Meetings held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday, Monthly at 8:00pm Calendar of Events
Condolences: We are sending our sincerest Condolences to the families of Mike Collins and Joe Paradis. Horseshoe Banquet: On Saturday, March 1st, our Horseshoe league held their banquet. Approximately 55 folks attended the event. The hall was set up in horseshoe style and the prizes for the raffle were set up right in the middle for everyone to see. The event started out with a variety of hors d'oeuvres, and then a salad bar with garlic bread; then followed by a luscious prime rib and lobster dinner, accompanied by mixed vegetables and garlic oven roasted potatoes. The dessert table filled with cheesecake, brownies, cookies, fresh fruit, strawberry shortcake and vanilla ice cream with all the fixings, was a perfect ending to a perfect meal. Frenchie put together a fine crew that helped him with prepping and serving the meal. Awards were given out after the meal and a raffle was held. Phil Goodwin acted as the very capable MC for this part of the event. I don't think anyone went home hungry that night. Thanks to Brad and Pricilla Lovejoy who manage the league and coordinated the banquet each year and to the members who volunteered to work in the kitchen, the food was great as was the service. The new season starts on May 1st. Good Luck to all of you. Spring Fishing Commeth: It's just around the corner; you can feel it in your bones, the feel of a rod in your hands calls to you. Spring fishing, when the hands get wet and cold, and the sudden spring snow squall catches you by surprise. This is the time to get your tackle out, clean and lube those reels, re-line the spools, and polish those trout lures. We all do the same thing, fish all year then put the tackle box away. It needs to be clean people! Get it down off the shelf, open it up, and throw away the sluggo that's been torn apart by the last three pickerels of the season, replace those rusty hooks and sharpen the ones that need it. While you're at it, patch the leaks in the waders. Don't overlook the fly box, there is sure to be a few that are too beat up to reuse, and there are many more that will soon need to be replaced. The leaders and tippets need to be replaced on those fly lines, which also are in dire need of a good cleaning. Now is the time to get this done, not when you're at the waters edge. Spring Cleaning We would like to thank the folks that have been sprucing up the bar area. Spring cleaning got started a little early this year. We had a handful of people that took the reigns and got down to business by painting the walls, cleaning clocks, pictures, etc. and getting everything back up on the walls. Thank you for all your hard work. The bar area looks marvelous. The official club spring cleanup is 4/26/08. We generally get started around 9:00am. Any new members are encouraged to participate. The grounds, trap range and inside the club all need attention. The more folks we have participating, the more we can get done.
If you have turned 65 and have 5 years of membership you are entitled to a life membership. Please contact the club if this applies to you. Do you have an email address? Would you like to be notified via email about upcoming events? Please include your email address when you pay your dues this year. Or send an email to remillard_karen@emc.com and we'll add you to the database.
Welcome New Members: Tim Donovan, Brandon Johnson General Information: If you would like to post anything to the website, please send it to webmaster@woodvillerodandgun.com. If you have any questions, contact one of the members on the website committee Dennis Wadsworth "Webmaster", Lee Wright, Karen Remillard, or Jeff Gemski. Friendly reminder - We are always looking for help at the club events and functions. If you need to complete your 3 new member details, this is a way to do that. You see the club events published in this article. Mark them on your calendars as a reminder, check with your sponsor to see if anything is coming up or stop by the club and see what's happening. An extra pair of hands always makes the chore easier, and more fun! Remember...
Scholarship
The Woodville Rod & Gun Club of Hopkinton is offering a $500.00 scholarship to a student in the area who shows an interest in environmental education and is pursuing a degree in wildlife, habitat, fisheries or forestry management, environmental, wildlife or marine biology at an accredited college. Please check out the club's website for more information and an application form. www.woodvillerodandgun.com.
Other notes... When you are sponsoring someone for membership, please have the application fee handed in with the application form. The membership committee will review applications at their next scheduled meeting. The Membership committee will then schedule an appointment for the interview. If you have any questions, please contact someone on the Membership committee. The committee meets on the second Thursday of the month from 7:30pm to 8:15pm. New members, if you need to complete your 3 work details, we still have some functions coming up that would help fulfill this obligation. Remember, anytime we have a function at the hall, there is a job to be done. Ongoing, we can order jackets, shirts, etc. If you are interested in looking at these items please contact the club (508-435-4148). We have orange and green hats on hand, now embroidered ($8), and the newest item is a camouflaged version ($12), two styles. Please contact Cherryl if you would like to purchase a club jacket or other article of clothing. The bartenders can help with the hats, as they are usually in stock at the club. We added member hunting pictures! When new pictures have been added to our website, check them out at: www.woodvillerodandgun.com and click on the "Gallery". If you would like to post anything to the website please send it to webmaster@woodvillerodandgun.com. If you have any questions, contact one of the members on the website committee Dennis Wadsworth "Webmaster", Lee Wright, Karen Remillard, or Jeff Gemski.
Hall Rentals:
A deposit and contract are required to hold a date. Deposits are refunded at the end of the function once the hall has been cleaned. Children’s party rentals can be on Wednesday's or Thursday's only.
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