Individual Highlights:

Home & Sport Show 2

Friendship Rally 3

Detour Ahead 4

Opening Season 5

Golf Cart Racing 6

Poor Farmers RV Sales, Service & Campground Inc. 7211 N. Lostcreek-Shelby Rd

Fletcher, Ohio 45326 www.poorfarmerrvs.com (937) 368-2449

April 1st, 2015 Volume 4, Issue 4

Every year Poor Farmer’s Campground has a weird phenomenon happen right around the time of Easter. Hundreds, if not thousands of eggs appear in our yard. I’m not sure if they fall from the sky or if they grow up out of the ground, but one morning I show up to work and there they are. This has been happening for years. After a couple of years of this happening, Steve and Patty decided that they didn’t want to pick them up anymore, so one year they invited all the neighborhood kids to come over and pick up the eggs. The children would pick up the eggs and throw them away. Until one day little Jimmy cracked open an egg he had picked up and inside was a delicious piece of chocolate. Sally saw this and cracked open the egg she was holding and found a piece of paper with a number on it. She took the paper to Patty and was given a cool toy. From that day on the children around Fletcher wait anxiously for the eggs to appear,

so they can hunt them and see what treasures await inside. I know you’re all asking yourself the same questions… Mike, how do you know what day to schedule the Easter egg hunt if you don’t know when the eggs will magically appear?, where do the toys and slips of paper come from?, and why do you ask people to bring a dozen filled eggs if they all just appear out of nowhere? These are all good questions. Come on out to Poor Farmer’s Campground on April 11th at 2PM. We will have three different age groups doing the hunting so you don’t have to worry about my nine year old running over your four year old to get the golden egg. What’s a “golden egg”, you are gonna have to come on out to the campground to see. We will have a yard full of plastic eggs and a table full of plastic toys… every kid’s dream. See you at Poor Farmer’s!

April 11, 2015

2:00 PM

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The Darke County Sheriff Patrol Home

and Sport Show

The 2015 Home & Sport Show at the Darke County Fairgrounds had a larger than normal turnout. The committee for the event booked some great entertainment, pulled in a kiddie tractor pull, and invited many businesses to advertise their product and offer some great deals. This event is the largest fund raiser for the Darke County Sheriff Patrol and many of the brave men and women who patrol Darke County were in attendance. Mad props go out to my homies: Denny & Jacque Shoenleben for helping me watch the booth Friday Night, Isaac for hangin with me for a couple hours Saturday night, and Tony and Cherrie Dippolito for the multiple reliefs. BTW, Mikie says thanks for the marshmallow gun.

2015 Rule Changes Learn em, love em, live em

Please be alert to these two rule changes: Rule #10 - The dumpsters are for household trash only. Please do not dump any large items (i.e. furniture, tires, appliances, etc.) into the dumpsters. Help us to leave enough room for everyone to put their trash in the dumpster and keep the area looking good. When large items get thrown away, it causes the household trash to overflow. Another way to conserve space in the dumpsters is to separate your aluminum cans and place them in the blue Shriner barrels. Rule #14 – All campsite dump fees must be paid before we can dump your tanks. The sign-up sheets will be in the camp office and parts store. You must pay the $8 in advance in order to be put on the list. rule #24- Relax and have a great time! That means if I see anyone not relaxing and having a good time, I will be forced to stop and attempt to make you smile, and remember I have a pretty sick sense of humor.

New Neighbors?

Did you get a new camping neighbor for 2015? We had a few campers pull out and threw a new camper right into their spot. If you are a neighbor to any of our new campers, make sure you introduce yourself and let these folks know that you are there to help. New campers will always have questions; so if you don’t know the answer to a question, just fake it, the new guy will probably believe about anything anyway. I still have one camper who believes that our camp office manager, Janice Werts, once dated a Beatle. Ha… Noobs. At least let them believe your all great people, cause I kinda use that as a selling point for this place. I speak awful highly of you my Poor Farmer’s Campers so be polite and courteous to the new guy,,, even if you have to fake that too. ☺

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Last Day to RSVP for Get-Together

If you haven’t already, call the Parts Store to put your name on the list for the annual Get-Together. Chuck Lyons will be catering the event once again. This is a great time for all of you new campers to meet other campers at Poor Farmers. We will be going over new editions to our schedule, introducing the staff, and handing out door prizes. One lucky man and woman will be drawn to win the BIG prize. The Get-Together will be held on April 12th, at 6PM @ the Fletcher firehouse.

Job Opportunity

Have you ever dreamed about working in a friendly atmosphere with co-workers that are team oriented? Have you always wanted to work for a General Manager that is smart, charming, and good looking? If so, then you’re in luck. Poor Farmer’s has a couple summer positions opening up and could use hard working people who have experience with customer service. The positions we need to fill are part time and seasonal for our parts and service department. We are accepting applications and will conduct interviews towards

the end of April. Grumpy people need not apply.

April 24th – 26th Every year before the camping season officially starts Poor Farmer’s RV hosts the annual Friendship Rally. This rally is for anyone, with any type of camper or tent. This event has always been a fun time to kick off the camping season with friends, play some fun games, and most importantly, eat some good food. Go to www.poorfarmerrvs.com to download/print the Friendship Rally registration form as soon as possible so that the organizers can get an accurate count for food and awards.

Schedule of Events: Thursday: 6PM- Early arrival dinner* (Hot dogs & Hamburgers provided, please bring salad or dessert to share) Friday: 5-6PM- Registration 7PM- Cheese and Crackers (A Rally Tradition) 7-8PM- Bingo, please bring non-perishable food item to be donated to local food bank. Saturday: 8-9AM- Scrambled eggs, sausage, & toast w/coffee or juice.* 6-7PM- Dinner, Hot dish/soup, bring a dish to share.* 7PM- Camp announcements/awards 7:30PM- Minute-to-Win it Sunday: 8-9AM- Doughnuts/coffee/juice 9AM- Church Service

*Remember to bring your

table service.

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Detour around Fletcher!!!!!

US Rt 36 will be closed for 121 Days starting on 3/16/2015. There are two routes to take if coming from Piqua (West). Both routes are about the same in distance and

road width. These routes are described below. If possible, come in to Fletcher from the east on US Rt 36 to Lostcreek-Shelby Rd (south) as this route is not affected. If you are coming from Dayton area, come north on Rt 4 to St

Rt 235 North to US Rt 36 East to Lostcreek-Shelby Rd South.

Detour

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Opening Season

Weekend Schedule May 1st – 3rd

May 1st

6:30 PM- Opening Season Bonfire @ Big Shelter Hot dogs provided; bring roasting forks and table service. 7 PM- Smores Bar @ Big Shelter Enjoy these delightful camping treats in ways you have never imagined.

May 2nd

6 PM- Chili Cook-off @ Big Shelter Bring a covered dish to share & table service - prize to winning recipe! 7 PM- Line Dancing w/ Dan Sturgill @ Big Shelter Bring your dancing shoes for some line dancing fun!

May 3rd

10 AM- Church Service w/Kathy Love

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Poor Farmer’s RV Sales, Service & Campground Inc.

7211 N. Lostcreek-Shelby Rd. Fletcher, Ohio 45326

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7th

Annual Electric Golf Cart Challenge

Memorial Day Weekend

5-23-15 3:00 PM

Get your Electric cart charged-up for the second biggest golf cart event at Poor Farmer’s. After last year’s Golf Cart Rodeo, Rick & I have discovered all types of new ways to make your golf cart move. This year, instead of just a barrel race and obstacle course, Rick will be setting up the starting tree so you can drag race mono-e-mono with your fellow campers. I have been trying to talk Rick into setting up a jousting competition but he keeps telling me all about the dangers of driving a golf cart with a twenty foot spear sticking out the front of it. Oh well, maybe he’ll go for my next out of the box idea… a half pipe!