First Annual Lake Fork Carp & Buffalo Challenge

February 29 – March 3, 2012

Lake Fork is on the Sabine River, five miles northwest of Quitman

Carp Pro Magazine and Wild Carp Companies recently announced that, along with Lake Fork Sportsman’s Association, they will host a $10,000 carp and rough fish catch and release tournament. This is a  new Texas 44 event, and the registration and social gathering will be held February 29.

Education, outreach and community programs and a Pro-Am showcase are scheduled for March 1. The tournament will begin March 1 in the afternoon and last until March 3. The registration fee is $450 per team.

Smallmouth Buffalo from Lake Fork

Copyright WildCarp Companies

Lake Fork is home to Common and Mirror Carp that grow in excess of 35 pounds and Smallmouth Buffalo that top 55 pounds. This 44-hour tournament will prove to be a grueling test of the two-person teams as they strive to capture champion Carp and Smallmouth Buffalo. This is a team-based, 44-hour endurance tournament for Big 4 Carp and Big 4 Smallmouth Buffalo.

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RV Parks In Lake Fork Area

Rolling Fork RV Park – Lakefront park with laundromat,fishing pond,boat launch,fishing pier, bath house, pavillion, water treatment system and picnic areas.

All Seasons Lake Fork Resort - On on the water at Lake Fork, with motel, swimming pool, restaurant, RV park with over 50 sites, boat ramp, boat slips, Lake Fork guide service available and lots of parking space.

For more choices, please view this website: http://www.ets-systems.com/lakefork/services/rvpark.htm

 250,000 pounds of snow!

Family Fun Activities:

• HEB Plus! Winter Zone
• Snow Tubing Hill
• Rides & Inflatables
• Carnival with Midway
• Petting Zoo & Pony Rides
• Toddler Snow Tubing Hill
• Recycle Snowman Contest
• Rock Climbing Wall
• Food & Crafts
• Live Entertainment
  • 1030 am – VOCAL TRASH
  • 11 am – WINTER DASH RACE
  • AWARDS PRESENTATION
  • 1130 am – RONALD MCDONALD
  • 12 Noon – VOCAL TRASH
  • 1230 pm – THE ELITE PLAYERS
  • 130 pm – RONALD MCDONALD
  • 2 pm – VOCAL TRASH
  • 3 pm – ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS

Purchase your tickets in advance at the Parks & Recreation Office, 4141 Bailey Road. The office is open Monday through Friday from 730 am-530 pm through January 26, when pre-sales ticket sales end.

Discounted Tickets (buy before event):

• $8 Child (ages 3-16)
• $2 Adult (ages 17+)

Regular Admission (day of event):

• $10 Child (ages 3-16) or $8.00 with a canned good
• $4 Adult (ages 17+) or $2.00 with a canned good

Parking available at Pearland High School, 3775 South Main Street, Pearland, Texas.

URL to map: http://g.co/maps/ad7sp

RV Parks in Area

Advanced RV Resort is Tom Bass Regional Park that offers a public golf course, fishing ponds, model airplane field, nature walking trails and gated entrance.

Almost Heaven RV Resort can accommodate any size RV in our 132 full hook-up sites. Amenities include free WIFI, and an extensive selection of movies and books.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. Dwight D. Eisenhower

websites could be taken down because the Justice Department (DoJ) says the site is conducting infringing activities

The Congress and the House of Representatives have come up two separate bills to further curtail our freedoms. I guess it is just too hard for the poor peeps to tackle something important, like sending jobs overseas, corruption on capitol hill, the environmental dangers posed by fracking and the XL pipeline, climate change, the disappearing middle class, etc.

Oh, but they have time to write the bills that will take away the few pleasures left to the public that is struggling to work, live and pay taxes.

Congress is about to pass Internet censorship, even though the vast majority of Americans are opposed to it. We need to kill the bills – PIPA in the Senate and SOPA in the House – to protect our rights to free speech, privacy, and prosperity.

S.968 – PROTECT IP Act of 2011

PIPA -Establishes process by which a

. The DoJ or the copyright owner would begin legal action and the DoJ could demand that search engines, social networking sites and domain name services block access to the targeted site.This could all be done without anyone being heard by a judge.

Stop Protect IP Adresses (PIPA) – Read the bill here.

H.R.3261 – Stop Online Piracy Act

SOPA – Basically the same as PIPA, with some additions: . . . against any site they deem to have “only limited purpose or use other than infringement,” . . . It would also make unauthorized web streaming of copyrighted content a felony with a possible penalty up to five years in prison. This bill combines two separate Senate bills — S.968 and S.978.

Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) - Read the bill here.

People are saying these bills will break the Internet.  In protest many of the large websites, like Wikipedia are “blacking out” their websites tomorrow 1/18. I have decided I will add this post to all my blogs as a public service announcement,