Mt. Airy Chapter IWLA Newsletter 6642 Woodville Rd., P.O. Box 442, Mt. Airy, MD 21771 301-829-2998 President Stick Simmons 301-252-0994 Director Danny Church 301 865-0076 V. President Steve Martin 301-370-0252 Director Scott Elliott 301-514-6356 Treasurer Wendy Linthicum 301-882-7111 Director Bud Moore 443-293-7015 Secretary John Sanderson 301-831-6853 Director Justin Sanderson 240-446-0401 Membership Al Ansorge 301-448-6753 CRSO Butch Hartman 301-928-6338 Otis Kirk Deceased Dustin Runion 240-215-4236 Butch Hartman 301-928-6338 Larry Burris 410-795-5233 Upcoming Events Great things to do in the next few weeks: Every week Thursday Night Trap Practice, 5:30PM. (Work hours!) June Every Tuesday @ 6:30: Sharpshooters practice for all shooters. June 3 MD SCTP State Trap Championship, 9:00AM. June 3 Groundhog Shoot, 9:00AM. See the article below. June 10 RSO Class, 7:30AM. (Sign up on May 24.) June 14 Archery Committee, 6:00PM. Past Presidents Bruce Kunze Deceased Michael Koehnlein, Newsletter Editor George East 240-285-7566 Roby Shipley 307-358-6631 William Salter 301-293-2908 June 24 Work day at the rifle range. Meet at 8:00 June 26 Member meeting, 7:30PM. July 8 Service rifle shoot, 9:00AM. July 11, 18 and 25 Summer Trap League, 6:00PM. July 12 Archery Committee meeting, 6:00PM. July 30 Seventh Annual Corn Shoot, 9:00AM. July 31 Member meeting, 7:30PM. Heads up There will be a picnic on August 26 at noon. REFUNDABLE tickets are $10. That covers your whole family. Committee Reports Archery: Laurie Ansorge 301-703-8455 The Explore Archery has started. See the article below. ATA: Brandy Gibbons Nothing to Boy Scouts: Ladd Proctor 301-829-4682 No Bylaws/Business: Mark Spurrier 410-552-4886 No Caretaker: Stan Gibson 240-344-3591 Nothing to Carnival: Toney Smith 301-831-0210 No Energy Conservation: Steven Trice 301-996-9645 No Environment: Tom Crow 410-708-4237 No Facilities Cleaning: Ron Nenno 410-404-4511 No FC Sportsmen s Counsel: Tom Crow 410-708-4237 No Heart of Maryland: Randy Picket 410-489-5189 The Mt. Airy team took first place this year. Three member were in the top ten. Hunter Safety Program: Butch Hartman 301-928-6338 Nothing to Hunting/Conservation: Justin Sanderson 240-446-0401 New pear trees were planted. IWLA Delegate: Todd Morris 301-829-5237 A name change for the national organization is pending. Kitchen: Tom Rufty 443-610-1462 No Monthly Shoot: Larry Davidson 301-788-8105 Howie won the monthly shoot. See the article below. Newsletter: Michael Koehnlein Send pictures, captions and articles to: mjkmtairyiwla@gmail.com Pistol/Rifle Range: Larry Davidson 301-829-5546 Upcoming work day June 24. Property: Tom Williams 410-795-5744 Nothing to Road Clean Up Prg: Mike Skena 724-309-0772 No Save Our Stream Prg: Lloyd Spangberger 443-821-1193 New test kits are being used. See the article below. Scholastic Trap Prg: Stick Simmons 419-635-2763 We placed third in the division Skeet Field: Bill & Matt Ryan Nearly done. See the article below. Summer League: John Sanderson. Get signed up soon. Thursday Night Trap: Dennis Everett. There have been some rainouts recently. Tri-State League: Danny Church Nothing to WEB Master: Keith Poirier 301-259-1071 See the article below. April 24, 2017 Volume 26 Number 4, Page 1
RSO Class Schedule There are two RSO classes left in 2017. Classes are nine hours. And yes, the class starts at 7:30AM. Lunch is available at the clubhouse. Pre-Registration Dates RSO Class Dates August 30 at 7:00PM September 16 at 7:30AM October 25 at 7:00PM November 11 at 7:30AM All classes are held on Saturday. RSO Class Notes: 1. You must come to the club house on the preregistration night to sign up for the RSO class. 2. The class is limited to 16 people. 3. The class will not be held if less than ten people enroll. 4. At preregistration you will need: a. Identification. b. $35 CASH for course materials. If you have any questions call Butch Hartman at 301-928- 6338. 2017 Monthly Shoot Schedule Monthly shoots are friendly with a meat prize for the best shot. TYPE OF DATE SHOOT RANGE July 8 Service Rifle Off Hand Rifle Range August 8 Snub Nose/ Compact Pistol Pistol Range September 9 100,200,300 Bench Rest Rifle Range September Muzzleloader 30 Rifle Shoot Rifle Range November 4 Deer Rifle Rifle Range December 2 Polymer Pistol Pistol range All Monthly Shoots start at 9 AM. For Sale 22 Long Rifle Ammo, 9000 rounds of Remington 22 lr golden bullet for sale in bulk boxes of 500, 550, and 250. I ll sell entire lot for $0.05/round. Contact Garnett at 540-200-7214. Mission MXB-Dagger Crossbow, Lost AT Camo with scope, new in box, $800. Contact Jeff at: shoottens@hotmail.com. 44 US 22LR, made by Mossberg, property of US, training rifle, Lyman 57 peep sight, extra mag, $400. 5.56 ball ammo, 520 rounds packed in 20 round boxes, AR15 ammo, in ammo can, $195. Contact Bud at 443-293-7015 (H) or 443034904147 (C). Pre 64 Model 70 Winchester featherweight, 30-06, made in 1961, 3X9 Weaver scope, excellent condition, $1000. Contact Bud at 443-293-7015 (H) or 443034904147 (C). Place your ad here! Open to any Mt Airy IWLA member. Give me your ad information at any monthly meeting. Or email pictures and text to Michael at mjkmtairyiwla@gmail.com. Reminder of the Month The year is nearly half over. Be sure to think about getting your work hours in. Monthly Shoot News The monthly shoot had 21 shooters. This tied last month s turnout. This month was a Hog Shot. But with a twist. See Figure 3. The hog was certainly entertaining to shoot. Different parts of the target were worth different scores. But if you hit the white portion (even inside the balloons or nostril) you were docked two points. Howie won the shoot but gave the steaks to Greg in second place. He claimed he had a tactical advantage by being able to examine the hog s behavior ahead of time. There was an additional prize for first place so he didn t go home empty handed. Figure 1 At the Benches Figure 2 At the Targets - April 24, 2017 Volume 26 Number 4, Page 2
disassembling, painting/varnishing, reassembling and hauling them back. Done two at a time. Figure 3 And the Target Figure 5 Shiny Archery MASS is hoping that a Boy Scout project would help build some projects. This could include a fence around the archery area. Nine home schooled students and parents were hosted by MASS. That is a great activity for home-schooled kids. Explore Archery classes (mixed adults and kids) continued through May. MASS also hosted a Central MD Girl Scout Service Unit camping across the street, and trained 8 adults as Level 1 Certified Archery Instructors through USA Archery. Holding the red bow is Wyatt who is also a club Sharp Shooter! Figure 4 Howie With the Winning Hog Next Monthly Shoot on July 8: This will be a service rifle shoot. It will be shot off-hand. No scopes. Website Stats and Info The Mt. Airy IWLA website had 400 visitors in one month. Half of those visits were from Google and Yahoo searches. Another 40% actually typed in the URL just to visit us. Only 2% of the visits came from social media. Figure 6 Don (white shirt) Shooting Laurie's Mongolian Bow Table That The shooting benches on the rifle range are being repainted and re-varnished. Four of the six are done so far. Thanks go to Steve Hoffman for hauling the benches, April 24, 2017 Volume 26 Number 4, Page 3
Figure 7 Wyatt and Archery Art Skeet Field Update The skeet fields are nearly ready to be used. Bill and Matt Ryan are moving things along. And Stick s truck has been seen regularly at the field. As discussed previously there are ongoing discussions about training. The skeet field will be open Thursday evenings for your viewing pleasure. Contact Bill or Matt if you d like to help out. Figure 8 Stick At the Beginning Stream Monitoring James Becker discussed testing streams with the new test kits. The focus will be on Carroll Creek and local streams. May Monthly Membership Meeting Held May 22s, 2017 Old Business 1. There was one new applicant this month: Dean Trombley. 2. The treasurer was not able to attend. 3. The local chapter of the CAP has been given a contract. No meetings will be held until the contract is signed 4. Berms at the rifle and pistol range need to be reworked. If anyone knows someone that can push large amounts of dirt around please contact Stick. 5. Electrical, grading and lights are nearly complete at the new skeet field. 6. The definition of what constitutes an honorary member is being reviewed. 7. Corn Shoot raffle tickets for a Henry Big Boy rifle are on sale. A Yeti cooler is also up for grabs. Tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10. See Dave Jenkins. 8. The guest trap house is up and running. New Business 1. Two new members were voted in this month: Skylarh Jelen and Christopher Jollie. 2. It was decided to give Dave Ritchie his working hours for his help surveying the boundary. He brought along some expensive equipment used in the survey. 3. The Summer League starts July 11. Next Scheduled Executive Board and General Membership Meetings Executive Board Meeting: 6/26/2017-6:30PM Reminder: The executive board meetings are not open to the general membership without a prior request or board invite. General Membership Meeting: 6/26/2017-7:30PM Range Rules Note that these range rules are still in effect until further notice. The new range rules have NOT been implemented. 1) Do not lock the gate when using ranges, just close the gate. 2) Do not block the range road with your vehicle. 3) You MUST have your range badge on your person and displayed. 4) You must sign the range use log and you must use your full 6 digit badge membership number. 5) You must enter all guest names into the Range Use Log. Names should be printed and clearly readable. 6) You must pick up your brass, other trash and remove the targets from the backers. 7) Only paper targets no larger than 24"X 24" can be used except at 200+300 yards. 8) Shot gun pattern use only on pattern board (to left of the clubhouse before the pine trees) 9) On the pistol range, NO SHOOTING CLOSER THAN 10 YARDS. April 24, 2017 Volume 26 Number 4, Page 4
10) On the rifle range, NO SHOOTING IN FRONT OF THE BENCHES. 11) Willful destruction of the ranges will not be tolerated. Shoot only at targets on the backers. 12) Pistol Range: During a cease fire DO NOT TOUCH any firearm forward of the red line for any reason. Open actions, make sure that the firearm is unloaded, stand behind the red line and do not touch any firearms. 13) Rifle Range: The RED FLAG identifies a cease fire situation. During a cease fire DO NOT TOUCH any firearm forward of the red line for any reason. There are possible members setting targets that you may not see. 14) No alcohol will be consumed before or during shooting. 15) At the archery range, only shoot field points at the club target. DO NOT SHOOT ANY FIREARMS ON THE ARCHERY RANGE. 16) No rapid firing at any range. Rapid fire is faster than 1 shot every 4 seconds. 17) Member s Guests: It is your responsibility to monitor them the entire time he or she is on chapter property. You must supervise your guest while they are shooting. Members are not to be shooting while the guests are shooting. No more than three immediate family guest or no more than two non-immediate family member guests permitted at any time. Be Advised Violations of Range Rules numbered 1 thru 8 constitute a policy and procedure offense. The following corrective actions will be taken: First Offense you will be sent a written letter of reprimand Second Offense you will be required to submit your range badge to a chapter officer and will be required to meet with the Mt. Airy Chapter IWLA Executive Board before your Range Badge will be returned. Violations of Range Rules numbered 9 thru 17 constitute a policy, procedure, and Safety offense. The following corrective actions will be taken. All Safety Violations will result in the loss of your range use privileges. THERE WILL BE NO WARNINGS. Your Range Badge will be pulled. You will be required to meet with the Mt. Airy Chapter IWLA Executive Board. April 24, 2017 Volume 26 Number 4, Page 5
Mt. Airy Chapter IWLA 6642 Woodville Rd. P.O. Box 442 Mt. Airy MD 21771