Ikes News March 2015.pub - Lincoln Izaak Walton League

I KES N EWS
V OLUME 15 I SSUE 03
M ARCH 2015
Published monthly by the Lincoln Izaak Walton League
WES’S NOTES
In case you haven’t, noticed our youth
shooting sports activities continue to
increase. If they haven’t reported
growth, Dave Tunick and Dick Mavis,
our youth trap coordinators, soon will
be. It seems that all youth teams are
at least shooting more. At the first
high school conference shoot, 35,000
targets were thrown for seniors on
Saturday, followed by the juniors with
almost 10,000 more. And then you
will note all the trap practice going on
after school on weekdays. All of that
plus yesterday we had 720 Archery-inthe-School kids participating in the
state tournament at the Lancaster
Event Center. I bet that if any one of
our members could start an IKE’s
4-H rifle team we would find some
kids to clean up at the Pressy State
silhouette tournament this fall. That
could really round out the Lincoln
Ikes Youth shooting sports. But, it all
takes work.
CHAPTER HAPPENINGS
Wow, the clubhouse project is
finished and just in time for that first
trap shoot. Our visitors that had
been in the facility in previous years
have nothing but favorable comments
about the now ADA accessible restroom facility. The Ikes can be proud.
But more improvements will be
continuing. Soon trees will be re-
N EW M EMBERS
moved and fill dirt donated to provide
a place to build a seventh trap range,
thanks to a substantial donation.
As we approach the one
thousand member level for this year, I
think I maybe better apologize to
some members up front. If you
turned in a renewal through the website, thank you, but I am thinking the
membership chairman (that’s me)
probably did screw up some of the
processing. Particularly if you are a
user of the self-use trap option, we
may not have gotten the new year’s
information. Information like you will
need the new combination for this
year; and there are a couple of other
changes in our protocol. Since we
haven’t figured out just the best way
of getting the new lock combo back
to you automatically, please contact
me via the phone or email and I will
promise to fill you in on the missing
info. And if you note any other screw
ups, do give me a blast and I will try
to correct any errors.
Did you know that we have a
Student membership category? One
of our chapter’s goals, and one of the
national goals, is to support education
through young adulthood. So our
chapter has a half price “student”
membership for young folks who are
still pursuing a college degree and
O N THE W EB A T
www.lincolnikes.com
Steve Mulinix
Travis Nelson
Kenneth Nguyen
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Art Provost
Daren Reynolds
Shawn Rourke
Steven Schukar
Brandon R. Seifert
Pamela Simpson
Gary Snyder
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Living at home, up to the age of
25. If the student is at least 19 and
has time to shoot they are eligible
to acquire a range card as a member. We also annually provide the
Merit award for the UNL student
wildlife club. This is given to a club
member who demonstrates a high
level of engagement in the
activities of the club as well as
preparations to begin a career in
natural resource management.
This year we are also pleased to be
able to host the club’s annual banquet at our chapter clubhouse. Of
course any member is welcome to
attend and participate in this year’s
event to be held on April 11th. If
you want a ticket, contact me and
I’ll see what I can do.
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS
Our legislature is now half
finished with this year’s business
amidst the usual firestorm of
controversy over some wildlife
issues, like mountain lions by an
Omaha senator. But before it got
too hot, a good law was passed and
signed by Governor Ricketts to
react to the threat of aquatic
invasive species such as the zebra
mussel. LB142 provides funding
via a registration fee to allow a way
the Nebraska Game and Parks
Commission can work with boaters through inspections at boat
ramps and education programs.
Remember some of those critters
can survive in miniscule amounts
of water or wet conditions attached
to your boat as you move from
lake to lake. Take a minute and
clean them off before you hit the
road. In the mean time Senator
Chambers would have us remove
the lion from list of hunted game
animals. If you would like to
watch some of the debates live, it
is easy to do. Simply go to the
Unicameral website at http://
www.nebraskalegislature.gov/ and
you can watch the debates on the
live stream internet feed. Some
debates become almost unbelievable but they are real.
In the meantime at the national level, we have participated in
the current hearings on proposed
legislation that could strangle existing provisions of our nearly 50 year
old “Clean Water Act”. Because of
a couple of Supreme Court
decisions a dozen years ago the
definition of what are waters of the
U.S. has been muddied (no pun
intended). Legislation is already
passed in the House and pending
in the Senate to curtail EPA and
Army Corp rulemaking that could
more clearly define what’s what
and where the law applies for
farmers, ranchers, contractors,
conservationists and whomever is
working in or near our precious
water resources. Nebraska Senator Fischer held a field hearing for
the Committee on Environment
and Public Works in Lincoln a
couple of weeks ago to line up her
support for stopping the rule
making, with a panel of invited
testifiers. By protocol a minority
contingent was included on the
invite list. The wildlife coalition
which includes the IKES along
with the Center of Rural Affairs
were invitees. So with a lot of help
by our national staff and others in
preparation, I presented testimony
that basically said that we believe
the rulemaking should go forward
to hopefully un-muddy the
definitions. We strongly believe
that if there isn’t any breaking
point in the flow of water from the
very upstream tributaries all the
way down to the gulf, where below
you are subject to regulations, but
upstream you can do anything you
wish. To allow that would be
grossly unfair to those folks downstream both economically and
ethically if subjected to a more
stringent regulation. Of course the
panel was stacked 6-2 for stopping
any further clarifying rules, but if
you are interested I would be
happy to send you what we
provided in that testimony.
Enough Ramblin’
But Remember this, “If
swimming is so good for ones figure, how
do you explain whales?” ---thoughts
of a retiree’s wandering mind.
Cheers-Wes Sheets
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IZAAK WALTON
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEETING
that followed, the volunteers have been
Tuesday,
April 14
doing a GREAT job making sure these
7:15pm
AT
THE
things run without a hitch. I don’t know
CLUBHOUSE
where you could get this kind of help
ALL MEMBERS ARE
for a free lunch and t-shirt from time to
WELCOME TO ATTEND
300 Y ARD B ENCHREST , M ARCH 1, 2015
What a difference a month and 30°
makes. We had eleven guys shoot nineteen guns. The Custom and Hunter
classes had six each and the Varmint
class had seven people shooting. Pretty
good turn out for our last match at 300
yards. Next month we will go back to
shooting 200 yards and also go back to
the regular start time of 9:00a.m. This
will let our guys get some good 200 yard
zero’s before the Nebraska Score
Championship on the 13th of June.
This year the “big” match schedule is a little different because the State
Games of America Benchrest match is
going to held August 1st. This match, the
Cornhusker State Games, is usually held
in July. But since this year it is open to
persons from all over the United States,
it’s being held a few weeks later. The
above mentioned is usually the third
weekend in June, but we turned that
date over to the Cowboy Lever Action
guys. And our registered NBRSA match
this year is on July 11th and 12th.
So, June, July and August are
when the other Benchrest are held this
year. We still have our “monthly club”
on the first Saturday as always, but these
other matches take more manpower and
time to pull off. I have to say that since
2010 when we started the first Nebraska
Score Championship, and the others
time. They are what it takes to make a
program work well year after year.
When you look at this month’s
winners you may think that these three
were the only ones shooting. There were
more as mentioned above. Robert
DeMoss was shooting from bench
number 3. Mike Durbin was shooting
from bench 5. And Don Westover was
shooting from bench 12. So, to say conditions were better on one side of the
range as compared to other…who
knows. That debate will always there.
This months match winners are:
CUSTOM CLASS: 1st Don Westover 188,
2nd Robert DeMoss 185-5x, 3rd Mike
Durbin 183-2x. VARMINT CLASS: 1st
Don Westover 184-1x, 2nd Robert
DeMoss 182-2x, 3rd Mike Durbin 175.
HUNTER CLASS: 1st Don Westover
186, 2nd Mike Durbin 177, 3rd Robert
DeMoss 174.
GOT A PARTY?
RENT THE HALL
Clubhouse, food service
area, and beverage services
are available. Beverage
service includes a full bar.
The hall will seat 300.
The daily rental fee is
$500.00. A refundable
damage deposit is
required. The facility is
perfect for receptions,
class reunions,
anniversaries, birthdays,
or office parties. For price
quotes and hall availability
call the clubhouse at 4746555 and leave a message
on the answering machine.
Members and non-profit
organizations may receive
a discount on the rental
fee. Contact Mike Kunkee
(540-7120) for discount
information.
Good shooting to all and start reloading
for the next match, scheduled for
April 4th
Mike Shapoval
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C HAPTER 65 D IRECTORY
OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS
CHAPTER 65 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ray Rowen (president)
Brian Koenig (vice president)
Dave Tunink (secretary)
Wes Sheets (treasurer)
Mike Alexander
Dick Mavis
Mike Moore
Brad Philson
Tracy Ross
Mike Shapoval
Ron Teselle
Todd Walter
STATE DIRECTORS
Larry Hutchinson
John Wittwer
NATIONAL DIRECTOR
Wes Sheets
CORPORATION BOARD
REPRESENTATIVE
Gene Ripa
MEMBER SERVICES
WEB MASTER
Mike Moore
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
John Carter
MEMBERSHIP
Wes Sheets
CLUB MANAGER/CLUBHOUSE
RENTALS/ BAR MANAGER
Mike Kunkee
RIFLE/PISTOL RANGES
Bob Sibal
EVENT MANAGERS
300-YARD INFORMAL SHOOT/
300-YARD MATCH SHOOT
Mike Shapoval
AMERICAN RIMFIRE ASSOCIATION
Mike McConnell
CIVILIAN MARKSMANSHIP
PROGRAM
Brian Koenig
COWBOY LEVER ACTION
SILHOUETTE
Ed Mundorf
GLOCK PISTOL EVENTS
Sean Gewecke
INDOOR AIR RIFLE/PISTOL
Chris Westover
Ed Mundorf
PISTOL SILHOUETTE
Ed Mundorf
RIFLE SILHOUETTE
Chris Westover
SELF-LOADING TRAP
Dave Tunink
TRAP LEAGUES/ATA REGISTERED
TRAP/YOUTH TRAP
Dick Mavis
Dave Tunink
VINTAGE MILITARY RIFLE MATCH
Ray Rowen
Contact Information
MIKE ALEXANDER (423-9141) malexander@neb.rr.com
JOHN CARTER (477-2150) jecarter@neb.rr.com
SEAN GEWECKE (432-6304) Sean_68333@yahoo.com
LARRY HUTCHINSON (440-7240) goldfish@binary.net
BRIAN KOENIG (617-0771) bkoenig1975@gmail.com
MIKE KUNKEE (540-7120) mhkunkee@gmail.com
DICK MAVIS (430-7519) dick@innovativewindow.com
MIKE MCCONNELL (423-3809) mmconnell2@neb.rr.com
MIKE MOORE (483-7394) webrat@windstream.net
ED MUNDORF (217-9234) emundorf@windstream.net
BRAD PHILSON (416-3018) brad.philson@ubt.com
GENE RIPA (328-0078) ripahome@aol.com
TRACY ROSS (474-4372) tdross@neb.rr.com
RAY ROWEN (730-2808) motomanv11@neb.rr.com
MIKE SHAPOVAL (420-5763)
mike10shapoval@windstream.net
WES SHEETS (466-9040) wsheets@radiks.net
BOB SIBAL (423-1315) bjsibal@aol.com
RON TESELLE (535-9872) ronteselle@gmail.com
DAVE TUNINK (483-4973) dave.tunink@nebraska.gov
TODD WALTER (560-2320, 423-5551) twalter6@aol.com
CHRIS WESTOVER (202-0333) c-westover@hotmail.com
JOHN WITTWER (261-8668) wittwer.john@yahoo.com
CLUBHOUSE (474-6555)
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H IGH S CHOOL AND J UNIOR H IGH T RAP S HOOT A B IG S UCCESS !
The Lincoln Izaak Walton hosted the annual
high school and junior high trap shoots (see facing
page for photograph) on March 14th and 15th. The
high school shooters had good weather on
Saturday, with the exception of some winds.
We hosted 345 senior high shooters
representing 17 schools and 4-H clubs. We started
the meet at 7:30a.m. and completed the shoot-offs
and awards around 6:30p.m. It was a full day and it
took some very special volunteers to keep the traps,
computer, and all aspects of the meet running
smoothly.
On Sunday, the 15th, we hosted 196 junior
high shooters representing 15 schools and 4-H
clubs.
We began at 1:00p.m. on Sunday. Once
again, the weather cooperated and it was a good
day to get out and enjoy the sport of trapshooting.
Again on Sunday, our team of volunteers were
there to keep the traps working and the computer
keeping the numbers in order; we had a very
successful afternoon.
These trap meets give our young shooters an
opportunity to enjoy their sport and many expressed
their appreciation that our facility provides a clean
and safe facility to enjoy trapshooting. We also
received many compliments about the improvements made to the interior of the clubhouse.
We would like to thank our special volunteers who show up each year to host these meets.
We will be doing these same shoots on
April 18th and 19th. We can always use help so if
any of our members want to see some good shooting by our young people, boys and girls, please
come out and spend some time with us.
With deep appreciation to our team who
make these meets a success,
Gene Ripa
Summer Trap Leagues Organizational
Meeting
We are in the process of forming
teams for the summer trap league.
Attached is the registration form.
Either mail it or bring to the
organizational meeting on April
28th. If you know someone that is
also interested in forming a team,
please pass on this information.
THE SUMMER TRAP LEAGUE
The Summer Trap League
is a 16-week league that will begin
on May 7th and end on August
20th. Dick Mavis is the Ike’s
member supervising this league.
The league is made up of teams
sponsored by various businesses or,
alternatively, the team can sponsor
themselves. An $85.00 sponsorship
fee is charged and the money used
for awards at the dinner at the end
of the shooting season. Both Ikes
members and non-Ikes members
are invited to shoot. The team
roster with up to ten shooters,
along with the sponsorship fee, is
required before shooting starts. We
charge a fee of $6.00 per round.
Shooting typically starts at
6:00p.m. or 6:30p.m. and ends at
9:00p.m. or 9:30p.m.. The team
that shoots at 6:30p.m. one week
will shoot at 7:00p.m. the next
week. Only the team members on
the roster are allowed to shoot.
During the first two weeks of
shooting, scores will be used to
determine averages and classification will be finalized (AA, A, B,
etc.) The first round team scores,
fired from the 16 yard line, will
determine handicap yardage. Teams
will be assigned opponents, and
those opponents will change every
week. One point will be assigned
for the 16-yard, handicap, and
overall scores, for a potential total
of 3 points. Team members need
to have a minimum of one round
of 16 yard targets and one round of
handicaps during the first two
weeks of qualifications.
Note – Summer Trap League
organizational meeting
scheduled for April 28, 201 at the
Lincoln Ikes clubhouse starting
at 6:30p.m. We will try to get the
shooting schedule for the first
two weeks out by May 5th.
If you are an individual
shooter contact Dick Mavis (402)
421-3485 or Dave Tunink (402)
483-4973 and we will try to place
you on a team.
YOU CAN FIND THE SIGNUP SHEET ON PAGE 9.
Hundreds of junior and senior high school student descended on the Ikes' trap ranges on March 14th and 15th for the High School
Trap Shoot. Look at the crowds. The trap ranges are full. The parking lots are full. The clubhouse is full. In other words, a HUGE
success. This aerial photograph by HARVEY SWANSON give you a good idea of just what success looks like. Thank you, Harvey, and
sincere thanks to all the great volunteers who make this happen year after year. Ikes' Youth Programs are a big part of the future of
outdoor sports in Nebraska.
This is What Success Looks Like!
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