GRAYLING – Joe Meadows was elected new club president, a position that he has held a few times in past. Joe has been around the Club quite a few years and most long-time members know him quite well. Joe and his wife, Kathy, (and daughter, Lilly) have a lot of experience trap shooting and helping around the club.
Joe and Lilly both have helped with the hunter safety classes, usually on the rifle range using the black powder guns. If ever you have a question concerning trap shooting or guns of any kind, Joe is the person to ask.
Recently, Joe has been working on reviving the Roscommon High School Trap shooting team with around 30 students signed up.
As soon as ammunition becomes available the team will start practicing. Bringing these students into the club to learn trap shooting will help the club’s goals of bringing in younger people, as well as meeting the club requirement for helping the Community.
Other new officers include:
Ethan Hutton, who is currently acting as elected vice-president and appointed treasurer.
Club Director Matt Corlew has been around the club for quite a while as well. He is probably not as familiar to shotgun shooters as he opens and runs pistol shooting on Tuesdays and just started helping out, opening the club on trap and skeet shooting days.
Thank you for volunteering
- Site In Day – Thanks to Jim Boylan, and Pat Trombley for putting out the signs, making the targets and helping people site in. A belated thanks to Ernie McMillan for helping build the deck.
- Thanks to Jim Hutton for cooking over the holidays, and Pat Trombley, Jim and Diane Cusmano for hosting.
- Snow blowers and shovels were in action clearing the shooting lanes and porch thanks to Bob Gilstrom, Don Burkley, Matt Corlew, Pat Trombley, Jim Cusmano, John Alef, Craig Kelly and Ethan Hutton.
- The Trap Machine on range #4 was repaired again by Dave Markle. Do you know the trap machine is one of the oldest the company ever made?
- Thanks to Mark Constance, Editor Emeritus of the Up North Voice publication. Mark adds our Graying Sportsman’s Club activities to the Voice’s Out and About section spreading the word about the Club’s events.
- Gerald Swatz for donating ammunition for the hunter safety field day.
For information on joining the club call 989-348-8899 or email graylingsportsmansclub@gmail.com.
