SPLINTERS FROM THE BOARD

Board of Directors Meeting October 8

 

     The Board of Directors (BoD) met at the range following the smallbore Summer League picnic. All Directors and about a dozen interested members were present.  (The picnic food seems to have attracted folks even in the rain). The following summarizes the discussion and actions taken.

 

1.) Cowboy Action Shooting: There having been no significant adverse comments, and a number of strongly positive comments, received by BoD members so it was unanimously voted to make cowboy action a permanent part of CRC activities. Martin Everitt outlined several long-range land use planning considerations involved in locating and designing the cowboy range, and Wayne Harris showed drawings and described the procedure for obtaining a construction permit from Adams County. He will try to schedule the first of two or three likely meetings with the County for later in October.  Hopefully we can begin construction on the Allis addition east of the silhouette range this winter.

 

2.) Allis Addition: The land purchased two years ago on our east side has been placed in the Federal Conservation Reserve Program except for the 40 acres reserved for the cowboy range. We will do the required plantings and install a water collector for wildlife next spring. Payments to CRC for the program will be about $19,000 annually which is more than our share of farming income bas been.  This will more than cover our mortgage payments.

 

3.) New Building: The workshop building has been completed except for electrical. The building cost $82,206. Bringing electricity from the pole near the house to the building, installing a panel and a few outlets will be done soon at a cost of $11,373. Further interior lighting and outlets will hopefully be done later by members as cash available permits. The construction loan balance is $10,100.

 

4.) Silhouette Shelter: The silhouette shooters have been waiting patiently for several years to get a firing line shelter. The BoD has authorized spending $7,500 in 2007 to do the design work and begin construction. Hopefully the foundation work can be completed with the superstructure plans ready for construction in 2008. We need a Registered Civil Engineer member to volunteer to help with the designs using the salvaged steel members already on hand.  Anyone willing to help should call Bill Stark at 303-881-4503 or President Dennis Reul at 303-238-5696.

 

 

 

 

 

5.) Marine Training: In June CRC hosted a shooting qualification training day by the Marine Reserve Air Control Squadron 23, based at Buckley Field. The reservists had to qualify before shipping out to Iraq. In return, they built a 500 yard firing line on our high power range which is dedicated to the memory of Lance Cpl. Gregory Rund of Littleton, who was killed in Iraq in 2004. A plaque bearing that dedication is displayed in the Stat Building behind the smallbore range. A second similar event was to have been held in September, but was called off by the Marines. We are proud to have helped our service men and women in any way that we can, and we hope to do so again. The 500 yard firing line is a valuable addition to our range. We understand that the Marines plan to donate a trophy for high power competition, the kind of match will be decided later. The NRA has indicated that they will consider an article about the event for publication in The Rifleman.  Marine Corps retiree Dave Jennings was the CRC host.

 

6.)      Dues & Work bond: Secretary Treasurer (S/T) Ron

Best reported that about 40 members were dropped for non-payment of dues and that about 200 members needed to get their work bonds done or the $100 fee paid by November 1 to avoid being dropped. These are normal numbers for this time of the year, but late payments or work is a severe burden to the S/T and the membership data base manager who have a lot to do at this time of the year.  Stan Dial and Martin Everitt will again undertake to revise and codify club rules to relieve this problem.

 

7.)      Equipment:  Steve Kingcade reported that members

are being very careless with the tractors and equipment.  Both tractors have been damaged by misuse and users are not filling out the data sheets, checking fluids and leaving them ready for use by the next person. This equipment and its repair is bought and paid for with member dues. Don’t let personal carelessness cost others.  If you want your club to be in good shape, take care of it.

 

8.) Trespass: The apparent trespass by a group of non members was reported by a member who asked them for identification but was refused it.  Please, be sure the gate is locked behind you if you had to unlock it to enter.  If apparent non-members refuse to identify themselves, get their car license cumbers and feel free to call the sheriff.  The phone number is posted around the property.  Wonder if a few non- members on our land are a big deal?  See the article about the brand new bullet holes in the brand new shed building.

 

 

 

From the Secretary/Treasurer’s Corner

     There is very little time for members to meet their 2006 work bond obligations. Payments in lieu of work were due November 1st. No payments will be accepted after December 31st. Members who have not completed their work bond requirement ($100.00 cash or work completion) by January 1, 2007 will be dropped from CRC’s membership roll. There are some tasks that can be completed before the end of year. Contact Dave Paananen at (303) 673-0106 or dpaananen@netzero.net. For example, the dump trailer needs to emptied.  Mileage (one round trip) and dump fee will be paid for towing the trailer to the Adams County dump.

 

     Quite a few CRC members have not sent in their completed Agreement of Release and Waiver of Liability. The Agreement must be filled out completely, signed, dated and witnessed for each member to remain in the club. No 2007 dues payment will be accepted without a copy of the waiver on file with the club. The form can be found at www.crci.org.  Copies can also be found at the Ranch and Stat Houses. The completed forms should be mailed to CRC, P. O. Box 280251, Lakewood, CO 80228-0251.

 

     Congratulations to Gary Eckley (CRC member #1311) for being the first to send in his/her dues for 2007. Members are reminded that 2007 membership cards and stickers will not be printed until after January 1, 2007. Early payment is appreciated by the S/T.  This year a wireless network will be established between two computers to speed up processing of membership and work bond cards. Dues for 2007 have not been raised and are $55.00 for individuals and $80.00 for families.

 

GET WELL SOON ALICE!

We’re happy to report that after a brief hospital stay Alice Higgins is back home and on the mend.  We all send our best wishes to Alice and the whole Higgins bunch!

 

New Trophy Case

Member Dale Michaelson has built an elegant trophy case which is installed in the Stat building. It will be great to get the club trophies and some of our memorabilia out of the ranch house and out where members can see them.  Thanks Dale – you did a beautiful job!

 

Rob Best received the following letter from member Harold Willman, who met his workbond requirement by working in the pits during the 2006 NBRSA Nationals 1000 yard bench rest matches in September. Thanks for your help Mr. Willman, and your letter! 

 

 

 

Dear Mr. Best,

      I'm enclosing my 2006 work bond verification. This is the first time I've had the opportunity to work the target pits during competition. The work ethic of those in the pits spoke highly of the individuals helping during the competition and the members of CRC. The individuals coordinating the pit activities are to be commended on their professionalism and keeping everyone in the pits aware of target and shift changes.

Respectfully,

Harold F. Willman

 

THINKING GUN SAFETY?

THINK HARDER!!!

     The new maintenance building has been up for only a few months and already there are three bullet holes in it!! This is inexcusable carelessness on the part of some member.  Early in August three bullet holes were found in the new maintenance building. Two were entry holes on the south side and one an exit hole in the west wall. A careful examination of the holes suggests the following:

• The holes are basically round indicating that these ARE NOT RICOCHETS, the bullets struck the building point first

• One bullet entered the building, struck the floor and exited through the west wall. This must have been a RIFLE type BULLET to have traveled over a half mile from any firing line and then had enough energy to pass through two insulated steel walls of the building.

• The other bullet was caught in the fiber glass insulation of the south wall, but the entry hole appeared identical with the first and it was found at the same time within a few feet of the other hole. Neither bullet has been found, but they must have come from the same gun at very close to the same time.

• Careful examination of the alignment of the holes strongly indicates that the bullets came from the schuetzen range. The angle from the firing line to the building is more than 30 degrees from the alignment of the range. One hit might have been the result of a legitimate accident, but two hits so close together in space and time suggests deliberate shooting. For someone to have fired two shots at a high elevation angle and at such a great angle from the direction of the range is truly REMARKABLY STUPID CARELESSNESS!! Someone might have been hurt or killed!

      We probably will never know who is responsible but we hope that whoever reads this will think about the risks of firing in such a way that his/her shots do not impact on the backstop. Shots that pass through a target and hit the backstop on the fly most likely will not ricochet. Shots that hit a target frame or the ground or something else and bounce before hitting the backstop can go about anywhere. BE SURE ALL YOUR SHOTS HIT THE BACKSTOP!!! Don’t be responsible for an injury or death! Members, watch for unsafe practices around you as you are shooting. Remember, you might be the victim.

 

CRC and the shooting community lost two beloved members this summer.  The Club sends our condolences to the families and friends of these members. We will miss them, but remember both fondly and with love.

 

Robert Tullis

 

     Bob was born November 19, 1920 in Lafayette, Indiana to Eva and Fred Tullis. He passed away in Hotchkiss, CO on July 28, 2006 from complications of a stroke suffered earlier in the year.

     Bob grew up working hard at a variety of jobs during the depression – newspaper boy, drugstore delivery boy, corn de-tasseler, soda fountain operator (his favorite task was emptying the ice cream tubs), choir boy (25 cents each Sunday until his voice changed), stunt rider for a daredevil motorcycle show and musician in a local dance band.

     He entered Army Air Corps basic training the day after Pearl Harbor.  The joy of flying P39s and P38s, the adventures and the camaraderie of shared noble purpose in Guadalcanal & the Solomon Islands made the war years one of the highlights of his life and the source of many of the stories with which he entertained his many friends over the decades. He attended a squadron reunion only last fall.    

     Bob later graduated from Indiana University, where he married his beloved Patricia Lynn Boxell.  He worked as an FBI Agent, a newspaper publisher, and for a majority of his life as an insurance claims adjuster and supervisor. He was for many years a major pistol competitor in the Denver area and later took up smallbore and schuetzen competition as well as hunting until only a few years ago. For a time Bob was a director of CRC, but his greatest contributions to shooting came as a hunter safety and junior instructor with the Arvada and Table Mountain Clubs. He was as well a major patron of those junior clubs and contributed generously of time money and equipment to them

     He was a wonderful Dad to Linda & Joanne and granddad to Kelly & Casey, and a good friend to many.  Pat preceded him in death three years ago. We have lost a good friend.

 

 

 

 

 

This is a favorite poem of Bob’s, which he recited at the

funerals of pilots killed in WWII, and wished to have read at his memorial.

 

Highflight

John Gillespie Magee, Jr. Pilot Officer Magee joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, was killed in action during a dogfight December 11, 1941, at age 19.

 

Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth

And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

Sunward I've climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth

Of sun-split clouds -- and done a hundred things

You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung

High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there,

I've chased the shouting wind along, and flung

My eager craft through footless halls of air.

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue

I've topped the windswept heights with easy grace

Where never lark, or even eagle flew.

And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod

The high untrespassed sanctity of space,

Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

 

 

Mark Dernay

 

     Mark was born January 14, 1958 in Harvey Illinois.  He grew up on a farm where he developed his love for farming and the outdoors.

     At age 12, his favorite uncle, Conrad, gave Mark his first gun, and this started a lifelong love for shooting sports. 

     A visit to a friend brought Mark to Colorado, and not long after he soon moved to Steamboat Springs where he opened All Tech Glass which he built into a successful 20-year business.

     At his 25th class reunion in Indiana, Mark was re-connected with one of his classmates, Cindy. After a two-year, long-distance romance they were married in Jamaica. Mark, Cindy, and her sons Chris and Michael, became Marks family.

    Mark was an avid outdoorsman.  He loved hunting, fishing, panning for gold and anything that had to do with mountains. Mark was a longtime member and officer of the Steamboat Gun Club, and was the recipient of numerous trophies and awards. Mark was proud to achieve the designation of sharpshooter. 

     Mark fought a valiant battle against cancer, and he will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

 

 

 

 

 

WORK BONDS ARE DUE NOW!!!

 

The following listed members have not performed their 2006 work bond, or at least, the Data Base Manager has not heard of it. Members who do not pay their $100 Work Bond requirement very soon will be dropped from the club WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, and will not receive their 2007 dues notice. If you have done the work, make sure that your card is sent in immediately. If your work supervisor took your card, contact him to be sure that it gets sent in. Otherwise, we will miss you next year.

 

Sean P. Abbott, 1507: Esmel M. Alexander,1573; Jason Anderson, 879: Richard Andreano, 931; Gregory H. Barnett, 1423; Mark E. Bearden,1454; Charles U. Beatty,1407; John J. Belskis, 499; Barry J. Benson, 1283; Thomas P. Benton, 1571; John W. Berry, 1461; Stephen J. Beuning,1446;Jack R. Beye, 1574; Todd A. Bezerra, 1568; Michael K. Bickford, 1335; Lewie M. Bickford, 813; John W. Birch, 1486; Charles W. Black, 1522; Jim Blaha, 925; Ken Bohrer, 1494; William L. Bolt,1517; Rick Bone, 733; Paul S. Bountry,1477; David O. Boyd, 1265; Thomas Brasel,722; Richard A. Brent, 973; Dean L. Brewer, 976; Michael D. Brickman, 687; Harry M. Brilz,1227; David H. Brown, 1121; Ray W. Bryant, 335; Robert M. Bunker, 1430;Norman J. Butterfield,1153; Bruce C. Carlberg, 1332; Brian A. Carpenter, 1240; Charles E. Carruth, 628; Daniel G. Casey, 1170; Terry Cochran, 1018; Scott W. Coffee, 726; Paul T. Coker, 593; Douglas R. Coon, 1050; Bill S. Craig, 1095; Stephen L. Crain, 1375; Martin R. Criscoe, 1202; Jodie L. Davis, 1570; Vernon De Boer, 1561; Vance W. Diggins, 1564; Kent A. Doggett, 1380; Patrick D. Drugas, 1318; William A. Eareckson, 1326; Grady L. Eastman, 1416; Bill R. Eddleman, 1484; Richard J. Edelen, 1250; Hilogi J. El, 312; Timothy J. Faber, 949; Mike G. Favero, 1536; Gary W. Fisher, 700; Frank P. Ford, 1565; John Frank, 851; Aaron B. Gagne, 1415; Russell C. Gary, 1483; Anthony J. Goddard, 1403; Bill J. Gomez, 1084; David H. Goodlette, 1035;  James L. Goodnight, 1341; Rick Goodrich, 1478; Sean P. Gorman, 1513; Andrew A. Gottschalk, 1542; Wilhelm E. Grassnick, 1393; Christopher R. Graves, 1548; Justin C. Griffith, 1382; Mark Griggs, 1126; Robert C. Grimmer, 1559; Laurence L. Grote, 1234; Joel C. Guenther, 1228; Lonnie A. Gutowski, 1492; William C. Hall, 1529; Sean M. Hardman, 1556; John H. Hathaway, 1540;Steve Hayward, 938; Burt K. Hedke, 1527; Anthony D. Henderson, 1024; David J. Hines, 835; Rene L. Hoeffner, 1362; Terry L. Hubbell, 1085; Bob Hughes, Jr., 697; Jeff Hughey, 649; Doug Hurst, 1512; Frederick L. Jedike, 1394; Erwin P. Jend, 1194; William R. John, 1172; Brian K. Johnson, 1491; Stephen G. Jones, 1342; Michael D. Kaiser, 1369; Mark A. Kanipe, 765; Manuel Karamaroudis, 1277; Lynn P. Karich, 1569; Michael J. Koloscha, 201; Tom Korchunoff, 1485; J. L. Kottal II, 1505; Michael F. Kwak, 1411; Jeffrey S. Kwon, 1178; Jeffery L. Lamer, 455; James T. Lanyon, 1406; David W. Lassen, 1531; Robert T. Lee, 419; Wil L. Leochner, 800; Mark Liveris, 1129; Francis Lucero, 1562; William W. Lutzens, 392; Winn G. Mahuron, 1344; Sara J. Malecha, 1434; Andrew L. Malm, 1323; Kenneth N. Manning, 1549; Mitchel L. Martin, 1034; Alfonso E. Martinez, 1166; Jerry J. Mass, 1203; Gary A. Massaglia, 1503; Van L. McDaniel, 1349; Errol L. McGlaughlin, 1214; Gordon W. McGowan, 1316; Scott D. McKay, 1371; LeRoy A. Mehlbrech, 1365; Richard L. Meister, 1557; York E. Miller, 1482; James Monserud, 293; Sherry R. Moore, 1298; Michael R. Moore, 1357; Gary P. Morgan, 787; Matt W. Morgan, 1501; Richard D. Moritz, 1251; Randolph E. Morris, 686; James W. Mullen, 1560; Rodney C. Mundis, 1488; Wyllys S. Newcomb, 615; Robert W. Nix, 1039; Jason Norris, 903; Randall D. Novick, 1524; Michael E. Oberts, 763; Victor Oleksijew, 954; Joel T. Olsen, 520; Daniel D. Olson, 1364; Randall L. Owens, 1280; Ed Pabst, 1579; Samuel Padgett, 596; Scott Pancost, 1575; Shon M. Parker, 1241; Ron L. Parsons, 1506; Robert S. Peacher, 1102; Guy Pease, 984; Daniel J. Peters, 1182; Mary D. Peterson, 1216; Trevor K. Pfaff, 1554; William Phillips, 1163; Randy Pickthall, 657; Rick M. Piggott, 1576; Ditrich N. Pinter, 1041; Earl S. Pollard, 549; Michael J. Pollock, 1123; Chris M. Pomeroy, 1521; Gary C. Powell, 1204; Christopher S. Powell, 1578; Randy Pratt, 1451; Ashu S. Rangole, 1324; Loyd B. Reeder, 871; Thomas B. Renfroe, 909; Russ Renz, 1490; Ed Richards, 1553; Mark K. Ridgeway, 1558; Richard L. Roberts, 848; Reginald C. Rodman Jr., 1389; Scott R. Rusell, 1370; Robert A. Russell, 1097; Angel Ruttell, 1539; Leo K. Salazar, 1496; Frederick R. Saltus Jr, 659; Randy S. Scheihing, 815; Clayton A. Scherrer, 1260; Robert M. Schilling, 739; Randy R. Schneider, 741; Steve Schneider, 1331; Scott D. Schomer, 1270; William L. Schrader, 448; Dave A. Schroder, 1367; Dave Schroeder, 618; Milton D. Scott, 1489; Robert J. Seifert, 1526; John R. Sherrill, 1405; Craig F. Siegel, 1550; Brian B. Simmons, 414; Jason E. Simpkins, 1552; Bill Snyder, 1100; Martin M. Sos, 1537; William E. Sowers, 869; Jim Starr, 843; Milton O. Stemmler, 1462; Donald L. Stephenson, 911; Scott Stephenson, 1022; Frank L. Stratton, 1464; Scott A. Strayer, 1499; David S. Sullivan, 318; Desta Teklu, 1580; Lawrence S. Thompson, 1328; Dave R. Thompson Sr., 1566; John D. Todd, 1176; Patrick J. Tomsula, 1152; Mike Triplett, 1577; Martin A. Tritschler, 1136; David R. Truitt, 886; James P. Tucker, 1338; Thomas L. Venn, 1388; Robert V. Vigil, 1431; David Warfield, 985; Roger C. Welshans, 1448; Alyssa M. Wermers, 1408; Henry D. West, 457; Richard L. White, 1295; Richard L. Williams, 428; Roy Wirthlin, 1062; John W. Wolf, 1321; Terry A. Woolman, 1466; Andrew Yan, 679; Stephen B. Yates, 1538; Joel J. Yeagle, 1518.