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1 IKES NEWS VOLUME 17 ISSUE 4 APRIL 2017 Published monthly by the Lincoln Izaak Walton League Wes s Notes Wow last Saturday began to wind down the month with crazy weather and huge turn-outs for our shooting sports programs. The state NASP tournament brought over 800 archers into town and our conference trap event saw over 500 shooters slogging around in our chapter mud and rain all weekend. At least the archers were able to shoot inside the Speedway Sports Facility in the dry. And I was just reading some information from National Shooting Sports Foundation about the significant continuing increases in youth shooting sports across the country. Sure hated to miss the turkey season opener but there is always me next week thru May sometime. We have time to call in a big gobbler. Chapter happenings The shooting season is upon us, but there are still many of last year s members that have not renewed yet. And their gate cards have been deactivated. So if one of your favorite shooting buddies can t get in that likely is the reason. Of course you may always buy them a guest pass and help them out. However if you do that, please remember the need to identify on the guest pass envelope who you are and who gets the visitor pass. THEN be sure to tear off the tab (Guest Pass) before leaving the check in point. Lately several folks have not been identifying themselves which causes concern for our insurance package. Thanks to a great effort largely by trap team volunteers we have a significantly improved and cleaned up county road ditch in front of our place. That effort was huge in helping to maintain a good community image. At least it is a great improvement. Maybe someday we can get the broken wires and posts fixed up. Thanks for taking pride in our facilities. Maybe a few others will want to help later this spring when we take to our highway cleanup for the early pickup. Our chapter has joined the support for Earth Day celebrations with the Kaleo on the Loup Camp in hosting a workshop for high school and college youth here in Lincoln on April 22. We will help underwrite speaking fees for a Dave and Amy Freeman of National Geographic fame presentating about their experiences spending a year in the Boundaries Waters National Park with only a tent and a canoe. I am sure the presentation will be outstanding. John Wittwer is heading a table exhibit for this event also should you wish to join him. Continued on pg 2 NEW MEMBERS Dale Brambila Adrienne (Addie) Egan Chad Franzen Brian Glaze Rick Kment Robert Jr/ Shannon Krueger Dan Morgan Michael Mota Jeremy Phillips Jim Sands Dale Roger Smith Jodiah Smith Steve Sorahan Shannon Sutherland O N THE WEB AT w w w. l i n c o l n i k e s. c o m

2 VOLUME 17 ISSUE 4 PAGE 2 Continued from pg 1 Lastly our chapter is hosting the annual UNL Wildlife Club awards banquet on April 8 th in our clubhouse. Along with the various student recognitions will be the Journal Star Outstanding Wildlife Conservationist of the year award given to a Nebraskan. Highlighting the evening will be a presentation by the incredible photographer Mike Forsberg. Our chapter has been supporting the wildlife club in various ways for many years and will include a Merit Award for one of the students this year. We may even get to meet the recipients or our two UNL scholarship recipients. Dinner will be served and tickets for Ikes members are available. Legislative Update Most significantly is the support in the legislature for LB566 and LB635 which are sportsmen s priority introductions. Those pieces of legislation would strengthen antipoaching enforcement by providing options to join the Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact and increase penalties for wildlife violations. In fact the Natural Resources Committee members all signed on as co-sponsors, combined both bills into 566 and reported it to the floor as a priority matter. It has now moved past General File (the first of three votes to pass it into law) and is generally supported. I predict it will pass. The other measure of utmost importance to us is LB68 which is the firearm preemption measure that would serve to disallow cities and counties from enforcing regulations on firearm transportation that are more stringent than state law. That bill also has passed the Government and Military Committee and awaits action by the general assembly. If Senator Hilgers is your senator especially pat him on the back and let him know you appreciate that he made it his designated priority bill. It still has some stiff opposition by the Omaha Police officers but seems to be closer to passage than in any previous years. In the Big Picture Nationally IWLA has hired a highly qualified Nebraskan to join our Gaithersburg staff working on Ag Programs for our country. We all know how critical to future wildlife populations that will be. Duane Hovorka who had been the Executive Director of Nebraska Wildlife Federation will be taking on the huge task of helping formulate agricultural programs for the future under our nations Farm Bill. He likely will begin duties in our central office by May 1 st. Perhaps we can get him to address our chapter one of these days. If you know Duane, you will appreciate his talent for working with politicians and the like to make things better. Congratulations Duane!! Enough Ramblin But remember this; A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. Trivia you needed to know from the desk of Pat Keslar IZAAK WALTON BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 2ndTuesday of the month 7:15pm AT THE CLUBHOUSE ALL MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND GOT A PARTY? RENT THE HALL Clubhouse, food service area, and beverage services are available. Beverage service includes a full bar. The hall will seat 300. The daily rental fee is $ A refundable damage deposit is required. The facility is perfect for receptions, class reunions, anniversaries, birthdays, or office parties. For price quotes and hall availability call the clubhouse at and leave a message on the answering machine. Members and nonprofit organizations may receive a discount on the rental fee. Contact Craig ( ) or Natalie ( ) ikes.lincoln@gmail.com for discount information. MOVING? You will save the chapter nearly a dollar if you make sure we have your new address. Call Wes ( ) or send an update to: LIWL PO Box 6755 Lincoln NE 68506

3 PAGE 3 IKES NEWS SUMMER TRAP LEAGUE FORMING The organizational meeting for the Summer Trap League is scheduled for April 13 th at 6:30 p.m. at the Clubhouse. Team entry and shooting fees are the same as last year ($85 and $7 per round) except the all youth teams will be charged $40 for the team entry fee. For those teams that we have an address they will be receiving a notification via . The Summer League will start on May 11 th and run through August 10 th with a rainout makeup scheduled for August 17 th. The first two weeks of the season, scores will be used to classify the teams thus all shooters should have at least one round of 16 s and one round of handicaps from the 20 yard line completed during that time frame. If not we will use past averages to help determine team classification. Shooting times will most likely start at 6:30 but could be as early as 6:00 depending on the number of teams that sign up. If you have any questions contact either Dave Tunink (402) or Dick Mavis (402) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ADVENTURERS COMING TO LINCOLN Friday April 21 st & Saturday, April 22nd Northeast United Church of Christ (6200 Adams St., Lincoln, NE) Embrace the Earth with Amy and Dave Freeman.Amy and Dave Freeman will be teaming up with Kamp Kaleo in Lincoln, April 21 st & 22 nd to lead an Earth Day celebration! Amy and Dave have traveled through some of the world s wildest places, from the Amazon to the Arctic; and in 2014, National Geographic named them Adventurers of the year. Amy and Dave are wilderness advocates who have conducted water quality studies throughout the world as part of international scientific research. Their latest adventure had them living in a tent in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area for 365 consecutive days where they explored and documented the wilderness. They traveled over 2,000 miles by canoe, ski, and sled dogs, visiting over 500 lakes, rivers, and streams during their Year In the Wilderness. Friday, April 21 6:30 PM 9:30 PM Embrace the Earth To reserve a ticket - embrace-the-earth-presented- by-david-and-amy-freemantickets ?aff= eivtefrnd The program will include dinner, raffle, films of the Freeman s adventures, and their presentation at 8 p.m. This is a ticketed event, a fund raiser for Kamp Kaleo. Tickets are $ a person. If you wish to pay by check, make out the check to Kaleo on the River and mail it to UCC Nebraska Conference,3151 South Street, Suite B, Lincoln, NE Saturday April 22 2:00 PM Embrace the Earth- Change the World This event is for high school, college and university students. It is a FREE EVENT and students will be admitted by showing their school ID. The event will also be held at Northeast United Church of Christ, 6200 Adams Street, Lincoln, NE. Vine members will be interested to know that the Saturday afternoon event is being underwritten by Vine Foundation and the Lincoln Chapter of the Isaac Walton League. Register soon because seating is limited. You can be of assistance by getting the word out to others on Facebook. Thank you.

PAGE 4 IKES NEWS March 4, 2017 300 Yard Benchrest by Mike Shapoval I had to go back and look up the weather report to get the information for this months match.

4 PAGE 4 IKES NEWS March 4, Yard Benchrest by Mike Shapoval I had to go back and look up the weather report to get the information for this months match. Because all I could remember about it was that it was windy, very windy. Well weather underground had this to report. At 10 am the wind was around 7 mph out of the South South West with gusts up to 20 mph. At 11 am it was 15 mph from the same direction with gusts up to 35 mph. We started this match a little after 10 am, our wintertime start time, and I think it was more like the 11 am condition on the range. It was very challenging for everyone that shot this match. Also, we ran three more relays after the Custom Class, which shot first. The turn out was good for this match, since the weather had warmed up to have a shoot. It sure makes a difference on the body count for our matches when the temperature gets above the freezing mark. Hopefully we will start to have some weather that stays on the warmer side of the freezing point. Instead of going up and down like yo-yo like it has been the first couple of months. It seemed like I would watch the temperature go up and down and you re trying to figure out which day was going to nice enough to pack up your stuff for a trip to the range. Oh well, we get stuff done sooner or later. Even though I like to get it done sooner. We just have to take it all in stride and things usually work out. I did not have a picture of the firing line this month to submit but, I did get the people who had the yearly TOP GUN awards coming to them stay around. And got those passed out. Pictured from left to right, Custom Class - Mike Shapoval, Two-Gun and Varmint Class - John Koppes, Shooter of the Year and Hunter Class- Don Westover and Most X s-jeff Shultz. This months match winners are: Custom Class, 1 st Rod Dewey 188-1x, 2 nd Jim Gryfdahl 184-3x, 3 rd Don Westover 183-1x. Varmint Class, 1 st John Koppes 188, 2 nd Mike Durbin 187-2x, 3 rd Don Westover 183-1x. Hunter Class, 1 st Mike Durbin 172, 2 nd Don Westover 168, 3 rd Larry Bennet 160. HIGHWAY CLEANUP We have a Highway clean up scheduled for the Weekend of the 6th of May for the area of Highway 2 that we are responsible for. Meet at the Clubhouse around 9:30 AM and we generally provide Hot Dogs for Lunch afterwards. Contact John Wittwer

PAGE 5 IKES NEWS FOR SALE Leupold VX-II 3-9 X40 mm. Rifle Scope - $200.00Call 402-782-2830 351 rds. 75gr. HP-BT, Match Hornady.223 and 100 rds. Hornady Once Fired Brass. - - - $200.

5 PAGE 5 IKES NEWS FOR SALE Leupold VX-II 3-9 X40 mm. Rifle Scope - $200.00Call rds. 75gr. HP-BT, Match Hornady.223 and 100 rds. Hornady Once Fired Brass $ Burris AR-F3 3 M.O.A. Red Dot Reflex Sight - $ Contact: Ron Maul Phone # ALL MEMBER VOLUNTEER WORK DAY Our All Member Volunteer Work Day was held on Saturday, March 4. We had approximately 40 volunteers working around the property throughout the day and a small lunch was served for our volunteers. Many needed items were completed, including the following: Taking down the heated winter trap building Cleaning and servicing all of the trap houses Building and installing 6 new benches Finishing the parking posts behind Traps 1 & 2 Building and backers for the rifle ranges Cleaning the ditch and fence line from the entrance to the railroad tracks A big thank you to all who gave of your time and hard work! Each of these projects are much appreciated and have helped to spruce up our facilities for all to enjoy.

PAGE 6 IKES NEWS MANAGERS NOTES HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH TRAP The Izaak Walton hosted many high school and junior high trap shooters and their families over the weekend of March 25-26.

The high school shooters competed on Saturday, while the junior high s event was held on Sunday, bringing 518 shooters and approximately 1,500 spectators and participants combined over the two days.

6 PAGE 6 IKES NEWS MANAGERS NOTES HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH TRAP The Izaak Walton hosted many high school and junior high trap shooters and their families over the weekend of March Multiple teams from 18 schools competed with the Eastern Cornhusker Trapshooting Conference (ECTC). The high school shooters competed on Saturday, while the junior high s event was held on Sunday, bringing 518 shooters and approximately 1,500 spectators and participants combined over the two days. Several of our teams and shooters that call the Lincoln Ikes home base did very well and took home a lot of hardware. APRIL OFFICE HOURS During the month of April, our office will be open on Mondays and Tuesdays from 10:00 a.m. 2:00 p.m. Other times will be available by appointment. We can be reached by calling the Clubhouse number of , or our cell phones of (Natalie) or (Craig). LOST AND FOUND There are a few items that have been found on our campus. If you are missing some items, please contact us and disclose the item(s) you are looking for. We will set up a time for you to retrieve your item(s). MONTHLY CALENDAR At the back of this newsletter includes our calendars for the months of April and May. These are as up to date as they can be before publishing; however, we get many updates throughout the month. To get the most up-to-date calendar, please always check the website calendar at

7 April 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 8a-2p: 300 yd Benchrest Match 8a-12p: CMP Rimfire Sporter Match (Range 2) (1) 2 9a:Black Rifle Match p: Range Orientation 6 5:30p-Sunset: Members 7 8 Clubhouse Rental Sunrise-2p: Rock Your Glock (Ranges 1, 3, 4) (2) Easter 8:30a-4:00p: IHMSA 23 All Day: ECTC Juniors (Traps & Clubhouse) 8a-5p: Project Appleseed (Range 1) (3) :15p: Board of Directors Meeting p: Range Orientation 30 Notes: (1) Range 2 is closed for this event (2) Ranges 1, 3 and 4 are closed for this event (3) Range 1 is closed for this event :30p-Sunset: Members 6:30p:Summer Trap League Organizational Meeting (Clubhouse) 20 5:30p-Sunset: Members 27 5:30p-Sunset: Members a: Vintage Military Rifle (Range 2) (1) 8:00-11:00a: Cowboy Lever Action 11:30a-3:00p: Pistol Cartridge Cowboy Lever Action 22 Earth Day All Day: ECTC Seniors (Traps & Clubhouse) 8a-5p: Project Appleseed (Range 1) (3) 29 Gayle Hanshaw Conference Shoot Jr. High Division (All Traps & Clubhouse)

8 7 (Clubhouse Rental) 9a:Black Rifle Match May 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 3-6p:High School Trap 8 1-5p: Private Event (Ranges 3 & 4 Closed, 1 Trap in use) 2 3-6p:High School Trap 9 9a-12:30p & 5:30p-15 minutes before sunset: Members 1-5p:Private Event (Ranges 3 & 4 Closed, 1 Trap in use) p:Members 300yd Range (Bickley) 3-6p:High School Trap 7p: Range Orientation p:Members 300yd Range (Bickley) 4 5:30p-Sunset:Members 300yd Range ) 11 5:30p-Sunset: Members 6p:Summer Trap League (Traps & Clubhouse) 5 12 LSE Trap Gathering (Clubhouse & Trap) 6 8a-2p: 300 yd Benchrest Match 8a-12p: CMP Rimfire Sporter Match (Range 2) (1) TBA: Highway Cleanup (Clubhouse kitchen & dining following) 13 Pius Trap Gathering (Clubhouse & Trap) Sunrise-2p: Rock Your Glock (Ranges 1, 3, 4) (2) 7:15p: Board of Directors Meeting 14 Mother s Day 21 Sunrise-3p: ARA Shoot (Range 2) 8:30a-4:00p: IHMSA LSW Trap Gathering (Clubhouse & Trap) 15 6p: Summer Youth Trap p: Private Event/Wes (Range 3, Archery Range, & 1 Trap Closed, Clubhouse in use) 6p: Summer Youth Trap Memorial Day p:Members 300yd Range (Bickley) 7p: Range Orientation p:Members 300yd Range (Bickley) p:Members 300yd Range (Bickley) 7p: Range Orientation p: Youth.22 Silhouette 6p:Summer Trap League (Traps & Clubhouse) p: Youth.22 Silhouette 6p:Summer Trap League (Traps & Clubhouse) Notes: (1) Range 2 is closed for this event (2) Ranges 1, 3 and 4 are closed for this event (3) Range 1 is closed for this event 20 (Clubhouse Rentals) Sunrise-3p:.22 Factory Gun (Range 2) 8:00-11:00a: Cowboy Lever Action 11:30a-3:00p: Pistol Cartridge Cowboy Lever Action 27 (Clubhouse Rental) 8-11a: Vintage Military Rifle (Range 2) (1) 1-4p: Hunter Ed Live Shoot (Range 1 & Traps 5-7)

9 PAGE 9 IKES NEWS CHAPTER 65 DIRECTORY OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS CHAPTER 65 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ray Rowen (president) Brad Philson (vice president) Dave Tunink (secretary) Wes Sheets (treasurer) Mike Alexander Lance Gravin Dick Mavis Mike Moore Curt Mueting Ron Teselle Todd Walter John Wittwer STATE DIRECTORS Larry Hutchinson John Wittwer NATIONAL DIRECTOR Wes Sheets CORPORATION BOARD REPRESENTATIVE Gene Ripa MEMBER SERVICES WEB MASTER Mike Moore NEWSLETTER EDITOR Need Director MEMBERSHIP Wes Sheets Craig/Natalie Keaschall CLUB MANAGER/CLUBHOUSE Craig/Natalie Keaschall RENTALS/BAR MANAGER Craig/Natalie Keaschall RIFLE/PISTOL RANGES Ray Rowen Hunter Education Curtis Evans EVENT MANAGERS 300-YARD INFORMAL SHOOT/ 300-YARD MATCH SHOOT Mike Shapoval ARA/.22FACTORY GUN Mike McConnell BLACK RIFLE CHALLENGE Ben Jochum Terry Kirkpatrick.22 CMP Chris Lesiak Heidi Hillhouse COWBOY LEVER ACTION SILHOUETTE Ed Mundorf GLOCK PISTOL EVENTS Sean Gewecke INDOOR AIR RIFLE/PISTOL Ben Jochum Ed Mundorf PISTOL SILHOUETTE Ed Mundorf RIFLE SILHOUETTE Chris Westover SELF-LOADING TRAP Dave Tunink TRAP LEAGUES/ATA REGISTERED Dick Mavis TRAP/YOUTH TRAP Dick Mavis Dave Tunink YOUTH.22 RIFLE SILHOUETTE Shane Krause PROJECT APPLESEED Melisa Davis NRA WOMEN ON TARGET Julie Delp Contact Information MIKE ALEXANDER ( ) malexander3@neb.rr.com SEAN GEWECKE ( ) Sean_68333@yahoo.com LARRY HUTCHINSON ( ) familyhutch2@gmail.com BEN JOCHUM ( ) benjochum@yahoo.com DICK MAVIS ( ) dickmavis@gmail.com MIKE MCCONNELL ( ) ARA2500gunner@gmail.com MIKE MOORE ( ) webrat@windstream.net ED MUNDORF ( ) emundorf@windstream.net BRAD PHILSON ( ) brad.philson@gmail.com GENE RIPA ( ) ripahome@aol.com RAY ROWEN ( ) motomanv11@neb.rr.com LANCE GARVIN ( ) ridgelinebldrs@gmail.com CURT MUETING ( ) curt.mueting@gmail.com MIKE SHAPOVAL ( ) mike10shapoval@windstream.net WES SHEETS ( ) wsheets@radiks.net RON TESELLE ( ) ronteselle@gmail.com DAVE TUNINK ( ) dave.tunink@nebraska.gov TODD WALTER ( , ) twalter6@aol.com JOHN WITTWER ( ) wittwer.john@yahoo.com CHRIS WESTOVER ( ) c-westover@hotmail.com SHANE KRAUSE ( ) c3ae@hotmail.com TERRY KIRKPATRICK ( ) tfkirkpatrick@windstream.net CURTIS EVANS ( ) cevans002@neb.rr.com CRAIG KEASCHALL ( ) ikes.lincoln@gmail.com NATALIE KEASCHALL ( ) ikes.lincoln@gmail.com Chris Lesiak ( ) cjlesiak@gmail.com Heidi Hillhouse ( ) Heidihillhouse@gmail.com Melisa Davis ( ) sisadavis@gmail.com Julie Delp ( ) Julie@nwat.com CLUBHOUSE ( )

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