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On
October 20th the Hawg Hawlers Bass Club held their Annual Awards
Banquet at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Washington, Missouri.
Approximately 70
 members
and guests attended the event. President Pam Wakim welcomed the attendees.
A financial report and brief Year in Review were presented by Treasurer
Scott Hasty. The 2008 Officers were introduced: Pam Wakim – President,
Mike Jankowski – Vice President, Greg Shands – Secretary, Jim Gross –
Treasurer, Dan Durbin & Dean Sullivan – Tournament Chairmen and a brief
question and answer session preceded dinner. A slide show was presented
during dinner with pictures from the 2007 tournament season.
 After
dinner the following thanks and recognition were given:
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Thanks to all members for fishing with Hawg Hawlers Bass Club in 2007.
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Thanks to Jason Kennedy and Brian Jankowski for assisting Officers at
tournaments during the year.
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Thanks to tournament directors Terry Stanek, Bob Treadway, Tom Love, Mark
Landis, Lori Luzynski, Craig Gravatte, Greg Shands, Andy Shands, Pam
Wakim, Mike Jankowski, Dean Sullivan, Dan Durbin, Brian Robinson, Tom
O’Connor, Scott Hasty, Jason Kennedy, Bryan Walker,
 Chris
Walker, Dave Sona, Tom Crockett, Russ Grobe, Charlie Beach, Greg Heinz,
Ken Jones, Dennis Goetes, Greg Hoch, Andrew Hoch, Brian Jankowski, Jim
Evers and Andy Reynolds. Special thanks to Tom Love, Mark Landis and
Bryan Walker who served twice.
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Special thanks and certificates were presented to Greg Heinz for serving
as Club Historian and Charlie Beach for serving as the Club Webmaster in
2007.
Plaques
were presented to the 2007 Officers Pam Wakim, Greg Shands, Scott Hasty,
Andy Shands, Ken Jones and Mike Jankowski in appreciation of their service.
Club
Supporters were given special thanks for all the donations we received this
year. Please visit our Support page and shop with these Supporters whenever
possible.
Special
thanks to these club members for acquiring support and donations for Hawg
Hawlers:
Charlie
Beach – Beachnet Services
Lori Luzynski – Koller-Craft
Bryan Walker – Bass Pro Shops
Ken Jones – Jones Tackle Service
Terry Stanek – Rigid Wet-Dry Vacs
Jason Jones – Starbucks Coffee
 Scott
Hasty presented a new award for “Rookie of the Year” to Jim Evers. Jim
joined Hawg Hawlers this year. He fished 8 tournaments, placed twice (once
fishing by himself), won big bass at a tournament and finished in eighth
place for the year. Congratulations Jim!
Tournament Chairmen Ken Jones and Mike Jankowski along with special guest
“CUZ” reviewed each tournament and presented plaques to the First Place
teams and Big Bass
 winners
for each lake and the Classic tournament.
Next
was the top five Big Bass Countdown.
5.
Terry Bost, Spring Ozarks – 5.66 pounds
4. Jason Sportsman, Spring Ozarks – 6.25 pounds
3. Dan Ketterer, Spring Pomme - 6.27
2. Steve Carnal, June Mark Twain – 6.28 pounds
 Number
One Andy Shands
Big Bass of the Year 6.31
Pounds
Andy’s
Big Bass was caught at Mark Twain Lake on June 23rd. Andy joined
Hawg Hawlers in 2004. This was Andy’s first Big Bass win. Andy’s bass is
the 12th largest ever caught in Hawg Hawlers Bass Club. Andy was
awarded the Hawg Hawlers Big Bass traveling trophy, a Big Bass of the Year
photo plaque and a G-Loomis rod. Congratulations Andy!
After
the Big Bass countdown plaques were awarded to Hawg Hawlers Bass Clubs Top
Ten Anglers:
 10.
Charlie Beach – 115 points
9. Ken Jones – 124 points
8. Jim Evers – 131 points
7. Andy Shands – 135 points
6. Brian Robinson – 137 points
5. Terry Stanek – 139 points
4. Scott Hasty – 154 points
3. Greg Shands – 156 points
2. Bryan Walker – 174 points
Congratulations Top Ten!
 Number
One Dave Sona
Angler of the Year 180
Points
Dave
joined the club in 1994 and this is his second 1st place Angler
of the Year win. Here are some of Dave’s previous finishes:
1994 –
3rd, 1995 – 5th, 1996 – 2nd, 1997 – 7th,
2002 – 4th, 2003 – 1st place Angler of the Year, 2004
– 3rd.
Dave
was awarded the Hawg Hawlers Angler of the Year traveling trophy, an Angler
of the Year photo plaque, an Angler of the Year jacket, a G-Loomis rod and a
free membership for 2008. Congratulations Dave!
After a
short break Secretary Andy Shands kicked off the attendance prize drawing.
Thanks to the many donations from our Supporters, we gave away over
 $6000
in banquet attendance prizes. A raffle was held for a free 2008 membership
plus free tournaments in 2008 (half boat entry). Special thanks to Andrew
Hoch for selling the raffle tickets! The raffle winner was Bob Treadway.
Congratulations Bob!
Thanks
to Jolene Hasty, Missy Jones, Jason Jones and Melany Shands for helping us
set up and thanks to everyone who stuck around and helped clean up. Thanks
to Knights of Columbus for giving us a great deal every year, our caterer
Hagies 19 for a great dinner, Classic Award Sports for a great job on our
plaques and trophies and Bee Creative Embroidery for a great Angler of the
Year jacket.
 And
once again thanks to all of the Hawg Hawlers members who fished with us this
year. We hope you enjoyed the tournaments, chili dinner, barbeque,
breakfast, and Awards Banquet. 2008 Officers will meet in early December to
work on the schedule for next year. We need your input. Please use the
suggestion link or email any of the Officers with your comments, suggestions
and ideas for 2008. Let us know what changes you liked and which ones you
didn’t. Tell us what lakes you want to fish and what month you want to fish
them. Let us know if you have a favorite resort or a new resort you would
like Hawg Hawlers to try. We will bring all of your input to the table when
we meet in December. This is your club. Let us know what you want.
Thank
you all for your support this year.
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