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10/17/2017 Print Subject: LSA October Newsletter From: Leominster Sportsmen Association ([email protected]) To: [email protected]; Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 3:57 PM Leominster Sportsmen's Assoc. October Newsletter 2017 Next Club Meetting 2017 Hunting and Fishing Regulations Our next club meeting will be held at Camp Bartlett on Visit our Website Wednesday October 25th, 2017 President Arthur O’Leary will call the meeting to order at 7:30 pm. Attendance prize GOAL for this meeting will be $150.00. Membership 2017 Mass Abstracts Plate Rack locks have changed! Club Events Calendar 2017 The locks to the plate racks on the upper January rifle range have been changed for the 1 Redeye Shoot new year. What is new this year, is that 1 11 Board of Directors Meeting key, will open both plate racks. Cost is 15 {Planning Comm} still $50 for the year. So you’ll get use of 22 stock fish (postponed) both plate racks this year for $50. That’s 25 General Meeting $4.17 per month to use them as much as 29 Ice Derby(postponed) you want. See Dave Kistler on Sunday mornings or contact him February at [email protected] to get your 8 Board of Directors Meeting key. Locks will change again on October 16 Kid's Trap 31, 2017. Members who don’t want to 18 {Duke pistol class} purchase a key can still use them on about:blank 1/14 10/17/2017 Print 19 stock fish Sunday mornings for $5.00. Pay the on 22 General Meeting duty RSO to unlock them. Non-members 29 Ice Derby(postponed) may use them on Sunday mornings for $10.00. March 1 {Venturer's Pistol} 8 Board of Directors Meeting 11 {Ralph pistol class} {Concord Scouts} 12 {Planning Committee} 22 General Meeting Club Directors 25 {Duke Pistol President Art Oleary April [email protected] 1 {Kid's skeet at Minuteman} 978-537-2642 9 Patriot's Day Rifle&Pistol Match 12 Board of Directors Meeting First Vice President 15 {Ralph Pistol} Mark Burnett 16 Stock Fish 22 GENERAL CLEANUP Second Vice President 23 Fish Derby David Kistler 26 General Meeting [email protected] 29-30 Mountainman Woodswalk 978-537-9286 30 Kid's Fish Derby Treasurer May James Padavano xx Wood splitting [email protected] 10 Board of Directors Meeting 978-537-8222 13 Trap and Skeet Range Cleanup 24 General Meeting Secretary Roger LaFleur June [email protected] 4 Steak & Clays; D-Day Rifle& Pistol 978-868-0975 11 {Steak&Clay Rain date} 14 Board of Directors Meeting 28 General Meeting Clubhouse Gun Shop July 12 Board of Directors Meeting 26 General Meeting Shop News And InfoShop Hours: August Saturday Afternoon 2 to 4 and Sunday 9 Board of Directors Meeting morning from 9 to Noon. 19-20 BlackPowder Shoot and Campout 23 General Meeting Monday and Thursday evenings from 6 21,23,26,28,Hunter Safety to 8. xx {Candidate night @ club meeting in even election years} ON SALE! September 10 Freedom Shoot (Rifle & Pistol match) 10 Chicken BBQ 13 Board of Directors Meeting This Weeks Specials 17 {Big MOE in Sturbridge-fyi} 24 NRA Day 27 General Meeting CCI #0035 .22 STANDARD VELOCITY xx-xx Mountainman Woodswalk pistol ammo arrived August 17th! October Ruger Mk IV "Competition" pistol arrived. 1 3rd Claude Vezina Memorial Toys-for- Need One? Tots shoot 11 Board of Directors Meeting about:blank 2/14 10/17/2017 Print 22 Women on Target Just Arrived... 2018 Remington Wildlife 25 General Meeting Calendars November Anyone interested in a DIRT CHEAP deer {xx Magic Mountain road race} rifle, stop in and ask us... 8 Board of Directors Meeting 22 General Meeting WANTED! Bolt Action Military Rifles. December MUST BE Original and Complete and in {rifle matches start} at least very good condition. If you have one you want to to turn into December CASH..come in and see if we can make a 13 Board of Directors Meeting deal. 27 General Meeting Charter Arms Stainless .22 Target Revolver $410.00 Remington Model 870 Express, 12 Ga. 3", 26" Barrel, Wood Stock. $390.00 Come join us for the best breakfast in Mossberg Model 505 youth shotgun. .410 town at LSA on Sunday mornings. Gauge pump. 20" modified barrel These girls are the best. $347.24 Remington 870 Super Magnum 12 Ga. 3 1/2" "Duck Blind" Camo $575.00 New Pistols: Ruger Model SR22, .22 caliber auto pistol, Silver Slide. $370.00 SigSauer Model P938 compact auto pistol, 9mm Para, 3" barrel. $707.00 SigSauer Model P320, 9mm, $606.59 We have a simple "lay-away" plan. If we don't have what you're looking for, let us know and we can order it for you.. We have some By Law changes to be voted on at the next meeting. Here are the changes. Leominster Sportsmen’s Association By- Laws Change Recommendations Ongoing and annual financial analysis is showing a continuing decline in membership dues revenue for the Ruger Mark IV Competition 620.00 Leominster Sportsmen’s Association, coupled with a steady increase in costs associated with Tax liabilities, utility costs and overall labor costs for the day to day operation of the association. In addition to the reduction in dues income and the increase in costs for operation of Leominster Sportsmen’s Association, we about:blank 3/14 10/17/2017 Print also face a potential reduction in income from our radio tower. Analysis of the reduced dues income indicate two areas of concern: 1. “Life Membership” a. The current By- Laws grants those member that have achieved 10 years of uninterrupted membership and are 70 years of age or older, automatic “Life Membership”. This age determination was made in 1974, when the average life span in Sig Sauer P938 9mm $707.00 Massachusetts was approximately 69. The average life span in Massachusetts today is close to 81 years of age and it is expected to increase at an accelerated rate due to scientific advancement. b. As a result of this policy half of our Remington 870 Express Super membership today, enjoys this Magnum 12 Gauge 3 1/2 $575.00 Association benefit. c. The remaining half of membership that pay dues are split into regular (full dues), Senior, Junior and Youth (reduced rate). d. In essence, less than one third (1/3) of membership currently pay $65 per year, the cheapest membership in the area. e. In addition to the afore mentioned dues situation, Leominster Sportsmen’s Association is drawing less young and middle-aged members into the Association. We are actively addressing this through family events and youth programs, but we are trying to counteract Ruger LC9 Compact 9mm $397.38 a cultural change in our society. 2. Dues a. The intent, based on the structure of the By-Laws, is to allow the elected leadership, your Board of Directors, to do the financial analysis and determine dues requirements in order to keep the Association healthy. b. Current process requires membership vote and Board of Director approval to determine rates. Recommended Changes to the By- Laws 3. “Life Membership” a. Eliminate future “Life Membership” in order to address this component of the dues. Existing Life Sig Sauer P320 9mm $606.59 Members shall maintain their status. 4. Dues a. Dues shall be reviewed annually by the Board of Directors and reset as appropriate. about:blank 4/14 10/17/2017 Print Charter Arms .22 Target Revolver $410.00 Keep a hunng log this archery season Good luck today on the opening day of archery deer season! Massachusetts hunters like you spend many hours in the woods observing wildlife of all varieties. These observations can provide wildlife biologists with a tremendous amount of information to better understand wildlife distribution and abundance across the Ruger SR22 Silver Slide $370.00 Commonwealth. MassWildlife is asking bowhunters to volunteer to complete daily hunting logs during this archery deer season. Find the 2017 Archery Deer Season Hunting Log at the link below. Please print it out and keep this log handy so you can record your hunting efforts this season. Remington Model 770 with 3x9 scope *MassWildlife is also asking game bird 30.06 $335.00 hunters to complete daily hunting logs while hunting pheasant, bobwhite quail, woodcock, and grouse. If you are also a game bird hunter, please consider volunteering for this effort as well. Hunters who complete either the game bird or archery deer hunting logs Russian Mosin-Nagant before DECEMBER 20, 2017 will be 7.62x54R $320.00 entered in a drawing to win a blaze orange MassWildlife cap or a Massachusetts Wildlife 1-year magazine subscription. 125 winners will be randomly selected to receive hats and 25 winners will be randomly selected to SKS Military Rifle 7.62x39 $455.00 receive magazine subscriptions. Prizes will be mailed to the address provided by the hunter on the completed hunting log. 2017 Archery Deer Hunting Season Log: Bowhunters in U.S, 1903 Springfield 30-06 $1250.00 Massachusetts keep a daily log of their hunting activities and about:blank 5/14 10/17/2017 Print observations of wildlife during the archery deer season (Oct. 16 - Nov. 25, 2017). Because archery hunters are usually very stealthy and camouflaged, they are US Model 1898 Krag .30-40 1200.00 uniquely suited to track valuable observations of wildlife including deer, wild turkey, black bear, and other species not commonly observed. 2017 Game Bird Hunting Season Log: Game bird hunters in Massachusetts keep a daily log of their hunting activities and Ruger Precision Rifle 1170.00 observations of game birds while hunting bobwhite quail, pheasant, woodcock, and grouse (Oct.