June-July 2004 NEWSLETTER
Upcoming club events:
Family Picnic
July 17
2:00p.m. – Until ??
Home of Dan and Judy Watson
Directions: Take Highway 12 from
Lewiston towards Orofino. Watch the Mile markers - at
approximately Mile 30 1/2 there will be a road south named
Woodhaven. Take Woodhaven for three tenths of a mile to
Pinehaven. Take a right on Pinehaven for three-tenths of a
mile. The Watson house is the only house on the left. The
address is: 19670 Pinehaven Lane, Lenore ID 83541.
Telephone (208)836-5842, for a spectacular visual map .
BBQ, Horse Shoe Pitching, 100 ft Water Slide, Sporting Clays. Golf
Driving Contest.
A main dish or two will be served, and paper products will be available
– please bring a dish to share along with your favorite
beverage(s) of choice and your most comfortable lawn chairs!
See you ALL there!
Sporting Clays
Aug 21
Club President Bart Dearborn is organizing and chairing this event set
for a summer Saturday at the newly opened Little Canyon
Shooting’s sporting clays course in Plummer, Idaho. Expect
a relatively early morning start with options to shoot 50 or 100
targets.
Directions: Take Hwy 95 north out of
Moscow (toward Coeur d’Alene. Just past mile marker 390,
head east in Plummer on Hwy 5 for 1.8 miles. Turn south on
Minaloosa Valley Road for approximately 5.1 miles. The
headquarters house (old yellow ranch house) will be on your right.
For details and to reserve your spot, please contact Bart Dearborn at
(509)334-3774 or president@SnakeRiverGunDogClub.org
DID YOU KNOW?
The website is newly updated and ready for your viewing! This is
a way for you to retrieve old newsletters, learn about upcoming events,
see/post pictures of club members, dogs, and so forth. Check out:
http://www.SnakeRiverGunDogClub.org
Our Webmaster, Devon St. Pierre, can be reached via email at:
Webmaster@SnakeRiverGunDog.org
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We’d like to find a new location to store the club’s
trailer – preferably easy access during winter months –
please contact one of the officers if you have space and can assist us.
Saturday September 04, 2004
Fun Trial and Training Day Snow Farms
Ed Westbrook - chair
(208) 798-4450 or vice-president@SnakeRiverGunDogClub.org
volunteers are needed!
NW NSTRA Regional Elimination Trial
Four SRSGDA member dogs competed in the National Shoot to Retrieve
Northwest Regional Elimination Trial in Heppner OR over the Memorial
Day weekend. Dick Chapman and WACKO, Jack Flack and LIZZY, Paul
McCawley and BONNE, and Jerry Thiessen and TANNER.
This trial began with 64 excellent dogs from across our region –
all of which placed and earned points in sanctioned trials during the
2003-2004 NSTRA season. In large, beautifully covered fields and
in very windy conditions, TANNER was the #1 bird-finding dog and
high-point getter after Saturday’s double-double trial.
Numerous dogs went birdless and many others found only 1 or 2
birds. The top 12 dogs from each field advanced to the next round
on Sunday morning. Included in that group, along with Tanner,
were Wacko and Lizzy.
Sunday morning started out sunny and fairly calm, but turned windy
again – and again, Tanner was exceptionally fast, tremendously
stylish, and absolutely wonderful on point as he found bird after bird
after bird after bird! Tanner advanced to the
“semi-final” round of braces – the six dogs with the
highest scores from the morning session.
Congratulations to all our competitors!
Poker Shoot
Lewiston Gun Club
A big thank-you to “COACH” Jay Roach for his excellent
hosting of our annual poker shoot. A huge turnout by SRSGDA club
members and family made for a great afternoon. The visual of 25+
people lined up for the ANNIE OAKLEY shoot was quite a sight –
and in the end, the dual between BAD Boy Bart Dearborn and
Out-of-shells- Pam Spickler was a lot of laughs!
Classifieds
PUPPIES
German Shorthair puppies.
Justin Nemec - 208-631-4691. Two Liver males and one liver
ticked male 8 weeks old 6-10-04. The parents are:
River Points Ammunition -
NAVHDA Utility prize, NSTRA 2003 Northwest region champion, 13 NSTRA
points, American Field Amateur champion, Excellent versatile hunting
dog, Penn hip tested;
CDC's Benelli
Beauty - NAVHDA Utility prize, 2003 NSTRA regional semi
finalist, 6 NSTRA points, Excellent versatile hunting dog, Penn hip
tested.
Brittany puppies -
These are excellent bloodlines. One girl and two boys left.
If interested call MIKE BUNDY at 208-924-5017.
Miscellaneous
PIGEONS FOR SALE - $3/ each (208) 882-0601,
1760 N. Polk Ext., Moscow
In Search Of
A roving reporter, or six, to provide salient and scintillating sagas
of SRSGDA members’ adventures in training, trialing, and
traipsing a-field (hunting)…I guess we could also include
trap! Any thoughts are appreciated; pictures are nice; can be in
final form or just simply “blurbs” to be edited.
PLEASE send to SRSGDA Secretary Nance Ceccarelli via USPS or
Secretary@SnakeRiverGunDog.org
Watch your mail for your club survey
– soon soon soon – also, you may be able to complete the
survey on-line!
Snake
River Sportman and Gun Dog Association