Phil Lilley

I'm upping the stakes on my Polar Bear Plunge for CAM. I will match each donation starting today, January 1, till the plunge this Sunday. Double your donation - please consider. Thanks https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E358532&id=54 Mail check to: CAM 2400 Highway 165 Branson, MO. 65616

Shaving isn't a big deal.... been thinking about it lately. My head? That's a different deal. Let's not bring that up.

Thank you for all who have donated! I'm amazed at the generosity of people. I've had over 60 people donate between Facebook and the forum. For those who haven't, it's a week away. $20 for a year's fishing reports isn't bad. And it's a good cause. Thanks

https://www.lilleysriverside.com/shop/Spincast-Fishing/Bait-and-Tackle/Lures/Jigs-and-Jigheads/p/Sculpin-Football-Jig-332oz-x77634392.htm https://www.lilleysriverside.com/shop/Spincast-Fishing/Bait-and-Tackle/Lures/Jigs-and-Jigheads/p/Sculpin-Football-Jig-116oz-x77660919.htm Nathan got our new jigs up on our site. Do you think these would work for smallmouth on rivers, bass on lakes?

I’ll check with Nathan but we should be putting those football jigs online this week.

Thanks so much, guys. We've had a lot of donations come in.

He did. It was her husband that found him though. No other details. He was a good guy. I’ll miss him.

Rick we have big Webers you can use

3 nice fish on a jig today. First rainbow I caught this evening below Fall Creek. About 22-23 inch fat female. The others also on a white jig too. Short strikes and not good numbers, at least today.

I have reserved #22 for 3 nights, Thursday through Saturday. This is by the office, a big room for gathering if it's bad weather. It also has 3 single beds in a separate room for those who want to share a room.

We were very blessed to acquire this property a couple of years ago and have been praying about what to do with it. 80% is wooded with lots of cedars and oaks. Not many mature trees and a lot of the hardwoods are kinda sickly, we found out. But it's still a nice, quiet wooded area that we think will be a good place to build a few single cabins for nightly rental. The creek, Cooper Creek, is what we call a dry creek which basically runs only when it rains except it is fed by a couple of springs that come in on the golf course above us, Thousand Hills Golf Club. So there is a nice flow through the creek year round. The property between us and the lake (33 acres) belongs to Liberty Electric and leased to MDC which is pretty cool. We're hoping to work with MDC to construct hiking trails. We'll see. But it's a great buffer. The trick will be getting utilities to the area - water from the existing well we'll have to go through alot of rock ledge area unless we drill another well which might be cheaper. Sewer - we're looking at possibilities but septic is definitely a good option. There's good soil and we have room for fields. With only 2 people per cabin, the usage will be minimal.

That would be awesome!

I'll check on it.... I sure don't want Richard to get credit! He's a good friend. Thanks!!!

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In the N2N program, we are using food as a tool to attempt to influence some people's life in a positive way. The food is a draw... getting them out of the house and making contact in a positive and nonthreatening way. We don't make any judgements to who gets food or who does not -- that's an impossible task with the numbers we see. In most of today's apartment complexes, we don't see the "neighborhood aspect" that we used to see in our neighborhoods 40 years ago. In the summer, we accommodate hamburger cookouts to rekindle that neighborhood atmosphere.

One more thing... there's a couple of ways to look at giving people some food. One is that it gives families food that they don't have to buy which saves them money to pay bills. Another is, now a days, kids aren't getting fed at home. What food they get is at school. Two stories here in Taney County in the past month! First, a 11 year old was suspended from an area school. He said, crying, "I can't miss school because it's the only place I eat. There's no food in the house." We found out and got them food. Another- an area school's athletes informed their coaches that they didn't have food at home and they were hungry all the time. Now we provide food for a small pantry in the coach's office. It's crazy to see how many kids go without food at home. And what food they have is never cooked or prepared... they fend for themselves.

I used to be a care coach, which is the person that, I wouldn’t call it interview, but ask questions of the people coming in for food. They do have to prove residency of Taney county or Stone county but that’s the only criteria to receive food. For reporting and statistics that we are required to gather to receive federally assisted commodities, we ask if they receive any entitlements or assistance from local, state or federal agencies. Then we ask the personal questions like, how are they doing, are they working, do they need any help with job training or Any medical needs, any other issues at home that we could help with such as childcare or even if there is any abuse in the home. We also ask if they need any prayer or if we could pray with them. We also ask if they need any special items like diapers, detergent, toiletries, any special dietary items. If we have it, we will give it to them. They can come in to one of our distribution centers which are open five days a week here in Branson and Forsyth and receive four days of food per month. They could also go to one of our outreaches which are going on throughout the month at different locations and receive another four days of food. These outreaches are called neighbor2neighbor outreach, where we partner with organizations and churches to deliver food to apartment complexes, mobile home, parks, and parking lots. For instance, if a church is a partner, they provide financial assistance to help with the food, then provide volunteers to give out the food at the event. This develops relationships since it’s done once a month where people can help people that need help basically. We have about 45 neighbor 2 neighbor outreaches per month on top of our normal distribution points. We are funded by private individuals, businesses, churches, Civic organizations, senior county tax board, county government, city government, fundraisers and grants.

As many of you know, CAM (Christian Action Ministries) is the food pantry for Taney and Stone Counties. We distribute food to almost 6500 residents each month through over 60 outreaches. And we do it with a shoestring staff of 7 people, half are part time. Most of the work is done by volunteers. Here's an interesting statistic - 62% of the people we give food to have at least one job. Many have 2 and 3 jobs. Some are retired and on a fixed income. Some are on disability. Some are deadbeats and don't deserve free food but that percentage is small. Here's your chance to help with this ministry, and give back for the cost of running this forum. I don't care how much you give - but you should give something. Thank you! https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/WebLink.aspx?name=E358532&id=54&fbclid=IwAR1hntS0fZiaqp5JwaxnXROaTH4gd5Qzc9Vn0exvjtPhG-_XfP-sqPGrxL0 https://mailchi.mp/b26147c0c73b/a-record-breaking-year-for-christian-action-ministries?e=1213934769

https://mdc.mo.gov/trees-plants/diseases-pests/periodical-cicadas Hopefully it will be a fun time in May and June!

17 and 18 are open. They are also upstairs but they have an adjoining deck. 17 is a 4 bedroom and 18 is a 3 br. If you get enough guys, you could take both and share the deck.

Some have called and made reservations. For those who want to share a room, I could reserve a big unit and you guys could speak up and take a bed. Say, unit 25. It has 4 bedrooms/ 2 bathrooms, 9 beds. Big living room. It is upstairs.

It looks like TR is turning over. Taney's water has turned a darkish brown with silt which is another indicator. We usually get a bump in trout activity but I doubt if we see much this year. I just don't think we've had a bad DO problem this fall. Fishing hasn't been bad at all. But good DO sure doesn't hurt. The Corp now can run 4 units full without injecting so we may see some big flows. That wouldn't be a bad thing. Clean the lake out a bit.

I have no idea where we're going. May be Wildcat. I know the water pretty well there. I'll put some in the mail to Riley's tomorrow.

I can do 50% off rooms, boats and stall rentals those days for the group. I can't commit to 50% discount if this continues to be an annual event but there will always be some discount to an OAF event here.

Blake and I are planning on being there Saturday for a day trip. Not sure what we're bringing as far as a boat - probably one of our jon boats with a prop. If you've watched One Cast lately, we've made a football jig / sculpin jig that we've done fairly well on and we're wanting to try it on the White. Give me your addresses if you want us to mail you a couple to try out this weekend.