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12 May 2012, White Sulphur Springs, Montana, Continuing Range Improvements Tim Allen and his John Deer 770 Grader with a delivery of road mix from Mikesel's did an outstanding job spruceing up the entrance cattle gate and parking lot, and Mike Vennard posted two new information boards at the Range house to finish up some projects slated for this year. Below are photos of the projects.
28 April 2012, White Sulphur Springs, Montana, Community Expo. Saturday AM, the Association advertised itself by having a booth at the 7th annual White Sulphur Springs Community Expo. This is one of the outreach programs the Association has, along with monthly articles in the Meagher County Newspaper, to promote the Association, its goals of safety with firearms, Hunter safety and Bow Safety, and Personal Protection classes, it's activities and availability for the members of the community. Shown below is a photo of the new presentation board created for this event.
21 April 2012, White Sulphur Springs, Montana, Target Installation On Tuesday the 24th of April a crew of stalwart members went out to the range and finished up the job started earlier in the month. This was to finish placement and construction of the various new steel targets funded by Montana Fish Wildlife and Park. The installation consisted of four full sized silhouettes chicken, pig, turkey, ram placed at their appropriate metered distances and three circular gongs at 600, 800, and 900 yards and a life size antelope silhouette at an undisclosed distance. In the near future it is planed to add one gong at a thousand yard and a second at some other distance.
The range before target installation.
Range with new targets [Oh,yeah cows too]. Note: the 400 yard gong is still there just in front of the 500m ram. The gongs at 100yds are attached with light wire and bailing twine so if you shoot them down, you should go and hang them back up. A big thanks to all that came and helped. 21 April 2012, White Sulphur Springs, Montana, Range Guidelines With the installation quickly coming to completion of the new silhouettes and gongs in the outdoor shooting area a review of the uses of the various parts of the range by all members of the Association appears to be in order. Presented below are guidelines for the various targets. Please read these and use the range responsibly. Range Guidelines: For your safety, the integrity of the range and conservation of materials for all to use, the following guidelines have been established. Indoors Small bore [.22] only to be used in the indoor range; anything larger will destroy the target wall and potentially penetrate through to the outside. [Note the rubber squares that make up the wall have been in place for 12 years and only a few are showing wear. To replace these it will cost over $60.00 per square.] When shooting air rifle, BB gun or bow and arrow indoors, the curtain must be pulled across the target wall to prevent bounce back endangering the shooter. Only target points on arrows should be used, this is to prevent destruction of the defensive curtain. Outdoors REMEMBER THE CATTLE HAVE RIGHT OF WAY, IF THERE ARE COWS/CALVES DOWN RANGE EITHER MOVE THEM OR DO NOT SHOOT. The tipping target station is for .22 pistols only. Other calibers will destroy the circular disks. Replacement disks are $10.00 apiece at a minimum. The silhouette animals [chicken, pig, turkey, ram] and the several gongs, placed at various distances, should not be shot with large calibers [.50 BMG, armor piercing, etc.] to prevent major damage to the gongs and support materials. The investment in just steel for these targets is over $400 and the time and effort to replace the targets is substantial. The set of one-fifth size silhouette targets are to be used on the target stands only and shot with .22 cal. only, this is a specially purchased set of targets used for this type of competition. Those who wish to shoot the larger calibers are encouraged to bring their own targets, but they also should immediately remove all materials at the end of the shooting session. Targets such as items made of glass, or other frangible materials are discouraged as they would make the field messy, dangerous and proper clean up impossible. The use of plastic water filled bottles, appropriate steel targets and commercial self-healing targets is encouraged and again prompt clean up and removal should be done. When using wooden frames for paper targets please take care to not shoot the frames. It takes someone quite a bit of time to reconstruct a single frame from a pile of shot up wood. If you shoot it, take it home and repair it. Remember it is expensive for the Association, impolite and infringes on other members use of the range to purposively shoot at fencing/fence posts, distance markers, or target support materials and all wildlife. Many members of the Association have spent much of their time to produce and provide this facility and grounds to shoot at, respect their contributions with responsible shooting. 14 April 2012, White Sulphur Springs, Montana, Maintenance Day Saturday morning. Thirteen folks showed up to clean up and maintain the range and completed the job with skill and style. Below are photos of projects in progress and completion.
22 March 2012, White Sulphur Springs, Montana, Juniors Shooters End Season 5 Junior Marksmen finish season with Club Competition. After a season of ups and downs the Juniors have completed, for most of them, their first year of learning and growing. The members consisted of Charlie Rooney, Nate Ogle, Erich Butz, Eathen Butz, and Duncan MacDonald. Congratulations to them all.
Preperation for shooting [l] and prone position [r]. 15 March 2012, White Sulphur Springs, Montana, Range Improvements Indoor traveling targets are complete and undergoing minor maintenance. The new movable target system allowing shooters to change targets while others continue to shoot have been completed and are in use, in a few cases minor adjustment are being made as problems arise. Below are a couple of photos of the new system.
27 January 2012, White Sulphur Springs, Montana, Directors Meeting Directors Meeting, 27 January 2012, City Hall Conference Room, White Sulphur Springs. Members Present: Arnie Blair, Jerry Churchill, Tim Allen, Pat McCoy, Don Babcock, Mike Vennard Call to order. Business to discuss: • Nominate and approve members to attend Friends of NRA thank you Banquet in Bozeman. Members selected: George Kirkwood, Arnie Blair, Dean Anderson, Tim Allen. Jerry Churchill motion to accept, 2 nd Mike Vennard. Approved. • Two tickets agreed by all present to award to MCSA members, for the Annual Friends of NRA Banquet in March. Nominated: Don Babcock and • Two additional tickets to NRA Banquet in March donated by the Colonel. Nominated: Pat McCoy, Ron Coleman. Motion to accept, 2 nd , Approved. Project Discussion: List of projects reviewed and assigned priorities. [see attached]. Items discussed at length were asking FofNRA for monetary support to hold certification classes for Rifle, Pistol Instructors and Coaches. Getting a design for a storage room and roof cover at the entrance way, an addition to the Range facility. Mike Vennard will do a drawing of the storage room design and submit it to contractors in the area for quotes on the project. Review of the drainage situation on the north side of the Range House. There was other discussion on several of the projects and final decision was to be at a later date, after presentation to the membership at a subsequent meeting [April]. Pat McCoy made a motion to adjourn, Mike Vennard 2 nd . Accepted. Things to do for the future: Project Priorities The next two projects: This spring – Tim Allen/Mike Vennard- to determine work needed to divert runoff from impacting the Range house and outhouse, perform work as needed. Starting in Spring – All available - Assemble, locate position, and install the steel targets/silhouettes Category 1- Make every effort to complete in 2012 Category 1- 2 - Make effort to complete in 2012-2013 Small Computer (note book size) for sec/tres to conduct business, correspondence, bookkeeping duties. Category 2 - Make effort to complete in 2013 Get FoNRA funds to hold NRA Certification classes for Rifle Instructors, Category 3 – consider projects for completion after above projects Category 5- Get someone else to do it 16 January 2012, White Sulphur Springs, Montana 16 January 2012 Meeting Minutes. Meagher County Sportsmen's Association Pledge of Allegiance and call to order by George Kirkwood, President Members present: Mike Vennard, Pat McCoy, George Kirkwood, Arnie Blair, Curtis Kerr, Tim Allen, Dean Anderson, Steve Hicks, Don Doig, Bill Cummins, Joanne Cummins, Robert Porter, Ron Coleman, Don Babcock Minutes of previous meeting read by Mike Vennard. Arnie Blair motion to accept, 2 nd Pat McCoy, motion passed. Treasures Report read by Mike Vennard, Bill Cummins motion to accept, Don Babcock 2 nd , motion passed. Mike Vennard made an end of year 2011 financial report noting that $6944 was the amount of income, with $5445 in expenses giving a positive balance of $1498. Included was the one time gift toward the Potter memorial of $870, resulting in a revised ending balance of $620. This is the first balance in positive numbers in several years. Mike Vennard also noted that currently 49 members had renewed memberships for a total income of $1777.00. This included approximately $500 in additional deposits yet to be deposited in the bank due to the holidays and was not reflected in the Treasurers report [above]. Several additional membership renewals have come in since the report was generated [including at this meeting] which have not been processed yet. Committee ReportsPat McCoy reported on the status of the Jr. Marksman program, the program being restarted after the holidays. Only one shooter reported with two others away for Basketball. The other three could not be contacted yet. Pat McCoy also reported that Schuetzen postal matches have started with four shooters. He invited anyone else interested in shooting small bore to join the group on Thursday evenings. CorrespondenceA letter had been received from Bridger Friends of NRA inviting interested members to a thank you dinner. President George Kirkwood said to contact him if anyone was interested. Old BusinessThe election of new officers was held, the nominees were as follows: President – Don Babcock Just prior to the balloting Tim Allen indicated that Tami Daily had to remover herself from the race. After the ballots were counted the results are: President – Don Babcock The vote on the Constitutional changes was made and passed with a unanimous vote. There was further discussion about spring drainage flooding the outdoor bathroom. Tim Allen noted that for him to be able to do any dirt work it will have to be before late May depending on the weather, due to his business schedule. New BusinessMike Vennard noted that at the time of changes in the Association Officers that the removal of old Officers being replaced by new Officers on the Bank signature card was to be made. It is necessary to have at least two signatures on checks and there are normally three or four signers to account for unavailability of singers It was there for proposed that George Kirkwood and Arron Blair be removed and be replaced with Don Babcock [President elect] and Pat McCoy [Secretary/Treasurer elect]. Tim Allen made a motion to accept, Steve Hicks 2 nd , motion passed. Mike Vennard noted that this is an opportunity to fulfill a Constitutional requirement of having the Association books be audited. After checking it was found that two independent members of the Association could perform this task. Joanne Cummins and Ron Coleman volunteered to perform the audit as the books are to be moved over to Pat McCoy, the new Secretary/Treasurer. A question if weather or not we should support the Friends of NRA Banquet this year. The dinner will be held in early March and cost $340 to sponsor a table. After a short discussion Mike Vennard made a motion to support, Bill Cummins 2 nd , motion passed. Pat McCoy said that the Personal Protection Class would be held in April this year with the final live shoot on the first Saturday in May. The class will be mentioned it in the monthly news article as well as an ad closer to the beginning of the class. There are already 3 sign-ups, with 5 minimum and 12 maximum for the class. It was decided without descent that a price sheet will be posted for members to purchase targets on an individual basis in order to reduce Association target expenses. Ron Coleman made a motion to Adjourn, Tom Porter 2 nd , motion passed, meeting adjourned to view the examples of pre-WWII arms brought in by members. 19 December 2011, White Sulphur Springs, Montana 19 December 2011 Meagher County Sportsmen's Association Meeting Minutes. Pledge of Allegiance lead by George Kirkwood, President, and meeting called to order. Members present: Mike Vennard, Pat McCoy, George Kirkwood, Arnie Blair, Curtis Kerr (prospective member), Tim Allen, Dean Anderson, Steve Hicks, Don Doig, Otto Ohlson, Boyd Briggs, Dan Rader, Ron Coleman, Karen Coleman Minutes of previous meeting read by Mike Vennard. Pat McCoy motion to accept, Arnie Blair 2 nd , motion passed Directors Meeting of 17 November 2011 minutes read by Mike Vennard and approved by membership. (see attached) Treasures Report read by Mike Vennard, Pat McCoy motion to accept, Ron Coleman 2 nd , motion passed. Appreciation letter to Ben Forkn for his generous donation to the Association Jr. Marksman program read by Mike Vennard and approved by membership. (see attached) Committee Reports Pat McCoy reported on the status of the Jr Marksman program, noting that one junior has dropped out and the rest are progressing nicely. Pat McCoy also reported that the indoor traveling target installation has been completed and is in operation and being used by the juniors on a weekly basis. Correspondence There was no correspondence. Old Business George Kirkwood called for nominations to replace several Officers on the Board of Directors, noting that most Officers had been in office way longer that allowed by the Constitution, thus putting the organization at risk. After much discussion the following were nominated: President – Don Babcock There was considerable discussion about spring drainage flooding the outdoor bathroom. Several solutions were suggested and finally Tim Allen said he could take a look at the situation and probably provide the necessary equipment for a late spring 2012 solution. New Business Mike Vennard presented the new 2012 budget. (see attached) Mike explained the various categories and the 2011 estimates and actual costs; he then answered a couple questions. Arnie Blair made a motion to accept, Tim Allen 2 nd , budget accepted. Several Constitutional Changes have been presented (see attached)[constitutional changes posted below on this web page]. Mike Vennard read and explained the reasons behind the proposals. It was noted that this is the first reading, and the Constitution with changes will be left on the board at the range as well as being posted on the web site in order the membership have a chance to review them. The changes will be voted on at the January 2012 meeting. The Association meeting dates for 2012 were presented, and with no further discussion Mike Vennard made a motion to accept, George Kirkwood 2 nd , dates accepted. It was decided that for the January meeting if you wanted to show your gun, older than 1941 manufacture, you could do so at the January meeting. Arnie Blair made a motion to Adjourn, Ron Coleman 2 nd , motion passed, meeting adjourned to view the examples of military rifles brought in by members. 19 December 2011, White Sulphur Springs, Montana During the December Meeting several changes to the MCSA Constitution were proposed. Below are the changes excerpted from the complete Constitution [which may be viewed by clicking the appropriate link above] These changes will be voted upon at the next general meeting to be held on January 19, 2012 at the Range Facility. Items in Bold are to be deleted and replaced by wording in Italic. Proposed Changes to: Constitution of Article: I NAME no changes Article: II PURPOSE C. To issue bulletins to inform each member as to major problems and issues affecting the M.C.S.A. members and/or to act report on proposed actions and pending legislation, so the membership may make its will known to the duly elected representatives. Article: III MEMBERSHIP A. There shall be three four classes of Membership. 4. Daily Membership. Daily Membership does not have a vote. C. Annual membership dues shall include one of the following categories: 1. per individual membership 2. per individual membership with class B range access 3. per family membership 4. per family membership with class A range access D. Annual and daily membership fees shall be recommended by the Board of Directors and then voted on by the members at the December meeting. Article: IV MEMBERSHIP DUES AND FEES DATE A. All dues for the Meagher County Sportsmen's Association and range access fees are due and payable on January 2nd each year with a grace period extending until March 1st. Fees and dues become delinquent on March 2nd. New membership dues run from January to January and will not may be prorated. This does not apply to Class C (One Day) range access fees. Article: V MEAGHER COUNTY SPORTSMEN'S SHOOTING RANGE ACCESS A. There shall be three classes of range access which may not be separate from membership in the Meagher County Sportsmen's Association 3. Class C range access fee: per individual and shall provide access to the shooting range facilities for ONE DAY. This fee would apply to visitors other than first time prospective members accompanying all other class of members. Article: VI OFFICERS no changes Article VII MEETINGS A. The members shall meet at a time and place designated by the President on a third Tuesday at least once a quarter and should include December and January. Article VIII ELECTIONS No changes Article: IX AMENDENTS TO CONSTITUTION no changes Article: X COMMITTEES no changes Article: XI BOARD OF DIRECTORS no changes Article: XII AUDIT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION no changes Article: XIII BYLAWS no changes
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To the left is an Individual target set up, (r) is the wheel and handle mechanism, the handle is removable. 
Here the wall of target holders is visible.