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1 TUSCO TIMES OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE TUSCO LONG RIDERS Sponsored By: June 2012

2 June 2nd Wow, what a great day for shooting on Saturday. Perfect weather, nice and windy for our blackpowder shooters during our Cap N Ball Shoot. Hope everyone enjoyed themselves. 52 Shooters joined us on this wonderful day for shooting. Once again thank you to our friends from Pennsylvania. We appreciate you making the trip to shoot with us. Special Thanks to Shotgun Slade, Troyer Valley Shootist, Rowdy Red Tailor, Moosetracks, Cheatin Charlie and Possem for showing up early and helping us set up. We do sure do appreciate all the help. There were 13 clean shooters on the day. They were CampCreek Skinner, Chaplin Boaz, Dad, Johnny Lawbreaker, Mad Mongo, Marcus Allen, Short Gun Shorty, Snake, Swiftwater Jack, Troyer Valley Shootist, Tusco Phil, Uneasy Rider, and White Hair. Great job all! Congratulations to our Top Overall Shooter Cheyenne Culpepper! The rest of the results are as follows: Cheyenne Culpepper "B" Western - Mens M Ohio Stone Creek Drifter FC Duelist - Mens M Ohio I.M. Crossdraw 49er - Men M Ohio Dewey Shootem Wrangler M Buckaroo Bubba Cowboy M Ohio T.J. Reese Cowboy M Shotgun Chavezz Elderstatesman M Ohio Marcus Allen Frontiersman M Ohio Swiftwater Jack Senior - Mens M Hershey Barr 49er - Men M Ohio John Barleycorn Gunfighter - Mens M Mad Mongo Frontiersman M Ohio Cheatin Charlie Frontiersman M Ohio Red Bud 49er - Ladies F Ohio Kcid Senior - Mens M R.S. Dancer Senior - Mens M Ohio N.A. Custer Senior Duelist - Mens M Showdown Pistolero Silver Senior - Mens M Ohio Bdoc Gunfighter - Ladies M Moosetracks Wrangler M Ohio Dad FC Duelist - Mens M Ohio Johnny Lawbreaker Gunfighter - Mens M Snake Double Duelist M Ohio Jesse Duke Classic Cowboy M Ohio Muleskinner Double Duelist M Hungry Holler Charlie Senior - Mens M

3 Lady Crossdraw 49er - Ladies F Ohio Wagon Master Duke FC Duelist - Mens M Ohio Uneasy Rider Senior Duelist - Mens M WV Big B Wrangler M Will Hangem Gunfighter - Mens M Ohio Missus Dad FC Traditional - Ladies F Ohio Tusco Phil Silver Senior Duelist M Ohio Short Gun Shorty Elderstatesman M Ohio Ani Two Featheres 49er - Ladies F Troyer Valley Shootist Elderstatesman M Ohio Montana Smoke Silver Senior Double Duelist M Ohio Hackamore Hank Senior - Mens M Shotgun Slade Silver Senior Duelist M Ohio Crowbar Double Duelist M Ohio White Hair Silver Senior Duelist M Rowdy Red Tailor Frontiersman M Prairie Dawg Frontiersman M Ohio Soot Princess Ladies Senior Modern M Ohio Chaplin Boaz Young Gun Boy M CampCreek Skinner Senior - Mens M Dakota Skipper FC Traditional - Ladies F Rhonda Vou Cowgirl F Ohio J.J. Medicine Wind 49er Duelist M Ohio Rusty Slow Poke 49er - Men M Yakima Frontiersman M Canal Kid Senior - Mens M Fred Flincher 49er - Men M Thanks again for another successful Tusco Shoot! Until next time! - Buckaroo Bubba

4 Next Shoot: July 7th, 2012

5 News & Notes: Big Announcement!!!! The Tusco Long Riders have begun a relationship with Kame s Sports located in North Canton, Ohio. Kame's has a huge selection of Firearms, along with reloading supplies, ammunition and more. Also, Kame's has a full selection of Hunting, Fishing, Camping and Motocross Gear. Check them out. kamessports.com/ 8516 Cleveland Ave. NW North Canton, Ohio Like Them on Facebook Special Thanks to Kame s for their donations to our shoot on June 2 nd. Kame s will be a big part of High Noon at Tusco Stay tuned for more information about some of the things we will be doing with Kame's. High Noon At Tusco 2012 Sponsorship The Tusco Long Riders are offering Sponsorship for High Noon at Tusco A Non-shooter may sponsor a Stage for a donation of a least $50 in either goods or money. If a Shooter wants to sponsor a stage a donation of at least $75 dollars is expected. This will include one shooters fee for High Noon at Tusco. A donation of at least $125 will include two shooter fees for High Noon at Tusco. This does not include dinner at the banquet. Any Sponsors will receive a free advertisement in the Shooter s booklet at High Noon as well as an advertisement in the Monthly Newsletter for the entire following year. If you would like to be a Sponsor for High Noon at Tusco please contact either Buckaroo Bubba at pittfandwr@aol.com or or Prairie Dawg at lpolsi@yahoo.com or New Cowboy Shoot starting up!!!!! The Brown Township Regulators led by Sandy Creek Jake will have their first official match Saturday July 28 th. For more information contact Sandy Creek Jake - Greg Wells sandycreekjake@gmail.com Cowboy Swap Meet at Monthly Shoots As a reminder, feel free to bring your old Cowboy Gear, Guns and Equipment to sell at our monthly shoots. It s a good opportunity to sell some of your unwanted stuff to your fellow shooters. Your items are your responsibility.

6 Cowboy Classifieds Also, don t forget, we have a Cowboy Classified in this Newsletter. If you want something posted in the Newsletter, send an to Buckaroo Bubba at Pittfandwr@aol.com. Include the description of your items, price, and contact information. Pre-Paid Shoots Looking for that perfect Gift for your Cowboy Friends and Family? How about a Pre-paid Shoot to a Tusco Monthly Match. They cost $10.00 each at a shoot or they can be mailed for $ Contact Buckaroo Bubba at pittfandwr@aol.com or if you would like to purchase them. Tusco Long Riders on Facebook Check out the brand new Official Tusco Long Riders Facebook page. Like the page to stay up to date with the Tusco Long Riders. Split Rail in the SASS Cowboy Chronicle See page 11 in the June issue of the Cowboy Chronicle. A well deserved award for a great Cowboy! SASS Good Luck to all of our friends making the trip to shoot at the SASS. Do Ohio proud! Bring home the hardware! Ohio State Congrats to our friends who shot at the Ohio State! Hershey Barr 9 th 49er Cheyenne Culpepper 2 nd B-Western Gray Hare 2 nd Cowboy Krazy Thom 5 th Duelist Split Rail 1 st Frontiersman Marcus Allen 3 rd Frontiersman Cheatin Charlie 4 th Frontiersman IM Crossdraw 1 st Frontier Cartridge Life-R 2 nd Frontier Cartridge Stone Creek Drifter 1 st Frontier Cartridge Duelist

7 Soot Princess Corner Top Ten Reasons Men Prefer Guns over Women And here we go. ---#10-You can trade an old 44 for a new # 9-You can keep one gun at home and have another for when you re on the road. ---# 8-If you admire a friend s gun and tell him so, he will probably let you try it out a few times. ---# 7-Your primary gun doesn t mind if you keep another gun for a backup. ---# 6-Your gun will stay with you even if you run out of ammo. ---# 5-A gun doesn t take up a lot of closet space. ---# 4-Guns function normally every day of the month. ---# 3-A gun doesn t ask, Do these new grips make me look fat? ---# 2-A gun doesn t mind if you go to sleep after you use it. AND THE NUMBER ONE REASON WHY MEN PREFER GUNS OVER WOMEN. ---# 1-You can buy a silencer for a gun. Stay Young my friends.how TO STAY YOUNG 1-Try everything twice. On one woman s tombstone she said she wanted this epitaph: Tried everything twice. Loved it both times! 2-Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches will pull you down. {Keep this in mind if you are one of the grouches!} 3-Keep learning: Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever Never let the brain get idle. An idle mind is the devil s workshop. And the devil s name is Alzheimer s! 4-Enjoy the simple things. 5-Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. And if you have a friend who makes you laugh, spend lots and lots of time with HIM/HER. 6-The tears happen: Endure, grieve and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. LIVE while you can.

8 7-Surround yourself with what you love: whether its family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever Your home is your refuge. 8-Cherish your health: If it s good, preserve it. If it s unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help. 9-Don t take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next country, to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt is. 10-Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. 11-Forgive now those who made you cry. You might not get a second chance. Remember, lost time cannot be found. Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil -- it has no point. Carl Carl was a quiet man. He didn t talk much. He would always greet you with a big smile and a firm handshake. Even after living in our neighborhood for over 50 years, no one could really say they knew him very well. Before his retirement, he took the bus to work each morning. The lone sight of him walking down the street often worried us. He had a slight limp from a bullet wound received in WWII. Watching him, we worried that although he had survived he may not make it through our changing uptown neighborhood with its every-increasing random violence, gangs and drug activity. When he saw the flyer at our local church asking for volunteers for caring for the gardens behind the minister s residence, he responded in his characteristically unassuming manner. Without fanfare, he just signed up. He was well into his 87 th year when the very thing we had always feared finally happened. He was just finishing his watering for the day when three gang members approached him. Ignoring their attempt to intimidate him, he simply asked, Would you like a drink from the hose? The tallest and toughest-looking of the three said, Yeah, sure, with a malevolent little smile. As Carl offered the hose to him, the other two grabbed Carl s arm, throwing him down. As the hose snaked crazily over the ground, dousing everything in its way, Carl s assailants stole his retirement watch and his wallet and then fled. Carl tried to get himself up, but he had been thrown down on his bad leg. He lay there trying to gather himself as the minister came running to help him. Although the minister had witnessed the attack from his window, he couldn t get there fast enough to stop it. Carl, are you okay? Are you hurt? the minister kept asking as he helped Carl to his feet. Carl just passed a hand over his brow and sighed, shaking his head. Just some punk kids. I hope they ll wise-up someday. His wet clothes clung to his slight frame as he bent to pick up the hose. He adjusted the nozzle again and started to water. Confused and a little concerned, the minister asked, Carl, what are you doing. I ve got to finish my watering. It s been very dry lately, came the calm reply. Satisfying himself that Carl was all right, the minister could only marvel. Carl was a man from a different time and place. A few weeks later the three returned. Just as before, their threat was unchallenged. Carl again offered them a drink form his hose.

9 This time they didn t rob him..they wrenched the hose from his hand and drenched him from head to foot in the icy water. {The little assholes!!!} When they had finished their humiliation of him, they sauntered off down the street, throwing catcalls and curses, falling over one another laughing at the hilarity of what they had just done. Carl just watched them. Then he turned toward the warmth giving sun, picked up his hose and went on with his watering. The summer was quickly fading into fall. Carl was doing some tilling when he was startled by the sudden approach of someone behind him. He stumbled and fell into some evergreen branches. As he struggled to regain his footing, he turned to see the tall leader of his summer tormentors reaching down for him. He braced himself for the expected attack. Don t worry old man, I m not gonna hurt you this time. The young man spoke softly, still offering the tattooed and scarred hand to Carl. As he helped Carl get up, the man pulled a crumpled bag from his pocket and handed it to Carl. What s this? Carl asked. It s your stuff, the man explained. It s your stuff back. Even the money in your wallet. I don t understand, Carl said. Why would you help me now? The man shifted his feet, seeming embarrassed and ill at ease. I learned something from you, he said. I ran with that gang and hurt people like you. We picked you because you were old and we knew we could do it. But every time we came and did something to you, instead of yelling and fighting back, you tried to give us a drink. You didn t hate us for hating you. You kept showing love against our hate. He stopped for a moment. I couldn t sleep after we stole your stuff, so here it is back. He paused for another awkward moment, not knowing what more there was to say. That bag s my way of saying thanks for straightening me out, I guess. And with that, he walked off down the street. Carl looked down at the sack in his hands and gingerly opened it. He took out his retirement watch and put it back on his wrist. Opening his wallet, he checked for his wedding photo. He gazed for a moment at the young bride that still smiled back at him from all those years ago. He died one cold day after Christmas that winter. Many people attended his funeral in spite of the weather. In particular, the minister noticed a tall young man that he didn t know sitting quietly in a distant corner of the church. The minister spoke of Carl s garden as a lesson in life. In a vice made thick with unshed tears, he said, Do your best and make your garden as beautiful as you can. We will never forget Carl and his garden. The following spring another flyer went up. It read: Person needed to care for Carl s garden. The flyer went unnoticed by the busy parishioners until one day, when a knock was heard at the minister s office door. Opening the door, the minister saw a pair of scarred and tattooed hands holding the flyer. I believe this is my job, if you ll have me, the young man said. The minister recognized him as the same young man who had returned the stolen watch and wallet to Carl. He knew that Carl s kindness had turned this man s life around. As the minister handed him the keys to the garden shed, he said, Yes, go take care of Carl s garden and honor him. The man went to work and, over the next several years, he tended the flowers and vegetables just as Carl had done. During that time, he went to college, got married and became a prominent member of the

10 community. But he never forgot his promise to Carl s memory and kept the garden as beautiful as he thought Carl would have kept it. One day he approached the new minister and told him that he couldn t care for the garden any longer. He explained with a shy and happy smile, My wife just had a baby boy last night, and she s bringing him home on Saturday. Well, congratulations! said he minister, as he was handed the garden shed keys. That s wonderful! What s the baby s name? Carl, he replied. That s the whole gospel message simply stated. Good friends are like Angels, you don t need to see them to know they re there. Until the July shoot, God Bless and remember..life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, WOW, what a ride! Soot Princess

11 Cowboy Classifieds Cowboy Classifieds are for the members of the Tusco Long Riders to buy, sell or trade their Cowboy Clothes, Guns, Boots, etc. Tusco Long Riders is not responsible for any transactions. Deal is between you and the buyer/seller. If you would like an Ad listed here contact Buckaroo Bubba at Please include a description of the item for sale or what you are looking for, your name and contact information. It is free to run the Ad. Please no business advertisements. Sorry no photo ads. For Sale Wanted

12 Local Cowboy Events May ~ June 2012 ~ July Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 Tusco Long Riders 10am Firelands Peacemakers 9:30am 10 Wild West Point 10am Ohio State 17 Firelands Peacemakers Thunder in the Valley Ohio State Firelands Peacemakers Thunder in the Valley Sandusky Country Regulators 9:30am Logan s Ferry Regulators 9:30am Ohio State 16 Firelands Peacemakers Thunder in the Valley 23 Ohio Valley Vigilantes 10am Firelands Peacemakers Cops and Cowboys More Calendars: Jul 2012, Aug 2012, Sep 2012

13 Tusco Long Riders Contact Information Tusco Long Riders 2132 Midvale Mine Rd SE Dennison, OH President Buckaroo Bubba Dan Ranker Vice President Prairie Dawg Lou Polsinelli Treasurer Split Rail Tim Watson Secretary Soot Princess Connie Kinsey Match Director Muleskinner Mike Legg Tusco Long Riders on Facebook Local Cowboy Clubs: Ohio Valley Vigilantes - Firelands Peacemakers - Sandusky County Regulators - Shenango River Rats -

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Stage Placement by Time

Stage Placement by Time Match: //. Final Time SASS Number Alias Category Stage. 0 Brass Picker Jones Cowboy. 0 Cripple Creek Kid Senior Gunfighter. Cheyenne Culpepper Gunfighter - Mens. Buckaroo Bubba