Chillicothe Sportsmen’s

Club News JULY 2006

WEB PAGE  http://www.chillisportsmen.org/

 

ENJOY INDEPENDENCE DAY (JULY 4TH) WITH YOUR FAMILY!

IMPORTANT INFORMATIONAL NOTICES

RULES REVISION:  The Club’s Ground and Range Use Rules have been revised and are included in the e-newsletter.  Copies will be mailed to all members in the near future.  PLEASE READ AND RETAIN THEM.

NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION:  Remember, all NEW ANNUAL MEMBERS have to attend one of the NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION sessions before you can receive your membership card and gate key.  If this newsletter has (**) in the middle initial area of your name line, you are one who has to attend this session.  The next scheduled sessions are:

Saturday, July 15, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. and/or Monday, July 17, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.

RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE IN ADVANCE OR NO INSTRUCTOR WILL BE AT THE CLUB FOR THE CLASS.

To make your class attendance reservation or to ask any questions - Contact Charles Varnold at (309) 697-6766 or via e-mail at tunaot@insightbb.com

ARE YOU an ISRA or a NRA MEMBER?  IF NOT, WHY NOT?  These are two Organizations that fight for your rights that allow you to continue to be permitted to own and use firearms for target shooting, plinking, and hunting!  Join the NRA today thru the CSC.  Dick Powell, Treasurer, has the necessary information and forms.  Join the ISRA thru their website www.isra.org/join/

BUFFALO SHOOTS

June 11th match results were:

  Centerfire – Barney Rainwater

Scoped-Rimfire – Zach Roe

  Ironsights-Rimfire – Mike Hallar

Next match:  July 16th, 9AM, on Range 5.

Questions – contact Tim Shoff @ (309) 745-9463.

SPORTING RIFLE

Questions – contact Don Olson @ (309) 682-6840.

MAUSER MATCHES

Questions – contact Max Koehl @ (309) 385-1033.

ATA / TRAP SHOOTS

Questions – contact Dale Schroeder @ (309) 369-6569.

OUTDOORS / INDOORS BULLSEYE MATCHES

Questions – contact Dean Martin @ (309) 691-5251.

ARCHERY

Questions – contact Greg Howald @ (309) 657-7002 or Larry Pollack @ (309) 274-4915.

BOWLING PIN SHOOTS

Questions – contact Kevin Monk @ (309) 443-5339.

CMP MATCHES

Questions – contact Steve Schneckenburger @  (309) 692-6807.

USPSA MATCHES

Questions – contact Chuck Varnold @ (309) 697-6766 or Chuck Hoelscher @ (309) 745-5021.

17 HMR & 22 MAG RIFLE MATCHES

Questions – contact Lynn Goble @ (3090 685-9226 or Jim Kelley @ (309) 274-5502.

SMALLBORE RIFLE GALLERY

Questions – contact Ross Baer @ (309) 274-3273.

COWBOY ACTION PISTOL (SASS)

Questions – contact Jerry Oglesby @ (309) 274-5413 or Paul Brenkman @ (3090 383-2395.

HUNTER EDUCATION CLASSES

Questions – contact Lowell Bennett @ (309) 274-5586.

E-MAIL ADDRESS

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 or recently changed 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 into the system. (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 and save printing & postage costs.

CLUB MEMBER MAILING ADDRESS

If you have moved, or are moving, please let us know your new address.  Mail your new address to the Club at P.O. Box 13, Chillicothe, IL 61523 or call one of our officers.  Our monthly newsletters are mailed at bulk rate, which the Post Office will NOT FORWARD to you.  The newsletters are returned to the Club as ”POSTAGE DUE”.

CLUB WEB SITE

   The newsletter and calendar are available for viewing on-line at www.chillisportsmen.org  The website also lists all Club ACTIVIITIES, events, and contains periodically updated general information as well as the current CSC Membership Application. Tim Vik is the CLUB WEBMASTER and E-MAIL coordinator.  His E-MAIL address is sprtsman@mtco.com

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

ISRA          Illinois State 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.