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President's Message
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2009 has come and gone and now it is 2010 but there are a few things in 2009 that I would like to cover. The Swap meet and Chili cook-off was well attended. Cyber Chili by Dennis Baker won the bragging rights, it was a tuff competition. To my embarrassment my chili came in last. I going to have to find out how many jalapeño peppers are in one of those little cans, the recipe called for two peppers.
The Holiday Pot Luck was standing room only. There was a great diversity of food and it was all good. Steve Reem brought his to–die-for flan again. The karaoke only produced two singers. One member stated “no alcohol - no karaoke”. I guess he had a point. Thanks to all that attended for making it a special evening. January 5th at the club house (7:00 pm) our student who received our GBF scholarship in 2009 will be giving a presentation on his thesis. Please show your support by attending this event.
Annual Dinner tickets are selling like hot cakes. The dinner is on March 27th at the Rocklin Sunset Center. This is a casual event, blue jeans are ok. There are three more general meetings where you can buy tickets or you can buy them via mail. Send a check to Bev Hagopian, 7124 Secret Garden Loop, Roseville, Ca. 95747, include name of participant and their telephone number. Tickets are $38 a piece. There is a limit of 200 tickets, so don’t procrastinate buy yours early.
2010 Membership
dues are due. At the January general meeting we will be having a
raffle for those members that paid their 2010 dues in 2009. Dues are
still $30 for single and $35 for a family. Fish outs and Clinics are
for members that have paid their dues so don’t miss out. You can also
mail your dues to Jerry Devlin, 13780 Blackwood Way, Auburn, Ca. 95602.
Better know a member: Sturmer White is a dedicated and expert member. Sturmer is running our casting clinics from basic to advanced. He is able to round up several of the expert casters in the club to help out at his clinics allowing for almost a one on one instruction. Sturmer is also the club’s knot expert. He holds clinics on knot tying every year. If you have a fly fishing question, Sturmer will have an answer. Thanks Sturmer for being you.
I am excited about 2010 and the club. We will be starting a youth program with Jack Donachy as the new youth chair. Art Livingston is lining up clinics. Ron Hayashi and Jim Holmes have plans for some great speakers. Dennis Baker has a new venue and a fresh approach for the annual dinner. Karl Wolff is working hard scheduling fishouts; of course, we always can use some more fishout leaders. Robin Egan is on top of the conservation issues. Wow, let 2010 begin.
Mike Howes President, Granite Bay Flycasters |
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