WENATCHEE SPORTSMEN’S ASSOCIATION

                                                              

                                                                                                                                                                          

     Contacts                                                                                                                                                           Donated Game Meat Contacts

Ron Bruno – President                                                     Visit Our Website                                               Ron Bruno 884-9369

Gene Robards – Vice President                      www.wenatcheesportsmensassociation.com            George Komro 884-5359   

Randy Hein - Treasurer                                                                                                                                       Neal Fulwiler 663-9076                                 

Bill Stegeman – Secretary                                                                                                                                                                                                      

General Meeting:  December 15, 2009                                         Steel Workers Hall – 180 Rock Island Road – East Wenatchee

 

Game Feed Date Change:   The 2010 game feed will be Saturday, February 20th at Apple Annie’s in Cashmere.

Game Meat:  Ron Bruno reports he has enough of a variety of wild game meat and also enough deer and elk; however, he could use bear or one other meat.  If you plan to donate, Ron needs at least 60 lbs. to make a dish.  For info contact Ron at 884-9369 Cell: 679-2359 before February 1st.

Game Feed Tickets:  Game feed tickets will be available at the December meeting.  Adult membership is $20.00, game feed ticket will be $20.00.  Youth membership will be $15.00 and the game feed ticket $15.00.  Youth is considered to be age 17 and under.  Adult lifers must pay the $20.00 and youth lifers must pay $15.00 respectively for the 2010 game feed.  A great thought:  game feed tickets would make a great Christmas gift.

Game Feed Tickets Non-transferable:  Due to a host of problems generated during the game feed, any ticket purchased by an individual, can only be used by that individual and cannot be given to anyone else,  unless the receiver of the ticket is willing to purchase a membership to the Wenatchee Sportsmen’s Association in order to use that ticket.

 

Lifetime Memberships:  Reminder:  As approved in December of 2006 the lifetime membership is $500.00, which does include a jacket.

 

New Gambling Law:  According to the Gambling Commission Laws, any ticket that has been altered such as bent, folded, or otherwise mutilated in any way can not be accepted if drawn and must be thrown out.  Again, this is just an extension of what we have been doing the past couple of years.

 

Passing Of A Guard:  One of our long, long time members, Carl Fugitt, passed away in late October.  He was very active in our club for over 50 years.  Our thoughts go out to his wife and family.  We will miss your solid inputs Carl.

 

Changing Of The Guard:  When the time comes that the fire under the boiler doesn’t want to produce the same amount of heat as it did in the past, it is time to step aside and let someone else do the job with a lot more gusto.  I have enjoyed being your secretary for the past ten to twelve years and will be staying active in the club.  Thanks again to all who have given help and support.  Some of the responsibilities I did were:  picked up and delivered the club mail, purchased goodies each month for the meetings and located program speakers for each month.  Feel free to call me if you are interested, Bill Stegeman (663-7529 or cell 393-9528).

Hour & Miles Donated:  Ron Poppe say’s, “keep those hours and miles coming to him”.  They keep adding up.  His phone is 662-3957.

Help Needed:  Matt Gutzwiler is looking for volunteers to help do the turkey count later this winter.  If interested contact Matt at 663-1526.

Department Report:  Remember to report your fall mandatory harvest / non-harvest of bear, deer, elk and turkey.  You may do so by phone at 1-877-945-3492 or go to the internet site:  www.fishhuntdfw.wa.gov  A penalty will be applied to your next attempt to get a hunting license if you fail to report.  Due date is January 31st, 2010. 

  There is an opening on the game management advisory council.  Application due date is 5:00pm December 15th.  You can call Bill at 663-7529 for more info or contact Lori at the Department Office and ask for the new release on the position.

December Program:  Rollie Schmitten, the newly elected WDFW Commissioner, will be our featured speaker.  As mentioned last month, our “Little Big Horn” show has been put on the back burner due to lack of interest.  However, you are welcome to bring in your trophy to share at any meeting.

January Program:  All time will be allotted to the game feed.

Another Position To Open In The Club:  Ike Cummings is stepping down from his job doing the newsletter in June.  He feels if someone is interested it would be helpful to meet with him starting in April to see what is involved and could work with him to get the last couple newsletters out.  He does have all the information on computer discs to help in the transition.  The following are some of the things he does: supplies all the labels for mailing the newsletter, types the newsletter after receiving it from the secretary, gets it to and from the printer, labels and organizes by zip codes for bulk mailing and gets it to the post office, updates the roster for the mailings following the game feed each year.  You can contact Ike at 886-0894 for more information.

 

                                                 Ron Bruno – President                                             Bill Stegeman – Secretary