SPORTSMEN’S NOTES The Official Publication of the Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club

August 2009

DMSC SHORT SHOTS ● The topic at the next meeting will be an over-view of this year’s Camp Perry CMP experi-ence, and what an experience it was! Shooters from our club brought home an armful of gold, silver, and bronze medals and cash awards. A complete listing of award winners is on the in-side pages, but the highlight was Fritz Hemple-mann finishing as the 2nd place civilian shooter in the Springfield M1A match in a field of 363 shooters. Fritz is a member of our Pitts-burgh and Suburban Rifle League team that won the league championship 2007-2008. ● Fritz came up through our Junior Rifle pro-gram. Now it’s time for you and yours to sign up for this year’s program. The Junior Rifle Program is scheduled to resume on Septem-ber 15th. See the inside pages for more infor-mation and call Miles Ford (412-833-0813) or Chuck Augenstein (724-941-9538) for details and to sign up. ● With the deer archery season right around the corner,Ted Hildabrand, Archery Program Manager, reports there are three 3-D targets—bull elk, pronghorn deer, and whitetail deer— set up on the lower pistol range, for archery only, with no broadheads. They are set up 35 yards from the old pistol firing line, but archers can be mobile, as long as their shots are relatively straight on.

SHOTS Continued on Page 2

Inside This Issue Inside This Issue Inside This Issue Inside This Issue Shooting Opportunities 5 July Work Party 6-7 CMP-Related Scores/News 8-15 Budget Report 16 Notes From the Field 17 Turkey Shoot Info 18-20 County League News and Trading Post do not appear in this issue.

FEDERAL CONCEALED CARRY RECIPROCITY BILL IS DEFEATED

Bill loses by two votes Specter votes against it

After Lou Romito’s legislative presentation at the July meeting, George Taylor approached him and dejectedly asked, “Lou, what more can we do?” The response was, “Try Harder.” In a whirlwind of activity that week, the U.S. Senate defeated the bill that would have re-quired all states to recognized concealed carry permits from all other states. The mar-gin of the loss was 2 votes. One of those negative votes came from PA Senator Arlen Specter, who may have won this battle but may possibly have lost his re-election war if the gun owners of PA remember his vote. But that’s a big if considering the speed at which this political action took. Lou pointed out that, although the bill was under consid-eration for a while, it gained momentum and was to be voted on by Wednesday. On Mon-day, The PA mayors placed a full page news-paper ad against the legislation. Tuesday’s editions carried the story of the upcoming

LEGISLATION continued on Page 2

Lou Romito used local newspaper coverage to track the timeline of the quick action on the Senate defeat of the

nationwide concealed carry reciprocity bill.

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LEGISLATION Continued

battle. That same morning, Dan Campbell sent an e-blast to DMSC members calling them to action—contact the PA Senators and get their support of the bill. Wednesday morning, Spec-ter’s office issue a news release in which the senator stated his opposition to the bill. Thurs-day’s paper reported the defeat of the bill, not-ing Bob Casey was the only regional senator to vote for it. Sure, the bill had a downside, but positive ac-tion on the topic is better than no action. How many of us actually made contact with the leg-islators. Probably not many, or at least not enough for Specter to worry about PA gun owners. Sometimes it’s not enough to talk about action. Sometimes you have to take it. For instance, Lou pointed out a piece of PA legislation under consideration. HB 1496 would increase tax on oil drilling with the pro-ceeds going to various state entities. The bill calls for the Game Commission and the Fish/Boat Commission each to get 2% of the funds. Estimates suggest the law would bring in $600,000,000 by 2014. That would be $2.5 million for each commission. Of course, both commissions support the pro-posal—it’s a chance to get operating funds they sorely need. Our club went so far as to donate money to the Game Commission and to a PGC bear trap construction project, be-cause the PGC was so strapped for funds. To really help the PGC and the PFBC, you need to contact your state legislators and get them behind this bill. They need to know your position now, so we don’t wake up some morn-ing and see this legislation speedily pushed to a vote and defeated because we sat back and our legislators didn’t have to worry about what gun owners think. The concealed carry reciprocity issue should have taught us a lesson. Hopefully, we learned it.

SHOTS Continued

● The date of the FOAC Turkey Shoot has moved from August 23rd to October 17th. The change of the date was made because FOAC was unable to complete all the tasks needed to make this a successful event. They are now beginning to generate co-sponsorship funding and prizes from busi-nesses so we are confident that this change will make for a much better event. The Duck Race tickets you purchased will be honored with respect to duck numbers and race times, only the date has been changed. More infor-mation on the events and rules is on the last three pages of this newsletter. ● Long time leader of the Hunter Education Program at the club, George Dietz, received a Certificate of Appreciation from the Penn-sylvania Game Commission for 25 years of service in the program. Congratulations! ● North Strabane has notified us of an im-pending startup of its sewer line hook-up pro-ject to alleviate pollution problems in Little Chartiers Creek. We’ll let you know of any impact on Club operations.

● Above is some of the ductwork used for the improved ventilation system. Installation team leader, Bruce Ungar, will give an over-view of the installation at the next meeting.

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Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 7-10:00PM Trap Range

2 7:00PM Smallbore Rifle

3 4 5 9:00AM NRA High Power ▲

6 7:00PM Smallbore Rifle

7 LABOR DAY NO MONDAY PISTOL

8 7-10:00PM Trap Range

9 7:00PM Smallbore Rifle

10 7:30 Board Meeting

11 PATRIOT DAY

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13 7:00PM Smallbore Rifle

14 6:00PM Indoor Pistol (NMC)

15 7:00PM Jr. Rifle Instruction 7-10:00PM Trap Range

16 7:00PM Smallbore Rifle

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18 19

▲▲ ROSH

HASHANA

20 10:00AM 9th Annual Garand Memorial Match 7:00PM Smallbore Rifle

21 6:00PM Indoor Pistol

22 7:00PM Jr. Rifle Instruction 7-10:00PM Trap Range

23 7:00PM Smallbore Rifle

24 8:00PM Members Meeting

25 1:30-4:00PM Silhouette Setup ▲

26 9:00AM Outdoor Pistol Silhouette ▲

27 9:00AM- 1:00PM All Day Super Shotgun 7:00PM Smallbore Rifle

28 6:00PM Indoor Pistol (NMC) YOM KIPPUR

29 7:00PM Jr. Rifle Instruction 7-10:00PM Trap Range

30 6:00PM Tres Bandidos 7:00PM Smallbore Rifle

▲ UPPER RANGES CLOSED ▲▲ ALL RANGES CLOSED WP WEATHER PERMITTING

September 2009

WORK PARTY

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MEMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO CARRY THEIR GATE CARDS AND BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES WHEN ASKED TO BY ANOTHER MEMBER OR THE CARETAKERS

AFFILIATIONS:

National Rifle Association

Allegheny County Sportsmen’s League

Washington County Sportsmen’s League

Metropolitan Police Revolver League

Pittsburgh and Suburban Rifle League National Sporting Clays Association

SANCTIONED BY:

Department of Civilian Marksmanship

Pennsylvania Rifle and Pistol Association

United States Revolver Association

CLUB COMMUNICATION

Club Web Site: www.mdi.net/dml Club House Phone: (724)745-9794

Membership Inquiries: DMSCMembers1@aol.com

Newsletter: louromito@gmail.com

CLUB DIRECTORS ROBERT L. ATKISON.....................724-941-5882 CHARLES R. AUGENSTEIN, II ......724-941-9538

GEORGE A. DIETZ.........................412-344-4027

MILES R. FORD..............................412-833-0813

DOUG GAWRONSKI ......................412-531-5043

THEODORE K. HILDABRAND........724-942-2125

THOMAS H. KRAMER, JR..............724-873-0683

RAYMOND C. NIST ........................724-942-9845

LOU ROMITO..................................412-835-6881

EARL L. TAYLOR............................724-941-4649

GEORGE TAYLOR, IV ....................412-344-8750

BRUCE D. UNGAR .........................412-343-2256

ELLSWORTH F. VINES ..................412-343-5752

RONALD J. WATTON .....................724-941-5891

DAVE WILLARD…………………….724-941-6620

MEMBERSHIP CLASSIFICATIONS AND DUES Active (Full-fledged membership) $70.00 per year Senior (65 years old, 10 years consecutive membership) $25.00 per year Intermediate (18 - 21) $25.00 per year Junior (12 - 17) $ 5.00 per year Initiation fee (one time) $25.00 Computer Gate Card $10.00

EXECUTIVE STAFF GEORGE TAYLOR IV........................................ PRESIDENT THEODORE HILDABRAND......................VICE PRESIDENT ELLSWORTH F. VINES ....................................TREASURER MILES FORD..............................RECORDING SECRETARY BRUCE UNGAR...................EXECUTIVE RANGE OFFICER LOU ROMITO……... .............................NEWSLETTER EDITOR DAN CAMPBELL……………………... MEMBERSHIP CHAIR

Next Membership Meeting: August 27, 2009

Topic: Report on Camp Perry Experience

Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen’s Club P.O. Box 12692 Pittsburgh, PA 15241

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PISTOL

MONDAY NIGHT OUTDOOR (NMC). The first line shoots at 6:00PM. Call the program leaders, George Taylor (412)344-8750 or Bruce Ungar (412)343-2256, for additional information.

WEDNESDAY INDOOR AIR PISTOL. This new program shoots Wednesday evenings, at 7:00PM. Call Bob Nipar for details at 412.831.0697 or rknipar@verizon.net.

SATURDAY OUTDOOR SILHOUETTE. The monthly outdoor program fires every fourth Saturday at 9:00AM. Call George Taylor (412)344-8750 for additional information on Satur-day activities.

TRES BANDIDOS. September has five Wednesdays so that means a Tres Bandidos match for September 30. Call George Taylor (412)344-8750 for information on this fun-filled event. POSTAL LEAGUE. USRA Postal League: DMSC is participating in the 10 week Winter Postal League. USRA membership is re-quired. Programs are available for rim fire, center fire, and air pistol. Teams are now forming. For information, contact Robert Nipar at (412) 831-0697 or rknipar@verizon.net.

RIFLE

CIVILIAN MARKSMANSHIP PROGRAM. The program shoots the third Sunday of each month. The range is open at 9:30, the match begins at 11:00. For information, call Bruce Ungar (412)343-2256. New shooters must contact Bruce for a CMP range safety orienta-

tion prior to shooting. For information contact John Tupta at 724-941-1494 or teefam@verizon.net . NRA HIGH POWER. The program fires at 9:00AM, the first Saturday of the month. Remember, the program has a modified F class that permits the use of scopes. Call John Tupta (724)941-1494, or Al Jaworski (724)746-7033 for equipment requirements and other particulars. BLACK POWDER. Contact Ron Watton, (724)941-5891, or watton2@verizon.net.

SHOTGUN

TRAP. Shoots Tuesday, 7:00-10:00PM. The cost is $3.00 per round. Call Doug Gawronski, 412-531-5043, for information.

SUPER SHOTGUN SUNDAY, a new event, which includes shooting opportunities in 5-stand, trap, and hand trap, will debut July 26 from 9:00AM-1:00PM and shoot the fourth Sunday in August and September. Call Tom Kramer, 724-873-0683, or Doug Gawronski, 412-531-5043, for information.

SHOOTING OPPORTUNITIES

The old saying “Better Safe Than Sorry” is never more important than on the shooting range. Remember...everyone is responsible for range safety. If you see a range violation or a potentially unsafe condition you can call a cease fire and calmly and courteously

discuss your perception of the situation with the other shooter. A good shooter will understand.

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JULY WORK PARTY Major projects with a major work crew equals major accom-plishments. In the last edition of the Sportsmen’s Notes, the June work party story ended with an invitation to “Just show up”! By the looks of the July work party, many members took the invite to heart. The gathering included: Chuck Comstock, Breden Croup, Nick Kuzy, Dennis Dee, Ell Vines, George Taylor, Bruce Ungar, Bill Philips, Ron Watton, Dave Willard, Dan Kiselica, Bob Kirsopp, Ted Hildabrand Lou Romito, Stephen Tupta, John Tupta, Mike Haritan, as well as those who arrived after the camera left: Bruce Long Ken Zupkow, Matt Gillenberger, and Chuck Augenstein. Besides the usual trimming and periodic maintenance, the emphasis for July was on major projects. The pistol range bunkers were deteriorating and needed to be replaced, so one squad started that project. That same range needed drainage improvement like the rifle range had done. And the rifle range had to be drilled for black powder target hold-ers, so the hole locations needed to be marked.

Brenden cleared out the weed beds at the silhouette rails then joined the pistol range crew.

Nick Kuzy helped on the bunker builder team.

Above, left to right, Chuck Comstock, Dennis Dee, Ell Vines, George Taylor, and Bruce Ungar began the arduous task of rebuilding the bunkers on the pistol range, and continued the effort in the photo below.

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Left to right, Bill Phillips, Ron Watton, and Dave Willard took on the tedious task of setting up the grid for 84 the placement of 84 target frames for the black powder program. Your can see the flag placements in front of the rifle range. The only close call came when Ron was placing one of the stakes and said to Bill, ”When I nod my head, hit it”. Ron meant the stake. After the holes are drilled a drain tile and concrete filler will be inserted in each.

From top to bottom, Ted Hildabrand, Dan Kiselica, and Bob Kirsopp lay out the perimeter of the drainage area at the upper pistol range. They applied ground cloth and the day’s effort is shown above right before the application of slag.

Stephen Tupta shows his dad, John, how the trap range mowing should be done.

Mike Haritan says the reason he changes his shirt for work par-ties is so people don’t think we keep using the same picture every month.

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CMP 2009 National Trophy Rifle Matches

In the Springfield M1A match, besides 2nd place civilian winner Fritz Hemplemann, other DMSC shooters were Allan Jaworski, Ted Hildabrand, and Pete Cassini. Other results follow below.

SHOOTER SCORE RANK MEDAL JUNIOR RANK

M1 CARBINE (571 Shooters)

Chuck Augenstein 349 55 Silver

Gary Scherer 349 61 Silver

Bruce Ungar 342 99 Silver

Stephen Tupta 340 123 Silver 1

John Tupta 335 156 Bronze

Bill Frantz, Jr. 333 186 Bronze

Also shooting: Jim Madar, Brenden Croup (Junior 26)

VINTAGE MILITARY RIFLE (400 Shooters)

Chuck Augenstein 279 21 Gold

Jim Madar 274 50 Silver

Bill Frantz, Jr. 261 150

SPRINGFIELD RIFLE (775 Shooters)

Stephen Tupta 275 159 Silver 5

Bruce Ungar 272 205 Silver

Ted Hildabrand 271 219 Silver

Gary Scherer 258 409 Bronze

Bill Frantz, Jr. 253 468 Bronze

Also shooting: John Tupta, Matt Gillenberger (Junior 12),

Pete Cassini, Shawn Tupta

GARAND TROPHY, AS-ISSUED (1200 Shooters)

Jim Madar 278 112 Gold

Bruce Ungar 277 136 Gold

Chuck Augenstein 275 166 Silver

Gary Scherer 270 285 Silver

Stephen Tupta 266 399 Bronze 9

Also shooting: John Tupta, Matt Gillenberger (Junior 30),

Pete Cassini, Shawn Tupta

USMC Jr Highpower Clinic EIC (123 Shooters)

Matt Gillenberger 473 1

Special congratulations to our junior shooters, including Stephen Tupta, whose general population medal scores translated to first, fifth, and ninth place junior rankings, and Matt Gillenberger, who pulled down first place in the

EIC qualifying match.

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HIGH POWER RIFLE LEAGUE MATCH July 11, 2009

MATCH NO. 4 200 YARDS

Notes: Greetings to All ! Another fine day to enjoy the shooting sports, delivered eleven shoot-ers (one did not record scores) who lavished in 73 degree weather during this fourth match of the League Year. Top honors went to Allan Jaworski with a superb 481-9x; great shooting as always, Allan. Welcome back to Frank Shuster! It is always good to have a fine shooter such as Frank on the line again. Improvements have been noted by many of the shooters; there is no substitute for practice. Our next match will be held on the first Saturday of August (Aug, 1, 2009) All are welcome! Reported by John Tupta

NAME CLASS OFF-HAND RAPID – RAPID- SLOW- TOTAL

MASTER

C. AUGEN-STEIN

94-1X 94-3X 84-1X 153-1X 425-6X

B. UNGAR 90-3X 88 72 190-2X 440-5X

EXPERT

A. JAWOR- 95-2X 98-2X 94-2X 194-3X 481-9X

F.SHUSTER 89-2X 89 92-1X 155 425-3X

S-SHOOTER

J. TUPTA 86 93-1X 94-1X 173-3X 446-5X

S. TUPTA 84 92-1X 93 187-5X 456-6X

MARKSMAN

G. SCHERER 87-1X 91-1X 86-2X 161 425-4X

MASTER

M. BURNES 82 84 90 171-1X 427-1X

D. CAMP- 84-1X 71-1X 63 125-1X 343-1X

P. CASSINI 87 86 79 150-1X 402-1X

T. VRABEL 86 92-1X 77 158-1X 413-2X

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HIGH POWER RIFLE LEAGUE MATCH August 1, 2009 MATCH NO. 5

200 YARDS

Notes: This is the year for good weather and good shooting! A sunny, blue sky and comfort-able 74 degrees greeted the nine shooters for this fifth match of the season. (Three shooters chose not to turn in scores) Match high score goes to John Husk with a spectacular 495-21X; excellent shooting John! In the battle of Team Tupta, son Stephen edges out the old man with 2 X’s. While all scores continue to improve, two shooters demonstrated what a tuned gun, quality hand-loaded ammunition, and “Master” shooting skills can accomplish. They are of course Miles Ford and John Husk. In the slow-fire prone stage, John hit the 10 ring, ten times, and the X ring, ten times; Miles hit the 10 ring, nine times, and the X ring, ten times. Shooting at 200 yards on the MR-52 target (a reduction of the MR-1 target to simulate the 600 yard stage of the National Match Course at 200 yards), the 10 ring’s diameter is 3.79 inches and the X ring’s diameter is 1.79 inches. Miles and John are quite deserving of these brief words of accolade. The next match will be held on Saturday, September 5, 2009. All are welcome!

John Tupta

NAME CLASS OFF-HAND RAPID – SIT-

TING RAPID-PRONE SLOW-PRONE TOTAL

MASTER

M. FORD 85 92-1X 96 199-10X 472-11X

J. HUSK 95 100-7X 100-4X 200-10X 495-21X

EXPERT

S-SHOOTER

J. TUPTA 84 92 96-1X 181-3X 453-4X

S. TUPTA 91-1X 84-1X 95-3X 183-1X 453-6X

MARKSMAN

MASTER UNC

M. BARTHELEMY

57 60 68 128 313

T. VRABEL 86 79 84 148 397

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CMP Sanctioned Carbine Match

July 19, 2009

Name Prone Rapid Fire

Prone

Rapid Fire

Sitting Offhand Total

Allan Jaworski 90-1x 95-1x 89 91 365-2x

Mark Kern 89-2x 88 83-1x 69-1x 329-4x

Jim Madar 86 80 79 80 325

Jim Maimone 55 75 84-1x 76 290-1x

John Tupta 80 73 76-2x 67 296-2x

Stephen Tupta 91-2x 84 84 73 332-2x

Bruce Ungar 85 37 84 87 293

Bruce Long 93-1x 84 85-1x 69 331-2x

William Frantz 85-1x 80 84 88-1x 337-2x

Chuck Augen-stein

94 92-2x 84 91-1x 361-3x

Gary Scherer 90 91-1x 84 75 340-1x

Robert Ferencz

87 64 82 91-1x 324-1x

Matt Gillenberger

81-1x 73 90 69 313-1x

Brenden Croup 52 82 79 77 290

Shawn Tupta 82 46 14 62 204

Mike Ligman 77 69 42 56 244

Tami Jaworski 13 44 30 33 120

The 2nd Annual Carbine Match at Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsman’s Club was held on an ab-solutely beautiful day. Temperature was a very comfortable 78 degrees under a blue sky. Seventeen shooters stood on the line, which almost doubled the number of participants from last year. Top Score for the match was Allan Jaworski with a 365-2x. Welcome to new shooter Robert Ferencz, who is one of our neighbors from the East Monongahela Club. At the National Matches or in a Sanctioned Match the following scores qualify for an award: Gold 351 and above; Silver 338-350; Bronze 322-337. Each year the awards are based upon scores from the previous year’s National Matches. A great time was had by all in attendance.

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Front Row (l to r): Bruce, Stephen Tupta, Gary Scherer, John Tupta, Chuck, Jim Maimone, Mark Kern, Mike Ligman. Back Row (l to r): Shawn Tupta, Matt Gillenberger, Brenden Croup, Allan Jaworski, Tami Jaworski. William Franz, Bob Ferencz, Jim Madar.

Front Row (l to r): John Tupta, Stephen Tupta, Gary Scherer, Dan Campbell, Marc Burns Back Row (l to r): Allan Jaworski, Chuck Augenstein, Tim Vrable, Pete Cassini, Frank Shuster, Bruce Ungar

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Name Slow Fire Prone Rapid Fire Prone Offhand Total

Chuck Augenstein 95-1x 90-1x 86-1x 271-3x

Dave Burd 93-1x 87-1x 78-1x 258-3x

Marc Burnes 87 92-1x 77 256-1x

Pete Cassini 81 73 64 218

Paul Curry 74 80 68 222

Matt Gillenberger 82 70 69 221

Ted Hilda-brand 78 78 77-1x 233-1x

Brian Jacobs 82 85-3x 62 229-3x

Will Kern 76 87 58 221

Mark Kern 80 85-1x 67 232-1x

Mike Ligman 88 80 56-1x 224-1x

Jim Madar 97-2x 93-1x 86-1x 276-4x

Gary Scherer (1st)

90-2x 16 85-1x 191-2x

Gary Scherer (2nd) 90-2x 91 79 260-2x

John Tupta 90-2x 84 79-1x 253-3x

Shawn Tupta 92-1x 76 71 239-1x

Stephen Tupta 95-2x 93-2x 65 253-4x

Bruce Ungar 90 96-3x 86 272-3x

Dave Willard 92 91-1x 85-1x 263-2x

Ken Zupkow (1st) 75 65 83-1x 223-1x

Ken Zupkow (2nd) 85 77 70-1x 232-1x

CMP M1 Garand 200 yard Match

July 26, 2009

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CMP Springfield/Vintage 200 yd. Match

July 26, 2009

Name Rifle Slow Fire

Prone

Rapid Fire

Prone Offhand Total

Chuck Augenstein

K-31 93-1x 77-1x 86 256-2x

Dave Burd 03A3 89-1x 88-2x 73 250-3x

Pete Cassini 03A3 95-1x 86-1x 66 247-2x

Paul Curry Mosin 91-30 52 70 50 172

Matt Gillen-berger

03A3 93-2x 73 64-1x 230-3x

Ted Hildabrand

03A3 92-2x 86 78-1x 256-3x

Mark Kern 03A3 90 78 63 231

Will Kern 03 80 58 69 207

Mike Ligman 03A3 81 80 74 235

Jim Madar (1st)

96 Mauser 97-3x 98-2x 90 285-5x

Jim Madar (2nd )

K-31 98-1x 93 92-1x 283-2x

Gary Scherer (1st)

03A3 89 83 79 251

Gary Scherer (2nd )

03A3 95-3x 84-1x 78 257-4x

John Tupta 03A3 82-1x 81 63 226-1x

Shawn Tupta 03 74 71 58 203

Stephen Tupta

03 94 90 75 259

Bruce Ungar 03A3 97-1x 83 84 264-1x

Dave Willard 03 95-3x 97-1x 83-1x 275-5x

This 200 yard CMP Springfield/Vintage Match also enjoyed the same weather as the M1 Ga-rand Match with sixteen shooters on the firing line. The course of fire was thirty rounds plus sighters (ten rounds per stage). This match aligns with the upcoming National Matches to be held at Camp Perry on August 7, 2009. Top score for the match was Jim Madar with a 285-5x. The Springfield Match allows the use of either the 1903 or 1903A3 rifles. Springfield Match achievement award cut-scores for 2009 are: Gold 276+ , Silver 269-275, Bronze 258-268. The Vintage Match allows the use of the following rifles: the U. S. Model 1917 or U. S. Krag or a manually-operated, as-issued foreign military rifle. Vintage achievement award cut-scores for 2009 are: Gold 276+ , Silver 267-275, Bronze 254-266. All of the cut-scores are determined from results of the previous year scores at the National Matches. The big question is: “Will Jim Madar take his Schmidt-Rubin or his Swedish Mauser to Camp Perry this year?”.

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DORMONT-MT. LEBANON SPORTSMEN’S CLUB

STATEMENT OF CASH RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS

Through June 2009 CASH BALANCE-BEGINNING 1/1/09

CHECKING 16646.67 SAVINGS 50828.95 DREYFUS INVEST FUND 32098.67 CERT OF DEPOSIT 60238.59 159812.88

ADD CASH RECEIPTS

CMP 1278.00 DUES 36122.00 GATE CARD FEE 800.00 INTEREST INC 449.93 INVESTMENT INC 1629.79 MEETINGS 163.43 OTHER INC/GRANTS 3010.00 VENDING MACHINE 351.50 PISTOL PROG 986.80 RENTAL PROP 3150.00 RIFLE PROG 516.00 SHOTGUN PROG 310.00 SIGHT-IN /HUNT SAF 49217.45

TOTAL CASH RECIPTS AND ASSETS 209030.33 SUBTRACT CASH DISBURSEMENTS

ADMINISTRATIVE 1740.91 ARCHERY PROG 35.70 CAPITAL IMPROV 20415.62 CMP EXP DONATIONS 300.00 DUES PAID OUT 160.00 INSURANCE 1152.26 MAINTENANCE 4164.51 MEETING EXP 533.25 MEMB EXP& DEP RET 140.00 PISTOL PROGRAM EXP 465.92 RIFLE & BP PROG EXP 188.56 SHOTGUN PROG EXP SPORTMEN’S NOTES 330.00 SUPPLIES 729.46 TAXES 1470.11 UTILITIES 3910.74 35737.04

CASH BALANCE-ENDING 06/30/09

CHECKING 25129.45 SAVINGS 54196.79 DREYFUS INVEST FUND 32500.91 CERT OF DEPOSIT 61466.14 173293.29

TOTAL CASH& DISBURSEMENTS 209030.33

Ellsworth F. Vines Treasurer, DMSC

CMP JUNIOR RIFLE PROGRAM TO RESUME IN SEPTEMBER

It’s not too early to plan for participation in the Junior Rifle Program—it’s less than a month away. The Junior Rifle Program is scheduled to resume on September 15th. This program starts with a 6 week instructional program emphasizing safety and marksmanship basics for new shooters. Some main points of the program: √√√√ The focus is on juniors (age 12 and older)---(parents can take the class w/ their child) √√√√ Rifles are .22 caliber target rifles which are sized for youth through adult √√√√ Adult shooters wishing to improve skills can also participate √√√√ You don’t have to be a club member √√√√ Additional coaching and practice is available every Tuesday through March after the 6 week program √√√√ NRA Certified Instructors lead the program √√√√ A charge of $10 for the 6 week program in-cludes instruction book, ammo and all needed equipment Call Miles Ford (412-833-0813) or Chuck Augenstein (724-941-9538) for details and to sign up. Other instructors include Dave Willard and Alan Jaworski.

It’s obvious Ted Hildabrand’s 3-D targets can’t read. And the bull elk seems to be anti-social.

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FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION FAMILY FISHIING PROGRAM. Here’s some family fun over the Labor Day weekendThe Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and the Army Corp of Engineers will host a Family Fishing Program at their Tionesta Lake Visitor Center on Sunday September 6th from 9am-noon. Families must be pre-registered and should arrive promptly at 9am. Pre-registration is required by calling the visitor center at 814-755-3512. The program teaches participants how to be S.M.A.R.T. anglers; how to rig a fishing rod with bait; knot tying; rules and regu-lations; casting practice; and hands-on fishing. Participants are NOT required to have a fish-ing license to fish during the program. How-ever, anyone 16-years-old or older must have a valid PA Fishing License to fish at all other times. All equipment and handout materials will be supplied. Other recommended items to bring are sunscreen, water, bug spray, rain gear, snacks, AND a camera to take pictures of your fish.

DONEGAL LAKE BIOLOGIST REPORT. Donegal Lake is a 90 acre impoundment lo-cated just off the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Donegal Township, Westmoreland County. In May, the PGC electro-fished it at night. Here’s an overview of the population by species, number, and size. Largemouth bass: 129, 3-20 in., 47% over 12 inches White crappie: 357, 2-16 in., 5% over 9 inches Black crappie: 27, 2-13 in, 59% over 9 inches Bluegill: 389. 2-7 in.. 12% over 7 inches in. Muskellunge: 1, 43 in. Saugeye: 1, 23 in. Rainbow trout :15, Not measured

GAME COMMISSION NEW RULES FOR MENTORED YOUTH HUNTING PROGRAM. The PGC encouraged experienced hunters, who have historically helped pass along the state’s rich hunting heri-tage, to consider introducing youths to hunting through the Mentored Youth Hunting Program (MYHP). Under the program, a mentor is de-fined as a properly licensed individual at least 21 years of age, who will serve as a guide to a youth while engaged in hunting or related ac-tivities, such as scouting, learning firearms or hunter safety and wildlife identification. A mentored youth is identified as an unlicensed individual less than 12 years of age who is ac-companied by a mentor while engaged in hunting or related activities. New this year is the requirement that all men-tored youth obtain a permit through the Game Commission’s new Pennsylvania Automated License System (PALS), which costs $2.70. Of that fee, one dollar goes to the Game Commission, one dollar goes to the is-suing agent who processes the permit applica-tion, and 70 cents goes to the company man-aging PALS. For more information on the program, visit the Game Commission’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) and click on “Mentored Youth FAQs” in “Quick Clicks” box in the upper right corner of the homepage. CROSSBOW MEETING. The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners will hold a special meeting at noon on Sept. 3, in the auditorium of the agency’s Harrisburg head-quarters at 2001 Elmerton Ave., just off the Progress Avenue exit of Interstate 81 in Harris-burg. The sole agenda item for the meeting will be to give final consideration to a proposal given preliminary approval at its July 9 meet-ing to place restrictions on crossbow use for the 2009-10 seasons.

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