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Okoboji Online | Guestbook | Archive | March 2000

Archive March 2000

Hardcore bikers from Okoboji

shafferm@primenet.com

Wednesday, March 1, 2000 at 12:25 AM
Two Okoboji Harley bikers are featured on the "www.cyclerides.com" Internet site. These two bikers also rode with the Arizona Hell's Angels on the "red & white poker run" and the "Florence, Arizona prison run" (both biker rides were held last month). If you go to the "www.cyclerides.com" and click on the "Cancer Benefit Photos" (a benefit ride), you can scroll down to the middle photo (8 photos down or 3 photos from the bottom). Two couples are sitting at a table. Pick out the Okoboji, Harley Davidson biker couple. If you're younger than 40, you won't be able to identify them....ms

Rich	deaconrichard@hotmail.com
Wednesday, March 1, 2000 at 11:46 AM Shaffer, you mentioned these biker runs in an earlier post. Why are you so interested in this? Is one of the riders you!? Just curious, Rich

brent	bjensen1979@yahoo.com
Wednesday, March 1, 2000 at 10:53 PM I was wondering what all goes on for the Okoboji homecoming on July 15 and 16. Haven't been up there for a few years, but I'll finally be 21 then. So, if it is a good time could you let me know. Thanks.

nobody	nowhere.com
Thursday, March 2, 2000 at 7:30 AM On the news this am, looks like Iowa will pass laws against drinking and boating, setting the blood-alcohol level at the same level used for automobiles. Bad news for those who like to boat and enjoy a few.

Todd

toddm@radiks.net

Thursday, March 2, 2000 at 8:55 PM
Fletch, when will you be blessing us with your high fla-lotin presence at the area soon to be know as "Every DNR will Breath Test" Iowa? The wife and I, who tells me "Damnmit we is getting a new boat this year" will be up there many times. Including July 8-15th, (Yes Julie, we love you very much and we owe you a beverage) Must have Info. Would make a special trip for you big daddy! Anytime I get to hang with a man of your stature, influiance and intoxication, I'M THERE! Of course as always, a Bober Soater! I don't mean to incourage consumption or over induldgence of any sort. I do incourage proper spelling, life jackets on the young, a tasty wake, seeing the sunrise, bloody Mary's at the Dry Dock for breakfast when proper, a Cartwright diddy, a Ritz Pizza, Gigi's smile and service served with a portabella at Maxwells, a slow ride on the water after closing time, a life time of new friends and memories all courtesy of "BOJI" and a pencil thin mustache....

To "Nobody" from Somebody	Don't give it out.
Thursday, March 2, 2000 at 10:49 PM It's about time Iowa passed some laws against potential drunken killers in boats. Drunk boaters have caused enough deaths, and ONE was too many. Bad News? Get a life. Now if they'd just work on the people who turn into idiots on jet skis . . . Don't even bother to argue with me . . . it hits close to home.

jon	jonlenamcd@aol.com
Friday, March 3, 2000 at 11:12 AM I live in San Diego but travel to Okoboji every summer. I love to check the live picture of the lake especially as the ice is melting and the season is changing. Thanks to those who maintain this webb site.

Babe	bojibabe@gateway.net
Sunday, March 5, 2000 at 8:47 AM Ditto! I think the live camera is fantastic and am very thankful to get the chance to watch the ice go out. It should be any day now that we will be watching for the first boat and then the fun will be watching the dock go in! Thank you!

Neil	bojiboardn@hotmail.com
Sunday, March 5, 2000 at 6:39 PM I'm as axnious as a "wino" with a $10 bill to see all of my old friends in Okoboji. I don't care much for the new Sober Boater law. How do they expect anyone to ski the bridge sober? See ya all in June, that is if I don't get pulled over on the way.

DDA	N/A
Sunday, March 5, 2000 at 9:37 PM The lake is open from the bridge to okoboji boats and from the bridge east to the ritz, lets splash the sea ray soon.

fletch

bojipics@aol.com

Monday, March 6, 2000 at 10:51 AM
Tradition calls for he annual gathering on the 4th...Dr. Crazylegs says he's flying in before he starts his new job in Austin and the partier still known as Junk will be floating up from KC...I'll drop in from Dallas to lead up the charge on Long Island in an attempt to drink all of their tea. I imagine our maturity level will be at an all time low as will the alcohol level of any person behind the wheel of any transportation device. In other words, we'll be stupid, but safe. I will, however be sure to save a couple of drink dollars in the case I run into the mythic-Boji-god, otherwise known as Todd.

name	email
Monday, March 6, 2000 at 11:18 AM I MISS YOU OKOBOJI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me	Dont give out
Monday, March 6, 2000 at 11:31 AM Nice Ladder.

Whip	whipple_p@hotmail.com
Monday, March 6, 2000 at 12:08 PM I agree very colorful ladder. It is amazing the change from yesterday and today. The piece of ice floating to the edge is a promise of spring. My day doesn't start until I check this site.

CAMPJACKMICKDAN	DISCODANNY64@WEBTV
Monday, March 6, 2000 at 1:26 PM ANYBODY REMEMBER THE CAMP BOYS 1948 TO 54? IF SO LOVED TO HEAR FROM YOU..

Ryan	strurya@bvu.edu
Monday, March 6, 2000 at 7:03 PM Looks like the ice will be out in a few days :O) I'm coming to visit you Okoboji!!!

homesick	home@sick.com
Tuesday, March 7, 2000 at 12:53 AM I only lived around Okoboji for half a year, but damn, I sure do miss it. Many thanks to the gurus who maintain the camera. It's a little piece of "home". Thanks a million!

Mary	mcc@aol.com
Tuesday, March 7, 2000 at 11:53 AM The Dry Dock must be getting some roof repair. Just be sure to have the kitchen dry. Can't wait to have one of those reubens. They are the ultimate.

Dan	dax4@ops.org
Tuesday, March 7, 2000 at 1:06 PM What's up with the picture? This is getting kind of fun. You never know what you will see. Just logged on to show a friend the ice and there was a face. Camera work or what? While I'm asking questions anyone have information about the plan for Arnolds Park? What will happen to it and when?

Patrick Kennedy	daisydawg@earthlink.net
Tuesday, March 7, 2000 at 2:34 PM Not sure if it had been mentioned or not but on Sunday March 12th, at 9:00pm., HGTV's show, "Restore America with Bob Villa" will feature Okoboji, Arnolds Park and my Uncle Steve's pretty little Maritime Museum.

dunno	i don't know.com
Tuesday, March 7, 2000 at 2:42 PM Let me see... I think those are cirrus clouds...But they're nice cirrus clouds.

To Dan

zweifel7@hotmail.com

Tuesday, March 7, 2000 at 3:10 PM
As a reply to your question, "What is going on with the park?" Well the park applied for an outdoor service permit that would allow them to have live music and dancing, you know like it used to be. People coming here for a good time for their vacation. People up here don't want that because they think that it will corrupt their kids to see people having a good time. I guess people forget why people come up here, for a good time. Captains Getaway will probably enclose the only removable roof in Iowa because of a few persons complaints. Thus making it similiar to about every other bar in Iowa and the midwest. Not making it unique like it used to be. Again somewhere a person can go on vacation to have a good time. I guess the some individuals do not see that here in the lakes region. And the other tourists beware the Arnolds Park and Okoboji police forces have joined. Making available seven cops to patrol this town of 2000 or so people. That is great I don't know of other towns that have that kind of police capabilities. We even on occasion get the county sherriffs and the Iowa State Patrolmen to drive the area. That is great. So I hope that answers your question and if anyone has any concerns over the latest developments here in the lakes region please write, after all it is the vacationers that keep this area running and going strong and make it the place it needs to be.. I think some people forget where they get their jobs or their income and don't realize that we depend on the vacationers. So lets bring back the good times, the live music past ten and the fun that we get to enjoy three months out of the year. Thank you for your time and I hope we get to see you all in the future!!!! sz

jack camp	jcamp29559@aol.com
Tuesday, March 7, 2000 at 4:11 PM Any of my classmates around whats new since i951?

JAYBUCK	jring@iwcc.cc.ia.us.com
Tuesday, March 7, 2000 at 5:23 PM OH BOY look at the ice melt.The water is just waiting for the boats and jetskis. Is everyone ready for the cold beer and the warm weather to kick back and relax to the best place in Iowa. Hope to see everyone over the 4th.

mike	waltonmlaw@aol.com
Tuesday, March 7, 2000 at 9:43 PM Looking for a cabin for a family of 5 on or near Lake Okoboji. Mid June. Any recommendations for a nice resort?

Mike	mikey@gocubs.com
Wednesday, March 8, 2000 at 11:54 AM What ice??? :-) I see nothing but open water! My recollection this is about a month sooner than usual. (That's not to say that we couldn't have a refreeze should we get a nice snowstorm...)

David Spalding	davids@okoboji.com
Wednesday, March 8, 2000 at 2:46 PM Today (March 8) is the official ice out date for West. It is the earliest date since they started recording back in 1916.

jasoncookie	jcook@iwcc.cc.ia.us.com
Wednesday, March 8, 2000 at 7:23 PM I LOVE OKOBOJI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 I CANT WAIT TO SEE ALL THE NICE LOOKING LADIES ALL OVER THE PLACE GET THE BOAT WARMED UP ILL BE THERE SOON

DANNY CAMP	DISCODANNY64WEBTV.NET
Thursday, March 9, 2000 at 9:50 AM HI, LOOKING FOR OLD CLASSMATES 1955 AP

Peter	Minneapolis
Thursday, March 9, 2000 at 1:25 PM Is it just me, or does the live cam shot sort of look like an Impressionist painting?

ann	art@aol.com
Thursday, March 9, 2000 at 1:39 PM The lake looks low, I know you didn't have much snow out there this winter. Is the lake a great deal lower than normal?

Sarah Hoffman

hoffmans21@hotmail.com

Thursday, March 9, 2000 at 2:52 PM
Okoboji is my favorite summer place. Have worked and played there the past two summers and this summer I'm chosing So Cal, to learn how to surf, other wise I would be back in a heartbeat. Lake Okoboji is where I learn how to wakeboard, drink like a fish, work my tail off, and met the best people ever!! Heck,I even got plates that say 'LK BOJI'. But will be back for the 4th of July and will be livin' it up @ my favorite bars like Murphy's and The Ritz, and probably most of the places I have worked in the past, too. Everyone that does what they do there keep up the great work!!!! Peace-n-Love Sarah

:-)	(-:
Thursday, March 9, 2000 at 3:27 PM I Love Boji!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!

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Thursday, March 9, 2000 at 4:00 PM Hi everyone! I really miss OKoboji! So, How's Arnolds Park doing?

Heather	maybe i'll tell you
Thursday, March 9, 2000 at 6:44 PM Jaybuck and JCookie I bet you are both really hot dudes. You can get me warmed up on your boat anytime this summer. I think I met you up in bojiland last summer. Let's party sometime :) Luv and Hugz... Heather XOXOX

Info.

Needed

Friday, March 10, 2000 at 1:35 AM
Does anyone know how to contact Louis from Maxwell's? As far as I know he does not winter there. Not only would I like to give him prop's on the wonderful resturant but I also have a business proposal I'd like to spin his way. IT IS TIME TO PLAN FOR BOJI 2000! Before we know it, we will all be at the place that makes us all SMILE(the whole year through)Any help would be so Boji....

Boji Forever	**********
Friday, March 10, 2000 at 1:48 AM Hey, Ann - did you ever live in Carroll Iowa? We may know each other. In such case we will be @ the cabin at least four...yes,!4! glorious times(a full week at a time)this summer and we must get together! If you are who I think, U, R, we should all get together!

Scott McIntosh	smcintosh@yahoo.com
Saturday, March 11, 2000 at 10:28 AM Tommy Bolin fans! You are out there, especially in Okoboji! Plan to go to the annual Tommy Bolin Fest in Sioux City, August 11 and 12. Go to http://www.tommybolin.org/fanpage.html for details.

Kanya	kmrsmiles@hotmail.com
Saturday, March 11, 2000 at 5:52 PM Hey everybody!!!I miss you all so much over there.I cant wait to visit you all on my spring break!If I don't know you and you live in Spirit Lake then e-mail me please!!!I miss Spirit Lake!!!! ---------------------Kanya :D

Matt and Jack

muskies51108@yahoo.com

Sunday, March 12, 2000 at 4:47 PM
OK well me (matt) and my friend (Jack) went to the lakes 2 years ago and we met 2 girls.Names are Briana and Amanda or Ashley sorry but I can't remember if it's Amanda or Ashley cause my minds on a blank. Anyways we became friends then they went back to W. Des Moines, Then the next year I met them again but Jack wasn't there and Jack wants there e-mail so he can keep contact with them. So Briana or Ashley/Amanda if you see this please respond.:) Jack wants your e-mail.If anybody knows any info please let me know they were in the former Methodist Camp which is now Monarch Cove there grandparent's name plack was Eck's anybody now any info PLEASE e-mail it to me cause Jack is starting to turn into a Jack@#$ bothering me so much. Briana said her e-mail was something hotmail.com . Any Info PLEASE e-mail it to me. Sincerely, Matt W. and Jack B.

Randie	IaHandball@aol.com
Sunday, March 12, 2000 at 5:10 PM I'm thinking about a week on the lake with 5 kids this summer. Any insider tips on where to stay? We want to rent a boat, ski, amuse ourselves, maybe fish a bit. Thanks! GO HAWKS!!

Nancy Reed

nancyreed@home.com

Sunday, March 12, 2000 at 11:03 PM
What a surprise to tune to the Home and Gardening Channel and find Okoboji as the lead story! Steve Kennedy gave a very good interview and the lake looked really nice while he was in the boat giving a tour. Too bad that they filmed it in the fall when all the leaves were off the trees. It is so beautiful when everything is green and the water is that lovely blue.

Jonathan Reed	jreed@jeffersondavis.com
Tuesday, March 14, 2000 at 11:23 AM Here's HGTV's Restore America website: http://www.hgtv.com/library/RAM/ia_okoboji.html See what they say about the lakes area!

Julie	jjensen2@firstunion1.com
Tuesday, March 14, 2000 at 12:03 PM Hello out there... this year the first ever Jensen Family Reunion will be taking place in Okoboji the weekend of July 1. Anyone else out there going? I haven't been to Okoboji in over 10 years. Where are the most fun places to get a beverage?

Sharon

HAPPY@Boji

Wednesday, March 15, 2000 at 12:48 AM
Julie - go to the Garden(Bavarian Garden)located at the bottom of the Central Emporium! Get a Long Island Ice Tea (they come in a fruit jar) Wonderful! But even water tastes good when the Cartwright Brothers are playing! There has been a recent release of the song if I had a million Dollars on the radio staions...well,I like their version best...JUST GO THERE - YOU'LL SEE! Probably won't have the pleasure to share that drink with ya though we won't be there until later in the week after the 4th of July - but make sure you give us an update on the web site! ENJOY!!!

jack	jack-in-the-box
Wednesday, March 15, 2000 at 7:37 AM Anyone know, is PeeWee still around?? He used to (maybe still does) run the gas station on highway 71. My granddad used to bum cigs off of him years ago. Seems there was a write up in a paper about him several years back. Just wondering....

Mike	Mike
Wednesday, March 15, 2000 at 9:05 AM I thinks hes around but he retired, i think his shop is some other business right now.

Rich

deaconrichard@hotmail.com

Wednesday, March 15, 2000 at 11:55 AM
I just read the internet article published by HGTV. (Thank you Jonathan Reed for the link). However, the article is...well...less than accurate on a lot of key points. For one, it states that The Legend roller coaster was buily after 1987...oops. Also a caption by one of the photos states that the park underwent a $7.6 million dollar renovation last year (also not true, 7.6 mil was raised, most of that went to just buy the property and now some improvements are beginning to be made). And lastly, throughout the entire article they refer to Arnolds Park as just "Arnold's". I've lived in the area almost my whole life and I've NEVER heard anyone (for sure not any locals) call it just "Arnold's". Wasn't Arnold's the drive-in on the TV show Happy Days? I am grateful HGTV chose to cover the area, but I'm dissappointed with the quality of the internet article. I didn't get a chance to see the TV version, how was the accuracy of that production?

local	e_e23@yahoo.com
Wednesday, March 15, 2000 at 2:35 PM Jack- Yeah Pee Wee is still around, I'm friends with his kids...Lives up by the bridge.

DDA	N/A
Wednesday, March 15, 2000 at 5:18 PM How bout adding the lakes daily water temps. to this site? That would be cool.

Lewis of Maxwell's	roth_casson@yahoo.com
Wednesday, March 15, 2000 at 7:20 PM Dear Needed, You may contact me at the e mail address provided. Lewis

fitzfam	sskktdun@aol.com
Thursday, March 16, 2000 at 9:31 PM It so relaxing to hang in Brown's bay, wake up to the lady playing the flute from a canoe paddling by and hearing the older gent playing his clarinet from the 3rd story window that overlooks the Terrace Park Beach.

to Craig " Hell's Angel for a day"	from "I'm walking down this hill "
Friday, March 17, 2000 at 3:21 PM craig & judy - try this web site for arizona ghost towns...www.arizonaguide.com/see/ghosttowns/gtindex.shtml......this should come in handy now that you're back in iowa.....(high of 90 here this sunday)...ms

funseeker	none
Friday, March 17, 2000 at 4:58 PM Okoboji is lookin' good! Can't wait to get to boji and do some skiing~!

Rick Beckwith

R1525@AOL.COM

Saturday, March 18, 2000 at 2:33 PM
Well hello there all you Okoboji Fans, I hope all of you are looking forward to being in okoboji this year, It's the best place to be. I am dissapointed though b/c I can't be up there as much as I want this year do to other things but I do know that I am going to be up there at any spare time I come across. Oh ya and by the way if anybody wants to e-mail me and just talk about Okoboji that would be great.I've been going there since I was born. Anyway if anybody is wondering I am 18 years old and I Love Okoboji With a passion...infact i got so exited to go there that I couldn't wait to go Jet-skiing. So my friend and I went on Sailorville Lake here in Iowa...It was cold in Feb. But it was worth it...Anyway Please write me and we can Have fun talking about Okoboji and help pass the time by!!!..Thanks Rick!

Todd

toddm@radiks.net

Saturday, March 18, 2000 at 7:57 PM
While spending Friday with the Wearin O' The green, everytime I turned around at the pub in Omaha with noted Irish Heritage, I kept running in to people that I have met at the beloved 'Boji. Weird! More plans are set, more sunsets to witness and more friends to enjoy it with. Sounds like summer is soon upon us. Hey, Michell and Bryan, (pooder) drop me a line we need to catch up. The McCarthy Clan that we shared the Blarney with yesterday, you are still spelling your name wrong, need to drop the "H"! Your dock or ours? Hartley & Brenda, I am sorry we introduced you to the lakes and you've become addicted like the rest of us. We attemped our best Cartwright Bros. imitation yesterday, however the locals in Omaha were not impressed. That will not deter us from trying again.

Todd McCarty	toddm@radiks.net
Saturday, March 18, 2000 at 8:02 PM In my previous post I meant to say Michell and Chis, considering that Bryan is not their pool boy but rather their last name. To many times head first into the Blarney stone. It happens.

BojiResq	atomic@rconnect.com
Saturday, March 18, 2000 at 8:35 PM Hey all!! I am interested in starting a new car club in the area. Email me if you are interested. After all, it is time the younger generation took over the auto tradition and the good old fashioned "cruise" nights. No offense to older patrons intended.

to craig & judy	shafferm@primenet.com
Saturday, March 18, 2000 at 11:33 PM Craig & Judy...Yeah! I didn't think you'd be back in Iowa by now!...ha..ha. Iowa State made the "Sweet Sixteen" and they're pretty popular out here (since all the Arizona teams lost). ms

jeb	jebonweb@rconnect.com
Sunday, March 19, 2000 at 8:53 AM I think Iowa State matches up very well w/ Michigan State, but UCLA has me concerned. Go Clones!!!!!

Randi	sosos@sos.com
Sunday, March 19, 2000 at 2:15 PM Lutheran Lakeside Rocks!

jean	rdgjcg@earthlink.net
Monday, March 20, 2000 at 9:24 AM Looking for the web address for Camp Foster. Would appreciate your help. Thanks, Regards,

Boji Babe	unlisted
Monday, March 20, 2000 at 2:04 PM Wazzzzuuuuup! I cannot wait to get back to Boji. Hi Mike, I miss you. We should turn Okoboji into Sturgis. Those South Dakotans have nothing on us. I'm hopping on my hog and cruisin the Midwest this Summer. I'll be in Boji over the fourth. PArty on baby.

lifer	boji
Monday, March 20, 2000 at 4:07 PM Hey bojibabe, you sound like boji DORK! Okoboji isn't a place for scumbags. Wherever you are, stay there.

vern	buzzsch@rconnect.com
Monday, March 20, 2000 at 5:22 PM love the lakes, and have more than a few pics of the area.. will send them on e mail on compeessed jpeg format, and will mail prints for a reasonable fee.

Norm Herzog	nherzog@unomaha.edu
Tuesday, March 21, 2000 at 7:40 AM Camp Foster is at www.campfoster.org

name	email
Tuesday, March 21, 2000 at 1:47 PM Can anyone around the lake area tell me how the lake is looking. I heard the possibility of it being very low this summer. I hope thats not true.

MustangHuskerfan	danwesson22@yahoo.com
Tuesday, March 21, 2000 at 2:08 PM Hey fellow Okobojians, There is a new club at Yahoo! clubs for Okoboji lovers....just go to clubs and search for "Okoboji" Should be up and running by tomorrow.... later peeps.

Boji Babe	unlisted
Tuesday, March 21, 2000 at 4:02 PM Whoa lifer. Who invited you to my party? Boji is all about motorcycles. Bikers spend over 15 Million dollars in Sturgis annually, that can boost anyone's economy. Go jump back on your Suzuki and keep dreamin' of the day you can afford a $20,000 Harley. Boji forever.

highschool friend	le@aol.com
Tuesday, March 21, 2000 at 4:32 PM Are any of the Geibinks out there. Do you still have your place on the lake?

Hate Motorcycles	fourdoors.com
Tuesday, March 21, 2000 at 7:32 PM Hey Boji Babe. Boji is for families not drunken cyclers. Keep your motorcycles out of here. Motorcycle drivers are wreckless maniacs and don't follow any rules. If there is ever an open season on motorcycles, I'll be the first in line. Splat!

okoboji native

DRR@Yahoo.com

Tuesday, March 21, 2000 at 10:04 PM
Boji Babe, Who invited you to our lake? Okoboji is not about the things you appear to represent. Okoboji is about familiess and lake lovers tradition. Sure, we like to party, but not in the same manner that you are looking for. Nothing against Sturgis, but you are not comparing apples to apples. YOU ARE WAY OFF BASE. Better rethink your idea of Okoboji, it has never been a motorcycle mecca.

Boji Babe

unlisted

Wednesday, March 22, 2000 at 10:46 AM
Settle down folks. Not all of us bikers are like the ones protrayed in the Cher movie 'Mask'. Most of us are not uneducated, beer guzzling, stinky scum bags like you say. True some of us do enjoy living off the land and making just enough coin to jump from party site to party site, but many of us do hold down real life jobs. Anyway, I thought Boji was a place where EVERYONE could go to have a good time, if that is not the case then I guess I am 'OFF BASE'. P.S. Hollywood Alley rules.

Alright already!	Windywindmill@aol.com
Wednesday, March 22, 2000 at 1:26 PM Who doesn't like a nice bike ride around the lake ....just don't go scaring all the fish.

Boji Babe

unlisted

Wednesday, March 22, 2000 at 2:10 PM
Lifer, it seems we have gotten off on the wrong foot. Let me issue you a formal apologize if I have offended you in some way. I'm simply looking for a nice place to lay my hog down, open up a six pack of Schlitz Lite and enjoy the world for what it is worth. I mean how can you label a person by something they enjoy to do in their off-time. Simply because I treasure those moments the cool lake air is flowing through my hair when I'm strapped upon the finest American machinery ever made, doesn't make me a bad person-- does it?

Nothing wrong

Whynot.org

Wednesday, March 22, 2000 at 10:38 PM
Hey Biker Babe, I could see a bike week in Okoboji, But I don't think the 4th of July has too many openings. I think your idea is a valid one, that needs a little thought. Maybe a week in late August or early September? I'm not saying it has to be sturgis, but maybe a swap meet, bike show, and possibly races if a track could be built. I know the interest is there, and a regional race track/stadium could be designed for multiple use. Sponsorship is usually easy to find in the racing industry. In the winter it could be used for snowmobilers. When its dry A multi-purpose design could allow all kinds of racing fun. There are already two airports in the county, why not one racing/mulit-purpose Stadium?

Fletcher	http://users.aol.com/bojipics
Thursday, March 23, 2000 at 3:12 PM Give Boji Babe a break..."STUPID" was a little harsh and Schlitz is cool. Be careful, us Moped owners get pretty nasty too.

SoftTacoNut	Mexico.com
Thursday, March 23, 2000 at 8:45 PM I hear the Taco House is open! Kinda early this year, but truly welcome!

Bigdog94	Bigdog94@prodigy.net
Friday, March 24, 2000 at 10:45 AM What about the race track in JAckson MN? It is dirt, but dirt bike races are a ,lot of fun and fast. I don't know what the name is but Chris Carr is one of the stars a HD man.

Boji Babe	Unlisted
Friday, March 24, 2000 at 3:36 PM Fletcher, you da man. Thanks for the support. I checked out your web site and you look like someone I NEED to meet. When are you headed to the 'lakes'? I'll be there over the fourth. If you want to split a sixer of Schlitz let me know. I'll be camping just outside of Fillenwarth Beach. The Park Rules.

Wooeeee!	Unlisted
Saturday, March 25, 2000 at 8:18 AM Gonna take your wife along, Fletch? :-)

Jeff

wakeboji@hotmail.com

Saturday, March 25, 2000 at 2:31 PM
First of all, GO CLONES! MSU is going down tonight! Second of all, Lifer and Native what the ?#@! are you two talking about. Bikes are always a big part of an Okoboji Summer. If not, that new Indian bike shop wouldn't have opened. And what about when the Hell's Angels were here. Not too many problems that I recall. How can you say we don't want your kind here. Half the people that go to Sturgis or Bike Week in Daytona are Doctors and Lawyers. I'd say there are a few of those here. Get off the stereotype boys.

bojibelle99	bojibelle99@hotmail.com
Sunday, March 26, 2000 at 4:17 PM Could someone tell me where to log on to see the Lake? Thanks!

Native

previously listed

Monday, March 27, 2000 at 10:25 AM
Wrong the Hells Angels did cause problems when they came through in the late 60's. Now I'm dating myself, but I remember damage in the park and lots of fights. You may be thinking of the Sons of Silence, they came through each summer and never caused problems. I am aware that Bikers can and for the most part are very well rounded and respected members of society. But Boji Babe is not presenting herself in that manner and she appears to be wanting us to think of her as the outlaw biker. She may very well be a wonderful person who just likes to blow smoke and get people going for fun. Bikers are welcome here, everyone is welcome. All we are asking is for all people vistors and locals to be thoughtful, and respectful.

Mike	mikey@gocubs.com
Monday, March 27, 2000 at 12:39 PM Is something up with the "today" page from the web camera? Either it hasn't been updated in a few days or it's been snowing every night, and melting off around noon! :-) I was hoping to see if anybody's out boating. Hope they get it fixed before the dock goes out!

DDA	weboatearly
Monday, March 27, 2000 at 2:52 PM The web cam must be stuck, our boat went in for the season yesterday.

Nicole	Nicolea77@hotmail.com
Monday, March 27, 2000 at 3:00 PM Does anyone know three friends, Jeff, Brian and Ben? They did a tour of Florida on a boat for five weeks this spring. We met them in Fort Meyers Beach. They said that they were from Lake Okoboji and were telling us how beautiful it is... so we are going to come check it out! ~~Nicole

Ryan Vermeys

rvermeys@excite.com

Monday, March 27, 2000 at 4:13 PM
Whenever I meet someone from out of town, the comments I hear most frequently are: 1. The lake is awesome. 2. This beer is cold. 3. Your radio stations suck. In elaborating on the third point, I would point out some of the music we get fed day in and day out. 1. KUOO - Great if you're tired. 2. KUQQ - Great if you're a burnt out hippie. 3. KICD - Good if you're a cowboy. There are others (KILR, KIGL, etc.), too numerous to mention. My point is, Okoboji needs a modern rock radio station! I believe there are many like myself, who like bands such as: Creed, Bush, Sevendust, Godsmack, Rage Against the Machine, etc. I am sure I could list at least a hundred bands here that will never get any airtime at any of the radio stations listed above. You know KUQQ had promise when it first started, but has slowly changed to primarily classic rock. KBVU 97.5 is OK, when it comes in. I don't want to put anybody down, but it's really only a college radio station, and it shows. My proposition is to form an area group of investors to build our own modern rock station. We want it, we need it, and we will get it! What do you think?

Boji Babe	Unlisted
Monday, March 27, 2000 at 5:14 PM Sorry for the message, Fletcher. Didn't know you were hooked. Native, I do like to poke fun a bit at my kind (bikers) just to give lifer something to talk about. However, besides a little incident re. public intoxication, I tend to abide my the man's rules. Does anybody know where the best bar to party at is in the park?

native	noted before
Monday, March 27, 2000 at 6:55 PM CAN'T WAIT FOR SUMMER....IT'S TIME TO GET THE BOATS AND WATER GEAR OUT. The best bar, well there are no bad bars in Okoboji. Bloody Mary's with a beer chaser at the Bavarian Gardens with deck overlooking the lake or the Dry Dock for lunch are the best picks for daytime. At night everything rocks.

Todd

toddm@radiks.net

Monday, March 27, 2000 at 9:47 PM
Just like my old school chum Fletch to suck up to the pretty ladies, then claim, whhhooaa, she ain't my wife! Nice move old boy! I am just pulling your chain-driven-AMF-Oil-leaking-bike. Now, to comment on a previous post, best of luck with the modern rock radio station, an area that I may have a wee bit of knowledge. Nothing against Rage-against-the-smack-god-soybean, er corn bands, it's just that, well, as an advertising person once told me, people that listen to that aren't buying my product, their stealing it. Now, don't go all rightgeous on me about this and that, just passing along what was told to me. The Great Lakes area I am afraid is not populated by enough fans of the music to which your profuse your desire to support such a format economically. They are having trouble making it work in large cities. But, that is the best thing about the internet, Web casting. As for KUOO, two words "Cash Cow". Ain't nothing wrong with serving the Great Lakes and The Okoboji's with news, information, middle of the road music and great identification and attitude that is the Boji Expirence. Then again, what in the heck do I know, I think the Cartwright Bros are a hoot and a holler.

Motorcycles=Death

No Bikes

Tuesday, March 28, 2000 at 12:18 AM
I'm not sure where you are all coming from welcoming Boji Babe and her alky friends to our nice community. Anybody who treasures their moments drinking and riding bikes can stay out. Plus I know that some of the bike gang members are indeed lawyers, doctors, etc., but when they are on their two-wheelers they are nothing more than a public nuisance. Keep your bikes and your booze buddies out of Okoboji and keep pedaling to Sturgis.

Jessica Miller	bpbowl@ins.net
Tuesday, March 28, 2000 at 1:24 PM Okoboji Rocks!!!!! My day lives there!!

Hog Wild	hw@aol.com
Tuesday, March 28, 2000 at 1:52 PM I've been transplantin to Arizona, it's bike week out here. Kinda coincidence that your all talkin about it. Me and my hubby have made bikes our life. We us'd to live in Milford and now out here. We run a lil shop outside Apache junction where we fix harlys for a livin. Boji Babe your welcome her anytime. Hi Fletch

Fletcher	bojipics@aol.com
Tuesday, March 28, 2000 at 2:12 PM Guilty as charged. Nice feature, Todd. Pretty??

KENNY	khouston@pionet.net
Tuesday, March 28, 2000 at 2:23 PM The camera shows that the lake is really low this year, can any of the locals tell me how low west lake is now.I have never seen it this low ,has it ever been lower in the past.Thanks alot praying for rain in Dunlap KENNY

Rich

deaconrichard@hotmail.com

Wednesday, March 29, 2000 at 9:17 AM
Ryan, I share your pain regarding the radio station issue. A station of the format you mentioned would be great. Things were really bad before KUQQ showed up. (Thank goodness for CD players). This whole idea that only punks with pierced tongues listen to modern rock is a misguided generalization at best. I'm a 35 year old businessman and I listen to modern rock. Yes, there are also a lot of punks with pierced tongues that are modern rock fans. However, what the advertising person Todd mentioned is failing to remember is that these people who are today's punks are TOMMOROW'S BIG CONSUMERS. In 12 years that annoying 18-year-old will be 30 and have some spending power. The time to build product awareness in these kids is now. I assume the advertiser mentioned plans on still being in business 12 years from now, right Todd? Successful companies are always building brand awareness in young people. Ya gotta have some foresight to be able to see past next year if you are going to be successful. Now, after saying all that, we just bought a lakeshore house so I won't be able to offer any investment help in a station at this time (sorry Ryan). And if I may chime in with an opinion on the Cartwright Bros.: I agree with Todd that they are a hoot to see once or twice, but I know people who try to go see them everytime they are at The Gardens (15 or 20 times a season); talk about tedious, nobody is THAT funny.

Ryan Vermeys

rvermeys@excite.com

Wednesday, March 29, 2000 at 11:34 AM
Rich, I cannot agree more. I am 25, have a college education, and a career. The stereotype cast over modern rock lovers like ourselves is greatly exaggerated, and is really only an uneducated opinion. KUOO, KUQQ, and KICD have a large audience base, largely because people have no other choice. Most would rather have bad radio than none at all. I am more inclined to believe that many people would change the station when given a choice. I am not a broadcaster, nor do I have any radio experience. I do know that starting a radio station is quite expensive. Instead, maybe KUQQ could give us a couple days per week of strictly modern rock on a trial basis to see how viewers react. The interest is all around us, we just need a voice, and someone to listen.

Rich

deaconrichard@hotmail.com

Wednesday, March 29, 2000 at 4:12 PM
Ryan, I also know very little about the ins and outs of the radio broadcasting biz. Your idea about test runs on KUQQ is creative and that's the kind of thinking that makes stuff like this actually come to pass. KUQQ's programming is not local anyway. It's "piped in". The DJs you hear are sitting in a studio somewhere in another part of the country and the programming is sent to KUQQ in Dickinson county (by satellite presumably). So there is no hassles associated with hiring DJs and getting a library of recordings to play, etc. This begs the question, why not "pipe in" some modern rock programming....dare to dream....

middle ager	bodily functions
Wednesday, March 29, 2000 at 10:24 PM Come on summer! Give me that "nutty bar"! Give me that "pecan log"! Give me that "Hamm's Beer"! I could use some "regularity" in my life these days.

To Rich and Ryan

sunlover@primenet.com

Wednesday, March 29, 2000 at 10:26 PM
I sold for KUOO for almost 13 years, so I was there when KUQQ was "born". People were thrilled! It's main audience was male, but females liked it also. Listener age ranged from 18 to 55 (aging baby boomers ~ the ones with disposable income).I traveled a wide area and always heard good things about the Q because there wasn't another format like it close enough to bring in without static. The satellite feed comes from Dallas with good, professional talent. Classic Rock has a definite niche and, sorry guys, but it's much farther up on the list than "modern rock". As for KUOO, the Adult Contemp format is in the top 5. But KUOO strives not just to be a music source, but also to be the quickest and most complete information source for the lakes area and surrounding counties. It's a thankless job, but they've got some top-notch talent, and an excellent news man. The biggest problem a radio station has is evidenced in your postings . . . you cannot please everyone. But God knows they try. I now live in AZ. and sell for two formats ~ oldies and country. There is a ton more competition, but I can outsell the "modern rock" formats any day of the week, and there are several in the neighborhood. You aren't going to like this, but their listeners are referred to as "scumbags". Now Im sure that description doesn't fit you two, but that's what I'd be up against if I tried to sell your format. You're better off just buying some CD's and tuning into KUOO for the latest news and weather. And, while you're at it, thank the sponsors . . . they're trying to please you. As for "building product awareness" . . . most folks who are "into" your format do NOT want to hear any commercials. Fact. Next, why don't you approach Waitt Broadcasting (owners of KUOO, KUQQ, and many other stations), and see if they would program for you at night. Who knows? On another subject, is there anyway the green and yellow colors on this page could be changed? It's sort of blah. Also, note the Indian Okoboji ad at the top of the page. Did Boji Babe start something? :-)

Uh oh	sunlover
Wednesday, March 29, 2000 at 10:39 PM The motorcycle ad disappeared!

System Administrator	110@okoboji.com
Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 8:03 AM FYI, the banner ad's on this page rotate randomly (according to a pseudo-random weighted algorithm) each time the page is loaded.

Rich

deaconrichard@hotmail.com

Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 9:24 AM
Sunlover, thanks for the insider information on the realities regarding the radio broadcasting business. I realize Okoboji is a small market for non-mainstream formats. I actually take some pride in the fact that I'm outside of the mainstream (at least in my taste in music) especially for my demographic group. Now, it sounds like we could have some interesting discussions regarding building product awareness in young people, (i.e. Is there ANYBODY who wants to hear commercials?) Believe me, I understand the realities of sitting across the desk from a client and needing to sell what they want to buy. So I certainly don't want to put down Waitt Broadcasting or anyone for the stations they currently operate in the area. I would actually like to thank them (especially for KUQQ). I also understand the perceptions about people who listen to the format in question. Whether true or imagined, that's the perception of the mainstream. Scumbag? Hey, I've been called worse!:)LOL In my opinion the "mainstream tends to follow some extremely stupid trends. Pro wrestling is popular, Bill Clinton got elected twice, The Spice Girls used to sell out stadium concerts. I rest my case.

who cares	who cares
Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 10:49 AM get a cd player and forget about it!!

I miss the lake

homesick

Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 1:42 PM
I saw a boat in the live shot yesterday. Hurry Summer..Any of you lucky people who get to live up there year round the lake looks very low. How low is it? Will we have to worry about the rocks in front of the lake patrol station like we did in the 70's. I remember having to lift the inboard outboard motor and push off the rocks while following the M16's as they raced on Saturday mornings.

christina	christina2005@hotmail.com
Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 2:58 PM I really love all the diffrent kinds of things yuo can do in okoboji. I really love Cuttys its a realy nice cam ground but it coast lots of money to be a member. well I really love okoboji. we go there to camp

To Rich

sunlover

Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 3:47 PM
But first, a note to "who cares" . . . get a life. Now Rich, where were we?! I don't know that there IS anyone who WANTS to hear commercials; I'm a surfer myself, but even before I was in radio, it was my main source for info. Don't pay attention to ads in print. Only watch TV ads if they're funny or unique. I think that's typical of most people. But what I'm saying is that most, maybe not all, people who listen to your favorite format do NOT pay as much attention to commercials. I've sold 5 different formats now, so "been there, know that"! Could go on but don't want to bore the likes of "who cares". Keep coloring outside the lines, Rich . . . it's healthy! (What DO you sell?)

who cares	who cares
Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 4:04 PM Don't you guys have anything better to do than finding fault with everything?

Boji Babe	unlisted
Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 6:47 PM I've been listen to this radio convo and it somewhat bores me. My opinion of the matter is as long as there is a full time stream of Lynard Skynard and Foghat I'm fine. Does anybody remember when two guys were given an award for saving a little boy who was stuck under a sailboat out on the lake in the late '70s? Does anybody remember who those guys were?

The Dock...The dock	hotboater35@excite.com
Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 7:57 PM I See Dock!!!!!

^^><><	No
Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 9:25 PM I don't think anyone cares if Boji Babbles is bored. Whaddaya think, "who cares"? And, by the way, speaking of "finding fault with everything". . . read your two most recent messages. . . that's exactly what YOU are doing. Just read the messages and go get that life someone told you to get.

Actually...	Windywindmill@aol.com
Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 9:47 PM I was getting ready to write and tell Fletch to say something, anything, and then I read Boji Babe's last entry. Maybe it's not the same little boy, but my brother was caught under a boat in the 70's. I'm happy to say he still loves boats! I think it's actually amusing that B.B. can get such a rise out of y'all. Focus on the lake....send water!

chickenshack	none
Thursday, March 30, 2000 at 10:49 PM does anybody know if the chicken shack is still open

Windy . . .	Nyet
Friday, March 31, 2000 at 12:08 AM You're easily amused.

Rich

deaconrichard@hotmail.com

Friday, March 31, 2000 at 9:20 AM
Sunlover, I'm a partner in an insurance agency. (Now there's something exciting, eh?) What part of AZ are you in? I lived in Tempe for a while right after college. Listened to KUPD a lot down there. I know I've been extolling modern rock on this board but I'm certainly not opposed to some Skynard (ala Boji Babe) now and then. One of the best bands from that southern fried rock genre is Molly Hatchet, in my humble opinion. They have a unique sound all there own and never sold out just to sell records like some bands did/do. You like Hatchet, B.B.? Oh, and don't let the prudes on this board discourage you from coming to Okoboji. You see people from every walk of life out here, and that's part of what makes this area a cool place.

Nyet.....	Windywindmill@aol.com
Friday, March 31, 2000 at 6:53 PM I KNOW IT! I try to stay in a mambo mode.

bulgie babe

unlisted

Friday, March 31, 2000 at 7:54 PM
Ok, someone older has to take over for boji babe. She has her points about fun, albeit from me to judge anyone. I have had my share and to each his own. Biker or no biker, be careful and h ave fun. It's a new month and a new subject. How about trivia again???? Who drove the train in the park forever with a cigar hanging out of his mouth? What was the name of the popcorn lady? Where were you when the tornado hit the park.? You out there MS? We need to change the flow of things here!