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Bayou Chapter, Ozark Society August 10, 2016

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BAYOU BYLINE

Calendar of Events

Our monthly meetings are held at Mickle Hall in the Carlisle Auditorium on Centenary College campus on the first floor. X marks the spot on the map.

Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month. (except December) Program starts at 6:30 pm. Business meeting follows. Plan to join us after the meeting for pizza and socializing.

August 2016

August

14 Jeems Bayou Float - contact Harvey Kennedy 318-617-7940 or [email protected]

16 Monthly Meeting - Kenn Crawford from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

20-21 Lake DeGray Triathlons - contact John & Cathy Joyce [email protected]

September

10 Dorcheat Bayou Float - contact Tom Goldman 318-751-6257 or [email protected]

20 Monthly Meeting - Clay Penninger

24 Wildlife & Fisheries Day at Bodcau contact Dick Maxwell 318-734-7949 or [email protected]

October

7-9 Ozark Society All Society Meeting at Petit Jean State Park

9 Shrine Man Half Ironman Triathlon - contact John & Cathy Joyce [email protected]

18 Monthly Meeting

This month’s speaker is Kenn Crawford from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Kenn will talk about recreational and conservation opportunities at Bodcau in addition to the plans for the upcoming Hunting and Fishing Festival scheduled for September 24.

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August 2 – Corey Welch’s Birthday August 4 – Aaron Williard’s Birthday

August 7 – River Cities Triathlon

August 16 - BCOS Monthly Meeting - Kenn Crawford from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

August 18 – Judie Martin’s Birthday (May be an almost naturalized Okie, but she don’t live in Muskogee) August 24 – Dick and Sherrie Maxwell will have been married 48 years on this day. What a woman!

August 27 – Linda Miller’s Birthday and Edith Farmer’s Birthday

Please let us know if there is a special day in August, i.e. birthday, wedding anniversary, day you got your braces on or off, etc. that does not appear in this section.

AUGUST “Special Days”

The Bodcau Dam and Reservoir is operated and maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a flood control, natural resource management, environmental stewardship and recreational multiple-use project. It extends 30 miles from the Lake Erling Dam in Arkansas to the Bodcau Dam at Bellevue with 33,500 acres of land open to the public for recreational purposes.

The area contains a wide range of wildlife habitat ranging from cypress swamps to upland pine and hardwood forests interspersed with grasslands and open fields. There are numerous seasonally flooded sloughs, beaver ponds, and large areas of flatland, bottomland and hardwood forests. Wildlife watching is a very popular year round activity on the Bodcau Wildlife Management Area. Non-game species such as great blue herons, several species of hawks, and barred horned and screech owls are common. Yellow, black and white, yellow-throated, magnolia, prairie and yellow-rumped warblers are regularly seen on the area. Numerous species of reptiles, amphibians and insects can also be seen.

Fishing opportunities include bass and bream fishing in addition to crawfishing during certain times. White-tailed deer, squirrel, rabbit, dove, quail, turkey, and waterfowl hunting opportunities exist on the Bodcau Wildlife Management Area during seasons.

BCOS members have enjoyed hiking, mountain biking, canoeing and camping at the Tom Merrill Recreation Area at Bodcau for many years. Some of us have participated in the annual orienteering event held in the spring. We have long participated in the National Hunting and Fishing Festival held in September with canoe and kayak instruction for visitors.

Bodcau Dam and Reservoir


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Classy Ads and Other Important StuffFor Sale: Marine/RV Battery--AutoCraft Deep Cycle. Purchased in 1/15. Has not been used in the last 6 months. Asking $75. Contact Anna at 318-470-6142.

The 18th Annual Butterfly Festival will be held Saturday September 17, 2016 at the Claiborne Parish Fairgrounds in Haynesville, Louisiana. If you’d like a flyer with more info, email me at [email protected] and I will email it to you.

If you are not receiving emails from BCOS and would like to, please contact Dee Jaye at [email protected] and let her know.

Once again it is time for y’all to put up with my ramblings. Activities for the month have been well attended and good times were had by those attending. The little misunderstanding at the meeting last month has been satisfactorily resolved and we are once again a small but cohesive unit. By the time you read this, we will have cleaned the duck ponds, floated the Sabine, and been safety boats for one practice and one race. We will also have had a fantastic time on the Jeems Bayou Float.

Our group is and will be saddened by the departure of John and Cathy Joyce who are in the process of moving to Arkansas. Prior to leaving they were kind enough to give the Chapter three life vests. I’m sure we will make good use of them.

On the 19th and 20th the Louisiana Wildlife Federation will hold a meeting at the Red River Refuge. Everyone is invited to attend an Open House Reception on the 19th from 6:00 - 9:00 PM welcoming LWF Board Members and local dignitaries. There will be food, a cash bar and silent auction. The public is invited.

On the 20th and 21st there is a Triathlon at Lake DeGray in AR. Safety Boats would be welcome.

The month of September will see a float on the Dorcheat on the 10th and the Bodcau Wildlife Fest on the 24th. Much help will be needed for that day.

I need everyone to be thinking about how they can help the Bayou Chapter in the coming year. We will need a Chairman, Vice Chairman, Treasurer and Secretary. Please consider volunteering for one of the positions.

Hope to see everyone at the August monthly meeting on Tuesday the 16th.

CHAIRMAN’S CORNER By: Dick Maxwell




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Bayou Chapter of the Ozark Society - July 19, 2016 minutesMeeting was called to order at 6:40 p.m. by Chairman Dick Maxwell. Our guests Jesse Heflin and David Greer were introduced and welcomed. Dick then introduced Gary Hackman, who stated tonight’s speakers are all of us, because we all sent in pictures for a slide presentation of various National Parks. Gary started with some basic information:

……………400 different sites are part of the park system……………Hot Springs was the first site……………Yellowstone was the first national park……………Devil’s Tower was the first national monument

The slides were grouped by national park, monument, cemeteries, etc. Not all states (nor Alaska and Hawaii) were represented by pictures; but MANY different states’ national parks were. This was a really gorgeous slide show presentation. Thank you, Gary, for putting so much time into it! Business meeting: After a brief break, the meeting was called to order at 7:37 p.m. Secretary: The June minutes were published in the July newsletter. Sandy Roerig moved that the minutes be accepted as published in the newsletter, and Ann Gibson seconded. Motion carried. Treasurer: No report Committee reports Newsletter: Great job, Marian, Sandy & Roy!Conservation: Sandy Roerig reported on fracking in Louisiana. There are 600 wells in the Gulf of Mexico, with billions of gallons of waste water going in to the gulf. More than half of the gas produced in the USA is done with fracking. Past Outings Triathlon safety boats for the Sunrise Swim club: John Joyce thanked those who came out. Colorado Ozark Society trip: Dee Jaye Teutsche and Kenneth Holdings reported how much fun they had. They did a lot of hiking, along with Barbie Halbert. Old Business Dick reminded us that BCOS members can rent a kayak with paddle and PFD for $10. If being used for service (triathlon safety boat), then there is no charge.

Upcoming Events July 23: Duck Pond Clean up; breakfast at Strawn's on Kings Hwy at 7-7:30; cleanup at 8:00July 30: Sabine River float from DeBerry. John & Cathy Joyce, contact persons.Aug 7: River Cities Triathlon. Jenny Hackman, contact personAug 14: Jeems Bayou float. Harvey Kennedy, contact personAug 19: Louisiana Wildlife Federation open house at Red River Wildlife Refuge Meeting Adjourned at 7:57 p.m.


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Shrine Man Triathlon Safety Boat Crew

Duck Pond Cleanup Crew


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For those of you who were not able to make it to breakfast at Strawn’s on Kings Highway, or to the Duck Pond on East Kings Highway on Saturday, July 23,2016, allow me to confirm your thought that it is summertime in Shreveport, Louisiana. As such, the temperature, and humidity, is something to be dealt with. In fact, it has been rumored that one participant suggested that they not be invited to another DPCU in July. With all the above considered, you still missed what all BCOS events turn out to be – an opportunity to visit friends with like interests and have some fun! The early bunch who met at Strawn’s around 7 A.M. consisted of John and Cathy Joyce, Dick Maxwell and Roy O’Neal. We not only had a great visit, but can attest to the fact that Strawn’s continues to serve a very good breakfast. The biscuits on this morning were so big that they were serving only one instead of the normal two with an order. Cathy’s omelet was enormous too, and provided the breakfast for her on Sunday. Sorry the rest of you missed it. The other BCOSers who were waiting at the parking lot, or showed up a little later, were Marian Howard, Sandy Roerig, Roger and Melinda West, Ann Gibson, and Gary, Jenny & Wheezy Hackman. No, it was not Wheezy’s first DPCU experience. Some of you will certainly remember the first. Strangely enough, Gary and Jenny did not bring their tandem canoe this time. Wonder why? Sandy brought her canoe, which she and Marian used to collect plenty of very interesting debris from the pond. Roget West had his kayak, and Melanie brought her “brand new to her” Old Town Rush kayak, which she was paddling for the first time. (When she revealed how much she had paid her friend for the boat, yours truly suggested she must have been wearing a mask when she made the deal.) Melanie hit the water like a real trouper and got back to the launch site after collecting her share of prizes. At this point I want to commend all those who manned their boats because the strange growth that is in the ponds now certainly create a daunting challenge for the paddlers. Good job folks. Everyone did a great job, and even though we collected only 14 bags of trash between the growth along the banks, and that previously mentioned in the water, those bags were tough to come by. A little side note – the duck pond area was a “hot spot” for Pokemon Go and there were a large number of people walking about with their eyes focused on their phones, searching for that little dude. I offered to capture him with my grabbers if I saw one, but somehow felt they did not think I was capable. Know what? They were right. Thanks to everyone who came out and got soaked with sweat that Saturday. I am committed to assuring that the next DPCU will not be as “H&H”.

Duck Pond Cleanup By: Roy O’Neal


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Ozark Colorado Trip

Barbie, Dee Jaye and Kenneth at Brown’s Creek

Daisy running Tiger Fang Falls on the Sabine Tom and Delores Goldman on the Sabine

Toni teaching water safety to Daisy on the Sabine Dick Maxwell serving cold watermelon on the Sabine


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2016 Membership Application

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I understand that a certain amount of risk is involved in the activities listed above and I agree Iwill not hold the Bayou Chapter Ozark Society, its officers, instructors, event leaders or othermembers responsible for any injuries I may receive participating in activities sponsored by theclub.

Signature: _______________________________________________ Date: ___________________

Return signed application with your $25 check to:Bayou Chapter of the Ozark SocietyP.O. Box 4693Shreveport, LA 71134

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