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President Randy Roash opened our meeting on Jan. 16th with the flag salute. Turnout was small, but everyone enjoyed the first SFEC Wine, Beer and Cheese Party. Randy introduced the new Executive Board for 2010 (see picture here): President – Randy Roash Vice-President - Bud Lyon Secretary - Rosemarie Whelan Treasurer - Ed DiMarcantonio Associate Treasurer - Ernie Phillips Corresponding Secretary - Kurt Henry Personnel Officer - Carole Jameson Special Activities Officer - Debbe Starr Public Relations Officer - Mike Olley Quartermaster - Rob Coffey Administrative Assistant - Herb Hollinger Jr. Executive Board Trustees - Bob Adam & Dick Shetler Secretary Rosemarie Whelan read the minutes from the December meeting and out-going Treasurer Dick Shetler finalized the 2009 fiscal year and finances going into 2010. Both reports were accepted. Vice-President Report - Bud Lyon discussed the popular topic of the saltwater registry. Club members including Bob Adam who is the chairperson for the Kids Tournament have a lot of questions about how this is going to work and if it will affect kids over 16 in our tournament. Hopefully we will get answers on March 13th at our Special Program. Invited quests include Jim Donofrio, director of the RFA, Tony Bogan from the SSFFF, Congressman Frank LoBiondo, State Senator Jeff VanDrew, and Assemblymen Albano and Milam. So please come out for this important meeting where we will be hearing more about the state license and federal registry, the revised Magnuson-Stevens Act, fish limits and seasons. Join us on March 13th at the firehouse at 4pm. Bud also spoke about the conditions at the local boat ramp and that a letter was going to be sent to the township mayor, engineer, and the head of the recreation department with hopes that improvements be made. Public Relations Officer Mike Olley asked that any tournament chairperson who wishes to promote their tournament contact him. You can reach Mike at:
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Special Activities Officer Debbe Starr reported that the Winter Social will take place on Feb. 20th at the Deauville Inn from 6pm to 10pm. The Southern Winter Social will also be taking place again at the same time for those folks that are in Florida. Mike Mazzeo tells us that on Feb. 20th they will be having their Social at Finz in Stuart, FL beginning with cocktails at 6pm and dinner at 7pm. They are going to try to hook up a live camera /computer at both locations so we can chat with our fellow members. For those of you who are going to be in the sunshine state in February please contact Mike for more information. You can e-mail him at:
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. For our Social here in frigid Strathmere tickets are $40 per person. If you plan on going please contact Debbe as soon as possible. She needs to know the number of people attending by Feb. 12th. Give her a call at 609-390-4718 or email her at
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or mail her a check at - 25 Lyndhurst Rd. Marmora, New Jersey 08223. Webmaster Ken Weaver invited everyone to view the club website and to contact him with any comments. Our web address is: www.strathmerefishing.org Corresponding Secretary Kurt Henry discussed design ideas for the club tournament shirt that will be coming out this spring. The club will continue to have Nightmare in Strathmere shirts and Kid’s surf-fishing T-shirts. Thank you cards were received from the Hollinger Family for the fruit basket that was sent to them and also from Colleen Gouza for donations received on her behalf for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Walk. A Thank you card was sent to Mary Field for the donation she sent to the club in memory of Bess Hollinger. Sick & Welfare - We sent get well wishes out to Al Higginbottom, Donna Turner, and Paul Callahan. It has been a tough winter on our club members and we hope that they are all feeling better. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to Ed DiMarcantonio whose father passed away recently. Please keep Ed and his family in your thoughts and prayers. New Members - S.F.E.C. welcomes two new members to the club, Steve Brown and Fran Nolan. We look forward to seeing both of you at our meetings. Membership Dues Reminder- The annual dues of $25.00 was due on Jan. 1st. For those of you that have forgotten, please send it in as soon as possible. Mail your check to: SFEC, PO Box 77, Strathmere, New Jersey 08248. Following the meeting a Wine, Beer, & Cheese party was held (picture here). Debbe Starr would like to thank all of you who participated. Special thanks to Wendy Dougherty, Linda Phillips, Bud Lyon, and Tom Starr for all of their help. UP-COMING EVENTS Feb. 20 Winter Social Deauville Inn 6pm to 10pm Mar. 1 Striper Tournament Begins (Cape May County) Mar. 13 Special Program/ Club Meeting Firehouse 4pm Apr. 24 Club Meeting Firehouse 4pm
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