convention
Closet cleaning time
Start cleanin’ out them train storage closets. Remember one mans trash is another man’s treasure!
Bill Dryden
A Word From Jerry’s Corner...
July 2008
Wow, what a great convention in Houston! Those Iron Horse-8 folks really know how to put on a Texas Style Shindig!. All of the regular activities and a catered Bar-BQ at Zube Park where we each had the opportunity to ride live-steam trains… What great fun! Guys & gals of Division 8, you did a fantastic job and certainly set the bar high for us next year!
From the Top
As you have probably already heard, Divisions 1 and 3 of the Lone Star Region will be hosting the 2009 Lone Star Region Convention in the Dallas Ft. Worth Metroplex area. It will be called: The “Trinity River Interchange”. Since your host for next year will be a team effort of both Divisions 1 and 3, we thought it only appropriate to use the Promontory icon where East met West as our logo.
Our First Sponsors
June 2009
Thank you to our original sponsors, Discount Model Trains and HobbyTown USA Dallas for being the first to step forward and say, “If it’s NMRA Division 1 & 3, we’re onboard!” That began a list that now numbers 2258 wonderful sponsors and still growing!
All kidding aside…
A Special Thanks to a few of our REAL Sponsors for 2009:
Discount Model Trains
E-mail: discountmodeltrains@yahoo.com
Phone: (972)931-8135
Hobbytown USA - Dallas
Walnut Hill & Central
E-mail hobbytowndallas@yahoo.com
Phone: (214)987-4744
Web site: http://www.hobbytown.com/txdal/
Russ Rail Stuff
E-mail: russrstuff@aol.com
Phone: (972)625-4012
And Our Printer:
Minuteman Press
- Casa Linda
E-mail: mmpcl@sbcglobal.net
Phone: 214-660-7003
Fax: 214-660-7013
Web site: http://www.casalinda.minutemanpress.com
Be sure and visit them while you are here !
Larry Swigert
CompanyStore
Company Store - Russ Covitt
We’re going to have lots of great “stuff” in the Company Store this year. Sure there’ll be some of the standard items you all look forward to like convention shirts, patches, and decals. But we’re looking into some new things that I’m sure you won’t be able to live without.
Presently you may order the below items with your registration:
| Decals honoring Jack Leming |
Z N HO S O | $4 |
| Convention Sport shirt: |
S M L XL 2XL | $28 |
| Convention Dress shirt: |
S M L XL 2XL 3XL 4XL | $32 |
| Convention Ball Cap | $12 | |
| Convention Patch | $5 |
This year we are offering online registration and secure credit card payment through Paypal. I have brought the online registration form and company store live at http://trinityriverrails.com . Note that this is a separate website from the main Trinity River Interchange website you are on now.
Photos of the Company Store merchandise is available for you to browse as well.
We still have the old form available online for you to print out and send in with a check if you'd rather. Also, the latest form is included with the most recent Markerlamp.
