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The 2010 Board of Directors get the credit for 2010 progress and growth. Let them know when you see them at the club.

6 fields were in use and the line at the counter was almost constant. Dean & Ken were busy until closing. It doesn't get much better than that.

In looking to 2011 we hope to focus on safety, controlled growth and cost. With member support and participation we can achieve DGSC goals one at a time. Be Safe & Have Fun - See You at the Club!

s Remarks: First, I would like to thank Dan Lucsay for the fantastic job he did as VP. Secondly, I want to thank those of you who got their renewals in on time.

If for some reason you didn t receive a renewal or lost your renewal please contact myself or Deb Fredrick.

1 From The President s Desk: MONTHLY NEWS January 2011 Volume 11, Issue 1 January 2011 and by the time you get the newsletter 2010 will have come and gone. I hope everyone had a Great Holiday Season and all of you are ready for another great year at DGSC. I want to thank you for your vote of confidence and I will attempt to support DGSC in The 2010 Board of Directors get the credit for 2010 progress and growth. Let them know when you see them at the club. On one of the last weekdays of December I was at the club and it was in the 20's and snow piled high. Our tables and parking lot was full. 6 fields were in use and the line at the counter was almost constant. Dean & Ken were busy until closing. It doesn't get much better than that. Thank You DGSC Senior and Shooting Members for your support. Without are members we are little more than some buildings, a nice yard and several hundred acres of farm land. In looking to 2011 we hope to focus on safety, controlled growth and cost. With member support and participation we can achieve DGSC goals one at a time. Be Safe & Have Fun - See You at the Club! Up-Coming Events Jan 1st ~ Club Opened Target Shoot (Trap/Skeet) Jan 18th ~ Board Meeting 8pm Feb 13th ~ Alan Braner Gun Fitting Seminar 2pm Feb 14th ~ Board Meeting 8pm Jim Olin Vice President s Remarks: First, I would like to thank Dan Lucsay for the fantastic job he did as VP. Secondly, I want to thank those of you who got their renewals in on time. Those who have not sent in their renewals, please do so as soon as possible and don t forget to include the appropriate late fee as stated in our by-laws. If for some reason you didn t receive a renewal or lost your renewal please contact myself or Deb Fredrick. If you renew your NRA membership or FOID card during the year please send me a copy of your new card or magazine label so I can keep our files current. March 11th Weekend ~ Barrington Boy Scout Campout & Gun Safety March 13th ~ Corned Beef & Cabbage Youth Fundraiser Shooting members who meet the requirements and want to apply for Senior membership must have their completed applications turned in by February 1, Chuck Feuillan March 14th ~ Board Meeting 8pm March 19th ~ ATA Targets Only March 26th ~ Swap Meet March TBD ~ General Membership Meeting Announcements: Get Well Soon Irene Cechura and Wilbur Clayton Tuesday(s) Fox River Distributors Announcements that you d like in the monthly newsletter please notify Deb Fredrick Alan Braner of Elite Custom Gunstocks Inc presents: The First Piece of the Puzzle Gun Fitting Seminar Do you know if your gun fits you? Do you know what site picture you are supposed to see over your gun? Do you know how to practice your gun mount and know immediately if it is correct? The answers to these and other essential information for those who want to improve their shooting is covered in this FREE seminar at DGSC. Sign DGSC Counter! Please remember this is a FREE seminar, Mr. Braner will be reviewing this information with an entire group, one on one consulting is not part of the FREE seminar, but is available via an appointment with Mr. Braner.

2 PAGE 2 DGSC NEWS NETWORK VOLUME 11, ISSUE 1 Officers President Jim Olin (815) jolin@downersgrovesc.com Vice President & Membership Chuck Feuillan (312) cfeuillan@downersgrovesc.com Secretary Don Fredrick (630) dfredrick@downersgrovesc.com Treasurer Frank DeGrazia (773) fdegrazia@downersgrovesc.com Directors Buildings Debra Fredrick (630) debrafredrick@downersgrovesc.com Entertainment Jan Gronych (630) jgronych@downersgrovesc.com Grounds Pete Weber (815) pweber@downersgrovesc.com Hunting & Fishing Denny Marano (773) dmarano@downersgrovesc.com Legal & Insurance Mike Gucciard (773) mgucciard@downersgrovesc.com Maintenance Mark Gronych (815) mgronych@downersgrovesc.com NRA John Dolezal (708) jdolezal@downersgrovesc.com Shotgun Sports Dean Merkle (708) dmerkle@downersgrovesc.com Youth & Community Relations Dan Bellus (815) dbellus@downersgrovesc.com Other Club Support ATA Dean Merkle (708) ata.dgsc@downersgrovesc.com Communications (WebMaster, Newsletter) Debra Fredrick (630) debrafredrick@downersgrovesc.com NSCA Mark G OR (815) Deb F (630) nsca.dgsc@downersgrovesc.com DGSC Shotgun Sports Review: Happy New Year, and welcome to the start of another great "shooting year" at DGSC. Shotgun Sports Director is a new position for me, and I look forward to being even more involved with our club. Let me start off by mentioning some of the events that we have set up so far for the year. Due to the unpredictable weather conditions in Jan and Feb, we haven't proposed much in those months. Sunday March 13th is the date for our AIM Youth Team Corned Beef & Cabbage Dinner Fundraiser. Saturday March 19th we will be holding an "ATA Targets Only" shoot. We will include a lunch with the shoot. Let me know what you'd like to set up for the shoot. March 26th, Saturday, we will be holding the first Swap Meet of 2011 at DGSC. Tables will be $15.00 each, and this will be held in the pole barn. The set up will be just as it was last year. Please contact me for payment. The Eric Weikum Fundraiser & Shoot will be Saturday April 30th. May 7th we will be holding another well structured "ATA Targets Only" shoot. To wrap up our list of events, Leo Harrison will be conducting a clinic at DGSC June 1 st (Wed), 2 nd (Thurs), and 3 rd (Fri). Plus, I am also working on a date for a NSCA Certified Instructor, (Master Class Shooter) to hold a clinic at the club. This is just a short list of some of the things going on so please make plans accordingly if you d like to attend. Watch the club calendar for ATA, NSCA and other dates coming up. This year is going to be filled with a lot of shooting opportunities and fun events. Which brings me to my next topic, "You and Your Club". First off, "You", because I need your help. I'm looking to organize an ATA Committee, a group of people that can help out at our ATA shoots. I need some people to help out with the Targets Only and Big 50 that we will run during the week as we did last year. I know not everyone can help, but I have talked to a few people and I will be talking to A LOT more. Your response to my asking, has been favorable, thank you. I'm looking for a few hours of help, and I want the people who help to be able to shoot. This is what we're here for! Secondly, is the "Your Club" part. What events would you like to see out at DGSC this year? Do you want a club shoot every month, a trap league, a skeet league? I'll run one. I'd like to see more people out here on Friday nights. The new lights on two fields are great. The Sporting Clays course is going to be open the same as trap and skeet. Who wants to start a Sporting Clays League? I haven't even scratched the surface of what I'd like to see out here at our club. There's going to be a lot of shooting, and we're going to have a fun and prosperous year. I look forward to your suggestions, questions, and willingness to help me out. Stop me at the club, call me, or me. I find it a privilege to represent DGSC and its members. Thank You Dean Merkle Hunting/Fishing News: I would like to thank everyone for voting for me for Hunting and Fishing Chairman. I have talked to Chuck and he's told me that we have some birds at the breeder that we still need to use. Once I get a handle on what's going on I'm going to work out some dates for some possible releases. Also, I would like to work out a date for a two man shoot-to retrieve contest. Once again I would like to thank the members for electing me and I hope that everyone is having a Happy and Healthy New Year. GOOD LUCK Denny Marano

3 PAGE 3 DGSC NEWS NETWORK VOLUME 11, ISSUE 1 Youth/Community Relations: I m looking forward to serving DGSC this year under Youth and Community. There are many Boy Scout Troops and other organizations within our community looking to DGSC for Gun Safety Review and Clay Target Shooting Events. I look forward to reviewing with Dean M everything he started putting together towards the end of last year and helping him setup events. Our youth team grows and grows with youths ranging from those that want to be very competitive in the sport to those that are just curious and want to learn about shooting and gun safety. Weekend practices will become more regular and our the Annual Team Meeting and Registration is fast approaching we are looking at dates in mid Feb so please let us know if you know a Youth that might be interested. Dan Bellus Sporting Clays/5 Stand News: We have entered our 2nd year of NSCA Registered Shooting - this year DGSC will host 3 weekend NSCA registered shoots. So far we are also running 3 Sporting Clay/5 Stand Fun Shoots. Cook outs, money prizes, raffles will all be returning to our Fun Shoots. As always volunteers are always needed and welcomed so please contact Mark or Deb if your interested in getting involved with the NSCA Shoots/Fun Shoots this year. We open the season with a Fun Shoot on Sun May 22nd, but of course as Dean mentioned the Sporting Clay Course will be opened for normal shooting just as Trap and Skeet are so come out and get some practice in. Building & Grounds Safety: During these cold, snowy, icy winter conditions please be careful when outside going to your cars, when on the fields or inside the building. Please Be Safe and Follow All Posted DGSC Club Rules! Shooting Membership Classification DGSC By-Laws Article 10 Section 2d States a Shooting Member are those who are limited to the use of trap, skeet and sporting clays facilities only. They must be approved by the Board of Directors and the Senior members by a majority vote. Applicants seeking Shooting Membership status will shoot for guest fees until approved for membership. Members in this classification will have no interest in the real or personal property of the Club and shall not be entitled to attend any meetings of the Club unless specifically invited. The number of shooting members shall be controlled by the Board of Directors and shall be regulated on a yearly basis. Each Senior Member in good standing may sponsor shooting members. Shooting members must be twenty-one (21) years of age or older. The spouse and children under the age of twenty-one (21) of a shooting member shall be entitled to the same privileges as a shooting member. The spouse of a Senior Member may apply for a Shooting Membership. If accepted that spouse shall continue to enjoy the privileges extended to the Senior Member as defined by these bylaws. Some additional detailed information that we d like to share based on questions we have received: Shooting Members are only allowed access to the club during the normal business hours (includes fields, club house and kitchen), Shooting Members are invited to the Annual Club Picnic in August and the Christmas Party in December, Shooting Members receive the newsletter free of charge via if you d like it sent via postage mail you must pay an additional fee, as a Shooting Member of DGSC you also have a membership to Hickory Grove Hunt Club. Although as a shooting member you are not allowed to hunt on DGSC property there are certain special events where you are able to hunt as the guest of a Senior member (i.e. Tower Shoots and Bird Dog Challenges - watch newsletter for those opportunities). Please if you have any other questions about your membership status please contact the Vice President or any Board Member. Renew Your NRA at the Club Remember SAVE TIME & MONEY renew your NRA at the club while you re there shooting. 1 yr renewal/membership $25 when done at DGSC

4 VOLUME 11, ISSUE 1 DGSC NEWS NETWORK PAGE 4 ATA DGSC Sunday April 3rd - Spring Shoot July 23rd & 24th - Trophy Shoot Sunday Aug 21st - Indian Shoot Sun Sept 18th - Trophy Shoot Sun Oct 16th - Grundy County/Herman Welch Fall Handicap Targets DGSC Sat March 19th, Sat May 7th Big DGSC TBD NSCA DGSC June 18th & 19th July 30th & 31st Sept 24th & 25th Sporting Clay Club DGSC (non-registered) Sunday May 22nd, Saturday June 25th, Sunday Oct 30th General Membership Meetings All GM Meetings will be at DGSC - Dates and Times TBD but will be held in the following Months March June September November December

5 Downers Grove Sportsmen s Club Address: Phone: 815/ W. Old Stage Road Web: P.O. Box dgsc@downersgrovesc.com Morris, Illinois Advertise With Us Help support your club by advertising in our newsletter! Just $100 per year for a business card size ad. Members, help support those who support us, please patronize our advertisers and let them know where you heard about them! Merkle Tile CERAMIC MABLE GRANITE CUSTOM CERAMIC and STONE INSTALLATION Free Estimates Insured Dean Merkle Downers Grove Sportsmen s Club P.O. Box 270 Morris, IL Next Senior Members Meeting March 2011 At Downers Grove Sportsmen s Club FIRST CLASS

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