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Newsletter Kennebec Valley
Chapter - Trout Unlimited
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Mark Your Calendar
Wednesday, May 21: State Council Meeting
- Open to any TU members
Saturday, May 31: Alewives Festival
Fort Halifax Park, Winslow – Noon to Dusk – no admission
Monday, June 2nd: Directors'
Meeting
Last meeting of the season – open to any member
Saturday, June 7th, Trout Camp Casting Contest at Fly Fishing
Only
Held from 11:00am to 4:00pm – all
proceeds for Trout Camp
Saturday, June 14th, Spring Running, Augusta
All day event open to the public –
come celebrate the river.
Weekend of, June 27, 28, 29:
Chapter Outing
at Evergreen Camps in Solon
Tuesday, Sept 2nd at 6:30:
Where did
summer go? First fall Directors' Meeting
Monday, September
8th: First General Meeting
Weathervane
restaurant in Waterville, Catch up / Fish Tales (no formal program)
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Special notes: Please, take a moment to thank those who donated to the auction as you patronize their businesses a donor list is at the end of the newsletter. Keep it handy as a reminder of those businesses and people that generously donated.
Bamboo Rod
Raffle! KVCTU will sell
only 100 tickets for a 7-foot, two-piece, 2-tip 4-wt cane rod made by
Andy Klys, a Canadian rodmaker well known to the rodmaking world for his
skill and craftsmanship. A
blond rod accented with black tipping on the wraps and a black reel
seat, and accompanied by a hexagonal wooden case of fiddleback maple,
this small stream rod casts well from 15 to 40 feet.
Tickets are $10 each and available from the Directors.
Summary of Directors’ Meeting May
5th, 2008
Present:
Dan Marra, Dan Camann, Mike Holt, Carl Cote, Nancy Taylor, Don
Taylor, Jim Thibodeau, Dave Hedrick, David Van Burgel, Bruce Bowman,
Greg Ponte, George Viles, Sean McCormick, Greg Ponte, Mike Haskell,
Kathy Scott
Respectfully submitted by Kathy
Scott, Secretary
1) Call to Order:
By President
Dan Marra at 6:30 pm
2) Minutes of the previous
meeting:
Submitted by
Kathy Scott and approved
3) Treasurer’s Report:
Submitted by
Nancy Taylor and approved
- April
expenses at $ 4,311.63, income
$15,287.68, working capital $16,796.38
4) State Council update:
Wednesday, May
21st meeting (two a year) at the Sidney IFW Office at 7pm
5) National update:
New England
Meeting - Saturday (May 3): Greg Ponte presented on the Maine TU Trout
Camp. Vermont TU wants to come to the camp to look at doing one with
Orvis like we do with Beans and NY does with Cortland
Solicitations from TU National were a point of concern, as was
the TU National web site (note: it will have a children's interactive
web site within the present web site)
6) Committee reports / updates:
General meeting programs - Dan Camann
Note: June
2nd...last Directors' meeting before Fall
Note: First fall Directors' Meeting Tuesday Sept 2nd at 6:30
September 8: Chapter Meeting - Catch up / Fish Tales (no formal program)
October 13: Chapter Meeting - Nate Gray (tentative - Don Taylor will
check)
NOTE:
The Chapter Outing will be held immediately following the Trout
Camp at Evergreen Camps in Solon. Highlights will include the great camaraderie, a chicken
barbeque (pay your own) on Saturday night, and a group float and fish on
the Kennebec from Evergreens to North Anson.
Families are more than welcome, and anyone interested should
contact Evergreens directly to reserve a cabin, tent site or RV space.
Newsletter
- Committee Mike Holt
Target dates:
summary to Mike by May 12, distributed by 17th week of May
Casting
Contest:
Mike needs a
couple people the day before to set up the pool, as well help the day of
(David Hedrick and Mike Haskell - setup; Jimmy Thibodeau and Dan
Marra). Tent that morning -
George Viles. See
Mike if you'd like to volunteer.... its a fun fund raiser June 7th!
Healing Waters - Dave
Hedrick
Registration of
13 Maine TU members as scheduled volunteers is now in progress.
The bureaucracy encountered in this process has demonstrated that
the program would not have gone forward at Togas VAMC were it not for
the commitment and tenacity of Togas Recreation Therapist Terisa Olsen.
First outing of
the year for the Togas Vets will be to Gardiner Public Landing for
Alewife fishing from, 5pm until dark on May 28th:
Committees
Continued…
Atlantic Salmon
Federation - David Van Burgel/ Kathy Scott
Thick plastic
identification signs for Sandy River Atlantic salmon signs have been
ordered as well as posts (note: signs are now in).
Fry stocking in
Sheepscot this week if possible, fry traps much later
Summer meeting
will be held on June 28th
Maine ASF
Council committed $20,000 to Penobscot dam deconstruction as part of the Restoration Project(combined with the 3
Atlantic salmon clubs= $100,000 commitment)
Resource restoration, grants, etc. - Dan Marra
Halifax hearing
on the appeals – ongoing
Downeast
article by Jeff Clark circulated "The Dam That Wouldn't Leave"
(June issue)
Temperature
logger - DMR is loaning us eight (6 from Paul Christman to go with 2
from Scott Davis)... we'll put two above and four below, as suggested by
Jeff Reardon. Will measure
from May to September, recording every half hour.
Resource restoration, grants, etc.
continued…
Mike Holt will
coordinate (with Kathy Scott and David Van Burgel) A Kennebec County
Sheriff certified diver will put them in.
We're looking at thermal conditions in the river so that we might
be able to address that over the longer term as an important component
of habitat health.
Other Business
Auction update
- Thanks so much to everyone who helped, who donated, and who
participated. The banquet
income: $14,406.25 with a couple small bills yet... two items not
collected yet/ income yet to come in.
We will have net proceeds of over $12,000 - our best total in
years. This will help
provide great support to programs for the upcoming year.
Alewife
Festival - all set!
We might want to bring water and snack bars up to $50 (moved and
approved) for Bruce Bowman to purchase supplies. Publicity - Dave Hedrick will put in the paper (ask Travis
Barrett). Posters will be
e-mailed to Directors; please post the poster everywhere you can!!!
Urge your friends to come.
(Side note: that day, Irving will donate 5 cents of every gallon
to the Special Olympics.) Draft posters approved - add what else will be there?
Add to poster:
Displays and information booths
Bruce will e-mail people to be there when... tent set up, etc
Datis Award
We have one
painting By Jim Camann. He has given us permission to make prints for
the award. When we're received Abbott's work, we will be able to make 10
of this and 10 of Abbott's work for 20 years of awards.
Each print will be framed with a recognition plaque and high
quality print. Committee
needs to come up with a draft nomination form by the Sept Board Meeting
for review by the Directors.
By the October meeting, the Directors will approve a final draft.
Women's Day
No confirmation
on an available August date, but July 12th is free... also, can we help
with clean up the beavers' felled poplars at the Ponds?
Seven of the Directors are busy on July 12th. Bruce will talk with Rainbow Valley as an alternative site.
Special
Olympics June 7 Summer Games University of Maine (tying) Contact Bruce
Bowman 10am to 3 pm
Bamboo rod raffle
We reviewed a
draft of the tickets; the drawing date will be Saturday night at the
outing June 28th IF all of the 100 maximum at $10 tickets are sold.
Other business continued…
Carl will get
the tickets printed up. We
will put a description of the rod and the raffle in the newsletter.
Education
5 Kennebec kids
probably in at KVCTU, (4 first time, 1 second, and 2 for travel) June
2nd Board Meeting 6:30 Insert our terms into packet
Lawrence High School: Tuesdays, 7:30
Willie Grenier, Jimmy Thibodeau, Mike Haskell
LJHS First week of June: Kathy Scott
Farmington - Greg, Jimmy small program with grade 3 Mallet
School,
West Gardiner - Greg at Helen Thompson School
Wakefield and Wiscasset - Sean at Middle Schools
Adjourned 8:20 pm
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OK, who’s responsible for this?
Kennebec Valley Chapter, Trout Unlimited “Quiet Waters” is published monthly, September – May, and whenever else we feel like it and is available as a benefit of membership in Trout Unlimited and the Chapter. Additional free copies are available at selected area fly fishing supply shops. The Editor welcomes advice and contributions of material considered of interest to the members. Opinions expressed are those of the attributed author or of the Editor and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Kennebec Valley Chapter, its officers and directors, nor Trout Unlimited ®. The Editor reserves the right, at his sole discretion, to edit or reject material submitted.
Acting Newsletter Editor: Mike Holt. Email: ffo@maineflyfishing.com Chapter President – Dan Marra, Winslow, (207)872-2539. Email: dmarbleo@gwi.net Chapter Vice-President – Dan Camann, Winslow, (207)872-2355 Treasurer – Nancy Taylor, Kent's Hill Secretary – George Viles, Sidney
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