Happy Holidays from the SFEC!
Last Cast Tournament: The 9th annual Last Cast Tournament was a success with 25 anglers fishing and a perfect boating day on Saturday with calm seas and lots of fish. 1st place went to John Snee with a 23.4 pound striper, 2nd place Gary Riordan with a 22.2 pound striper, and 3rd place went to Chris Rodden with a 21.6 striper. Thanks to all who participated and came to the awards dinner.
2014 Elections, Christmas party, & food drive: On December 6, the Club held our annual Election Meeting and Christmas Party, it was also our annual Food Drive.
Officers for 2015:
President – Mike Olley
Vice-President/Webmaster – Sallie Callahan
Treasurer – Carmen Constantine
Administrative Assistant – Rob Coffey
Corresponding Secretary – Liz Hollinger
Recording Secretary – Rosemarie Whelan
Quartermaster – Herb Hollinger
Personnel Officer – Ed Di Marcantonio
Special Events Coordinator – Dave Ferguson
Public Relations – Randy Roash
Trustees – Ed Andress, Bud Lyon, Dick Omrod, & Bill Shillingford
Following the election, delicious food prepared by Bud Lyon & Ed Andress was enjoyed by all during our annual holiday party.
Food Drive – Donations, in the form of non-perishable food items or cash, are collected for the non-denominational Community Food Pantry at the Church of the Resurrection (St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish) in Marmora. The Food Drive was a big success this year, but the need doesn’t stop with Christmastime! Checks may be made out to COTR – Food Pantry. Please note SFEC in the memo section. All donations are tax-deductible.
Support for New Fishing Regulation –Bucktail Willie (Bill Shillingford) has been representing the SFEC in a number of different ways. Attached are two letters that Bucktail delivered to the New Jersey Marine Fisheries Council in concern for flounder and striper regulations for the year of 2015 and following years to come.
SFEC’s 30th Anniversary in 2015 – The board has requested ideas from the membership to make our 30th year more special and asked that these ideas be passed on to any Board member.
New Email Address for 2015 – I have had issues with this current email address in terms of getting newsletters out to the club members. As of 2015 the newsletters will be sent from a different email address. The address is: strathmerefishing@gmail.com please add this email address to your contact list so the emails do not go into your spam folder. Thank you.
Dues are due: After January 1, 2014 $35. After April 1, 2014 $45. Attached is a form to fill out and mail in with your dues payment, checks can be made payable to SFEC and mailed to SFEC PO Box 77 Strathmere, NJ 08248.
Upcoming Events: The next SFEC club meeting will be January 10th 2015. The meeting will be at 4PM at the Strathmere Firehouse. This meeting will include the finalization of the 2015 calendar. We hope to see you all there!!
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