b'Classic Memories - continued from pg. 27 - always had it handled and served up thousands of meals over the years, always with a smile.Later, thanks to a key introduc-Jim Mottle & Colleen White joined the fray.Nobody stuffs ation from committee member Dave Naumann, Jimmy Freitas boat bucket like these folks. and Suzanne Grant from Bonner Mobile Bar took our food and For many years we managed all the tourna- beverage service to a whole different level. ment food and beverage service ourselves.The cooked on-site paella was outstanding. The Pepsi trailer was often manned by Fish- They never failed to make us look good.ing Club kids.Morgan and Kevin Schad,It should come as no surprise that the Alexis Wilson, Corrine Hanna and othersbeer truck was a popular post for volunteers. got their first taste of salesmanship in thisGail Moore, Dan and Adam Kleiser, Bob area.May Ellen Schad says that for a lot ofOglesby, Mike Thomas, Les Bowe, Pam years Morgan felt strongly that it was herJohnson, Ross Hering and Ali Jones were Pepsi trailer and loved working there everyamong our very best beer tenders, but there year.Kevin Schad would eventually ascendEarly years at the KDW Pepsi trailer.(L - R:were many others who manned the taps to managing the Volunteer Check-In tent.HeEddie Twyford, Daniel Hanna, Morgan Schad,over the years.Putting fishermen in charge excelled at this post and left no stoneCorrine Hanna & Tommy Twyford). of dozens of kegs of cold beer can be unturned.I wish I had a quarter forGerlach family & friends man the food tent a tricky proposition, but these folks every hot dog Chester Brewer, Johnwere up to the task.Taylor, Bob Weigt and Terry JonesEven if you never fished the KDW cooked over the years.For most ofClassic you may have sat in the bleach-the KDW Classics history we serveders during the weigh-in.Early in the CR Chicks the final night, a localtournaments history we had two full favorite.This food service area wassize bleachers set up for spectators to the sole domain of the Gerlach familywatch anglers return to the scale with and friends.We never had to worrytheir fish. When the weather was about a thing. Chuck and his crewgood you could expect to see upwards of a hundred people with drinks in their hand sitting in the bleachers, many wandering over from the nearby Tiki bar.We would often ask the crowd to guess the weight of the fish coming to the scale.The banter that ensured was quite raucous.We had loads of give-away prizes for those who guessed correctly.The junior anglers were often the real crowd pleasers.It doesnt get much better than watching a beaming 10-year-old kid walk up to the scale hugging a 20+ pound kingfish.The crowd would go nuts.Eventually, our insurer advised us that the bleachers had to go because they were too much of a liability. It was an early sign that things were beginning to change for the KDW Classic.Processing fish entries took a small village.Despite the blaring music and boisterous crowds our weigh station crew never lost focus.Susan Cecilia, Chris Stanizewski, Jean Pfendler, Gail Holley, Ann Melinger, Kelsey Hagan, Nelson Schad, Dave Nau-mann and Barry Brimacomb were some of our weigh station super 42 W estP almB eachF ishingc luB'