NEWSLETTER Vol. 29 No. 01 January 2016

Chief Okemos Sportsman s Club P. O. Box 375, Dimondale, Michigan 48821 www.chiefokemos.org or visit us on Facebook NEWSLETTER Vol. 29 No. 01 January 2016 President s Note Happy New Year! May the upcoming year bring you all you hope for. January is an important month for our Club. The January Membership Meeting is the election of new Officers and Board members. I have served my two year limit as President so we will be electing a new President along with Treasurer, Secretary, 1st Vice, 2nd Vice and four Board members. Please consider running for one of these positions or nominate someone who you think would be right for the job. It usually does not involve much more than a little time and planning. January 10th is our annual Gun Show. It s always a good time, and there are always some pretty good deals. I will be conducting a bake sale to help with Jr. and Ladies Trap. I am asking for baked goods for that sale. For more information, please call me at 517.646.9179. Every so often we find articles left on the range. If you are missing a spotting scope, please call me at 517.646.9179. December 19th was our Christmas Party. The food was fantastic and very abundant and lots of interesting conversation. I would like to thank the committee who put this together: Jim, Lois, Dawn & Jim, Jean and Gary. You did a great job. Thank you. Last I would like to thank the entire membership for all your help and support for the last two years. It s the members who make the Club; it is not the President. Keith Wright Nominations for Open Officer and Board Positions Current nominations for Officers are: President: Sharon Whaley 1st Vice: Ralph Batten 2nd Vice: Jim Hein Secretary: Jody LaClear Treasurer: Rosemary DiPonio

Current nominations for four (4) Board positions: Dennis Dann Andy Powers Dawn Hein Jerry Shihady Stuart Miller Duane Whaley These are the current names placed in nomination. However, any Class A member is eligible for these positions provided they have been a member in good standing for a minimum of three (3) years. Any member can nominate another eligible member, willing to fill one of these positions, or, if you are eligible, you can nominate yourself, from the floor on the night of the Elections. They will be held at the January 11, 2016 Membership Meeting at 7:30pm. COSC needs to hear your voice to fill these positions. Be sure to come and cast your nomination(s) and votes at this very important meeting. From Your Membership Committee Have you submitted your renewal application and dues for 2016 membership yet? If not, send in your renewal soon so you will continue to receive your Newsletter and get the new gate combination. Activities are already being planned for this year so you won t want to miss out! First 2016 Turkey Shoot Saturday, January 9, 2016 - Check in at 11:00am; Shoot at noon. Lunch will be available for purchase. For more information, please call Duane Whaley at 517.646.1611. Gun Show Sunday, January 10, 2016 is our next Gun Show featuring Antique and Modern Firearms. It starts at 9:00am and runs until 3:00pm at the Club. Admission is $3.00 per person. A bake sale is part of this show to help raise funds for the Club. If you would like to bake some goodies and donate them that morning, it would be appreciated. For more information or to reserve a table, contact John Gambill at 517.646.0681. Reloading Class COCS will be holding a Metallic Cartridge reloading class on March 5th and 6th from 9:00am till 5:00pm. Registration is at 8:00am on the 5th. Cost will be $100.00 for non-members and $75.00 for members. Any NRA instructors certified in Metallic Cartridge reloading, who are willing to help me with this class, can use the time toward their work hours. Anyone interested, please contact Ralph Batten at 517.482. 8169 and leave a message.

Camp Dinner Planning for the 2016 Camp Dinner has begun. Please mark your calendar for Saturday, March 26th this year. I hope you will join us for an afternoon & evening of fun! We have purchased the four guns for the raffle festivities before dinner. They are as follows: -Savage Stevens 320 Pump Shotgun-12 Gauge -Henry Golden Boy-.22LR -Savage Axis XP 30-06 With Scope -Browning A-Bolt II Medallion 7MM-08. Donations of new or "gently used-but in great/good condition" items are needed for the $1 and $5 raffle tables. These donations from Club members greatly help to offset the cost of the dinner. Donations can be dropped off at the Club on the 2nd & 4th Mondays of the month at our Membership and Board meetings, or on the Friday before the dinner from 10:00am until 7:00pm. Thanks for your help! Wild game donations are also very much needed. These can be dropped off at the Club on the Monday Meeting nights. You can also call me at 517.974.6178, or send me an e-mail at cathylfinn@comcast.net to work out a drop time, and pick up your free ticket to the dinner. Tickets for the dinner can be purchased at our Monday meetings. They are still only $15 dollars per person, children 12 & under are free. You also can send a check made out to COSC to P. O. Box 375, Dimondale, MI 48821. I will mail your tickets back to you. Or, you can always purchase tickets at the door on the 26th. Social Hour will begin at 4:00pm with cheese, crackers, and Merindorf meats. (BYOB) A Delicious Dinner will follow at 5:30pm. Volunteers will be needed again this year to help with set-up on Friday from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, serving dinner on Saturday, and cleaning up afterward on Sunday morning around 10:30am. You can contact me at 517.974.6178 or cathylfinn@comcast.net to volunteer. Thank you...and I hope to see you at the dinner! Cathy Finn Club House Rentals The Club House is available to members at the rate of $300 with an additional $50 deposit. You must be a current member in good standing and have been a member for at least a year to be able to rent the clubhouse. Rentals start at noon on Friday and to through noon on Sunday. Kitchen facilities include a sixburner gas stove and oven, a refrigerator, 100-cup coffee pot, and a microwave. There are approximately 80 tables and 340 chairs for your use as well. WIFI is available, too! For questions, more information or a rental booking, please call 517.616.0093.

Upcoming Dates 01/09/2016 Turkey Shoot 01/10/2016 COSC Gun Show 01/11/2016 Club Officer and Board Member Election Night IMPORTANT! 01/23/2016 - NRA Instructors and RSO Meeting 1 -? PM 02/13/2016 Turkey Shoot 03/05/2016 Reloading Class 03/06/2016 Reloading Class 03/12/2016 Turkey Shoot 03/26/2016 Camp Dinner 04/09/2016 Turkey Shoot 07/16/2016 2016 Open House and Early Bird Raffle Drawing 09/25/2016 2016 Raffle Drawing Date Raffle We have completed the list of the 2016 Raffle prizes. More details to follow. Watch your mail for your tickets coming soon! KTM M4 Clone 5.56/.223 NRA Model [EARLY BIRD SPECIAL] 1. KTM M4 Clone 5.56/.223 NRA Model 2. Ruger.357 Magnum Model 0578 Stainless 3. ATI Titan.45 Compact 4. Ruger 10/22 Takedown Camo 5. Glock 9mm Model 43 (Single Stack) 6. Remington 12 Gauge Model 870 Shotgun 7. Ruger 9mm Model P95 8. Hi Point 9mm Carbine 9. Remington 7mm Model 770 Bolt Action Hunting Rifle 10. Mossberg 410 Gauge Model 510 Youth model Shotgun 11. 300 Rounds.45 ACP in a Waterproof Storage Box 12. 300 Rounds.40 S&W in a Waterproof Storage Box 13. 400 Rounds 9mm in a Waterproof Storage Box 14. 300 Rounds.38+P in a Waterproof Storage Box Thanks. Bill Shepard & Pat Cavanaugh NRA Instructors & RSO Meeting January 23, 2016 will be our second meeting. All NRA instructors and RSO's are invited to attend. We will be talking about the 2016 season and what is coming up.

Volunteer Corner Calling all cooks! Wheezers and breakfast event every Thursday morning is looking for cooks. Can you make toast? Scramble eggs? Mix up a batch of pancakes? We need YOU! Call Al Dewey at 517.204.7607 or come to one of the Thursday breakfasts. Address Change Send your address change to: Dawn Hein COSC Membership 4833 N. Gunnell Road Dimondale, MI 48821. Or e-mail her at jdcosc@gmail.com Trash Barrels Dave Walter has donated the plastic trash barrels sitting around the property. Please do not borrow them. If you need some, contact Dave or Wayne Walter at 517.646.0701 or 517.627.8247. COSC Pledge I give my pledge as an American to save and faithfully defend from waste the natural resources of my country, its air, soil, and minerals, its forests, waters and wildlife. COSC Social Media Chief Okemos Sportsman s Club has several media accounts! Check out the Club s website at www.chiefokemos.org. This site describes the Club, includes a member application, information about our sporting events, etc. If you are a Club officer, Board member, or Shooting Sport Discipline leader and need information updated on the website, please e-mail Sandy Enness at sandraenness@gmail.com. Also, Like us on Facebook by typing Chief Okemos Sportsman s Club in the search box OR by clicking on the link from our web page. Feel free to post information and share photos and videos on the Club s Facebook page. Aaron Lopez and Sandy Enness maintain the page and our goal is to keep the information as up-to-date as possible. Have you seen the photos we have posted on our Flickr account? To view them, just visit the Club website or the Facebook page and click on the link to the photo account. So, as you talk with family and friends about COSC, be sure to tell them about our online accounts. There s a lot of information to be had!

Please Remember No live or spent rounds, including brass, steel and aluminum cases, and shotgun hulls, can be thrown in trash barrels or in the dumpster. Please take your empties with you when you leave, or deposit them in the white plastic buckets at each range. Please dispose of your targets when you complete your visit to the range. Our neighbors do not want to pick them up from their yards, fields and fences. Newsletter by E-mail Receiving the monthly Newsletter by e-mail is very convenient and saves your Club money! To get the Newsletter by e-mail, contact me at bshep19@gmail.com or contact one of the Membership Co-Chairs. We need your full name and e-mail address. If you don t have e-mail or simply prefer a paper copy, we re still happy to mail it to you. Thanks. Bill Shepard

NRA Membership When joining or renewing by mail, please provide: Name and address Membership number (if renewing) Magazine you prefer: American Rifleman American Hunter 1 st Freedom A check for $25 made out to NRA (Your receipt will be mailed to you.) Send to Keith Wright, 427 W. Jefferson, Dimondale, MI 48821 This procedure is not just for COSC members. Have your friends, neighbors, co-workers or anyone renew or join through the Club and COSC will get $5 or $10 commission. Executive Officers Term Expires President Keith Wright - 646.9179 01/16 1st Vice Sharon Whaley - 646.1611 01/16 2 nd Vice Ralph Batten- 482.8169 01/16 Secretary Jody LaClear- 243.6991 01/16 Treasurer Rosemary DiPonio - 646.6929 01/16 Board Members Term Expires Past President - Duane Whaley - 646.1611 01/16 Tony Piper - 646.8645 01/18 Tom Towsley - 646.0085 01/16 Jean Wank - 646.6753 01/17 John Gambill - 646.0681 01/18 Al Dewey - 204.7607 01/17 Penny Batten - 482.8169 01/17 Andy Powers - 285.7789 01/16 Newsletter Bill Shepard - bshep19@gmail.com 810.207.3022 Web Site Sandy Enness - sandraenness@gmail.com Facebook Aaron Lopez - lopez.aaron.m@gmail.com Contact Information All area codes are (517) unless otherwise noted. Archery Tom Kreh 243.0153 Falling Plates Ron Kaplansky 337.2180 Cowboy Action Duane Whaley 646.1611 Hi-Power Jim Stewart 646.9763 Hunter Safety Tom Towsley 646.0085 Junior Air Rifle Dave Walter 646.0701 Junior Rimfire Ralph Batten 482.8169 Trap Duane Whaley 646.1611 Junior/LadiesTrap Keith Wright 646.9179 NRA/COSC Membership Recruiting Keith Wright 646.9179 Range Maintenance John Mann 694.1440 Grounds Maintenance Wayne Walter 627.8247 Hall Rental Mike & Cathy Finn 616.0093 Work Hours Penny Batten 482.8169 Capital Area Friends of the NRA Committee Tony Piper 614.2663 Jr Archery Tim Hodgman 643.1497 Membership Co-Chairs Jim Hein 775.4105 Dawn Hein 775.4106 jdcosc@gmail.com Orientation Andy Powers 285.7789 NRA Certified Training Counselor Ladies, Ladies, Ladies Sharon Whaley 646.1611 Black Powder Lloyd Merchant 927.7264

January 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 Happy New Year! 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Turkey Shoot 10 COSC Gun Show 11 Membership Meeting 7:30pm BOARD 12 13 14 ELECTIONS 15 16 17 18 Martin Luther King Day 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Board Meeting 7:30pm 26 27 28 29 30 31 Notes:

February 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Membership Meeting 7:30pm 9 10 11 12 13 Turkey Shoot 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Board Meeting 7:30pm 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Notes: