Notes From The President

May 23, 2006
Dear RPS Members and Guests,

On Sunday, May 21, our club hosted 31 shooters. We had four challenging and fun stages. These were designed by Ken Dexter. He was home not feeling so well and was inspired to create that great combination of exercises and scenarios. Please visit the web site for pictures and stage descriptions.

The weather came and went and we were all comfortable and dry under the new canopy. We saw Ed Davies Jr. there. He’s decided to stay in the area and will be shooting with us regularly. It also means that our Director of Trophies and Awards is still with us and we can look forward to another great series of presentations at the Awards Banquet in November.

Jim Valli was there also and he brought a couple of friends who, it appears, had a great time. They also helped with set-up and were given the shoot of approval by Darrell after safety training at the set-up. They had a great time and plan to return. This may have been goodbye to Jim, however, as he has plans to go north. We’ll see. He’s full of surprises as those of you on his email list are aware.

Darrell’s friend Sam was there shooting for the first time after having helped with many a setup. Welcome, Sam.

Ken Dexter Jr. is with us again. He’s returned from school at Wyotech and is now working in town at Pacific Auto. Please note new big truck……With new big payments, I’m sure. Is that why his Dad is paying his match fees? Now that’s a good Dad!

We also welcomed our President emeritus, Dave Brown, to shoot with us again. Dave had one leg in a walking cast and traveled from Willits to be with us. He says he’ll continue to shoot with us regularly.

Of course, thanks are in order for our Range Master, Darrell Godwin. All of us safe again. And big, BIG thanks to all the safety officers who work all day to run the match. Darrell, Peter and Ken Dexter are all certified Safety Officer Instructors. We started training Jerry Beaty in the important work of running a shooter through the stage in a safe manner. Good first day giving your full attention to the business end of a pistol, Jerry, and thank you. Speak to Peter, Darrell, or Ken if you are interested in being trained as a safety officer.

To Pam, thanks again for your flying fingers. All shooters scored by the end of the day, making Dick Whetstone’s work easier. Thanks Dick, for formatting the score sheets, keeping our data base up to date, and for emailing out everyone’s scores. He’s also told me who has paid their membership fees, and who hasn’t, and who has yet to join IDPA. Please remember, you must join IDPA in order to shoot with the club. I’ll meet up, this next match in June, with those folks who still have paper work to do, and who still owe club dues, and who still need to join IDPA.

Chuck and Dick both took pictures at the match and you can see them, with the scores posted, points down, and trophy points awarded on our match scores page

Next Match: Sunday June 11, Setup on Saturday, June 10.
Front Sight---Press Peter Matlin, President
matlin@mcn.org

See you all then. 
My phone number is 937-3310 any evening after 6pm.
 
Peter