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Greene County Fish & Game ASSOCIATION

President: Bob Brown (937) 902-0090

CLUB IS LOCATED AT: 1538 UNION RD., XENIA, OHIO MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. BOX # 64, XENIA, OHIO 45385

ABSOLUTELY NO GUESTS ARE PERMITTED TO HUNT OR FISH WITHOUT EXPRESSED WRITTEN CONSENT FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.THESE PRIVILEGES ARE RESERVED FOR OUR MEMBERS, THEIR SPOUSE, MINOR CHILDREN & GRANDCHILDREN! THANK YOU.

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN

On the West Wall of the Board Room in our clubhouse hangs a 30” sepia toned photograph of the “Greene County Fish & Game Protective Asso-ciation”. The group in that photograph is the organization that eventually became the Greene County Fish & Game Asso-ciation. All the subjects in the photo (200-300) were participants at the organiza-tion’s Annual Picnic dated August, 1921. Women in the photo are dressed in full length skirts and frilly blouses with period appropriate hats. Men in the photo are wearing white long sleeve shirts, neckties, caps and jackets with most holding firearms . The photo is one of the most treas-ured in our club archives and the source of much frustration as it relates to current day club events………….

In spite of threatening rain our Annual Picnic Weekend went on as scheduled. The clouds may have been responsible for the lower numbers at the Kid’s Fishing Derby, Top Gun Shoot and Clays events on Saturday. They did not hold down participation at the Night Card Shoot enjoyed by regulars and a lot of new people. On Sunday the weather was better and those attending were treated to good mu-sic, games and lots of good food. It looked like lots of people brought super side dishes to share this year for which we are all very thankful. Our wonderful Women’s Auxiliary once again made a lot of kids very happy; (Cheer up moms you can donate all that glassware back next year). A list of happy raffle winners is listed in another section of this newsletter. Oh! By the way; the Top Gun winner this year was Tom Cryder, (Does this seem like Groundhog Day?), Congrats Tom. Our Constitution states that the Asso-ciation will hold various events annually such as fish fry’s, picnics, dog trials, etc, The purpose is to educate and enlighten the membership on conserva-tion / sporting matters while creating an opportunity to meet other members that could then form a stronger group. Entrusting that group with protecting our rights from the anti-groups when the need arises as it does, over and over. The overly simplistic explanation states the club will create the “Opportunity”, but

it is the “Duty” of the members to attend these events and to take part for these programs to work.

At this time planning is already under-way for the 2015 Fish Fry and Annual Picnic. If you have suggestions that you think could improve these events send them to me by e-mail, snail mail or phone and I will share them with the appropriate commit-tees. If attendance at these events continues to drop this could be the last of those great events. This could be your last chance to help keep them alive. Do we really want to drop such worth-while activities due to a lack of interest? If so, what could the next activity that gets scratched be?

— Bob Brown President (937) 902-0090

The Fish & Game Picnic has been an annual event for almost 100 years while the Fish Fry’s have been a social main-stay in Greene County for more than 70 years. It would truly be a shame for all to see these long standing events come to an obscure and preventable end.

FROM THE CAMPGROUNDS

The Halloween Party is coming up and our first meeting is Saturday, September 13th. We need as many volunteers as possible.

AUGUST 2014 NEWSLETTER

12 GUN GIVEAWAY MONTHLY WINNERS

The winning ticket number for the August drawing was # 0114.

The Lucky Winner was Robert Renquist of Kettering, Ohio.

Congratulations go out to Robert!

This involves the whole campground for a good turn-out, so let’s all pitch in. We are still having trouble with people not following the rules. There is a set of rules posted on the bulletin board in the campground if you do not have one.

— Pat Zehr Campground Chairman

WOMEN’S AUXILIARY

Our next meeting will be 9/3/14 at 6:30 PM at Nick’s Restaurant in Xenia. There will be no euchre party in September. We will resume our euchre parties on the third Saturday in October at 7 PM. Everyone is invited, bring a covered dish to share and your own beverages, the en-trée is provided.

The cost is just $6.00 per person.

If you have any questions, please call Gail Walker at (937) 609-2215.

ENDANGERED?

MAYBE……..

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2 RIM-FIRE BENCH SHOOT

3 ARCHERY 3-D LEAGUE

CMP LEAGUE

B.P. SUMMER LEAGUE #5

4 TRAPSHOOT P & C 5:30 - 10 PM

NRA PISTOL

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7 TRAPSHOOT P & C 12-4 PM

COWBOY ACTION SHOOT

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BOARD & MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS 6 PM & 8 PM

RIM-FIRE BENCH SHOOT

10 CMP LEAGUE

B.P. SUMMER LEAGUE #6

11 TRAPSHOOT P & C 5:30 - 10 PM

NRA PISTOL

12 13 ARHCERY PICNIC

14 TRAPSHOOT P & C 12-4 PM

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16 RIM-FIRE BENCH SHOOT

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B.P. SUMMER LEAGUE #7

18 TRAPSHOOT P & C 5:30 - 10 PM

NRA PISTOL

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W-AUX. EUCHRE PARTY 6 PM

21 TRAPSHOOT P & C 12-4 PM

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23 RIM-FIRE BENCH SHOOT

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B.P. SUMMER LEAGUE #8

25 TRAPSHOOT P & C 5:30 - 10 PM

NRA PISTOL

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27 COWBOY ACTION .22 SHOOT

28 TRAPSHOOT P & C 12-4 PM

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30 RIM-FIRE BENCH SHOOT

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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SEPTEMBER 2014 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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ANNUAL YOUTH RAFFLE

GRAND PRIZE Kristi Lorenzo - Xenia

SECOND PRIZE Diana Hardin - Riverside

THIRD PRIZE Stan Nieport - Undisclosed

FROM THE FISH GRABBER!

The Annual Picnic Kid’s Fishing Derby was held on Saturday, August 16th and the big winners in their respective age groups were:

1st Place: Nathan Amon, Dani Price,

Nick Green & Angelica Heggem

2nd Place: Olivia Hatton, Alexis Abner,

Jon Bentley & Jacob Stritenberger

3rd Place: Lily Vanover, Kaden Kurtz,

Michael Stritenberger & Kirstie Parker

The Big Fish Award Nick Green

Thanks again to everyone who partici-pated this season and to all who helped with our tournaments!

— Terry Cope

2014 EVENT DATES TO REMEMBER!

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LABOR DAY WEEKEND RENDEZVOUS - 8/29 THRU 9/1.

BENCH REST LEAGUE OPENER - 9/2.

ANNUAL CAMPGROUND HALLOWEEN PARTY - 10/11.

ANNUAL TURKEY SHOOT - 11/1 .

UPLAND SEASON BEGINS - 11/7.

ANNUAL YOUTH HUNT - 11/15.

WOMEN’S AUXILIARY KID’S CHRISTMAS PARTY - 12/13.

AND THE WINNERS ARE….

There were lots of big winners at this year’s annual picnic and here they are:

PICNIC SWEEPSTAKES

GRAND PRIZE Clark Nickols - Springfield

SECOND PRIZE Gary Grigsby - Xenia

THIRD PRIZE Brad Sabo - Beavercreek

NEW MEMBER YEAR’S DUES Gary Evens - Yellow Springs

Here Fishy, Fishy! - This young angler is busy watching his bobber while Grandpa & Grandma Clifton keep a close eye on him. He only banked one Bluegill but he took with him some precious memories and an arm-load of great prizes! (Fish & Game Photo by Tim Ankeney).

ADDITIONAL SEPTEMBER CLUB EVENTS

WOMEN’S AUXILIARY MEETING - 9/3/14 @ 6:30 PM HUNTER EDUCATION - 9/8. 9/10 & 9/12 6 - 9:30 PM NIGHTLY

CLUB EVENTS ON 9/1/14 B.P. LABOR DAY RENDEZVOUS TRAP LABOR DAY CALCUTTA

RANGE CLOSURE NOTICE!!!!!

All Gun and Archery Ranges will be closed on Saturday,

October 18th during the Fall Clean-up Day.

PLEASE MAKE A NOTE.

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Scenes from our 2014 Picnic (From Saturday 8/16/14. Fish & Game Photos by Toni Dobbs)

From the ZIGGY & EDDIE SHOW…..

Bob and I want to thank those who helped with the Top Gun and Sporting Clays at the Picnic Weekend! Gary Hunsucker and Er-win Stickley who handled the money very well, also Mike Molitor and Phil Ayers on the Sporting Clays Trailer. These gentlemen were with us the entire day. Tom Cryder and Gary Smith helped guide the Top Gun Shooters. Brad Sabo for his help in getting so many new members out. I am so sorry I cannot remember all the names of the new members who helped, they did such a good job. I can’t thank them enough. — Ed Rauch & Bob “Ziggy” Ziegman

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