| Next Meeting: Wednesday November 5, 2008 2000 E. Main St. Griffith, IN 46319 (219) 884-4532 VOL. 34 November 2008 NO. 11 |
| Social Hour - 6:30 PM - Meeting Starts - 7:30 PM |
| COMING EVENTS |
November 2 - Daylight Savings Time Ends - Turn your clocks Back! November 4 - Election Day VOTE!! November 5 - General Membership Meeting November 7 - Pheasant, Quail and Rabbit Seasons Open November 11 - Lakes Committee Meeting November 11 - Veterans’ Day - THANK A VET! November 15 - Deer Firearm Season Opens November 18 - Board of Directors Meeting November 27 - Thanksgiving Day |
| REMEMBER TO GET HIP! (Harvest Information Program) 1-866-671-4499 or online @ www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild Click on ‘Hunting Overview” |
NOVEMBER GUEST SPEAKER Mr. Howard “Capt. Ski” Petroski will be our guest speaker this month. He will be discussing Lake Michigan fishing tips and techniques. He’s a good speaker; come out and give him a listen. 2009 MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE NOW This month’s newsletter comes to you as part of our annual mailing with a 2009 membership renewal card and a raffle ticket. The raffle is for a couple shotguns and an ammo case. The drawing will take place at our Wild Game Dinner on March 7, 2009. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. More tickets are available at any meeting or by contacting Don Jones. You may also get additional tickets to sell to friends, family and co-workers. Contact Don Jones for more info. Additional membership tickets are available as well, or you may simply use the coupon on the back of the newsletter (copies are also acceptable). You’ll want to renew your membership on time this year in order to avoid paying the increased fee to renew your access card. (See the keycard article). And our website now offers new, as well as, renewal memberships using a credit card and paypal. Check it out at www. lakecountyfishandgame.org. And, new this year, you may also buy your Game Dinner tickets on-line in the same manner. They will go on sale shortly. More on that later. KEYCARD GATE UPDATE Many special thanks to George Doppler, Bob Tortolano and their crew from Hyre Electric for their work in getting the electric run for our gate. If it is not in operation by the time you read this it will be fully operational in the very near future. THANKS, GUYS!! CLUB ELECTIONS Club elections for the 2009 calendar year will be held at our December meeting. (Dec. 3). Tim and Dave Kandelec will handle the election committee chores this year. To put your name on the ballot for a particular office, or as a member of the board, please contact either Tim or Dave. Nominations will also be taken from the floor, that night, prior to the balloting. We’re always looking for “new blood”. So if you’re feelin’ froggy...leap! KEYCARD FEES GOING UP The Board of Directors, at the Sept. meeting, approved an increase in the cost of keycards beginning next year. Annual dues will remain the same at $40 for adults, and $10 for youths 16 and younger. Next year the cost of a keycard will be increased to $25. What that means for you current members with keycards is that you want to make sure you keep your membership current (renewed by Dec. 31) because if you allow your membership to lapse your keycard will now cost $25 to renew. Renew your membership on time and your keycard still costs you nothing but the original $10 fee you paid. It also means that for those members who may have thought of obtaining a keycard, now is the time before the fee increase takes affect. This increase was put into place for the simple fact that the list of amenities afforded our members is growing. We’ll have a gate shortly that will be opened by the aforementioned keycard. Our Back Lake, consisting of approximately 18 acres of water, will be open to fishing sometime next year. (The official opening date is yet to be announced by the Lakes Committee). And the keycard system itself will have to be upgraded sometime in the future. The system we have is obsolete and no longer supported by the manufacturer and parts are no longer available. We have a commitment from a local supplier, who shall remain nameless for the time being, to donate some hardware and software while selling us other hardware items at their cost. This is down the road, not too far down the road but down the road nonetheless. The beauty is those of you with current keycards will be grandfathered into the new system, and receive new credentials based on the type of technology used, while new members, and those who procrastinated, will be paying the increased fee. Renew on time/save! DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS SUN. NOV. 2nd. TURN YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR!! |
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| Adult Membership - $40.00 annually Children 16 and Under - $10.00 annually. A plastic gate/door entry card is $10.00, as a one-time payment, provided your membership is renewed by December 31st. Lost cards are $10.00. Come and join us at the next meeting! |
| Calling for content: If you members have anything ( info, pictures etc ) That you think should be added. Email ME, call ME or see ME at the next meeting. Thanks, Mike E |
