A Note from your Prez

As the new president I wish to say thank you for electing me. I hope we can have a safe fun enjoyable season. As I’m sure most of you have heard it was voted to combine division 4 and 5 this year in the state because of the limited# of Division 5 tractors. This will take a little work and adjustment. Any tractor legal in Division5 will be legal in the combined class. There will be an 8 mph speed limit. Other wise not much will change just less classes for the promoters and less tractors running by themselves all the time.

At the Platte Valley/NATPA co-sanctioned pulls we may have to award double points as they will still be running 4 and 5 seperate this will have to be worked out before pulling starts. Just remember if this doesn't work at all we can change it back next year. We are just trying to help the promoters by not having to buy so many trophies.

We have three 4 hours shows this year, this year they are all in the central part of the state for the first time. This is a great thing for our association and will continue to grow if we work on it. We are working on a points system for the4 hour pulls for this year details later.

In order to get the #of hooks we need to make these work it would be nice if those planning to come to the 4 hour pulls would call Michelle or my self ahead of time. This will let me sleep at night instead of worry if we will have enough hooks, and give us a chance to beg people to come to a pull if needed.

If anyone has problems or concerns please feel free to contact a director or me. If you feel the need to yell at some one please take it out on me not the others.

I want to thank all of the officers and Directors together we can have a great year. I hope to make it to some pulls on both sides of the state. Good luck this season and hope to see you all at the pulls

The Prez---Wayne Johnson

The list of pulls is enclosed. There is a mistake to the schedule. I missed getting Murdock on the list. It is a NATPA of Nebraska points pull on July 4^{th again this year. The pull will start at 11am and they will be having fireworks that evening after the pull. If you have any questions please contact Brian McHugh at 402-867-3641 his home # or 402-867-2141 his work.}

I will be sending copies of the updated rules as soon as they are finalized. There are a few changes to them since we voted at annual meeting to combine Divisions 4 and 5 in the state. The pulls that are co-sanctioned pulls will still run Divisions 4 and 5 separate. At those pulls points will be awarded in both Divisions and added to the combined classes. This means that at a co-sanctioned pull there may be two drivers that will get 15 points for that pull in the combined class. If you have any questions please contact me and I will try to explain it better. Also, it was voted at the board meeting in April that we will include the 4-hour pulls in the points race.

The association has three 4-hour pulls this year. The committee has worked hard to book these These are where we have been getting the majority of our income the last few years. And from the interest we received at the Fair Managers Convention in January, we could really bring some interest to our sport and make some good money off of these show. But the only way that is going to happen is with participation from the members. For more information on the 4-hour pulls see the section on page 3.

Now to those that have paid your dues for this year I thank you greatly. As for the rest of you, your dues are due now. If your label has a yellow “X” on it you are paid for this year. So if you have not paid your dues yet, please fill out the enclosed membership form and send them in as soon as you can. I would greatly appreciate that.

Also check out the website. Jeremy Fiorelli has done some updating to it and we will soon have the schedule, rules and other important info on the site. Thanks Jeremy for all the work you have done to the page.