SCI BADGERLAND CHAPTER PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
From the President’s Cluttered Desk:
– By David J. Ekkebus, SCI Badgerland President
Hey everybody we have a great summer planned for our SCI friends. We have the June meeting at Imperial Gardens out in Middleton on Wednesday the 16th. We will have some great food. Damon has picked out a great gun raffle. It’s a camo turkey special. Just what you need for those extra tight gobbler killing patterns. Missed again this year? Be there and win it.
In July, on Saturday the 17th is the Chapter Sporting Clays “FUN SHOOT” and family picnic at Waunakee Gun Club over in Dane, Wisconsin. Shooting starts at 10 and one round ( 50 birds) is just $30. Two rounds, for those who are either really into it or who need some practice cost just $50 and that includes lunch and all. Bring the family, hunting buddies, shooting fanatics and introduce then to your SCI friends. Food is free so it’s a good deal for all. Plenty of soda, beer when you finishing shooting. Dan Jackson and Paul Baker are taking over the grill from yours truly so quality will no doubt spike this year. Damon Mills is going to find a nice over and under shotgun to raffle so bring a few extra bucks and maybe you can take it home.
PLEASE SEND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO <alanheth@yahoo.com>. Alan will be getting you timely updates on all the chapter events throughout the year. Postage, paper, printing and time keeps climbing in cost all the time and email is a really inexpensive way to keep everyone updated and save the club all that expense. I don’t think it will be long before mail goes completely out of style for meetings and fundraisers. Also, if you have a group of hunters, family, friends or business clientele with a lot of hunters talk to Alan and he’ll get you a Jpg. or Pdf. file to forward to your list too. HELP US- HELP SCI -HELP OUR FUNDING PROJECTS! Someone once told me “it’s not what you know but who you know” and I think he was right!
I think most of you already heard that SCI Badgerland Chapter won one of the 10 $5000 Major Youth Project grants. We are helping Remington, IHEA, the DNR, Sportsmen’s Channel and others raise awareness about hunting for the 8-16 demographic through Public Service Announcements ( PSAs) that will reach 2 million or more young people in the next three years on outdoor hunting, fishing, and camping TV, by internet web pages, papers and local TV programming. Many folks helped us with this grant and we are very thankful as we can do so much more and without using any of our hard earned local dollars too. Thanks SCI Foundation!
AUGUST 7th IS DINING AROUND THE WORLD again in the Dells. Don’t miss this one. Great International foods in our Around the World theme. Lots of gun raffles, ladies jewelry, sporting good and a super fun auction with some hunts and lots more. Any donations? Contact Paul Baker at 608-837-3942 so he can coordinate your items. We take Cash, it’s just like Money! And we will send you a tax deductible donation slip just for asking for one with your donation. Watch this website for more and more details. SEND ALAN YOUR EMAIL Address!