Florida Softshell Turtle
Tampa Bay
Turtle & Tortoise
Society, Inc.
Pancake Tortoise
Monthly Newsletter
June 2021 Issue
Meeting Date: June 12th 2021, starts at 7:00pm.
Guest speaker: Jeremy Thompson on Hingeback tortoises. Jeremy was instrumental in the formation of
"The Kinixys Cooperative", an organization dedicated to the Hingeback Tortoise species
Misc Notes
Please update your email information with Ralph Till at rascal1843@aol.com. We only use this
information for club business and it helps for club members to stay up to date on any last minutes
changes that may occur. It will also help ensure that you receive your electronic copy of our
monthly newsletter.
If you would like to submit an article or pictures to be published in the next upcoming newsletter,
please email it to Kim at sparty@tampabay.rr.com. Please submit by the end of the month to be
published in the next month’s newsletter.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any of the officers listed below:
Elected & Appointed Officers
President - Ralph Till
727-515-7443 Rascal1843@aol.com
Vice President – Mark Randall
20smoke@mindspring.com
Treasurer/Membership - Ralph Till
727-515-7443 Rascal1843@aol.com
Secretary/Public Relations - Kim Illum
sparty@tampabay.rr.com
Newsletter Editor – Mark & Kim Illum
sparty@tampabay.rr.com
Facebook Coordinator – Ralph, Mark R & Kim
https://www.facebook.com/groups/704741876316303/
New Website under construction:
http://www.tbtts.org/
RALPH'S RAMBLINGS
Hello Everyone,
Well it's starting to look like we'll be able to meet in person (at the Moccasin Lake Nature Park classroom)
real soon. As most of you are aware, a lot of the covid restrictions have been lifted so we can get back to
normal. Hooray!!!!!
Because Repticon Tampa is the same weekend as our next meeting, we're going to continue with Zoom
for at least this month. This actually works out for the best as our guest lives in a different time zone. Our
guest fo