McHenry Sportsman’s Club Newsletter (December 2008)
PRACTICE ROUND COSTS - Practice round prices will remain the same.
FINANCIAL STATUS - The Club finished 2008 in excellent shape even though December was a very poor month due to cold and snow.
The Club was able to place an additional $2,000 in the Trap Account and prepay January and February, 2009 lease costs of $3,000.
In accordance with Not-for-Profit rules, the Club finished the year with no net profit.
TRAP OPERATIONS - The Club only threw 772 practice rounds in December which was 28% more than December 2007.
Target costs were $1,418 in December.
- Traps are operating properly.
As it gets colder, we will see windmilling occasionally when a trap is warming up, especially #3.
- Other equipment appears to be operating properly.
PROJECTS - Harvey Scharlau and Gene Higby repaired the target tractor hood.
LIFE MEMBERSHIPS AWARDED - The Board voted to award Life Memberships to
Harvey Scharlau,
Gary Lottinville,
Denny Deniston, and George Strode
in recognition of their many years of service to the club.
A Life Membership was also awarded to Stuart Gordon for making a $1,000 donation to the Trap Fund.
NEW TRAP - The Board voted to purchase a new Pat Trap with wobble option for delivery in March 2009.
The Trap Fund has $9,000 in it which will cover the cost of the new trap, shipping and installation.
The new trap will go in #3 and the trap in #3 will be moved to #1.
The Remington in #1 will be retained as a spare trap.
When the new trap is installed we will have a Pat Trap in each house.
WINTER JACKRABBIT - Support your club by shooting the Jack Rabbit.
Take the opportunity to travel to other clubs each Sunday for a 50 target shoot.
See the announcement on the bulletin board.
NEW DUMPSTER - Due to a new McHenry County ordinance, we can no longer burn boxes.
A new dumpster has been put in place for boxes and other Club trash.
Dumpster cost will be about $10 per month more than the old trash service.
Please FLATTEN all boxes placed in the dumpster to make sure we will have enough space.
CLUB PATCHES - the new 3½" club patches are in and may be purchased for $5 at the counter.
WINTER operating hours are 11AM-4PM due to early darkness.
We return to regular hours April 1st.
NEXT CLUB MEETING - Saturday, February 8, 2009 at 4:30PM in the Club House.