I'm sorry that it has taken me a while to post all of these. Work has been crazy, and that's not a complaint. I am very thankful to even have a job in these times,,,but, hey it's going to get better !



This picture is of Dottie & Doris carrying our banner in the Christmas Parade, in Trenton.

Here's the email that Doris sent out. Seems that we won 1st place in a catagory this year. Check it out.



I am proud to announce that our Christmas float won 1st price, in the Civic category, from the Dade County Chamber of Commerce. We will be awarded a plaque, which will be proudly displayed. I want to thank Rick 2 for, once again, coordinating construction of our Christmas float with assistance from John Stokes, Keith, Tami and Nancy.

Dottie and I were honored to carry the "Hang Glider Pilots of Lookout Mountain" banner in front of the float. The parade did seem to move faster this year, Dottie and I were at a fast walk for the entire route, maybe due to the cold, or could it be that my age is starting to show and trotting for a mile and a half is taking it's toll.

Rick 1, Rick 2, Tami, Ken, Dottie, John S, Keith and Melody all participated in the parade, plus Ray took pictures, so I want to sincerely thank all of the above for volunteering and helping to make our appearance so successful.

We impressed the citizens of Dade County and had soooooooo much fun doing it. The good will and publicity this generates is immeasurable. If any of you are interested in seeing a photo of our float, you can log onto a local online Dade County newspaper at http://www.discoverdade.com/themountain~valleyindependent.htm.



Rick Sr., and Rick Jr. in the back of the float.
John Stokes was at the wheel again this year(Aka: S.O.A.R. South), and kept the glider out of the trees again. Rick Jr.'s girlfriend, Tammy, was on hand also to throw candy at the children again. Opps, throw candy TO the kids.

I think my pictures better than the one in the paper. Of course, that's a biased opinion !

After/during the parade. The Tennessee Tree Toppers had their Christmas Dinner & awards ceremonies. The food was impecable, thanks to Ricker & Jeff Nibler. I smoked 3 pork tenderloins for all to enjoy also.

Steve Lee making the announcements about the new board members, and the new awards for the year.

Keith Atkins recieved the TTT member of the year. This man did more than any one for the club this year. This page isn't long enough to list all of his contributions.

Steve has a huge smile on his face in this shot for the "Flight of the Year", with a nice flight of 109 miles.

Here's the shot of Lucas, and his lovely wife, Angela.