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November 20, 2009
Important Dates to Remember: December Meeting – Our Christmas celebration will be held at The Lodge at San Miguel at 7 p.m. on Thursday, December 3rd. A surprise vocalist will sing Christmas carols for us! There will be a $5 charge per person for the meal consisting of ham, dressing, gravy, sweet potato casserole, corn, cranberry sauce, rolls, and Mississippi Mud Pie for dessert. It is not necessary to bring a dish November Meeting – Our annual Thanksgiving meal was enjoyed at The Lodge at San Miguel on November 5th. Judy Wong, professional fisherlady and TBLA member, gave a very interesting talk about her latest Women’s Bassmaster Tour Championship. She was the only competitor from Louisiana and used her signature series rod from United Rodsmiths to capture the title. She even displayed the baits she used and described the weather conditions best suited to these particular baits. She has two Triton boat certificates for sale, redeemable at any Triton/Mercury dealer. If you are interested you may contact her at (318) 256-1090 or at judywong@bellsouth.net. Thanks, Judy! Pat Meshell was the lucky winner of the Mossberg .22 semi-automatic rifle. 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 December 15th at 6:00 PM. Membership Notes: Our Annual dues are coming up due at the first of the year, 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 one off of this web site by following the link at the bottom of the page. You can then mail it in or better yet bring the completed application with your dues to our next membership meeting, 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. Welcome New Members – Scott and Dionne Viator of Baton Rouge, Kyle and Madeline Viator of Broussard, Jim and Jan Simon, Anita Thedford, and Malcom and Cherry Williams, all of Many. 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. TBLA News Briefs: Bass Fingerling Release – This year’s release is set for Saturday, December 12th at 8 AM at Cypress Bend Marina, and is dedicated to the memory of William “Cuz” Daugherty, a TBLA member who passed away this year. Each vehicle will be given four bags of fish. Takers may come back to get more, but will need to get at the end of the line to ensure that all who want fish get some. You may want to take a large ice chest with you in which the bags can stand for the drive home. This annual event is not limited to TBLA members; the only requirement is that the fish be released into Toledo Bend Reservoir, not into a private pond. There is also something new with our monthly newsletter, just in case you haven’t noticed. In order to save postage costs and to try to reduce our printing costs plus we are trying to get the monthly newsletter to you sooner, we are emailing it to all members with email addresses; those without email addresses will receive theirs the standard way through the U.S. Postal Service. If you don’t have your email addresses submitted to Paula or if your email address has changed then please call or send your email address to Paula Pearson at (318) 590-2466 or tabgirl@hughes.net. Election of Board of Directors – It’s time to fill four slots for the upcoming year. The terms of J.C. Ashford, John Miller, Phil Medine, and Shelby Rogers expire at the end of 2009. John Miller and Phil Medine wish to throw their names in the hat to serve our organization for another three years. Please fill out the attached ballot and mail to TBLA at P.O. Box 1031, Many, LA 71449. Please note that each member is allowed 4 votes; a couple, therefore, is allowed 8 votes. You may also write in the name of a member if you so desire. The deadline for submitting ballots is December. Each member is allowed 4 votes. A couple is allowed 8 votes. You may also write in the name of a member not listed. Deadline for submission of ballots is December 1, 2009. Ballot for 2010 Board of Directors Please choose 4 of the following nominees: _______ Bill Adams _______ Ted Dove _______ Gaynell Goodeaux _______ Phil Medine _______ John Miller _______ Mike Randolph Write in _______________________________ Bass Unlimited News: This year’s Bass Unlimited Poster is on sale right now! 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 This year 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 you will have to add 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. Final Thoughts: Well here we are already past the half way point of November and Thanksgiving is in about a week and Christmas is just over a month away, can you believe that? Just where has 2009 gone to? It seems like it wasn’t too long ago we were all wondering about what was going to happen when we reached the year 2000, remember that? All the computers were supposed to crash, cars were going to stop running, electric power plants were going to shut down and Godzilla was supposed to leave Japan for a better climate in Hawaii. Ok, so you can believe what you want. 2010 is right around the corner, so I want all of you to stay safe during this Holiday season so we can all look forward to ringing in the New Year in about 6 weeks. Happy Thanksgiving to all! That’s about it for this month’s installment of the Latest News Page, thanks for checking in with us. Till next time, Please send your remarks or information to: ratltrap@valornet.com Jerry Lehman |
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