WEB PAGE http://www.chillisportsmen.org/
INFORMATIONAL NOTICES
NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION: The next
scheduled dates will be later this year, probably November & December. Remember, all new 2005 ANNUAL MEMBERS have
to attend one of the sessions in order to be eligible to renew for 2006.
RANGE DAMAGES: DO YOU WANT TO LOSE YOUR MEMBERSHIP?? Your Club is again experiencing damages to the
ranges. Someone(s) moved & used
tables & targets setup for the MONTHLY Cowboy Shoot. One table was badly damaged by reckless
shooting. Targets & frames were
also destroyed. PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR OWN
TARGETS & FRAMES WHEN PRACTICING.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT WILLFULLY DAMAGING / DESTROYING CLUB PROPERTY, YOU
WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE BOARD FOR APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINARY ACTION.
ANNUAL FNRA DINNER: The Club will
be offering 8 dinner tickets to the annual FNRA Dinner to Annual Members. The dinner is Saturday, August 26th,
5:00 p.m., at the Countryside Banquet Facility, Washington, IL. Come to the August 8th Board
Meeting drawing, to be held at 6:30 p.m., to see if you are one of the lucky
winners.
MEMBERSHIP: The
Club still has about 10 openings for new members. If you know anyone who is interested, have them obtain an
application from our website, fill it out, and get it in.
CLUB CALENDAR
Be sure to check out this
month’s and next month’s included calendars for All Scheduled
Archery, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, and Other Events and Starting Times. Check out the
Club web site. Some of our regular
events have changed there starting dates and times. The included calendars are as accurate as possible for this month
and next month. You can also go to the
Club’s website http://www.chillisportsmen.org/
for event information.
BUFFALO SHOOTS
KUDOS to Tim Shoff who took First and Mike Hallar who took Second at the Carthage, IL, Bowling Pin Match on July 10th.
The July 17th Buffalo
Match was a Trophy Shoot. The first
place results were:
CENTERFIRE: John Metzger
RIMFIRE: Mike Hallar
RIMFIRE (SCOPED): Will Baer
A cookout was held after the shoot.
The menu consisted of barbeque chops, potato salad, baked beans, chips,
and drinks. Everyone had a good
time. Questions – contact Tim Shoff @
(309) 745-9463.
MAUSER MATCH
June match results were:
First: Ray Chumney III 210-1X SKS
Second: Rick Reichel 206-0X K31 Schmidt-Rubin
Third: Jay Zentko 204-3X SKS
High Raw Score: Paul Bishop 195-10X 7X57 Brazilian Mauser
SKS Challenge Winner: Max Koehl @ 190-5X Jay Zentko second @ 185-3X
Five Chillicothe shooters traveled
to the St. Louis area on July 9th to compete in the first annual
Large Bore Friendship Match sponsored by the St. Louis Schuetzenverein. Shooters from their Club have shot at our
matches in recent months. Extensive
improvements have been made to their range to allow for firing matches that
parallels our Mauser Match format. We
thank them for their special efforts and tremendous hospitality, with special
thanks to Jon Luer, Fredy Goebel and Jon MkKinstry. We look forward to next year’s event.
The August 27th Special
Challenge Match will be shooting straight-pull bolt actions such as the Swiss
Schmidt-Rubin and the Austrian M1895 Steyr.
Questions – contact Max Koehl @
(309) 385-1033.
CLUB MEMBER MAILING ADDRESS
Some of our members have
moved to a new address and have not notified the Club. The Post Office returns your monthly club
newsletter and charges the Club $ .37 for each newsletter returned. The Club then has to again pay an additional
$ .37 to forward this returned newsletter to you. These fees are in addition to the original printing and standard
rate postage charges incurred in sending you your monthly newsletter
If you have moved, or are
moving, please let us know your new address. Please mail your new address to the Club
at P.O. Box 13, Chillicothe, IL 61523 or call one of our officers with it. If you call and get an answering machine,
please leave your telephone number also.
Sometimes the machines are unable to clearly record your message. Thanks.
CLUB WEB SITE & E-MAIL NOTICE
The newsletter and calendar are available for viewing on-line. Back issues of the newsletter are available as well and the club activities information are periodically updated. Check it out. The web site address is listed at the top of each monthly newsletter.
Many of you newer members and some of you older members have provided the Club with your e-mail address. The Club will be e-mailing you your monthly newsletter. If you have provided your e-mail address and have not received your monthly newsletter via e-mail, please let us know via e-mail so that we can get your correct e-mail address. (Some of the e-mailed newsletters have come back as undeliverable due to a bad e-mail address) You will also continue to receive a hard copy of the newsletter, until we hear from you that the e-mail version is sufficient. The Club can then delete your name from the club newsletter printing and mailing list. This will save the Club money (just over $.50 per newsletter). Tim Vik is the CLUB WEBMASTER and E-MAIL coordinator. His E-MAIL address is sprtsman@mtco.com. Thanks!!
The Club Website also has Club
a membership application, events and general Club information on it.
If you have any questions or concerns about your Club you may contact any Club Officer listed below or any board member.
President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer
Dale Schroeder Charles
Varnold Bob Bjerke Richard Powell
(309) 369-6569 (309) 697-6766 (309) 692-1800 (309) 697-2889
Acronyms - What the heck do they mean!!???!!?!?
Wonder what all the acronyms used out on the range and in
this newsletter mean? This area of the newsletter is dedicated to helping
explain these. If I forget some or misidentify them, please let me know.
SASS Single Action Shooting
Society
USPSA United States Practical
Shooting Association
DCM Department of Civilian Marksmanship
(old designation)
CMP Civilian Marksmanship Program
(new designation)
IPSC International Practical Shooting
Confederation
NRA National Rifle Association
Contact Tim Vik via e-mail at sprtsman@mtco.com
if you would like to receive the CSC Newsletter and calendar of events via
e-mail at no cost to you.