Copy of Spring 2010 - Central Coast Women for Fisheries

Pel orus
PELORUS
Pelorus: a fixed compass used to take bearings relative to a ship’s heading.
The Quarterly Newsletter of
C e n t r a l C o a s t Wo m e n Fo r F i s h e r i e s, I n c .
Incorporated May 4, 2006
SPRING
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
In a few weeks keep an eye out in your mail for an invitation to the general membership meeting which will be in the middle of May. The exact
date and time has not been determined yet as well as the location and
other details. Possible locations at this time are either Morro Bay or
Avila. CCWF is your organization and your participation is valued.
Please try to come. We would like to invite any past members and anyone new that would like to come and check us out.
Volume 5, Issue 2
Inside this issue:
Valentine Brunch 2
Results
Enchilada Fund- 2
Raiser Results
Feel free to bring any guests that may be interested in joining
Central Coast Women for Fisheries
ELECTION TIME
By now you have received your ballots in the mail. If not you will receive
them soon. Please fill out and send them in as soon as possible. Our tally date
is April 16,2010. The ladies running for directors are:
Brita Blue
Agnes Ward
Karen Dorence
Michele Leary-incumbent
BIG Yard sale
For memorial
3
Aloha
3
Fast Eddie
3
Our House
4
Scholarships
5
Cooking with
CCWF
5
Fishing Heritage 6
Scholarship
Program
ANNUAL DUES
When you receive your ballots in the mail, also enclosed will
be a notice for the annual dues of $10. You can also update
your contact information at this time. If you know anyone
who would like to join CCWF bring them along as a guest to
our membership meeting in May. Information will be coming
soon on the location and time of this meeting. It should be a
lot of fun.
Kids at Sea
6
CCWF on Face
book
6
Faces of
7
California Fishing
ccwf@womenforfish.org
Start-up funding for Central Coast Women for Fisheries, Inc., was generously provided
by a grant from the Central California Joint Cable/Fisheries Liaison Committee.
, 2010
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Quilt news
7
Travis Evans’
Last Word
8
What’s a “Pelorus?” A fixed compass used to take bearings relative to a ship’s heading.
Results of Valentine’s Day Champagne Brunch
The Valentine’s Day Champagne Brunch that was held at the Vet’s Hall in Morro Bay was
a joint fundraiser for the CCWF and the Kids at Sea. Lots of delicious pancakes were cooked
and a spread of other good food enabled no one to go away hungry. Director Karen Gruber,
who is also president of the local “Lady Hookers Fishing Club”, did a great job of raffling off
all of the many prizes during the entire brunch. Dinners from our supportive local restaurants,
wine and candy, fishing trips, whale watches, canned albacore from local fishermen Wayne
and Diane Moody, sweatshirts, and fishing rods from Leonard Willhite and other items made
for a lot of winners at the event. The top prize was a silent raffle of a salt water rod and reel,
along with a night at the Embarcadero Inn, and fishing for two from Virg’s Landing. The
highest bidders were Tom and Dory Zwinger from Arroyo Grande. CCWF and Kids at Sea
were very grateful for the generous donations for the raffle prizes from our wonderful community, including all three sport fishing landings in the area.
After expenses, a total of $1,331 was left to be split with both organizations.
A BIG THANKS to all of the people that helped with this fundraiser and made it a successful
and really fun event.
RESULTS OF ENCHILADA FUNDRAISER
The main feature of the albacore enchiladas is the prime quality of the albacore and plenty
of it packed in each one. This was our third year fixing these, so much of it is down to a routine. We sold nearly 400 enchilada trays with 4 in each tray and netted $1,563. The enchilada
preparing was done at the Morro Bay Community Center. We look forward to having this
fundraiser again next year and hope everyone is enjoying their albacore enchiladas.
Sandy French, Susan Maharry and Diane Arnaldi putting together albacore enchiladas.
In the background Lenore Ward is preparing tortillas to be filled while Jackie Nungaray is slaving
over a hot stove warming the tortillas.
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CCWF’S FISHERMEN’S FAMILY MEMORIAL STATUE FUNDRAISER:
BIG YARD SALE!
Our second annual community-wide yard sale will be held in Morro Bay on April 10th and 11th, 2010 from
8AM to 5PM. The Morro Bay Power Plant has again graciously allowed us to hold our sale in their park-
ing lot on the Embarcadero. It was such a great location for us last year with hundreds of shoppers stopping by. It really was a fun weekend and we raised over $2,000 with all proceeds benefiting our Fishermen's Family Memorial Statue Fund We have already begun collecting items but need so much
more. Items such as clothing and bedding should be laundered and in good condition. Furniture, recreation equipment, purses, jewelry, tools, garden items, electronics, kitchenware, collectibles, fishing gear/
equipment, just to name a few are all needed. So start cleaning out your homes, garages and
sheds..........Spring is in the air!
. Please contact Susan Maharry at 528-2339, 801-8480 or smaharry@aol.com for further information
on where and when to drop off your items. Thanks to all!!!
ALOHA:
(In Hawaiian, “Aloha “ means love: CCWF uses it to say both “hello” and “farewell” with love.)
Our Aloha committee is there for you. The committee send cards and flowers-but we need you to
make the call and let us know of the need and the
address. Members are encouraged to contact the
committee and help CCWF observe occurrences
throughout our community, whether happy or sad.
A card was sent to
the family of
Edward Ewing
A card was sent to
the family of
Kenny Wainscott
CONTACT: Trudy Sylvester
HOME: (805) 772-7708
Email: Trudy-S@juno.com
A card was sent to
the Battistella family
On the passing of
Marlyse’s father
EDWARD EWING “Fast Eddie”
by Sharon Rowley
There are lots of people that can tell lots of great stories about Eddie. My one story is about
when he slapped my hand when I was fishing. Eddie used to run sport fishing boats. He got his
start in the San Francisco area. When I first met him in the early 1970’s in Morro Bay he was
running the Harbor Pathfinder out of Virg’s Landing. My first albacore trip was with him on
that boat. I remember him on the upper deck yelling at passengers to go over and under and
keep their fish in front of them. It was all new to me and I wanted to slow the run of the fish by
putting my thumb on the line. He came right up and slapped my hand and yelled not to do that.
After Virg’s Landing Eddie got his own boat, the Sea Venture, and ran it out of Brebes Landing. Bruce and Rusty Brebes had a tackle store there and sold tickets for the boat. I was Eddie’s
deckhand for awhile before I had kids and Mark Tognazzini was his deckhand also. Mark went
on to get a captain’s license and ran sport boats out of Hittle’s Landing for awhile before his
long career as a commercial fisherman. Eddie used to like to take the anglers up the coast to
around San Simeon or just below and it didn’t matter what the swell was, he would keep his
speed and pound his way up on rough days. Almost all the people would be seasick by the time
we got to where we were going to fish. He is also the only person I have ever met who liked
peanut-butter, cheese, lettuce and mayonnaise sandwiches. …..Continued on page 7
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OUR HOUSE
by Lori French
OUR HOUSE
T-1 and T-2:
Do not call us; we are on a real vacation.
Crabdaddy:
I’m forcing him to relax.
Mom:
Hi I am Lori and I will be your vacation planner.
When you see Crabdaddy around town, you need to congratulate him or give him some
sort of sympathy. You see for the last 25 years he has been
married/putting up with me. Think about it. The man chose for his life mate someone
whose kids and all their friends call “crazy” which is short for “crazy lady”. Someone
who writes stories about him, pokes fun at him, and generally gives him a hard time.
Someone who drags him into things he would rather not be associated with. Someone
who decided that he needed to take a break from fishing and have a few days rest. . . . .
and that is where this story begins.
For our 25th wedding anniversary I/we decided that we should take a cruise to Alaska- a
redo of our honey moon. To be fair, I did let him decide which ports we were going to
visit. But before I get to that part of the trip we (okay I) decided that we needed to visit
T-1 in Portland on the way to Seattle. Hey it is only one state apart right? So one Friday
afternoon, not too long ago, we left Morro Bay to drive to San Jose. Anyone knows that
to start a vacation off you must drop in on one of your relatives and demand that they
take you to the airport near their home at 5 AM on a Saturday morning. I think my little
brother is still talking to me – barely. After dropping us off at the desired location at the
San Jose Airport, we did all the usual stuff – pay exorbitant fees for our non-matching
suitcases and stand in line to be publicly humiliated. As my little red backpack (I refuse
to carry a purse. That might mean I have to grow up), went through the big x-ray machine, I noticed that the machine stopped and went into reverse. Wonderful! I love having my stuff gone through by someone who has one of the worst jobs in the world. I frantically tried to remember what I had in the bag that would stop a machine. Camera –
nope, wallet – nope (okay it did have money in it which is highly suspicious), glasses –
nope, chap stick - possibly.
Next came the dreaded words “bag check”. Crabdaddy just looked at me and gave me a
silent laugh. It is ALWAYS me. The lady went through my bag and produced a small
pocket knife that I have had for 30 years. I am not kidding. Matt Larrick gave it to me for
my 19th birthday and I have always carried it. I had forgotten that it was in my little red
backpack. So being the bright person I am, I tell the nice TSA lady that an old boyfriend
had given it to me and I always carry it. She did not seem to care, but she did give Crabdaddy a look that said, “She’s with you? Man I am sorry”. She then explained my choices
to me – (1) I could go back and put it in my luggage. Gee, that’s helpful because by the
time you are at the strip and search line your bags are long gone. (2) For $20 I could
mail it back to myself ($20????) So I choose option two. I extended my hand for her to
give me my knife back (I did tell you I was smart didn’t I) and to send me on my way. Apparently that is not how TSA does these things. They do not hand you back the item in
question.
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OUR HOUSE
continued
About this time Crabdaddy had put his shoes back on and was trying to pretend he
was not traveling with me, but honestly can you blame him? The TSA lady suggested
that I follow her to the mail area. Now why couldn’t I have thought up a scam like this
one? There is this box in the airport that holds little black plastic bags. The idea is
you write your name, address, and credit card number on it, plop in your treasured
item, and they mail it back to you. So someone on the other end now knows my address, my credit card number, and that I am not home – very comforting.
After sealing a cherished piece of my past into the little black bag and having the
little TSA lady escort me back to my loving husband who has a look on his face that I
translate into “husbandese” – “Don’t say a word, I can see you are mad, just let it go”.
We proceed to walk to our gate and Crabdaddy the entire time is telling me to “just let
it go, we are on vacation”. Now I ask you, how many men would take that approach
when their wife is upset over having a treasured piece of her past taken away by brute
force, especially when it was a gift from a former boyfriend? I tell you the man is a
Saint!!! By the way, my knife has not shown up in the mail yet.
APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS NOW!
Scholarships are available for San Luis Obispo County commercial fishermen and descendants of commercial fishermen. Whether it is a community college, university or
trade school you can get an application from our website www.womenforfish.org or call
Sharon Rowley at 805-674-4854 or 805-466-2369 and I will make sure you get one. The
deadline to receive applications is May 31, 2010. These scholarships are available through
CCWF because of generous grants from Central California Joint Cable/Fisheries Liaison
Committee. Feel free to call about any questions on the application, too.
COOKING WITH CCWF and FRIENDS
This recipe if from a seafood cookbook put out by the
California Seafood Council
Beach Barbeque Bundles
1 lb. rockfish
4 medium potatoes, cooked and slices (peeled if
you want )
2 onions, thickly sliced
4 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
4 tsp. olive oil
Juice of one lemon
Fresh herb sprigs-parsley, dill, tarragon or basil.
Salt and pepper, if desired
Aluminum Foil, in 12” squares
Use 2 squares of foil per bundle. Brush foil with
oil. Make one layer each of potato, onion, then
fish, in that order. Sprinkle salt and pepper to taste.
Combine olive oil, garlic, and lemon juice and
pour over top. Finally, add herb sprigs and fold
over to create a tight bundle. Use additional foil if
desired.
Serves 4
Bake 325 for 20-30 minutes, until fish is done.
Or BBQ over low gray coals turning frequently.
Or wrap bundles in extra foil and beach BBQ in a
pit for one hour.
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FISHING HERITAGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
This CCWF program is going into it’s fourth year. Each year several scholarships have
been given to students who are commercial fishermen, spouses or descendents of commercial
fishermen, which includes kids, grandkids, nieces and nephews. These scholarships are possible because of the generous grants from the Central California Joint Cable/Fisheries Liaison
Committee. You can go to www.womenforfish.org to get on our website, then go to
“programs” to find the scholarship program information. There are also guidelines and an application you can download. Now is the time to apply for a scholarship as the deadline is May
31, 2010. We review applications the first two weeks in June and send out award letters after
that.
For more information, questions, or to have an application mailed to you, feel free to call
or email committee chairman: Sharon Rowley (805) 466-2369 or srowley@wildblue.net
CCWF ON FACEBOOK
Just type in “Central Coast
Women for Fisheries” and register as a fan.
You can check out updates on
CCWF events or news, add your
own news, photos, or have a discussion.
KIDS AT SEA
“Kids at Sea” is a program under the Morro Bay Commercial Fishermen's Organization. A lot of kids
will get to go fishing for free this year because of fundraisers, donations, and a grant from the Central
California Joint Cable/Fisheries Liaison Committee. Michele Leary will have trips on the schedule and
volunteers lined up when the rockfish season opens May 1, 2010. Some of the trips will be out of Virg’s
Landing as well as her landing, Central Coast Sportfishing.. The kids will learn about boating safety,
Morro Bay’s harbor and sea life, nautical terms and how to catch fish themselves. There are some good
reef areas near Morro Bay’s entrance where several varieties of fish can be caught. If you know a kid
who would like to go fishing or you would like to volunteer on a trip and help a kid to fish, call:
Michele Leary (805) 704-2084 or email: centralcoastsportfishing@yahoo.com
Check out the website at: www.kidsatsea.org
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Continued from page3…..
FAST EDDIE
Eddie commercial fished with the Sea Venture and the Harbor Pathfinder at times also.
Hook and line for reds mostly. After the sport fishing, as most of you know, Eddie commercial fished for years. He probably fished almost every gear type and kinds of fish
there are in the Morro Bay area over the years. My sister, Patty Strauss, and I used to
work on Eddie’s gill nets for rock fish when he had the “Florence”.
I have always respected all of the hard working fishermen we have in this area and it
has been great knowing a lot of them. One thing I have always admired about this harbor
is that the commercial and sport fishermen, for the most part, have been a “tight knit”
community and have helped each other and got along great. Hopefully it will remain that
way and we can all keep fishing.
CCWF QUILT FUNDRAISER
It was decided to name the quilt “Fish in
Motion”. For starters the quilt will be displayed at the Madonna Quilt Show, banks
and libraries. CCWF’s webmaster, Steve
Marsden, has designed a calendar listing
the locations and dates that are available at
this time to display the quilt. This calendar
will be on the website:
http://www.womenforfish.org/quiltcal.htm
Thanks to Marlyse Battistella, Diane
Moody and Steve Marsden for an
extremely well done job.
Raffle tickets will go on sale soon.
FACES OF CALIFORNIA FISHING
Hello everyone!
The Faces of California Fishing is on for another year as the Cable Committee funded the project again. This
year has a twist as I now have partners in the Alliance of Communities for Sustainable Fisheries. So look for
some big changes to the Faces website in the future. In addition the Faces of California Fishing is now on Facebook. Tell your friends and family (kids) to "Friend" us. A tester project on Facebook for Faces are "shout
outs". If you know of someone who goes the extra mile for commercial fishing let us know so they can get a
"shout out" for a job well done. Or if you know of a restaurant or fish market in your area that does a great job
promoting Local California Seafood let us know so we can give them a "shout out" as free publicity.
The travel schedule for this spring is filling up quickly; look or Faces at the Salmon Summit in SF, Bodega Bay
Fisherman's Festival, and Cooking for Solutions at the Monterey Aquarium. Let us know if you have a festival in
your area.
Thanks, Lori 805-748-2460 mbcrabber@gmail.com
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Central Coast Women
For Fisheries, Inc.
430 Quintana Road, #106
Morro Bay, CA 93442
www.womenforfish.org
Please Note: The Quintana Road address for mail is a postal box only.
The Last Word . . . by Capt. Travis O. Evans
Years ago, not long after the eruption of Mt. Saint Helen, Travis and his wife, Katherine, were on a trip to see relatives near there and observed the massive destruction of
the mountain, trees, and ash laden valleys that even destroyed crops. The once beautiful
Toutle River was clogged with ash, debris, and wasn’t life-sustaining anymore for all the
salmon, steelhead and other life. It was a tragic scenery etched in their minds and questioning “Why?” …. A few years later, on another family trip to Washington, Travis and
Katherine went to observe Mt. Saint Helen to show some relatives how it had been destroyed.. The transformation to incredibly beautiful scenery, with the greenery, lifeflowing Toutle River and even a huge azure colored lake at the valley floor that wasn’t
there before astounded Travis and his family members looking on. It inspired Travis to
write this poem:
SCARS
Consider the rift in the side of a mountain,
Or the twist of an old gnarled tree.
The deep, deep cut of a winding river,
or the rocky shoreline along a tumultuous sea.
Each has been scarred with distortion,
Yet each has this message to bring;
“The very presence of what would destroy me
Has made me a beautiful thing.”