Eagle Scout candidate,
Logan Varags, Troop 847, Upgrades Apiary Pollinator
Garden posted
February 11, 2025
On Sunday, February 9, Logan Vargas, Troop 847,
worked a project that improved and updated the
chapter's pollinator garden at the apiary. See Conservation
for the story and some photos.
February 2025 New Member Induction posted
February 8, 2025
On Saturday, February 8,
2025, Steve Bennett and Sandy Stanford gave an
orientation to one individual and one family
memberships of the chapter at the chapterhouse. The
newest members of the chapter include, from left to
right, Brian Hogeland (Michelle Hogeland was absent
for the photo), family membership, and Randy Lynn,
individual membership.
Welcome our newest members
of the chapter.
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Final 2024 Budget Execution Report posted
February
7, 2025
The 2024 executed budget spreadsheet was presented to
the assembled members of the chapter at the chapter
business meeting held on February 6,2025. Members can
review the exhibit by logging into the member
only login page.
February Workday Schedule
modifications posted
January
20, 2025
Because of a conflicting event scheduled for February
8, there will be no workday in February 2025. The
membership tasks of orientation, prospective
membership interviews and member badging will be moved
to Saturday afternoon according to the official chapter calendar.
2025 Dues Renewal Status- Session 5 Processing posted
January
18, 2025
We had 10 volunteers helping yesterday morning and we
opened and processed about 85 renewals. All the
received payments were deposited this morning so
checks will be clearing sometime during the next
week. All members that were processed have had
their All-in-One badges updated for expiring on
January 1, 2026 so they are enabled to open the
entrance gates. In the next day or so, I will be
sending an email to the remainder of the membership
that have not yet renewed according to our
records. Renewals postmarked by January 31 need
to include a $20 late fee. After February 1,
anyone unpaid will be dropped from the membership
rolls. If you have not yet paid, please take
care of your renewal dues soon to avoid being dropped
from the rolls. If you have not received a
renewal mailing (you should have received it in mid-
October). please contact Sandy Stanford at
stanfolr@comcast.net and make arrangements to pay your
dues and fees before the end of this month.
January 2025 New Member
Induction posted
January
4, 2025
On Saturday, January 4,
2025, Steve Bennett and Sandy Stanford gave an
orientation to four new members of the chapter at the
chapterhouse. The newest members of the chapter
include, from left to right, Angela and Joshua
Gardner, family membership; Edward Alsip individual
membership; and Jason Wysocki, individual membership.
Welcome our newest members
of the chapter.
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Eagle Scout Project posted
December
14, 2024
Our fire-pit has needed
fixing for the past several years. A scout created a
project for his Eagle Scout ranking to fix the
fire-pit. The old pit was disassembled and the ground
beneath it was excavated, leveled and lined with
stone. A new steel liner was added and the walls
of the fire-pit were reassembled. The fire-pit
is now smaller, well constructed and will serve
members of the chapter for years to come. Below
are photos of the group that assisted in this Eagle
Scout project and the new fire-pit
The chapter appreciates the
effort that has made another upgrade to our facility.
Chapter Membership Approved the Fiscal Year 2025
Budget posted
December 78, 2024
At the December 5, 2024 membership meeting of the
Fredericksburg Rappahannock chapter of the Izaak
Walton League of America, Inc. the chief financial
officer, Joe Webb, presented the board proposed 2025
budget. After a discussion, the budget was voted on
and passed with no disagreements. The content of
the line item budget can be viewed as a PDF file at
the Member
Login page of the website.
December 2024 New Member
Induction posted
December
7, 2024
On Saturday, December 7,
2024, Mike Weiss and Sandy Stanford gave an
orientation to four new members of the chapter at the
chapterhouse. The newest members of the chapter
include, from left to right, George Coutts, individual
membership; Lauren and Jason Hume, family membership;
and Troy Thurston, individual membership.
Welcome our newest members
of the chapter.
Second Trout Stocking
Planned for December 30 updated
December 22, 2024
We had our first stocking of the pond on Tuesday,
November 26 and a good percentage of the fish have
been caught already. Come out at the end of the month
to watch the second batch placed into the pond.
The truck should arrive at any time between 11 am and
noon. In recent years it has been closer to
noon. The fish will be placed in the pond near the
boat launch soon after the arrival of the truck. As
soon as the truck clears the property after delivery,
the official trout fishing event will continue.
All fish caught must be kept (no returning to the
pond). There will be a creel limit of 3 per
person per day. Please register your catch in the
notebook kept in the holder inside the fisherman's
shelter near the boat launch. Fabric walls have
been added surrounding the shelter to temper the
weather. And a new fire-pit has been built and two
members built three benches for people to sit around
and warm themselves at the fire-pit.a member
Annual Shotgun Shoot posted
November 1, 2024
See the Activities tab to
see a posting on this year's complimentary shotgun
shoot held on Saturday, October 26, 2024.
Events for the week of February9 and Our Next
Chapter Work Day, March
8 , 2025 updated
February 8, 2025
See the
official
chapter calendar for events during the month and
for any changes to the official event schedules.
Note especially our monthly slate of meetings and dates
where there are range closures.
Our mowing season has ended. Note also that our
seasonal schedule of lawn mowing and weed trimming
began on April 11, 2024 and recurred weekly on
Thursday morning unless there is a steady rain. The
season ends when the weeds stop growing around the
latter part of October. The equipment has been
serviced and is ready to start the season in April
2025. Work hour credits will accrue for new
members and there will be a sense of appreciation for
all members who come to help keep the grounds looking
neat and tidy. It will make the perks of chapter
membership, like shooting and fishing, camping,
hiking, etc. much more enjoyable knowing you are part
of an organization that cares for and has pride in the
entire facility. Come and participate with the
other volunteers who toil every week to make the
chapter a showplace. A few more volunteers will lessen
the load on what now is a small percentage of the
organization. If you can't make it on a weekday,
come out on the first Saturday monthly work day.
If you desire an event to be placed on the calendar,
please communicate with the president, Herbert
Pritchett Sr at his cell phone number 540-226-0015
or his email address hwpritchettsr@yahoo.com.
You should also reference the event requirements
detailed in the Premises
Use Agreement located on the Facilities
web page.
Usually in the first week of the month, the chapter
will hold our board meeting on Monday (sometimes
Tuesday if there is a holiday or event such as
Halloween) evening at 6:30 pm and our membership
meeting on Thursday evening at 7 pm. Both meetings
will be in the chapter house.
Scheduled monthly workdays (first Saturday of the month
is our typical schedule):
- Saturday, grounds
maintenance tasks begin at 8:00 AM,
All new members need to sign the roster sheet
to obtain credit for work hours. You
must sign in when you arrive and sign out when
you leave. There are no exceptions.
The kitchen area of the chapter house is
off-limits except for kitchen crew on work day.
- Saturday,
Adopt-a-Highway roadside pickup event at 8:30 am
(We have obtained our new charter so are able to
pickup trash when the conditions are right.) Trash
has been collecting on Herndon Road and it will be
removed on October 5 (possibly the last event this
calendar year). For safety reasons a pickup will
not be attempted if the roadways are wet and
slippery even if the rain has subsided.
We have now met our annual requirement for
removing the roadside trash on Herndon Road..
IMPORTANT: When a pick-up is scheduled and you
are intending to participate, review and heed
the safety requirements on the Conservation
page.
- Saturday, 9 AM,
Prospective member interviews in the Activity
Center temperature permitting (or chapterhouse--
ask) and new member orientation in chapterhouse.
- Saturday, All-in-One
badging photos between
9:30 AM to 12 noon.
The photo sitting will be first come first
served. If you are possessing a temporary access
badge (either orange or white), please come in
to obtain a proper photo ID. If you are
replacing a badge (where a photo exists but the
badge has failed due to misuse) there will be a
new photo badge reissued for a fee of $10 using
either your archived photo or a new photo taken
at the time of issue.
- Saturday, around 10
AM, a trap thrower training session will be
offered as needed and weather permitting for the
auto clay pigeon thrower with wobbler base on
shotgun range (range 4). This is a 15 minute
tutorial and demonstration (if demand exists;
please advise Sandy Stanford if you want an
orientation.)
- Saturday after work
has completed there will be a lunch served in the
activity center or the chapterhouse, if weather is
too cold, before workday is considered complete.
Updated Note:
Nominally
the monthly workday is 8:00 am to 1:00 pm but
in some cases, the workdays might continue even
later when workload demands it. In
consideration of the fact that fellow members are
volunteering their efforts in support of the chapter
on monthly workdays, other recreational pursuits
(fishing or shooting as prime examples) are closed
until the workday is complete. It could be as late
as 2 pm although it might end as early as 12
noon when work has been completed. The workday
tasks have priority and all members are requested to
participate whether or not the required new member
work hours have been met. Come out on a
workday to meet your fellow members and lighten
the workload by spreading it out. The earlier
the work is finished, the sooner we can all get back
to enjoying our property.
No other events are
presently planned, however, it is always prudent to
check with the official
chapter calendar for any last
minute changes.
Chapter Board Members
Inducted posted
September 8, 2024
At the September 5, 2024 Membership Meeting, the
recently elected members of the board of directors
were sworn in to their new terms for the 2024/2025
year. See below for last month's election
results. The photograph was taken after the
induction ceremony on September 5:
2024/2025 Electees
.
Pictured from Left to
Right - Jim Rector, director; Jamie Branham, director;
Barbara Pritchett, secretary; Herbert Pritchett,
president; Ralph Kinch, treasurer Tammie
Paterak, and Terry Fellinger, vice-president
Eagle Scout Project - New Rail on Pier posted
May 29, 2024
On Saturday, May 25,
2024, a group of scouts, mentored by the facilities
committee, dismantled and replaced the aging rails
on the chapter's fishing pier. In addition, a gate
was added to facilitate Project Healing Waters Fly
Fishing participants to embark on their fishing
platform (pontoon). This was a great upgrade
to one of the recreational features the chapter
provides to those members that take advantage of
fishing in our pond.
The Prestigious Judge
John Tobin honor certificate was awarded at the
May Membership Meeting posted
May 5, 2024
See the News Tab.for details.
Mowing and
Trimming to Continue each Thursday Morning Updated
April 28, 2024
Jimmy Miles, Grounds
Committee chair, has announced that the first
grounds activity for controlling weeds and grass
began on Thursday morning, April 11, 2024 and is
schedules to repeat each week until further
notice. If it rains heavily and in
thunderstorm activity there will be no
grounds-keeping activity (it might be rescheduled to
an alternate day), if there is drought and little
grass growth there will be no mowing and during some
events the scheduled might be altered to support the
event. A notice by email will be given for
exceptions but otherwise there will be mowing and
trimming on Thursday mornings usually starting at 8
am conditions dependent. The mowers and string
trimmers have been working well and are awaiting
operators. We need more than the two or three
string trimmer operators to perform this task
efficiently.
The 2024 Wild Game
Dinner was Held on March 16 at the Chapter House Posted
March 17, 2024
On the evening of
Saturday, March 16, the chapter hosted the annual
Wild Game Dinner at the chapterhouse. See the Activities
page for a few snapshots of the event.
New Version of Range Rules Published posted
January 6, 2024
New rules for use of
the ranges have been published. A change has
been made to define better the use of suppressors on
the chapter property. See either the
Member
Login page or the
Facilities
page to read the new requirements.