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BLACK HILLS SHOOTIST ASSOCIATION MINUTES FOR JULY 20, 2008

Meeting was called to order by President Hawkbill Smith.

Old Business:
Insurance to NRA is due this month and will be paid this week. The money left over after returning materials not used for stage one amounts to $204.56. Bonnie suggested using it to buy picnic tables for the area.

New Business:
Rich reports that Greg has been asked by NRA to have our group at Cabela’s during their grand opening. We will be there the 2nd weekend of their opening August 16th and 17th. We will dress in our outfits to represent NRA, SASS and Black Hills Shootist Association. This causes a conflict as this was our work and shoot weekend so that has been moved a week later to August 23rd and 24th. Annual shoot information.

Motels:

  • Chief Motel 605-673-2318 All rooms $58.00 NO PETS, NO SMOKING
  • Rocket Motel 605-673-4401 allows pets, no smoking 1 queen bed $50.00 2 queen beds $65.00 1 king bed $60.00 2 double beds $50.00

Cost of shoot will be $85.00 to include application fee, banquet for Saturday night, and lunches for Saturday and Sunday. The Banquet will be held at the Hitch-N-Post in Pringle after the shoot on Saturday. The flyers will go out this week, please return ASAP with your application form and monies. Badlands Dave reports that on the work day we need black spray paint for the targets.

He also needs scorekeepers for the shoot this year. If you know any one who would like to keep score let him know. He is working on the scenarios, if you have suggestions, get with him today. We need everyone to solicit business for donations to give away at the shoot. Most places are very generous, so don’t be afraid to ask. If you ordered bullets, they are in. Roger wants 1 check so the club will pay him but you need to pick them and pay for them as soon as possible. Bonnie has a box of Red Owls shooting clothes for sale. If you are interested see her. (Killer McBash bought the whole lot - thanks Mike). The dedication for Stage 1 will take place on our next shooting day.

ChuckWagon brought items in to sell. Any money will go towards the purchase of picnic tables for the area.

Don gave an update on the new pricing of bullets. He has a new vendor and there will be a 30-40% decrease in price. He will also start making shot in the next few weeks. Last minute 1880 Train Robbery today 3:45. Anyone that can go, please do so.

Motion made, seconded, and passed by majority to close the meeting.

Minutes taken by Secretary Flo Fletcher Granny Flo FLO1126@AOL.COM

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It was a beautiful spring day for a shoot, the weather cooperated and everyone had a good time. There were 14 shooters in attendance. The meeting was called to order by President Hawkbill Smith.

OLD BUSINESS:
The treasure’s report was read and approved. Rent has been paid for this quarter. Dick, the landowner, has not said anything recently about the buffalo, so we will wait and hear what will happen regarding that incident.We need to handle this is a reasonable manner.

NEW BUSINESS:
Calvary Days are June 6th and 7th. Scripts were handed out to participants who will be available on June 6th. Jerry will play Clayton, Mike S. will be Coward Billy, Rick will be Sheriff Steel and Mark L will be Deputy Pike. The women will be bystanders and anyone else who can attend. The shootout will be at noon and 5 pm. On Saturday, line up for the parade will be at 9 am at the VFW. If anyone is interested in being interviewed in costume on June 2, contact Greg for more information. Greg is a recruiter for NRA. The club will receive $5.00 for a renewal and $10.00 for a new recruit to NRA. See Greg if you are interested. We will have a work day in conjunction with our next shoot. Saturday June 14th we will work on stages 1 and 10. Come prepared to work!!! We will serve lunch. Sunday June 15th is Father’s Day and our regular shoot day. Next train robberies will be 4th of July, Govenors Run and the Wine Train. It was agreed that we would give the landowner in Oblivion a case of beer for letting us park on his land during the train robberies.

Diane brought sandwiches and chips for after the shoot today.

Minutes submitted by Secretary Flo Fletcher

Sunday, March 30, 2008
Pringle, South Dakota
Black Hills Shootist Association Monthly meeting and shoot

It was a snowy day for shooting but a few folks came out in the weather. Turkey was prepared by Stoney Creek Jack and potato salad was made by Lilly Lu, with desert provided by Lu and Purty Lonesome. No official shoot was held, just a fun day due to the weather conditions.

Gun Show April 12 and 13th in Rapid City.- We need attendance both days of the gun show. Please contact Hawkbill (Rich) for the day(s) and times you can be there. Make sure to wear your cowboy duds.

Train Robbery Mothers Day (May 11th) Hill City- A scenario has been written for Mother’s Day, the Ladies will rob the train this year. We will rehearse the scenario at the April shoot. We will need a list of names of those planning on attending. Please let Hawkbill or Prairiebird know.

Scenario listed below & see attachment.
Calvary Days (June 6 & 7th) Sturgis- We will be robbing the bank downtown at noon.
The Sturgis committee has also requested a gun fight. Details are being worked out.
There will also be skits to perform at the City Park on Saturday.

Red Owl Memorial funds- The funds for building the stage for Red Owl was transferred today. A special account is being set up by the Treasurer so those funds will be spent on only that. This will allow us to track the spending more closely and we will be able to show Bonnie Sue how the money is spent.

Yearly Social discussion- All agreed all that the meal was good.  There was $1047.00 made on the auction. For next year we have agreed to discontinue the bidding auction and replace it with a silent auction. More on this as the year progresses. We will continue the door prizes, games as before.

bullet source- Don Valley at Hermosa has been contacted to see what costs would be for bullets for the club. Our Chadron source is still available, but costs are going up due to his cost for material.

Work Day for Targets- It’s time to make new targets. Curly suggests a Sunday. Members are in agreement ….Curly….pick a day and give directions to your place, not everyone knows where you live!

New member: Dave Amundson

Announcement- Tim Hardy and Lynn are getting married July 19th Official invitation and information forthcoming. CONGRATULATIONS

Minutes this month submitted by Prairiebird.

Sunday, February 17, 2008
Pringle, South Dakota
Black Hills Shootist Association Monthly meeting and shoot

It was a chilly, WINDY day for shooting but several folks came out in the weather. Chili was prepared by Diego and Lilly Lu and it was tasty!

Our good friend Steve Smith (Ridgetop) is currently in Rapid City hospital in intensive care. He should be moved to a regular room in a few days. Hawkbill will inform us of the room number so cards and flowers could be sent. He will be allowed visitors after he is moved.

March 1st Social: Don’t forget we still need door prizes and auction items. Plan to bring your family and friends, the more the merrier. Social and games begin at 5:00pm, dinner at 7:00pm ($15.00 per person.) So far we have Dean dealing Blackjack, Curly at the Faro table, and Bonnie running the duck pond.

Calvary Days June 6th and 7th: Curly reported that the schedule will be pretty much the same as last year. Friday we will perform the bank robbery with a chuck wagon supper that evening. The parade is Saturday morning and skits and festivities will be in the City Park during the afternoon. This year’s bank robbery will be scripted, more on that later.

Speaking of scripts, time to get those written for the 1880 train robberies. Our first one is currently scheduled for Mothers Day May 11th. Confirmed and additional dates and times to come when the train station opens this Spring.

The new scoring software has been ordered and received from SASS. It will be a real asset to the club record keeping.

Yearly dues need to be paid. Family membership $35.00, single membership $25.00. Mail your checks to Diana Sieveke 1109 Northeast Dr. Rapid City, SD. 57701 as soon as possible.

Minutes this month submitted by Prairiebird.

BLACK HILLS SHOOTIST ASSOCIATION

2007 ANNUAL MEETING OCTOBER 13, 2007

The meeting was called to order by President Hawkbill Smith.

TREASURES REPORT:
Lilly Lu (Diane) reported that we took in $ at our September shoot. We paid out $ which included $ for dinner at the Cattlemen’s Restaurant. Our bank balance is $ Discussion was held that we need to find another place to have our banquet. Please submit any ideas to Diane.

OLD BUSINESS:
2007 Dakota Territory Gold Rush
1. Do we need changes?
It was brought up for discussion that we should include the fees for the meals we serve on Saturday and Sunday with the total cost of the shoot. That would prevent confusion and need to have change and money on site. We also discussed if we should increase our fees or charge more for the spouse. The motion was made that we increase our fee by $10.00 to include lunches. Motion was seconded and passed by members.
2. Set design and scenarios? One person complained that the cowboys were too small and also had complaints of scatter. Terri read the SASS suggestions for regulations for distance and size. We are within the regulations. It was suggested we could change the angle and see if that would help. Discussion regarding stage 7. We need to have a step or steps built for that stage. It was discussed that we should have more movable targets. No negative comments on the scenarios. Good job on scenarios went to Badlands Dave and Big Louie.
3. Feed back by visitors? Hawkbill had one complaint from shooters that some guns were too loud. All loads were within legal loads.
4. Targets? Dean will make some more targets. If anyone is willing to help him, give him a call. Supplies needed are flat steel and square tubing. Deans # 347-2927.
5. Discussion? Badlands Dave was asked to be match director again for next year. He agreed to do it with Big Louie as his assistant match director.

1880 Train Robberies
1. Need more than 1 scenario- Discussion was held regarding the scenarios for the train robbery. It was agreed that we need more than 1scenario. Some ideas included having a hanging and letting the women win sometimes. Hawkbill would like some new scenario ideas written out and submitted to the club for discussion. Remember it can’t be too elaborate as we only have 10-15 minutes. It was discussed that we need to move further out as we are too close to the cars and the end cars cannot see the action.
2. Meg would like more action on the train Greg will talk with Meg as to what she wants. Right now the women ride the train and we have to sit and not walk around. It was discussed that we have a good guy and bad guy on each car and have them get into a fight. We can’t have too many men on the train as we need then for the shootout.
3. Everyone needs to stick to the script or scenario as much as possible. Too much adlib only creates confusion. Everything needs to work in sequence or it goes too fast or too slow.

NEW BUSINESS:
2008 Cowboy Social
1. Chair person or persons? Our Social this year will be on March 1, 2008. Bonnie and Terri will be chairpersons.
2. Committees?
A. Games
We had six games last year. Terri mentioned that Bonnie may have another one to add this year. Need volunteers for the games. Dean, Barb, Tim and Greg volunteered. We will need more.
B. Décor
Terri stated that Bonnie was working on the decorations and the theme for the social.
C. Auction items
We need auction items. Please hit up sponsors, employers and the community for items we can auction off. We can also auction off used item from home if they are in good condition.
D. Door prizes
We also need items for door prizes.
E. Menu
We need to come up with a menu and the VFW will cook it. Different menu options were discussed with Roast Beef and Fried Chicken taking the honors. Diane will let the VFW know our selection.
Set Design Stage #1
1. Working on pricing
Hawkbill has been doing some pricing for items needed for Red Owl design. It will run around $150.00 for brick. Jack is working on getting donations of wood we can use.
Fencing
Badlands Dave found that Discount Lumber would give us the best price and even a better price with a big order. It is estimated that we need 25 posts and 50 rails.
Calvary Days
Greg reported that Calvary Days will be the second weekend in June. The board has all new people this year and that Bob Bender is Director of Calvary Days. Greg will keep us informed of the plans for Calvary Days. Some comments from last year is that some people wanted it back at Ft. Meade but there was better attendance in the park and more vendors.
The Year in Review (Video)
Change in by-laws
A discussion was held to change our by-law in regards to nominations, elections and date of our annual meeting. A nomination was made to change nominations of office to September-October and have our annual meeting in November. The motion was seconded and passed by club members.

OPEN FOR DISCUSSION
1. Diane requested money to reimburse Joyce for the pictures that she took of the group during the Governors Run. She used her own funds for the pictures, the albums for the pictures and the CD’s she made. Diane mentioned that Joyce and her husband are thinking of becoming members. After a discussion a vote was held and approved by members to give Joyce $50.00, a family membership to the club, and 2 dinners the night of our Social.
2. Diane brought up that everyone had a good time during the tour of the Horse Sanctuary and picnic. Diane suggested giving them a donation as they usually get $50.00 per person. A discussion lead to donating money to shooting clubs for youths instead of to horses. The discussion was tabled and will be brought up at our next shoot.
3. Club e-mails. A few people mentioned to Hawkbill that they do not want their e-mails used for personal e-mails for jokes or chain letters etc. Club member e-mails are ONLY for club business.
4. Tim mentioned that the Gun Show will be in December. We can set up with Tim or get our own table. It is $25.00 for a table. Tim will get specific dates and let Hawkbill know.
5. A discussion was held if we want to keep our web site. It was agreed to keep it as it is paid for. Greg had been sending club pictures but the site had not been updated in a while. Greg will look into it. Rich will get web site to SASS.
6. We will go forward with the purchase of a new SASS program. It was voted on last year but we were hoping to get one at lower cost but that plan did not work out. Diane will go ahead and order the program.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS
We had one nomination for Territorial Governor. West Creek Willy was nominated for that office. Motion made to cease nominations, motion 2nd. Ballot approved unanimously by members. President - Hawkbill Smith (Rich Sieveke)
Vice-President - Dakota Curly (Greg Iverson)
Treasurer - Lily Lu (Diane Sieveke)
Secretary - Granny Flo (Flo Fletcher)
Sergeant at Arms - Slim Yote (Dean Symanski)
Territorial Governor - West Creek Willy (Brent White)
7. Flo will write a letter to Sonny requesting the Territorial Governor Badge for out new Territorial Governor.
8. Diane will let SASS know that Brent White is our new Territorial Governor.

OUR NEXT SHOOT IS OCTOBER 21ST. DIANE AND FLO WILL PROVIDE SOUP/CHILI. BARB AND TERRI WILL BRING ROLLS/BISQUITS.

Minutes submitted by Granny Flo aka Flo Fletcher. Flo1126@aol.com

BLACK HILLS SHOOTING ASSOCIATION MINUTES FOR JULY 15, 2007

A big THANK YOU to all who showed up early for clean up day before the shoot. We got a lot done but still have more to do. It was a very hot day and I hope everyone’s scores were just as hot.

Meeting was called to order by President Hawkbill Smith (Rich).

OLD BUSINESS

Treasures Report was read and approved by members present. We need members to turn in their registration for the September Invitational Shoot. Forms were sent with the May newsletter. It was e-mailed or mailed to you. If you need another form, ask Diane.

We are making all of our awards this year. Diane purchased frames for the awards.

We had our first clean up day and got a lot done but still have lot to do. If you need any supplies to finish a project, let Diane know and she will get what we need before our next clean up day.

Thursday August 2nd is the day that the South Dakota tourism crew will be filming the 1880 Train Robbery. The time has been changed to 3:15. Arrive by 2 pm for instructions. Friday August 31st is the Anniversary Train Robbery . There will be two train robberies that day, at 10:15 and 1:15. Let Rich know if you are available.

NEW BUSINESS

Scenarioes for Invitational will be worked on by Jack Myers and Badlands Dave. If you have any ideas, feel free to talk with them. Match Director for the Invitational is Badlands Dave.

A motion was made, seconded and passed by members to discontinue the use of black powder until further notice because of dry conditions and extreme fire danger.

Diane is waiting to hear from the Cattlemen's Club for the menu and prices. She is hoping to have three meal choices. Chief Motel is giving us good rates again this year. $53.00 for single room, $59.00 for 1 king or 2 queen beds. Call to make your reservations. The number to call is 605-673-2318.

If anyone has electric coolers that can be used to hold food items at the shoot, please let Diane or Flo know. Please bring lawn chairs to sit on while you are eating. Badlands Dave will bring the water jugs from the Fire Department. August 19th is our next clean up day before our shoot. We will start at 8:30. We need to finish everything and fine tune for the Invitational.

Bonnie made some nice warning signs to place around the area for visitors to wear hearing and eye protection. Please welcome our newest member- Chuck Luscombe- alias Chuck Wagon. We had a visiting shooter from Maryland join us for the day - Witchita Wayne.

It is time to start thinking of election of officers. According to our by-laws, nominations for officers will be held in August and closed in September to allow for absentee balloting. I will need nominations for officers by September 16th (a shoot day) so ballots can go out with the newsletter and allow enough time for ballots to be returned by our annual meeting in October.

Current Officers
President - Hawkbill Smith - Rich Sieveke
Vice-President - Dakota Curly - Greg Iverson
Secretary - Granny Flo - Flo Fletcher
Treasurer - Lilly Lu - Diane Sieveke
Range Marschall - Prairie Bird - Terri Engle
Sargeant at arms - Slim Yote - Dean Szymanski
Territorial Governor - Badlands Fox - Sonny Pesicka

REMEMBER OUR NEXT SHOOT AND CLEAN UP DAY IS AUGUST 19TH. CLEAN UP WILL START AT 8:30.

Minutes submitted by Flo Fletcher. Flo1126@aol.com.

BLACK HILLS SHOOTIST ASSOCIATION MINUTES FOR MEETING ON JUNE 24, 2007

Hi all. It was a very hot day for shooting and found many club members in some very interesting but cool outfits for shooting. Because of the hot temperatures, the meeting was called to order before noon. I am grateful to Denise for taking minutes for me. Even thought I was on time, I was late.

The meeting was called to order by Hawkbill Smith.

OLD BUSINESS:

Treasures report was read and approved. We have some outstanding payments due the club for services and we paid the rent and road repairs.

The next train robberies are on July 3rd at 8 pm and July 4th at 1:15. You can ride the train on July 3rd and watch the fireworks for $50.00 they will have lunch and champagne.

We have been asked to do 2 train robberies on August 31st at 10:15 am an 1:15 pm. This is a Friday. Please let Rich know if you are available for this. Since it is during the week, we need to know as soon as possible if we will even have enough participants or we will need to cancel.

The next two shoots will also be working days to prepare for our Invitational. On July 15th and August 19th we will have work time starting at 9 am before the shoot. We have some repairs and painting that needs to be done. Lunch will be provided for any workers that come. The more help we have, the faster we can get it done. We also need donations of paint.

NEW BUSINESS:

The Pawnee Station Annual shoot will be on July 17th, 18th and 19th. They will have side shoots on the 17th.

Invitational Shoot. Stoney Creek Jack suggested that we make our own awards. Dakota Di provided a pencil/ink drawing of a stagecoach for us to use as our awards. We can buy frames rather that plaques. Club voted to proceed and the print was tuned over to Hawkbill.

Motion made and approved to adjourn meeting and start shooting.

Minutes submitted by Flo Fletcher with thanks to Denise. Flo1126@aol.com