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  Today's Jumble Puzzle is about model trains   Thanks to Art Handman

MGRS members and families are cordially invited to  attend the MGRS Annual Outing and Meeting on Saturday, July 13th. We will meet as usual at the Overlook Garden Railway at 82 Carll Road in Buxton. The event will run from 10am until about 4pm when the charity auction ends. Please plan to visit with friends old & new, run some trains, have lunch, elect club officers, and have fun bidding on items in the charity auction. Please bring food dishes and desserts to share. Hot dogs and hamburgers will be prepareb  by our well known "member chefs" We also need volunteers who will ==Call the members to invite them in person ==Bring soda and water for the group (Norman Waycott) ==Bring paper plates, cups and plastic utensils for the group      

    We had fun at the Civic Center on Saturday with the folks who came to Strive, and helped lots of kids run trains. We had four young members helping at Strive. Brennan Long came with his grandmother and worked on both setup and showing others how to run the trains. Hunter, Deven, and Lucas Weeks helped with setup, running trains and the move out. Their Dad Scott brought them in and stayed with us at Strive. Brennan and Terry helping a young Engineer   Fun the Civic Center Arena   Mike Tarbox with Lucas, Deven & Hunter Weeks   And we had some celebrity engineers stop by during the day.   Just in from filming the latest Star Wars movie   "Slugger" from the Portland Sea Dogs   "Oakie" from Oakhurst Dairy with Ben from MGRS         The train crew included Scott Gould, Dennis Farrell, Brennan Long, Hunter Weeks, Deven Weeks, Lucas Weeks, Peter Richards, Mike Tarbox, Ben Braithwaite, Terry Norton, and Sam Carr