Lake Okeechobee Airboat Association

Several club members having a cook out

*FAA 3rd Annual Airboat Appreciation open house will be July 16th,17th & 18th in Okeechobee. Friday night starting around 6pm all airboaters are invited to go to Pier II Fish Camp and enjoy food, music and fun. Saturday from 11am to 2pm FAA will hold their awards ceremony at Harney Pond Canal. Afterwards there will be free time to ride and enjoy the weekend. Sunday 10am FAA will host a breakfast meeting for Airboater Unity. Call Pier II Fish Camp (863) 763-8003 to make your reservations and don't forget to ask for the FAA rate

If you would like to join the club or come to a meeting, We meet the 2nd Thursday of every month. Julys meeting will be at Good Spirits in Okeechobee at 6:30pm. If you would like an application but can not make it to the meeting please e-mail me and I will be glad to send you one by mail or e-mail (dixiehunting21@hotmail.com) Thanks, Cori

Club members cleaning up the tin shed

In the month of Jan, you all Re-elected club president , Buddy Hancock (on upper left photo) this year along with Chad Burnsed as the V. P.

this is our photo album---upload your very own photo's ,,no pass word needed as of now,,,please no smutie or stupid photo's also,,,

This link will go to our internet site with more space !!!!

Click for up to date lake Okeechobee water levels

U S army Corps offical internet site

South Florida water Miss Mangment web site

2010 Trash Fish Tournament

Newsletter                                                                                July 2010
LAKE OKEECHOBEE AIRBOAT ASSOCIATION P. O. Box 30
Okeechobee, FL 34973-0030

OFFICERS:            Buddy Hancock      President         863-763-1776            Chad Burnsed      Vice Pres.        561-719-2311            Linda Hancock       Treas             863-763-1776             Cori Burnsed         Secretary       561-644-2797                  BOARD OF DIRECTORS:Bill Voges, Chairman                    863-357-1554Jimmy Johnson                            863-467-5415     Kandi Koedam                              863-763-2708Mike Maguire                              863-763-3090Chuck Hawk                                863-357-0394   LAKE OKEECHOBEE AIRBOAT ASSOCIATION IS A MEMBER OF THE FLORIDA AIRBOAT ASSOCIATION.
                      SUMMARY OF June Meeting
·          T-Shirts-Club members voted to sell short sleeve at $12 a shirt and long sleeve at $15 a shirt. More discussion at next meeting.
·          Members of the scholarship committee presented recipients with their scholarship. Way to go Joshua and Justin, who were the recipients.
·          Club hats came in. Members voted to sell the blue hats at $8 and the camo hats for $10.
·          Members voted to get insurance for club functions.
·          Noel Chandler would like for our club to help organize the Airboat Jamboree he wants to have. More discussion at next meeting.
·          Still looking for ideas to have a poker run.
NEXT MEETING: Thursday, July 8^th, 6:30p.m. We will be meeting at Good Spirits Lounge, located at 245 Hwy 441 SE in Okeechobee.    Hope to see you there!

INCENTIVE DRAWING WINNER:   Our incentive drawing for June would have been won by Marian Dorman, but wasn’t present so the pot goes up to $45 for July.
50/50 DRAWING: The 50/50 winner at our June meeting was Jeff Brockway, who won a total of $57.25. He donated $27 back to the club. Thanks Jeff!

LOAA BIRTHDAYS and ANNIVERSARIES: Birthday greeting to Lois Davis and Melanie Flaherty (4^th), Dustin Lewis (6^th), Pete Daniels (10^th), Larry Gates (20^th), Richard Duerr (21^st), and Dean Maynard (31^st). May you have many, many more.
No anniversaries that I know of. Hope I didn’t miss someone.   We are still trying to update our records so we can include everyone. Please be sure to sign-up at the next meeting if you haven’t done so yet.

J  Don’t forget about the webpage for our club: http://www.lakeokeechobeeairboatassociation.org. Check it out sometime. If you have photos or info to be posted on it, send those to Cori at dixiehunting21@hotmail.com.    Also please check out our website on facebook.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
4^th of July = Club members will be having a cook out at the tin shed. Come join us for a fun filled day!
8^th of July = LOAA Club Meeting @ Good Spirits in    Okeechobee, 6:30p.m.
16th, 17^thand 18th of July = FAA 3^rd Annual Airboater Appreciation open house on Lake Okeechobee. Friday night: cracker-style cookout at Pier II Resort; Saturday: 11am awards ceremony @ Harney Pond Canal; Sunday: Presidents’ breakfast.
4^th, 5^th, 6^th of Sept = Labor Day Festival in Okeechobee. We will have a booth, as usual. Details @ July 8^th meeting.
2^nd of October = FAA 3^rd Annual Airboat Show held at East Lake Fish Camp in Kissimmee, FL. John Anderson will be playing starting at 7:00pm