Markham Skeet and Trap 2018 October Newsletter

Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays Volume 9 Issue 10 OCTOBER 2018

4th Annual

Charity Shoot Saturday October 27th

Sporting Clays Shoot October 14th Trapshoot October 28th Skeet Shoot October 6th 1

October 2018

OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS 2018 OFFICERS

Club News - Magazine Review

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Big Children’s Charity Shoot The Gun Collection

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Calender of Events

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PRESIDENT—Vacant

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VICE PRESIDENT—Vacant

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TREASURER—Vacant

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SECRETARY— Joe Loitz

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RECORDING SECRETARY—Vacant

DIRECTORS:

Club Calender

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Palm Beach Trap/Skeet Pro Shop—Sporting Calender

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Sporting Clays Program and Results Inside this issue: Skeet Program and Results

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Contact info:

FSA Skeet Calender

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Markham Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays

Trap Program

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Trap Results

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Youth Program

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Next General Meeting Thursday December 6th Starting at 7:00 PM

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Club News We are back to a full schedule of shoots this month: Skeet, Trap, and Sporting Clays. As you can see we also have the 4th Annual Calvary Chapel Charity Shoot for Big Children’s Foundation. In our best year we earned over $10,000 for this wonderful charity.

Come out October 27th and shoot with us. The format is 50 Trap or Skeet. The entry fee of $70 pays for the targets, shells, lunch, and raffle tickets for door prizes and a gun. Raffle tickets are also available at $5 each or 5 for $20. If you attended any of our previous shoots you probably remember the great burgers and chicken wings. Come join us for this great event!

There was no Sporting Clays shoot last month, but there was a Skeet Shoot. Ten shooters attended our last shoot, firing at 800 targets. Robert Vazquez and Hector Marrero each led

two events with Robert leading the 20 gauge and HOA and Hector leading the 28 and .410 events. Geoffrey Peters had the high score of the day with a 49x50 in the 12 gauge event.

The Trap tournament was smaller than last month with fifteen shooters shooting 2,600 targets. Steve Norris led the Singles with a lone 96, followed by Ilbis Lores and Journey Garcia two targets back with 94’s. Steve has been shooting nice handicap scores in the last two shoots and led the Handicap again with a lone 94. Dax Demena was next with an 89. Isaias Vargas led the Doubles with a lone 75.

I want to give a quick shout out to Alex Rennert a former Youth shooter with Markham Park.

Alex is on the U.S. Army Marksmanship Team and finished 8th at the National Championships October 3rd. Way to Go Alex! Always proud of you!

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Magazine Review Delta Waterfowl – Fall 2018 Jeff Johnston presents a nice breakdown of recoil and how to combat it.

Recoil can be beaten in several ways including: low-velocity shotshells, less shot, adding weight to the gun, recoil reduction systems, and custom gunfitting.

Personally, I don’t like anything above 1 ¼ ounce in 3 inch shells. Unless I’m doing some extreme pass-shooting this is all I need for Florida ducks. With a gas operated semi-auto of reasonable weight, recoil is never a problem.

There are ways to improve the felt recoil of your duck hunting firearm if you are still having problems. A gas operated recoil system has less recoil than an inertial system. You may want to switch from a Benelli to a Beretta.

Also, semiautos recoil less than an over/under.

Adding weight using lead tape under

the barrel or adding a mercury recoil reducer to the inside of the stock will help most guns when it comes to felt recoil.

One pound of weight will reduce recoil by 15%. Since you aren’t carrying the gun around adding that much weight to a duck gun isn’t a horrible idea.

By definition, adding a recoil system should help with felt recoil. Barrel porting is known to reduce recoil and muzzle bounce considerably. Jeff ’s sources say as much as 12%. You can even get choke tubes that are ported now, Carlson’s Choke Tubes specifically, which will reduce recoil by 6-8%. A Kick-Eez pad will also reduce felt recoil significantly.

Finally, make sure your gun fits. Have someone who knows what they are doing help you with your gun fit. You may be surprised how much this could reduce the recoil you feel.

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Magazine Review CLAYTARGET NATION – September 2018 Repetitive tasks affect our brainpans in strange ways. In man’s early evolution shortcuts developed in our learning processes to deal with dangerous situations where quick decisions were required for survival. Our brains obtained the ability to jump to conclusions by filling in missing information using past experiences as the basis for that filler. These shortcuts in logic that allow us to reach rapid conclusions are vulnerable to corruption while performing tasks of a repetitive nature. During a repetitive task our brains want jump to the conclusion by filling in missing information, but that’s the last thing you want when you are shooting. This susceptibility to mind games becomes stronger as we shoot more targets and becomes especially problematic as we

enter the later stages of a day’s competition. The repetition of shooting target after target gets to us and after shooting 75 or more it can become a challenge staying in the moment with full attention on the next target. John Shima has a solution to this problem and presents his ideas in this month’s article.

One of John’s mantras is the emphasis on the “Quiet Eye” philosophy where we settle our eyes into expanded soft focus before we call for the target. In this regard John believes our best defense against these repetitive-task, mind games is to adopt a consistent pre-shot routine and always be attentive to entering “expanded soft focus at the eye hold point to enhance your awareness of the present”. Attention to our visual reality gives our conscious mind something to do. Fully occupying the conscious with a task integral to the shooting process allows for an unfettered subconscious reaction when we move to the breakpoint.

John calls this the “Quiet Mind” philosophy.

With the conscious mind quiet and focused on acquiring the target the shortcuts and mind games we are susceptible to don’t get a chance to be activated. Conscious focus on the task of picking up the target visually disconnects our shortcut function.

Gil and Vicki Ash take a turn at mental game coaching this month. They advise setting goals to improve your shooting technique rather than your score. If we improve our shooting fundamentals, improved scores will certainly follow. Setting a goal to shoot higher scores is pointless unless you have a plan designed to improve your shooting technique. Setting scoring goals creates unrealistic expectations and are destined to cause nothing but mental turmoil. Create an improvement plan then practice with a flexible mindset, one that accepts misses as part of the learning process. Set goals, fashion a plan, and your shooting will improve in the long term.

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There are so many nuances to both golf and sporting clays, you may wonder how anyone can master even a fraction of them. For instance, do you use a balanced two-handed mount to a trap style target or do you let the trigger hand dominate the move? What’s the difference? Well, your barrels may lag behind the bird if you mount with the trigger hand on a crossing target, but on a straight-away or slight quartering target this isn’t a problem, since your barrels are probably already on the same plane as the target or just below it.

Don Currie believes there’s no reason why you wouldn’t let the trigger hand dominate the mount on a trap style target. I like his logic.

On non-trap style targets Mr. Currie favors a balanced mount, using both hands moving simultaneously taking the gun to the cheek and the breakpoint. The balanced hands can then swing with the target, so cheek and gun meet simultaneously moving in the same direction as the target.

On trap style targets he prefers letting the trigger hand control the mount.

He also steps in with an opinion on the “bayonet” style mount so many sporting clays books suggest as the correct move to mount the shotgun. The bayonet mount simulates how you would thrust forward and up with a bayoneted gun towards an enemy. Several sources suggest using these same bayonetting mechanics, stepping forward and thrusting up with the gun barrel while bringing the stock forward to your face and also bringing your shoulder forward to meet the butt of the stock. Don believes this thrust of the shotgun at the target necessitates a shift to our front foot which he considers ill-advised. Again, I can’t disagree with him. Done aggressively, this move does more than just shifting balance to the lead foot. It can also create a habit when combined with the move, mount, and shoot method where the shooter will forego their swing and will spot-shoot their target. The gun is brought forward with the “bayonet thrust”, it meets the cheek, and the shot it taken. This means you may be making a vertical move on a target flying hori-

zontally.

The gun should always be swinging in the same direction the target is flying when the shot is taken. This might not happen with the bayonet thrust move.

Rusty Andre’ places shooters in two categories: Reaction 1 and Reaction 2 shooters.

Reaction 1 shooters never understand that missed targets need to be studied and practiced if they ever hope to improve as a shooter. They also carry their misses forward in their thoughts as they move to the next station. They never realize what a disruption this causes to their mental game. Reaction 2 shooters realize they need to go back and work on targets they miss. While they regret their misses they don’t dwell on them. They move on with the understanding they will come back and work on these targets, figure them out, and be ready for them in their next confrontation. Be a Reaction 2 shooter not the other kind.

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Magazine Review ClayShootingUSA – September/ October 2018 Briley’s new Side-Kick 2.0 inserts are reviewed this month by Bruce Buck. These are the newest version of short sub-gauge inserts.

Uniformly 11 3/4” in length, weighing between 6.2 and 7.9 ounces, and gun manufacturer specific these may be just the ticket for someone who wants an inexpensive set of tubes. Bruce says insertion and extraction of the tubes is simple and easily accomplished.

The fact they don’t have to be sent out for fitting may be the biggest selling point for some users.

The convenience of the short inserts is obvious, but there are some drawbacks. The barrel will require frequent and thorough cleaning as there is significant carbon build up in the barrels. The tubes are cylinder choked and will

approximate whatever the 12 gauge carrier barrel is choked. In testing the choking was one or two chokes more open. The obvious lack of precision in the chokes compared to the full inserts is a definite drawback. They also require brass based shells, steel bases tend to stick in the chamber. On the whole if you don’t have tubes and don’t want to spend $1699 for a set of tube, this may be a good option for $799.

Ever hear of the indoor Trap/Skeet/5 Stand/ Olympic bunker facility in Kennesaw, Georgia?

I knew there was one in Germany, but I didn’t know about this one just north of us. This 87,500 sq ft facility has everything you want in a shooting destination: restaurant, gun store, and range. It even has rifle, pistol, and archery.

Additionally, there is a conference center, classroom, and an outdoor archery course. Sounds too good to be true. Someone check this out and let me know what it’s like.

This month’s magazine also features a review of the RIO Spreader loads.

With a modified choke the spreader load in 9 shot added 6” to the effective pattern at 20 yards. Impressive!

For fixed choke guns and autoloaders this may be an answer for close range shots.

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Training versus practice has been a theme lately and Mark H. Taylor gives us the third installment in his series this month. To simulate competitive pressure, bet lunch on the score.

To practice hard rights or lefts lock the trap on one of these targets and fire one shot on Post 1 (assuming a right angle), two shots on Post 2, three shots on Post 4, and finally 5 targets on Post 5. If you miss, you start the drill over.

For left angles start on Post 5 and work your way to 1. This is fine for a beginning to intermediate shooters but it’s too elementary for an advanced shooter.

Shotgun Sports – October 2018 Defeating outgoing and quartering targets is the key to scoring well in skeet. Todd Bender has some tips this month on how to conquer these targets. He and Paul Giambronne III have both intoned, a good first move prevents the need for a recovery shot. A good first move starts with good body mechanics. Swing with your whole body not just your arms and shoulders. Swinging without turning from your hips usually leaves you miserably behind these targets. Swing from the ankles up. Also remember, correct foot position keeps your swing from reaching any physical limit. Belly button to the window.

Set a hold point that works for you. Hold points need to be below the window on outgoing High house targets and need to be at the top of the window for outgoing Low house targets. Look points are the next issue. Each shooter needs to learn how far they can look back towards the house. For some this may be half way back to the window for others it may only be two or three feet to the right or left of the barrels. Finally, the breakpoint should be about 20’ before the center stake.

For skeet shooters start on Station 1 shoot one outgoing target, move to 2 and shoot two targets, on 3 shoot three targets, and on Station 4 shoot four targets. If you miss start over. Do the same with incoming targets. The drill can also be done starting on Station 7 and working back to Station 4. Next, Mark suggests a break it quick drill where you shoot the target in half the time you usually do. I would also suggest the opposite. Shoot the target more slowly than you usually do. This develops control over your shooting rather than just depending on your reflexive ability to break a target.

Lastly, for trap and sporting clays put two shells in the gun, shoot singles, and try to break any remaining chips. Shooting chips teaches volumes about gun control and visual discipline. I started hunting at a very young age and quickly learned the value of the second and third shot available to me. I shot a Model 12 pump. Shooting doubles was natural to me. Some shooters don’t have that automatic seeking for the second target that comes from doing a great deal of hunting.

Shooting chips helps develop that sense. It’s also a confidence builder. If you can break a chip the size of a silver dollar at 30+ yards you can break anything.

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Magazine Review TRAP & FIELD – September 2018 Bob Palmer presents seven things a parent or coach should know about losing this month. 1. It builds character. Losing teaches you how far you have come and how far you’ve gone towards reaching your goals. 2.

Don’t commiserate with your student or child.

Limit the pain of loss to a short interval after the event then move on. Too much empathy for the child’s misery only encourages more misery. Move on! 3. Going into an event stay positive. Remain positive about upcoming competitions. Don’t let any negative thoughts overshadow the event. Positive talk, body language, and voice tone are a must if you want your student or child to compete without any preconceived visions of failure.

4. Let the past be the past, let it go. This doesn’t mean you don’t work on technical flaws exposed during a bad event. It means don’t obsess over it. 5. Repeat

number 4, don’t try to re-evaluate a loss, just let it go. 6. Don’t whine! Solve your problems and move on. 7. Encourage character building. Accept the loss, move on, and prepare for the next competition.

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Continuing on the practice theme, Ian Darroch has some suggestions this month on practice. Quality over quantity, if your shooting and or attention starts to flag call it a day. Once your performance starts to lag, it’s time to leave. Don’t practice at clubs that throw poor quality targets. If the targets aren’t regulation have management change them or refuse to shoot them. One time we set up Doubles trap on Field 1 at Markham on Monday night. The next Saturday I stopped at Field 1 to shoot some 16 Yd practice. The targets were going 65 yards and were horribly high! When I informed Tony he guessed we had forgotten to reset the targets to Singles before we left that night.

Tuesday when they started using the trap for the public the Range Officer switched off the Doubles but didn’t reset the spring or height. They shot targets off that trap all week long and no one realized they were way out of spec by ATA rules. I had them change them as soon as I realized the problem.

Don’t practice on illegal targets.

Let me add one more thing to the good target theme. When I practice at Markham, I switch traps and don’t shoot all my targets on just one field. Shoot 50 practice on one field then switch to the adjacent field to finish. Ian suggests shooting as many different clubs as possible. This is very important. Shooting the same club all the time doesn’t prepare you for the unexpected. Not all trapfields, traphouses, or backgrounds are created equal. This is especially true in skeet where setting hold points is particularly dependent on field markers and background.

In sporting clays different clubs means different target setters. Markham favors lots of true pairs, teal targets, and trap style targets. Quail sets quite a few long and high crossing targets, and South Florida favors lots of tough, low,

slow technical targets, especially tough transitions from the first target to the second. Get a taste of the variety out there and experience as many clubs as you can. I have shot over 90 different clubs and look forward to the next.

Standard stuff like practicing alone is also part of Ian’s advice packet. He doesn’t like practicing at big shoots. Personally, I have had good experience with this. You’ll have to try it and figure that one out for yourself. Finally, get a good coach to help you. What’s a good coach?

One who can tell you what it is you do. If they just tell you to do it their way, they may not have enough depth of knowledge to help you.

If they can watch you and read your mind after a shot, you know you might have found a good one.

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Concentration is a fine antidote to anxiety.

Jack Nicklaus

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Calender of events: Gun Shows: November 1718h Ft. Lauderdale War Memorial Aud.

Dick’s: They are running specials every other week. Watch the papers and check out their website.

Skeet this month: Markham

Oct. 6st

So. FL

Oct, 27th

Trap this month: Indian River

Oct. 7th

South Florida

Oct 13th

Markham

Sept 28th

Sporting This month: Quail Creek

Oct. 7th

Indian River

Oct. 13th

Markham

Oct. 14th

South Florida

Oct. 20th

OK Corral

Oct. 27th

Okeechobee

Oct. 28th

Current shell specials: Walmart: Currently selling Winchester Universal and Federal 4 packs at $21.74 (12 & 20 ga.).

Cabela’s has Herter’s shells on sale for $549.90 for 10 flats. Shipping is $19.95. These are 11/8 oz., 7 1/2’s & 8’s, 1200 fps, 12 gauge.

I learned early in sports that to be effective - for a player to play the best he can play - is a matter of concentration and being unaware of distractions, positive or negative.

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2018 Schedule of NSCA Sporting Clay Tournaments

Date

Tournament

Saturday - Jan 20, 2018

Snow Bird Open

Sunday - Feb 4, 2018

Honest Abe's Birthday Bash

Sunday - Mar 18, 2018

St. Patrick's Day Open

Saturday - Apr 15, 2018

Spring Blast

Sunday - May 20, 2018

Memorial Day Open

Saturday - Jun 23, 2018

15th Annual Sunshine State Classic

Saturday - Jul 14, 2018

Super Sizzle Open

Saturday - Aug 12, 2018

Summers End Open

Sunday - Oct. 14, 2018

Pumpkin Blast

Sunday—Nov. 4, 2018

Richard Merritt Memorial

Saturday—Dec 29, 2018

Bud Wolfe Classic 19

SPORTING CLAYS PROGRAM

Markham Skeet, Trap & Sporting Clays Club

PUMPKIN BLAST 100 Targets Shot over 14 Stations

SUNDAY OCTOBER 14TH Registration: Opens 8:30 a.m. and will close at 10:00 a.m.

All scorecards must be turned in by 1:00 p.m. in order to be posted.

Entry Fee: $60 N.S.C.A., $60 Hunter, $40.00 SubJunior, Junior No Scorers or Trappers will be provided.

Shooters will be asked to squad themselves into groups of at least 4 and designate a field judge to verify scores for the squad.

This is a Targets Only format with No Lunch served.

COURSE RULES: All shooters and spectators are required to wear ear and eye protection on the course.

MAXIMUM LOADS PERMITTED: 12GA, 3 DR EQ, 1 1/8 oz. Shot 7 1/2.

For additional information contact: Cary Keshen (954) 536-7146 email: ckeshen@bellsouth.net For Tournament Schedules and Shoot Results Please Visit Our Website: www.markhamsportingclays.org

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SPORTING CLAYS RESULTS

No September Sporting Clays Tournament 21

MONTHLY SKEET PROGRAM Price per 50 targets includes $5/100 NSSA/FSA Fee

.410 gauge 28 gauge 20 gauge 12 gauge Doubles

50 Targets 50 Targets 50 Targets 50 Targets 50 Targets

$20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $20.00 $20.00

Shoots usually held the first Saturday of every month.

Gauges may be shot out of sequence with the permission of management. More than one 50 target program may be shot in the same gauge as a preliminary event.

AWARDS Break a 50, 75, or 100 Straight and get one of these guaranteed awards!

50 Straight Kennedy Half Dollar 75 Straight Eisenhower Dollar 100 Straight Morgan Silver Dollar 50 Straight Doubles Liberty Silver Half 22

Skeet Results

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

Tom Landry

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Trap Program Trap Program: SPECIAL NOTICE

Trap Tournaments are usually the fourth Sunday of the month.

100 target 16 Yd, Hdcp and Doubles events.

First 100 targets. $40.00 (Includes ATA and FTA daily fees)

ATA SHOOT SCHEDULE 2018-2019 September 23th October 28th November 25th December 23rd

Subsequent 100 target events. $32.00 See Joe Loitz for details: 954-857-5278

January 27th February 24th March 31st April 28th May 26th June 23rd July 28th

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WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOOTING IS STILL POPULAR WITH THE SHOOTERS. SIGN UP WITH STEVE NORRIS AND THE REST OF THE REGULARS AND TRY YOUR SKILL AND LUCK AT ALL THE GAMES.

Come out and join the fun!

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TRAP RESULTS SINGLES

16 Yards CLASS

SCORE

STEVE NORRIS

B

96

ILBIS LORES

B

94

JOURNEY GARCIA

B

94

HENRY OVARES

D

92

ORACIO RICCOBONO

D

90

TED GALATIS

C

90

DAX DEMENA

B

89

ISAIAS VARGAS

D

89

TED VANDLING

D

86

NELSON REGALADO

D

86

ANGEL ESTEVEZ

A

85

PABLO GONZALEZ

D

83

GARY ROTHSTEIN

D

83

JOE BILECKI

D

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Handicap HANDICAP

YARDAGE

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STEVE NORRIS

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94

DAX DEMENA

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89

TED GALATIS

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86

ILBIS LORES

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84

TED VANDLING

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84

JOE BILECKI

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81

ISAIAS VARGAS

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ISAIAS VARGAS

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75

DAX DEMENA

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IBRIS LORES

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68

MARY NORRIS

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PABLO GONZALEZ

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Youth Program

Monday nights continue to attract around 18 Youth shooters every session. These shooters are evenly divided between the Intermediate/ Advanced field and the Beginner field. We have gotten several new volunteers which allows us to spend more time with each student.

Steve and I can’t thank our volunteers enough.

Thanks everyone for all of your help!

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If you would like to sponsor our newsletter: contact me at: jloit@bellsouth.net Joe Loitz at 954-857-5278

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