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Volume 10, Issue 1
DGSC NEWS NETWORK
January 2010
UpComing Events
From the President’s Desk:
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Let me open by wishing everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year. I would like to thank Dean
Kerhulas and the 2009 Board of Directors for the current status of DGSC. It is an honor to
have been elected President during the 60th Anniversary Year of DGSC. In 2009 DGSC
was one of the top clubs in the Midwest based upon number of targets thrown. The
DGSC facility remains one of the finest clay target facilities anywhere. The membership, old
and young make DGSC a great Organization. Sporting Clays has been added to Trap, Skeet
and Five Stand for our members to enjoy. DGSC is strong financially with plans to continue
our expansion and enhancement programs during 2010. Old Stage Road is scheduled to be
upgraded this year. With the road improvement the club entrance gates and road will also
get a makeover. 2010 plans include installation of new lighting (delivered last week), ATA
registration improvement to speed up the registration process, and many more. Long range
plans will be presented by the expansion committee for consideration as the year progresses. I am at the club on the average of 3 days a week year round and your ideas or concerns are always welcome. If you want to address the Board of Directors or the General
Membership formally please contact Don Fredrick, our Secretary to be included in
the meeting agenda. In closing I would like everyone to maintain a high level of SAFETY
awareness at home, on the road and while at the club. Every member is important to our
future. Thank you for your support during 2010 Jim Olin
Jan 4th 7pm ~ Board Meeting
∗ Jan 16th 4pm ~ AIM
Award/Banquet Dinner
∗ Jan 30th 10am ~ Hunting
Time Trials Interest Meeting
∗ Feb 8th 7pm ~ Board Meeting
∗ Feb 20th 2pm ~ AIM Program
`10 Registration
∗ Feb 28th ~ Erienna Hunt Club
Tower Shoot to Benefit AIM
Program
*Please see calendar on last pg for
additional event information
Announcements:
• Condolences to Bill Edwards family and friends - he will be missed
• Condolences to Greg Reinhart’s
family - Greg’s mother recently
passed away
• Tuesday(s) Fox River Distributors
ViceVice-President Remarks: Thanks to all members for their renewals. With the kind help of
Debra Fredrick, the new badges should be available at the counter around the end of January. Good shooting in this cold weather, or just come to the club for some good old fashioned
camaraderie with fellow members. Dan Lucsay
Shotgun Sports Director Review:
Happy New Year! I hope that you and your families had a
*www.downersgrovesc.com for more
Merry Christmas, and wonderful Holiday Season! I would like to thank everyone for having the confiinformation
dence to have me serve in the position of Shotgun Sports Director for another year. It at times can be a
very trying position, but the position is really helped by the corps of volunteers that make up this Club! We can ALWAYS use help on the
Shotgun Sports Committee so if you would like to volunteer your efforts please contact me! All of the other Directors could use help so don’t
be afraid to approach one of us whenever.
Shooting sports have pretty much slowed down for the year due to the weather, but the club WILL TRY to remain open through out the
year, weather permitting. It is hard to put out a concrete policy because even on the days with bad weather someone might want to shoot.
Sporting Clays due to the area that it is in will probably be closed the most. However, we will try to keep 5-Stand, Trap, and Skeet open during regular club hours. If weather is extremely bad please call the club beforehand to make sure that it is open. I wouldn’t expect anyone
that is supposed to work the counter have a wreck, or be injured trying to get to the club during a storm. Calling first will save you a trip to
the club when it isn’t able to open.
At the Dec Meeting in addition to the 50/50 split the pot the club gave away 2 turkeys, and 2 hams that were left over from the Turkey
Shoot along with some 12 and 20 gauge shells. We are going to continue this practice at the Senior Member Meetings as an incentive to get
more people to attend! If you would have something that may be “gently used” and want to donate to this grab bag please get a hold of myself or one of the other Directors.
In the near future we will be having an AIM Youth Shooting Program Fundraiser to raise money for the Program. Also, there will be a meat
shoot before Easter as well as another Level One Shotgun Coach Clinic that we will be hosting thru the club. If you know of any youths that
might be interested in the Youth Program see me, or one of the other Coaches Keith Uffelman, Deb Fredrick, Dean Merkle, or Dan Bellus.
The first organizational meeting for the AIM Program will be Sat, February 20th at 2PM. It will be at the club. Get in touch with Dean Merkle
if you know anyone interested in the program. We are always looking for young shooters to expand the program with. They are the future
of the sport.
Stay warm, stay safe, and come out to the club when you can. Even if just to have a cup of coffee or have lunch. We will be open, weather
permitting. See you on the firing line! Rick Gibbs
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Officers
Legal/Insurance Information: The Board of Directors discussed how best to pub-
President
Jim Olin
(815) 922-0000
jolin@downersgrovesc.com
Vice President & Membership
Dan Lucsay
(815) 207-1375
dlucsay@downersgrovesc.com
Secretary
Don Fredrick
(630) 746-7885
dfredrick@downersgrovesc.com
Treasurer
Frank DeGrazia
(773) 927-3007
fdegrazia@downersgrovesc.com
lish the club Bylaws, Rules, and Job Descriptions. In view of the fact that there are
already two Bylaw changes to be considered at the next Senior Member’s meeting,
the Board agreed to hold publication until those motions were considered. The Board
has agreed that the best way to have timely updated Bylaws is to publish them on the
DGSC web site. Members can then download or print the information on their computers. For those members who are not able to access the DGSC web site, copies of
the Bylaws will be printed and provided to you. Please contact Mike Gucciard by
phone at 708-254-2614, or by e-mail at mpgucciard@yahoo.com. Once I have a count
I will have copies mailed to you. Printed copies of the Bylaws, Rules, and Job Descriptions are being provided to the club by Karen Vander Veen. We appreciate your efforts Karen! Mike Gucciard
Directors
Buildings
Debra Fredrick
(630) 862-9971
debrafredrick@downersgrovesc.com
Entertainment
Jan Groynch
(630) 759-5971
jgronych@downersgrovesc.com
Grounds
Pete Weber
(815) 730-0078
pweber@downersgrovesc.com
Hunting & Fishing
Chuck Feuillan
(312) 316-3352
cfeuillan@downersgrovesc.com
Legal & Insurance
Mike Gucciard
(773) 881-4817
mgucciard@downersgrovesc.com
Maintenance
Mark Gronych
(815) 634-2833
mgronych@downersgrovesc.com
NRA
John Dolezal
(708) 246-0945
jdolezal@downersgrovesc.com
Shotgun Sports
Rick Gibbs
(815) 476-5052
rgibbs@downersgrovesc.com
Youth & Community Relations
Dean Merkle
(708) 935-0800
dmerkle@downersgrovesc.com
Hunting/Fishing News: With the New Year we are looking for ways to increase
participation in club events by the members. If you have any ideas for an event or
would like to see an activity offered at the club ,get in touch with one of us on the
board and we will see what we can do setting something up. One idea that has been
suggested is to hold a tournament style bird hunt. This is where a hunter and his dog
are given 15 minutes to harvest 4 birds within a specified course. Fastest time wins.
There will be an organizational meeting on Jan 30th, 10:00 at the club for anyone interested in participating. We will go over the rules, judging and field set up. I would
like to start a committee to plan and set up a 3-D archery course. If you’re interested,
let me know. When the State upland season closes pheasant hunting is on a release
only basis. Please mark on the sign in sheet how many birds you are releasing and
remember to pay for them at the trap counter. Chuck Feuillan
Youth & Community Relations:
A big Hello and Welcome to all the existing, and
new members of DGSC. The Youth and Community Relations Committee had a great year
in 2009, and we're looking forward to many great things going on at the club in 2010. We
will he having a tower shoot at Erienna Hunt Club on Sunday, February 28th, that will
benefit the AIM youth shooting program. It's a great hunt club run by Barry Narvick. If you
get a chance check it out. Also on February 20th we will be holding our registration for the
AIM youth shooters. This will be held at our club on February 20th, starting at 2:00. Anyone interested in getting a young shooter involved in the team, and shooting sports, is
more than welcome to attend. Once again this year the AIM team, and youth Committee
will have a lot of things going on, Leo Harrison is coming back for some clinics. The Boy
Scouts will be using our facility again. Our own youth team will be participating in many
ATA shoot. I could go on and on, but there's too much too list. If anyone has any suggestions or questions, please feel free to contact me through my email, or at 708-935-0800. I
thank you for the opportunity to serve this committee, and our club. Dean Merkle
5 Stand/Sporting Clays News: Club Shoots and NSCA Shoots are planned and on the
calendar for 2010. Please continue to check the DGSC website and newsletter calendar for
reminders of these dates. We can always use volunteers on the days of Club Shoots and
will need them for the NSCA shoots we are running this year. Please contact Mark
Gronych if your interested.
Other Club Support
ATA
Jeff Gibbs
(815) 478-4494
jgibbs@downersgrovesc.com
Communications (WebMaster, Newsletter)
Debra Fredrick
(630) 862-9971
debrafredrick@downersgrovesc.com
Renew Your
NRA at the Club
ATA News:
Thank you to everyone for a successful year in 2009. 2010 ATA shoots
hosted by DGSC are listed on the DGSC website and are in the 2010 club calendar. As always volunteers are very much needed and appreciated – please contact Jeff Gibbs if your
interested in helping out.
Thank you to everyone that renewed/joined NRA at the club in 2009. Congrats to Davis
Bemis, Frank Bentley, David D, Barry Narvick, Don Fredrick, Harry R, Tom Palmer, and
Maurice Johnson who won a NRA renewal. Thank you to Frank Bentley for his donation
back to the club. Remember SAVE TIME & MONEY renew your NRA at the club while
you’re there shooting. 1 yr renewal/membership $25 when done at DGSC John Dolezal
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Proposed By Law Change to be voted on @ March General Membership Meeting:
Article XIII. Finances and Fiscal Year
Section 4
A committee designated by the Board of Directors and submitted at a regular general membership
meeting of the Club shall make a thorough audit of the financial records of the Club at least once
each year.
Submitted at Dec 2009 General Membership Meeting add statement - Audit results will be
reported to the board of directors and general membership.
Proposed By Law Change to be voted on @ March General Membership Meeting:
Article V. Duties of Officers
Section 3. Treasurer
(Portion of Interest) The Treasurer, with input from the President and all Committee chairs, will
prepare an annual budget. The budget will be presented to Board of Directors' on or before the
March meeting. Based on discussions at that meeting the Treasurer will finalize the annual budget
and the President will present the final annual budget to the membership for approval on or before
the March General Members Meeting. The Board will not approve or authorize extraordinary expenditures until the annual budget has been approved. If the Treasurer fails to prepare a proposed
budget or if the President fails to present the proposed budget or if the Board of Directors fails to
recommend the proposed budget, the budget last approved by the Board of Directors shall be the
budget adopted subject to the amendment by the Board of Directors.
Submitted at Dec 2009 General Membership Meeting change procedure to be - The Annual
Budget process should begin at the Sept General Membership Meeting, with a presentation of
the final budget at the Dec General Membership Meeting for Approval.
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If you have any dates that you would like added to the calendar, or if you have any information to include in
the newsletter please contact a Board Member.
ATA Shoots @ DGSC
Sat July 17th & Sun July 18th ~
Chicago Grand
Sun Aug 22nd ~ Northern Zone
Indian Shoot
Sat Sept 11th & Sun Sept 12th
~ Northern Zone
Sun Oct 3rd ~ Grundy County
Fall Handicap
Targets Only @ DGSC
TBD (Possible 1st Wed of month)
Big 50s @ DGSC
TBD (Possible 2nd Thurs of month)
NSCA Shoots @ DGSC
Sat July 31st & Sun Aug 1st
Sat Sept 25th & Sun Sept
26th
Sporting Clay Club
Shoots @ DGSC
Sat May 8th, Sun June
13th, Sat July 10th, Sun
Aug 15th, Sat Sept 11th
General Membership
Meetings
DGSC Sunday Morning
8:30am
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March 14th
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November 21st
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December 19th
Home Run Inn ~ Darien
Monday Night 7:00pm
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May 17th
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July 19th
•
September 20th
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