The 39th Annual Sublimity Harvest Festival

A letter from the Presidentphoto courtesy of RhiLi PhotographyThe 2011 Sublimity Harvest Festival Committee Officers (LEFT TO RIGHT): BJ Tuttle, Becky Silbernagel, April Urquhart, Daniel Urquhart.On behalf of the Sublimity Harvest Foundation and its members,I would like to welcome you to the 39th Annual SublimityHarvest Festival Truck and Tractor Pull, which promises to be aweekend full of family fun and excitement!The Sublimity Harvest Festival started as acompetition between farmers to see whose tractorcould pull the most dead weight the furthest. Ithas since evolved into an event requiring theparticipation of hundreds of volunteers tomake it one of the biggest motor sportsevents on the westcoast.The Sublimity Harvest Festivalis a non-profit organization,whose mission is to providea welcoming, family friendlyentertainment venue, dedicatedto supporting the surroundingcommunities.—BJ Tuttle2011 Sublimity Harvest Festival PresidentFor theircontinuing support,and on behalf of everyonewho shares our excitementin pursuit of our mission, Iwould like to personally thankour sponsors. Our mission hasbeen successful year afteryear because of the variety ofsponsors that choose to showtheir support in the form ofcash, in-kind contributions,man power, equipment, and supplies.This great Festival has evolved immensely over the yearsand so have the people who put it on. The founding membershad the foresight to build an event that makes a difference in thecommunity.After putting on an entertaining and growing event formany years, the past presidents, officers, board members andcommittee members have passed on to the current generationthe wisdom necessary to make future Festivals even better.We as Festival Officers hope to pass on the devotion, values,and tradition of the Festival to futuregenerations, as it was passed downto us by those who created andbuilt up this event.To all of our volunteers,those with event specificduties, festival membersand committee heads, whoput in countless hours andoften work year ‘round, Iwould like to give my heartfeltthanks. Without the effort putin by all these people, the SublimityHarvest Festival would not be the awardwinningevent that it has become today. I am proud to bepresident of this great organization.Lastly, I would like to say thanks to you, our patrons. We valueyour continuing support of the Sublimity Harvest Festival throughyour attendance and hope you will show that same support toour sponsors by utilizing their servicesthroughout the year.Without you, all the great thingsabout the Sublimity HarvestFestival would not be possible!Thank you and enjoy.—BJ Tuttle2011 Sublimity HarvestFestival Presidentwww.sublimityharvestfest.com2011 Sublimity HarvestFestival CommitteeOfficersBJ Tuttle, PresidentDaniel Urquhart, Vice PresidentBecky Silbernagel, SecretaryApril Urquhart, Treasurer2011 Board of DirectorsWayne Palmquist, CEOCarol Ditter, Board SecretaryDarlene Hendricks, CFODirectors: Jim Burns, RodneyLutgen, Noel Kuzma, and DanielUrquhart5