IAR Recyclers Newspress May / June 2015

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Here it is again, another year gone by and the 2015
SUMMER OUTING is just two weeks away. There is
still time to register! Send me an email and give me a
heads up or email your registration so that I know you
are coming. The caterers appreciate it.
It has been a privilege for me to prepare for this year’s
main event, the lifetime achievement award at which
we will honor our founders, John and Ruth Vander
Haag with the luncheon and award ceremony.
As I was telling committee members the other day, the
time I was able to spend with John and Ruth preparing
for the event and having a personally guided tour of
their museum was so very appreciated by me. I knew
all the while I was as close to experiencing automotive
recycling history as I could get without actually having
lived it. I know the group will feel the same way while
we share the opportunity to listen to John C Vander
Haag tell us about the trial and tribulations of the early
years of auto recycling. Don’t miss the special exhibits
booths we will have set up to showcase the Iowa Auto
Recyclers memorabilia either. Bring anything you may
want to share or donate as either an auction items or
to show. Pictures can be scanned on-site as well so all
can share without losing track of any of your precious
moments! The new website
that is being
launched in June will have a history of IAR album. My
hope is to capture a photo of all past Presidents and
events of yesteryear. I can’t wait to post pictures of
some of you with HAIR! I think this year will have a
special spot too! I’ll see you at THE MEADOWS, 2015
Summer Outing at Prairie Meadows in Des Moines,
Iowa for May 29-30, 2015.
If you can’t make it then save the date for next year in
Kensett & Mason City, Iowa, June 3-4, 2016. The only
remaining Frank Lloyd Wright Hotel will be our confer-
ence venue in downtown Mason City with our BBQ &
Yard Tour at the Wilken Auto Salvage in Kensett.
Thanks for listening,
Sue Schauls
Sue Schauls,
Executive Director
From the Desk of the Executive Director
Sue Speaking
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