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Camden Rod and Gun Club
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W W W . C A M D E N R G C . C O M
President’s Pen
President: Chet Cichon
Vice President: Walt Morgan
Treasurer: Dan Younkin
Secretary: Russ Smith
Membership: Brenda LaGatta
Exec. Board: Bill Rogers
Mike Smith
INSIDE THIS
ISSUE:
President’s Pen
Secretary’s Report
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News Letter Dude
2
Two Bits From Tresurer
3
Dates, Classifieds
4
Application
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Greetings, from the new president of the Camden rod & gun club, Chet
Cichon.
First- Thanks to Dave LaGatta for the years he served as president of the Camden Rod & Gun Club. With the weather improving the outdoor activities will
pick up. Once all the snow is gone the trap and skeet fields should be operating.
Remember - Safety first get properly checked out on the equipment, if you
haven’t used it in a while a little refresher would not hurt. In June the club has
it’s gun a day raffle. Support the club by buying a ticket and maybe selling a
few. The raffle is a great fund raiser and has provided for the many improvements over the years. Tickets are available at the Monday night socials. All
tickets have to be turned in by the end of May. The second Saturday of June is
the kids fishing derby. Last year the weather was a little cool but a great time
was had by all.
I am looking forward to working with the members to keep the club a enjoyable place to spend some time . Remember, it is your club- respect it. After using any facilities clean up after yourself, put things in order.
Secretary’s Report
2015 is starting out as a very
busy year! There have been
a number of Pistol Permit
training classes. The defensive Pistol League took off
and has been extended to the
end of April. I have been so
busy scheduling things I’ve
barely had time to teach the
February and March Bow
Hunter classes. The sign ups
on line for the April hunter
education class filled up in 2
hours!
Believe me, I not complaining, this is great for those
who were worrying that
there would be no young
people to take over when the
time comes I think we can
safely say there will be.
Keep in mind that the more
you use your membership
the stronger the club is to
continue as a safe place
to do what we love. Come to
the meetings. You will
learn about the latest
changes in laws and the requirements that are needed
to keep a club like this running. Volunteer to help with
the Fishing Derby and see a
little one with sparkling eyes
show off their first fish or
big fish. If you haven’t already, take a hunter education course and a bow hunt-
ing, pistol training class.
Join the Defensive Pistol
league and practice on the
outdoor pistol range in good
weather or the indoor
one in bad weather, your
choice. You can come to
shoot Trap or Skeet and use
the rifle range to practice.
Your membership is what
you make of it. Follow the
rules. Shoot safely and
responsibly. Clean up after
yourself and enjoy what we
got here for years to come.
See you at the Club!
Russ Smith, Secretary
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A Word from News Letter Dude
Hello to all of you along with SPRING and GOODBYE WINTER. Yes I had enough
of that crap this year.
First of all, I would like to thank Dave LaGatta for his long run as President of the
Camden Rod and Gun Club (CRGC)! Dave has helped in making many improvements to the
club, some of which include, re-siding the club, new interior carpet, new security cameras,
and moving the outdoor Pistol Range, just to mention a few. On behalf
of the members, thank you Dave for all your hard work and dedication.
Now I would like to give a warm welcome to Chet Cichon
(shown here), who has won the prestigious position as President of
CRGC. Chet has been a member of the club for approximately 13yrs
and was originally involved with the Traveling Trap League. He has
been shooting in area Cowboy Action leagues and also shoots in and
helps run our Defensive Pistol League (DPL), along with other IDPA
and Outlaw matches. We look forward to Chet’s leadership and ideas
for the CRGC.
Well, we did have a great winter of shooting indoors, recreationally and in the DPL.
I had to take 2 months off from shooting the DPL, in my absence Chris Conway took over
running it, with help from Mark Woods, Chet Cichon and many others (to many to mention).
What a GREAT GROUP of PEOPLE that are involved, due to all of your hard work and dedication this has been a huge SUCCESS! We have been averaging 14 to 17 shooters each
week, but this past week we had 21, that is AWESOME. Interesting fact, we have people
driving upwards of an hour plus to shoot at our little Camden Rod and Gun Clubs DPL. I am
just thrilled about it.
Pistol Permit classes are being held at the club on a regular basis at least once a month. If
yourself or anyone you may know is interested, please contact Bob Dorn at 315-525-6485 or
email him at [email protected]. Classes are being held to 15 people and under.
One more bit of business, I would like to talk about. When shooting, please use
proper Hygiene! Let’s not forget that lead is an unavoidable hazard in our sport and we all
know that lead in abundance is not healthy for us. Here are some more tips that benefit all;
when shooting indoors always leave the exhaust fans on, try to shoot bullets that are completely jacketed, ALWAYS wash your hands and face after shooting, and NEVER eat or
drink on the range. If you reload, wear rubber gloves while handling dirty brass and bullets,
when tumbling your brass do it in a well ventilated area (garage, screened in room, etc), wear
a mask or ventilator with a P100 rating (anything less, P95 or N95 will NOT HELP) while
separating brass from media. I am not trying to scare anyone, but I have not practiced any of
the above on a regular basis and yes you guessed it, my lead level is quite high. I will need to
get tested every two weeks and we’re confident that my levels should start going down now
that we will be shooting outdoors most of the time.
Again, HELLLOOO SPRING and SUMMER! I want everyone to enjoy shooting, be
safe, and (of course) always shoot safe.
Bob D.
News Letter Dude
CAMDEN
ROD
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GUN
C LUB
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Keep your fire arm
in good clean
working condition
Two Bit’s from the Treasurer
Hello, again. Spring is
right around the corner, and it
can’t come soon enough. This
year the membership has
elected a new President, Chet
Cichon. He will do a fine job
steering the club in a productive direction as well as our
previous President, Dave LaGatta, did. Thanks to Dave for
all the work and effort he put
into the club as President. The
club will be pondering making improvements and upgrades to the meeting room
and perhaps the indoor pistol
range. These are just some of
the ideas that have been
brought up during our business meetings. If anyone has
any input or ideas, please attend the business meetings.
New and different ideas are
always welcomed during
these sessions.
Totally off topic…I’m
sure many members have had
their fill of ban this ammo,
ban this gun, ban this feature
on this gun and so on, and so
on…This has become a complete assault on the second
amendment. Finally someone
has proposed an amendment
to the safe act. It’s not much,
but it’s a start. Thanks to Seward and Brindisi, we have
some movement on correcting
this ridiculous law. And a big
thanks to Mike Waterman and
members of the Oneida
County Board of Legislators
for filing a memorializing petition in support of Steward/
Brindisi amendment. I realize
I’m preaching to the choir, but
as supporters of the Second
Amendment, we need to hold
state and federal politicians
accountable every chance we
get. Hold accountable the officials that voted for the Safe
Act and for those politicians,
including Republicans, who
do
nothing
to
try and
amend or repeal this ridiculous law. Last year’s election
showed that Upstate is not
content with this Law; and yet
the law stands. Our Upstate
voices are not being heard or
they are being ignored, and
that must change.
Stay informed, join the
NRA, get out and vote, and
convince those who don’t to
go to the polls. Bring your
(compliant) black rifle out of
the shadows and shoot it… if
not for fun, in defiance of this
ridiculous law. Anyways I’m
starting to rant….Have a great
spring and summer. See ya on
the range,
Dan
A Few Quickies From Your VP
BREAKFAST
Keep your
finger off
the rigger
until you
are ready to
shoot.
Another breakfast season
has come and gone. Once
again we fed a lot of very hungry people, sold a bunch of
raffle tickets, and gained a lot
of new members. We also had
members renew. Thanks Dave
and Brenda for staffing the
table. Thanks to Ron, Russ,
Gerry, Bob, and all the kitchen
and dining room help. Without
all of you there Would not be
a breakfast. Thanks again.
BANQUET
Due to declining attendance
at past banquets, a decision
was made to stop the banquet
buffet format and meet for a
dinner. This year we will meet
on Saturday May 2, 2015 at
7:00 PM at the Stampede
Steakhouse (formally Joel's) in
Vernon. We will be ordering our choices from the menu
with prices in the $18 to $28
range. If you are planning to
attend, contact Walt Morgan
at the club, online
[email protected] or
phone 245-0801 by April 24.
BUILDINGS AND
GROUNDS
The buildings and grounds
committee is in the process of
planning capital expense projects for this year. We are asking for input from the members of what improvements you would like to see.
Any and all suggestions are
welcome. Contact Walt at the
above locations.
Walt Morgan, VP
FISRT
QUARTER
2015
IMPORTANT NOTES
1) Thursday night TRAP has been canceled
lack of participation. SAD BUT TRUE
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2) If you have not purchased and or sold any Gun a Day
Raffle tickets, and you want to, please come to the club
on Monday evenings to pick up tickets. Remember This
is YOUR clubs main fund raiser. Support it
First, the Camden Rod and Gun Club Business Meetings are held every second
Wed. of each month at 7PM (with the exception of a couple months during the
summer).
Second, with all that said, Camden Rod and Gun Club meetings are cancelled
for weather under the one or both of the following conditions
1. When Camden schools are closed for weather
2. When Camden after school activities are cancelled.
Dates to Remember
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
Atlantic Salmon Club, Meetings every 4th Thursday of the month 7pm
Youth Marksman, Every Tuesday and Friday Evenings. Call Ed Jones for
more information 245-3092
 Defensive Pistol, Thursday nights starting January 8th try to be there between 5 and 5:30pm finishing on last Thursday in April.
Classifieds——
WANTED:
Blacksmithing
tools, Forge and any equipment,
call 338-1174
To Place a Classified add in
the Camden Rod and Gun
News Letter, please Email
your info to:
[email protected] and put
CRandGun Classified in the
Subject Line or call Bob at 525
-6485
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