Tri-City Gun Club

Hello, my son is a member of the Johnston County Shooting Sports Team. He is a Congenital Heart Defect Survivor, and this year, he is hosting a Trap Shoot Contest benefitting the American Heart Association. We are trying to get the word out about the event, and wanted to invite 4-H Trap Shooters to come and participate in the event. The event will be for shooters of all ages. Please see the attached flyer and help me spread the word!

Our condolences are with the family and friends of long time member Ed Nechtaval.  I know he helped teach my family how to reload.  Ed passed away January 30th.

Starting 2/7 thru 2/10 AT&T will be going thru the range to the river to splice the fiber optic cable.  I will not be closing the shotgun ranges.  They will contact me by phone when they are entering and leaving the range and I will notify any shooters on the range to stop shooting during entry and exit.

Bill

The goal is to not shoot up the target stands.  An example of how not to shoot is below.  See the orange arrows where the target was in front of the board and tore up the stand.

BK Shaw will be missed!

Buford K (BK) Shaw, a TCGC Life Member passed away this morning 01/30/18.

He was my hunting partner, a Hunter Education Instructor, RSO and Shotgun Instructor. He supported all of the TCGC events from YHEC, Sportsfest, Women on Target, and Camp and Shoot.

His memorial service will be Saturday 02/03/18 at 2:00PM at Heaven Brook Funeral Home in Norman.

If you would please pass this information to our club membership.

Regards

Ken Anderson

Approximately Thursday January 25, construction will begin on the Bathroom ramp and handicap parking.

The bathrooms will remain open during construction.   The project will take approximately 3 weeks to complete.  As always weather is a factor!

Thanks for your understanding and be careful around the work area!

Jamie

Only 189 of 402 Eligible Voters Voted.  The Board was very disappointed in the turn-out.

Revisions of bylaws Jan. 5, 2018  (Needed 126 yes votes to pass by 2/3)

The additions/changes will be in bold print and underlined.

 Article III. Section 3.013 RENEWAL. Add one sentence to the paragraph.

All Members must renew their membership by October 31st of each year. Failure to do so will result in the loss of membership. Any member who loses his or her membership must apply as a “New Member”. All associate members will attend an oral presentation of the Range Safety Rules. All regular and life members will read and sign in person or with electronic signature the Range Safety Rules.         115 to 70 FAILED.

Article III. Section 3.05 LIFE MEMBERSHIP. Rewrite the 4th sentence. They must however, complete the renewal process and read and sign in person or with electronic signature the Range Safety Rules each year to maintain these privileges. Failed  125 to 61 + 3 abstentions   FAILED

Article III. Section 3.06 COMPLIMENTARY MEMBERSHIP. Rewrite the third sentence. Complimentary Members must be members of the National Rifle Association, must read and sign in person or with electronic signature the Range Safety Rules, and are required to abide by all TCGC Rules and Regulations.        121-62   FAILED

 Article IV. DUES, FEES, AND ADDITIONAL MEMBERSHIP TERMS. Section 4.05 VOTING ELIGIBILITY. Rewrite the second sentence. A member in good standing is one who has paid all required fees and dues, has read and signed in person or with electronic signature the Range Safety Rules and is not suspended as of the date of the vote.              Passed 139-47 PASSED

Article IV. Section 4.04 UPGRADE TO REGULAR MEMBERSHIP. Rewrite the third sentence. Approved New Regular Members will pay at time of approval, a one-time nonrefundable land fund fee of One Hundred and no/100 Dollars ($100.00) 169-19 PASSED

THANK YOU FOR VOTING! The Board looks forward to more voting members participating in the next Bylaw vote.

Congratulation to our officers:

 Mark Ericksen elected as President.

Beverly Adkins elected Member at Large.

Ken Anderson retained as Chief Range Safety Officer.

Stuart Haury approved as Secretary and Kermit Jones approved as Treasurer.

The bylaw elections results will be published soon.  One vote made a difference this year in the proposed bylaw change.  So for those of you who did not vote.  Shame on you!  Once the Board meets and signs off on the changes, the New Bylaws will be posted online.   No changes other than you must pay the land fund fee before your Associate membership can be upgraded to a Regular Membership.  Details tba.

Foam Insulation Application

Monday, January 8 approx 8 to ?

Tentatively scheduled Monday 01/08 for the application of the spray foam insulation to the Air Rifle Range.  The exact times to be determined.

Because of the overspray the entire range will be closed during the application.

More info to come.

https://practiscore.com/results/new/48519

Tanner Williams 1st, Jesse Tingler 2nd, David Foley 3rd.

We had a nice turnout today of a dozen shooters and lots of volunteers, so we were able to shoot all three bays!

A huge "Thank you" to Tanner Williams, who surprised us by showing up with 4 fence panels he made with orange construction fence and PVC pipe, making it super easy for 3 Gun and Practical Pistol to set up some walls.

In the not too distant future we'll look at getting together and making a number of these.

Thank you to everyone for showing up early and helping to setup and tear down.

Have a safe and happy Christmas and New Years and we'll see you at Practical Pistol next month.

Eric Bauman