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$10,000 Raised

11/15/2022

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A THANK YOU to everybody from MOSGC President Chuck Manning--
(and pictures are posted on the "Turkey Shoot" webpage)
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FFA and Youth Shooting at Old Skagit

11/7/2022

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Throughout the year Old Skagit supports youth shooters by subsidizing their shooting expense through reduced trap fees.  And in October and November trapshooting teams from FFA District 1 meet at the club to practice their skills, readying themselves for the Region 1 Trapshooting Competiton held in November.
A message from Moose Old Skagit Gun Club President:
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As you gaze around our world today, it’s difficult to find a lot of things that make you smile; however, our club on a fall Tuesday afternoon can cure that.  Our new expanded parking lot has been overflowing with the cars of family members cheering for their children’s shooting participation.  For well over 20 years, we’ve subsidized the expense of shooting for those 18 years old & younger & wow is all I can say. 

Do you know that not one young person has suffered from a concussion or sprung wrist while competing at our club unlike local football programs?

Look at the south wall of our warehouse which displays the signage of local companies supporting young people.  You can say that a few people do all the work, not at our place with over a dozen adults (pictured below) volunteering to score & coordinate activities on brisk fall evenings.

Every year we have to raise $5000.00 to provide half price targets for young shooters & like everything else that number increases with higher target cost & the greater number of kids participating.  There is no place where young people can compete with adults on a level playing field like trap shooting.  This results in a great & rare opportunity to mentor these young adults.  Us with grey hair complain about the youth of our day but here’s a chance to pass on the values & wisdom of our years.

I’ve never run into one of these high schoolers that didn’t like to shoot & become more proficient, here’s where we can be the old dog showing a pup how it’s done.  I have to afford some caution as it’s a little humbling when the student whips the coach but I’ve seen nothing bolster confidence & self-esteem like this.
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We take no tax payer dollars for our programs; it’s all private donations or from the profits derived from our operation.

With a dozen public & private schools now competing for top honors in our region, it’s heartwarming to see the success & growth resulting from our club efforts & those that believe in what we do.

I value our relationship.
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Sincerely,
Chuck

Volunteers for FFA Shooting and Competition
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l to r: Don Kesselring, Criege Scribner, Ron Martin, Don Alvis, Gary Mood, Heather Jackson, Eric Thompson, Debbie Kelley, Kerry Dodson, Caron Grasso, Steve Jungquist (not pictured--Bill Harmon & Don McMoran)
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Fall Happenings

11/1/2022

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Lots of activities happening this fall at the club--
  • Winter Handicap Series and PITA Multiplex on the first Saturday of the month
  • FFA Trap Team practices and Regional Competition in November
  • PITA shoots in October & December
  • "Toys for Tots" Fundraiser in November
And this is in addition to the regular practices on Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday.
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"Meals on Wheels" Check Presentation

5/6/2022

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Last evening Jack Kennedy, Treasurer for the Gun Club, was pleased to present the check for $7000 raised during last month's turkey shoot to "Meals on Wheels".
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"Thank You" for Turkey Shoot Fundraiser from Chuck Manning

4/13/2022

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"Meals on Wheels"

4/10/2022

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The "Meals on Wheels" Turkey Shoot Fundraiser was once again a success due to all of you who participated in shooting and to those of you who helped out.  A preliminary total of approximately $7000 was raised in support of this community organization.
Also, congratulations to Don Reimers and Chuck Manning for winning the "Pig Shoot".  (No pigs but many clay targets were shot to determine the winners.)  Enjoy the good eating from your meat prize-package gentlemen!
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Winter Handicap Series Ends

3/9/2022

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Last Saturday was the final Winter Handicap Series Shoot for the 2021-2022 season.  Thank you to everybody that participated and helped to make it a success.  Throughout the series, which ran from October through March, there were a total of 38 different shooters--with five different winners for each month's HOA honors.  The Thompson Family had a strong showing with Eric, Colton, and Roland all winning at least one HOA.  Al Burgy and Heather Jackson also were HOA winners during the series.  At the series conclusion on Saturday, when all of the scores were computed for a shooters' high five, Kerry Dodson was the HOA winner for the series with 435/500.  And during the "Champion of Champions" shoot off between the top scoring shooters, Kerry and Bob Mock battled each other through two extra rounds to get a winner with Bob taking the championship.  Congratulations to all of the series winners and monthly winners!
(For a full list of shooters and scores see the "Winter Handicap Series" webpage.)
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Kerry Dodson Series HOA
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Bob Mock "Champion of Champions"
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Congratulations to Colton Thompson

2/19/2022

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Several shooters from Old Skagit recently competed in the Amateur Trap Shooting Association Spring Grand held at Tucson Gun Club in Arizona.  Among them were Mike King, Debbie Kelley, Dustin Rindal, and The Family Thompson.  Colton Thompson, one of our youth shooters, had a very successful trip (shooting his Kolar) and winning Junior in the Singles Championship.  Colton shot a 198/200 and won in a shoot off with 99/100 to take the ATA Spring Grand Singles Champion.  Quite an achievement!
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Colton is congratulated by a proud father.

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Colton with Jeff Maitland, owner of Kolar Guns.

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Thank You

12/23/2021

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As some of you may know, the Farm and Family Missions Church has been meeting at the club during the week.  In return they have been helping out around the club and have been providing score keepers at our PITA shoots.  They surprised us the other day with an early Christmas present of a new smart television.  It has been mounted on the wall and many have been enjoying the programing that is now available to us.  Thank you to their members for all of their help and generosity!
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Toys for Tots Presentation

12/2/2021

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Toys and money raised at our Turkey Shoot were presented this evening.  The toys will be taken to the Skagit Valley Herald and distributed by them to the appropriate families.  The check for $8350 went to the local Marine Corp. League who will distribute the funds to local organizations with needy families.  (Due to COVID "Toys for Tots" was not officially operational again this year.)
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Toys for Tots Fundraiser--Thanks to Everybody from Chuck Manning, Gun Club President

11/20/2021

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​Mother Nature clearly got the memo about our Toys for Tots Fundraiser Shoot last Saturday and withheld her rain.  It was great to see that our biggest problem was a packed to overcapacity parking lot.  It would have been hard to squeeze more fun out of this day because we had absolutely everything running to the maximum capacity and it worked smoothly.
According to our Chief Statistician (Jack Kennedy), the Moose Lodge kitchen team served close to 100 meals.  We had no left overs and a bulging donation bucket for appreciation of their culinary talents.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Johnson from Anacortes added to our efforts when they contributed 2 raffle baskets.  They made a great team collecting donations to enhance our check amount to Toys for Tots, hope they are regulars at our events.  Mrs. Johnson did another overwhelming job collecting funds for the cause throughout Anacortes.
We had a wonderful contingent from Dist. 9 of the Free and Accepted Masons of Washington.  These guys showed up with gifts, donations, shot several events and participated in running the games, what a blessing they were. 
Farm and Family Mission Church had volunteer staff to keep score, run the games and do some shooting, very much appreciated.
Our Famous Pig Shoot was a disaster with top honors going to our Brendon Toyama for the second time in a row, who was partnered with Granite Falls refugee, Don Reamers.  This is a really exciting event, congratulations you two, just be here next time so we can get another whack at ya.
Companies in our area were very gratuitous and those include Reisner Distributor, Welch Brothers, Quantum Construction, SRV Construction and others.
This year’s check to Toys for Tots will be $8350.00, which is the greatest amount we’ve ever done, there’s a huge pile of toys to go with that check as well.
I’ve said all these nice things about groups that come out and contribute to this cause, but it’s the Gun Club that provides the facility and frame work for all this.  Moose Old Skagit Gun Club, good for you, great job and I hope you’re all proud of what you accomplished.
 
Sincerely, Chuck Manning
President
Moose Old Skagit Gun Club LLC

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Fall

11/18/2021

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What a wet few weeks we have had.  Hope that everybody is safe and all of your homes are without damage.  After the time we have all had with the upheaval to our lives by COVID and now many of us find ourselves dealing with the after effects of this heavy weather.  Enough!

Many events have transpired at the Gun Club since my last post and  I apologize for not keeping the "News" up to date.  What follows is just a short synopsis of the last few months:
  • Nora Ross held another very successful and highly praised clinic at the club in August and will be back again in the future.  For those of you who have not had the chance to experience one of her clinics they are highly recommended.  Ask around the club and you will find someone who has already taken advantage of her knowledge to give you an overview of what you might expect.
  • In September the PITA Shooter Appreciation Shoot was held.  Attendance was down this year but everybody enjoyed the shoot--and particularly the salmon barbeque.  On the Sunday after was the Buddy Backer.  This event is always fun and a challenge.  Get ready to find yourself another shooter to "Buddy" with for next year.
  • October is always the start of the Winter Handicap Series.  This club shoot is a good way to get started in some friendly competition and to meet new shooters from different clubs.  The format is for two events of 50 targets each--and you can shoot one or both events.  It continues on the first Saturday of the month (except January) through March.
  • October and November are also the months that the FFA trap teams meet at Old Skagit to practice and compete for the Top Regional Team and Individual Titles.  This event could not take place without lots of planning and effort from club volunteers.
  • November is the month for one of our Turkey Shoots.  Every year our shooters, both experienced and new to trap shooting, come out to have some fun, eat some good food, and raise money and accept toys to benefit this holiday "Toys for Tots" tradition.  (More information will be posted soon on the outcome of the fundraising.)

I know that many other things have been happening and if I have missed anything that should be highlighted please contact me by email at oldskagit@yahoo.com.  Sherry
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PITA Grand Pacific

8/9/2021

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Several of our Old Skagit shooters (and club shareholders) attended the Grand Pacific.  All reported having a fun time and a few came home with trophies.  For those of you who aren't familiar with this event it is held annually (except for COVID in 2020) and draws PITA shooters from all across the western states and Canada.  Two of our juniors competed and brought home trophies and scholarship money from the PITA YES program.  Roland Thompson took the sub-junior class in the doubles championship and Colton Thompson won his shoot-off to take B class runner-up in the singles championship.  Chuck Manning and Wayne Ottem also won in the doubles championship with Chuck taking veteran and Wayne B class.  David Lang won B class in the Northwest Shot singles and also took elder in the Stanfill Homes handicap.  (David is a shareholder in MOSGC and used to shoot more often at the gun club prior to his move to the east side of the state.)  In addition, Old Skagit Lady shooter Debbie Kelly also made the PITA All-Star Team.  (See our "PITA Events Results" webpage for scores and more pictures.)

Congratulations to all the winners and participants. 
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All-Star Team
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Washington State PITA All Star & High Average Teams

7/16/2021

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Old Skagit shooters also did very well over all in the 2020 PITA shooting year.  (Even with the craziness of the COVID epidemic.)  Debbie Kelly earned her way onto the All Star Ladies Team for PITA* while shooting the most targets of any lady from the State of Washington.  Shooters who earned the Washington State PITA High Average Teams* were Debbie Kelly in Ladies Team Singles, Handicap, and Doubles, and Barbara Carlson Ladies Team Handicap; and Michael King for Veterans Team Singles and Charles Manning for Veterans Team Doubles.
*PITA All Star Team members are selected from all PITA members based on a set criteria which include an individual's scores shot at various PITA shoots throughout the target year.  State High Average Teams are selected from PITA members registered in that state.
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Ladies High Average Team--Jennifer Klingele, Debbie Kelly & Barbara Carlson
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Washington State PITA Shoot

7/15/2021

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Old Skagit Gun Club was well represented in Olympia at Evergreen Sportsman's Club for the State Shoot on July 7 through 11.  Several of our shooters did very well and brought home lots of trophies to show for their efforts.  All events (except for one doubles event) had in excess of 100 shooters participating!
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High Over All Winners (L to R)--Dustin Rindal D Class, Eric Thompson C Class, Debbie Kelly Lady, Jack Kennedy B Class, Roland Thompson Sub Junior.  Dustin Rindal and Eric Thompson were also High All Around in their respective classes.  And Jack Kennedy shot 100 straight for a perfect score in one of the singles events.

See the "PITA Events--PITA Shoot Results" webpage for additional pictures and the event-by-event scores for Old Skagit shooters.  
Pictures and information courtesy of Debbie Kelly.
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