TILLAMOOK COUNTY
PIONEER
ASSOCIATION (TCPA)
General Meeting
Minutes ~
Sunday, February
11, 2024
Sandlake
Grange, Cloverdale
1:00
Meet & Greet ~ 1:30
Lunch & Meeting
tcpa@gmail.com
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www.tillamookcountypioneerassociation.blogspot.com
Visiting
began at 1:00. Eric Simmons
led us in the Pledge of Allegiance and
Jerilee Henderson gave
the blessing for the lunch.
The lunch
began at 1:30
with 30
TCPA members and
3 guests in attendance.
The
meeting was called to order at
2:06 PM.
A
motion was made by Jan
Burt and seconded
by Susan Pierce to
accept the minutes of
the October
15, 2023
General
Meeting
as printed in the most
recent By-Lines Newsletter. The
motion carried.
Judy
Hill gave
the Treasurer’s Report.
The report is
attached to these
minutes in the secretary binder.
Eric
thanked our set-up and kitchen crew: Annette
Salo, Shirley Hill, Cindy Greene
and Candy Pengelly. Thank
you to Judy Hill for
purchasing the food.
Peyton
Tracy, Tillamook County Pioneer Museum (TCPM) Director
reported:
Clara
Scillian Kennedy
is
the new Collections Manager
for the TCPM.
The
Festival of Trees Silent Auction & Gala Event raised
approximately $15,000. The
20th
Festival of Trees will be celebrated in 2024.
The museum was closed the
month of January. Projects completed were:
Repainted/restained main
gallery
Moved the gift shop
Reorgnized the research
library
TCPA and the Tillamook
County Historical Society now share an office space in the museum
Jenny Teece is organizing a
90th TCPA Anniversary Exhibit with
the help of a committee
The
new exhibit in the main gallery is: Contact: How
Cross-Cultural Exchange Shapes Us featuring
Robert Gray and Native Americans in Tillamook County
Committee
Reports:
The 90th
TCPA Anniversary Committee met last Friday and are finalizing
plans. Community Building History is the theme.
Jerilee
reminded everyone of our Pioneer Perks Partners
and reported that she’ll be sending another email out to Chamber
of Commerce businesses asking them to join us
in partnership.
Eric is working on a sled for
the steam donkey. This has been a six year project so far.
Old
Business:
Eric
thanked everyone for the donations given at the Welcome Desk for
memorials
and lunch.
The
TCPA books need to be moved
out of the Latimer storage building. Plans are being made to move
the books to our Pioneer Building storage room located at the
Fairgrounds. Jerilee distributed 92
books to the county school
libraries and Marie Mills Center.
New
Business:
Silent
Roll Call: Ruby
announced there have been 67 deceased members this past year. She
has also been notified of members that passed in earlier years. We
had a moment of silence for them.
Door
Prizes:
Prizes were awarded to Cheryl
Gillespie, Jan Burt, Candy Pengelly and
George
Bodyfelt.
Announcements
&
Adjournment:
Our next meeting date
will
be Sunday,
June 9, 2024 at
the Fairview Grange.
The
meeting
was
adjourned
at 2:31
PM. Respectfully
submitted, Jerilee Henderson
