Central Wisconsin Chapter of Trout Unlimited

Highlights from our 2012 Banquet

It seems like every year our Annual Fund Raising and Awards Banquet keeps getting better. The banquet is held every year to bring members and potential members together to get better aquainted, share some good stories, have fun, and recognize some of the members for their work and accomplishments. Another purpose of the banquet is to raise the needed funds for our conservations projects such as the stream restoration work and water monitoring. Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun and we ended up raising around $6,500 at this years banquet. A special thank you goes out to all of our sponsors, donors, and contributors that helped make this banquet successful. We would also like to thank Banquet Chair Laura Tucker and the banquet committee Linn Beck, Tracy Moran, David Seligman, John Tucker, Scott Grady, Bob Schaefer, and Bob Haase for putting this banquet together, and all those that attended this years banquet. If you have never attended one of our banquets it is a lot of fun and we have some great prizes. Our banquet is usually the first Saturday in October every year.

President Linn Beck is shown presenting Jim Murphy with the Brookie Award for his work in our Water Monitoring Program.

Jack Wahlers was presented the Curmudgeon Award. Jack is a long time member of our chapter and there are always a few stories that go along with this award. This is a traveling award that Jack gets to keep for the year, along with some great memories that he will keep forever.

Ira Giese was the winner of the Kayak donated by Outdoor Outlet in Appleton. Fishing out of a kayak is getting to be a lot more popular and I think Ira is going to have a lot of fun with this. We might even see him on the Bighorn River in this next year!

Thank you Outdoor Outlet in Appleton for your generous donation of the Kayak.

CWTU would like to thank the following Sponsors for 2012. The sponsors donate $300 to help fund the various projects of CWTU such as stream restoration work and water monitoring.

Dan Harmon III, Linn & Chelley Beck, Mike Schaeffers, Scott & Carolyn Grady, Jerry Strom, Richard Kraus, Keven Braden, Terry & Carol Beck, Michael San Dretto, Russ & Sue Bouck, John & Laura Tucker.

CWTU would like to thank the following businesses and individuals for their contributions and donations to the 2012 Banquet. We urge our members to partonize these conservation minded businesses and individuals for their support of this banquet and projects.

Businesses : Tim's Alignment (Pebbles), Oshkosh Office Systems (Oshkosh), Tightlines Fly Shop (DePere), Outdoor Outlet (Appleton), Driftless Angler (Viroqua), Russel Mocasins (Berlin), Dutch's Trading Post (Fond du Lac), Wautoma Farm Market (Wautoma), Scheels (Appleton), Beck's Meats (Ring, Oshkosh, & Kaukauna), Cabela's (Richfield Store), Green Bay Packers, Two Leggins Outfitters (Hardin, MT), Target Stores, Botanical Indulgence (Appleton), Wayne Yoder Auction Services (Wautoma), Kitz & Pfiel (Oshkosh), The Sportsman (Appleton)

Individuals: Scott & Carolyn Grady, Russ & Sue Bouck, John & Laura Tucker, Tim Landwehr, Pat Strom, Tom & Ella Poullette, Ira Giese, Bob Haase, Phil Gould, Conrad Schneider, Bob Hunt