The Sportsman

Published by

The Tacoma Sportsmen’s Club November 2017

Volume 835, Issue 11 INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Calendar..................................... .2

Announcements & Articles…...3-5

Classes & Events……………….....5,6

Ads & Schedules ........................ .7

Renewals…………………….....…..8,9

New Members………..……...…….10

Notices, Contacts, hours……......11

SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST

General Membership

meeting November 1st, 7pm.

Committee meetings:

Tuesday evenings, 7pm;

Archery, Rifle & Pistol,

Shotgun, House & Ways &

Means, Budget & Finance and

Membership. Dates are on the

calendar. Everyone welcome.

Club Café! — Tuesday

evenings and Sunday

mornings, open to the

public. Tuesday night

specials, everyone welcome!

Check the calendar for

Holiday hours

President’s Report

BY GARY HIGGINBOTHAM, PRESIDENT

I would like to offer my condolences to Dwayne Curtiss’s Family and

Friends. Dwayne passed away October 09, 2017 on his 49th Birthday.

Dwayne was a Former President and a Life Member of TSC. Dwayne

will be missed by many.

Hunter sight in was a huge success this year. Public range pressure was

reduced by the opening of the Piel Range for sight in overflow. Thank

you to Curt Southworth and all of our RSO’s and volunteers. Hundreds

of shooters took advantage of our facilities and were helped by our

experienced crew.

November offers hunting opportunities to all who participate in the

great outdoors. Good luck, have fun, be safe, and share your bounty.

November also starts the process to replace several positions on the

Board of Directors. I will finish my second term as President the first of

January, Larry Nelson 1st Vice President will have served two

consecutive years, these offices are limited by our Constitution to two

consecutive terms. 2nd Vice President, Warden, and two Trustee

positions will be open. Nominations will be accepted at the November

and December meetings and an election will be held in January.

Please exercise your right as a member to participate in the process.

I would like to wish you, your families, and friends a Happy

Thanksgiving.

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest

appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” ~ JFK

NOVEMBER

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Shotgun Sports

10-2pm

Club Café & Bar

open 5:00pm

General Mbr

meeting 7pm

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Old Timers Mbrs

Skeet 9am

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Shotgun Sports

10-3pm

Club Café open

10am-3pm

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Shotgun Sports

10-9pm

Club Café & Bar

open 5:00pm

SS mtg 5:30pm

Archery mtg 7pm

RMEF 7pm

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Shotgun Sports

10-2pm

Club Café & Bar

open 5:00pm

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Old Timers Mbrs

Skeet 9am

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Shotgun Sports

10-3pm

Club Café open

8am-noon

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Shotgun Sports

10-9pm

Club Café & Bar

open 5:00pm

Wounded

Warriors 6pm

Rifle, Pistol mtgs

7pm

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Shotgun Sports

10-2pm

BULLETIN

DEADLINE

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Old Timers Mbrs

Skeet 9am

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Shotgun Sports

10-3pm

Club Café open

8am-noon

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Shotgun Sports

10-9pm

Club Café & Bar

open 5:00pm

W&M, House mtg

7pm

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Shotgun Sports

10-2pm

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ALL FACILITIES

CLOSED

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OFFICE CLOSED

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Shotgun Sports

10-3pm

Café open 8-12n

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Shotgun Sports

10-9pm

Club Café & Bar

open 5:00pm

B&F mtg 7pm

Mbsp mtgs 7pm

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Shotgun Sports

10-2pm

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BOD Mtg 7pm

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Piel Range Thank You

After it was decided that it was best to use ecology blocks and our surplus

utility poles to baffle the Piel Range, I rounded up the crew that worked on

the member pistol range 2 years ago.

Without hesitation they all showed up. They worked over eight days placing

over 45 1.5-ton blocks, hanging 300 feet of utility poles and placing 50 feet

of awning. All without any injuries or incidents.

I would like to recognize these guys for their help in finishing this portion of

the range:

Jerry Cunningham, Doug Daniels, Ron DeVany, Mike Fuqua, Dan Riddle,

Glenn Rodrick, Donald Schmidt, , Scott Slater and Ben Smith. Also, a thank

you to Mark Arnold for making sure the equipment we needed arrived on

time.

Thank you again,

Larry Nelson, 1st Vice-president

600-Yard Shoot

Great news! We will be having a Christmas Shoot on the 17th of

December 2017.

As of right now I'm looking for volunteers to help clean up the

brush on the range. Remember, if you volunteer 20 hours per year

and your dues will only be $50.

So please email me at rdr66@comcast.net or call me 253-318-

7845 so I can make up a list. I’m planning on doing this at the end

of November, beginning of December. I’ll let you know the exact

date when I hear from you and it will be posted on Facebook.

Thank you,

Rick Rogers, chairman

Sight-In Report

Well we came to the end of another successful hunter sight-in,

which started September 9th and ended October 16th running

Fridays through Mondays. I have been doing these for close to

20 years. This was the most interesting of them all. The first and

second week were the slowest I have ever seen. But the last

three were the best I have ever seen! Thankfully the Piel Range

was completed in time as without that it would have been a

nightmare.

Our volunteers came to the rescue led by Ed Stover, Dave Smith,

Kirk Moellendorf and many more. Our paid employees also

volunteered hours to help out, those being Ed Dye, Bob Hamilton

and Lemar Butler. This was the most lucrative of any hunter sight

in yet. It’s been a grand year at the club as well and this year’s

sight-in added a beautiful explanation point.

Thank you, Curt Southworth, Rifle Committee Chairman

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GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

BY RICHARD FRIEL, PAST PRESIDENT

At our last monthly meeting, Donn Moyer gave us an update on the

Las Vegas shootings. With his experience in the news business he gave us

a different view at what possibly happened. If you have been keeping

up with this story there are no positive answers at this time other than the

number of deceased and injured. Only time will tell how this will all shake

out and it's possible we will never know all of the answers.

Thank you Donn for doing the program and the insight on that

issue.

Next months General Membership program on November 1st and

also at the December 1st meeting there will be a video presentation on

how the club was built. We look forward to seeing you then.

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In Memory of Dwayne Curtiss

It is my solemn duty to report to all of the membership the untimely

passing of one of my and the club’s best friends Dwayne Curtiss.

Dwayne proudly served his country in the US Army for 12 years before

leaving. He was the manager at All Ways Air Control.

Dwayne, joined the club in 2002. Since that day he has worked tirelessly

in the promotion and betterment of the club.

He loved to volunteer and did so unselfishly. He worked on several

committees, spent several terms on the Board of Directors and 2 years

as your club President.

He worked on the Kid’s Fishing Derby, helped at all of the banquets,

feeds and picnics he was asked to, and a few he wasn’t but knew he

was needed. He helped at the Sportsman’s Shows, and Cabela’s days.

He also worked towards the betterment of the sporting and shooting

pursuits he loved. He helped out at the ranges and shot pretty much all

the disciplines we have and helped anyone he could. Dwayne and I

represented the club on the Washington State Sportsmen’s Council. He

helped out at Ducks Unlimited, RMEF, and CCA banquets.

He also attended many of the social events and made many friends at

the club. He went out of his way to make you laugh and was a great

friend to have.

He also was a hunting and fishing partner to many people at the club.

Dwayne and I have hunted and fished together for years and it’s hard

to believe that I won’t be sharing a beer around the campfire after a

day in the field or on the water again.

Dwayne is survived by his wife Ba’Nai, children Michael, Tyler and

Chrystal, his parents, siblings and several grandchildren who he loved

to spend time with and babysit when he could.

Dwayne loved his family and friends and will be missed by many.

Until we can hunt again……

Mike Toups, Life member #53

Dwayne Curtiss,

Life member #266

1968-2017

A Memorial will be held

at TSC

December 1, 2017

FOXES and FIREARMS

Women’s Introduction to

Handguns

Trained and certified instructors.

You will have the opportunity to

fire a variety of different calibers

under staff direction. Handguns

and ammo are provided but you

are welcome to bring your own.

2017 Dates:

Nov 12 Dec 10

Cost: $149.99 per person Hours:

9am-2pm in the Hunter Education

building at

the Tacoma Sportsmen’s Club

Register at:

www.foxesandfirearms.com

Contact information:

253-255-8284

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EVENTS AND CLASSES

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Wednesday Shotgun

Nov 1 Kelly Palmer

Nov 8 Gene Power

Nov 15 Fred Miller

Nov 22 Bob Braddock

Nov 29

Shotgun

Nov 1 Shelly Babcock

Nov 7 Garrett

& Jared

Nov 14 Mitch Johnson

Nov 21 Mike Hawkins

Nov 28 Heather Mattioli

Sunday 10-am-4pm

Tuesday 10am-9pm

(7-9PM Chippers will be

available)

Wednesday 10am-2pm

Shotgun Committee

Meetings are at 5:30pm

the 1st Tuesday of every

month.

Everyone is welcome!

Covers available if

raining.

Shotgun can always use

volunteers!

Just call or email the club:

253-537-6151,

TSC1933@outlook.com

Bar Volunteers

Timberwolf Tree Service

Inc.

All Phases of Tree Work

Licensed/Insured

Don Peterson

(253) 537-1631

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ABEYTA, PETER

ACOSTA, FRANK

ANDERSON, ROD

ANSERS, CHRIS

AUMAN, FRANK

AUNE, SCOTT

BAILEY, ANTHONY

BARNARD, DAKS

BARNES, ED

BASHER, JAY

BAUGHN, JACK

BAWDEN, JOSEPH

BEALS, CHRISTOPHER

BLEAKLEY, GEORGE

BRATVOLD, TYREN

BRENNER, JOHN

BRESNYAN, CHRIS

BROWN, JAMES

BROWN JR., RICHARD

BUCKLEY, MATTHEW

BURNWORTH, JOHN

BUTLER, TIM

CADDELL, JERRY

CAGLE, GARRY

CAMPTON, JOHN

CANTLIN, JOSHUA

CASEY, ADAM

CASEY, BOBBY

CATLETT, RICK

CAVANAGH, MICHAEL

CEDILLOS, YVONNE

CHEBARO, HASSAN

CHELL, ERIC

CHLIPALA, BRIAN

CHOMIK, GREGORY

CHRISTENSEN, RICHARD

CHRISTENSON JR., RICK

CLARK, TROY

CLEE, JASON

COCHRAN, KATRINA

COOPER, JAMES

CRABTREE, BRIAN

CROUCHET, JOE

CROY, ADAM

DAMON, ROBERT

DELANO, BRIAN

DICKSON, GLENN

DINGMAN, JAMES

DOWNS, TIMOTHY

DOYLE, KENNETH

DUGGER, KEITH

DUNN, BRIAN

EGGEN, RANDY

ELLIOTT, KIRK

FINKAS, JOHN

GABRIELSON, BURNIE

GAMBILL, JOHN

GAUSE, GEORGE

GEORGE, JOHN

GILL, JOHN

GOE, JOHN

GOOBIN, TATIANA

GRACE, DAN

GREER, FRANK

GRISSOM, ROBERT

GRONZO, RONALD

HABBICK, STEVE

HALL, ALLEN

HAONG, CHHAY

HARBRECHT, JOHN

HARP, DAN

HATLESTAD, MEGHAN

HAVOK, SEAN

HAYNIE, RAY

HEINZ, MICHAEL

HEMBREE, RONALD

HENDRIX, SHANE

HERNANDEZ, RUDY

HESTER, KEN

HOFFER, RONALD

HOLLAND, JESSICA

HUBER, HANNAH

HUTCHENS, DEVON

INGBRIGTSEN, CHRIS

INGROUM, STEVE

IRISH, SARAH

JAHN, ROBERT

JOHNSON, ROB

KAELIN, REGGY

KASEBURG, KEN

KEEN, DENI

KENNEDY, KEVIN

KIM, JOON

KLIMA, TIMOTY

KNOBLAUCH, DONALD

KNUEVEN, JOHN

KNUTSON, LARS

KORSMO JR., JOHN

KRAUCUNAS, FRANK

LaBARBERA, JOE

LANOUETTE, MATT

LEE, BENJAMIN

LEONHARDT, RYAN

LONG, MIKE

LOVIN, HOWARD

LUCAS, SHAWN

LUFF, WILLIAM

LUNDBERG, JOEL

MAKAREVICH, SAM

MALONEY, KEVAN

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November

MARLOW, MATT

MARTENS, GERALD

MATZ, TOM 11/1/2017

McCOLLUM, TOM

MCFARLAND, DUANE

McIVER, MATTHEW

MCLAMORE JR., WILLIAM

McLELLAN, DANNIE

MESSEGEE, ROGER

MILLER, GREG

MONSON, MICHAEL

MOREHART, MICHAEL

MORELAND, HOWARD

MURPHY, TERRY

NITSCHKE, SCOTT

OLMSTEAD, DEREK

OLSON, JOEL

OLSON, KYLE

OPP, SUE

OSBORNE, BRIAN

OVERMARS, BEN

OVIATT, CRAIG

PAK, TIM

PELLEY, RICHARD

PENNINGTON, GUY

PEREZ, ORLANDO

PETKOVICH, NICK

PINGLEY, JOE

PLUMB, SHAWN

PROULX, JACOB

PURDOM, ROBERT

QUEJA, RUDY

RENKERT, MIKE

RESUTEK, JOSEPH

RESUTEK, THOMAS

RHINEHART, DUSTY

RHODES, ERIC

RIDGE, JASON

RIEGSECKER, NORMAN

ROBINSON, CHRIS

RODRICK, DUSTIN

ROLLINS, JAMES

ROSS, TIMOTHY

SALTZMAN, RICHARD

SCARONI, MICHAEL

SCHOLZ, KERRY

SERINO, DELAJA

SIEGEL, GARY

SIPES, JOSHUA

SMITH, CURTIS

SNYDER, STEPHEN

STAHL, ERIC

STORER, PATRICK

TATE, JASON

TAYLOR, JASON

TAYLOR, JUSTIN

TAYLOR, JOSEPH

TAYLOR, KENT

TAYLOR, RANDY

TETU, ROBERT

THOMAS, ALEX

THOMPSON, DUANE

TILTON, LARRY

TOFT II, EDWARD

TURNER, MATT

TVETEN, SCOTT

Van de Blankjevoort, Jerry

VAN WORMER, HENRY

VARMA, AJEY

WALKER, LARRY

WAMSLEY, GENE

WATSON, DOUGLAS

WAXMAN, HAROLD

WELLMAN, JEFFREY

WEPKING, JOHN

WEST, CRAIG

WHITNEY, RON

WILLIAMSON, JUSTIN

WILLMANN, KEITH

WILMAR, CHRIS

WRAY, NATE

YSLAS, FRANK

ZETTERBERG, ERIC

Payment due by

month end.

Thank you

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New Member

1.Balsley, Dan

2.Carroll, Curtis

3.Chappell, Mike

4.Cooper, Christopher

5.Fessler, Michael

6.Fralia Jr., Glenn

7.Frasier, Daniel

8.Fuller, Thomas

9.Gendron, Nicholas

10.Girvin, Robert

11.Gonzales, Bill

12.Grenier, Rene

13.Habel, Jerry

14.Hare-Willis, Cindy

15.Hare, Susan

16.Harruff, Paul

17.Jendrick, Shaun

18.Jones, Aaron

19.Klinger Jr., Steve

20.Kubes, Bill

21.McDaniel, Mark

22.McNabb, Charlie

23.Monteer, Brian

24.Moore, Cedric

25.Moraign, Clark

26.Munyan, John

Proposed By

1.Lemar Butler

2.Roger Carroll

3.Gil Jay

4.Lemar Butler

5.Lemar Butler

6.Lemar Butler

7.Gil Jay

8.Gil Jay

9.Gil Jay

10.Gil Jay

11.Lemar Butler

12.Gil Jay

13.Lemar Butler

14.Angela West

15.Angela West

16.Lemar Butler

17.Gil Jay

18.Lemar Butler

19.Lemar Butler

20.Angela West

21.Lemar Butler

22.Gil Jay

23.Gil Jay

24.Angela West

25.Angela West

26.Lemar Butler

New Member

27. Myron, Randy

28. Nelson, Andy

29. Newsom, Harry

30. O’Brien, Kevin

31. Pacheco, Cilio

32. Peck, Diana

33. Peplowski, Justin

34. Peres, Dustin

35. Powlus, Brian

36. Puryear, Travis

37. Reith, Ryan

38. Rossman, Ray

39. Sanders, Jimmy

40. Schilling, Dan

41. Shapiro, Robert

42. Smith, Brian

43. Smith, Jacob

44. Smith, Mike

45. Stage, Shawn

46. Steele, Connie

47. Taylor, Heath

48. Thomas, Ngai

49. Weynandt, Andy

50. Wilkerson, Dave

51.Wolff, Jonathan

52.Zickler, Robert

Proposed By

27. Lemar Butler

28. Gil Jay

29. Angela West

30. Angela West

31. Angela West

32. Lemar Butler

33. Ron Akins

34. Lemar Butler

35. Angela West

36. Gil Jay

37. Angela West

38. Lemar Butler

39. Lemar Butler

40. Gil Jay

41. Angela West

42. Angela West

43. Lemar Butler

44. Lemar Butler

45. Angela West

46. Lemar Butler

47. Lemar Butler

48. Angela West

49. Lemar Butler

50. Angela West

51.Gil Jay

52.Angela West

New members

will be sworn in at

the October 4th

General

Membership

meeting at 7pm.

Come on out, enjoy some

great shooting and great food!

Hours are Tuesdays 5-7pm and

EVERY Sunday 8am-noon!

Always a special on

Tuesdays too—

check them out on

Facebook every week.

Open to the Public.

TACOMA SPORTSMEN’S CLUB

16409 Canyon Rd E

Puyallup, WA 98375

Office Hours

Tuesday thru Friday 9:00am -

4:00pm

Range hours: 9am-6pm

(Last check-in: 5:15pm)

(253) 537-6151

Fax: (253) 539-3253

EMAIL: TSC1933@outlook.com

www.tacomassportsmensclub.com

YOUR LOGO HERE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President Gary Higginbotham

1st Vice President Larry Nelson

2nd Vice President Rick Yorkk

Warden Glenn Rodrick

Past President Richard Friel

TRUSTEES

Mark Bussey (2018) Mike Rasmussen

Mike Slevin (2019) Ed Coffey

Mark Arnold (2020) Jess Mathews

Advertise

If you would like to reach more

people with an ad we have

great rates by the month or get a

discount for the year.

Different sizes available from a

business card to full page.

Call, email or drop by the office

with any questions.

253-537-6151, TSC1933@outlook.com

In compliance with I-594, sales or

trades of firearms on TSC property

is prohibited. Thank you

for your cooperation

As a reminder, removal of lead

from any of our ranges is strictly

prohibited.

Thank you, TSC BOD

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If you reload your own

bullets you can save

some money!

The Tacoma Sportsmen’s Club is

now listed with the Missouri Bullet

Company. You get a 5% discount

since we are now listed with them.

The code is tacoma-gc.

Notices