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Winter 2017/2018- Issue

PGC Celebrated this past Holiday Season with Christmas Lights!!

PGC Board:

President- Jim Sable

Vice

President- Dick Nelson

Treasurer-

Scott Fahlstrom

Secretary-

Doug Aasen

Directors-

Tom Aasen

Randal Baker

Scott Gustafson

John Jensen

PGC 2018 Spring Banquet!!

Thursday, March 29th, at Medina Entertainment Center

**Deadline to purchase dinner tickets will be March 21st. Cost of each ticket is $20.00. Tickets can be purchased at the club via cash or check (payable to the Plymouth Gun Club) or mailed to the following address:

John Jensen 17805 30th Place North Plymouth, MN 55447 *Change in time this year……The bar will open one hour sooner at 5pm, with Happy Hour

starting at 6pm and Dinner at 7.

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PGC Shoot Outs…..I mean Shout Outs!

I would like to recognize our PGC members who participated in local and regional shooting events and have done well. There are a number of members who participated in trap shooting, skeet shooting and sporting clays that have done well and deserve a shout out. Just a reminder…….please shoot (send) Karinn Schultz an e-mail at captaincooper01@yahoo.com with information on yourself or your friend who has done well and I can recognize them in the next quarterly issue. Thank you!!

The 2017 Minnesota State Skeet Championships were held this past August at the Minneapolis Gun Club in Prior Lake and we had some PGC members who did really well and were mentioned in the article! Some of our members (Max Bunning, Joe Sanguinetti, Nathan Ziemer, Joel Kampa, David Baker, Barrett Swenson and Dan Kampa) are mentioned for winning various awards and the article can be found on http://www.claytargetnation- digital.com/December2017#& pageSet=39&page=0&contentItem= undefined.

Congratulations to David Baker for winning his first Minnesota State High Overall Championship by a single target. Also, Class HOA champions were Max Bunning (B1 Class), Dan Kampa (C1 Class) and Barrett Swenson (D1 Class).

Miscellaneous News

Rounds Shot at PGC- Below is a summary for all rounds shot in 2017 with a comparison to

2016. Overall, we were down 5% from 2016, but 2016 was an exceptionally high year. The total rounds

shot for 2017 were still above years 2013, 2014 and 2015. We had a good year of participation at PGC.

DAVID BAKER DAN KAMPA

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Fence Update- The cyclone fence project has been approved for a grant by the DNR.

Town and Country Fence will install it in the spring as soon as the frost is out of the ground. In the meantime, Tom Aasen has put up the “No Trespassing’’ signs. The fence is a 6 ft. high chain link fence. Along the north boundary of the PGC, it is 660 feet long. It then turns and goes up the west side approximately 125 feet. There is some space left on the west side to make it easier for the wild life to crossover into our woods. The total cost of the fence project is $25,000 of which half or $12,500 is being covered by the DNR Grant that was approved for us.

PGC Website- Tom Aasen is working on getting our PGC website

updated and current. Please check it out at plymouthgunclub.org!

Work Day-The 2018 work signup sheet is posted at the club.

Membership Dues-The 2018 Membership Dues are $35.00 and can be paid at the club or

mailed to our treasurer, Scott Fahlstrom at the following address: Scott Fahlstrom 3111 Garfield St. Minneapolis, MN 55418

Shooting and Membership Pricing Increases-Effective April 1, 2018, the price for adult

and junior member shooting will increase to $4.00 per round. Also, effective January 1, 2019, the price for adult and junior member shooting will increase to $4.50 per round. In addition, on January 1, 2019, membership dues will increase to $50.00 per year. The Board of Directors made the new pricing decision to rebalance the member/non-member shooting income ratio as required by the State of Minnesota for non-profit organizations, and to ensure that the Club has the resources to fund future endeavors, as well as the ongoing purchase of targets and ammunition. The last membership dues increase was March 2000, and the last shooting price increase was December 2008.

For Sale Section-If anyone has guns they are selling and wants them included in the next

quarterly issue under a For Sale section, please send Karinn Schultz an e-mail at captaincooper01@yahoo.com.

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Spotlight Interviews-We are doing quarterly spotlight interviews on the longest serving PGC

members and will work our way forward and also on one of the newer PGC members. Our next longest serving member for me to interview is Ben DeSmet.

Q. When did you join the PGC? A. 40 years ago this year.

Q. Did you shoot trap or skeet before you joined the PGC? A. “Yes, I did……worked at FMC and shot there just like Dick Nelson did”. Q. Are there any changes or things different from 39 years ago that you

wish we still had or did differently?

A. Ben said no, and he said he thinks they’ve done good here. He’s really

happy with the PGC and happy when the youth program came in. He said that once we started getting these youth members, then we also

started getting even more outside members which was a good thing. Q. Do you prefer trap or skeet? A. Ben said he likes skeet better and likes sporting clays too. Q. What other activities do you enjoy in addition to shooting at PGC? A. Ben told me he likes fishing. He likes to fish in the summer and winter too. He likes fishing for walleyes, northerns, salmon and lake trout. Q. What do you like about the PGC? A. Ben said he likes that we don’t get in arguments or disagreements. He said everyone seems to get a long pretty good. Other interesting facts about Ben-------------- -Ben grew up on a farm in Ghent, Minnesota (SW MN area) -He’s from a family of 11 -He’s been married for 52 years -He has 4 children, 10 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren -Ben said his biggest joy in life is his grandkids.

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Jim Lambert-One of our newer members!

Q. How long have you been shooting trap and skeet? A. 3 ½ years….he started shooting at his brother in-laws for fun with a handheld thrower and it evolved from there. Q. Is trap or skeet your favorite to shoot? A. Jim said wobble skeet is his favorite. He shoots it with his 410 out at Metro Gun Club. Q. What made you join PGC? A. Tim and Kim Gallagher told Jim and his wife, Kari, about it and they came out and tried it. Q. What is your favorite thing about the PGC? A. Jim said, “The people and it’s fun to come here”. He really feel like he’s part of something. Q. What would be something people would be surprised to know about you? A. Jim said, “I’m crafty”. I make Christmas wreaths out of shotgun shells.”…..a sidenote on this, Jim’s wife, Kari, showed me some pictures of the wreaths and they are beautiful!! Q. What other activities do you enjoy in addition to shooting at PGC? A. He enjoys hotrods, motorcycles & cars. Jim’s new hobby is RC airplanes. Other interesting facts about Jim-------------- -Jim grew up in Lauderdale. -He lives in Spring Lake Park. -He’s been married to his wife Kari for 5 ½ years. -He’s a diesel mechanic and rebuilds engines.

*Another sidenote of Karinn’s…….On Saturday, January 6th when I interviewed Jim, it was super cold out (10 below and windy) and Jim shot a 25 in skeet with his 410 (he was the only 25 for the day)!!

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Winter Fun at PGC…..first week of January…COLD!!!