Mid-Missouri Trout Unlimited Upcoming Events

Chapter # 493, Ozark Council

Upcoming meetings and events:

May 5 - Mark Van Patten will be the May speaker. He will give a presentation on the history and current status of the Stream Team Program and provide details of an upcoming event on June 13 - 14. The Missouri Stream Team Program's 20th anniversary celebration will take place on the Roubidoux Creek in Waynesville. Mark will discuss the plans for the celebration and hopes to engage Mid-Mo TU in a worthwhile celebration that will benefit both organizations.

June 2 - Hot dog burn and bluegill fishing at Bethel Park. MMTU will provide hot dogs, buns, and condiments, chips, cookies, soda, and table service. Please bring a side dish to share. We'll begin to gather about 5:30 pm. Bethel Park is just west of Rock Bridge High School, or two blocks west and one south of the intersection of Providence and Nifong in Columbia, Missouri.

June 13 - To help celebrate the 50^th anniversary of Trout Unlimited, on June 13^th there will be a nationwide day of volunteering on local rivers, streams and watersheds. In a joint celebration, the Mid-Missouri Chapter will join the Roubidoux Fly Fishers in cleaning Roubidoux Creek near its confluence with the Gasconade River. This year is also the 20^th anniversary of the Missouri Stream Team program. The Roubidoux Fly Fishers are the 1^st Stream team out of 4,000 across the state and MMTU is Stream Team #327. Mark your calendar, and see www.mostreamteam.org/STbday.asp for further information.

NOTE: Our regular chapter meetings are on the first Tuesday of each month, except July. They are held at D. Rowe's in Columbia, Missouri and start at 7:00 p.m. Meetings of the board of directors are held the last Tuesday of the month at D. Rowe's and start at 6:30 p.m. (all are welcome to attend the board meetings, too).

The above photos were taken by John Meyer, winner of the 2008 photo contest.

Congratulations, John!