{"id":62356,"date":"2015-04-01T13:45:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T18:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=62356"},"modified":"2015-04-01T13:45:18","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T18:45:18","slug":"bylaws-birding-are-topics-for-vwapc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/04\/01\/bylaws-birding-are-topics-for-vwapc\/","title":{"rendered":"Bylaws, birding are topics for VWAPC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Rex Dolby\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62357\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62357\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Hollis2Print.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-62357 \" style=\"border-width: 1px; border-color: black; border-style: solid;\" alt=\"Bluebird at the Columbus Zoo. (Photo by L.V. Hollis)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Hollis2Print.jpg\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bluebird at the Columbus Zoo. (Photo by L.V. Hollis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Van Wert Area Photography Club&#8217;s next scheduled meeting is set for Thursday, April 9, 7 p.m., at 114 S. Race St., next to the Van Wert Civic Theatre facility.\u00a0 The club greatly appreciates the meeting place\u00a0provided by the Civic Theatre organization.<\/p>\n<p>A controversy concerning a couple of points in the new bylaws prevented them from being approved at the last meeting.\u00a0 The bylaw committee is hopeful that those sticking points will be resolved at this meeting.\u00a0 Possibly as an incentive to have your vote count, those attending are reminded that any one can share his\/her opinion, but only those with paid-up memberships will be eligible to vote on the issues.\u00a0 Dues are $25 for individuals 18 and older.\u00a0\u00a0Additional family members\u00a0are\u00a0$5 each up to a limit of $40, even though there may be more than four members in the family.<\/p>\n<p>Switching gears, anyone who has a special interest in birds, should be aware of an event coming up in northern Ohio May 8-17.\u00a0 Doug Heckler alerted us to the &#8220;Biggest Week in American Birding&#8221; headquartered at the Maumee Bay Lodge and Conference Center on the shore of Lake Erie in Oregon Ohio. If you do a search for: &#8220;Biggest Week in American Birding&#8221;, and click on &#8220;Biggest Week in American Birding-Home&#8221; you will get all the information related to the activities for the week, and even a six page list of potential species of\u00a0birds that might be seen at any one of six different locations.\u00a0 Guided tours, seminars,\u00a0plus entertainment are all part of the daily offerings.\u00a0 Registration is $35 for 18 and older, $10 for 9-18, and free for under age 9.\u00a0 Hopefully it will be warmer by then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rex Dolby\u00a0 The Van Wert Area Photography Club&#8217;s next scheduled meeting is set for Thursday, April 9, 7 p.m., at 114 S. Race St., next to the Van Wert Civic Theatre facility.\u00a0 The club greatly appreciates the meeting place\u00a0provided by the Civic Theatre organization. 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