CONTENTS 3-4 COVER FEATURE Southern Missouri Rangers Fifth Annual Women’s Wild West Shootout 6-7 EDITORIALS How do we Stop the Loss of Members and Expand our Membership? 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We Spring, the Southern Missouri Rang- a shoot where the Cowboys do all the even had the help of a young Cowboy ers treated their Cowgirls to a day of work while the Cowgirls shoot. And the who’d come from Oklahoma with his shooting at the fifth annual Women’s Women’s Wild West Shootout was born. grandmother, who shot the match. Wild West Shootout, and it was the best This year the group celebrated “By With scenarios written by club one yet. The five-stage event is brain- The Numbers.” Thirteen Cowgirls from member Ozark Belle, the ladies shot child of the club’s treasurer, ChaChing Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and three stages, stopped for “tea” — fruit (SASS #89633). Noticing the ladies did Kansas stepped up to the firing line and salad, donut holes, sugar cookies, and most of the work for the regular month- fourteen Cowboys ran the timer, spot- iced tea — on account of the heat, then COWBOY CHRONICLE 3 finished the final two stages. Stages and targets were decorated with gold-stenciled roses and pink cowboy hats. Though the challenging scenarios meant no clean shooters, the Cowgirls still had fun, shouting out lines like, “this shoot is ONE of a kind” and “one plus one equals TWO” at the schoolhouse. There were different patterns for the pistols and rifle, a Cha-Cha, double-tap sweeps, a double bonus, and even a stage where the shoot- er got to choose which long gun to use. (Most chose the shotgun.) The day ended with a delicious cold lunch of chicken salad on croissants, maca- roni salad, and carrot cake for dessert. Tra- ditional red, white, and blue mini cowbells were given out as awards. Special thanks go to ChaChing and Flossie for all their planning and organiz- ing! Lady Senior, Jackie Diamond (SASS #88014) was our top overall shooter, but every Cowgirl who participated walked off the range a winner! See our website — www.so-mo-rangers.com — for complete Grand Dame winner Ozark Annie (SASS scores. Trudy Mae (SASS #76235) stylin’ in her #87094). Lady B-Western costume. Womens Wild West Shootout Posse. 4 COWBOY CHRONICLE COWBOY CHRONICLE 5 shooting discipline.