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March 2, 2010
Meetings & Events: Bass Unlimited Meeting: For those of you interested in helping plan the Bass Unlimited Banquet, our next meeting will be Monday, March 8th, 2010 at The Lodge at 6:00 PM in San Miguel State Park. The next Bass Unlimited meetings in March will be Monday March 22nd. General Membership March Meeting – will be held at 7:00 p.m. at The Lodge at San Miguel State Park on Thursday, March 4. Our entrée will be brisket and sausage, so please bring side dishes and desserts. Our guest speaker will be Tommy Martin, a guide and former Bass Classic winner from Hemphill. A representative of Williams Brothers will enlighten us about the advanced technology that went into the entertainment system they are donating for our BU raffle. March Board Meeting - The next Toledo Bend Lake Association Board meeting will be held at the “El Giro” Mexican Restaurant located at the Hwy. 6 and Hwy. 191 intersection on Tuesday March 16th at 6:00 PM. February Meeting Wrap Up – After enjoying delicious chicken and sausage gumbo cooked by Gloria Quebodeaux, this year’s Bass Unlimited poster artist, Becky Roy, was introduced to those gathered. (See info on the poster unveiling below.) David Sellers, of Tejas Energy Solutions, made a presentation about the benefits of installing solar panels at home, and Mike Davis won the 50/50 raffle. April Meeting (Poster Unveiling) – Our Bass Unlimited Poster Unveiling will be held at Cypress Bend Hotel at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 1. The artist, Becky Roy, will be there to sign the numbered prints which will be offered for purchase. The original poster and the #1 print will be auctioned to the highest bidder, so please bring your checkbooks! This will take the place of our monthly general membership meeting. Please note that this event is FREE and all are welcome. Delicious finger foods will be served, so no one need bring a covered dish. A cash bar will be available. Grand Raffle at Bass Unlimited – On the night of April 16th, the winning ticket of the complete entertainment system raffle will be drawn. Tickets will sell for $5 for one chance or $10 for three chances. We will be selling raffle tickets on week-ends at Bass Pro Shops in Bossier City and at area Wal-Marts, Brookshire Brothers, and Toledo Town. Members will be asked to sell raffle tickets either on your own or on week-ends at the previously mentioned locations. Please call Paula Pearson at (318) 590-2466 to volunteer to sell tickets locally or to get tickets mailed to you. Bass Unlimited is our only fundraiser. Without your help we would not be able to accomplish so much for Toledo Bend! Membership Notes: 2010 TBLA Membership Dues- the cost is $10.00 for an individual membership, $15.00 for a couple’s membership, or $25.00 for a business membership. If you need a membership application then please print the application off of this web site by clicking on the “Membership application” link at the bottom of this page. Fill it out then you can mail it in or better yet bring the completed application with your dues to our next membership meeting February 4th at “The Lodge” located inside the San Miguel State Park. Come meet everyone and have some food with us. Here is the address if you wish to mail in your check: Toledo Bend Lake Association P.O. Box 1031 Many, LA. 71449. If you joined TBLA during the last quarter of 2009, we consider that you have paid your dues for 2010. Welcome New Members– Becky and Ricky Roy of Many, Mike Shannon of Hemphill, Irvin Jacob of Noble, Noah (Bo) and Dianne Carrier of Zwolle, Dale and Mary Murphy of Burkeville, Texas, and Jackie and Roberta Cox of Toledo Village, Texas. Ongoing and Future Projects: There is always room for more projects and ideas. If you have any worthy project ideas just let us know, we would love to hear from you. Did you know that you can find a TBLA Project Funding Application form right here on this web site? Just download the PDF file and print a copy for yourself, fill out the form and mail it in or bring it to the next Board Meeting or General Membership Meeting. The TBLA board will review the application and let you know if it meets the criteria for approval; it’s just that simple. Bass Unlimited News: Tickets to the April 16th Toledo Bend Lake Associations 8th Annual Bass Unlimited Banquet & Auction are $40.00 in advance or $50.00 at the door with a complete table of 8 seats costing $320.00. Your ticket includes a bottomless beverage cup of non-alcohol or alcoholic beverages, a steak dinner with all the trimmings plus you are automatically entered for our many free door prizes which will be given away during the event. The Banquet is held outdoors under The Pavilion at Cypress Bend Park Marina, it all starts at 5 pm for Social Hour. For Bass Unlimited Tickets you can call Kathy Little at 318-256-6824 or Gaynell Goodeaux at 318-256-0501. There is no rain date for this event as it is held rain or shine. Artist Commissioned For 2010 Bass Unlimited Poster Becky Roy, artist, has been commissioned to create the 2010 Bass Unlimited (BU) Poster for the Toledo Bend Lake Association (TBLA). Mrs. Roy is a Toledo Bend Lake Artist and Art Educator at Natchitoches Magnet School. While living in the Sunset/Grand Coteau area she taught Art at Beau Chene High School in St. Landry Parish. She and her husband, Ricky, moved to the Lake in 2007 when Ricky accepted a work related transfer to the area. Artist Roy was a Graphic Artist for 20 years before receiving her B.S. degree in Art Education from USL (currently the University of Louisiana Lafayette.) Mrs. Roy has completed the original drawing from which the eighth annual limited edition BU Poster will be printed. The 2010 BU poster is sponsored by the Sabine Medical Center in Many. The poster unveiling is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 1, in the Grand Ballroom at Cypress Bend Resort on beautiful Toledo Bend Lake. Artist Roy will be at this function to personalize the numbered and signed posters. She will also be at the Bass Unlimited Banquet and Auction on Friday, April 16. The 2010 poster will sell for fifteen dollars ($15.00) each. The Bass Unlimited Poster Unveiling Gala on April 1 is open to the public. There is no admission charge. The Toledo Bend Lake Association is a group of citizens deeply interested in the community in which they live and are involved in the betterment of the Toledo Bend Lake area. The Association is not a political organization, nor does it have any affiliation with any state or federal agency. It is a non-profit organization. The Bass Unlimited Banquet and Auction is the Association’s major fundraiser. For more information about BU/TBLA, pre-paying, and having your poster personalized, and ready for immediate pick up after the Unveiling Auction, contact the Poster Coordinator Myra Smith at 318-645-5821. This year’s 2009 Bass Unlimited Poster is still being sold, a very nice piece of artwork at an affordable price! You can purchase your poster a few different ways; one is to attend one of our General Membership meetings and bring $15.00 for each poster you want. A second way is to send a check or Postal Money Order to: Myra N. Smith BU Poster Coordinator 386 Woodland Drive Zwolle, LA 71486-4912 The price for the Bass Unlimited Poster is $15.00 each and to have it shipped to your door there will be an additional $8.00 in shipping charges. Also if you order more than one poster they will put them all in one shipping tube to one address for the same $8.00 shipping charge. Make checks payable to: TBLA / BASS UNLIMITED. Dear Toledo Bend Lake Association Members This year our major raffle will be a complete entertainment system donated by Williams Brothers of Many. Volunteers are needed to sell raffle tickets at Bass Pro Shops in Bossier City every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (excluding Easter) until April 16th, the night of our Bass Unlimited Banquet when the drawing will be held. Locally, we need other groups of volunteers to sell raffle tickets on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays until BU. Our raffle tickets are printed and beginning this Friday, we need three volunteers to sell raffle tickets each day. Here’s where we plan to sell tickets locally in the next few weeks: Thursday, March 11 – Saturday, March 13 – don’t have a place set up yet Thursday, March 18 – Saturday, March 20 at Toledo Town (Texas Oilmen’s Bass Invitational Tournament) We will need three volunteers each Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to sell locally and three volunteers each Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to sell at Bass Pro Shops in Bossier City. If you would like to sell raffle tickets on your own, please call me at (318) 590-2466 or respond to this email and I can send some tickets to you. Thanks so much for your help. This is our ONLY fundraiser! The projects that we sponsor on Toledo Bend Reservoir are funded by proceeds from our Bass Unlimited Banquet and Auction. We need every member’s help. For those of you interested in helping plan the Bass Unlimited Banquet, our next meeting will be Monday, March 8th, 2010 at The Lodge at San Miguel State Park. Thanks, Paula Pearson Final Thoughts: As the new month starts please note that the fishing tournament trails have started up for the 2010 season. There are several of the Oil Field Tournaments scheduled for the next few weeks and I have heard there is even a 2010 Toledo Bend Bowfishing Classic coming to our lake. There will be 20 - 30 three men teams competing from 6 pm till 8 am on March 27th to weigh in their largest 20 rough fish. So those noises you hear on the water past dark and the lights you see in the middle of the night is not the mother ship coming to collect their young, it's just a bunch of people out there bowfishing for a few evenings. That’s about it for this month’s installment of the Latest News Page, thanks for checking in with us, we will see you all next month. Till next time, Please send your remarks or information to: ratltrap@valornet.com Jerry Lehman |
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