Hello Minneapolis Moline friends and family.

I hope each of you enjoyed your summer. Fall is upon us and harvest is here. We are really struggling in southern Minnesota; we have had so much rain throughout the summer and it is continuing into the fall. This is really making it difficult for the farmers to get the crops harvested.

Keep your eye on the mail: the club will be mailing out membership renewal cards before the end of 2018. Currently we have a group working on the calendar for 2019; you will receive these in your packets early January. We are always looking for photos for the calendars, so if you have any that you feel have history to them, please share them with us.

The MMCI board is looking for anyone that is willing to help on any of the various committees. I encourage you to contact your board and volunteer. We always enjoy new faces and new ideas.

A special thank you to everyone that brought tractors and equipment to the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa in August. It takes a lot of time and effort to put on a display like we had — it truly shows the Moline pride!

The 2019 show will be held in Decatur, Illinois. If you are able to help with the show, contact a board member, we would love to have your help. Everyone is welcome to join us!

Don’t forget to check out the look of the new design to the website, www.minneapolismolinecollectors.org. If you have any suggestions for the website, feel free to contact us. Also, our friends, the Mohr family who publish the MM Corresponder are looking for photos that you might have about Moline history and would like to share. Please feel free to contact them. Their information is in this issue.

I would like to wish everyone a safe harvest and Happy Holidays. See you in 2019!

President

Jay Groskreutz

Hello Minneapolis Moline friends and family.

It is hard to believe that we are midway through the summer. The MMCI summer show was held in Lathrop Missouri where we encountered one of the hottest weekends. However, we held together, and everything worked out. Thank you to Gary and Mary Olson for all their hard work putting the show together. At the banquet thank you plaques were given to Algie Slindee and Craig Nelson for their years of service on the MMCI board. I would like to welcome Loren Book who will be serving as your vice president and Kelly Stamm serving as co-chairperson for your future show contact along with these positions both will be co-chairperson for preservation grants.

If you have not already checked out the new web site I encourage you to do so. Ruth Book has spent several hours updating information. You now can see photos of your current board members along with lots of information on various Moline topics. Thank you to Ruth Book for all her dedicated time spent making this happen for our club.

Congratulations to Madeline Dimeo she is the 2018 MMCI scholarship winner. Madeline is the granddaughter of Clint and Lee Kenyon. Thank you to the scholarship committee for all your time spent selecting a winner.

Enjoy the remaining weeks of summer and see you all soon!

President

Jay Groskreutz

Donna Zimmer shares her perspective on the real value restoration projects bring to her son and their family. Check out her story here.

Congratulations to Madeline Dimeo, the 2018 scholarship recipient. Read about Madeline here.

We have a new look and a new host for our website. We are still adding content and tweaking the pages; as well as developing new forms for membership and project applications. Please be patient as we fine tune and adjust!! We hope you’ll visit often and connect with us on all our social media — share the MMCI content and opportunities!