Chapter News for July 17th, 2008 Meeting

Next meeting scheduled for July 31st, 2008. All meeting's for the rest of the year, will be held at the Cathedral of Joy, in Richland.

WOW, what a great meeting we had last night. Alot of energy, and excitement. We had 3 things to cover. 13 members attended, started at 7:10pm, over at 9:15pm. Mike Keller from the WSFG started the meeting and spoke about the "NEW" SAFE program available to farmers. The WSFG Dept is going to concentrate its efforts in the Columbia Basin (Map Handled Out). There are a TOTAL of 500 acres available at this time, state picks up 90% of start up acres, 10% is up to landowner ... The CBQF could partner up with other PF chapters to help finance the 10%, as long as the farmer is willing to open up to "Feel Free To Hunt", We'll scratch your back, you scratch ours! Kraig Paulson gave some good incite to the program, and more about how we (CBQF) can help get the word out. Next Mike Wetzler gave about a 25 min talk about his trip to Iowa for the "Focusing On Forever" Youth Workshop that the CBQF sent him to. Mike was very excited to share all, has pictures, some I can post - some I can't = ) ... Very exciting, and the CBQF got a steal of a deal on the whole package. I asked Mike "Would you go again next year?" of which he stated "In a heartbeat". Basically as it turns out, we can count on the cost, per person for next years event, right at about $600 per person for the 3 day event. We'll keep you posted on how this will be growing in the chapter. LAST but not least, we had banquet items to attend to, of which we got alot of business out of the way. Menu has been set for the banquet, posted in the Banquet '08 tab, ... The guns have been set aside for the banquet, steal of a deal on 8 !!! We will send out 350 invites to the banquet @ $1.00 a piece. Motion was brought across and seconded to write a check in the amount of $400 to our banquet chairperson Rose Berg for start up costs.

If you get a chance, read up on the event scheduled for Aug 23rd, 2008 at the Yakima Indian Reservation for Duck Banding, followed up with a BBQ Skeet & Trap shoot with the Yakima PF chapter, cost $20. Hope you can attend this event.

The website has been updated with our newest donation companys, under the "Affilates" tab ... Make sure you check out our newest banquet contributors.

~ Schedule of Upcoming Events ~

July 17th, 2008 - Next Chapter Meeting 7:00pm, Catheral Of Joy, Richland WA. Banquet Committee Meeting, discussing food, agenda, games and such for our Sept 27th '08 Annual Banquet.

July 31th, 2008 - Meeting scheduled 7:00pm, Cathedral Of Joy, Richland WA. Top 10 must do's for banquet, what have we got, where do we need to be.

August 14th, 2008 - Meeting Scheduled 7:00pm, Cathedral Of Joy, Richland WA. What else ... The Banquet!

August 28th,2008 - Chapter Event 7:00pm, Cathdral Of Joy, Richland, WA.

* The Columbia Basin Chapter of QF currently holds their monthly meeting every third Thursday of each month. The Cathedral of Joy is located at 1153 Gage Blvd in Richland. The public & media are encouraged to attend.