Diamondhead Boaters celebrate annual crawfish boil at Twin Lakes Pavilion

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Down around the corner, by the Twin Lakes Pavillion, we boiled the Crawfish and watched them disappear.

Or at least that’s what this member thought the lyrics were on the Doobie Brothers “Long Train Running” song. While crawfish are not featured in that song, they were mighty plentiful at the Diamondhead Boaters Association Annual Membership meeting followed by the Crawfish Boil on Saturday March 25. Crawfish Max catered the event where tails were pinched and heads sucked by 148 members of the organization.

Members eagerly awaited the announcement of the 2023-2024 Boaters Officers and Directors. The new Board consists of Jim Miller, Commodore; Paula Gonzalez, Vice Commodore; LaDonna Brown, Secretary; and Eddie Mauterer, Treasurer. Directors included Ken Dropco, Joe Doyle and Joe Murray. Audrey Ramirez will serve as the Ex-Officio.

The outgoing Commodore Audrey Ramirez thanked the volunteers for setting up the pavillion, serving the crawfish and cleaning up afterward. Also recognized were the members who chaired the 2022-23 parties and balls as well as the board members Mrs. Ramirez worked with during her tenure.

many contributions to our membership recruitment and retention efforts. The pendant was presented and hung with our Post flag. (see photo).

Our Post has agreed to serve as Sponsor for the local Scouts of America Troop 210. Thru the cooperation of Commander Griffey and Scout Master Michael Burke a charter has been developed to seal the Sponsorship. This is just another example of the kindship Post 2880 has with the local community. Our VFW Post has worked very hard to continue our relationship with the community and to support the needs of our friends and Comrades of Diamondhead and Hancock County. We encourage every citizen to join in with us to help those veterans in need. For those veterans who have served our country and would like to join VFW Post 2880 please contact our Post at 228-216-4447, or contact any one of our members. We meet at the Diamondhead Country Club the first Wednesday of each month at 6pm. We are dedicated to serving our veterans.