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The Des Moines
Ike Newsletter
DES MOINES
CHAPTER NEWSLETTER
DEFENDERS OF SOIL, AIR, WOODS,
WATERS, AND WILDLIFE
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5th Annual
River Run Garbage Grab
The 5th Annual River Run Garbage Grab is slated to take place
August 19 with an 8 AM check in at the Sycamore park boat ramp
on the Des Moines river. Check out will be approximately 2 PM at
Prospect park.
Volunteers are needed: To transport either people or vehicles
between Sycamore Park and Prospect Park; People with small boats
to pick up garbage and take it to the big DNR johnboat; To help
unload boats and put garbage in the bins at Prospect park; And
for general help.
After check out is completed all participating members and
guests will enjoy food, beverages and door prize drawings.
For more information contact Rod Kent 285-2358, Fred Noon
283-0227 or Jerry Starrett 262-4194.
Garbage Grab
Door Prizes
Note: We are in need of door prizes for the weekly drawing. See
Sony Satre, Program Chairman if you can donate an item.
Make sure you sign your dinner ticket to be eligible to win. You
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Young Ikes
Attend Youth Convention
Approximately 50 young Ikes from across the country met in
Springfield, Mo., during the League’s annual national
convention, for their own Youth Convention.
The Youth convention consisted of three days of education and
conservation kicked off by two workshops that dealt with
people’s effects on the economy and the environment. They saw
first hand how everyday actions affect water quality and
wildlife habitat. Later they had the opportunity to survey
wildlife in Missouri’s famous caves.
The highlight of the convention seemed to be when they teamed
with the City of Springfield, James River Basin Partnership, and
Watershed Committee for the Ozarks for a two day community
service project consisting of a stream cleanup at South Creek
and storm-drain stencil around downtown Springfield. The kids
removed close to 250 pounds of trash from South Creek. (Sounds a
little like our River Run garbage Grab, doesn’t it?)
Apparently these were children of Ike’s members attending the
National convention, but I’m not aware if any were children of
our chapter’s attendees. However, their efforts did not go
unnoticed by the local Springfield media. They were featured on
the business page of the July 21st Ozark News-Leader.
The above was gleaned from an IWLA press release written by
Debbie Veliz, National Youth Convention Coordinator. (Someone
needs to tell her about our excellent Uncle Ikes program led by
Mike Roland)
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Calendar of
Events
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Aug 8: SOS
Meeting, 6 PM to 7 PM.
Aug 9, 10 Hunter Safety Education Class
Aug 19: River Run Garbage Grab
Sept. 12 SOS Meeting 6 PM to 7 PM
Sept. 24 SOS Monitoring/Cookout, Yeader Creek 11 AM to 1 PM
Sept. 26 Uncle Ikes Meeting, (Craft Project-Bird Feeders) |
Menus and Programs
Aug. 8 – Walleye –
Program: Collin Allen, “Taxidermy Field Care”
Aug. 15 – BBQ Ribs – Program: Don Harr, DNR Wildlife Biologist, “DNR
25 Year Action Plan”
IMPORTANT NOTICES:
Aug. 19 - River Run
Garbage Grab, Volunteers needed.
Sept 13, 14 – Hunter Safety Education Class |
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