After a great 4th of July behind us, the lasts week in July, we celebrated Vice Commodore’s Shane Wilks’ 60th birthday!  We were able to keep it “mostly” a surprise with the help of his son, Logan, who drove Aqua Tread at probably the slowest speed EVER!  Susan provided food and fun for everyone.

Shane sported his fast-paced WHEELCHAIR.  Most people his age don’t drive fast anyway!  Is that a drink in his hand??  The LGYC family showed him a lot of love by the “special” gifts that were given to him. Not only having a birthday in July, his daughter, Sarah Grace gave birth to his 1st grandson.  Here he is with wife, Susan and grandson, Benton.  Grands are the best gift!

 August was a relatively quiet month of boating and water sports.  We did have a big birthday bash to celebrate all of our August birthdays (Thanks to the generosity of Rony & Marti!)   Rony Najjar, Mike Rogers, Don Ross, Susan Smith all celebrated birthdays at the event.

Summer ended with our Labor Day party.  Kudos to Billy and Paula McCarty for a HUGE SUCCESS with the Scottish Highland Games.  We are still getting feedback from our friends at Chattanooga and Turtle Point who participated in the weekend.  There was a large group of visitors who participated in the wearing of Scottish attire; in some form or another.  Now, as any true Scot will attest, the Kilt is worn without undergarments (Ar-ficially as the Scots would say).  With the temps and humidity in the 90’s, going Commando was “probably” worn by a lot of gents.  Of course, I don’t think anyone really tried to find out WHO was wearing their Kilt Ar-ficially.  At least I didn’t see any selfie sticks…… Our clubhouse was decorated to the “hilt” with the vision of a Scottish castle.  Walk with us through the Scottish fantasy, thanks to the talented ladies of LGYC!  

The Loch Ness Monster was seen at the beginning of the walkway to the castle.  Thanks to George and Lynn Shanks for a very realistic monster!

Starting the evening with Scottish bagpipes made the evening complete!  Our friends from Chattanooga and Turtle Point gladly joined in the fun!

 On Saturday, there were games of great feats of strength and agility, such as the Axe throw (a team gave instructions before Axes were thrown), the Hammer toss (nothing but a fender), and the Caber toss which was a 17 FT PVC pipe with a 5 LB weight attached to one end.  All of the Scottish games were accepted with eagerness.  Other games included the Target Golf, Volleyball and LEFT, RIGHT, CENTER which is always a big crowd pleaser since the pot begins with everyone putting in three $5 bills (Chuck Ruddy walked away with a bunch of GREEN and it wasn’t plaid).  

Our yachters from Chattanooga were the big winners of the Scottish games.  Mr. Muscle, Mike Hagaman outthrew everyone in the Hammer toss.  Below is a picture of all those who won from Chattanooga:

 A group of ladies from Chattanooga dressed in their Axe Throwing attire (Bad Axes).  They were pumped and impressive.

 Our Skeet Shooters were out in force with Tommy Gray coming in second with Tom Vick winning with 9 out of 10 in the 3rd round shoot off.  The spectators were holding their breath as the clays flew!

 

 

Gerald was there to assist any new shooters like Amanda Smith, Chris Creech’s fiancée.  All of our range safety officers have been through a certification course with the NRA.

Thanks to Ardell for the spectacular photos of the Labor Day weekend from the air via Drone!  It was a weekend to remember for years to come!

On September 8th, it was time to celebrate some September birthdays.  The birthday girls were Brenda Henderson and Sharon Gray.  Happy Birthday Ladies!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

The October General Membership meeting will be on October 6th.  We hope to see everyone there for this important meeting.  You should be seeing an Evite to the meeting from Billy McCarty with information about the dinner that evening.

Well, that just about covers the news for September.  We’ve had a busy and fast paced year.  As we near the end of 2018, we have a lot of good memories to “reflect” on.  One of the pictures from a Chattanooga visitor says it all about our special place here on the lake…..it’s pure beauty!

Until next time, “Keep Calm and Sail On!”  

 

News lady Gail