  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 Another club Christmas party has come and gone and it seems like the food gets better and better. Bernard, owner of Silver Fox Restaurant and Lounge cooked the beef brisket and pork loin for us again and it was great. The side dishes also ranked high. Some business was conducted. The membership voted to donate $1000 to Joshua’s Warehouse and $300 to the Oasis Food Pantry, located in the College Heights Community Center. We had some drawings and Howard Ewart won the drawing for the club logo embroidered jacket. We had enough prizes for most attendees to win two items. I think a good time was had by all. At each club meeting we have a drawing from the entire membership list. If that member is present they win a $100 dollar gift certificate from Sportsman’s Warehouse. If no winner then we add $10 each month until we have a winner. At our Christmas party we guarantee a winner but it took 24 draws before Harv Gloe was the eventual winner. Club member Bob Gervais had noticed an letter to the editor of Fishing Club of America magazine from a member of the armed forced in Iraq. It requested some fishing gear that members of the military could check out to use during their down time. Bob checked out the validity of the letter and determined it was legitimate and suggested we donate some poles and tackle. It was voted on and approved, with 25 poles and tackle being shipped and should be in Iraq by the time you read this. With the new walleye length limit regulations in effect this month at Glendo Reservoir, new signs have gone up at all the boat ramps on the lake. Wyoming Game and Fish had asked if we would like to help fund the cost of the new signs, which we did. Our club logo is on each sign so we will now get the credit or blame for the new regs. It will take a few years to see if is working to get more and bigger fish at Glendo. Remember, all walleyes under 15” have to be released immediately. We now have new club stickers that are more weather and fade resistant. There is one included in this newsletter. You will notice the colors are more vibrant than the old “indoor” stickers. The new stickers can be removed more easily. We will also be giving out a sticker to all who attend our January meeting. Because of the economy it was decided to limit our banquet ticket sales to a maximum of 450 but probably to a more conservative 400. The tickets will be available at our January club meeting. One change is each ticket will be assigned a table number with each book of eight tickets all having the same table number. It is suggested that you buy your tickets early so friends and family can get the seating arrangements you desire. Some donations are starting to come in for our banquet. But we can really use some help in soliciting donations, so consider whether you know of any potential donors who might support our efforts. Anything will help. This is ice fishing season, which is not without inherent dangers. With that in mind we will be showing some short videos at our January meeting on how to deal with falling through the ice. There are quite informative and should help you or somebody you know prevent a tragedy. Calendar of events January is Oatmeal month January 1st is “Le Jour de l’An” the French new year’s day.....who knew?? January 6th is Bean Day January 10th is Peculiar People Day January 21st is Squirrel Appreciation Day Notable quotes and space fillers ”We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Con-gress.” - Will Rogers ”Half of the people in the world are below average.” - Anonymous. ”I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbor said ’Are you going to help?’ I said ’No, six should be enough.” - Les Dawson. 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 How slow can you go.... A man was driving when he saw the flash of a traffic camera. He figured that his picture had been taken for exceeding the limit, even though he knew that he was not speeding. Just to be sure, he went around the block and passed the same spot, driving even more slowly, but again the camera flashed. Now he began to think that this was quite funny, so he drove even slower as he passed the area again, but the traffic camera again flashed. He tried a fourth time with the same result. He did this a fifth time and was now laughing when the camera flashed as he rolled past, this time at a snail’s pace. Two weeks later, he got five tickets in the mail for driving without a seat belt. What grandchildren say... 1. She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter, as she’d done many times before. After she applied her lipstick and started to leave, the little one said, ”But Gramma, you forgot to kiss the toilet paper goodbye!” I will probably never put lipstick on again without thinking about kissing the toilet paper goodbye.” 2. My young grandson called the other day to wish me happy birthday. He asked me how old I was, and I told him, 62. My grandson was quiet for a moment, and then he asked, ”Did you start at 1?” 3. After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. Finally, she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard the 3-year-old say with a trembling voice, ”Who was THAT?” 4. A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like: ”We used to skate outside on a pond I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods.” The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this all in. At last she said, ”I sure wish I’d gotten to know you sooner!” 5. I didn’t know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me and was always correct. It was fun for me, so I continued. At last, she headed for the door, saying, ”Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of these yourself!” 5. My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, ”Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?” I mentally polished my halo and I said, ”No, how are we alike?’’ ”You’re both old,” he replied. Real 911 calls Dispatcher: 911 What is your emergency? Caller: I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house on the corner. Dispatcher: Do you have an address? Caller: No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why? Dispatcher: 911 What is your emergency? Caller: Someone broke into my house and took a bite out of my ham and cheese sandwich. Dispatcher: Excuse me? Caller: I made a ham and cheese sandwich and left it on the kitchen table and when I came back from the bathroom, someone had taken a bite out of it. Dispatcher: Was anything else taken? Caller: No, but this has happened to me before and I’m sick and tired of it! Dispatcher: 911 Caller: Yeah, I’m having trouble breathing. I’m all out of breath. Darn....I think I’m going to pass out. Dispatcher: Sir, where are you calling from? Caller: I’m at a pay phone. North and Foster. Dispatcher: ! Sir, an ambulance is on the way. Are you an asthmatic? Caller: No Dispatcher: What were you doing before you started having trouble breathing? Caller: Running from the Police. Dispatcher: 911 What is the nature of your emergency? Caller: I’m trying to reach nine eleven but my phone doesn’t have an eleven on it. Dispatcher: This is nine eleven. Caller: I thought you just said it was nine-one-one Dispatcher: Yes, ma’am nine-one-one and nine-eleven are the same thing. Caller: Honey, I may be old, but I’m not stupid. Dispatcher: 911 What’s the nature of your emergency? Caller: My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart Dispatcher: Is this her first child? Caller: No, you idiot! This is her husband! Divert your course This is supposed to be the transcript of an actual radio conversation between a US naval ship and Canadian authorities off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. The Radio conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations on Oct. 10, 1995. - Please change your direction 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision. - Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to South to avoid a collision. - This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course. - No. I say again, you divert YOUR course. - THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW! - This is a lighthouse. Your call. Woody Tight Lines -- Woody G. |
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