October 13th, 2013 minutes

The meeting of the Grand Lake Recreation Club was held Sunday, October 13th, at South Shore Sportsman’s Club.  President, Brad Fisher, brought the meeting to order.  Treasurer, Tom Scheib, gave the Treasurer’s Report and noted that we had an excellent report, the best we have had in a long time.  President, Brad Fisher, read the minutes from the meeting held September 8th.  Minutes were approved as read.  There were approximately 35 people present.

The next meeting will be held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. on November 10th at In Cahoots (the old Buck’s Inn).   

• Our Club continues to grow, as of today we have 97 paid members.
• Club Drawing for $10.00 was won by Bob & Kim Swick (who donated their winnings back to the Club, thanks Bob & Kim!)
• next club drawing will be $10.00!
• 50/50 drawing for $72.00 was won by Linda Rohde (who donated half her winnings back to the Club, and the other half to the Firefighter Stair Climb that benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society that Joe Frilling participates in. Thanks, Linda!)
• We had 9 people help with trash pickup and it only took 1/2 hour. This is the most we have had in a while. Thank you to all who came out.
• Results of the Gun Raffle:
  • It was a great success! 581 total tickets were sold. Our goal was to sell 500 tickets, so in an effort to keep the chances of winning along the same lines, we added two additional prizes.  Thank you to all who participated.
    • Remington 1911: Cain Warthman
    • Savage Axis: Bryan Miller (not the park guy)
    • Glock: Dan Foley of Centerville
    • Mossberg: Jacob Sigel of Fort Loramie
    • Ruger LCP: Jason Klosterman of Montezuma
    • $200 gift card to Kremer’s: Chris Enderud
    • $200 gift card to Kremer’s : Mike Schirack
  • Jason Plattner discussed a request for donation that the Club received from CampBearable. This camp is a Hospice related organization, that helps children deal with loss and has helped over 500 kids to date.  This year it is located in Maria Stein.  Bill Ringo moved to donate $100.00, this motion was seconded by Rick Nurrenbrock and after discussion, the motion was passed 15/3 in favor of donating $100.00.
  • The Grand Lake Rec Club’s golf outing had a smaller turnout than usual this year, due to conflicting community events – but a good time was still had by those that came out.
  • Our newest and youngest club member was introduced. Luke and Amy Ruane welcomed daughter Elise Marie into the world on September 27th.
  • Jason Plattner, Jamie Bubp and Tom Schieb recently took care of some logs on the lake and will try to hit up more beaches.
  • Kiene Recreation (419-384-3800, 4500 Rd R/Putnam Rd, Pandora, OH 45877, email:usedparts@fairpoint.net) is holding an open house/swap meet October 26th.  Kiene’s specializes in new and used parts, engines, snowmobiles and is a salvage yard too.
  • If anyone is interested, there are hunting maps of the lake available at the Park Office.
  • Events for the rest of the year and the upcoming year were discussed. It was agreed that having our meeting at the local establishments around the lake has worked well this year, and we will continue to do this at meetings going forward.  There was discussion on including private clubs like Eagles and Moose, and also on which bars close in the winter.  This is being looked into and will be discussed at the next meeting.
  • Brian Miller spoke at the meeting, he gave many updates, here are some of the highlights:
    • the lake level was currently 8.25 inches low
    • camping was good this year, with the 50% off camping, shelter houses, and docks. They are not sure if they will discounts these next year, it is still being decided.
    • they will be closing facilities in a couple weeks, they do every time around the end of October.
    • the LIA fishing tournament at the Eastbank Shelter House for the mentally & physically challenged children was a great success.
    • The Governor’s Cup was a success as well, thanks to LIA and business donations.
    • The road along West Bank’s spillway will be getting revitalized next year.
    • Dredging is going strong. So far 250,000 cubic yards have been dredged (222,000 were dredged last year).  they will dredge until November 18th.  If anyone has any ideas on where to put the mud that is dredged, please let us know.
    • They were not able to do stump removal this year, due to being short on manpower.
    • Brian thanked the Club the safety lights we donated earlier this year, they were much appreciated. He really enjoys working together with us.
    • it was brought up that there is no blinking light on Behm’s channel, this will be discussed.
    • they will also look into the oil derrick light not functioning properly.
    • there was talk of putting low water signs (at Harmon’s for example).
  • We would like to look into getting new T-shirts made up for the Club. If you have any designs or ideas for a great new shirt, let us know. Also, let us know if you know someone that designs and produces T-shirts that may be interested in producing for us.
  • With the weather getting colder, and snowmobile riding just around the corner, Brad reminded us to be respectful of property owners and to lookout for culverts, trees and ice.
  • As always, we continue to look for ideas for fundraisers and events for The Grand Lake Rec Club. Please let an officer know your idea, or respond to this email.
  • Denny Liette is looking into a football tailgate party, with a tentative date of Saturday November 2nd at Shockers. We will have 50/50, $5.00 all you can eat and more.  Once the details are finalized, Brad will get a flier out.

2014 Dues are being accepted now and include the rest of 2013

   (Thank You if you have paid your dues)

Respectfully submitted by Amy Ruane, Secretary