The Sportsman Newsletter Official publication of the Wildlife Committee of Washington Volume 15 Issue 08 1031 – 228th SW, Bothell, WA 98021 tel:(425)481-8686 August 2015 http://www.wcwinc.org

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS PRESIDENT Gary Webster (206)963-6065 President’s Message [email protected]

VICE PRESIDENT Welcome to all WCW members and their we could not endeavor and prosper as we have. Ken DeLeone (425)745-1449 [email protected] associates. It has been a wonderful summer filled with many club events. Several events As summer is ending we will be entering the 2nd VICE PRESIDENT have been tradition for many years. The PITA hunter sight in season. Try to help whenever Joseph Rinaldi (206)423-0553 Shoot, which was a great success. The PVA possible. If you have skills check with the range TREASURER Shoot in which Kenmore raised hundreds of masters and let them know you can help. Your Tami Gramer(206)354-3978 [email protected] dollars for the Northwest Chapter of Para- efforts will be greatly appreciated by all. Many lyzed Veterans. (This event was started at have helped in the past and we all thank you. If CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Darian Carpenter (425)213.9053 Kenmore back when Carl Brattian was Presi- possible sight in your own prior the yearly [email protected] dent) It has become wide spread through oth- sight in. This will allow more bays to be open

RECORDING SECRETARY er clubs and the proceeds of the events stay at and greatly speed the process for the public and Daniel Barton (425)821-8731 home for the paralyzed shooter members of in turn reduce the crowds at our range. Thank the Northwest Paralyzed Veterans Chapter. you all for all you do to make WCW a great CHAIRMAN TRUSTEES Michael Wichser (206)856-1190 The final event for the year was a place to have fun while providing a safe place [email protected] once again very successful Ladies Only Shot- to shoot. CHAIRMAN ELECT gun Clinic. Gary Webster Jeff LeMoine (425)231-3166 [email protected] Archery held the annual 3D Shoot which is TRUSTEE (2 yr) always a very popular event with the archery Larry Mallory (425)820-3582 shooters of the Northwest Region. In respect TRUSTEE to archery one of the young Kenmore Shoot- Donations Jim Dinnie (425)821-4028 ers under the coaching of Mike Wichser won Bronze at the World Archery Contest. Con- We receive many donations during the TRUSTEE course of a year …..and we are very David Levinson (206)915-8460 gratulations to Eliana Claps, way to go young [email protected] grateful. While we are not a charity and lady! It has been 23 years since the USA has donations are not charitable contributions PAST PRESIDENT won a medal. This was an outstanding feat. for tax purposes, all donations are put to John Conderman (425)218-0245 [email protected] work improving the facility and its opera- and have held their events as usu- tions. This month we received: COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN al with many accomplishments by individual ARCHERY shooters. One of the newer events being held $155 Donations Jim Thompson(206)799-5712 at Kenmore is a Rim Fire Contest that Kevin Paul Piercey [email protected] Kellog has put together and has become a $125 Donations Michael Ellison RANGE very well attended and fun event. Jack Giuliano (425)483-6487 $40 Donations [email protected] For further info on any of these events contact Robert Best the respective Committee Chair Person. They $25 Donations SHOTGUN Wayne Clapper (253)255-4128 can guide you to sign up for the various Sean Duffett [email protected] events. They are listed in the News Letter. Jason Schatt Attend the various discipline meetings, make Frederick Wilson HUNTER EDUCATION Horacio Delgado (206)762-6262 new friends, learn and participate in new dis- [email protected] ciplines. Thanks FIREARMS EDUCATION Richard Ripley (206)271-0670 As for the club, we continue to make [email protected] Kenmore the best club in the area in appear- LEGISLATIVE ance, safety and availability. I thank the em- ployees, managers and officers of the WCW YOUTH ARCHERY that contribute to the growth and safety of our Michael Wichser (206)856-1190 club. It is not enough to just thank all of you YOUTH RIFLE for all of your efforts. But believe me your SAFETY IS JOB ONE! Jack Giuliano (425)483-6487 efforts make the club function. With out you [email protected] Page 2 the Sportsman Newsletter August 2015

Quarterly ed. A minimum of 12 volunteers will be Membership Meeting Trustee's Report: needed or the event will be cancelled. Minutes Dave Levinson reported the areas of the This must be approved by the Board of July 8, 2015 club that need to be addressed once the Directors before providing additional budget is approved. information and proceeding further. President Gary Webster called the meet- ing to order at 7:30 PM. All Board mem- Treasurer's Report: Larry Anderson moved to adjourn this bers were present except Tami Gramer Tami Gramer was not present but Gary meeting. 2nd by Pat Webster. Meeting and John Conderman, excused. Webster reported the proposed budget adjourned at 8:55 PM. Submitted by Dan and suggested capital improvements for Barton, Recording Secretary. The Minutes of the previous Board Meet- the coming fiscal year. ing were read. Ken DeLeone moved to accept the Minutes as read. 2nd by Ted Old Business: Hudlow. Passed; The Minutes of the An- The budget for 2015-2016 was present- nual Meeting in April were read. Steve ed by Gary Webster. Ron Lageson Orientation Read moved to accept the Minutes as moved to approve the budget. 2nd by The following new member applicants read. 2nd by Ken DeLeone. Passed. Art Robinson; Passed; Ted Hudlow attended Orientation this month and re- moved to approve the changes to Article ceived their membership cards. Mike Wichser introduced World Bronze 3, Section 1, Section 2 and Section 3 of Archery Champion Eliana Claps who the club bylaws as relating to Junior Brian Ager received several rounds of applause for Membership and presented to the mem- Amir Anessipour her success in winning a 3rd place Bronze bership by Vic Alvarez at the April Marc Bachmeier medal in the finals. WCW presented her 2015 Annual Membership Meeting. 2nd Jeff and Melissa Baker with a dozen roses for her efforts. by Steve Read. Passed. It was noted that Andrew Barnes a Junior member Kevin Benson would be charged Christopher and Leslie Cherry one half of the pro Nathan Corley -rated dues for Manish Das that month for- Gary Demercurio ward. When a Harold Edwards Junior converts Gregory Jones from a Family to a Nigel Keiffer Junior Member- Paul Klindt ship there will be Gregor Kneitz no Initiation fee. Christopher Larabee Amy Lietz New Business: Alex Limoges The new Special Michael Lindsay Use procedure Jeff and Doris Locke was discussed Robert Lowell with no changes at James and Gina Newson this time.Ted Gregory Nierman Hudlow volun- Shawn Parry teered to run the Darren Pyle upcoming club Craig Simpson and Kerstin Klank swap meets begin- Harpal Sira ning in Septem- John and Geri Stukel ber. Ali Rizvi James and Lori Tobin volunteered his Ronald and Collette van Tol talents to redesign Scott Wade and Tessa Dvorak and improve our James and Young White club website. Dan John Woolley Barton suggested Yongguo Zhao and Jinghua Han a WCW club pic- World Bronze Archery Champion Eliana Claps nic in June of Welcome to the club. 2016. All mem- Committee Reports: bers and their families and all employ- Jack Giuliano, Range; Wayne Clapper, ees and their families will be invited. Shotgun and Jeff LeMoine, Archery. Time off for employees will be provid- August 2015 the Sportsman Newsletter Page 3

Board Meeting A discussion was held concerning a day Minutes or a weekend for a Board member semi- July 1, 2015 nar to address ongoing issues that can't be resolved in a regular 2hour Board President Gary Webster called the meet- Meeting. ing to order at 7:30 PM. All Board mem- Service Rifle Clinic bers were present except Dave Levinson, Jeff LeMoine moved to adjourn this Mike Wichser and Tami Gramer, ex- In August at a date to be determined, a meeting. 2nd by Jim Dinnie. Passed. cused, and Larry Mallory. Service Rifle Clinic will be offered at Meeting adjourned at 9:25 PM. Submit- this range. Watch the club calendar for Guests: ted by Dan Barton, Recording Secretary. the date. (Anticipate Saturday, 22 Au- Kevin Kellogg requesting a 100 yard .22 gust.) The cost will be $25 per person rim fire shoot; Jack Giuliano, Range and pre-registration through the range Chairman; John Marler representing office is required. If the turnout is too NRA Instructor Training Classes and low to run the clinic, money will be re- James White. funded. The Minutes of the previous Board Meet- ing were read. Darian Carpenter moved to The course will be a non-firing class- accept the Minutes. 2nd by John Conder- room session in the Chalet running from man. Passed. 9:00 AM until 7:00 PM. (You can leave Highpower Rifle Match when you need to.) Bring all your gear Committee Reports: The June and July matches were attended including rifle, except no ammo (no am- Jeff LeMoine, Archery; Jack Giuliano, mo allowed in the classroom). Range; Joe Rinaldi, Shotgun. by eight and six shooters, respectively. July was down a hair with vacations in Trustee's Report: full swing. The specific content of the course will be None a refresher on the Basics (what are you June saw Jeff McGee winning Match forgetting?) followed by a clinic on Treasurer's Report: Rifle with a High Master score of 487- tweaking your performance and a check Provided by Gary Webster. Included 13X. Fuzhou Hu won Service Rifle with of your gear for max performance (and were the 2015-2016 Budget proposal and a Master score of 479-11X. Eat your getting your gear through a heavy rain). the cash position as of June 30, 2015. Wheaties, Jeff; Fuzhou is coming! Also In the afternoon you will get into your John Conderman moved that the pro- in attendance were Robert Shuey, Mark gear and we will work on your positions. posed budget be brought to the member- Moran, Milt and Jo Schneider, Mike Paying the fee will entitle you to a later ship at the quarterly meeting. 2nd by Dar- Moen, and Jon Sellar. Jon walked in as a one-on-one live fire session for four ian Carpenter. Passed unanimously. first timer with us and shot an impressive hours with the instructor in the Position Expert score of 450-5X. Bay, #3. Time/date for that is to be ar- Old Business: ranged between the instructor and the John Conderman provided an update on July’s match had six stalwarts turn out in individual attendees. the drainage improvements by Ranges #1 96° weather. With due diligence, we Orin Humphries and # 2. Jeff LeMoine discussed the is- were able to pull off this match with no sues of the archery paths and the im- cases of frost bite. J Jeff McGee took provements needed. Range #4 construc- Match Rifle with a 495-22X and Robert tion plans were tabled. Shuey took Service Rifle with a 456-8X. Also braving the weather were Murray New Business: Hackett, Jack Giuliano, and husband/ Dan Barton moved that Kevin Kellogg wife team Milt and Jo Schneider. will oversee Special Use education and Shotgun hours of operation training for member James White. 2nd by Our next NRA High Power Match is 16 Mon Closed except Holidays Jim Dinnie. Passed; The request for an August. We run a training program Tues 5:00 to9:00pm NRA Training class as requested by John where people who haven’t done this be- Wed Noonto5:00pm Marler was tabled until next meeting. fore can become involved. The matches Thur 5:00 to9:00pm Darian Carpenter moved to approve the are open to non-range members, and the Fri Closed except Holidays Wile E. Coyote Rimfire 100 shoot as re- match fee is $20 for all shooters. Sat 10:00amto5:00pm quested by Kevin Kellogg. 2nd by Joe Orin Humphries Sun 10:00amto5:00pm Rinaldi. Passed; Jim Dinnie moved to approve the purchase of new shooting 1st Mon Members Only 5-9pm mats for the youth shooters, a total not to 3th Mon Members Only 5-9pm exceed $500.00. 2nd by Joe Rinaldi, Passed unanimously. Page 4 the Sportsman Newsletter August 2015

Ron Sanders was second shooting a very Range Committee good for our matches, the 6.5 Creedmore. His score was 93 and Jeff was third with 90 points. Pistol At 200 yards we went back to our normal scoring system. In match one Mark shot The Annual Air Pistol League finished up Benchrest Match Report for July the best individual score of the day with on July 2nd and the range is the excellent result of 100-4X. Praveen packed away until next April. The Apparently global warming has reached was close with 100-3X and in third place league’s winner was Kevin Finke with an the Puget Sound. This July match is prob- was Ted, scoring 99-3X. In factory class outstanding 280/300 match average over ably the hottest day we've ever had for John shot the best factory target of the the 8 matches constituting the league. A one of our matches. So there was consid- day scoring 98-0X. Ron was second with distant second was Vic Alvarez with a erable mirage to deal with and some 93-2X and Jeff with third scoring 93-1X. 270/300 average. Brien McCrea took changeable, though fairly light winds. No In the last match in custom class Rick third and in 4th place was Matt Leung. guns exploded and we had a pretty good and Ted tied with 100-3X. That was for The most improved shooter was Jo turnout, people apparently forsaking their first place. Mark again shot 4 Xs but with Schneider who moved up to C Class. As vacations for an excellent shooting match. one less point ((99-4X) for second and usual everything is posted on our web Good choice. There were six shooters in Praveen was third scoring 98-0X. In fac- site: http://www.wcwinc.org/range/ custom class and six in factory, a nice tory Jeff cleaned up scoring 97-2X. John clubchamps.htm balance. Some of the factory shooters are also shot 97 but without an X and Ron actually getting those pesky gas guns to was third with 95-0X. We are now shooting a Standard Pistol shoot, though on the whole, a good bolt League outside on Range #3. Starts at gun would maybe be a better choice for The overall all winner with the best ag- 7pm every Thursday. Standard Pistol is our matches. But the ARs have their ap- gregate in custom class was Rick Gra- an International event using a regu- peal, it must be admitted. However there ham. The winner in factory class was the lar .22LR semi-auto pistol. Usually a 5 was a beautiful Sako tactical rifle in .308 persistent John Chang. It was a good 1/2” barrel, iron sights like a Smith 41, caliber shot by Steve Bonet which should match with the experienced shooters High Standard, Trailside, or a lot of Euro- be just about the perfect gun in factory sharing generously with the new comers. pean guns like a Walther GSP. class since it cuts a bigger hole than the Our matches are a great way to learn 5.56 x 45mm (.223 Rem.). more about reloading, gun handling and Standard Pistol course of fire is 20 round wind reading. So come to our next match slow fire (5 round in 250 seconds), 20 For our two matches at 300 yards we used on August 8 and learn some more. This rounds “timed fire” (5 rounds in 20 sec- a little different method of scoring, count- is our usual day, the SECOND SATUR- onds), and 20 rounds “rapid fire” (5 ing the "X" dot as eleven points. So the DAY of the month.. rounds in 10 seconds). If you are interest- best score for a ten round match would be ed, come on out and take a look. 110 points. It's a little more forgiving It was good to see the good-natured system since shooting a nine isn't the ca- Praveen Kumar back at our matches. When this league is completed, we will tastrophe it is in our usual method. But He's perhaps more interested in longer either shoot some Centerfire/Sport Pistol there is still a premium for shooting the range shooting than we can do at or go right to some .22 Bullseye practice little red dot in the middle of the Kenmore. But shooting at 300 yards getting ready for the Postal League. bull. You can claw your way back to win should still be good practice for his 600 even if you drop a shot out of the ten ring. or 1000 yard matches. All of Praveen's Vic Alvarez In custom class the scoring went like this: scores were excellent today. He was Match one- Dennis Tyskiewicz shot a shooting an interesting long range round, score of 103 for first, Rick Graham was the 6mm XC, which is a long version of second with 101 and three shooters the very accurate 6mmBR round. scored 99 for third (Ted Larson, Doug Schwind and Mark Walker). In factory Call Richard Nicol at 206-784-1093 or Pistol hours of operation class John Chang and Ron Sanders both Dennis Tyskiewicz at 425-409-1223 for scored 95 to tie for first. Jeff Locke information about our matches at Mon Noontodusk(max7PM) was right behind with 94 and Kevin Kel- Kenmore. Hope to see you all in August. Tues Closed logg was third, scoring 92. In match two Wed Closed at 300 Rick shot another 101 which was Thur Closed good enough for first. Dennis and Fri Noontodusk(max7PM) Praveen Kumar both scored 100 for sec- Sat Noontodusk(max7PM) ond and Ted and Mark shared third with a Sun Noontodusk(max7PM) score of 99. In factory class Kevin bounced back to beat everyone with a 94. 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JUNIOR RIFLE GROUP

Youth Rifle We will be welcoming back all our young shooters on September 18th. Please bring your forms and show up at your accustomed relay times.

Parents, if you are interested in having your young person join our group, please contact Jack. (Refer to page #1), or inquiries at [email protected] Jack Giuliano

Range Committee

The board has approved and members may be granted Position Rifle Shooting privileges on Range #1, allowing sling or bipod supported firing from prone, sitting, or kneeling positions, at 100 yards for hunting rifle practice and at 50 yards for rimfires. This is a Special Use endorsement and requires qualification: Next qualification dates are August 16 and September 20, range #1 at 2:00 pm.

You can help our fellow club members obtain this endorsement. If you have an NRA RSO certification, please contact Membership Info Jack -- see page 1. Jack Giuliano Total Members Membership Trend 3000 3000 2500 2500 2000 2000 1500 1500 1000 1000 500 500 0 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Total Members Voting Members Page 6 the Sportsman Newsletter August 2015

The NRA and the WCW $25 special dues for every member who $5,000 accidental life insurance. And would join through the club. You you would be adding to the strength of Our club is an NRA recruiter, and we would be doing your part on a national the NRA, which has passed the 5 million get a commission for all new members level to protect your gun and hunting member mark. There is strength in num- we sign up and for all renewals pro- rights. You save $10 and the club gets bers and the number of NRA numbers cessed with our recruiter ID number. another $10….a really good deal. should be much higher. Let’s all pull We receive $10 for every new member together and give them the support they and $5 for every renewal. Sign up your wife or husband or friends need. on an Associate membership for $10 The club has a significant number of (no ) and the club gets a $5 As an aside, the NRA provides the les- NRA members and it would be a real commission. Don’t want to get the full son plans and manuals for all our safety benefit to the club for all those mem- membership, sign up for an Associate classes…..and direct dollar grants for bers to renew using the form below, or membership for yourself. some of our projects. by using our web site direct link to the NRA renewals….on the home page. We have been getting an extra $1,000 a Just remember, use the form below, or Besides, by renewing through the club, year without much effort just from the use our web site direct link. Write your you save $10. Let’s see, you save $10 few who sign up….we could get a great check to the NRA or use your credit card and the club gets another $5….what deal more and you would be doing for easy processing. a good deal. yourself a favor. The benefits which come with an NRA membership are SAVE MONEY and Then there are a great many WCW significant. You get $1,000 unsched- HELP THE CLUB. members who are not yet NRA mem- uled firearm insurance and $10,000/ bers. The club would receive $10 of the New or Renewal Special Rates for NRA Membership $25.00 By special arrangement, the NRA is allowing us to sign-up members for $10 OFF their regular 1 year dues. You MUST make your check out to the NRA or you will be charged sales tax. Mail it to the club, drop it off at the Range Office or mail it directly to: National Rifle Association, Recruiter Program Department, 11250 Waples Mill Road, Fairfax, VA 22030-7400