The 2009 Trap Range Schedule is now avaiable. Click Here to see the schedule
Businesses that support our club. Please support those businesses that help provide service and support to the El Dorado Rod & Gun Club. Click Here for the sponsors page.
President’s Report:
We are nearing the end of the year and that means some great
things are about to happen at the El Dorado Rod & Gun Club.
Our annual meeting and election for officers and directors
will take place on December 7, 2009. Would you like to be an officer or
director of the El Dorado Rod & Gun Club? Nominations are now open for the
upcoming election December 7, 2009. Please plan on attending this important
meeting. The Meeting will be held at 7pm, El Dorado County Senior Center, 937
Spring St., Placerville.
To inform the club of recent and upcoming legislation both
here in California and the country we have a number of great speakers. From the
NRA Ed Worley and Paul Payne will be attending our meeting. If you’re not
interested in the club election please make sure to attend this meeting for no other reason but to hear the NRA take on anti-gun
legislation. Also I am hoping that Tom
Pedersen from the CRPA will be attending to give us and update on California
legislation from the point of view of the California Rife & Pistol Association.
We have a lot if club activities and shoots coming up the next three months, here’s the rundown for some of them.
Tuesday January 26, 2010
Cold Springs Country Club ~ Placerville
Mark your calendars for our annual banquet coming this January 26, 2010. The banquet will be held at Cold Springs Country Club in Placerville. We are hoping to appeal to a broad range of people, not only members, but friends and family. So please make sure you invite everyone you know. Dinner will be $35.00 per person and $60.00 per couple. We only have room for 175 people so get your tickets soon!
Tickets for the dinner and the main prizes are available from any officer or director of the club. They are available on our web site at www.eldoradorodandgun.com. They can be purchased at the Mountain Democrat from Letty Baumgardner between the hours of 1pm and 4pm, Monday through Friday also available at Ward’s Automotive in Diamond Springs during normal business hours.
Keep reading the newsletter to see how you can win this gun!
The Board of Directors has once again addressed the issue of the expense to produce the printed and mailed newsletter every month. In order to keep costs down so that we can best use our funds for the operation and maintenance of our facility we have decided to reduce the USPS mailed newsletter to only once a quarter but still produce an eNews every month. From this month going forward the paper newsletter will only go out in December, April, July and October. Please encourage everyone to sign up for our eNews by going to our web site and sign up.
Quote:
“Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).”
~ Ayn Rand (Russian born American Writer and Novelist, 1905-1982)
All memberships will be due soon, why not renew now via our web page using your credit card.
Membership Fees are:
One Year: $45.00
One Year (age 65+): $25.00
Five Year: $200.00
Life Membership: $400.00
We have the ability for you to pay for your membership with a credit card via our web site using PayPal. Click here for details.
When you send in your dues with a check please remember to send in your membership application too. This helps us to keep all contact information current. You can find applications on our web site and at the range. Please fill out the membership application (in full) and return to us ASAP so you won’t miss out on all the exciting information you get from "The Powder Keg!"
Membership
Welcome to all of our new and
returning members. We appreciate your support and hope you will take advantage
of all we have to offer.
Well Thanksgiving is upon us
and Christmas is around the corner. This is a great time to bring a friend out for
a little R & R. Range and Reload! The leaves are falling and the targets
are calling. I’m sure there are plenty of your friends who would appreciate an
invite. Bring your friends and show them what you have been talking about.
As mentioned last month we
are now accepting applications for 2010. This means a new member gets the
balance of year 2009 added onto their membership at no additional cost.
You can get a jump on your
Christmas shopping with a gift of membership for a friend or family member. It
makes a great gift and will be enjoyed all year long.
For questions, comments or
input email me: jim@4sdr.com
Thank
you for your time and efforts,
Jim DePiazzy
Membership
REMINDER!The El Dorado Rod & Gun
Club has always been proud to help support our youth. Rifle or Pistol Range
fees for under age 18 are only $2. (Except Defensive Pistol). Today’s youth is our
future and it is our responsibility to share our sport, pass on the traditions
this great country was founded on and keep them safe in the process. Where
would we be today if our parents had not taught us? Probably not reading a
newsletter from a Gun Club!!
El Dorado Rod & Gun Club Annual Gun of the Year!
Only a limited number of tickets will be sold for this outstanding Handgun. This January we will be raffling off a Springfield Armory XD-40 Sub-Compact. When all the tickets are sold that's it, so buy today. You do not have to be present at the banquet to have an opportunity to win this great gun! All state and federal laws are followed.
The Goldsmith Gallery has given the club a wonderful prize to raffle at
our annual banquet. This is a man's 14k ring with golden quartz and
Celtic design on both sides. The Goldsmith Gallery will size to fit.
The ring can be viewed at the Goldsmith Gallery and please visit their web site at: www.goldsmithgallery.com
3951 Missouri Flat Road #100
Placerville, CA 95667
A big thank you to Jim and Mary Lou Peet for this wonderful gift!
Buy you tickets NOW, only a limited number of tickets will be sold! Click Here to purchase tickets for the ring!
I have spent 15
years in the Marine Corps. The last three years as a combat weapons instructor
and range officer for Marine
security forces. I am currently a range officer for USPSA and the NRA and
of course El Dorado rod and gun club.
I currently run
the Jr action pistol. I believe as a director I can keep a voice for the
Juinors at the range.I would also to
expand and grow the Juinor programs we have.
Thank you for
your consideration.
John Rice
From Deanna Jones of Placerville Preschoolers:
Once again the El Dorado Rod and Gun Club stepped up to help us raise money for Placerville Preschoolers/Kids’ Kampus! I’d like to thank each of the club members who participated in our October 4th trap shoot, those who were marshals during the event and Rob for helping me coordinate this opportunity for the second time. Club members are always friendly, supportive and willing to help those of us who are beginners enjoy the event by teaching basic skills on the range. I’ll personally try not to bruise next time! We were able to raise over $600.00 for our school through registration and lunch donations. Soon we will start our search for prizes to be donated for our next trap shoot and hope to connect with even more members of the community. Our school is celebrating 50 years in business during 2009 and we know we have the communities of El Dorado County to thank for the opportunity to do a job we love!
See you in the spring!
Deanna Jones
From PLINK Leader Steve Morgan:
Please Leave It NRA Klean
volunteers will meet at 8am for a Hosted Breakfast at C & T's Cafe just
west of the Pollock Pines Safeway Market and Taco Bell. Take the Sly Park
Highway 50 exit 60. We will convoy from there at 9am east on Hwy.
50, then up Ice House Road to the second small road after the Jones Fork cattle
guard, turning right for a few miles where the sign says Picket Pen. We
will be dismantling an abandoned cab over camper, and raking some rocks to
clear a safer 200 yard projectile impact area.
If enough volunteers show up we may split of those who want to see some fishing
spots in Camino Cove to haul off the remains of another camper that has already
had it's skin stripped so it is now just needs breaking up a bit to make a
medium pickup load.
Please confirm if you want to help.
Steve phone 530-620-3946, or eMail PLINK@COMCAST.NET
Are you an NRA member? Would you like to join or renew and help the club at the same time? Click here and go to the NRA online signup site. Every time you join or renew the club gets a small donation from the NRA and every little bit helps the club. You also help support the organization that supports our firearm rights, the NRA.
Hunting and Academics – CONTEST
A contest is underway for El Dorado County
students ages 12-16 for a 4 night 3 day pheasant hunt with parent at R&R
Pheasant Hunting Resort in South
Dakota.
Contest entry consists of a Xerox copy of an official report card with
each grade equal to or higher than “B” for that reporting period. One entry is allowed for each report card
grading period. Drawing will take place
after June 30, 2010. The hunt will take
place during September 2010. Contest
rules and procedures are available at Big Horn Gun Shop (6271 Pleasant Valley
Rd, El Dorado 530-642-1892) and Newtown Firearms
(1374 Broadway, Placerville
530-626-9945).
On Sunday, November 2 (the first Sunday in November) at 2 a.m.,
Daylight Saving Time ends in the United States. This is the second year
that Daylight Saving Time is four weeks longer due to the passage of
the Energy Policy Act in 2005. The Act, which extends Daylight Saving
Time by four weeks from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday
of November, is expected to save 10,000 barrels of oil each day through
reduced use of power by businesses during daylight hours.
Notice to all Range Safety Officers:
Please remember to carry membership applications with you. We are now at renewal time so this would be a good opportunity for you to get renewals and new members. Remember if you get a new member to allow them to shoot at no-fee for the day.
Please print out the current month’s calendar and post at the pistol / rifle ranges. This is very helpful to shooters to have a calendar available at the range. Also remember that the calendar and newsletter are always available on our web site: www.eldoradorodandgun.com
Just in time for Thanksgiving…
Ever wonder where the wishbone-breaking contest came from? It’s a tradition dating back to Etruscans in 322 B.C. And it started with a hen, not a turkey.
Back then, when someone wanted an egg he waited for the hen to announce the coming of her product. This led to the belief that the hen could tell the future. If a man wanted to receive an answer to a question, he would draw a circle on the ground and divide it into the 24 letters of the alphabet. Grains of corn were placed in each section, and the cock or hen was led into the circle and then set free. It was believed that the fowl would spell out words or symbols by picking up kernels of corn from the different sections.
After writing the message, the fowl was sacrificed to a special deity and its collarbone was hung out to dry. Then, you’d get to make a wish on the bone. Once dry, two other people got a chance to make a wish by snapping the dried bone with each one pulling on an end. The person with the larger end of the bone got the wish—and it became known as a ‘lucky break.’
Your 2008 Officers and Directors are:
President: Rob Charny
Vice Pres: Howard Holzer
Secretary: Letty Baumgardner
Treasurer: Bob Conover
Directors:
2011 - Doug Becker
2011 - Ken Arwood
2011 - Karen Beckman
2010 - Bob Pomeroy
2010 - Keith Murray
2010 - Bob Howard
2009 - Marshall Seaborn
2009 - Robert Hancock
2009 - Simon Russell
Just a reminder that you are subscribed to the El Dorado Rod & Gun Club eNewsletter. We hope that you find this newsletter informational and are enjoying the enhancements that we have made. These enhancements allows us to track delivery of our newsletters, better handle bounced email, allow online newsletter subscribe, unsubscribe, forward and profile update. This also allows us to have an online subscriber link. Please feel free to forward this newsletter to friends and family. Again thank you for your support of the El Dorado Rod & Gun Club.
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you can see everything printed in the newsletter plus more information
at the club web site 7 to 10 days before you receive it in the mail.
Board of Directors Meeting
Our monthly board meetings are held on the third Monday of each month, club house at the trap range 6pm.
To be placed on the agenda for either of these meetings, or for further information, call (530) 672-3330 or Email: news@edrgc.org
Do you know a speaker that would like to speak at our next general meeting? Let us know at least a month before the next meeting.
Public Welcome — Range fees discounted through club membership. Call (530) 672-3330, or any event chairman for shoot and/or membership information.
Our club has the following objectives:
To provide information and education to members and interested citizens regarding the safe and responsible use of firearms.
To promote conservation of fish and wildlife, habitat, and related resources.
To provide a safe, controlled environment for the recreational use of firearms.
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The Board of Directors has once again addressed the issue of the expense to produce the printed and mailed newsletter every month. In order to keep costs down so that we can best use our funds for the operation and maintenance of our facility we have decided to reduce the USPS mailed newsletter to only once a quarter but still produce an eNews every month. From this month going forward the paper newsletter will only go out in December, April, July and October. Please encourage everyone to sign up for our eNews by going to our web site and sign up. 
All memberships will be due soon, why not renew now via our web page using your credit card.
annual banquet. This is a man's 14k ring with golden quartz and
Celtic design on both sides. The Goldsmith Gallery will size to fit. 
On Sunday, November 2 (the first Sunday in November) at 2 a.m.,
Daylight Saving Time ends in the United States. This is the second year
that Daylight Saving Time is four weeks longer due to the passage of
the Energy Policy Act in 2005. The Act, which extends Daylight Saving
Time by four weeks from the second Sunday of March to the first Sunday
of November, is expected to save 10,000 barrels of oil each day through
reduced use of power by businesses during daylight hours.
Just in time for Thanksgiving…