Meetings held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday, Monthly at 8:00pm
New Membership interviews held on the 2nd Thursday, Monthly at 7:30pm
Trap shooting is every Sunday at 1:30.

Calendar of Events 2012

1/15/2012 Meat Shoot 4:00pm
1/21/2012 Adult Ice Derby 7:00am-1:00pm
1/29/2012 Kids Ice Event 11:00am-2:30pm
2/5/2012 Super Bowl Sunday - kickoff 6:30pm
2/11/2012 Game Feed 6:00pm
2/25/2012 Adult No Ice Date
2/26/2012 Kids No Ice Date
2/26/2012 Meat Shoot 4:00pm
3/3/2012 Horseshoe Banquet
3/18/2012 Meat Shoot 4:00pm
4/14/2012 Comedy night 6:00pm
4/21/2012 Trout Derby 7:00am
4/28/2012 Club Cleanup 9:00am
4/29/2012 Meat Shoot4:00pm
5/5/2012 Margarita night 7:00pm
5/12/2012 Kids Fishing Event 8:00am
5/19/2012 Deep Sea Fishing TBD
8/4/2012 Seafood Bake 1:00pm
8/25/2012 Club Cleanup 9:00am
9/9/2012 Chicken BBQ 1:00pm
10/13/2012 Porketta Feed TBD
10/27/2012 Adult Halloween Party 7:00pm
10/31/2012 Kids Halloween Party 4:00pm
11/3/2012 Comedy night 6:00pm
11/22/2012 Thanksgiving 12:00pm
12/8/2012 Adult Christmas 6:30pm
12/9/2012 Kids Christmas 11:00am

Condolences:

Our deepest condolences to the family of Gus (August) Hangos, and to the family of Mike McIntyre. You are all in our thoughts and prayers.

Thank You

We would like to extend a huge “thank-you” to our outgoing Trustee, Gary Hassett, for the great job that he has done during his term. There are always a lot of ongoing issues that the Trustees have to deal with and we thank Gary for his wisdom and his commitment

Thanksgiving 2011

Each year we get more and more people who want to help with our Thanksgiving Dinner. This year was no exception. Starting with George Payson back in September by giving us our first cash donation, and from then on, the donations just kept coming in, right up until the day of the dinner when a stranger drove up the driveway and asked if we were putting on the dinner, he then reached out and gave us a donation of $100, and this was just one cash donation, we received many. This year every single turkey was donated too. You all know who you are, thank you so very much. To each and every one of you who participated in making this year’s dinner a huge success thank you. We’d love to list every name, but we don’t want to take a chance of missing anyone. I would like to mention kudos to Betty Pratt for working with the local grocery stores again this year, requesting donations and arranging the wonderful pies from her work. She is like a pit bull. I’m sure they will respond to her request next year in a timely manner. The traditional turkey just melted in your mouth, smothered in Frenchie’s secret gravy recipe, and Lee’s deep fried turkey was so popular, we ran out! Next year we’ll plan on doing more of them. This year we had 89 sit downs and 50 take out. Thank you Marcel ‘Frenchie’ Remillard for heading this up for the past 11 years and in memory of Dennis Smith, who started it all. Happy Holidays to all of you.

2012 TV Raffle

Folks, we need to get these tickets sold. Please pass the word amongst your family, friends and co-workers. 2012 TV Raffle. 1st prize: 46” Sony Wide Screen LED TV, 2nd prize: 42” Panasonic Wide Screen LED TV. $20 per ticket. TV’s to be raffled off on Super Bowl Sunday 2012. Only 100 tickets will be sold. Get them while you can, they sell out quickly.

The Votes are in - 2012 Officers/Trustees: (last message we were missing Burt’s name, sorry)

Membership: Kevin Long, Karen Remillard, Phil Goodwin, Stephanie Garner, Burton Comfort

2012 TV Raffle

Tickets are on sale for the 2012 TV Raffle. 1st prize: 46” Sony Wide Screen LED TV, 2nd prize: 42” Panasonic Wide Screen LED TV. $20 per ticket. TV’s to be raffled off on Super Bowl Sunday 2012. Only 100 tickets will be sold. Get them while you can, they sell out quickly.

2012 Hunting Season

Congratulations to Paul Ned on shooting his first deer. On the first Monday of shotgun season at approximately 7:30 am in Warwick, MA, two shots rang out and Ned had bagged his first deer ever. It was a seven point buck weighing in at 164 lbs. Appropriately, this was the first deer taken at Ned’s camp and this first mount will soon be hanging on the camp wall.

Judy Shepard’s 1st buck. Also in the picture, beaming from ear to ear is Judy’s husband, member Joe Shepard. Congratulations Judy!!

Congratulations to Woodville member Greg Leal for shooting this bad boy during archery season

Members Bruce Pratt, Greg Pratt and non-member Roger Keyes after a guided pheasant hunt in Full Flight Pheasant Farm in November 2011. Nice job guys!!

Member Robert Ross and his sons, Justin and Brian hunt the early, black powder, mule season in Washington State, located near Pullman on the steps above Lewiston, Washington on the border of Idaho. Bob has sent us a wonderful story of his last hunt. I am hoping we can get the entire story on our website so you can all review it.

Welcome new members:

• Steve Albanese

Club Dues

We will report in the next issue.Dues are due. Thank you to the folks that have already paid. You can see any one of the bartenders, an officer, or a member of the Membership Committee to pay your dues. If you pay before the adult Christmas party, your name will be entered into a drawing for free dues in 2013! Stay posted for more details. Member dues are $80 if paid by Dec. 31st. A $10 penalty is added if paid Jan. 1 – Jan. 31st, 2012.

Corn Toss is back!

The corn toss league is resuming play as of October 5th and will continue on Wednesday evenings throughout the winter months. Come on down and have some fun and beat the winter doldrums. No experience is necessary!

FYI Stuff:

New Members

A great way to participate in a work detail is to help out at the Chicken BBQ and Club Cleanup. Ask your sponsor or any members of the club how you can help. The more help we have, the faster and easier the work is. Not to mention, more fun and you get to meet other members of the club; a win-win situation all around.

GOAL Membership

There are many benefits of being a Goal member that will also benefit us. Beside Goal representing & protecting our rights to bear arms, they also pay for you to receive the Outdoor Message, thus a cost savings for the club. Applications are at the club, in the newsletter or online at www.goal.org. Please consider signing up for GOAL.

Pictures

Do you have any pictures you'd like to have put in the "Outdoor Message" or on our website? Please send them over to anyone on the Website Committee (Gary Schultz, Karen Remillard or Kim Clark, you can send them with captions or without. Or send them to the "Outdoor Message" committee, Cherryl Barrett (Karen Remillard) or Phil Goodwin

Notices of upcoming events being sent via emails

Do you have an email address? Would you like to be notified via email about upcoming events? Send an email to remillard_karen@emc.com and we'll add you to the database.

If you have turned 65 and have 5 years of membership you are entitled to a life membership. Please contact the club if this applies to you.

General Information:

If you would like to post anything to the website, please send it to webmaster@woodvillerodandgun.com. If you have any questions, contact one of the members on the website committee Dennis Wadsworth "Webmaster", Lee Wright, Karen Remillard, or Jeff Gemski.

Friendly reminder - We are always looking for help at the club events and functions. If you need to complete your 3 new member details, this is a way to do that. You see the club events published in this article. Mark them on your calendars as a reminder, check with your sponsor to see if anything is coming up or stop by the club and see what's happening. An extra pair of hands always makes the chore easier, and more fun!

Remember...

• If anyone knows of a member who is sick or hospitalized, please let us know. You can leave a message at 508-435-4148.
• Don't forget Trap shooting on Sunday afternoons. We start around 1:30. Come on down and join in the fun. Quite a few people have joined in over the past couple of months. The public is welcomed. Thank you to the members that have done some maintenance work on the trap machine which will keep things running smoothly.
• Goal Membership: There are many benefits of being a Goal member that will also benefit us. Beside Goal representing & protecting our rights to bear arms, they also pay for you to receive the Outdoor Message, thus a cost savings for the club. Applications are at the club, in the newsletter or online at www.goal.org. If you have questions, please attend a members meeting or talk with Karen Remillard.

Scholarship

The club offers a $500 scholarship each year. Call the club or email David Laquidara at oct31st@comcast.net or go to our website for more info.

Clothing

If you’re interested in club clothing see Cherryl Barrett, or send an e-mail: cherryl_b@hotmail.com.

Hall Rentals:

The hall is available for rentals, please contact Kim Clark at kimba57@comcast.net or leave a message at 508-435-4148.

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