DECEMBER, 2011
COOPERSVILLE FARM MUSEUM & EVENT CENTER
375 Main Street
PO Box 64
Coopersville, MI 49404
Winter Hours
Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Also open for special events and for groups of 8 or more with reservation (fees apply). Hours vary by season,
please call to verify.
General Admission
Adult Admission $4
Children ages 4 - 17 only $2
Children 3 & under are free
Members during
regular business hours
and for Jam Night receive complimentary admission.
Jam Night
1st & 3rd Tuesday 6- 9pm
Acoustics only
$4 admission
Members & 12 & under free
Annual
Membership Fees:
Individual
$30
Family
$50
(“family” is limited
to those living
under the same roof)
We are located at:
375 Main Street
Coopersville, Michigan
Mailing address
P.O. Box 64
Coopersville, MI 49404
Phone: (616) 997-8555
Christmas Sale:
Buy ANY one item at regular price, get any non-consignment
item of equal
or lesser value at half price!
JAM NIGHT
DECEMBER 6
6PM – 9PM
ALWAYS HELD THE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH
Sign in to play or perform a song of your choice, accompany other musicians, or just come to visit with
friends and listen to some good old folk music, gospel, carols, blue grass, country, and other oldies.
Free Admission for MEMBERS (see front page for member information) and
children 12 & under.
$4 Admission
for all others.
CHRISTMAS FAIR
DECEMBER 10
10AM – 2PM SATURDAY
VENDORS, GIFT WRAPPING, CRAFTS, MRS. CLAUS, & MORE!
GENERAL ADMISSION APPLIES
Christmas Pot Luck
Enjoy a holiday dinner
with friends before our Christmas Jam Night at the Coopersville Farm
Museum & Event Center
December 20
5:00 pm*
We would like to make suggestions of what you might bring according to the first letter of
your last name, however, feel free to bring your specialty!
A, B, C, D
E, F, G, H, I
Appetizer
Salad
J, K, L, M, N
Fruit or Vegetable
O, P, Q, R, S, T
Casserole
U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Dessert
Punch, coffee, & table service
Provided by museum
*doors open at 4:30pm
www.coopersvillefarmmuseum.org
Christmas Jam Night
December 20
FREE ADMISSION
(bring a friend!)
Compliments of
River Village Apartments
of Coopersville
River Village Apartments caters to
those 62 years of age and older.
Designed for independent living,
you can enjoy the luxuries and
comfort of your own home,
without the worries.
For more information
call (616) 837-0699
Music begins at 6:00 pm
Folk Music, Old Gospel,
Blue Grass, Country
6pm - 9pm
Coopersville Farm Museum & Event Center
375 Main Street, Coopersville, Michigan
Good music, good friends, good times!
BANDS & BUDS ~ New Year’s Eve
December 31, 2011
7:00pm -
12:00am
Talented young adults perform on stage;
comedy, & more.
bands, soloists, dance,
Alcohol-free, family friendly
$3 admission
Call Sarah at
(616) 821-1442
for more info.
Jane Nemecek Art of Rural Life Exhibit
My World, My Inspiration
Pastel and Watercolor exhibit with originals, limited edition giclee prints, and note cards
available for purchase in the gallery and in the gift shop.
While searching for a subject to study this past year, Jane began noticing the many styles
and deteriorating conditions of barns in the area. It became a mission to document these
“giants:” of the rural landscape before they collapse and become a forgotten part of history.
Formal art training includes Arts Group Minor from Eastern Michigan University and
certification to teach art. Nemecek’s paintings are currently on display in the Art of Rural
Life Gallery at the Coopersville Farm Museum & Event Center (Coopersville, Michigan), in
Brinks Art and Framing (Cadillac, Michigan) and in several private collections.
www.janenemecek.com
NOW through January 7, 2012
Congratulations to the winners of the 2011-2012 Photo/Art Contest…all entries are
on exhibit until January 14, 2012:
Art by Ages 4 Years Old or Younger
1st place Reuben Talsma, Zeeland
Art by Ages 5 - 8
1st place Elizabeth Talsma, Zeeland
2nd place Ariel Talsma, Zeeland
3rd place Kathleen Zahm, Conklin
Honorable Mention Samuel Montgomery
Art by Ages 9 - 12
1st place Logan Beech, Fruitport
2nd place Skyler Talsma, Zeeland
3rd place Samuel Talsma, Zeeland
Honorable Mention Caleb McDonald
& Alex Raddatz
Art by Ages 13 - 18
1st place Wyatt Talsma, Zeeland
Photo by Ages 5 - 8
1st place Kaitlin Lake, Coopersville
2nd place Bailey Gilbert, Coopersville
Photo by Ages 9 - 12
1st, 2nd, 3rd place Nick Goeman, Allendale
Honorable Mention Reese Gilbert
Photo by Ages 13 - 18
1st, 2nd, 3rd place Stacy Potgeter, Allendale
Digitally Enhanced Photo by Any Youth
1st place Allie Wygmans, Coopersville
2nd place Jackie Mayrose, Coopersville
3rd place Jose Sabo, Coopersville
Poetry/Short Story by Any Youth
1st place Danny DeBoer
2nd place Kathleen Zahm
3rd place Bailey Gilbert
Honorable Mention Samuel Montgomery
& Noah Platt
Watercolor Art by Adult
1st place Alan Adsmond, Grand Rapids
2nd place Karen Urquhart, Allendale
Textile Art by Adult
1st place
Kathy Bauman, Kent City
2nd place Bridget Gadzlay, Spring Lake
3rd place Mary Dyke, Coopersville
Pastels by Adult
1st, 2nd, 3rd place Jane Nemecek, Lake City
Oil Paintings by Adults
1st & 2nd Therese Berrington, Marne
3rd place Don Nease, Muskegon
Photograph by Adult
1st place Karen Urquhart, Allendale
2nd place Cindy Alexander, Coopersville
3rd place Carol DeWitt, Ferrysburg
Honorable Mention James Ponshair
Digitally Enhanced Photograph by Adult
1st place Karen Urquhart, Allendale
2nd place Sandy Meekhof, Coopersville
3rd place Karen Urquhart, Allendale
Thank you, Sponsors!
Our annual photo & art contest requires many prizes and this year, 37 prize packages were awarded.
Thank you to our generous sponsors for supporting the arts in Coopersville:
Coopersville Area Arts Council
Reeves Plastics
Scott Robinson, DDS
Phillips Jewelry
Mark Douglas Real Estate
327 Pizza & Pub
A.K.A. Solon
Delly Belly Bakery
Coopersville & Marne Railway
Coopersville Farm Museum
Coopersville Arby’s
Family Fare of Coopersville
My Personal Credit Union
Comerica Bank
Tractor Supply Company
Burnips Equipment
Tasker Drug Store
Thank you, also, to those who entered the GREAT AMERICAN BARNS II Contest.
a beautiful winter exhibit.
Your entries provide
GROUPS
Next meeting of Coopersville Antique Tractor
Society will be held on January 25, 2012 at 7pm.
Save these dates for Friday night Line Dancing:
January 6, 2011 through March 23, 2012
Crazy Ladies Quilting Circle is held year round on Thursdays from 10am - noon
$3 per person group admission
Museum members ~ free admission
Special thanks to COOPERSVILLE ROTARY CLUB for purchasing and
installing lights for our stage at the museum! With Bands and Buds
as their primary focus, Coopersville Rotary Club donated color changing
l.e.d. stage lighting which will enhance performances for many years to
come.
Thank you to Virginia Wasky for her generous gifts and to many of you who give
from your heart! Without support from our friends and members, we would not be
here today.
Please consider making a donation to the Coopersville Farm Museum, a 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization, before the end of 2011. The Coopersville Farm Museum,
like many individuals, struggles to make ends meet. Any contribution that you are
able to make is appreciated. Please mail checks to:
Coopersville Farm Museum
PO Box 64
Coopersville, MI 49404
We will send you a receipt.
Thank you!
Some of our current exhibitors:
Gerald & Kathleen Herdegen - Christmas cigar box village (made 70 years ago)
Claire Chaffee - Christmas troll collection
Alyce Heft - stone trolls & gnomes from around the world
Rhea Mae Hubbel - feed sacks, quilts, and more
Ed Hanenburg - tractor collection
Lorne Ritola - spark plugs & oil cans, hit & miss engine, & more
Jim & Karen Urquhart - buggy with red seats
Steve VanDyke - corn Stanfordware & mini thresher
Ross & Jerre Jean Conran - 1930s quilt
Jim Fitzgerald - 1920s crazy quilt
Alice Goll - handpainted 4 seasons saw
Chuck Hammond - toy tractor collection
John Hilton - portable typewriter from 40s/50s
Walt Huizinga - replica of old farm & 31 farm tools
Marj Johnson - centennial farm sign & more
Norm Kluting - replica of Rumley, oil pull tractor
Gloria Kohut - Miss Sunshine quilt doll
Chris Kopka - hit n miss engine
MaryLou (Corky) Pals - feed sacks, barbed wire,
Buth dairy farm photos, harmonica’s, and more
Chester Prins -
Friday tractor
Harriet Stanaback - 1900s popcorn popper
Abby Wilde - 1/3 scale steam engine
Louise Harvey - doll collection
Helen Havlik - 50 quilt blocks 1860s-1930s
Sally Hitchcock - doll crib, creamers, Foxfire books, & more
Rachele Zelinski - Precious Moments farm kids
Fred Hradsky - corn sheller
Jerry Johnson - photos in frames of horses
Jim Terpstra - 1952 Ford 8n
Harold Sheridan - 1961 painting by Mary Modderman
Barbara Throop - 3 old yard sticks
Garry VanDenBerg - 2 vintage ride on tractors
Richard Welch - lighted Christmas mailbox
Ted Albrecht - saws, corn planters, rope, pulley & more
Dave Andrews - feed sack and other items
Dave Barbrick - grain dolly
Nancy Boon - Eclipse windmill
Margaret Brown - antique cider press
Alic Burggraaff - cathedral window quilt
Pat Crawford - wooden ladder/chair
William DeBoer - tractor trailer buddy “L”
Gordon Darby - old farm magazines
John DeGraff - hay fork
David R. Despres - hay sling & more
Clarence & Helen DeWeerd - sewing machine & more
Steve & Sandy Dietrich - sewing machine
Shirley Draft - fanning mill & railroad cart
Arno & Judith Driedger - wringer washer
Larry & Lori Hard - wooden washer
Doug & Cheryl Dykstra - Monarch Stove
Larry French - Singer sewing machine ads
Barb Gates - antique irons & feed sacks
Wayne Glass - yard sticks, state quarters, & John Deere toys & books, & more
Marvin Grits Friend– Reenders Blueberry Farms DVD & posters
Gordon Handlogten - farm tools
Ann Hanks - quilt frame
Thank you to exhibitors that have shared their collections and treasures throughout the year(s)! Some of the
current items on display are on loan from or have been donated by:
(This is only a partial list, please watch upcoming newsletters for more!)
Thank you for all you do!
It has become a tradition to put up Christmas trees at the Coopersville Farm Museum & Event Center every
November and leave them up through the first of the year. We could not to this without the help of volunteers
in our community! Thank you to all who decorate Christmas trees!
In Memory of Corky Pals
Kaitlyn Veenstra
Mary Dyke
Vicki & Wendy Potgeter
Crazy Ladies Quilting Circle
St. Michael’s School
Trinity Lutheran School
Coopersville United Methodist Church
Ottawa County United Way
Tree of Hope - CANCER AWARENESS
Sarah Carmody
Christine Scott
Oakcrest Communities
Miss Coopersville Scholarship Program
Bands & Buds
Coopersville Interact Club
Coopersville Rotary Club
Lutheran Child & Family Services
Coopersville Area District Library
Lee Ann Creager
Cub Scout Troop 3004
Daisy Girl Scout Troops 4103 & 4111
Hellos & Good byes
Welcome, Tyler! Our new temporary employee by way of Michigan Works. Hopefully Tyler will be
here to help us keep the museum clean for up to 12 weeks, unless, of course, he gets a job elsewhere
(he is looking for full time work).
Welcome, Michael Stafford, our new volunteer sound technician for Jam Nights and Bands & Buds!
We appreciate you stepping in to help us out. Thank you, also, to Michael and Patrick Conran for
installing the new stage lights donated by Coopersville Rotary Club.
Good bye, Michael Veenstra, and thank you for all you have done at the Coopersville Farm Museum
over the last five years. You have been an asset to the Coopersville Farm Museum and we wish you
nothing but success in the future.
Good bye, Bill Flipse. Bill was a member of the Coopersville Antique Tractor Society who recently
passed away.
Bill was a real people person and love to talk to visitors at tractor shows. He and
his wife, Joanne, took care of hunting and gathering for the clubs silent auctions.
A successful organization is made up of many pieces and parts that work together,
like a well oiled machine.
Are you doing your part?
We need you!
CIGAR BOX VILLAGE
On loan by Gerald & Kathy Herdegen
George Herdegen, Gerald’s grandfather, built this miniature village to decorate the window
of the Mackinaw Trail Restaurant in Reed City in 1941. He used the wood from old cigar
boxes and purchased lead figurines to create the display.
Pieces and parts have been added over the years and after George passed away in 1984, in
tribute to him, a house modeled after the family home on Grand Rapids’ West side was
made and added to the village.
Christmas Trolls
On Display by Claire Chaffee is another one of her many treasured collections.
Christmas
Trolls! There is something strangely attractive about these creatures from
Scandinavian mythology that has made them a collecting sensation.
www.coopersvillefarmmuseum.org
FIRST PLACE
If I Were a Barn
By Danny DeBoer (Age 7)
If I were a barn I would have
A pig that would roll in the mud.
If I were a barn I would have
A wagon full of hay.
If I were a barn I would have
A horse that would eat the hay.
If I were a barn I would have
A dog that would guard and watch.
If I were a barn I would have
A cat that is kind and sleepy.
If I were a barn I would have
A spider that would make a web.
If I were a barn I would have
A cow that would give lots of milk.
If I were a barn I would have
A sheep to make a wool coat.
If I were a barn I would have
A farmer to take care of us all.
SECOND PLACE
Barn Seasons
By Kathleen Zahm (Age 8)
If I were a barn in the fall,
All the tractors would be outside doing the harvest,
And the animals would be out in the pasture.
If I were a barn in the winter,
Everybody would be snuggling inside of me,
And snowflakes would be falling on me.
If I were a barn in the springtime,
Flowers would be brought back to life,
And start blooming, leaning against me.
If I were a barn in the summer time,
I would be hot and sunny,
THIRD PLACE
Great American Barns II
By Bailey Gilbert (Age 8)
Grain
Red
Elevator
Agriculture
Tractors
A lot of spiders
Metal roof
Every day hard work
Rusty nails
Image of farmers
Cross buck doors
A beautiful landmark
Nestling cats
Bales of hay
Active animals
Rustling hay
Nasty smells
Silo
II sliding doors
Barn Spider
By Samuel Montgomery (Age 8)
I am a spider,
I live in a barn.
I am a spider,
I live in the top barn
window.
I am a spider,
Whose home is high.
I am a spider,
I like to make a web.
I am a spider,
I catch mosquitoes and moths.
I am a spider,
Sometimes it’s hard.
If I Were a Barn
By Noah Platt (Age 7)
If I were a barn
I would have…
A spider to catch the
insects,
A watch dog to catch the criminals,
A pig to eat,
Hay to sleep on,
Horses to run with,
And sheep to make me a warm coat!
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