KSC YOUTH DAY

The KSC Youth Day Saturday June 26 was a huge success! The Young people had a great time! 40 young people and several 1st time shooters. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped out and to the Friends of the NRA for their generous assistance!! More details to follow.

View the KSC-FNRA Youth Day 2010 Photo Gallery

COLUMBIA COUNTY FAIR

The Columbia County Fair runs September 1 through September 6. The KSC Fair Co-Chairs Bill Hollister and Rick Olivo have settled on this years prizes and the tickets have been printed.

Very soon you will be receiving your Fair tickets in the mail. Either sell the tickets or buy them yourself and return the stubs and a check asap. This is our biggest annual fundraiser so, if you can sell more tickets call Bill or Rick and get your tickets or get them at the August 4 meeting.

We have great prizes this year and have added a 6th prize...there will also be daily prizes. If you have any daily prizes you can donate or obtain please contact Bill 784-4782 or Rick 758-9860. Also call to lock in your slot to work a shift at the KSC Fair Booth.

This years Fair prizes are:

1st Prize: Canoe w/paddle or $100.00

2nd Prize: Remington 870 12 Ga. Shotgun or $75.00

3rd Prize: Ruger 10/22 Rifle or $50.00

4th Prize: Bushnell Laser Rangefinder or $25.00

5th Prize: Flyrod & Reel Combo or $25.00

6th Prize: Handcrafted Adirondack Chair or $25.00

Visit the Columbia County Fair website.

TREES

Back in February KSC bought a mess o' white pines.

A few months back President Terry Toomey and those who showed up for the work party planted 250 pine trees around the edge of the Trap Range.

As you can see, the trees are doing fine and have a lot of new growth.

The red flags mark where the little fellas are, so use care not to step on them.

SHOOTERS' 1st ANNUAL WOMEN'S DAY

Shooter’s will hold the 1st Annual Women’s Day on August 14th, 2010 from 10am-2pm (rain or shine).

The event willl be held at the Kinderhook Sportsman’s Club Fowler Lake Rd. Kinderhook. There will be instruction in: Pepper Spray, Shotgun, Rim fire & Center fire rifles and  Handgun (NYS permit req’d).

Ladies, Come join us for a warm, friendly, pressure-free day of shooting!  Doesn’t matter if you have never shot before or shoot on a regular basis, come join the fun!

Fee:  $10 includes lunch and ammo for the day! (Firearms & targets provided)

Call Patsy at 518-758-1488 or email shootersports@berk.com to register or for more details!

TRAP SHOOTING SUNDAY'S & WEDNESDAY'S!

Every Sunday Morning the birds start breakin' at 9:00.

Now KSC has both Trap and Skeet.

KSC is now the premiere Skeet & Trap shooting facility in Columbia County!!

Trap and Skeet Shooting is open to the public! So, be sure to tell all your Trap & Skeet Shootin' friends and tell 'em to pass the word.

Carl Kochersberger announces a Skeet & Golf day on August 13. Details to follow.

The kitchen will now be open on Sunday mornings from 8 - 10 for a fresh homemade breakfast and coffee.

Click here to view Skeet Range Photo

Chicken BBQ

The KSC Fall Bake will be a Chicken BBQ and will take place on Sunday September 26.

The grounds will open at 1:00 with Burgers & Hot Dogs. The BBQ will be served beginning at 2:30.

The BBQ dinner includes:

Delicious 1/2 Barbeque Chicken, Baked Potato, Sweet Corn, Coleslaw, Rolls, Beer, Soda & Water.

Tickets are $15.00, under 12 $8.00
Take-Outs available.

Get your tickets early call Jim at 392-0281or Terry 392-5232

NEWS BRIEFS

We Need a House & Grounds Chair or Co-Chair!!!! Time to step forward!

Terry's Trees are growing! Look for the red flags and don't step on them.

Thanks to Ken Antonovitch for brush hogging the trap field!

Thanks to President Terry Toomey for the New Kitchen Screen door!

Chris Akers for chicken donation!

Did Kagan Compare the NRA with the KKK?

It has become clear that Elena Kagan, Obama's most recent Supreme Court nominee, is no friend of gun rights, to say the least. While clerking for Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall in 1987, she wrote the judge that she was "not sympathetic" to a Second Amendment–based challenge to the D.C. gun ban. While serving in the Clinton administration, she wrote a memo that "paved the way for an executive order banning dozens of semiautomatic weapons," according to the L.A. Times.

And National Review has learned that in 1996, Kagan apparently tied the NRA to the KKK — yes, the KKK — while debating the Clinton administration's position on a bill.

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Kalicoontie Lopez Fundraiser

The Kalicoontie Rod & Gun Club will hold a Chicken BBQ & .22 Rifle Shoot on August 14, 2010. The event is a fund raiser for Assemblyman Pete Lopez.

The shoot will run 10:00 - 1:00 with coffee & donuts, 12:00 - 2:00 burgers & dogs and Chicken at 3:00.

For tickets call Rick Litton, 845 756-2483

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KSC 2010 Events Schedule

Columbia-Greene Friends of NRA Events

Mark Your Calendar, Saturday September 11th, 2010 is the date for the 16th Annual Columbia-Greene Friends of NRA Banquet at Kozels Restaurant on Rt 9 in Ghent, NY.

The doors open at 5pm and besides a full dinner of your choice enjoy an evening packed with fun. Silent auctions, live auctions, bucket raffles and the evenings highlight-the drawing for the winner of this years FNRA gun-of-the-year a KIMBER 84M Classic Select Grade .308 WIN rifle, 1 of only 1125 made.

For more information call Mike Conway @ (518) 537-5441.

RANGES

Important Note:

Be sure to Sign-In in the new Kiosk just north of the Clubhouse
prior to using any of the ranges.

KSC Sign-In Kiosk	KSC Sign-In Kiosk Interior

Failure to comply may result in you losing your Range Privileges. Also, please be sure to follow the rules and be respectful of your fellow members. Thanks for your compliance!!!

DO NOT shoot silhouettes with High Powered Rifles!!! Period! Is there any part of this you don't understand? If so, bring your questions to the Aug 5 meeting.

When you’re shooting, PLEASE wear eye and ear protection.

• You only get two eyes (if you’re lucky), and it doesn’t take much to lose one.
• Hearing loss is 100% irreversible.  It is also 100% preventable by wearing proper ear protection.
• In addition to wearing eye and ear protection while shooting, you should also do the same while at the club (and home) while operating weed-wackers, lawn mowers, chainsaws, wood chippers, and all other kinds of power equipment that make a lot of noise and fling stuff at your face.  Don’t lose an eye or your hearing because you didn’t follow basic safety precaution

Archery Targets

Archery targets are out in the same locations as last year.  If you want to shoot your bow, have at it (don’t forget to sign in).

Rifle Range

We were looking at installing a 250 yard rifle range, but it isn’t feasible due to the amount of digging that would be required.  We’ll be looking at other solutions for a longer rifle range

50/50 Raffle

Note: Just a reminder...the winner of the 50/50 is responsible for
supplying the goodies for the following meeting.

50/50 Winner:   Barb Teter

Member Application

You can now download an Official KSC Membership Application form on this site.

That way if you, as a member, have someone you would like to propose as a member, you can download and print the application and give it to your friend to complete and return to you.

Your friend may also download the form, fill it out and submit to you with the application fee.You can then sign it and submit it at the next meeting.

The Application Form is accessible from the Menu Bar at the top of the page under "About Us." Choose "Membership."

Click Here to Download the Membership Application.

Letter from an Annapolis Graduate

Amazing how such a short letter can be so profound!

Dear Mr. Obama,

Thank you for not going to Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day.
There is something very sacred about that place and about that day.

Those who bled and died for this country deserve to be honored and saluted
by people who love their country and honor their sacrifice.

You don't belong there.

Thank you for realizing that and going to Chicago .

Craig P. Jacobi , Col , USA (Ret)
McLean , VA

MAHATMA GANDHI AND THE AMERICAN TEA PARTY MOVEMENT

The famous Indian Philosopher Mahatma Gandhi once said: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

STEP ONE: "First they ingore you"

When the Tea Party rallies were first held back in 2008, the socialist American Press ignored us. A million people marched on Washington and in many other paces in the country, and they still ignored us or underreported the number of people. I guess they thought if they ignored us long enough, we would just go away.

STEP TWO: "Then they laugh at you"

When we didn't go way, but rather we continued to demonstrate in the streets and voicend pour concerns for Liberty, Freedom and Sovereignty at Town Hall meetingsd, the progressives and the press began calling us Tea Baggers, Birthers, Thruthers and a whole lot of other names. The nightime TV hosts began to make fun of us and anyone else even slightly associated with the Tea Party Movement.

STEP THREE: "Then they fight you"

What we are seeing now is the beginning of a coordinated attack against the Tea party movement. The NAACP is just one organization that has recently joined in the attack. The FEC has filed a lawsuit against the Campaign for Liberty for posting the congressional voting records (public information) of two sitting Democratic House members. The Progressive-socialists have tried to crash our rallies and held up signs with derogatory racial and ethnic words on them in an attempt to destroy the movement. Even members of the Black Caucus made up stories that members of the Tea Party cursed at them, called them niggers and spat at them. This was all found out to be a lie. People took pictures of the incident and the Tea parties were cleared.

Now LaRaza, ACORN, the new Black Panthers, SEIU union locals and a wide variety of special interest groups, most of whom suvive on federal government handouts and Establishment non-profit organizational grants, are stepping up their anti-TeaParty efforts and have even tried to disrupt our rallies. We have reached that most important point in our movement to restore our Republic, but the worst is yet to come. The fact is that the Tea Party Movement, under many different names and organizations, is growing and we are becoming more of a threat to the Establishment Elite and their socialist and globalist agenda.

The road ahead will not be easy and the traitorous enemies within our own country are very cunning, unscrupulous and have unlimited resources. But they are no match for an army of united and determined citizens like us who are prepared to fight the hard battles that lie ahead, as our Founders did 234 years ago, and we WILL Prevail.

The year 2008 was the beginning of the Tea Party movement. It is a journey that will leave future generations of Americans a legacy of individual freedom and liberty, a first class education system, a clean environment, a strong and sovereign America with an honest, limited government that will offer unlimited opportunities for their future. For there is no doubt: WE WILL PREVAIL!

STEP FOUR: "and then you win!"

No other comments are necessary.

Testing Bulletproof Glass in 1952

Now this is serious dedication! This woman has guts! (No sound)

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Captured: The Pacific and Adjacent Theaters in WWII

With the premiere of the ten part HBO miniseries, The Pacific, produced by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, World War II has again come into the living rooms of American families. The Pacific, the follow-up to Band of Brothers, will focus on the US Marines in the Pacific Theater of the war.

The link below will take you to a website which displays a spectacular selection of WWII Pacific Theatre photos...have a look, you'll love these!

View WWII Pacific Theatre Photos

Deer Eats Bird

Thought deer were vegitarians huh?

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Don't Repair a Motorcycle in the House

This is very funny...just when you think it can't get any worse. A serious lack of common sense.

"WW II Posters Found"

Wonder whatever happened to this kind of thinking. I got a lump in my throat when I read this.

I grew up thinking, "Patriotism, it is the AMERICAN way!"  I gather you did too.

Have a look at the image gallery and feast your eyes on posters from World War II that somebody was wise enough to save. We may very well be the last generation to see, or even remember anything like these? 

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Once you view them you will likely ask yourself, “What in God's name have we let happen?”

Political correctness (or "re-education") happened, lack of God's name happened, lack of personal responsibility happened, lack of personal integrity and honesty happened, lack of respect and loyalty to our country happened, lack of being an American happened.

It is not too late, we must rectify this.

May God Bless America

QUOTES

“Freedom is never more than one generation from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. Or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States when men were free."

~ Ronald Reagan

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armie. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property - until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.

~Thomas Jefferson - 1802

No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government. 

~ Thomas Jefferson 

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