  North Platte Walleyes Unlimited takes to the road with its trailer. North Platte WU Newsletter Editor at Wyoming Game and Fish in Casper Our meetings are the first Thursday of the month We are getting close to our annual banquet. We have decided to cut back on the number of tickets to be sold to 400 so you should get yours now. We tried to solve the seating problem that came last year by having each ticket having an assigned table number. Each book of eight tickets all have the same table number. If you want to sit next to friends at an adjoining table shop early so you can get books of tickets with adjoining table numbers. At last month’s meeting, it was decided to put our Commissioners Tag up for sale on Ebay with a minimum starting bid of $6500 and a “buy it now” price of $10,000. The auction will run for 28 days which I think is the longest allowed on Ebay. As soon as we get something in hand we will put it up for sale. At each meeting we draw a name from our entire membership. If present that person wins a $100 gift certificate from Sportsman’s Warehouse. We up the ante $10 each month until we have a winner. Last months lucky loser was Edd Cardinal. At this months meeting the prize will be $120. We are very near having a PayPal account. This will enable us to have membership fees, toughman entries, banquet tickets, and maybe merchandise paid for online. Watch for links soon on our web site. We recently received a letter from the Natrona County Parks Dept asking for our participation in helping form a new master plan for the Pathfinder, Alcova, Gray reef recreation areas. The last master plan was created in 1982. The full letter and schedule for the upcoming meetings have been posted on our web site and I will have a few copies available at our February meeting. Our participation as a fishing club is scheduled for February 24th at 5:30 PM at the Ag extension building on fairgrounds road. We will be joined with the Casper flycasters club so protective gear may be required. If you care about the future of these recreation facilities, show up and let your voice be heard. We have had a small glitch in getting reimbursement for the last half of the Wyoming Game and Fish “Fish Wyoming” grant for 2009. It has been rectified and we should be receiving the money soon. We haven’t heard back from Game and Fish about whether our grant for this year was approved. Even if we don’t get a grant for 2010, we almost have enough fishing poles and tackle kits to make our two big events this year. I will suggest we purchase $3500 worth of rod, reel, tackle kits to assure we have enough to meet all needs for the year. One of our own, David Rice 61, the tournament fishing partner of our club president Brian Woodward, passed away this last week. David was a Viet Nam combat veteran and a professional fisherman who won every tourna- ment he entered in 2009. We offer our condolences to his family. He will be missed. We received this letter from the Wyoming Hunting and Fishing Heritage Expo group and think it should be shared. Please note the Platinum Sponsorship level is for those contributions that exceed $10,000 or more, the highest level. Dear Board Members, The Wyoming Game and Fish Department sincerely appreciates the North Platte Walleyes’ on-going support and participation in the WY Hunting & Fishing Heritage Expo. Receiving the Platinum Sponsorship of rod\reel combos this year helped with the production of our twelfth annual Expo, September 10th, 11th, and 12th 2009. The goal of the Expo is to instruct and introduce attendees, in conservation Education, ethics, stewardship and outdoor skills that stress the safe and responsible use of Wyoming’s wildlife and wild lands. With the help of your sponsorship, we are able to offer the one-of-a- kind educational event. The Expo provides a panorama of opportunities for Wyoming’s citizens to learn about our unique heritage of hunting, fishing and other forms of outdoor recreation that can be enjoyed by all. A strong emphasis is placed on the safe and ethical responsibility of anyone pursuing outdoor activities. Your Platinum level support enabled 11,976 citizens of Wyoming to experience an abundance of outdoor activities and encourages the retention and recruitment of hunters and anglers to continue this important heritage. The kids loved the free rod\reel combos!!! We have appreciated the past participation and sponsor support and we look forward to working with the North Platte Walleyes to be an exhibitor and Platinum Sponsor of the 2010 Expo. We look forward to working with you again for the 2010 Expo, Sept. 9th-11th. If you have any questions or to discuss how your organization can increase their Expo involvement, please feel free to contact me directly at (number available on request). Thank you for helping make the WY Hunting & Fishing Heritage Expo a reality. Wendy Hayes Expo Planning Office Wyoming Game & Fish Dept. Cheyenne, Wyoming Calendar of events February is National Grapefruit Month February 7th is Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbor Day February 18th is National Battery Day February 24th is National Tortilla Chip Day February 28th is Public Sleeping Day Notable quotes and space fillers I don’t know what makes you so stupid, but it really works! America is like a melting pot. The people at the bottom get burned, and the scum floats to the top. I think men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage. They’ve experienced pain and bought jewelry. These businesses support us We would like to thank again all the sponsors and donors to last year's banquet. We appreciate the support.
On the lighter side What is Celibacy? Celibacy can be a choice in life, or a condition imposed by circumstances. While attending a Marriage Weekend, My wife and I, listened to the instructor declare, ’It is essential that husbands and wives know the things that are important to each other..” He then addressed the men, ’Can you name and describe your wife’s favorite flower?’ I leaned over, touched my wife gently, and whispered, ’Gold Medal-All-Purpose, isn’t it?’ And thus began my life of celibacy....... A student's history of the world (One of the fringe benefits of being an English or history professor is receiving the occasional jewel of a student blooper in an essay or report. Here is the history of the world, pasted together from genuine student bloopers, collected by teachers throughout the U.S.) The Bible is full of interesting caricatures. In the first book of the Bible, Guinessis, Adam and Eve were created from an apple. A snake was present at the time. God got tired of creating the world, so He took the Sabbath off. Noah built an ark, which the animals came on to in pears. Noah’s wife was called Joan of Ark. Lot’s wife was a pillar of salt by day, but a ball of fire by night. Samson was a strongman who let himself be led astray by a Jezebel like Delilah. Ancient Egypt was inhabited by mummies, and they all wrote in hydraulics. They lived in the Sarah Dessert. The climate of the Sarah is such that the inhabitants have to live elsewhere. The Jews were a proud people and throughout history they had trouble with the Gentials. Moses led the Hebrews to the Red Sea, where they made unleavened bread, which is bread made without any ingredients. The Egyptians were all drowned in the dessert. Afterwards, Moses went up on Mount Cyanide to get the Ten Amendments. Moses died before he ever reached Canada. David was a Hebrew king skilled at playing the liar. He fought the Finkelsteins, a race of people who lived in Bibical times. Solomon, one of David’s sons, had 300 wives and 700 porcupines. The Greeks were a highly sculptured people, and without them we wouldn’t have history. They invented three kinds of columns -Corinthian, ironic, and dorc. Socrates was a famous Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. Socrates died from an overdose of wedlock. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline. Jesus was born because Mary had an immaculate contraption. When Mary heard that she was the mother of Jesus, she sang the Magna Carta. When the three wise guys from the east side arrived, they found Jesus in the manager. St. John, the Blacksmith, dumped water on his head. The people who followed the Lord were called the 12 decibels. One of the opossums was St. Matthew who was by profession a taximan. The epistles were the wives of the apostles. A Christian should have only one spouse. This is called monotony. Then came the Middle Ages when King Alfred conquered the Dames. King Arthur lived then with brave knights on prancing horses and beautiful women and Joan of Arc was canonized by Bernard Shaw and victims of the blue-bonnet plaque grew boobs on their necks. Finally, Magna Carta provided that no man should be hanged twice for the same offense. In midevil times people were alliterate. The greatest writer was Chaucer, who wrote many poems and verses and literature. During this time, people put on morality plays about ghosts, goblins, virgins, and other mythical creatures. The Renaissance was an age in which more individuals felt the value of their life. Martin Luther was nailed to the church door for selling papal indulgences. He died a horrible death, being excommunicated by a bull. It was painter Donatello’s interest in the female nude that made him the father of the Renaissance. It was an age of great inventions and discoveries. Gutenberg invented the Bible. Another important invention was the circulation of the blood. And Sir Francis Drake circumcised the world with a 100-foot clipper. Shakespeare was the greatest writer. In one of his plays, Hamlet rations out his situation by relieving himself in a long soliloquy. Then came the enlightenment. Voltaire invented electricity and also wrote a book called Candy. Gravity was invented by Isaac Walton. It is chiefly noticeable in autumn, when the apples are falling off trees. Johann Bach wrote a great many musical compositions and had a large number of children. In between, he practiced on an old spinster. Bach died from 1750 to the present. Bach was the most famous composer in the world, and so was Handel. Handel was half German, half Italian, and half English. Woody Tight Lines -- Woody G. |
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