Chillicothe Sportsmen’s

Club News DECEMBER 2006

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

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERYONE!

ANNUAL MEETING & ELECTIONS

ANNUAL CLUB MEETING & ELECTION RESULTS:  and the winners were -

OFFICERS:  (1 – Year Term)

   President – Dale Schroeder        Vice-President – Charles Varnold

Secretary – Bob Bjerke            Treasurer – Richard Powell

DIRECTORS:  (2 – Year Term)

Ed Braasch                 Ken Cook             Jerry Oglesby

Steve Risinger             Cliff Wilcox

 

MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS

Your membership expires on December 31st, 2006, and the gate lock WILL BE CHANGED on January 1st, 2007.  If you DO NOT PAY your renewal fees by Jan 1, you WILL NOT be able to get onto the Club Grounds until you pay your fees.  Don’t wait until the last minute to renew your membership.  Some Associate Life Memberships are available for those who want to upgrade.

Annual Members:  Dues $50, Land Fund $10 and 10 work hours or $10 for every work hour not worked.  Annual Members with no work hours will have a renewal fee of $160 for 2007.

Associate Life Members:  Land Fund $10 and 10 work hours or $10 for every work hour not worked.  Associate Life Members with no work hours will have a renewal fee of $110 for 2007.

Life Members:  Land Fund $10 and 10 work hours or $10 for every hour not worked.  Life Members under the age of 65 with no work hours will have a renewal fee of $110 for 2007.  Life Members over the age of 65 are EXEMPT from the 10-work hours requirement and will have a $10 Land Fund renewal fee for 2007.

Please be sure to return your 2006 membership card with your dues and/or fees even if you don’t have any or only partial work hour credits.  This includes both non-renewing and renewing Annual Members, Associate Life Members, and Life Members (both under and over 65) all with or without work hours.  We need your membership cards for our records.  Thank you.

ALSO, PLEASE PRINT ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION LEGIBLY ON YOUR 2006 CARD.  WE ARE HAVING SOME TROUBLE READING SOME OF THE INFORMATION AND HAVE TO GUESS AS TO THE CORRECT DATA.

It is not absolutely necessary to return your old gate key, however old gate keys in good condition can be re-keyed.  It would be appreciated if you would deposit your old keys in the mailbox in front of the Club House.  This action will help save the Club money.  Thank you.

 

NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION

NEW MEMBER ORIENTATION:  Some new 2006/2007 members still need to attend this required session.  The next and only scheduled December session is: Saturday, December 16, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.  An (**) in name area means you to need to attend to obtain your card & gate key.  ADVANCE RESERVATIONS ARE REQUIRED 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/

 

VACATIONS/TEMPORARILY AWAY FROM HOME?

Are you going to be “TEMPORARILY AWAY” (maybe for the winter, an extended vacation or job demands)?  More and more monthly newsletters are being returned to the Club marked as “TEMPORARILY AWAY”!  When you notify the Post Office that you are going to be “TEMPORARILY AWAY” they will ONLY HOLD or FORWARD 1ST CLASS MAIL.  All other mail is returned to the sender.  Your monthly newsletter is mailed to you using Bulk Rate Postage.  Consequently, your newsletter is returned to the Club marked POSTAGE DUE @ $ .39 which the Club has to pay to retrieve it.  The Club then has had to put another $ .39 stamp on it to resend it to you.  Your monthly newsletter has now cost your Club an additional $ .78 plus the time and inconvenience for each newsletter returned this way.  Your Club does not know if you are going to be gone for 1 month, 6 months, or how long.

THEREFORE, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, ALL RETURNED “TEMPORARILY AWAY” NEWSLETTERS WILL NOT BE FORWARDED TO YOU AND YOU WILL BE PLACED ON THE NO NEWSLETTER LIST UNTIL YOU NOTIFY THE CLUB SECRETARY THAT YOU HAVE RETURNED.  ANY “TEMPORARILY AWAY” HELD / RETURNED NEWSLETTERS WOULD THEN BE FORWARDED TO YOU!!

If you notify the Club Secretary of any planned extended stay away from your residence before you leave, your mailing address can be updated so that you can still receive your monthly newsletter, as some members have, while on that extended stay away from your home.

 

MAUSER MATCHES

Mauser Match rules are casual center-fire off-hand rifle matches at 50 meters for rifles with open sights and pre-1964 military bolt action repeaters.

 

2006 King's Shoot Results:

BIRD KING:  Paul Bishop NEW SHOOTING KING:  Jay Zentko

1ST KNIGHT:  Darren Merrell    2ND KNIGHT:  Jim Martin

22 RIMFIRE SPEED SHOOT:  Paul Bishop edged out John Wiesbrock on biathlon targets.

Congratulations to all.

 

November 11th Match Results

1st Place        Steve Schnurbusch    223-1X        K31 Schmidt-Rubin

2nd Place        Joe Zentko           207-3X        Yugo SKS

3rd Place        Don Filkins          206-0X        Yugo 24/47 Mauser

High Raw Score: Paul Bishop          196-4X        M1903-A3

Challenge Match Winner:  Jay Zentko  177-2X        Yugo SKS

 

Next match is December 9, 10AM, Range 1.  Come early if you want to shoot the first relay.  Relays have been filling up early.  The December Challenge Match is “Unique Military Rifles”.  Questions – contact Max Koehl @ (309) 385-1033.

 

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

NMO           New Member Orientation

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.