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What's
Happening
Memorial Ride for Dustin Basham
When: July 4, 2009
Where: Lake Cypress Fish Camp
Dustin was
passionate about air boating and brought a quiet sense of humor and a
worldly knowledge to the air boating community.
Dustin
was also passionate about youth hunting so the family is asking that you
make any contributions to the Future of Hunting in Florida in
Dustin’s memory. The address to remit
contributions is as follows:
FHF
P O Box 10949
Tallahassee, FL 32302
Checks should be made out to FHF.
You can write Dustin’s name in the memo line of the check/money order.
Airboaters
Appreciation Day Open House
On July 4th
at Lake Cypress Fish Camp from 10:30am – 2pm. FAA will host its 2nd
annual Airboaters Appreciation Day Open House. Where we hope to see
a good turnout from all Airboaters. This will be a history making
moment where airboaters have been recognized for their great
accomplishments. Please come to salute your heroes who work
diligently for your rights. Your gratitude will be the only pay they
receive for all their hard work and efforts.
Florida Airboat
Association wants you to come hungry to enjoy BBQ pork plate $10 with
door prize ticket from 11.45 AM –
12.45 PM.
This year FAA will have T-shirts for sale and a
raffle drawing will be held following the awards ceremony.
Airboaters Award Program that all FAA delegates have nominated and
voted on so come see who the big winners are:
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Horizon Airboater
Award |
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Airboating
Enthusiast Award |
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Woman
Airboating Enthusiast Award
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Youth
Airboating Enthusiast Award
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There will
be Guest speakers:
The events and times during the day
Guest speakers
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Introduction
of FAA board members and affiliates
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10:30 to 10:45
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George
Bryant (FWC boating advisory Council &
NARA) |
10:45 To 11:00
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Jay
Vetzel (EPA emissions standards for
airboat engines) |
11:00
to 11:15
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Bonnie
Basham (Marsh Rider Magazine)
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11:15 to 11:30
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Attorney
Charles Morehead (FAA v
Osceola County)
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11:30 to
11:45
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BBQ
dinner
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11:45 to
12:45
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Award
winners
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12:45
to 1:30
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Raffle
prizes
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1:30 to 2:00
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Let’s go
cool off and
get some
fresh air
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Saturday
evening
entertainment
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Lake Clean up
June 20th 2009
Thank you for all who took the time to
come out and help with the clean up.
Cracker was kind enough to send me a link
to his Flicker page just full of wonderful photos.
Crackers Photos.
<-Link
 Raffle Winner!
<-Link
Augusto Guell,
from Miami
was the happy Winner of the
continental 6 Cylinder 520 motor
Congratulations!
Club Election was @
our May 14th meeting. It was Standing room only, so needless to say the
turn out was GREAT! I hope that more meetings have that kind of turn
out. The club needs as many members to show up for every meeting. We can
do some great things if we all pull together. This is a Great Club,
Great because of the Wonderful people who are a part of it. Earl was
nice enough to bring some of the pictures he took at the meeting. If you
missed the meeting (or even if you didn't), take a look at the pictures.
Photos from Earl Because of a Typo on that part of the ballot, the election of the
new Board members was held at the
June 11th
meeting. Results
are listed below & can also be viewed on the
Club Officer's page & Board Members
page.
I would like to thank
all of the Of the Officers & Board members who have served in the
past and those Newly elected. It is because of your hard work that
the rest of us can enjoy everything our club has to offer.
Thanks Again!
New Club
Officers:
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Earl Stidham
President |
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Wayne Partin
Vice President |
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Art Munns
Treasurer |
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Charlene Partin
Secretary |
Board of Directors
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Jeffrey Bresinger |
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Rhonda Bresinger |
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Mike Hoadley |
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Tony Tozzolo |
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Skip Jones |
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Dan Kimble |
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Connie O'Dell |
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John L. Partin |
From
The Florida AirBoat Association web site:
Our
public water access rights are under a serious attack by local
governments. Once again, development-oriented county
commissioners have slapped us in the face. In Osceola County,
they have gone so far as to ban alligator hunting by airboat
after 11 p.m. on both East Lake Toho and
West Lake Toho.
To add insult to injury, they went so far as to even deny us
our right to speak at a public meeting. Dozens of Airboaters,
NRA members and other conservationists and sportsmen were
locked out of the decision-making process because we were not
allowed to speak during the public hearing.
By breaking their promise about gator hunting, the Osceola
Commission has now placed a year-round airboat
restriction/curfew on these two lakes. Of course, all other
type of vessels may hunt at any time during gator harvest
season.
To read
more about the action they have taken on our behalf please
visit their site @
http://www.floridaairboat.org
 Gator hunting updates Courtesy of
Phil Walters
For complete details @
Gator hunting Up dates
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The
May 27th issue of the Orlando Sentinel, had an interesting article
addressing
both Gator hunting and the Lawsuit filed
by the FAA.
Orlando
Sentinel Article 5/27/09
Subject: Re: BEST GATOR MOUNT CONTEST -- DEADLINE JUNE 10!!
Marsh Rider has received some really great
entries for our "best gator mount" contest.
The
deadline for entries was June 10th
We will run all the pictures in the next edition -- July/August and
ask readers to vote. The winner announced in September/October
edition.
Thanks
Bonnie
IMPORTANT NOTICE!
Toho Snail kite nests still active: Please avoid the areas delineated on
the Map.
Hats
$12.00-
T-Shirts
$15.00 -XX & XXX
$17.00
If
you want one or both, please let Charlene know by
calling
(321) 231-1960, they will be brought to the next meeting.
Visors are also available:
Camo,
Pink
and
Blue-
$15 each
please
call JR if you are interested.
Osceola Air Boat Association
NEXT MEETING - THURSDAY
July 9,
2009
FAT BOYS IN ST. CLOUD
@ 7:30pm
Links:
Check
back
soon
for
updates.
Thank
you
for
your
continued
support.
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