The Cape Girardeau County Gun Club applied for and tentatively re-ceived a grant from the Friends of the NRA to be used towards the purchase of a new trap machine for the Apple Creek range. John Shaw took the time to complete the appli-cation getting it into the NRA by the Dec. 15th deadline. Charlie Ireland wrote letters to committee members asking for their consideration of the grant, and Gary Robbins provided additional information to the group as requested. The local group ap-proved the Club’s grant at the end of February.

The Club was officially notified at the NRA banquet on Mar. 28th that the $7500 would be awarded to the Club for a new trap machine subject to approval by the attorneys at NRA headquarters. The actual money will not be received until June, when a PAT-trap will be ordered to replace the present machine. Then the old machine will have to be removed and the new one installed. The Club will have to decide what to do with the old machine at that time.

Volume 3, Issue 2

Club To Receive $7500 in NRA Grant

March 31, 2009

Special points of interest:

Gun Club meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month.

Meetings are held at the Elks Lodge in Cape Girardeau, MO unless otherwise

noted.

Club dues are payable by the end of February each year.

The club currently has 34 members.

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Gun Club Meeting Apr. 7

Easter (Range closed) Apr, 12

Gun Club Meeting May 5

Armed Forces Day May 16

Memorial Day May 25

Gun Club Meeting Jun. 2

Youth Day at the Range Jun. 13

Upcoming Events:

Club members voted in February to sponsor a free day at the Apple Creek range for youth this year. Each youth will receive a free round of trap and skeet. John Shaw is organizing this shoot and has proposed June 13th as the day for the event.

During the March meeting it was de-cided to limit the day to one group of youth, and change groups each time the

The club welcomed one new member and had one person rejoin at the Febru-ary meeting. Jerome Riley rejoined the club, and Nick Tibbs of Jackson was approved for membership.

Myron Carter and Mike Ingram rejoined at the March meeting. Welcome to everyone.

This brings the membership count to 34 with 28 of those members serving as RSOs.

CGCGC officers, Gary Robbins, Alice Ireland and Dale Todt, re-ceived notification at the NRA Banquet on Saturday, Mar. 28th

that the club would be receiving the NRA grant.

Club sponsors such a day. Sugges-tions for groups to sponsor included Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts and 4-H. John suggested having Boy Scouts and their moms come to shoot for the day.

Still to be decided is who will loan guns and provide shells and targets for the young shooters. If you have any suggestions, bring them to the next meeting or contact John.

Youth Day at Range Set for June 13th

Membership Count

2009 Raffle Nears Break Even Point

Total sales of raffle tickets for the 2009 season reached $2463 during the March meeting. To cover the cost of prizes requires $3000, so the Club is close to breaking even on the raffle this year. Any money taken in after expenses are covered will be saved towards improve-ments at the range, such as a pavil-ion. Club members should con-tinue to sell tickets through the year remembering to discount the tickets $2.00 each month. After the April drawing, the tickets will be $16 each.

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Mark Presnell sets targets on the 5-stand, while Nick Tibbs

observes and Grant Gillard scores on Saturday, Mar. 21st.

Spring Fling Tournament Results

Ten shooters attended the Club’s Spring Fling Tournament on Saturday, March 21st. The weather did not cooperate, but everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. Gary Robbins took away first place in A class with a score of 85. Other A class winners were second, Mike Sprick, and third, Mark Presnell. B class winners were first, Dale Todt; second, Steve LeGrand; and third, Paul Clement. C class placers included John Shaw, first; Grant Gillard, second; and Jerome Riley, third. Nick Tibbs, a new member to the club, also shot in the tournament. Congratulations at all shooters!

Gary Robbins once again did an outstanding job on the hot dogs and brats for lunch. In addition to the tournament shooting, eighteen rounds of skeet, three rounds of trap and five and one half rounds of 5-stand were also shot by both member and non-member shooters that day.

Above, Mark Presnell awaits the call to pull tar-gets from the 5-stand at the Spring Fling tour-

nament, Saturday, March 21st.

Dale Todt breaks a high one at Station 1 from the Club’s 5-stand as Gary Robbins, Paul

Clement and Jerome Riley look on.

Gary Robbins, left, took top honors at the Club’s Spring Fling Tournament, while Dale Todt, right, took first place in B class. John

Shaw, not pictured, was the C class winner.

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4-H members spent the day at Apple Creek on March 14th shooting rifles, shotguns and bows and arrows during their annual fun shoot. This event was part of the safety training that opens the shooting season for the 4-H youth.

Dale Todt, vice president of the Gun Club, is work-ing with 4-H members in the shooting sports again this year. He will be training these young boys and girls in both skeet and trap shooting. Dale reports that he will have 18 youth in his program this year.

The Cape Girardeau County Gun Club took part in Gun Shows during February and March in Cape Girardeau. John Shaw, who organizes the Club’s participation in the events, reported 15 raffle tickets sold for the Club at the February show which was held at the Arena building and 14 sold at the March show which was held at the Show Me Center. A choice of a hat, a patch or a free round of shooting was given away to anyone buying a raffle ticket from the Club at the shows.

All funds raised by the Club’s selling these items will go back into operation of the Apple Creek trap and skeet range. Hope-fully, they can be used to help build a much needed pavilion at the range.

Random Shots

Above: John Shaw looks over the Club’s table at the Gun Show held Feb. 6th, 7th and 8th at the Arena build-ing. John organizes the Club’s participation in area gun shows as a way to recruit new members and raise funds

for the Club.

On Left: Gary Lively and Jerome Riley prepare to man the table at the February Gun Show held at the Arena

building in Cape Girardeau.

4-H Members Enjoy Fun Shoot

Club Participates in Area Gun Shows

Mike Sprick and friends enjoyed a day at the range on Saturday, March 7th. Nice day but the winds created quite a challenge according to John Waggener, RSO for the day. He reported over 30 rounds shot on that

Saturday. Photo courtesy of John Waggener.

Cape Girardeau County Gun Club

The object of this organization shall be the encouragement of organized fire-

arms shooting among citizens of the United States and our community, with a

view toward a better knowledge on the part of such citizens of the safe han-

dling and proper care of firearms, as well as improved marksmanship. It shall

be our further object and purpose to forward the development of those charac-

teristics of honesty, good fellowship, self-discipline, team play and self-reliance

which are the essentials of good sportsmanship and the foundation of true pa-

triotism.

Cape Girardeau County Gun Club Officers:

Grant Gillard 573-243-6568 (President)

Dale Todt 573-243-3698 (Vice President)

Gary Robbins 573-243-4684 (Treasurer)

Alice Ireland 573-243-7595

(Secretary)

Phone at range: 573-833-6173

E-mail: cireland@charter.net

Comments/suggestions regarding the newsletter may be made to the Club Officers or to Charlie or Alice Ireland at 573-243-7595.

E-mail cireland@charter.net

Cape Girardeau County Gun Club

P.O. Box 315

Jackson, MO 63755

The Cape Girardeau County Gun Club is affiliated with the National Rifle Association of America