Open Meeting attendance was great this year with 150 plus members from over 40 0f 63 clubs answering roll call.  There were over 80 present at the winner dinner.  This years Open Meetings had one of the largest attendance ever.  The venders area was full with some good bargains and there were plenty of shoppers.  Those shinny new boats sure got a lot of attention (especially mine).  The ODNR crew, David Simmons from FLW, and our own Kevin Wells gave great talks that keep everyone's attention.  The raffles done well also due to the good crowd.  The $500 door prize winner was not present and I will not give his name as I am sure someone will tell him.

The 50/50 raffle went very well especially for the first year.  Some regions sold only a few while others sold many more.  The ones that sold more tickets will realize more money at their Regional  Qualifiers.  All the regions will get some share of the 50/50 money based on their ticket sales.  There will also be some monies from an excess in the 2007 Tournament fund (due to the raising of tournament fees) to be returned to the regions this year.
by: Bob Flowers, Webmaster

Curt Fiessinger
Shelby County Bassmasters
2007 Ohio's Mr Bass

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2008 State Team

50-50 SPLIT THE POT WINNERS
ANNUAL MEETING DRAWINGS 

$50.00 WINNERS
TICKET #                                        NAME 

101                                             JOHN BATES
188                                             DOUGLAS DAVIS
192                                             GARY MANSFIELD
38                                               DAN WATSON
113                                             MARCEL
171                                             GAVY ELLIOTT
272                                             DAVID BOSTIC
70                                               MIKE GREEN
34                                               ALAN DEVAUGHN
268                                             SCOTT LEWIS
189                                             MEVIN FANNIN
167                                             SCOTT COOKE
151                                             DAVID KINNEY
221                                             ART CRIBBS
198                                             JOHN PETRISKO
216                                             MIKE BROWN
280                                             JERRY RUSK
140                                             PETE MATHEWS
101                                             JOHN BATES
105                                             DEBBIE BOUTILIER                               

$500.00 WINNERS 

TICKET #                                        NAME 

250                                 WENDELL JENKINS
136                                 DENNY GRALEY