Konza Sailor
Official Newsletter of the Blue Valley Yacht Club
Founded 1963
Post Office Box 961, Manhattan, Kansas 66505

http://www.bluevalleyyachtclub.org/

Volume 2004  Issue 3                                          Konza Sailor                                                        April 2004

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Club inaugurates 2004 season
By Bob Mullen, Social Director,  and Bart Bartholomew, Secretary

Forty-seven members of the Blue Valley Yacht Club (BVYC) inaugurated the 2004 sailing season by holding their annual spring banquet on Friday, April 2 at the Manhattan Country Club.  After a delicious meal, arranged by Social Directors Bob and Jane Mullen, Commodore Diane Barker recognized new members, Richard and Diane Pikul and Brian and Sue Wells, and welcomed back former members, Ron and Linda Frey.  Commodore

Barker also recognized Ken Hays, Wayne Martin, Bart Bartholomew, Tom Albright, Bob and Jane Mullen and Randy Zelenka as the club's board of directors.

The evening's program began with a presentation by Thomas Ross, Harrison Otto and Chris Coffey, members of Sea Scout Ship 5074.  The three

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Above:
    Thomas Ross explains presentation to be made by Sea Scout Ship 5074 in memory of departed commodore, John Joehnk.  Commodore Barker received items on behalf of the Blue Valley Yacht Club.

Above:

       Chris Coffee presenting memorial US flag

Left:

       Harrison Otto presenting an engraved ship's bell