H y p ap w e N r! DECEMBER 2014 EMAIL EVENTS a Ye NSC Current and Recent Events H O R I Z O N Published by the Niantic Sportsmen’s Club • Plants Dam Road P.O. Box 122 • Niantic, Connecticut 06357 • Incorporated 1955 ◊ Friday evening, January 9, is the next meeting night. Annual Meeting! Prime Rib Dinner will be served starting at 5:30 p.m. ◊ Annual Game Dinner February 28, 2015. Donations of game, foods, and drawing prizes needed...contact Matt Fleisher or Jodi Stone at [email protected] to donate—and help out. ◊ The Holiday potluck party was a great success, with good fellowship and fine foods filling the Lounge on December 19. ◊ DUES are DUE. Work/Volunteer Chits are available in the Lounge and from event-committee leaders. They must be submitted with dues. NOTE: NSC’s Paypal account is closed; if you pay through Paypal, your money will just sit there, unreachable. Pay by check instead. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– COMING SOON—See Posters for Details! • Bowling Pin .22 Rifle Shoot, Friday, January 2, 2015 • Muzzleloader Trail Shoot, Sunday, January 18, 2015 •––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Annual Game Dinner, Saturday, February 28, 2015 ◊ Volunteers needed for the kitchen and Lounge for the monthly dinner meetings...and crews for regular Sunday breakfasts. Contact Jodi in the Lounge; sign up and earn volunteer hours. Contact [email protected] ◊ Target-height extension kits for short and sight-in ranges are on sale by Paul Moore ( [email protected] ) for $15. A reloading clinic is planned for mid-January next year; contact Paul with caliber(s) of interest. ◊ The second of the winter 2014-2015 Blackpowder Field and Trail events will be a Trail Shoot on Sunday, January 18; registration 9-10 a.m. ◊ The first 2015 bowling-pin shoot will be Friday, January 2—for .22 rimfire RIFLES, standing position. Pins will be at 50 feet, Iron sights or optics, max. 10 rounds per magazine. Handicaps for pump/lever actions or iron sights. Regular Pistol Bowling Pin Series: first (.22 RF) and third (CF) Fridays of the month. ◊ The New London County Pistol League 2015 Annual Awards Banquet is on June 6 at Langley's Restaurant at the Great Neck Country Club in Waterford. And, the New London County Friends of NRA Dinner is at the Groton Motor Inn, Friday, May 15. ◊ The club offers condolences to the family of former club Treasurer and N2 pistol-team competitor Andy Lindelow, who died of natural causes on December 19 at his home in Groton.A memorial will be held in the spring. ◊ NEW WEBSITE LINK: www.nianticsc.net More than 100 top Junior Smallbore competitors gathered at NSC in midDecember for the Shoreline Classic Tournament on the Indoor Range. Officers 2015 Matt Fleisher, President John MacDougall, Vice-President John Santos, Recording Secretary Open Position, Financial Secretary Bill Hintze, Treasurer Executive Board Term 2014 through 2015—Jay Cole, Jack Cutillo, Peter Edmondson, Glenn Stadnick, Frank Zito; Term 2015 through 2016—Bill Boehning, Stan Bowdish, Craig Grimord, Tom Snow, George Stone Committee Chairs 2015 Open—Finance; John MacDougall —Membership; Stanley Bowdish— Outdoor Range; Peter Edmondson —Indoor Range; William Boehning —Skeet; Greg Hoagland, Chris Barnhart—Archery; Tom Snow, Craig Grimord—Muzzleloaders; Charles Chambers, George Stone —House; Jay Cole, Lisette Grunwell-Lacey, J.L. Kopcha, Frank Hull—Youth/Competition; Chris Gosselin—Safety; Bruce Vandal, Jeff Schwartz— Conservation; Bob Sutcliffe—NRA Liaison; Jodi Stone—Kitchen; Bill Richmond—NSC Website; Tom Davis—NSC Raffle Planning; John Stratton—NSC Newsletter/ Membership News General email contacts: [email protected] www.nianticsc.net NSC Email Events Horizon is e-published every two weeks; it supplements the quarterly, printed NSC Newsletter that is mailed and/or emailed to club members and their families. Horizon bulletins are updated periodically, so check the club’s website frequently. Bulletin Date: 12 27 14b