GREENHAVEN FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION

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1 IN THIS ISSUE GREENHAVEN FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION 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 Public Forum on NYS Penal Code lethal Force OCTOBER 2017 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 10 Remember next monthly Meeting is Monday October 16th PIG ROAST IS COMING!!!! The pig roast is Saturday October 7th. Please help out in any way you can to help make the event a success!!! Wednesday September 27th Range Safety Video at 7:00pm at Sprout Brook Thursday September 28th Facility Rental Sprout Brook, 5:00pm-11:pm 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 Wednesday October 18th Lethal Force Public forum at Paladin Center in Carmel 7:00pm Saturday October 28th Monthly Work Day at Sprout Brook, 8:00am 12:00pm Monday November 6th Board of Directors Meeting Monday November 20th November Monthly Meeting at Sprout Brook, starts at 7:00pm Saturday November 25th Monthly Work Day at Sprout Brook, 8:00am-12:00pm Monday December 4th Board of Directors Meeting Monday December 18th December Monthly Meeting at Sprout Brook, starts at 7:00pm Saturday December 23rd Monthly Work Day at Sprout Brook, 8:00am-12:00pm Monday January 8th, 2018 Board of Directors Meeting Saturday January Big Buck Dinner at Sprout Brook Monday January 15th 2018 January Monthly Meeting at Sprout Brook, starts at 7:00pm

2 GREENHAVEN FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER page 2 of 7 CLUB OFFICERS: PRESIDENT: Bill Hunt st Vice President: Steve Franzen nd Vice President Ross VanAnden Recording Secretary: Carl Oken Financial Secretary: Curt Bailey Treasurer: Bob Acquanita 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: October 28th, 8am-12 November 25th, 8am-12 December 23rd, 8am-12 January 27th 2018, 8am-12 February 24th 2018, 8am-12 March 24th 2018, 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? it to: GHFandGnewsletter@yahoo.com

3 GREENHAVEN FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER page 3 of 7 SEPTEMBER MEETING MINUTES SUMMARY Unfortunately the September Meeting Minutes were not available for the October Newsletter. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. ****EVENTS**** RANGE SAFETY VIDEO On Wednesday September 27th, the Range Safety Video will be shown. Remember, all members are REQUIRED to attend a Range Safety Course or watch the Range Safety Video PRIOR TO USING THE RANGE. HUNTER SAFETY COURSE No additional coursed scheduled at this time. PIG ROAST Sprout Brook Lodge: 140 Mirras Blvd,, East Fishkill, NY Stony Creek Lodge: 208 Len s Lake Road, Stony Creek, NY The Pig roast is scheduled for Saturday October 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 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 ( ). 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 ( ). 3 Gun Raffle: Please see Ben to turn in ticket stubs or to get additional tickets. Raffle is Savage 220, Crossbow and $100 cash. Mailing address: Greenhaven Fish and Game Association 140 Mountain View Road, Fishkill, NY 12524

4 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. Remember that all members are required to attend a Range Safety Course/Video PRIOR to using the range. SPROUT BROOK GROUNDS and HOUSE Remember that the 4th Saturday of every month is a work day. Please help out in anyway you can. Reminder, there is no smoking on the second floor of the house. Smoking is limited to downstairs in the wood burning furnace area only. HUNTER EDUCATION NYS DEC Hunter Safety and Bow courses at Sprout Creek were held on September 16 &17. If you need these coursed, check the DEC website for courses at other location and to sign up. 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. 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. STONY CREEK Last Work day for the year was held on 9/23. Unfortunately the new (used) refrigerator we installed in August has stopped working. 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. CALENDAR/FACILITY RENTAL Facility Rental at Sprout Brook on September 28th 5:00pm 11:00pm

5 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, 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. 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. DEC CONTACT INFORMATION DEC Region 3 Headquarters 21 South Putt Corners Road New Paltz, NY Website: Region 3 Fishing Hotline: 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. Ted Nugent, rock star and avid bow hunter from Michigan, was being interviewed by a Journalist and animal rights activist when the discussion came around to deer hunting. The Journalist asked, what do you think is the last thought in the head of a deer before you shoot him? Is it, Are you my friend? Or is it Are you the one who killed my brother? Nugent replied, Deer aren t capable of that kind of thinking. All they care about is, What am I going to eat next, who am I going to screw next, and can I run fast enough to get away. They are very much like Congress. The interview ended at that point!!!

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7 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