NEWSLETTER Vol. 28 No. 04 April 2015

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1 Chief Okemos Sportsman s Club P. O. Box 375, Dimondale, Michigan or visit us on Facebook NEWSLETTER Vol. 28 No. 04 April 2015 Presidents Note Spring has arrived and there are lots of clean up projects that needs attention around the Club and grounds. If you want to work on sprucing up there is a box on the back steps to record your hours. Contact the head of Range Maintenance; John Mann for directions. On April 25th I will be holding a Basic Shotgun class for new ladies and junior trap shooting. This class is not mandatory but it does help new shooters. Please call Keith at to get on the list to take this class. I would like to congratulate Pat Cavanaugh and Bill Shepard for a remarkable job with the raffle this year. They are already almost sold out of tickets. If you want more tickets don't wait too long. It is a big job being very well done. Thank You. As always if you have any questions or suggestions please feel free to call me. Keith. Club House Rentals: As a member, you can rent the club at the discounted rate of $300 with an additional $50 deposit. (The rate for a non-member is $550 with additional $200 deposit) You must be a member in good standing, and have been a member for at least a year. (Current) The club is usually rented out starting at noon on Friday until noon on Sunday. Many members and nonmembers have rented the club for weddings, receptions, anniversaries, graduation open houses, birthdays, and Christmas parties. The kitchen is included in the rental providing you with a six burner gas stove and oven, a refrigerator, 100-cup coffee pot, and a microwave. There are approximately 8o tables and 340 chairs for your use as well. For questions or more information please call WIFI is available! 2015 Dates 5/30/ Annual Pheasants forever Youth Day 6/27/2015 Open House 9/20/2015 Raffle Drawing

2 Turkey Shoot Our last turkey shoot for this year is April 18 at noon. We have had a good turnout this year and I would like to thank the brave shooters who have made this a very successful program. February Winners: Tyle Kandler - Venison Buck Stick Ben Tormen - Ham Steak Duane Whaley - Summer Sausage Brian Brownell - Chicken Breast Dave Czelada - Cornish Hens, Summer sausage, beer brats Keith Wright - Bacon Mike Rich - Bacon March 14 Winners: Brian Brownell - Chicken Breasts, Bacon Ben Tormen - Sausage, Pickled Bologna, venison stick Ron (Ski) Pohlonski - Bacon Robert Rich - Beer Brats John Dyer - Turkey Congratulation to the winners and we will see all of you on April 18th Raffle RSO Workshop We will be running a FREE RSO workshop for NRA Certified RSO's to receive continuing education credits to satisfy their NRA yearly education requirements. The workshop will run from 11am to 12pm on May 3rd. The workshop should not be confused with the NRA RSO Class that is going on that morning. You do not need to contact anyone-just show up! NRA Instruction March 7, 2015 at 1 PM will be our next meeting for the 2015 classes. All instructors who are looking for classes to teach this year at the Club should, please, attend. This year we have 6 Basic Pistol classes and 6 Personal Protection in the home classes already scheduled. Some of the new classes we need to schedule are Personal Protection outside the Home and Defensive Shotgun Courses. We, also, have about 10 new instructors that have received their new training this year and need to be in the rotation. I would, also, like to have RSO's for range work with our classes this year. If you would like to help, please come to this meeting. If there are any questions, please, contact Duane Ladies Ladies Ladies Remember we have our organizing meeting April 21 at 6:30. Call Sharon at

3 Raffle The Raffle has gotten off to a roaring start. At this point we have sold about $10,000 worth of tickets. This means we have covered all of our expenses and are now making money for your club. Here are some things you can do to help. You should have received your letter and tickets from the Raffle Committee in the mail. Please sell/buy these tickets and get the stubs and money back to us. If you need more tickets see Bill Shepard or Pat Cavanaugh at the membership and Board of Directors meetings. If you cannot sell or buy these tickets yourself please return them as soon as possible. We are running out of tickets to pass out to people to sell. Return those sold tickets, the sooner the better. The first seller s prize of 500 rounds of Winchester.22 LR in a collector s box was given away at the membership meeting on March 9 at the end of the meeting. You do not need to be present to win but you do need to have returned you ticket stubs and money to be eligible for a seller s prize. March s prize was 500 rounds of Winchester.22 LR in a nice wooden collector s box and was given away. For every $20 in ticket money you turn in you get a chance at each of the remaining seller s prize drawings. Even if you win a prize, your ticket is returned to the bucket for the next drawing, April s Prize is 325 rounds of Federal.22 LR and a Solid Metal Glock water bottle. In May we will be giving a Gun Vault Mini-Vault Standard Vault (model GV100S). We will have these drawings at the membership meeting in April, May, June, July, August and September. If you get your money in by the April 13 th Membership Meeting you will be entered in all of the 6 remaining sellers Drawings. We are getting a lot of positive feedback on the prize list this year. See the back of the tickets for details. This raffle is a big source of funds for your club. Please help support your club so it can keep providing you will quality programs. Remember, the sooner ALL of the tickets are sold the sooner you will stop hearing Pat and I harping about tickets at each meeting. Thanks~Pat & Bill RSO Course NRA Range Safety Course May 3, The cost is $75 for club members and $125 for nonclub members. It will run from 8am to 5pm. Students are responsible for their NRA registration charges. For further details and information please contact Jim Ingison at jdingison@sbcglobal.net. Payment must be received by April 10, 2015 in order to obtain RSO student training material from the NRA.

4 Change of Address If you have moved please get your new address to: Dawn Hein COSC Membership 4833 N. Gunnell Road Dimondale, MI We want you to keep getting your club correspondence and newsletters. Volunteer Corner Here are some ways to earn your hours. Please help make your club a better place. Tim could use some volunteers with Junior Archery. Call him at The Geezers are looking for Cooks. They meet every Thursday Morning at 8:00. We are looking volunteers to help with the Annual Pheasants forever Youth Day Program on May 30th at 8:00. If you can help this year, please, call Alan at We will NOT be selling tickets at the Mason Gun Show in April. We do not have enough unsold tickets on hand to sell. Trash Barrels The plastic trash barrels setting around the property were donated by Dave Walter. Please do not borrow them. If you need some, contact Dave or Wayne Walter at or C.O.S.C. Pledge I give my pledge as an American to save and faithfully defend from waste the natural resources of my country, its air, soil, and minerals, its forests, waters and wildlife.

5 Cowboy Action Shoot Welcome to another year of Wild West Shooting Action. My name is Evil-Duane and I would like to invite all you Cowpokes to the C.O.S.C. coral for another year of western shooting fun. Our first get together will be April 11 at 9, and all are invited. All you green-horns that would like to learn about Cowboy Action Shooting are invited too. We have shooting irons and ammo and would like to show you the ropes on our shooting sport. For more info call: C.P.L. Classes We have scheduled CPL classes for C.O.S.C. to be held once a month, May thru October. The cost for members is still only $75.00 and $ for non-members. If you would like to attend classes for obtaining your concealed pistol license. Please check our web site for dates and contact Duane Whaley at to schedule your class. Trap Shooting Our first trap start-up date will be May 3rd at noon. Trap will be open to members and nonmembers on Sunday's at noon and Thursday's at 5 PM. We encourage members who would like to learn trap shooting to come out and join us. We have NRA instructors that can teach you and answer your questions. For more info contact Duane Whaley at Ladies Ladies Ladies Remember we have our organizing meeting April 21 at 6:30. Contact Sharon Whaley Plates plates starts up again on Wednesday, April First (no fooling) and every Wednesday thereafter at 5:00 PM, Weather permitting, although the guys will be available earlier for help if needed. Come on down and give it a try whether you are an experienced shooter or brand new. Putting lead on steel is always fun. COSC Web Site COSC is all over the Internet If you haven t visited COSC s revamped website, please take a look at If you are a club officer, board member, or shooting sport discipline leader and need info updated on the website, please Sandy Enness at sandraenness@gmail.com.

6 If you are on Facebook, please like COSC s revamped Facebook page. You can find the page by typing Chief Okemos Sportsman s Club in the search box OR by clicking on the link from our web page. Please feel welcome to post information and share photos and videos on the club s Facebook page. Aaron Lopez and Sandy Enness maintain the page, along with student intern, Michelle Ried, and our goal is to keep the information as up-to-date as possible. Please visit the COSC Facebook page and LIKE us. Lastly, COSC has an online photo share account with Flickr. To view the photos we post, just visit the club website or the Facebook page and click on the link to the photo account. We appreciate all the positive feedback we ve received from club members as we try to make the club more visible to the online community. These media accounts are great marketing tools for the club, so as you talk with family and friends about COSC, please remember to refer them to one of our online accounts to get more information. Please Remember No live or spent rounds, including brass, steel and aluminum cases, and shotgun hulls, can be thrown in trash barrels or in the dumpster. Please take your empties with you when you leave, or deposit them in the white plastic buckets at each range. Please dispose of your targets when you complete your visit to the range. Our neighbors do not want to pick them up from their yards, fields and fences. Save Your Club Money Save COSC some money & switch the way you receive the monthly newsletter. Instead of getting a paper copy, sign up for the newsletter to be ed to you. To get signed up contact me; bshep19@gmail.com I need your full name and address. If you signed up once and are still getting a paper copy, please let me know again. Thanks ~ Bill Archery. COSC will be hosting ASA state qualifier 4/11 & 4/12/15 10:00. Registration 8:00 on both days Help will be needed Sun 9:00A.M. to set up 3-D targets & open the archery range. The range will be open every day to member and guests. Cost will remain $5.00 per round for members and $10.00 per round for non-members.

7 ..from your Membership Committee Are you a snowbird returning to Michigan? Please change your address back to your home address ASAP. us at jdcosc@gmail.com or complete a change of address form at the Club. Want to reduce your dues for 2016? Work a minimum of 15 hours during 2015 assisting with various Club projects and/or activities. The hours can be done all at one time or spread over the rest of this year. Don t forget to fill out a Work Hours sheet each time you work and put it in the Work Hours box at the Club. Reminder: A new revised member application is now available. If you keep a supply of applications on hand, please destroy them and replace them with the new March, 2015 edition. They are available at the Club or can be printed from the COSC website.

8 NRA MEMBERSHIP When joining or renewing by mail, please provide: Name and address Membership number (if renewing) Magazine you prefer American Rifleman American Hunter 1 st Freedom A check for $25 made out to NRA (Your receipt will be mailed to you.) Send to Keith Wright, 427 W. Jefferson, Dimondale, MI This procedure is not just for C.O.S.C. members. Have your friends, neighbors, coworkers or anyone renew or join through the club and C.O.S.C. will get $5 or $10 commission. Contact Info Archery Dave Walter Plates Ron Kaplansky Cowboy Action Duane Whaley Hi-Power Jim Stewart Hunter Safety Tom Towsley Junior Air Rifle Dave Walter Junior Rim fire Bill Ames Trap Duane Whaley Junior/LadiesTrap Keith Wright NRA/COSC Membership Recruiting Keith Wright Range Maintenance John Mann Officers: President Keith Wright st Vice Sharon Whaley nd Vice Ralph Batten Secretary Jody LaClear Treasurer Rosemary DiPonio Board Members: Past President Duane Whaley Tony Piper (2) Tom Towsley (2) Jean Wank (3) John Gambil (2) Al Dewey (3) Penny Batten (3) Newsletter Bill Shepard bshep19@gmail.com Web Site Sandy Enness sandraenness@gmail.com Facebook Aaron Lopez lopez.aaron.m@gmail.com Grounds Maintenance Wayne Walter Hall Rental Mike & Cathy Finn Work Hours Penny Batten Capital Area Friends of the NRA Committee Tony Piper Jr Archery Tim Hodgman Membership CO-Chair Jim Hein Dawn Hein jdcosc@gmail.com The Indoctrinator Pat Cavanaugh NRA Cert Training Counselor Dave Schneider Ladies, Ladies, Ladies Sharon Black Powder Lloyd Merchant

9 ~ April 2015 ~ Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Good Geezers 8:00 Friday 5 Easter Geezers 8: ASA Shoot Cowboy Action 9 12 ASA Shoot 13 Membership Meeting 7: Tax Day 16 Geezers 8: Turkey Shoot Noon Patriot s Day Ladies, Ladies, Ladies 6: Geezers 8: Lady & JR Basic Shotgun 9: Board Meeting 7: Notes: Geezers 8:00

10 ~ May 2015 ~ Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 Black Powder Shoot 3 Basic Pistol 9 3 Open Trap Noon 10 Mother s Day CPL Open Trap Noon Membership Meeting 7:30 18 Board Meeting 7:30 7 Geezers 8 Open Trap Geezers Open Trap 5 21 Geezers Basic Pistol CPL Hunter s Safety Open Trap 5 24 Open Trap Noon Hunter s Safety 25 Memorial Day Geezers 8 Open Trap Pheasants Forever Youth Day 8 31 Cowboy Action 9 Open Trap Noon Notes: