Calendar of Events

October 24, 2005         Member’s Meeting; 7:30pm
November 7, 2005        Board of Governors’ Meeting; 6:30pm
November 12, 2005      Roast Beef Dinner; 6:30pm
November 24, 2005      Members Meeting; Elections; 7:30pm
December 5, 2005        Board of Governors’ Meeting; 7pm
March 2006                 Middlesex County League Meeting; 7:30pm
                                    Open to the Public

Rentals

July 28, 2006    Richard Monaghan, Wedding Rehearsal, 5 – 10pm

Elections for Club Officers and Board of Governors’ Positions

A nominating committee consisting of Bill Lewis, Vin Bartolomeo and Brad Stetson has been formed to draft appropriate candidates for Board of Governors’ positions that are opening up, and for Club officers.  The nominating committee will present its slate of candidates to the membership at the October 24^th members’ meeting.

If you are interested in running for any officer’s position or for the openings on the Board of Governors, please contact one of the nominating committee members listed below:

Bill Lewis@ 978-952-6696; e-mail, JoanBill@AOL.com
Vin Bartolomeo @ 978-369-2428; e-mail, Bartolomeo@Verizon.net
Brad Stetson @978-369-8926; e-mail, BTStets@AOL.com

Remembrances

Our deepest sympathies to Kim and Bob Sullivan as his mother, Jean, passed away late September at 84. Our thoughts are with Kim, Bob and his dad for their loss.

The Ironman Rules

Jim Gallagher reports that the 9^th Ironman Competition held on September 24^th saw 25 participants who fiercely competed for the title. Jim Jackman won the overall competition, while Pete Dallaire won the 3-D Archery and Casting events. Both Tom Damkowitch and Charlie Samios scored a perfect 200 in Trap!!! Jim Jackman won the Timed Archery Event, and Kim Sullivan won the Pistol Shooting. This was the closest competition ever with only two points separating perennial competitors Jim Jackman and Pete Dallaire. Congratulations to all participants for raising the competitive bar. Our thanks also to our kitchen crew for preparing dinner and putting on an appropriate repast for the hungry iron crew.

Roast Beef Dinner

As noted above in the Calendar of Events, the traditional CR&GC Roast Beef Dinner will be held on Saturday, November 12^th, starting at 6:30pm . The cost will be $14.00 for adults; $24.00 per couple; and $10.00 for children under 16. Set that date aside to share this excellent meal of fine roast beef and all of the fixings to complement it with fellow members, their significant others and kids.

Membership News

Regular Members

Congratulations to the following members who’ve completed their work requirement and to their sponsors for encouraging them to do so. We look forward to seeing you actively participate in our Club events.

Andrei Murseianu, sponsored by Robert Alpert
John Baldesserini, sponsored by Sheryl Read
John Strauss, sponsored by Sheryl Read

New Limited Members

At the last BOGs’ meeting we had one of the largest number of people present themselves to join  the Club.  We hope that these new limited members will quickly fulfill their work requirements and become active and supportive full time members while enjoying the amenities that the Club offers.

Alex Parker, sponsored by Kevin Flavin           Sean Slade, sponsored by Bruce Harvey
Rick Cleary, sponsored by Kevin Flavin           Charlotte Hart, sponsored by Sheryl Read
Harry Papazian, sponsored by Mike Barton      Zak Papazian, sponsored by Mike Barton
Garo Papazian, sponsored by Mike Barton       Bob Sullivan, Sr., sponsored by Kim Sullivan

Special Work Day for New & Extended Limited Members

To make it easy for limited members to work off their hours, there will be a Special Work Day on Sunday, October 16, 2005 from 9am to 3pm. Come on down, meet your fellow members, get a little exercise and your worksheet filled out and change your status to a full member.

Getting to Full Membership

Contact the individuals below to fulfill your promised obligation.

Charlie Atherton: Steward 978-371-7109         Vin Bartolomeo: Trap 978-369-2428
Bill Lewis: Grounds 978-952-6696                   Robert Alpert: Pistol 508-651-1153
Rich Gagnon : Archery 978-692-5054

Club Communications

Communications Glitches – Subscribers to AOL should note that our monthly CR&GC Newsletter should not be opted as spam, or we won’t be able to send the e-mail version of the newsletter to them. AOL users, please change your system preferences that designate the CR&GC Newsletter as spam. Two complaints have already been filed, and a third will shut us out, forcing us to send you the newsletter via the postal system.

Get Your Newsletter Via E-Mail!-  If you’re online, you can get this newsletter via e-mail AND access the Club’s website. It’s quicker, timelier, and saves the Club money. Contact Sheryl Read to get your Club newsletter via e-mail: 617-965-4038; shrent2@rcn.com .

Committee Reports

Grounds -- Bill Lewis, Chairman, expresses his and the Club’s thanks to the Over-the-Hill Gang, a.k.a., Frank Gill, Del Ferranti, Jim O’Donnell and Joe Facenda for installing the telephone pole sections as a sturdy fence along the bridges by the pond. Thanks also to Dick

Malloy for keeping the grass mowed, and to Larry DeLamarter for donating property signs that will be used to delineate the Club’s boundaries.

Archery – Rich Gagnon , Chairman, reiterates the need to show courtesy to fellow members who are deer hunting on Club property. Other archers who would like to use the field course, should note that the deer season for archery opens on October 17^th and extends to November 26^th;shotgun from November 28th – December 10th; and muzzleloader from December 12th – December 31^st. Let’s give the hunters their space. Unless you are certain no one actively hunting the grounds, limit your use of the field course to Sundays.  The practice butts are always open.

Pistol – Robert Alpert , Chairman, reports that the Nashoba Valley Pistol League (NVPL) 2005-06 season started in earnest on Wednesday, September 28th.  The second and third matches have already occurred and the individual team aggregates are pleasingly high.  Check the league website, www.NVPL22.org for the complete schedule and for match score results.

Team practices take place at 7pm on Sundays for the “C” team; Mondays for the “A” team; and Tuesdays for the “B” team. Matches are held on Wednesday nights. If you’d like to shoot on one of the teams or want information on the league, please contact Robert at: nvpl@ralpert.com or call him at 617-968-8169

Trap – Vin Bartolomeo , Chairman, reports that the Trap League Banquet took place at the Westford Club on September 10^th and was attended by members of Concord ’s three teams, and that “Dead-Eye” Dick Bregoli was the winner of the CR&GC Trap Championship. Way to go Dick! He also notes that the Club will make a volume purchase of clays in the spring.

Delegates’ Reports

Middlesex County Sportsmen’s League – Delegate Barry Robinson reports that the first meeting took place at the Nashoba Club on Thursday September 29th, at which time concern was expressed regarding a few bills that have been proposed in the legislature that may present problems to hunters and trappers, such as a repeat of the Leg Hold Trap ban. He also notes that there is a potential bill pending that would allow homeowners to sue towns for flood damage caused by beavers damming up streams. Should this pass, towns will bear the brunt of the effects of the state’s poorly thought out Prop. 2 initiative banning Leg Hold Traps that passed several years ago. Since this initiative was passed, the beaver population has exploded and people’s wells and properties have been flooded and contaminated, causing property damage and potential health hazards.

Mass. Wildlife – Delegate Kim Sullivan reports that the Young Adults’ Pheasant Hunt held at the Bolton Flats Fish & Wildlife area was extremely successful and that the three youngsters that we sponsored had a blast with their mentors and the dogs, helping them retrieve downed birds. In all, there were 69 young people sponsored by seven different clubs that participated.

This bodes well for the future of bird hunting in Massachusetts . According to Kim, our Club was cited by Mass. Wildlife as a model for sponsoring such future events. Our thanks to Kim for spearheading this effort and to volunteers Paul Cooney, Bruce Harvey, Bob Sullivan and his Lab, Bullet, and Deb Stein and her German Short Haiedr Pointer, Bella, and other assisting Club members for making this event so successful.

Kim also reported that a Being an Outdoors Women (BOW) event was held on Saturday September 24^th at our Club wherein 15 women learned to fish from fishing pros who gave lessons.

Hazards of Lead Exposure on Firing Ranges – Part IV

This is the final installment of a four-part series to educate our members on the dangers of airborne lead. This segment briefly addresses design considerations and cleaning methods.

The planned use of a firing range should determine the design of the ventilation system.  Improper use or maintenance of a firing range or of the ventilation system can defeat the purpose of the ventilation system and increase the lead contamination.

The use of angled backstops with sand traps should be avoided.  Although inexpensive, sand traps can generate a large amount of airborne lead dust and require frequent cleaning. Escalator backstops and their variants that trap bullets and their fragments generate less dust and are easier to clean.  Also, the waste lead can be more easily sold to a recycler without having to be separated from the sand.

Indoor firing ranges require frequent cleaning.  Walls, floors, ceilings and bullet traps must be cleaned regularly.  Frequent cleaning prevents settled dust from becoming an airborne inhalation hazard to the people using the range or from air circulation.

It is essential to use appropriate methods in cleaning a firing range.

1. DO NOT DRY SWEEP!
2. Use a vacuum cleaner equipped with a high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter to remove lead-contaminated dust.
3. If a vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter is not available, then a wet cleaning method must be used.
4. Anyone cleaning a range must wear appropriate protective equipment, including an approved respirator, protective clothing and shoes.
5. 5To reduce the possibility of bringing lead dust into their homes, those members cleaning the range need to shower and change clothes before leaving the site.
6. Work clothing must be disposable or laundered separately to prevent contaminating the home.

Other Ways to Reduce Airborne Lead Discharge

Copper or nylon-clad bullets and non-lead primers (such as mannitol hexanitratetracene) can significantly reduce the amount of airborne lead discharged in firing.  Sometimes this change alone can reduce lead exposure to a point that no further range alterations are necessary.  In cases where it is necessary to use conventional lead-based primers, use this ammo loaded with jacketed bullets.

 (Extracted from the Mass. Div. of Occupational Safety publication, “ Firing Ranges : The Airborne Lead Hazard.”)

CR&GC Directory of Club Officers and Board of Governors Members
Officers:
President: Lawton Read ; tel.978-264-4869; e-mail, Lawton.Read@Verizon.net
Vice President: Henry Dane; tel. 978-369-3093; e-mail, HDane@DaneLaw.com
Treasurer: Jim Gallagher; tel. 978-369-7126; e-mail, bt99@rocketmail.com
Financial Secretary: Bruce Harvey; tel.978-369-4990; e-mail, bruceharvey1@juno.com
Secretary: Sheryl Read; tel. 617-965-4038; e-mail, shrent2@rcn.com
Board of Governors:
Vin Bartolomeo ; tel. 978-369-2428; e-mail, Bartolomeo@verizon.net
Adrian Munoz-Bennett: e-mail, trackermunoz@AOL.com
Ned Berube: tel. 978-3693231; e-mail, nedberube@comcast.net
Bill Jarmulowicz: tel. 978-443-8148; e-mail, RhonaHill@worldnet.att.net
Kevin Flavin: tel. 978-371-9550; e-mail, Kevin.Flavin@comcast.net
Carl Repucci: tel. 978-371-7913; e-mail, Carl.Repucci1.Verizon.net