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Plan to join our spring work trip

The DIFF Club's annual spring work trip to Davis Island is tentatively scheduled for the week of May 16.
Nothing specific in the way of projects has yet been decided, but it's unlikely that any major cabin renovations will be done because of the uncertainty surrounding the future of the fish camp.
Anyone wishing to join the work group -- the club will feed you and Alger Willis Fishing Camp will put you up for a week -- should call Frank Long at 336-924-0556.

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The DIFF Board of Directors will submit to members at the Annual Meeting Feb. 27 the following slate of candidates for the board: B.K. Barringer, Steve Barringer, Dennis Blanton, Roy Byrd, Jack Davis, Joe Gerrald, Jim Grier, Chester Hiatt, Frank Long, Alvin Tans, Frank Tursi, and Charles Wright.
All are current board members except for Gerrald. He would replace Jack Burcham, who is retiring from the board.

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Chuck Harris, the chief of operations at Cape Lookout National Seashore, retired Nov. 30.
His duties have been divided among other staff member, explained Karren Brown, the park's superintendent. Harris's salary will be used to hire additional staff members, she said.

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Brown has breathing easier in Januray after the 114 horses on Shackleford Banks were rounded up and found to be free of a highly contagious disease. All the horses were let loose
In the past, infected horses have

been destroyed, raising the ire of some Carteret County residents and of some of the state's most influential politicians.
Bill Harris, the former superintendent at Cape Lookout, lost his job after running afoul of the horse lovers.

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Brown may safe there, but her decision to ban permanent duck blinds in water adjacent to the seashore has raised the hackles of some duck hunters and guides.
Rangers the spring will begin dismantling any blinds that are within 150 of the mean low-tide line. Next hunting season, hunters or guides will only be able to use blinds that can be removed after the season.
People have complained that the decision runs counter to years of tradition and custom, Brown said. The blinds are eyesores, she said, and clearly against park rules that were never enforced.

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Though there was some talk among members at the club's fishing tournament in September to move the tournament to October, the DIFF Board of Directors voted at its meeting in December not to change the dates this year.
The tournament will start, as usual, on the last Thursday in September, which this year is the 30th. The tournament will end Oct. 2.
The board did vote to send postcards to members entering the tournament to confirm their entry.

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DIFF member Charles Wright caught a 28-pound stripper at the 33-mile marker on Dec. 3. Charles caught the 41-inch fish on 8-pound test line using a small ABU Garcia freshwater reel. The fish hit a green and orange sting-ray grub, and it ran for 75

Members entering this year's fishing tournament will receive postcards confirming their entry.

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