President's Message
by Stephen Shechtel
 

At the last Chapter Meeting, Rick Thompson was elected President. The following week Rick Thompson took control of many of the matters that came up at the Board Meeting. Rick's take is a charge person whom I know will do a great job as our president. Ed Susa was elected Vice President, Maureen Appleby returns as Secretary, and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Leuters jointly volunteered to an appointment as Treasurer following an unexpected availability of the position. To each and every one of our new Officers, thank you for volunteering and best of luck. When you are asked to volunteer for a Committee Assignment, just say YES!

Have you purchased your January meeting dinner ticket? At $27.00 per person, it remains a bargain. Your Board purposely subsidizes this event so that you and your significant other can come to enjoy an evening with your "other" (fishing) family. Mr. and Mrs. Leuters have organized another great event for Dutch's Daughter. The Chapter will be giving away many $100.00 gift certificates as door prizes. See: Leuters, Pellicott, Shechtel, or Thompson for tickets.

Are you ready for the Swap Meet? Ed Susa has done a great job in organizing our December Meeting & Swap Meet. The New Market VFD will serve dinner. There will be many vendors selling all sorts of equipment at reduced prices. If you want a table to sell your used stuff, it's free! Just ask Ed at:

Are you a member of CCA? If not, you should consider joining. CCA and MSSA are working closer than ever to preserve Maryland's aquatic environment. The decline to the Chesapeake Bay habitat must be reversed.

A recent survey of the Directors for MSSA revealed that most were members. For more information, please visit:
http://www.joincca.org/

Did you get to see Bill Johnson at the last meeting? Bill recently underwent painful back surgery. He still managed to make it to the meeting. Please join me in wishing him a speedy and painless recovery.

In case I do not have an opportunity to address you before 2007, I send best wishes to you and your families. May everyone have a healthy, happy, and prosperous holiday season and new year.

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Next Meeting

December 13 2006:

Food Service: starts at 6:00 pm

Dinner- Prepared by New Market Firehall For Only $6.00
Sloppy Joes
French Fries
Macaroni Salad
Dessert
Iced Tea (sweet & unsweetened) & Coffee


Meeting: starts at 7:00 pm

Speaker:
There will not be a speaker this month because we are having the Swap Meet.

Vendor:
none:

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Presidents message continued
In case I do not have an opportunity to address you before 2007, I send best wishes to you and your families. May everyone have a healthy, happy, and prosperous holiday season and new year.

Tight Lines to All. Stephen Shechtel

Kids and Fishing
Have you taken a child fishing lately? Did you know that every Frederick Chapter Tournament has a child's division? Did you know that there are special prizes reserved for children? If you took a child fishing, take a picture of the trophy and get a copy to us for publication. Ed Sousa is working on a children's fishing classic. Please see Ed if you have any ideas for the event.

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Upcoming Events

Flea Market this Month:
Don't forget we will have vendors like Tyler's Tackle, BKD, Alltackle and Squidnation to name a few. Also bring your new or used stuff you want to get rid of as we will have plenty of tables. Contact Ed Susa at 301-253-5597 or via email at:

for more information or to get a table/ tables. They are free to our members. Remember we will have raffles, prizes and food available.

Congratulations:
Congratulations to our current President Steve Shechtel, who will be the Vice President of the Main MSSA starting in 2007.

Upcoming Events

Dec 13 - Chapter Flea Market

Jan 10th - Dinner at Dutch's Daughter (need tickets to attend contact Jerry Leuters at 240-427-8929)

Jan 11-14 - Timonium Fishing Expo - Timonium Fairgrounds

Jan 20-21 - Chesapeake Fishing & Outdoor Expo - Upper Marlboro

Jan 20-28 - Chesapeake Bay Boat Show - Baltimore Convention Center

Feb 2-4 - MSSA Convention at Princess Royale in Ocean City

Feb 3 - Atlantic City Power Boat Show & Accessory Mart - See Chuck Mullaney to sign up

The MSSA is taking reservations for the Convention in OC. It's a great weekend getaway for only $320 per couple and this is all inclusive and includes a free hospitality room, a diner/dance on Saturday night and you room. Call the office at 410-255-5535 and they have a payment plan so only $100 is due now. The chapter has at least 10-12 people that go and we are looking to expand this to more. See the current issue of the Tidelines for more information.

JANUARY MEETING:
The Board of Directors has approved the Dinner Meeting to be on Wednesday night January 10 th.

2006 NMFS Migratory Species Permit
All permits expire in May. Remember to purchase your 2007 permit. The "permit shop" can be found at:
http://www.hmspermits.gov or
http://www.nmfspermits.com
Permits for 2007 cost $22.00.

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