Mike Sprague - President Ron Bruno - Vice President Keith Boyd - Treasurer Bill Stegeman - Secretary

This is your gamefeed newsletter

Donated Game Meat Contacts Irv Garney 884-3071 Ron Bruno 884-9369 Neil Fulwiler

General Meeting:February 10, 2003 at 5:00 pm

Banquet/Tickets:February 10 is our game feed. Doors open at 5:00pm. Tickets should be picked up by February 1st. Only Ron Bruno (884-9369) or Gordy Goodwin (663-3620) may have tickets. Ticket prices are - Adult $35.00, youth (16 and under) $25.00 and Lifetime members $20.00. Be sure to show Lifetime membership card when buying your ticket.

Questionnaire:: Please fill out this year's game feed questionnaire. This one won't get thrown away and they will be tabulated and the results will be published.

Duck Cleaning:: Irv will need help to clean ducks and geese on February 6 at 6:00pm. Turn right on 18th NE (just before the 19th St. light on Sunset Highway and drive to 1725 N. Aurora.

Wallace Endowment Grant:Grant applications must be completed and submitted to Ron Fox by March 31, 2003. If you have any questions call Ron at 665-3383 or Larry Wadkins at 663-5870. Prizes: While prizes have not been assigned to raffles and games, the following is a list of items we have on hand at this time: wall tent; two 54 cal. Muzzleloader; snowshoes; Henry 22 (youth rifle), pepsi machine; 357 revolver; portable fish finder; Nikon spotting scope; BB gun; 5 nights and 6 days in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; gas bar BQ; maple or oak rolltop bread box.

Help Needed:: Your help could be used throughout the day cooking and setting up. Most of all, we need lots of help to clean up. This usually takes 1 to 2 hours.

Lifetime Membership Raffle:: Lifetime memberships are still available at $250.00. This is a one time fee. There will be two lifetime member raffles; one for existing lifetime members and the other will be the new lifetime members but there must be 5 new ones to have this raffle.

Banquets Coming Up::: Ducks Unlimited banquet is February 28th at the Eagles Lodge. Doors open at 5:00pm. Ticket sale and contact person is Ernie McCart at 884-4485. The "Boss Toms" (NWTF) banquet is March 8th at the Eagles Lodge and doors open at 4:30pm. Ticket sales and contact people are Ernie McCart at 884-4485 or Fred Barker at 662-5620.

Special Thanks:: A special thank you to Tracy manning and the Mule Deer Foundation for the hot dogs, chili and coffee provided during the three deer capture programs. It sure warmed the body.

Another Thank You:: Thanks to Mark Hallet and Rick Isaacson for providing a program since our scheduled program could not make it at the last meeting.

Department Report:Bob Perleberg is encouraging all of us regardless of special interest to contact our legislators (see names and addresses below) concerning WDFW cuts. They again want to consolidate regions 2 and 3. Their rationale is "our regions have such low densities they can't justify both." Look at our density on weekends and summer, when the west side takes over Eastern Washington. They want to do away with all customer service people at regional offices. Olympia's motto is Good Public Services!! They want to eliminate the sale of fishing and hunting licenses at all regional offices. This would probably eliminate Bob's job. The Olympia office of WDFW is making the recommended cuts to the Office of Financial Management. They in turn make recommendations to the legislature. Write letters of concerns to your local representatives and others in Olympia. The contact information listed can also be found in the new Hagadone phone book on page 36. Older phone books will have the same information. If you don't like writing letters you can call the legislative hotline at 1-800-562-6000.

Sen. Linda Evans Parlette 106-A Irving R. Newhouse Bldg. PO Box 40412 Olympia, WA 98504 360-786-7622

Rep. Gary Condotta PO Box 40600 Olympia, WA 98504 360-786-7954

Rep. Mike Armstrong PO Box 40600 Olympia, WA 98504 360-786-7832

e-mail:parlette_li@leg.wa.gov
Statewide freshwater lowland lake fishing opens April 26. You must report your hunting results regardless if you hunted or not. All cougar and bobcat kills must be checked by Bob at the Department Office. Bob has checked 5 male and 6 female cougars so far. March Program:: Matt Monda of the Ephrata office of the WDFW or a staff person will talk to the group about the Stevens Ranch. The department oversees the pay to hunt ranch.

Mike Sprague - President Bill Stegeman - Secretary

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