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Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays
October 1, 2016
Volume 7 Issue 10
100 straights in Trap for Ken Carlson and Pete Mills
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October Issue 2016
OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS 2015
OFFICERS
Club News - Magazine Review 4-9
Port Malabar Skeet Flyer
10-11
BIG Children Foundation Flyer 12-13
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PRESIDENT—Vacant
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VICE PRESIDENT—Vacant
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TREASURER—Vacant
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SECRETARY— Joe Loitz
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RECORDING SECRETARY—Jerry Schwab
DIRECTORS:
Calender of Events
14-15
Club Calender
16-17
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Rich Nilsen
Bermont Flyer /NSCA Schedule 18-19
Pro
20-21
Shop
Sporting Clays Program and
22-23
Skeet Program and Results
24-25
FSA Skeet Calender
26-27
Inside
this Trap/Skeet
issue:
Palm Beach
Trap Program
28-29
Trap Results
30-31
Youth Program
32-33
Ken Carlson and
Contact info:
Markham Skeet, Trap, and
Sporting Clays
11873 NW 30th Street
Coral Springs, FL 33065
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www.markhamclaytargets.com
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www.markhamskeet.org
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www.markhamsportingclays.org
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E-mail: jloit@bellsouth.net
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Newsletter: jloit@bellsouth.net
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Next General Meeting
October 6th Starting at 7:00 PM
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Club News
September turned out to a busier
month than I expected. You will
see on Pages 12 and 13 the Flyer for the BIG Children’s Foundation Charity Shoot. This is a
continuation of the charity work
we did back in 2014. At that
shoot we generated $10,000 in
donations! Let’s see if we can
beat that this year. On page 21
you will see some great gun
deals from Joe Fordham. Port
Malabar is holding a skeet shoot
at the end of the month. Their
program is on pages 10-11.
On the front page of the newsletter you see Mary Norris
bracketed by Ken Carlson and
Pete Mills. Both of them ran the
Singles at the last trapshoot.
Congrats guys! Handicap and
Doubles shooting was scrubbed
due to the onset of a rather large
thunderstorm. The Skeet shoot
saw weather trouble also but
Hector Marrero shot well
enough to lead both the 12 ga
and 28 ga. Michael Raley lead
the 20 ga. There was no Sport-
ing Clays tournament this month.
Alan Harris showed up at the
club and is looking good and is
responding well to therapy after
surgery. Keep it up Alan, Keep
getting well!
I do have some distressing
news. Joe Fordham’s wife BJ
had a stroke. She is in rehab at
this time. Keep both Alan and
BJ in your thoughts and prayers.
Young Guns at Quail Creek is
starting up again next month
and looks to be another stellar
year. If you have a child who
may want to get into the program get on the waiting list
now!
It is always great seeing all of
you at the club. With the weather headed to the cooler climes
soon I hope you will all get out
and take advantage of the wonderful shooting. See you at the
club!
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Magazine Reviews
TRAP & FIELD – September
2016
Reflecting on the past year, Bob
Palmer prepares us for the next one
by suggesting an early spring cleaning.
Get rid of all the old baggage: fear of
making embarrassing
mistakes, frustrations
from losses, not preparing or being ready
to compete, poor
posture, body tension, etc. Drop all
that and work on actually competing at
the full extent of
your capabilities. Do
some homework for
next year like watching videos of AllAmericans, research
some YouTube videos, or read some
shooting books.
Good advice anytime, not just for
spring cleaning.
Fight, flight, or freeze, these are your
menu choices for reactions to pressure
and confrontation. Ron Sutton’s ad-
vice is to break away from the make-up
of your DNA and your natural response. Ron believes we should just
lighten up and accept our shooting
whether it turns out good or bad. Stop
worrying about score and what others
may think of you if you don’t perform
up to par. Just
tough it out!
Expectations are actually the cause of
most of the pressure
we face when we go
out to shoot. An
eight-year-old child
doesn’t go out to
play with expectations. They just go
out to have fun and
experience the joy
of doing, whatever
it is. This is how
you should approach
your shooting, without expectations.
Go out and shoot
the targets one at a
time. Enjoy each
one instead of thinking it’s only fun if
you break 25. Enjoy breaking the one
in front of you and before you know it
you may break 100.
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Magazine Review
CLAY TARGET NATION – September 2016
Slumps are part and parcel of a skill
sport and arrive precisely when we
don’t want them. Ralph Aaron, the
Chief Instructor for the NSSA, has
three suggestions for beating one: hire
a good instructor, have a friend observe you, or get video of your shooting.
Ask yourself, when did the slump start
and how long have you been in it? Did
you do something that changed how
you approach the game? If you did, a
fundamental change to your shooting
process may be the problem. This is
where filming yourself or having a
coach or friend observe you shoot can
pay off. The flaw may be obvious to
an outside observer but not obvious to
you. This includes moving the gun before the target appears. Again, this is
easily noted from the outside.
Pay attention to the game and the
score will take care of itself. You can’t
be shooting to not miss, you have to
shoot to obliterate the target and know
you are doing it on purpose. Set up a
good shot plan and Pre-shot routine
then follow it.
Physical problems can be changes in
the way you mount the gun or in adjustments made to it. Slight changes
can affect POI dramatically. Perhaps
patterning your gun on a regular basis
would be a good idea. Visual problems
can be anything from need for a new
prescription, to using the wrong color
lenses, to visual focal points. Changes
in where we look for a target can be
subtle but can have dramatic effect on
when and how we react to a target. All
in all, most slumps are a break down in
one of the fundamental areas of
shooting. Pay attention to the process
and breaking the targets will take care
of itself.
Other than a technical or fundamental
issue Ralph says there are three main
causes of a slump: mental, physical, or
visual. The mental aspects of the
game are hard to diagnose from outside. Are you so focused on score that
you forget to pay attention to the process? Remember the eight-year-old?
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does have an idea of what we should
do. For most of us our misses come
not because we don’t know how to
shoot but because we don’t follow our
mental routine to its fullest. He
claims half his misses are failures in
mental execution. He follows a very
disciplined mental program and Preshot routine. If he misses he resets
his routine and rededicates himself to
following it to the letter.
I think Gil and Vicki Ash must spend
an inordinate amount of time with beginners and early intermediates with
no shooting experience. I cannot otherwise explain their incessant preoccupation with barrel awareness. Their
whole mantra this month is again, apply more focus to the target and less
on the barrels. It is their belief that
misses are predominantly caused by
muzzle awareness except at the higher
levels. How they know the higher level shooters don’t have this problem
but the lower level shooters do is beyond me.
If you need to reset your attitude, step
out of the box and start over. Don’t
be doing it 20 times a round, just do it
when you need to clear your head.
Remember shotgunning is a process
sport. The object is the target. Stop
thinking about missing and start concentrating on the target. If you must,
review the miss in your head, then
move on. After a miss Bob Palmer
has Paul visualize a hit three times in
his head to help him get over it. Not
a bad idea.
What should you do after you miss?
Paul Giambrone III doesn’t get a
great deal of practice at this but he
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Magazine Review
Shotgun Sports – October 2016
Mental toughness is something you develop over time from the additive effects of your experiences. Michael J.
Keyes, M.D. sums up some of the
components and tools that go into it:
physical fitness, visualization, relaxation techniques, self-talk, confidence,
persistence, a good training plan, and
good analytical skills. Full command
and continual practice of these tools
doesn’t guarantee results but it does increase your chances to develop stronger mental skills.
Michael presents a miserable circumstance where in the Olympics the pressure gets higher and higher as an athlete makes it through the qualification
rounds into the finals. Truth is the targets are the same the whole time. The
pressure is imposed by the athlete on
his or herself. Why does this have to
be? I think he overemphasizes the
stress and pressure part.
The idea is to go beyond this and dive
into the process to relieve all the imposed pressure and stress. All of the
competitors are under the same conditions. Stay in the process, stay with
your pre-shot routine and try to break
each target perfectly. This will carry
you through rather than all the gobbledygoop the pundits espouse.
The good ones like Bob Rotella
and Bob Palmer will tell you to enjoy the moment, shoot the target
then get ready for the next. Who
needs all the pressure.
I tell people there is no pressure at
the Grand. You know you have to
be perfect so you have to let it happen or it won’t. You can’t force or
make it happen. Almost all of my
best shooting has been at the Grand.
This stems from letting go and just
shooting. It’s a lot easier there than
at any other shoot.
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start it don’t just write your scores in
it. Write down how you felt during
the event and anything else you can
think of. Positive experiences are especially important to note. Eventually after recording enough events
you can winnow out patterns in your
thinking and in your shooting. Find
a pattern that allows you to start
each event in the best possible mental light.
Effective training occurs on four levels
according to Todd Bender. We train
for Feel and Competition first eventually we train to Win and to Dominate.
Training for feel means training in
quantity to achieve a physical mastery
of the game’s techniques. We move
on improve the quality of our shooting as we train to compete. Todd
makes a point of reminding us four
quality practice rounds are better than
15 rounds shot without intent or purpose.
Reviewing your journal shows you
where to go in your practice sessions.
Record significant breakthroughs
and moments of insight so you don’t
have to repeat history and learn
them again.
Training to win and dominate starts
with developing a consistent, repetitive
routine to your shooting and following
it on every shot. Start a shooting journal if you haven’t already. Once you
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Some of you may recall
the 4KIDS shoot we
held two years ago. We
will be hosting this
shoot again. The event
consists of 50 targets, either skeet or trap.
Awards will be given to
the winners of three
Lewis classes. There will
be raffles, a Silent Auction, and we are plan-
ning a Shooting Flea
Market to be held in
the club house atrium. The Flea Market will be for all of
the shooting accessories you have been
accumulating all
these years. No Firearms or Shells may
be sold at the event.
The big prizes are a
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12 ga. Shotgun, a
9 mm pistol, and a
120 qt cooler.
Last time Ruthie
took home the big
prize, maybe this
time it could be
you!
Most of all, this is
for a good cause:
BIG Children’s
Foundation.
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“The best
motivation
always comes
from within.”
- Michael
Johnson (Gold
Medal Sprinter)
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Calender of events:
Gun Shows: Nov. 19-20th Ft.
Dick’s: They are running specials every other week. Watch the papers and
check out their website.
Lauderdale War Memorial Aud.
Skeet this month:
Markham
Oct. 1st
South Florida Oct. 29-30th
Trap this month:
Indian River
Oct. 2nd
South Florida Oct. 8th
Markham
Oct. 22th
Sporting This month:
Quail Creek
Oct. 2nd + 30th
Indian River
Oct. 8th
Markham
Oct. 9th
South Florida
Oct. 15th
OK Corral
Oct. 29th
Current shell specials:
Walmart: Currently selling Winchester Universal and Federal 4 packs at
$21.74 (12 & 20 ga.).
Cabela’s has Herter’s shells on sale
for $579.90 for 10 flats. This includes
shipping. These are 11/8 oz., 7 1/2’s
& 8’s, 1200 fps, 12 gauge.
"Experience is a hard teacher
because she gives the test first,
the lesson afterward."
- Vernon Law (Former Pirates
pitcher)
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October2016
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
Skeet
Tourney
2
3
Youth
Program
9
10
Sporting
Tourney
Youth
Program
16
17
Youth
Program
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Trap
Tourney
30
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Youth
Program
4
5
Skeet
Night
11
Skeet
Night
18
Skeet
Night
25
Skeet
Night
6
Trap
Night
12
Trap
Night
19
Trap
Night
26
Trap
Night
7
8
14
15
21
22
28
29
Sporting
Clays
13
Sporting
Clays
20
Sporting
Clays
27
Sporting
Clays
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Youth
Program
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November2016
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
5
Skeet
Night
6
7
Sporting
Tourney
Youth
Program
13
14
Youth
Program
20
21
Youth
Program
27
28
Youth
Program
8
Trap
Night
9
Skeet
Night
15
Skeet
Night
22
Skeet
Night
29
Skeet
Night
10
Trap
Night
16
Trap
Night
23
Trap
Night
Skeet
Tourney
Sporting
Clays
11
12
18
19
25
26
Sporting
Clays
17
Sporting
Clays
24
Sporting
Clays
Trap
Tourney
30
Trap
Night
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We Are Expanding!
Bermont Shooting Club is excited to announce the expansion of our sporting clays course! Course
one will soon have an additional 3 stations. That's a total of 17 stations to put your shooting skills to
the test! The work on the 2nd sporting clay course which will include 14 more stations on the south
side of the property, is slated to begin in August. We are working hard to complete our cart barn and
add the wraparound porch in August as well. Thank you for your continued support as we grow and
expand!
We are excited to be working
with the NSCA and the Florida
Sporting Clays Association. This
is going to allow Bermont Shooting Club the ability to host registered tournaments soon. We are
working closely with the association on dates for these future
events. We will be sure to let
you know all about our tournaments soon!
Don't forget Bermont Shooting
Club is open Wednesday - Sunday 8am - 4pm. Memberships
are available for $200. Which
gives you discounted sporting
clays and access to fishing in
our beautiful ponds. Club Manager LJ Duke is available to
work with anyone wanting to
learn the sport or perfect a particularly hard target!
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2015-2016 Schedule of NSCA
Sporting Clay Tournaments
Date
Tournament
Saturday - Jan 16,
2016
Snow Bird Open
Sunday - Feb 7,
2016
Honest Abe's Birthday Bash
Sunday - Mar 20,
2016
St. Patrick's Day Open
Saturday - Apr 17,
2016
Spring Blast
Sunday - May 15,
2016
Memorial Day Open
Saturday - Jun 25,
2016
15th Annual Sunshine State Classic
Saturday - Jul 16,
2016
Super Sizzle Open
Saturday - Aug 13,
2016
Summers End Open
Sunday - Oct. 9,
2015
Pumpkin Blast
Sunday—Nov. 6,
2016
Richard Merritt Memorial
Saturday—Dec 31,
2016
Bud Wolfe Classic
"I was told over
and over again
that I would never be successful,
that I was not
going to be competitive and the
technique was
simply not going
to work. All I
could do was
shrug and say
“We’ll just have
to see.”
-Dick Fosbury
(Olympic Gold
Medalist and inventor of the
current high
jump technique)
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PALM BEACH TRAP/SKEET
PRO SHOP
FIREARMS
ALL NEW FIREARMS WHOLESALE PLUS 10%
TRADES INS ACCEPTED
AMMUNITION
AMMUNITION WHOLESALE COST PLUS $2.00
PER CASE WITH 10 CASE ORDER $4.00 LESS
THAN 10
DELIVERIES TO Ft Lauderdale/Miami CONFIRMED WITH ORDERS
CALL FOR CURRENT PRICES ON FIREARMS/AMMUNITION
561-793-8787
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR BUSINESS
JOE FORDHAM
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Rottweil 30" Trap Gun, with an extra set of
26" 12 gauge barrels, with a full set of Briley
tubes in 20 gauge, 28 gauge, and 410, with
screw in chokes in all barrels and tubes for
sporting clays and skeet, and a quality fitted
Americase. Has a 14½ inch LOP of 14 ½
inches and a drop trigger.$1850 for the
package. Call Palm Beach Trap & Skeet at
561-793-8787 for an appointment.
Ljutic Mono Gun single barrel Trap gun
that comes in a Silver Seitz case. Has 34"
barrel with a .735" bore and a .035" restriction (full). This shotgun went back to
Ljutic in 2013 for their $1K rebuild of internals and all metal factory refinish (receipt
available on request), and it is in excellent
low use condition. $2400 or $2300 without
the case. Call Palm Beach Trap & Skeet at
561-793-8787 for an appointment.
Perazzi MX-8 12 gauge, 30 3/4" barrels,
live bird setup with tuned fast reset trigger,
with "G squared " air recoil management
system, and original Perazzi case. LOP 15 1/8", LAC - 1 3/4" and LAH - 2 3/8", ll
mm rib, and all serial numbers match. Recently used as a sporting clays gun with
Briley #2 skeet screw-in choke tubes.
$3600 Call Palm Beach Trap & Skeet at
561-793-8787 for an appointment.
Left Hand Browning Combo Trap set with
34" single barrel and 30" double barrel. The
set is in as new condition with only minor use
marks on the wood, and has a neutral cast,
left hand palm swell, with the adjustable
comb mounted for a left hander. $3600 Call
Palm Beach Trap & Skeet at 561-793-8787
for an appointment.
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SPORTING CLAYS PROGRAM
Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays Club
PUMPKIN BLAST
100 Targets Shot over 14 Stations
SUNDAY OCTOBER 9TH
Registration: Opens 8:30 a.m. and will close at 10:00 a.m.
All scorecards must be turned in by 1:00 p.m. in order to be posted.
Entry Fee: $50 N.S.C.A., $50 Hunter, $35.00 Sub-Junior, Junior
No Scorers or Trappers will be provided.
Shooters will be asked to squad themselves into groups of at least 4
and designate a field judge to verify scores for the squad.
This is a Targets Only format with No Lunch served.
COURSE RULES: All shooters and spectators are required to wear ear and eye protection on the
course.
MAXIMUM LOADS PERMITTED: 12GA, 3 DR EQ, 1 1/8 oz. Shot 7 1/2.
For additional information contact: Steve Haynie (954) 980-4240 email:
sdhaynie@comcast.net
For Tournament Schedules and Shoot Results
Please Visit Our Website: www.markhamsportingclays.org
Markham Park , 16001 W. State Road 84, Sunrise , FL 33326 (954) 357-5143
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SPORTING CLAYS RESULTS
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MONTHLY SKEET PROGRAM
Daily Fees
.410 gauge
28 gauge
20 gauge
12 gauge
Doubles
$5/100 Targets
50 Targets
50 Targets
50 Targets
50 Targets
50 Targets
$19.50
$19.50
$19.50
$19.50
$19.50
Shoots usually held the first Saturday of every month.
Gauges may be shot out of sequence with the permission of management. More than one 50 target
program may be shot in the same gauge as a preliminary event.
AWARDS
Break a 50, 75, or 100 Straight and get
one of these guaranteed awards!
50 Straight Kennedy Half Dollar
75 Straight Eisenhower Dollar
100 Straight Morgan Silver Dollar
50 Straight Doubles Liberty Silver Half
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Skeet Shoot Results
"You don't play against opponents, you play
against the game of basketball."
- Bobby Knight (Winningest Div. I Basketball
Coach)
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TrapProgram
SPECIAL NOTICE
Trap Program:
*** PROGRAM CHANGE ***
We are changing our
Trap Tournaments
back to Sundays for
the 2016-2017 season.
100 target 16 Yd, Hdcp and
Doubles events.
First 100 targets.
$37.00
(Includes ATA and FTA daily fees)
ATA SHOOT
SCHEDULE 2016-2017
September 25th
October 23nd
November 27th
December 18th
January 15th
February 26th
March 26th
Subsequent 100 target
events.
$32.00
See Federico Ramirez for
details: 954-394-5134
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WEDNESDAY
NIGHT
SHOOTING
IS STILL
POPULAR
WITH THE
SHOOTERS.
SIGN UP
WITH STEVE
NORRIS AND
THE REST
OF THE
REGULARS
AND TRY
YOUR SKILL
AND LUCK
AT ALL THE
GAMES.
PICTURED ABOVE ARE NOAH AND JOEY
PUTTING IT TO THE ADULTS AGAIN.
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Trapshooting Results
Singles
SHOOTER
CLASS
SCORE
PETE MILLS
KENNETH CARLSON
STEVE NORRIS
ALEX RIERA
JACK MOORE
BRANDON WONG
JOSE PUERTA
FRANCISCO AMADOR
TED VANDLING
WARREN LEDFORD
MARCOS VIDAL
FRANCISCO ROJAS
HENRY OVARES
ED GREENE
NOAH LEVY
AARON KLETZKIN
ALFREDO ROJAS
PHIL DEMENA
RICHARD CONWAY
ED FRUSTACI
DANIEL CARBONELL
WILFREDO BERNABE
GLENN HANF
FEDERICO RAMIREZ
A
C
A
A
C
D
D
D
D
A
B
B
B
D
D
D
C
D
B
D
C
D
D
A
100
100
96
92
91
90
89
87
85
85
83
82
82
80
79
77
76
76
73
68
63
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50X75
48X50
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Handicap
SHOOTER
YARDAGE
SCORE
TED VANDLING
19
12x25
PETER MILLS
20
21X25
JOSE PUERTA
20
22X25
PAULA KEIM
19
6X25
MARY NORRIS
19
13X25
Doubles
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Youth Program
I would like to welcome Richard Weissman to our Monday night
staff. He is a welcome addition. We have over a dozen intermediate students honing their skills lately. Nice to see so many students
sticking with the program. A testament to Steve Norris’ influence.
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