PENNS CREEK CHAPTER PRESIDENT, BRIAN FREY, CALLED MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:30PM.

THE FOLLOWING WERE IN ATTENDANCE: R. B. POWELL, BILL FORCE, DENNIS SIEBER, JAN SNEDEKER, STAN STUCK, DICK FRY, DENNISON PEIFFER, BRIAN FREY, ROB BARGO, CHERIE BROWN, GARY PARANESE, MIKE CHRISTOFF, ARDEN LEACH AND FRED FULTZ.

DEB NARDONE WITH PA TROUT WAS PRESENT AT OUR MEETING TO DISCUSS "COLDWATER HERITAGE GRANTS". THE PENNS CREEK CHAPTER DISCUSSED THE ONGOING IMPAIRMENT PROBLEMS WITH HONEY CREEK. THE PENNS CREEK CHAPTER UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO APPLY FOR THE 2003 COLDWATER CONSERVATION GRANTS TO BE USED FOR ASSESMENT PURPOSES OF HONEY CREEK.

DUE DATE FOR GRANT APPLICATION MARCH 1, 2003.

FINGERLING STOCKING IN LOCAL WATERS WAS DISCUSSED. THE PENNS CREEK CHAPTER PRESIDENT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THE PROJECT.

THE DAM IN REEDSVILLE WAS DISCUSSED. CHAPTER PREIDENT SPOKE WITH CONSERVATION DISTRICT ABOUT ANY EXISTING INSPECTION REPORTS IN REFERENCE TO THE DAM. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT AN EXISTING REPORT STATES THAT REPAIRS ARE NEEDED TO THE DAM. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE CHAPTER PRESIDENT SHOULD CONTACT "AMERICAN RIVERS" A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT DEALS WITH OLD DAMS.

BANQUET FOR 2003 DISCUSSED. SPEAKER FOR THE 2003 BANQUET WILL BE JOHN ARWAY WHO IS A FISH BIOLOGIST. HIS TOPIC WILL BE "LIFE AND TIMES OF A FISH BIOLOGIST". THE BANQUET WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 9, 2003 AT 6:30 PM AT THE MCVETOWN FIRE HALL.

A MOTION WAS MADE BY RB POWELL THAT THE CONSERVATION CLUB BE OFFERED FREE ADMISSION TO THE BANQUET AS A GESTURE OF THANKS FROM THE CHAPTER ACKNOWLEDGING THE HARD WORK THEY HAVE COMPLETED IN THE WATERSHED. DOUG REDDY WITH THE LEWISTOWN CONSERVATION CLUB WILL BE CONTACTED AS TO HOW MANY TICKETS WILL BE NEEDED.

2^ND BY DENNIS SEIBER.

A POSSIBLE SCHOLARSHIP FOR A CONSERVATION CLUB STUDENT WAS DISCUSSED. THE CHAPTER WOULD AWARD THE SCHOLARSHIP AT OUR ANNUAL BANQUET. THE SCHOLARSHIP WOULD COVER COSTS FOR THE RECIPIENT TO ATTEND THE INKY MOORE CONSERVATION CAMP EVENT HELD EVERY SUMMER.

MOTION WAS MADE BY RB POWELL THAT THE CHAPTER SPEND APPROXIMATELY $500.00 ON PRIZES FOR THE BANQUET.

2^ND BY BILL FORCE.

A PRIZE COMMITTEE WAS FORMED. CHAPTER MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE INCLUDED BRIAN FREY, JAN SNEDEKER, GARY PARENESE, AND RB POWELL.

BILLS WERE PAID.

MOTION TO ADJOURN.