IN THIS ISSUE Upcoming Events Club Officers Chairpersons New Workday Schedule Events Committee Reports DEC Contact Information NYS Pistol Re-certify Info Greenhaven Facebook Firearm Owners Insurance PCFOA and the Paladin Center Forum GREENHAVEN FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION SEPTEMBER 2017 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 9 Remember next monthly Meeting is Monday September 18th CALLING ALL TICKETS & MONEY Please bring all tickets stubs/money and unsold tickets for the Pig Roast and the Quad Raffle drawing scheduled for October 7th to the membership meeting on 9/18. Monday September 11th (date change due to holiday) Board of Directors meeting Thursday September 14th @ 5:00 pm Facility Rental at Sprout Brook for Boy Scouts, Range closed Saturday September 16th and Sunday September 17th NYS Hunter Safety and Bow Course (all day) Monday September 18th September monthly meeting at Sprout Brook, starts at 7:00pm Saturday September 23rd from 12:00-6:00 pm Facility rental at Sprout Brook Saturday September 23rd Stony Creek Work Day all day Saturday September 23rd Monthly Workday at Sprout Brook, 8:00am 12:00 Thursday September 28th Facility Rental Sprout Brook, 5:00pm 11;00pm Monday October 2nd Board of Directors meeting Saturday, October 7th Pig Roast at Sprout Brook Monday October16th October monthly meeting at Sprout Brook, starts at 7:00pm Saturday October 28th Monthly Work Day at Sprout Brook, 8:00am 12:00pm Monday November 6th Board of Directors Meeting Saturday January 13. 2018 Big Buck Dinner at Sprout Brook
GREENHAVEN FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER page 2 of 7 CLUB OFFICERS: PRESIDENT: Bill Hunt 845-494-3772 1st Vice President: Steve Franzen 845-988-7943 2nd Vice President Ross VanAnden 845-732-4081 Recording Secretary: Carl Oken 845-440-3335 Financial Secretary: Curt Bailey 914-456-9464 Treasurer: Bob Acquanita 845-297-8924 Board of Directors: Louis DeCaro Scott Massey Anthony Zippo Jerry Fossati Jr. Howie Palm Wayne Phillips Ed Dombal FROM YOUR EDITORS We hope this newsletter helps keep everyone in touch and involved with the club. Committee Chair persons, please send us information about your committee. Charles Harris & Don Vinchkoski ***NEW WORKDAY SCHEDULE*** Hi all, we have implemented a new workday schedule at Sprout Brook. We will be having workdays on the 4th Saturday of the month (Sunday if necessary). The schedule for the rest of the year is as follows: September 23rd, 8am-12 October 28th, 8am-12 November 25th, 8am-12 December 23rd, 8am-12 January 27th, 8am-12 February 24th, 8am-12 COMMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS ARCHERY Open CALENDAR/FACILITY RENTAL Curt Bailey FEDERATION Steve Zammikiel HUNTER EDUCATION N/A MERCHANDISE Ross VanAnden Tim Williams NEWSLETTER Charles Harris Don Vinchkoski PROPERTY POSTING Jim LePore, Sr. PUBLIC RELATIONS N/A RANGE BOD/Mark Habinowski SPROUT CREEK-KITCHEN Terry Ann Parmlee SPROUT CREEK GROUNDS Wayne Phillips SPROUT CREEK HOUSE Jerry Fossati, Jr. STONY CREEK Ed Dombal WAYS & MEANS James Teeling WORK HOURS Steve Grotzinger Have something for the newsletter? E-mail it to: GHFandGnewsletter@yahoo.com
GREENHAVEN FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER page 3 of 7 JULY MEETING MINUTES SUMMARY Unfortunately the August Meeting Minutes were not available for the September Newsletter. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. ****EVENTS**** HUNTER SAFETY COURSE On September 16th the NYS Hunter Safety course will be held at Sprout Brook On September 17th the NYS Hunter Bow course will be held at Sprout Brook. Refer to the NYS DEC website for details and registration. PIG ROAST The Pig roast is scheduled for Saturday October 7, @ 1:00pm. This is a family event. Adult tickets are $25, under 21 are $15 and children under 12 are free. The Can-Am quad is also being raffled off at the event. Contact Jim Teeling to get your tickets. Please help out in any way you can to make the event a success. BIG BUCK DINNER The next Big Buck Dinner is scheduled for January 13. 2018. Joe Tatoni has asked anyone who can butcher, buy goods and help prep for the dinner to please let him know. We are still looking for someone to chair the event. Joe will still be the Chef but we need someone to run the event and organize the help that Joe will need, including butchering the meat. Contact Bill Hunt if interested RAFFLES Quad ATV Raffle: Tickets are available. See/contact Jerry Fosatti (845-235-5455). Tickets are $20 each and the drawing will be at the Pig roast. Winner will pay taxes. 31 Day Gun Raffle: Raffle will be held in October. Please see/contact Ross VanAnden for any questions/tickets (845-732-4081). 3 Gun Raffle: Please see Ben to turn in ticket stubs or to get additional tickets. Raffle is Savage 220, Crossbow and $100 cash. Sprout Brook Lodge: 140 Mirras Blvd,, East Fishkill, NY 845-896-7983 Stony Creek Lodge: 208 Len s Lake Road, Stony Creek, NY 518-696-2347 Mailing address: Greenhaven Fish and Game Association 140 Mountain View Road, Fishkill, NY 12524
GREENHAVEN FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER page 4 of 7 ARCHERY COMMITTEE REPORTS We are looking for a new Archery Chairperson. Dan has resigned due to a change in his work schedule. Dan will help out as much as his schedule allows. Joe Marrow is interested in Chairing. FEDERATION No new report. Thanked the Club for allowing the Boy Scouts use the club. MERCHANDISE Shirts and Jackets are well stocked. Check them out at the next meeting. PROPERTY POSTING Ms. Secor has given the club permission to hunt on her property. Be advised that her Realtor and a couple of friends also have permission to hunt on her land and are planting a feeding plot. RANGE The Range targets are in good shape. Also, the range has been kept clean. Don t forget to sign in and out on the range book and put up and take down the flag. SPROUT BROOK GROUNDS Bill Hunt needs help on Sunday September 10th doing tile work in the club house bathroom. If you can help please call him at845-494-3772. CALENDAR/FACILITY RENTAL Facility Rental at Sprout Brook: September 14th @ 5:00pm September 23rd, 12-6pm Facility Rental at Sprout Brook on September 28th 5:00pm 11:00pm HUNTER EDUCATION NYS DEC Hunter Safety and Bow courses at Sprout Creek on September 16 &17. Sign up on the DEC website. Just a reminder to check the DEC website prior to hunting. Changes are made to hunting regulations after the books are printed up. NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE REPORTS Please contact the Newsletter for any information you would like to see in the newsletter. E-mail it to GHFandGnewsletter@yahoo.com PUBLIC RELATIONS Members are reminded to notify a board member as soon as possible when aware of a death of a member so that the club can organize a service at the wake. SPROUT BROOK KITCHEN No new update. SPROUT BROOK HOUSE Renovation work has started on the bathroom (main floor). Reminder there is no smoking on the second floor of the house. Smoking is limited to downstairs in the wood burning furnace area only. STONY CREEK Work day scheduled 9/23. Please sign up on the bulletin board. Work Day was held on August 26th. The main bathroom floor was repaired, a new refrigerator was cleaned and installed. The old refrigerator was removed. Worked on all the power equipment and restored to operating status: generator, lawn mowers and log splitter. Ran all of the equipment to run out the old gas. A new lawnmower is in the shed, please do not use it. We will keep it as a new spare when the other lawnmowers no longer work. All of the old lawn mowers now work. Logging is scheduled to start on 9/1/17. Once more information is available on progress we ll share it with the membership. WAYS & MEANS No new update. WORK HOURS Work hours are posted. MEMBERSHIP/DUES Current membership: 127 Active, 50 Life Members and 3 pending members.
GREENHAVEN FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER page 5 of 7 OTHER ITEMS OTHER ITEMS NO SMOKING POLICY Remember, there is no smoking on the second floor of the Sprout Brook club house. Smoking is limited to the downstairs area by the woodstove. NY SAFE ACT AND CCW PERMIT RE- CERTIFICATION Another rule of the NY SAFE Act is becoming active. The requirement to re-certify your CCW permit every 5 years is now taking effect. If you have a pistol permit you have probably received a letter from the NY State Police informing you of the need to re-certify. If you have not received it, a copy of the letter is enclosed on the next page of the newsletter for your information. Don t forget that if your NYS Pistol License was issued before January 15, 2013 you must recertify your license by January 31, 2018. If your Pistol License was issued after January 15, 2013 the deadline to recertify is five years after the date is was issued. Refer to the NYS Police letter printed on the next page of the newsletter. DEC CONTACT INFORMATION DEC Region 3 Headquarters 21 South Putt Corners Road New Paltz, NY 12561 845-256-3000 Website: www.dec.ny.gov Region 3 Fishing Hotline: 845-256-3101 GUN OWNERS INSURANCE Charles Harris has information on gun insurance for people who own and/or carry weapons. The club is not endorsing any insurance or suggesting you get insurance. Realizing the anti-gun state we live in, everyone should evaluate their individual liability and whether or not this insurance is right for them. Information on the insurance is located in the July Newsletter, or you can contact Charles Harris. GREENHAVEN FACEBOOK Curt Bailey has started a Facebook page for current active and life members. To join the group, go to Facebook and under groups search for the group Greenhaven Fish & Game Association, Inc. Make your request to join and once accepted you will be allowed to view and post within the group. Only members will be able to see posts made within the group. NRA NEWS NRA Grant Proposal will be submitted later this week. More details on the project to be discussed at the next meeting. Two deer hunters decided to separate to increase their chances. What if we get lost, says one of them? Fire three shots up in the air every hour on the hour says the other. I saw it on TV. Sure enough, one of the hunters gets lost, so he fires three shots up into the air every hour on the hour. The next day, the other hunter finds his friend with the help of the Forest Ranger. Did you do what I said? asked the Hunter. Yes, I fired three shots up into the air every hour on the hour, until I ran out of arrows.
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GREENHAVEN FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER page 7 of 7 INFORMATION ON PCFOA PUBLIC FORUM AND THE PALADIN CENTER Putnam County Firearms Owners Association (PCFOA) is holding a public forum about Section 35 of the NYS Penal Code, the Lethal Force Portion. It will be held at the Paladin Center in Carmel, NY on October 18th at 7:00pm. Admission is free, but it will be very well attended. The Paladin Center is a training facility for the police, fire and other law enforcement and safety organizations. (Seal Team Six trains there). There is a Soft BB Range open, they offer multi-gun courses and introduction to shooting for the general public (especially kids). They also have high-level training for those who carry a gun (very high level). They have a complete gun store open on their premises with on-line prices for ammo and firearms. They offer gun transfer services for only $25, as well as gunsmith services, concealed carry clothing, holsters, etc. It s a fun place to visit. PALADIN CENTER CAMPUS 39 Seminary Hill Road Carmel, NY 10512 845-444-5233