Thans for the info we needed that here wish them success


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Thanks for posting the schedule. Linda sent out a second e-mail with the letter in the "old" .doc form, so I did not have to upgrade my Word program to read the mail.
Linda also informed that the Bunco party will be on AUGUST 15
Cheers,
Richard

KREWE DU GRANDE BOIS
PARTY LIST

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR OUR UPCOMING EVENTS!!

August 5, 2009
Saturday 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

BUNCO
Del & Linda Manuel
434 Maude Road
Lake Charles, LA 70611
(337-855-9373)
******

September 19, 2009
Saturday 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Wine Tasting
Warren & Sara Vidrine
2019 Green Forest
Westlake, LA 70669
439-6668
******

November 14, 2009
Saturday 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Bon Fire
Mike & Sharlene Baldwin
165 Richey Reigle Road
Longville, LA 70652
337-725-6982
******

December 5, 2009
Saturday 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Christmas Party

Sam & Denise Hebert
3307 Henderson Bayou Road
Lake Charles, LA 70605
478-7060
REMEMBER TO BRING A SMALL SIDE DISH AND YOUR FAVORITE BEVERAGE TO EACH FUNCTION.

Could someone please copy and paste the latest Krewe letter here, I don't know how to open the file I received today
Thanks
Richard

Thanks ... I hope I can work out a trip and see everyone.


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Larry, Fred might not have enough space for your motor home, but one block North of his place, Ryan and Chavanne Streets, might be your place.
There are large empty lots. Last year there were a lot of cars and trucks
there. And then you would be close enough to visit with us at Fred's

Just be sure to stake your place early, around noon would be best.

Hi think I remember you all but in any case you could try Fred Gary as his place of business is right across from Casa Manna on Ryan Street His Phone # is 855-6917 good luck Melba Portinause
 
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If this board is still active, I have a question. As a displaced member as of 10 years ago, I can never forget the fun and fellowship we had. We have been in South Carolina for the last 10 years and miss our roots in Moss Bluff. I have a question... If we drive down in a motorhome for 2009, where could we find or reserve a place to park on the parade route?

Miss you all, Larry and Melissa Stagg
lstagg@charter.net staggm@charter.net

ALL KREWE MEMBERS SHOULD PRESS THE "Subsribe" BUTTON ABOVE!!!!!!!!!!!

Subject: Business Meeting


The annual Krewe Business Meeting will be held on Sunday, February 17th at 3:00 PM at the Sheriff's substation in Moss Bluff on Hwy 378 - next to the High School.

The agenda will include election of officers.

The current officers are as follows:

Linda Manuel, President
John Fontenot, Vice President
Jim Knapp, Treasurer
Helen Duhon, Secretary
Ann Melancon, Reporter

Please plan to attend this very important meeting and show support for your Krewe.

Thank you,

Linda Manuel

I want to post nothing as I dont know anything about gtopic I thought this was from my krewe giving me some info about meeting after mardi gras....sorry
 
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Melba,you posted your message on QickTopic
What else do you want to do? There is no lottery to be won,but
you can always write to all of us
about Al's girl friends you don't like. (-:
Happy Mardi Gras

Whoever sent this e mail tome Re Grande Boise news I got nothing and could not go to sites
 
 
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OK, Madame President, here is another invitation to subscribe----
and try to get more members to hit the subscibe button.
Richard

GREAT SURPRISE !
good job sending the Krewe newsletter out by e-mail.
I am pasting your newsletter here
It is easy to lose track of an e-mail. But one can always
log onto the forum again, for refrence.

MAY BE ALL KREWE MEMBERS SIGN UP FOR THE QUICKTOPIC FORUM
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UPCOMING EVENTS

Christmas Party – December 1, 2007 – Dalton & Linda Langford (558-6992)
      806 Inwood Drive
      Sulphur, LA

Directions: I-10 to Beglis Parkway – Turn South at stop sign – travel over I-10. Turn right into Inwood Subdivision. Second house on the left.

THURSDAY – JANUARY 3, 2008 12th Night – Civic Center – 7:00 PM

SATURDAY – JANUARY 12, FIRST KING CAKE PARTY
      HOSTS – RICHARD & CAREN DORE’
KC HALL – MOSS BLUFF - TELEPHONE ROAD
      7:00 PM – TILL (DJ AND DANCING)


BALL TABLE ASSIGNMENTS AND TICKETS WILL BE GIVEN AT THE FIRST KING CAKE PARTY.

*** IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THIS FUNCTION TO CHOOSE YOUR TABLE, PLEASE SEND A NOTE REQUESTING THAT SOMEONE ELSE SELECT YOUR TABLE FOR YOU. OTHERWISE, THE PRESIDENT WILL ASSIGN TABLES FOR THOSE NOT PRESENT. ***



THURSDAY – JANUARY 31, 2008 – DECORATE HALL FOR BALL
NEEDED: LADDERS, SCREW DRIVERS, STAPLERS, SCISSORS AND PEOPLE.
PLEASE COORDINATE WITH JODI & JOHN FONTENOT – PAGEANT DIRECTORS.



FRIDAY – FEBRUARY 1, 2008 – 28th Annual KREWE DU GRANDE BALL
      THEME – “MARDI GRAS FAIRYTALES”
Habibi - Pack Road - Lake Charles, LA
   7:00 – 8:00 PM – COURT PRESENTATION
   8:00 - Midnight – BALL dance to music of Kadallics

SATURDAY – FEBRUARY 2, 2008 GUMBO COOKOFF – 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM – CIVIC CENTER

SUNDAY – FEBRUARY 3, 2008 CHILDREN’S PARADE – 3:30 PM

MONDAY – FEBRUARY 4, 2008 ROYAL GALA – CIVIC CENTER – 7:00 PM

TUESDAY – FEBRUARY 5, 2008 KREWE OF KREWES PARADE – 5:30 PM
    

PLEASE BRING A COVERED DISH AND FAVORITE BEVERAGE TO EACH FUNCTION.


Have a very merry Christmas,


Linda Manuel, President

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Hi y'all
Ilse and I think that this fine forum could help so much with the communication of krewe members, especially if our krewe president would use it for announcements. (-:)
There are 16 subscribers only. Would all of you write in, so we know who you are? It would be nice, if everyone would help signing up another member, so this forum can grow in a hurry.
Cheers
Richard

Hi Melissa and Larry,
it was good to hear from you. Yes, this is Mardi Gras season and the Krewe has the second Kings Cake party this weekend. We are going to miss this function, because our son is getting married to a wonderful girl from Jeff Davis Parish.
We have some family here from Germany. They will stay until Ash Wednesday. There is Mardi Gras in Germany, but it is celebrated differently. I am sure our visitors will enjoy our ball and the other celebrations.
Go ahead and start a Krewe at your new location. May be we can exchange visits in the future, just like we did with the Krewe de Charly Sioux of Sioux City, Iowa.

Hi Grand Bois!!!, I sure miss you. Melissa and I were members in the 90's and the memories of our fellowship with you keep us going here in our new home... South Carolina. Mardi Gras, to the locals here means New Orleans, I have a difficult time explaining to them what WE were all about. I would like to begin a chapter here for the locals to let them know what we had, a real Mardi Gras orginization, what it is all about and extend our fellowship.
Thanks for the good years of fun and friendship, Have lots of fun this year........
Larry and Melissa Stagg
Any one who remembers us... I am at ......
lstagg@charter.net, Melissa is Staggm@charter.net

Looks like Ilse and I will miss our Krewe Christmas party..............
Just in case some members also want to cruise in December from Houston,
we want to share some bargain fare information.
Norwegian Dream is leaving on the 9th, 7 days, outside cabin including all fees and taxes --- $ 414.- p.p. with a $ 50.- per cabin shipboard credit.
Richard

Wow, great job Ann and Bobby! How nice it is to see the pictures of our parties. Please keep this up.
Richard and Ilse

The 2006 Mardi Gras event pictures can be viewed at the following link.

http://s91.photobucket.com/albums/k306/bhkershaw/

Bobby, this is the site you can use to announce where Ann's Krewe pix have been posted.
Richard

Waatch for the Krewe flyer in the mail for the upcoming events.

12th Night - 1/6/05 - Civic Center

1st King Cake Party - 1/20/06 - KC Hall 7PM - 10PM

2nd King Cake Party - Warren & Sara Vidrine's, 2019 Green Forest, Westlake, LA

Krewe Ball - Habibi - 2/24/06 7PM till

Linda Manuel, President

11-29-05 - DON'T FORGET THE CHRISTMAS PARTY AT DEL & LINDA MANUEL'S 12/3/05. DRESS IS CASUAL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE THERE.

LINDA

CHristmas party has been moved from the Mayeux's home to Del & Linda Manuel's. 434 Maude Road. Everything else remains the same. From Hwy 378 (Sam Houston Jones Parkway) turn on Reeves Road, turn right on Bozo Road, turn right on Maude Road - 3rd drive on right. Call 855-9373 if you get lost.

Hope to see everyone here! Old fashioned Christmas - caroling, firepit bonfires, etc.

Linda

Many thanks to Linda, Dale, Connie, A.D. and whoever was involved in providing this nice evening for us.
I am sorry for all of you guys who missed the good chili and the fun....
Ilse

Don't forget the Barn Dance tomorrow night (11/19/05)
KC Hall on East Telephone Road right off of 171. Chance to bring out your cowboy boots and do some dancing the "Rita blues" away. Bring a side dish and your own suds. 7PM - 11PM

Hope to see you all there!

Linda

All I know is that he has to have a very serious surgery. I will try to find out more and let you know. Linda
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We will - but what happened to Berk?

All Krewe Members - please place Berk Fontenot in your prayers and in your thoughts.

Linda

We have a barn dance scheduled for October 8th at the Managan Center in Westlake, LA. Dress is country casual. Prizes will be given to the best dressed "country casual" couple. Music, dancing, and fun -- snack trays only.

More to follow.

Linda Manuel
President

Richard
I just got the e-mail last night i'm sorry i miss last sunday.. We had our family came in town over weekend. Is good to see our krewe helping the people.. And the picture look geat... Let me know if ya'll doing again. I will start chcking my e-mail... You are doing great job.
denise

richard thanks for the info al and i are in New jersey since july 28 wont be home til probably Sept 20th glad to see the help the krewes and our city is doing to help those that are in such need we have been watching and praying the people up here are havin drives and sending people to help and offering places forour displaced people and for college students also sorry we arenot there tohelp but will be right there when we get back thanks again melba

Linda,I don't think you, as president of our krewe, should try to manage everything which comes along. You should keep the membership informed of what is going on, since it is you who most likely get the news from the Krewe of Krewes and related organizations. It is up to the membership to join in to do things we enjoy doing as a social club. Good communication is the key to all this. With today's technology, it is so easy to "spread the word". I was hoping that Quick Topic might be a good medium, but most members I e-mailed an invitation, did not even bother to sign up to get krewe information delivered to their desktop.
Hey, we are living the good life, when we can help other people in need, instead of having to accept someone else's help.

Richard, thanks so much for taking this responsibility for me. I'm indebted.
Linda

Here are some pictures of the Krewes dinner preparation at the C.C. this Sunday. It was a great success. They could even ship dinners to other locations like the Burton Coliseum. Krewe DuLac cooked their contribution under a tree close to the lake.

 http://www.krewedulac.com/evacuee/evacuee1.htm

Thanks, Linda; so far so good, but if we need it we'll call. Got three more in last night, but I think they're going somewhere else today.
Jim
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Richard, sorry, but we just got back in town from
Austin, Texas attending our nephews wedding. Vic and I went to the Civic Center before we left and took supplies for the evacuees. Let me know if there is anything else we can do.

Jim and Becky, Thanks for letting us know that you have family members that you are helping. My washing machine and dryer (and showers too) are available at your beck and call -- free of charge!
Linda

Hi, folks; Becky and I would love to help out in times like these, but we've got eleven here at our house from the north shore area; so our hands are full. got the kids enrolled in school here, since no telling how long before they can return to their mandeville schools. No flood damage, thank God, but plenty of structural damage from falling trees.

Best of luck to all.
Jim LaFargue
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Ilse and I will be going there. We will take some supplies.
I am amazed that so few members responded to our e-mails or left a message here on our board.

RIchard, I have not been contacted by any other Krewe Members who will be preparing the food other than yourself. Please advise either by phone or email.
Thanks, Linda

Here is some information from Don Menard about Sunday's cook-out
For anyone who hasn't yet heard, the Krewe of Krewes and The Mardi Gras Museum will be preparing and serving a spaghetti dinners Sunday evening at the Civic Center. Each of the krewes and any other organizations wanting to help, is being asked to provide enough spaghetti to feed 100 people. Our krewe, Krewe du Lac and our Pelican Coast Parrot Head Club will be participating together in the effort. We will begin cooking at noon Sunday on the south side of the CC in whatever shade we can find. We are looking for any donations to buy the ingredients to cook with, so if you'd like to help those poor displaced people, this is your chance. We'll take any amount you'd like to give. To make it as easy as possible for people to donate, we O.B.'s Bar and Grill on Ryan said they would be glad to hold donations for us if people want to drop them off there. So, please drop off any amounts you care to give to the effort, preferably in an envelope with Krewe du Lac or Parrot Head Club written on the outside and who is donating it. I'll be there this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon around 5pm to pick up the donations and drink a beer, in case anyone wants to come by and visit. We will give any extra donations not needed to buy supplies for the meal to the Red Cross from Krewe du Lac and the P.C.P.H.C..
Thank you all for being so generous and helpful with this project, it's for a worthy cause!
Take care and hope you can come socialize with us Sunday from noon till somewhere in the shade on the south side of the Civic Center. Bring your own drinks and lawn chairs.

Richard, I have not heard anything about the Krewe of Krewe dinner, but will call Amy Grimes to find out details.
Thanks for the info.
Linda

Richard - Jim and I would love to help out but Saturday we're going to Mandeville to help our son with his home which was damaged in the hurricane. Trees are on his roof and holes in his roof need to be plugged up before any rains come and further damage the inside of his home.

Linda, Ilse and I want to help out with the dinner the Krewe of Krewes are preparing this weekend at the C.C.
Do you know any details about that? When and where is the meeting point.

May be there are other members willing to meet there.Could someone possibly contact Bill Holleman and ask about some near outdated supplies from Market Basket stores, which we could distribute or use for ingredients for the meal.

Hi Krewe Members - I know of two of our krewe couples who have family members in their homes as a result of Katrina.
Dave & Cookie Phillips have 10 at their house.
Ted & Trudy Mayeux have 16 at their house.

Please think of them in your prayers and any help you can give them - extra pantry items, etc. would be appreciated. They have not asked for help, but I am, as President, asking you'all to help if you can -- just a phone call to see if there is anything you can do will be fine.

If there are others in the Krewe who have family members staying with them, please let us know.

Linda

Hi Linda
Sam and I will be there Saturday night. We will be an hour late. Save us seat.
denise

Hey Richard.....Thanks for reviving! This is a great method of communicating. Linda, Beckie & I won't make it Saturday night. My mother is selling her house in Bryan & we are going there this w/e to pick-up some furniture. Y'all have a really good "tooting" time & drink one for us!

JB & BB

Denise, just think of what the Indian headdress will do for your man! And don't forget to give him his bow and arrow. (-:))
Richard

Hey I signed up and I think is great idea thank Richard.
I will talk to Sam about Saturday night. I will get back with you by tomorrow.
Denise

OK Richard, I signed up again also.
Good - Will see you all Saturday night. We are cooking Chuckwagon Chili with Out On the Range Beans! We ought to have a "tooting" good time!
Linda

Well - I signed up again and hope that y'all will do the same, so we can communicate easier.
Looking forward to Saturday...
Ilse

I would like to welcome all new and old Krewe members to this forum. It has been a long time, since we used these pages. May be now, all of us are more comfortable on our keyboards and embrace the available technology to be better informed and have more fun communicating.

All members should subscribe to automatically get an e-mail, when one of us enters a message. I hope we will get plenty of responses to all subjects raised and lies
told (-:)) right here on OUR BULLETIN BOARD.

Thank you so much Sam & Denise for a wonderful evening at your lovely camp. The cooks did a wonderful job. Thanks Richard for the pictures.

Thanks Richard enjoyed the pics what a great day we had thanks to Denise and Sam and the wonderful cooks and our great Pres. V Pres and events chairperson It was a day to remember Love Melba

PS Alex I want your secret

Edited by author 05-25-2003 11:07 PM
I uploaded a few pictures of the sea food boil to my photo album. Members are welcome to visit there.
Thanks Denise and Sam for inviting the krewe to your beautiful camp.

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/cajunkraut1/lst...//photos.yahoo.com/

I hope that this link will work. ^o^

GO ALEX!!!!

Wow......!!!!
Loosing 24 pounds that is quite an accomplishment, Sexy. Oops - I mean Alex.

Congratulations Alex, Lent must have it's influence on you.
Keep up the calorie fight, but also make plans on how to handle all the hot women begging you for favours. (-:))

Thanks for the picture entry Richard you made Myra's day. As for the sexy guy needing to tighten up his belt at least one notch tell my friend Ilse that I have successfully tightened it up 2 notches so far. I have lost 24 lbs. and really plan to rejoin the planet called earth before I finish my goal. I would like to become a recreational runner again. You now it is hard to look at me and believe I was once a marathoner. But, that's enough about me. I hope you folks are ready for spring. It is certainly almost that time. Will see you soon............God bless America.�D;
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I put a new picture onto the Krewe web site.
Sexy guy, Ilse says-- if his belt would be one notch tighter.

http://grandebois.tripod.com/

This looks like a great way to communicate and save on postage for the krewe, too. Be sure and make people aware of it at the business meeting on Sun.

Beckie & I signed to receive messages as they are posted. Receiving the newsletter via e-mail is preferred. Hopefully, this will have much support. Thanks Richard!

Helen, I just subscribed to the "Grande Bois News" and it's a good way to send me the Krewe newsletters. Thanks, too, to Richard for setting this up for us!

Fellow members, I just received my Krewe snail mail and scanned it for you, as a test. If you think receiving it in this form would be sufficient, then leave a word here for Helen and the prez of our Krewe.
Richard


KREWE DU GRANDE BOIS March 7, 2003

Krewe Members:

Thank you so much for your support throughout the year, it was truly a great experience. The committee members did a super job, along with the court. I am not going to mention names in fear of omitting one, but thanks to everyone that worked so diligently to make this year a success.

Our krewe business meeting has been set as follows:

Date: Sunday, March 16, 2003
Place: Sheriffs Department - Moss Bluff Station
Time: 3:00PM

If you have something that you want discussed at the meeting, please call and I will place it on the agenda; 855-8947 no later than 3/13/03

The appreciation dinner for King Peto Sellers and Queen Tina Sellers and their royal court of 2003 has been set as follows:

Date: Saturday, March 29, 2003
Place: Harris’s Restaurant in Hayes, Louisiana
Time: 6:30 PM

Congratulations to the King and Queen and their royal Dukes an Duchess the presentation of your court was absolutely fabulous!

Sincerely,


Sharon Ezell
President

     March 2003
There is life on our Krewe Message Board this season!!!!
 
I re-subscribed and would like to invite all Krewe members to do the same. I guess we should answer greetings, like the message below, in the future.
May be we could get Manual Duhon to publish the Krewe calendar here?
Y'all write in sometime....it's easy

Happy Mardi Gras to my friends to the West ( Marty,Tarra,Alex&Myra,Fred&Peg,Petoe,and my Papa Berk) hope I didn't forget anyone. From the Plaquemine Krew of Okeanos and your cuzan Vinny. Let the good times roll.

I've been out of town a lot but when is the next king cake party and where?

Hi guys, Im new in town and Im interested in all parades in every town all over Louisana area. Anyone have any idea or suggestions abt the schedules for parades 2003. Please post back and I'll ck again later. Happy Mardi Gardi!!

     Thanks to Linda and Dale Manuel for a wonderful evening in their home. This was a very comfortable king cake party to kick off the new year. Good luck to all of you who are involved with this years pagent. Most of us know what time and energy it takes to just survive it. Linda I am sure is already worn out with all she has to do. For the record may I say thanks for what you have done as what you will do in the future for our Krewe. My wish for the new year is to have everyone around us realize what you are worth to us all.
                           Alex Butler

Hey just checked out the new message board (new to me)it looks great!

We had a beautiful day on the Whiskey Chitto River. Thank you LaRetta for organizing the canoe trip. Thanks to the Baldwins for welcoming the krewe members to their camp.
Try this link for some pictures:
http://photos.lycos.com/AUTH/PhotoCenter/P...u9tcq98c&AID=234236

I just clicked the address below, it worked for me (again)
I really don't know what else to suggest to you.
Maybe it does not work on company time? (grin)

Richard, I could not get into Ann's Snapfish photo album. I opened account but it said album not available.

Ann and Leonard Melancon posted the Krewe's pictures of the Spring steak BBQ on Snapfish.com
Here is the address:
http://www.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=2495740/t_=9097
Ann, you did a good job with the camera!

Whoops!!just discovered this forum while cleaning out the back email and happened upon Richard's announcement. We'll keep an eye on it...anyone canoeing the chitto next month?

Good to hear from you again, Bob and Jean. You should plan to visit with us on one of our krewe functions, so we all can see whether the great State of Arkansas lets their people grow gracefully old. You missed the steak BBQ today; it was at Camp David again. We had a wonderful afternoon.
Love Ilse and Richard

We are ex-krewe members and like to read the "Grande Bois News" to keep up with what is going on back in Lake Charles and the krewe. Greetings from Arkansas. We think the pictures that Richard has been posting are great and really bring back memories. If anyone would like to say hello; our address is BJDIAL@AOL.COM.

Hey ya'll--don't forget krewe dues are now due. Don't want anyone left out of the Krewe because they didn't get their money turned in in time. Hope to see all of you Sunday at the picnic.

There is a great party taking place in Lafayette. The Festival International offered great entertainment in downtown Lafayette last year. We have great weather for an outing. Anyone interested in going this Saturday? We could drive in a caravan and car pool too.
Richard

Terry, it was good hearing from you. When you are in Baton Rouge and have some spare time on your hands, write us about your hubby's work. Or you could share some of the juicy gossip you overheard at the last governor's coctail pary (-:))

Edited by author 04-22-2001 10:49 PM
Gail - we are so happy that the surgery went well and you are doing fine and already walking around.
Take care...

Gail came thru her surgery with flying colors. Yes all is ok with her now. She will be in the recovery mode for the next three weeks. The orginal pain is gone and now all that is left is the pain from the cut from the surgery. She was up on her feet one hour after her operation (Doctor's orders). Then every hour she had to walk down the hall at the hospital. Each time a little further than before 'til she was able to round the floor. She was home by 9:30pm Friday, the same day. She says thanks for the thoughts and prayers. Hopefully she will be as good as new.

Please tell Gail we wish her all the best. A back operation means long recovery time-- y'all will have plenty of work in the near future.
Please keep us informed about Gails progress, we are interested and will be thinking of your wife.
Richard

HI Richard & Ilse, This a good idea...just to report...Gail will have back surgery 4/20/01 @ LCMH recovery time is about three weeks. Her sister is down to help for two weeks then I will be taking one week vacation to aid in her recovery. Good to hear from everyone. Will check message board more often. Thanks Reggie

Hi Richard, I just signed up for the e-mail. I think this is such a great idea. It lets me know what is going on with everyone, since Vic and I are in Baton Rouge so much. I really enjoy reading what everyone is saying. Keep up the good work Richard.

Edited by author 04-19-2001 11:37 AM
We are exploring the Chicot State Park this weekend.
Y'all come and visit us. We'll be staying at the South end.
Richard, Ilse and friends.
http://www.crt.state.la.us/crt/parks/chicot/chicot.htm

The water of the ship channel was quite silted last weekend. That might have been the reason, why fishing was very poor.
A few fat bream would look good in any frying pan--- but sac-o-lait would be first class. Keep us informend, Charles.

hi Richard. Went to toledo to check out white perch. caught a few. Kids are coming in for easter weekend, so we will try again if the wind will let us on the lake. Just in case i am going to put bream bait out at the wharf. Will let you know when the white perch really turn it on. It should not be long.

We had a wonderful time at Cameron's new RV park. It was not difficult to choose the best camp site of 40. They must have reserved the whole thing just for us. The attendents are very friendly--we even had a visit by the Director of Mosquito Control on Saturday, who inquired about our well being.
We served fied fish all afternoon--where were you James?
Thanks for your visit Nancy and Glenn. Nancy your new convertible looks sharp.

Hello Richard & Ilse! So when is the fish fry ???

Hi Richard and Ilse,
Good luck this weekend on the fishing adventure. Be sure to bring some tuna fish in the event the redfish are not biting. Thanks for the invite but I am working on my warf this weekend.

Brian..........

We are planning to take our camper-trailer this weekend to the new Cameron fishing pier. Are there any fisher-persons reading this, who might want to help us land and cook that big redfish --- which is waiting for us for sure? (-:))
Richard and Ilse Unglaube

Edited by author 04-02-2001 11:25 PM
Good idea, Richard!
Maybe some of the real news will filter into the real
"Big Woods" to downtown Longville.
Ilse

Edited by author 04-02-2001 10:56 PM
Hello fellow Krewe members.
Here is the new MESSAGE BOARD, so we all can share "what's happening".
Don't hold back now--- we want to hear from YOU!
Your webmaster,
Richard