CLUB MEETINGS ARE HELD THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH (Excluding December, January and February) AT THE

5 RIVERS DELTA RESOURCE CENTER (map) AT 7PM. SEE THE POSTS BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS!

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Current Club Coordinator: Tracy Lannie
MBCKC would like to express our appreciation to 5 Rivers and it's staff for all they do.

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Monday, November 30, 2009

December Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 1st at 7:00 pm in the Tensaw Theater at Five Rivers.
Amanda Cox, Engineer with Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding , is bringing a cypress strip 12' canoe that she is in the process of building. Amanda is an expert in wood construction and is using a very unique technique to build this canoe. Come look at this canoe and hear the details from Amanda on its construction! Also, Rob Nykvist will give us an overview of the excellent web resources he has developed on Local Launch Sites in our area.

November Notes
MBCKC held its Third Annual Photo Contest and a pot-luck dinner. There was plenty of good food and good photos to be shared. Thank you to Juli Day for all her efforts to make this event possible. Also, a big thank you to those sponsors who donated the prizes for the photo contest. Some really nice prizes were distributed. Prizes for the photo contest were donated by: Fairhope Boat Co., Alabama Outdoors, West Marine, Calagaz Photo, and Maggie Pyle. Another thanks to all of those who helped 'count votes'.



Upcoming Events and Paddles

Please remember to check the calendar for new paddle postings. Current paddles/events posted on calendar are:

November 1 - Gunnison Creek Paddle
November 1 - Kayak Stroke Refinement Class
November 15 - Byrnes Lake/Gravine Isl to Briar Creek Tributary
November 22 - Paddle - Launching from the Causeway

Thursday, November 05, 2009

October Notes and Paddles

November Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 3rd at 6:30 pm in the Long Leaf Room (immediately to the left of the Tensaw Theater). We will hold our 3rd Annual Photo Contest, Coastal Images, along with a potluck dinner. Bring your photos and a dish to share and enjoy the evening. Please note the time and place change for this special event!

Contest Rules:
Categories include : 1. Flora 2. Trees 3. Landscape/Waterscape 4. Boat (with or without Paddlers) 5. Animals/Wildlife 6. Birds
Photographs must be taken while on a paddle. Photographs may be in color or black and white and must be NO larger than 11x14. No digitally enhanced/altered photographs please. For judging purposes please title your entry. Awards will be given for each of the six categories listed above. Bring your mounted or framed photograph to the November 3rd meeting. Entries will be judged by MBCKC members. Attach the following information to the back of your entry: Name, Subject/Category, and Title

October Notes
Don Morrow of the Trust for Public Land explained the plans and process for the aquistion on Live Oak Landing. Stay tuned for future updates so that that we, as individuals, can voice our interest in seeing this land made available for public use.



Upcoming Events and Paddles

Please remember to check the calendar for new paddle postings. Current paddles/events posted on calendar are:

October 3 - Approximate date for the Island Apple Snail Removal Project. Please call Mobile Baykeeper for more info: (251)433-4229
October 10 - Phatwater Challenge http://www.kayakmississippi.com/phatwater/
October 10 - Fowl River Shoreline Assessment
October 15-22 - Paddle Florida (fall paddle) http://www.paddleflorida.org/
October 17 - Pedal or Paddle Trip
October 25 - Kayak Rolling and Bracing Class
October 29 - Bay Bash for more info go to: http://www.mobilebaykeeper.org/events/bay-bash
November 1 - Gunnison Creek Paddle
November 1 - Kayak Stroke Refinement Class