From the President: Thank you Carmine for returning as Rental Chairman. To all members, friends, and family -- to make Carmine’s tasks easier, please see the new rental information and application forms s on the Club website. Welcome back Carmine!
Get Your Newsletter Through the Net!!!
Contact
Sheryl Read
to get your Club newsletter via e-mail: 617-965-4038; shrent2@rcn.com . It’s faster and saves the Club money. Don’t wait for snail-mail, get it through e-mail.
Membership News
New Members
Three prospective members presented themselves for consideration: Paul LaFleche from
Needham
, sponsored by Bill Lewis; Eric Waldron, sponsored by Bill Lewis; and Bob Joyce from
Carlisle
, sponsored by Charlie Lewis.
Notice to All Limited Members
To get the Club privileges of a full member, you must complete your 10 hours of work. Once you’ve completed your hours, you get your own Key Card which gives you access to the Club House, the
Indoor
Pistol
Range
, and the Members’ Lounge at any time of night or day. Contact the individuals below to determine how you can help and fulfill your promised obligation.
Charlie Atherton: Steward 978-371-7109
Bill Lewis: Grounds 978-952-6696 Vin Bartolomeo: Trap 978-369-2428
Robert Alpert: Pistol 508-651-1153 Rich Gagnon: Archery 978-692-5054
Remembrances
On
March 31, 2005
Ray Phalon, former CR&GC President and active member passed away suddenly at his home. Ray was an integral part of the CR&GC community and will be sorely missed. We would like to express our deepest sympathy to Ray’s family.
Board of Governors Roster Full
We are pleased to report that Lawton Read was nominated and voted in to serve a two-year term on the Board of Governors.
Lawton
is an active pistol shooter and has contributed his labor on projects for the
Indoor
Range
and around the grounds.
Lawton
brings his business expertise and sense of humor to the position. Congratulations
Lawton
.
Join GOAL for Your Own Self Interest
If you hunt, shoot or fish in this state and are not a member of GOAL, you are short changing yourself. Why? Because it is the largest organization focused on protecting the rights and privileges of sportsmen and sportswomen. In the last three years, GOAL has protected club ranges from closure; GOAL was instrumental in restoring the budget of the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife; and, GOAL is in the process of getting our overly restrictive gun laws reformed.
Individual membership for one year is only $30.00, less than what some people spend for coffee in a week. Help this action organization protect your rights – call them at 508-393-5333 or go to their website at: www.goal.org.
Safety Harness Recall
According to Associated Press, Hunter’s View Ltd. of Peoria, Illinois has recalled 500,000 safety harnesses that were sold with its tree stands because the straps can break, allowing the person to fall. The Fall Arrest Systems, manufactured in
China
, have a white label bearing model number 3333 and the year 2004. These harnesses were sold through hunting and sporting goods stores nationwide with Hunter’s View and Comfort Zone brand tree stands, starting in 2004. Call the company at 888-878-0440, weekdays
9am – 5:30pm EDT
for a free replacement.
Final 2004/5 Cribbage Standings
Springtime is Fishing
Derby
Time
Fishermen and women, mark your calendars for this year’s Fishing Derbies – for Members,
April 17, 2005
and for the Kids,
April 24, 2005
. Both start at
10:00 am
. Dust off your fishing rods and reels and practice your casting techniques. Tee shirts will be available for participants. Come on down and try your hand at wetting a line.
Committee Reports
Trap and Cribbage – Vin Bartolomeo stated that Trap Shooting officially starts on
April 19, 2005
. He is organizing a work party to tidy up the
Trap
Range
and will notify volunteers of the date.
The Trap teams are still looking for a small refrigerator to put in the Trap Cabin for cooling soft drinks. If you have a mini-bar fridge that works and that you can spare, please give Vinnie a call at 978-369-2428 or send him mail at bartolomeo@verizon.net.
Pistol
Range
– Robert Alpert noted that work on the pistol range floor has been completed, with the first coat of primer having been put down. Our thanks go to Robert Alpert, Artty Kinsman, and Lawton Read for their hard work in a confined space to lay down the floor and secure it. A final coat of flat black will be applied to focus shooters’ eyes onto the targets. It is hoped that this will help eliminate errant shots into the floor, ceiling, and walls.
Robert Alpert, Alan Carpenito, Steve Totingham, Lawton Read, and Artty Kinsman worked to reposition and re-weld the backstop on
Sunday April 10, 2005
from
8am
to
4 pm
. Our thanks to Robert and Alan and their hardy crew for taking on this difficult job and making the range safer.
Work is being planned to make the filtration/ventilation system more efficient at clearing the air. The downrange ceiling will also be refurbished and a clean-up crew will be needed to remove the debris.
Limited Members, call Robert Alpert @ 508-651-1153 to help out and fulfill your work hours requirement.
Archery – Rich Gagnon, Archery Chairman, reports that the
Bay
State
Archers’ 3-D shoot on April 3 went quite well considering the wet weather forecasts for that day and the fact that another shoot in
Andover
was competing for archers. Despite the local meteorologists’ best efforts to discourage us, the weather cooperated and 53 archers signed up to shoot.
Our thanks to those who helped set up and tear down the course -- Kevin Fadden, Tim Kilroy, Lawton Reed and Joe Facenda worked tirelessly on Saturday morning through heavy rain to get 30, 3-D targets out and set up throughout the club property. After the shoot was over on Sunday afternoon, Joe, Tim and
Lawton
were back along with Steve Totingham, Richard Malloy, Peter Malloy and Lukas Rounds to help make the job of putting everything away much easier.
Our Steward, Charlie Atherton, had the kitchen cooking and was helped by John Tovrov, and Corrine and Artty Kinsman to keep the hungry archers fed with breakfast and lunch. Brad Stetson was there all day helping with the kitchen and taking down the course and general moral support, while George Checkowski helped on Friday morning clearing the trail and shooting lanes.
Special thanks go out to Joe and Eileen Facenda. Eileen ran the registration table all day and Joe worked with Rich on Friday to help him lay out a good course in spite of the flooding and mud caused by the recent wet weather. Both provided Rich with their experience and advice to help put on a good shoot. Feedback from the archers who shot the course was excellent and much of the credit goes to Joe and Eileen.
We had better attendance from our Club members than usual, with at least 10 members of the Concord Rod and Gun Club signing up and shooting the course. We hope that this is the start of a growing trend. The Bay State Archers’ shoots are fun for all who attend, but it is a little more gratifying when we see our own members go out and enjoy the course.
Between the registration table and the kitchen, were able to take in close to $400 dollars for the Club. Thank you all for your support.
Delegates’ Reports
Barry Robinson, delegate to the Middlesex County League of Sportsmen’s Clubs (MLSC), was pleased to report an excellent turnout of 25 people attending the meeting and presentation that took place at the Concord Rod & Gun Club on Thursday, March 28, 2005. Featured speakers were Pat Huckery and Jim Cardoza of the Mass. Fish & Wildlife organization. Some of you may know Jim as the wildlife biologist who was key in re-introducing the wild turkey into
Massachusetts
.
MLSC meetings take place the last Thursday of the month and rotate from sportsmen’s club to club to give different memberships the opportunity to hear these wildlife experts and representatives of sportsmen throughout the Commonwealth. The next meeting on April 28, 2005 will be held at the Woodville Rod & Gun Club, 225 Wood Street, Woodville, MA 01784 (near Hopkinton); 508-435-4148; www.woodvillerodandgun.com.
Kim Sullivan, delegate to Mass. Wildlife, mentioned the upland game bird survey she had sent via e-mail and urged recipients to fill it out and return it to Mass. Wildlife.
Eileen Facenda, delegate for the Mass. Junior Conservation Camp, was pleased to announce that the Club has sponsored four (4) applicants to attend this summer.
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