The Des Moines Ike Newsletter
DES MOINES CHAPTER NEWSLETTER
DEFENDERS OF SOIL, AIR, WOODS, WATERS, AND WILDLIFE
 

February 17, 2004

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Longest Tail Feather Contest Results: 1st Place – Richard Hall – 24 ¾” 2nd Place – Kevin Frymiller – 24 5/8” 3rd Place – Chris McConilly – 24” 4th Place – Larry Naber – 23 ½” Thanks to the following for donating the prizes: Miller Hardware Dahls, 12th & Grand, West D.M. Dahls, 19th & Martin Luther King Pkwy. Shopper’s Supply, NE 14th Also, give a special thanks to “Wimpy” for obtaining these donations as well as setting up and running the contest.   Door prizes We are in need of door prizes for the weekly drawing.  See Mike Lucas if you can donate an item. Thanks to: Dahls,(Wayne Tendall), for the George Foreman Grill, 1/27/04. Cottman Transmission for the Ice Scrapers.

Calendar of Events 2/18 – 2/22    62nd Annual Des Moines Sport Show, Iowa State Fairgrounds – Varied Industries Bldg. 2/28 & 2/29    The 26th Annual Original Fishermen’s Swap Meet and Boat Show – 4-H Bldg., Iowa State Fairgrounds.  Sat. 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Sun 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.   Our Chapter will have a booth at the Swap Meet & Des Moines Sport Show.  We will need volunteers to work the booths.  See Rod Kent at the bar or call 285-2358 if you would like to volunteer.   3/5                Lenten Fish Fry 3/9                S.O.S. Meeting 6 p.m .- 7 p.m. 3/9                Lenten Fish Fry 3/30               Farmers Night 4/13               S.O.S. Meeting 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. 5/11               S.O.S. Meeting 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. 5/14 & 5/15    Ike’s Bass & Crappie Outing at Rathbun Lake 5/23               S.O.S. Monitoring/Cookout, Yender Creek 11 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 6/5                Youth & Family Fishing at Water Works Park 6/8                S.O.S. Meeting 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. 6/12               Special Persons Outing at Big Creek Lake 7/13               S.O.S. Meeting 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. 8/21               River Run – Garbage Grab

Menus and Program February 17 – Stuffed Iowa Chop – Program: Robin Fortney-Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge. February 24 – BBQ Ribs – Program:  Del Christensen-Iowa Water/SOS. IMPORTANT NOTICES: 1.      Lenten Fish Fry’s will be March 5th and 19th. 2.  Bartenders needed.  If interested in tending bar at Ikes, contact Larry Clark. 3.  We are accepting payment of 2004 dues at the door on Tuesday nights.   Note:  Hunting and fishing licenses may be purchased at the chapter house on Tuesday evenings.

Izaak Walton League
4343 George Flagg Parkway
Des Moines, Iowa 50321
515-244-3773
ialeague@qwestoffice.net
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