January 2014 - Evansville - Evansville Bend Power Squadron

Celebrating
our
35th
year
www.evansvillebend.org
January
2014
January 15 Meeting - Tow Boat Captain,
Randy Bowling, Safety Officer Jack Berry
Our first meeting of the new year
will be held on Wednesday, January
15th at Roca Bar North on Highway
41.
Captain Randy Bowling from
Crounse Corporation from Paducah
along with their safety officer, Jack
Berry, will be our guest speakers
who work for Crounse Corporation .
Randy has been a tow boat captain
for 20 years and navigates on the
Ohio, Green, Tombigbee, and upper
and lower Mississippi Rivers.
Since 1948, Crounse Corporation
has been an industry leader in the
river transportation industry. George
P. Crounse, Sr., was a native of St.
Paul, Minnesota. Prior to World War
II, he worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority and for Arrow Transportation, a river towing company
located in Sheffield, Alabama.
During those years he learned the
fundamentals of river transportation.
Commander:
Executive Officer:
Education Officer:
Administrative Officer:
Secretary/Treasurer:
Crounse Corporation, employs over
300 people and with a fleet of 35
towboats and 1122 barges it transports more than 30 million tons of
cargo each year along the U.S.
inland waterways. Crounse has become one of the largest carriers of
coal on the inland river system with
a reputation for superior service to
its customers.
Social time starts at 6pm and we
order off of the menu at 6:30pm.
Be sure and attend this meeting and
learn first hand about the adventures
of a captain on a tow boat.
Cdr. Derk Boss, AP
P/Stf/C Sam Richey, SN
P/D/C Janice Elwood, JN
Lt/C Steve Smith , S
Lt/C Jen Weber
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(812-470-1744)
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(812-401-8300)
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District 24
off of Hogue Road on Evansville’s
Westside. (see attached flyer).
As most of you
know, our Commander Derk has
moved to Las
Vegas for a better
job. He is very
busy getting settled
in and has asked
me to write this report for him.
For those of you who missed our Holiday
Party you missed a really good time and
the food was very good.
Thanks to Suzy and Jay Picking for making arrangements with Oak Meadows.
And special thanks to Janice Elwood for
taking care of reservations. Also we
raised $300.00 for Tri-State Food Bank.
We have a couple of things in the works
for education, SEO Janice will have
more about these in her report.
Sam Richey XO
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The Education dept is busy planning an
ABC (public) boating course class for
two Saturdays on January 18th and 25th,
2014. We have wanted to try the two
classes instead of 5 night classes for a
long time and this
seems to be the
time.
The location of the
classes will be at the
Perry Township Fire
and Rescue building
at 11 Williams Road
The time of the classes will be from
9 am to 4 pm with a lunch
break. We will cover the boating
course material on the first Saturday. The second Saturday there
will be a review of homework questions, exam, and offer an optional
overview of charting.
Course material cost will be $50
per manual. We will need proctors
to help with questions and grading
the exams.
Evansville Bend has been invited
to the Owensboro Boat and Recreation show that will be held in the
new Owensboro Convention Center on February 27th through March
2nd, 2014. I’m in the process in
finding out the hours of the show
and other details. The 10 x 10
booth has been donated to us by
the event promoter and sponsor
Ken Bruce the president & CEO of
Pro-Tech Marine. Once the
papers are signed I will be looking
for volunteers to work the booth.
I will have sign-up sheets at the
January and February meetings.
So check your calendars and plan
on helping us at our booth.
As you know, this is a great PR
occasion for the squadron.
Janice Elwood, Education Officer
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HOLIDAY PARTY WAS
A GREAT TIME!
Except for the “driving rain” storm all evening, everyone had a wonderful time at
our Holiday Party.
Members were all “decked-out” in their
holiday best.
people kept “taking” the ones that she
had selected. She could then take
someone else’s or select a new one.
Everyone was civil in the exchanges
and there were no “fights” over the
ornaments.
We had about 20 members in attendance.
The meeting was conducted by Executive
Officer, Sam Richey, in the absence of
Commander Derk Boss who now resides
in Las Vegas.
After a scrumptious meal and dessert, we
had an ornament exchange. An orna-
ment could be “taken’ from another member up to three time before being retired.
Gay Graper’s name was drawn first so
she chose the first ornament . In fact, she
selected the most ornaments because
HOLIDAY PARTY RAISED MONEY
FOR THE FOOD BANK
Described as eye-opening and
ground breaking!
As we dined at Oak Meadow Country
Club on excellent tasting food while
many people were eating less due to
their circumstances.
#1 recommended reading for Aging
Boaters!
For many years,
Evansville Bend has
used our Holiday
Party to collect
money and canned
goods. Thanks to the
many Evansville
Bend members who
made donations to the Tri-State Food
Bank of money and canned goods
at our Holiday Party held on December 21. A total of $200.00 was collected and a donation of $100 was
made from the EB treasury for a total
of $300.. ..
Regular Price $15.95 is offered for
$12.95 on the website shipped
within 24 hrs.
www.seniorboatersofamerica.com
Senior Boaters comfort gear also
helps support the WOUNDED
WARRIORS PROJECT.
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Thanks so much!!
—————————————————ATTENTION SENIOR BOATERS
According to the
USPS magazine
“The ENSIGN”
The Book for
Senior Boaters by former Coast
Guardsman and
USPS Member,
Jim Eastman
an extremely
popular handbook and guide
for aging boaters, would make
a GREAT GIFT!
They went on to say “his excellent
advice will help both retired people
new to boating as well as experienced
boaters”.
February Meeting - Wednesday
the 19th. Place and speaker TBA
March Meeting—Wednesday the
19th. Place and speaker TBA.
April Meeting—Saturday the 19th
for our annual Change of Watch.
Place TBA.