The Annual Kids Fishing Day

When: April 16th 8AM

Where: The Club Pond- Cardinal Rd.

Open to: 16 and under Children and Grandchildren  of members

2010 GAME DINNER – another good one !!

Like last year, our buffet dinner was held in the pavilion and this year our optimism prevailed. Despite weather predictions calling for rain, only a brief shower interrupted an otherwise typical warm and sunny summer day. We had a turn out of approximately 132 people, who all seemed to enjoy food, raffles, and a good time.  It was also good to see that landowner, Mike Athanas, was able to attend as well as some of our neighbors from across the street. Be sure to check the photos.

THE MENU:

Upon talking with a few of my own friends who attended the dinner, I found some enjoyed the old favorites, such as pheasant parmesan, buffalo pheasant, and of course the smoked trout dishes. Others enjoyed the new dishes such as the goose pot pie and turkey marsala.  This year we put a small twist on the chili cheese dip, making it with a duck chorizo, which was one of the more popular appetizers along with the beaver meatballs and the deep-fried Mahi Mahi. Among the new dishes, we heard raves about, were the sun dried tomato-pesto pheasant, fish chowder and bourbon glazed venison medallions. Other menu items included venison sausage and peppers, bacon/brown sugar duck breast, squirrel goulash fra diablo, corned venison, cranberry duck meatloaf, goose pot pie, BBQ pulled venison, trout, salad, and pasta.

Special thanks all who donated game to Fred Burnett, Grant Ferris, Dick Corrado, Joe Pisccetti, Don Wacker, John Bertallozi, Mark Phillips, Mike Arrico, and a couple of anonymous doners.

THE CREW:

As always Jim Demato, gets the “Top Chef” award for his versatility and command of the cook top.  Our pheasant parm just wouldn’t be the same with out his signature tomato sauce and his finesse with garlic and sherry that lend a special touch for pretty much everything else.  Chris D’Angelo, with a little help from his son turned out the fan favorite pheasant with sun dried tomatoes and pesto. Sherm Lockard, Don Wacker, Joe Turner, and Pete Kraayenbrink worked tirelessly for three full days (Don got out of beaver cleaning detail this year, delegating it to Sherm who is now a master beaver butcher!). All these guys (and girls) worked diligently for as many as three (very long) days preparing and cleaning sleeve upon sleeve of pheasant and duck breasts, grinding, stuffing, mixing, marinating, rolling and making all ready for the grand feast. Many thanks to: Mary Williams, Werner Lajszky, Pat Convery, Mark Barillaro, John Kasper, Al Reilly, Rocky Curcio, and last but not least Lana Florio – dish washer extraordinaire – the truly unsung hero!  We had such a good turnout of volunteers that I have to apologize for not having my sign in list as I write so I could name everyone - although unnamed no less appreciated.

Oh…… the RAFFLES !!

Last but certainly not least were the raffles. Walter “Wally” Pink of Pink Electric, a former member who recently rejoined our membership, proved he wears a “superman” suite under his street cloths.  Walter was our hero this year spending countless hours obtaining local businesses to sponsor raffles.  Among our more generous sponsors were Rainbow Car Wash who donated not one, but 2 full detailing jobs, Mahoney’s Restaurant with 2 gift certificates, and Adams Fairacre Farms and many, many more listed below.  Member, John Chevalier rustled up some premier raffle items from Adams Fairacre Farms, including the Double Adirondack Swing, Dogwood tree, 2 yards of mulch, a gift certificate for a mower service and a remote controlled John Deere toy. Some of our business owner members such as DJ Sadowski of Loggerhead’s Bar, and Michael Visconte of Viscount liquors provided gift certificates and liquor for raffle.  Even Barbara Arvanetes, though no longer a member, was still a major player in this event. She still solicited sponsors like Orvis, Copperfield’s Restaurant and Allstate, to name just a few.  Like in previous years, her personal contributions were unrivaled yet again with shooting apparel, limited edition prints, collectibles and even a stuffed bear head. Some of our other members also stepped up to the plate with some very generous donations, to enhance the array of items and gift certificates. Special thanks to Dawn Miller, Lee Miller, and Cheryl Swenson who ran the raffles and 50/50’s and my friend Al Leone, with the high decibel, no loud speaker required, voice – for giving Dawn a hand with raffle announcements.

The most sought after prize, the Adirondack swing, was won by Dominic Riccabono and the lucky 50/50 winner went home with just over $240.00.  What a happy ending!!

Great job Guys !!

THIS EVENT TAKES ENORMOUS TIME AND EFFORT! ON BEHALF OF THE GAME DINNER COMMITTEE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP, WE EXTEND OUR SINCEREST THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELP MAKE THIS THE SUCCESS IT IS.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU GOES TO OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS

           Each year we seek to improve the exposure our sponsors receive through this event.

Just a reminder, these guys support us – Shop local & support them!! 

ADAMS FAIRACRE FARMS                   www.adamsfairacrefarms.com

ADAMS POWER EQUIPMENT                www.adamspowerequipment.com

ADAMS FENCES                                       www.adamsfences.com  

RAINBOW CAR WASH, 10 Ross Circle, Poughkeepsie                                 845-452-6379

ALLSTATE INSURANCE – CYNTHIA COLICH   www.cynthiacolich@allstate.com

COPPERFIELD’S RESTURANT, Route 44, Millbrook                                    845-677-8188

ORVIS SANDANONA, Rt 44a, Millbrook www.longp@orvis.com                  845-677-9701

LOGGERHEADS BAR & GRILL 7483 South Broadway, Red Hook             845-758-4485

                                                                        www.loggerheadsbar.com

PINK ELECTRIC, 3 Beck Place, Pougkeepsie                                                  845-705-0620

MAHONEY’S SMOKEHOUSE, Rt 9, Wappingers                                           845-297-3462

                        www.mahoneysSmokehouse.com

ARLINGTON WINES & LIQUORS, 718 Dutchess Tpke, Poughkeepsie  845-452-2175 www.arlingtonwine.net

LIQUORAMA WINE CELLARS, 3999 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park       845-229-8177

                        liquorama@verizon.net

VISOUNT WINES & LIQUORS, 1173 Route 9, Wappingers Falls                 845-298-0555

                        www.viscountwines.com            

STAT CONSTRUCTION CO.– Paving & excavating, Rt 9G, Staatsburg      845-889-3131

MIKES FAMOUS HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES                            860-445-9745

            www.mikesfamous.com

MOUNTAIN PRODUCTS SMOKEHOUSE Burdick Rd, Lagrangeville         845-223-7900

www.mountainproductssmokehouse.com

MOLLOY PHARMACY. Rt 9, Hyde Park www.molloypharmacy.com        845-229-8881

HYDE PARK BREWING CO., 4076 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park              845-229-TAPS

HOME DEPOT, Route 9, Poughkeepsie            

BLUE MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, 35 Main Street, Poughkeepsie 845-471-0450

JOE CHRISTIANO’S PIZZERIA Route 9G, Hyde Park                                    845-229-8125

ANGELINAS PIZZERIA, Haviland Shopping Center, Hyde Park                   845-229-5200

CRANBERRY’S AT TILLY HALL, 1 West Market St, Hyde Park                  845-229-1957

RONZONI’S PIZZERIA, Oakridge Plaza, Hyde Park                                        845-229-1119

T&F PIZZERIA

SIDE BURNS BARBER SHOP

THE BIRD CAGE PET SHOP, Rt 9G, Haviland Shopping Ctr                                    845-229-2426

GIACOMO’S Home depot plaza, Poughkeepsie                                                845-452-5550

DICK’S SPORTING GOODS, Galleria Mall, Poughkeepsie                           

STOP & SHOP SUPERMARKET, Rt 9, Hyde Park

2008 Game Dinner – A Great Success!

By Debbie Slizewski  

Editor's Note: Before Debbie tells the story, the club would like to give special recognition to her for all her personal hard work and dedication to make the event a huge success. It is a great deal of work and takes a lot of her time and for that, the club would like to give her special thanks.

At 5:15 pm on Saturday, I opened the front door to the clubhouse to find a gathering of hungry people waiting on the steps. Encouraging, since the tickets said 6pm. I cordially stated:  “Give us a few more minutes,” and closed the door. All at once it hit me – it’s time. I found Pete Kraayenbrink, my incredibly hardworking partner in this event, and he hurried Tom Hollsopple to the door for ticket collection & hand stamping.  I ran down to the kitchen, while Barb Arvanetes, Yassar Sahawneh, Steve Hunt, and Joe Turner ran upstairs with appetizer platters and arranged them on the tables.  And so began the Feast!! 

Sound like a last minute frenzy to you?  I assure you the preparation for this event was no less than preparations for a wedding – beginning many months in advance – all for the glory of an event that lasts but a few hours…or does it??  I can’t tell you how many people came up to me after the event with statements like “ what a great party” or “one of the best game dinners we have been to.”  Favorites seemed to be the Venison Chili & Chili dip, moose and beaver meatballs, deep fried stripped bass, and as usual, pheasant parm and pheasant fingers.  I even heard one person say how fantastic the brown dugar/bacon duck was (even though it was too well done). In fact, a few people that said they don’t eat game - ironically I found them going back for 2nds. Even sneaking beaver meatballs – surprise- surprise!

At first we were concerned about the number of tickets sold in advance, but anyone who was at the dinner can tell you that we had a great turnout – about 135 people were seated for dinner (good thing we cooked for 160). We had hoped to hold the event under the pavilion but weather conditions were not on our side for an outside event.  Both upstairs and downstairs were set up for dining and we needed both.

We had a great team for this event! Peter and I would like to thank every person who helped make this event such a success. In the field, Fred Burnett, Dick Corrado, Bob Miles, Jim Pitcher, John Bertalozzi, Jim Herles, and Tom Hollsopple, made sure we had enough game, donating, cutting, and cleaning as far in advance as November 2007. A special thanks goes out to our friends at Mountain Products for donating their time and resources for the, oh so delicious, smoked turkey and fish.

Thanks to Rick Penucci who got the word out around town with fliers. Barbara, who spent a considerable amount of time and resources to visit many local business for raffle sponsors, our raffle table was second to none! Not to mention all the beautiful items Barbara so generously donated from her own collections of wildlife prints, taxidermy mounts, collectibles and clothing – among the items was a Mountain Goat fur Coat won (and modeled) by Fred Burnett – a moment I wish I had my camera. Clyde Herrmance donated a powder measure and a gun cabinet (won by Lee Miller) and I donated a few trinkets of my own, including a 12ga reloader & supplies.

Our kitchen and clean up crew made it all come together over the 3 days preceding the dinner.  Don Wacker, had the glamorous and highly desirable job of helping me clean duck, pheasant, and beaver (he now knows that cleaning a beaver is not quite like cleaning a deer). John Kasper, Lana, Florio, Rick and Barb Pennucci, Werner Lajesky, Sherm Lockard, Chip Strydio, Don Prosakowski, Joe Turner, Yassar Sahawneh, and Steve Hunt worked diligently at preparing food and providing general set up of the hall.  Our primary “chefs” included Chris DeAngelo, Jim Demato, Rocky Curcio, Bill Corsa, and last but not least, my husband John Slizewski, who manned the outside grill.

Thanks also goes to Dawn Miller, who ran the 50/50 raffle, resulting in a whopping $200 payout!  Good work Dawn!
 

It is events like this that bring out the camaraderie of our members. I hope I speak for all when I say it was hard work – but also a lot of fun!  
 

2007 was great, but 2008 was better !!  
 

                                      KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU! – FANTASTIC JOB!

2008 Corporate Sponsors: Orvis
Quattros
ArlingtonWine & Liquor
Darrow Funeral Home
Hyde Park Memorials
Stat Construction
Rite Aid
Mountain Products
Masten Feeds
Canine Creations
The Sisters Country Kitchen
Angelina’s Pizzeria
Joe Christiano’s Pizza
Ronzoni’s Pizzeria
The Inside Scoop
Styles Salon
The Fox & The Hair
Intrigue Hair Salon
Uncle Sonny’s Pizzeria
4 Brothers Pizzeria
New Image Salon  

** Your feedback is welcome – please post your comments in the guest book!!

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Work Hours and Working on Projects/Events at the Club
For members who want to find out about projects and sign up for work hours, please contact Mike Karpoff via email at mkarpoff@nyc.rr.com. All parties who are involved with projects can email Mike with their labor needs, number of people required, dates for the work or event, and all other relevant information. Mike is the Director of Membership and can also be found at the Regular Meetings.

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ARTICLE 35 CLASS AT CRUM ELBOW

Retired Town of Poughkeepsie Police Sergeant James Truitt and Officer John Purdy will be giving an Article 35 information lecture on April 18th 9:00 am until approximately 1:00 at the clubhouse. For those of you that don’t know, Article 35 is the law concerning use of deadly force. Most of us at Crum Elbow own and use some type of firearm whether it is for casual shooting, hunting, or personal protection and it would be great to know under what circumstances that it is within the law to use deadly physical force. As usual, Jim has spent a great deal of his own personal time in preparing for this seminar and I’m sure it would be of interest to all of us that own firearms. This seminar will be open to all members and guests free of charge. (Contact: Chris Pettus, Range Chairman) 

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GET READY!! 2009 Game Dinner is Coming!!
 
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Kids Fishing Day & Neighbor Appreciation Day...GET READY TO FISH with Friends!

NOTICE: New Date is April 18th.
On Saturday, April 18th, Crum Elbow Sportsmen's Association will host its annual Kids Fishing Day at our pond. The pond is being stocked with trout and we look forward to all the smiling faces as the kids catch their limits. The fishing will begin at 10AM and last until 2PM and is open to the children and grandchildren of the members. There is a limit of three (3) fish per child with prizes being given for numerous categories (First Fish Girl, First Fish Boy, Biggest Fish, and more). The members will be providing hot dogs, hamburgers, soda, and chips for everyone.

PLEASE STOP BY THE CLUB AND SIGN UP YOUR KIDS SO THAT THE FOLKS RUNNING THE EVENT HAVE AN IDEA AS TO HOW MANY KIDS WILL BE ATTENDING.

In conjunction with Kids Fishing Day, the members will also be hosting Neighbor Appreciation Day. We welcome the neighbors and their children and grandchildren to the club for the day so that we can show them our appreciation!

2009 GAME DINNER - ANOTHER GREAT SUCCESS

By Debbie Slizewski

Here we are again – Another game dinner for the books and what a dinner it was!!  I would like to believe that this year was the best yet. It has been three weeks now and we have received more positive feed back than ever before. 

This year’s dinner, as those who attended know, was held in the pavilion on what turned out to be a picture-perfect day. We had a turn out of approximately 136 people who all seemed to enjoy the event more than previous years!  I would like to think it was all about the food and raffles, but Mother Nature had a hand in it as well. The pavilion proved to be the perfect venue, providing more space for our buffet style meal and a better environment for socializing – quite possibly due to our large picnic tables, casual “picnic style,” and the open air and sunshine.

THE MENU
Upon talking with a few of my own friends who attended the dinner, I found that they didn’t even make it past the expansive appetizer table. As always, everyone raved about Barbara Arvanetes’ dip and the smoked trout, shinkenspec, home made smoked pepperoni, cheese salami, duck salami, snack sticks, venison liverwurst and buffalo pheasant strips.  My words to these guys were “ You don’t know what you missed” if you didn’t make it to the main course!! On that note, a special thanks goes out to Joe Malaffy of Malaffy’s Meat Processing, who donated a good portion of these items from his private stock, Mountain Products who does such a fantastic job on the smoked trout and a few of our very generous members, Barbara Arvenetes,  Bill Corsa, Don Wacker, and Dick Corrado, to name a few.

This year our menu included some old favorites: marinated grilled venison, pheasant parmesan, venison sausage and peppers, beaver meatballs (yes, they seem to be becoming an old favorite!), bacon/brown sugar duck breast, squirrel, and pheasant bratwurst. Some of this years new dishes included, venison sauerbraten, cranberry duck meatloaf, goose pot pie (you wouldn’t believe how good this was, we’ve changed the reputation of wild goose breast!!), pulled venison and turkey surprise, foil wrapped brown trout, and broiled Salmon and Steel Head (thanks to Grant Ferris and Dick Corrado), and quail harvested by Bob Ellsworth. Striper season was not overly kind to our fishermen this year so there was none to be had, but Fred Burnet had some luck in the deep sea and brought us back some Mahi Mahi – WOW – did you try that??Needless to say there were no leftovers of that!!

THE CREW
Our Kitchen Crew has developed into what I believe to be the finest game cooking team in the area. These guys were nothing short of INCREDIBLE!! Jim Demato and Bill Corsa are our two lead chefs and let me tell you, they were on the money. They both worked tirelessly for three full days (and I don’t mean partial days...these guys were there from 8+  hours a day for three days straight!!). How’s that for getting your hours in?? Sherm Lockard, Don Wacker, and Tom Murphy worked diligently for all three days preparing and cleaning sleeve upon sleeve of pheasant and duck breast. We leave the beaver cleaning to Don. He’s got that down pat now although he did threaten me stating “no more beaver!!” But we know he’s only kidding, we’ll have more for him next year.

Tom Holsopple, Chris D’Angelo, John Rifenberg Jr., Joe Turner, Lana Florio, Werner Lajestky, and Pat Convery all helped turn this event into something special on the day of the event. And who could forget the guys who worked truly behind the scenes and cleaned the club from top to bottom in the late hours of the day and the wee hours of the morning: Barbara Arvanetes, Ted Bohizic, Al Reilly and John Kasper. Thank you for doing such a great job. We had a couple of members say they have never seen the upstairs & the kitchen look so clean. Lets not forget the guys that did so much in the way of game donations, cutting, and cleaning game during the months preceding the dinner.  Peter Kraayenbrink, Fred Burnett, Bob Miles, Mike Pescetti, John Bertalozzi, Grant Ferris, Jim Herles, Dick Corrado, and Tom Holsopple among others. These guys are the back bone of our dinner, after all without the game we would not have a game dinner with such variety – perhaps a picnic – but not a game dinner!!

RAFFLES, RAFFLES, RAFFLES !!
Last but, certainly not least were the raffles. Barbara Arvanetes works exceptionally hard, spending countless hours obtaining the best possible turnout of sponsors for our raffles. She has an unmatched ability to promote our club and obtain support from local business sponsors like Orvis, Adams Fairacre Farms, Stat Construction Co, Copperfield’s Resturant, and Barb’s Landscaping, to name just a few off the list below. Members like Mike Karpoff (wines from around the world),  Fred Burnett (oak rod holder), Tom Holsopple (.22 cal rifle),  Don Wacker (pictures) and Barbara herself (multiple donations) also stepped up to the plate with some very generous donations to enhance the array of items and gift certificates Barbara obtained from the many local businesses who supported us. Special thanks to Rocky Curcio and my friend Al Leone with the high decibel voices for giving Barbara a hand with raffle announcements.

Tom Vegeto resurrected an old game of chance, a 50/50 Shoot, that proved to be a fun change of pace from the everyday 50/50 raffles.  This game was set up like a football pool, where a person buys a square and after the card is full it is taken to the rifle range and used as a target. A youth volunteer is selected to shoot at the card with a pellet load (supervised of course!). The square that receives the most holes wins!! Between 2 rounds of this game and one standard 50/50 drawing, payouts for guests amounted to about $100, $85, $60. Great job Guys !!

THIS EVENT TAKES ENORMOUS TIME & EFFORT &  BEHALF OF THE GAME DINNER COMMITTEE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AND THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP,  WE EXTEND OUR SINCEREST THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELP MAKE THIS THE SUCCESS IT IS.
 

A SPECIAL THANK YOU GOES TO OUR CORPORATE SPONSORS 
Just a reminder, these guys support us – Shop local and support them!! 

ARLINGTON WINE & LIQUOR

ADAMS FAIRACRE FARMS

ADAMS POWER EQUIPMENT

ADAMS FENCES

ALLSTATE INSURANCE – CYNTHIA COLICH   cynthiacolich@allstate.com

COPPERFIELD’S RESTURANT - Route 44, Millbrook (845) 677-8188

ORVIS SANDANONA - Rt 44a, Millbrook longp@orvis.com (845) 677-9701

QUATTROS HUNTING SUPPLIES - Route 44, Pleasant Valley (845) 635-8335

STAT CONSTRUCTION CO.– Paving & excavating, Rt 9G, Staatsburg (845) 889-3131

BARB’S LANDSCAPE (845) 266-2330

DOLLYKINS JEWELRY –Original creations by Karen Hubert (845) 876-6088
JACK MOODE – Collector & former CEO Baretta & Bennelli

POUGHKEEPSIE PLATE GLASS CO. INC.- 6 No. Clinton St. Pok. (845) 452-6070

MIKES FAMOUS HARLEY DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLES (860) 445-9745

MALAFFY’S MEAT PROCESSING - 287 Milan Hill Rd, Milan (845) 876-6306

MOUNTAIN PRODUCTS SMOKEHOUSE - Burdick Rd, Lagrangeville (845) 223-7900

MOLLOY PHARMACY - Rt 9, Hyde Park (845) 229-8881

ANGELINAS PIZZERIA - Haviland Shopping Center, Hyde Park (845) 229-5200

RONZONI’S PIZZERIA - Oakridge Plaza, Hyde Park (845) 229-1119

TOTALLY YOU UNISEX SALON - Haviland Shopping Center, Hyde Park (845) 229-8882

JOE CHRISTIANO’S PIZZERIA - Route 9G, Hyde Park (845) 229-8125

INSIDE SCOOP – 815 Violet Avenue, Hyde Park (845) 229-9866
UNCLE SONNY’S CAFÉ’ & PIZZERIA - 6270 RT 82 Stanfordville (845) 868-7121

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2009 Kids Christmas Party

WHO
Members and children/grandchildren must pre-register by November 27^th
 - It is free to register
 - Each member is entitled to bring one adult guest or one child (over the age of 12) and their children under 12.
 - Additional guest over the age of 12 will be charged $5 each
 - Any non pre-registered attendants will need to pay upon entry (Adults/Children $5.00)
 - When pre-registering, please provide the following information for the child
   1. first and last name
   2. age
   3. boy or girl

EVENTS
Food, Beverages, and Dessert will be served*
*Donations from local businesses will assist with food donation and be recognized on the website

It has been quite a few years since we have had this party and it turned out wonderful thanks to the hard work of a few dedicated members and many generous sponsors. The local businesses who donated items toward the party are listed below and deserve our local support and big THANK YOU!

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