. 19 - SJKF Meeting -- 1:00 PM
Gloucester County Library
Mullica Hills, NJ
Jul. 18 -21 - Newport Kite Festival
Newport, RI
Jan. 24 - Keystone Kiters Retreat
Camp Hill, PA
Sep 29 - Oct 4 - AKA National Convention
Dayton, OH
Feb. 14 - 17 - Maryland Kite Retreat
Bethesda, MD
Feb. 16 - SJKF Meeting -- 1:00 PM
Gloucester County Library
Mullica Hills, NJ
Mar. 8 - 9 - Connectkiters Kite Retreat
Mar. 16 - SJKF Meeting -- 1:00 PM
Gloucester County Library
Mullica Hills, NJ
Mar. 22 - Smithsonian Kite Festival
Washington, DC
Apr. 5 - Glassboro Community Fly
Glassboro, NJ
Apr. 13 - SJKF Meeting -- 1:00 PM
Gloucester County Library
Mullica Hills, NJ
Apr. 18 - Delaware Kite Day
Cape Henlopen State Park
Lewes, DE
Apr. 20 - Easter
Apr. 25 -27 - MIKE/MASC
Ocean City, MD
Editor's Column
By Charlie Bojarski
The cut-off dates for submission of articles to be
published in WindWriter's will be as follows: 1/15, 3/15,
5/10, 7/15, 9/15, and 11/15. Hopefully by adhering to
this schedule, we will be able to get the newsletter out by
the end of the month. May's cut-off date has been
moved back to allow more time to get the newsletter
ready by Wildwood.
All articles, no matter how small are welcome. I'm
sure some of us received some kite-related item for the
holiday. Why not share your gifts with your fellow
members
This issue contains several articles by Scott Spencer. He
and a few others are regular contributors and help keep
this newsletter going.
Without their help, your
newsletter would consist of only 2 pages. Help keep
WindWriters flying, become a regular contributor!
We had several members pictured in the current issue of
Kiting dealing with the AKA Convention. Look closely at
the banquet picture and you can see Pat Bojarski, Mary
Davis, Pat Mozier and Carmella Pallotta, and myself.
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Travels Of Pete Dolphin’s
Beard
After Pete was dating Donna for a while she convinced
him to cut of his long scraggly beard. Not wanting to
throw the hair away, Pete donated it to the AKA auction.
At the Treasure Island AKA convention I paid $125 for
the hair with the stipulation that Scott Skinner would
wear it at six kite events. The hair was just a bundle held
together by a string. Not very stylish. I sewed the hair
onto some cotton added some bungee cord to keep it on
Scott’s chin. Then I took a couple small strands and
braided them with a soft wire inside. This allowed the
braids to be shaped anyway you wanted.
Since Scott was attending the Oregon Kite Retreat in
2001, I sent the beard to them to present to Scott in a
humorous way. Thus the photo with Scott holding a card
that says Twin Rocks was the first photo documentation.
Scott was a good sport about the whole thing. He wore it
many times there in a multitude of ways and had
everyone laughing. I never received any other photos
from other locations but I did see him at last years
Smithsonian with it on and being photographed with the
Washington Monument behind him. I’m sure the beard
will show up again.
(Editor's note: Pete Dolphin is a Past President of the
AKA and sported his long red beard for several years.)
Scott E. Spencer
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Scott with Pete Dolphin's beard.
Your Editor and his entry in the Delta and Derivative
Kitemaking Competition at the AKA Convention in
O.C., MD. I finished in 7th place, but was lease with my
scores for my first time competing.