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NW Houston CCA Kid Fish: Here is the infofor our 2013 Kid fish.Date: Saturday, May 11. Time: 7am – 1pmat Sylvan Beach Park – Fishing Pier, in LaPorte. Rain or Shine! Lots of Prizes! Hotdogsfor all after the event along with the awards.Many thanks to Harris County Precinct 2,The City of La Porte and Linda’s Bait & Tacklefor their support of this annual program. CallBlayne Eversole for questions at 832-444-4579or email Theresa Sims, simstopdog@aol.comto RSVP.Our Annual Fund Raising Banquet isscheduled for Thursday, August 15th. This yearagain, the banquet will be held at the CrownePlaza – Houston Northwest located at 12801Northwest Freeway. (Pinemont @ Hwy 290).Get your tickets early by calling me (Blayne)or Alan Massey at 281- 414-6341. Dinner isserved at 7 pm and the auction soon thereafter.Please plan to attend and support the NWHouston Chapter of CCA. You can count on agreat venue and evening program.Our sincere thanks to both Houston Distributingand Academy. They are active sponsorsof our meetings and many events. We areespecially fortunate to have such great support.As a reminder, we are using email for meetingannouncements. If we don’t have your e-mailaddress and you would like to receive our announcements,please send your e-mail addressto js_declue@yahoo.com. — Blayne EversoleOrange CountyScott Bandy 409-988-3667sabandy@ymail.comAs we enter the months of May and June, it’sfull blown banquet planning time again. Aug 22is the date we have set. This year’s event willbe held in the brand new Orange County Conventionand Expo Center, so we will be able tohandle a larger crowd this year. Mark your calendarswith the date. This will be our chapter’s5th banquet and the biggest one yet! The nextchapter meeting will be on May13 at RobertsMeat Market and Steakhouse at 6:30 pm.If you would like to join the chapter or participatein the planning of the 2013 banquet, pleasecome to the meeting or contact Scott Bandyat409-988-3667 or Louis Moore at409-988-4845. –Scott BandyPiney WoodsJess Mowery 903-736-3891Port O’ConnorBill Moore 361-983-4690We're in the process of planning the 14th annualPOC CCA banquet and Auction, which isslated for Saturday, October 19. As usual, yourparticipation and ideas to improve this year’sbanquet are welcomed. Tables will again besold to individuals, groups, businesses or corporatesponsors. Be on the lookout for updatesand announcements over the next few monthson meetings. We are looking forward to seeingyou there and if you want to get involved,give us a call.Also, many of you reading this will be inthe POC area, July 17-20 for Poco Bueno.Come by and visit some of our banquet donors.See you at POCO in POC, “Where it allbegan.” –Bill MoorePrairieSharon Goebel 979-877-4103On April 4, we hosted our 16th annual CCAbanquet at the Cat Spring Hall. The eveningstarted with our cap and card game. There wereseven guns raffled off. With every cap purchased,there was a playing card attached to it.If that card was drawn the person won. Thanksto Westley Goebel for organizing the guns andthe game.Also, there was a pistol raffled in the onedollar raffle.We would like to thank MarkSwitzer and his helpers for putting together agreat live auction which included fishing andhunting trips as well as prints that were framedby Pat and Frances Sechelski.This year we had something different inthe live auction. It was a custom built proteinfeeder from Kenny Frank. Thanks to AcademySports and Outdoors and all the sponsors thatdonated items for the silent auction. Manythanks to Jerry Mikeska Catering for servingan outstanding meal of prime rib and shrimp.Also, we would like to thank Mandy Goebel,Erin Beaman, Jenifer Flantge, Amy Herbrig,Lori Cruz and Cassie Kasprowicz for sellingour five dollar raffle tickets as well as participat-Partners inconservationinitiativesAt Anheuser-Busch, focusing on environmentalsustainability is a keyissue. The company operates efficientlyto reduce water and energy use andincrease recycling in its facilities across thecountry. As part of this commitment to conservationefforts, the company has supported theCoastal Conservation Association in their missionto protect coastal resources.In addition to supporting CCA, Anheuser-Busch promotes outdoor sports and wildlife conservationin several ways, including a $10 millioninvestment in on-the-ground conservationistinitiatives.For the past 17 years, the company hadawarded the Conservationist of the Year,along with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.“Since 1995, the Budweiser Outdoors programhas celebrated and supported the passion,dedication and leadership of conservationistsacross the country,” said Bob Fishbeck, seniormanager for the Budweiser brands. “Weall have a responsibility to help protect ournatural resources and the work being done byCCA and other wildlife advocates is an inspirationfor all of us to follow.”Throughout the years, the Budweiser OutdoorsProgram has supported numerousconservation organizations.“Budweiser has become an important supporterof CCA, and we’re proud to be amongtheir many conservationist partners,” saidRobby Byers, executive director of CCATexas. “Our programs aim to conserve, protectand enhance our coasts for everyone toenjoy.”~18~