MAD RIVER CLUB’S NEWSLETTER

FEBRUARY 2011

P.O. BOX 171 PULASKI, NEW YORK 13142-0171 PHONE 387-5788

 

CALENDAR 0F UPCOMING EVENTS

Next Club Meeting: Friday, March 11th (regular mtg starts at 8:00pm
    Friday March 11th is the venison dinner starting at 6:30 followed by the regular mtg. Please bring a dish to pass. If you have venison to donate please have it in the club freezer by Wednesday March 9th  

MEETING: The regular meeting started at 8:00 with Lou McNett chairing the meeting.  

ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERSHIP: The following individuals were placed on the 30-day review list: Mike Armani sponsor George Lane, Brian Wallace sponsor Lou McNett, Jeffery Shirley sponsor Bill Shirley and Robert Cook Sponsor Lou Box. Moving to the permanent waiting list are: Frank Makein, Jason Brown, Dale Barhite, and Jeremy Graf.   

SICK AND AILING: The club members held a moment of silence for the passing of long time club member Paul Kelly. Dave Dano’s mother in law passed away. Bill Harnas continues to struggle with back issues since his surgery. Jeanie McNett is doing well from recent cataract surgery with another one scheduled later. Mike Akin is ill.  

Capital Improvement Fund: The club has over $7000.00 dollars in the capital improvement fund thanks to all the people who donated. We are waiting for grant approval from the NRA, which would provide additional funds for our building improvement.  

ICE Fishing Derby: The derby was a huge success with 177 children and adults registered to fish. There is a lot of work in making this derby a success so a BIG THANKS to Pete Peterson, Dick Brock, Darien Brock, Jim Cole, Paul Zemotel, Martin Clark, Matt Clark, Lou Box, Steven Zehr, Joe Cambell, Tim Crast, Tim Ridgeway, Jamie Ridgeway, Dave Vezendy, Lou Mcnett, Bob Cook, Brad Sidmore, and Rhonda Box.  

Federation Report: The annual Sportsman’s March on Albany is scheduled in April. Exact date to be determined. The Oswego County Federation will be sponsoring a bus. Contact Chuck Parker at 315-963-8413.  

Camping Chairman: The new camping chairman is Ken Creech phone number 732-431-1631  

Bass Derby Chairman: Erick Munson has taken over as the new Bass Derby Chairman phone number 607-849-6548.  

Fly fishing: Jim Lewis is giving a fly fishing seminar on Saturday April 9th. He is limiting this to the first 24 people who call and sign up. His number is 315-493-4649.

Nominations: Nomination committee  is reminding everyone that the nominations for all positions are open until March. If you want to nominate someone please notify Bob Shelmedine  or any board member know  

ITEMS OF INTEREST:

E-Mail: If people are having problems with getting the newsletter via e-mail I have received many mail delivery problems. Most of the messages are that the email account is not valid.  As I receive these error messages, I am going to transfer sending out the newsletter via email to letter form.  

Deer Kill: please report your deer take. This helps the club determine if certain leases are worth the money we are paying for them. See attached form.  

Facebook: Chuck Parker is starting a MRC facebook page. Contact Chuck if you have any pictures or stories you would like to see posted.  

Trout Derby. The derby is scheduled for June 25th.  

Security: Strawberry Lake property now has two locks. One is for the loggers and one for MRC members.

If anyone knows someone who could place a bid to parge and put in drainage tile around the clubhouse please let the BOD know. We are seeking bids for this job.

The MRC is looking for any volunteers for legal council. If interested or know someone who could help, please let a board member know.

Classifieds: If anyone is interested in selling or buying sporting goods, the newsletter can post the ads. Just drop the editor an e-mail and it will be added to the next letter (Shawn Allen  email: kallen2@twcny.rr.com

Newsletter Editor: Shawn Allen 343-2546, Assistant Newsletter Editor Todd Brown  633-5341

Club Officers: President Lou McNett 387-5339; 1st V.P. Chuck Parker 963-8413; Security 2nd V.P. Gary Crawford 677-5332; Treasurer Larry Perras 529-1594; Secretary Jason Crawford 682-2470; Financial Secretary John Horth 298-5212 Board Members: Duane Cole 387-6867,  John Pinzer 963-4863,  Gary Daniels 488-5575, Bill Harnas 232-3588, Stan Holland 232-4569, Doug Runions 598-3464, Bob Shelmidine 846-5054, George Lane 468-0659, Lloyd Caird 465-6225Committee Chairman: Building and Grounds Kevin Irwin 921-9500, Camping Ken Creech 732-431-1631, Trails Tim Howell 963-7330 Work Day Paul Newton 668-9617, Security Kent Taber 387-3871, Entertainment Committee Harold Zents 668-3477 Archery Committee Dick Brock 782-5977

Website of interest to MRC members; www.madriverclub.com, www.oswegocountyfederation.com, www.oswegcountysportsmensfoundation.com, www.nyscc.com     

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NEW YORK STATE CONSERVATION COUNCIL INC.

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