All of the Rifle and Pistol Ranges will be closed this weekend (Apr 16 & 17) for the joint clean-up. If you are available to help with the Trap and Skeet facilities clean-up efforts, please reach out to them for more details. Our understanding is that they have work planned for both Saturday and Sunday.

Although we were able to get a lot done with our March R&P clean-up, we have a few tasks planned for Sunday morning starting at 9AM near the Rifle Range. Some of the tasks include cleaning up some debris, spreading some sand, brushing the pistol range walls, and maybe splitting some lumber. Please reply to this e-mail if you are interested in helping; it’s a great chance to earn some chits towards next year’s dues!

Once ALL the work for the day, both Trap and Skeet and the R&P work, then range activities may resume for their normal hours.

As a side note, the new combinations for the range box and range road gate will be going up this Friday (Apr 15). If you have paid your dues, but have not yet received a letter with the new codes, please reach out to the club secretary.

Thank you,

The Rifle and Pistol Committee

MRGC Members,

Starting March 29, the outdoor pistol range will be closed for lead reclamation and follow-up maintenance. The outdoor pistol range will remain closed for a few weeks until work is complete. The rifle and trap ranges will remain open during this project, though the machinery may crowd the parking area at times. We appreciate your patience while we perform this necessary maintenance. There may be a follow-up email in the near future, if there is an opportunity for the general membership to help in the process. In an attempt to focus our efforts on this project and minimize the time in which the outdoor pistol range is closed, we are canceling all R&P weekend events for the month of April (this does not include the BFS class on APR 9). Thank you, The Rifle and Pistol Committee

Volunteers Needed For Indoor Range Demolition:

As you may have heard, the indoor range remodeling project was approved unanimously by the body on January 24th, 2022. This club operates on volunteerism and that effort comes from the membership. We are scheduling two demolition days in order to prepare the indoor range space for the lead reclamation company. They are:

 

Saturday, February 26th starting at 8 AM and continuing until we run out of energy

 

 

Sunday, February 27th starting at 8 AM and continuing until the work is completed

 

Please contact either the Indoor Range Committee Chair or the Rifle & Pistol Committee Chair (emails below) if you can come to lend a hand on one or both days. Please let them know what tools you can bring as well. Drop-ins are also welcome.

 

While we are not 100% sure what we will need, we figure battery-powered saws, wheelbarrows, hand trucks, tarps, hammers, axes, and other demolition tools will all be useful during this project.

 

The club will provide safety glasses, ear protection, and dust masks. Please bring all implements of destruction suitable for removing walls and general demolition. (But please no ordinance, we cannot “tannerite” the walls! Haha!)

 

We look forward to seeing you.

 

Bud Parker

Club Secretary

Subject to Article VII, section 3 under my authority as President I am calling a Special Meeting of the Club to discuss the following items:

1.  A second reading of the changes proposed by the By-Laws Committee

And

2. The renovation of the Indoor Range

The Executive Board has passed unanimously a motion to authorize this major capital expenditure subject to the approval of the Body:

The E-Board recommends that the Club undertake the renovation of the indoor range.  The Club plans to borrow $250-$300k for Phase I of the indoor range renovation.  Phase I will address the fundamental health and safety issues by removing lead and developing a clean “range envelope” and rebuilding the range and replacing the ventilation, the backstop, and the open floor.  By addressing these fundamentals, the Club can reopen the range to the membership in the shortest possible timeframe.  Pursuant to Body approval, the Board directs the Treasurer to secure financing at commercially available rates to undertake the project.

This meeting is to be held at the Club on January 24th at 7 pm.

President – Bob Trombly
Vice President – Jon Shepard*
Secretary – Bud Parker*
Treasurer – Mike Murphy

E-Board:
Andy Woods
Jayson Stoner
Scott Grant.

The thanks of the Club to all who put themselves forward as candidates for office. As two board members have vacated their positions to become Club officers, the new board will form at the January meeting and post for a sign-up sheet in the Club lounge for the vacancies thereafter.

Candidates should plan to present themselves at the February meeting for interview and selection by the E-Board.