Venturing Crew 1150

We will be having an open house of sorts in February for potential new members from the Church. It will be in our regular meeting room (7&9) of the Church. This open house follows Scout Sunday, so we hope to see many new faces on Monday. This event has been added to the calendar as well.

Please join us for an open house to meet and greet potential new members from the Church. Times are listed above, and we will meet in Rooms 7 and 9. Refreshments will be served.

I took Sue to Gilbert’s yesterday evening, somewhat against her better judgement :). But she shot both a Sig .40 and a Springfield 9mm. The .40 was a bit much for her wrist (recovering from a bad break last year), but I think she liked the 9mm - even though that was a bit much for her too. But it could have been because we shot the .40 first and set her wrist off. We’ll have to go back in a few days and try again.

Gilbert’s is a fairly nice range. The folks in the store were very friendly and knowledgeable (sp?). Their range prices were comperable to Shooter’s Paradise (although if you are not a memeber you have to pay an $8 monthly membership fee). They had a wide selection of firearms, more that Shooter’s Paradise, and comparable costs - although I admit I did not do a thurough comparison. Full members get a discount on most purchases, which in the long run adds up to a nice savings. The only drawbacks are the range itself did not appeare to be as well ventilated as Shooter’s Paradise, and I don’t think you can shoot rifles there. But again, I was not paying that close attention so maybe they do.

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UPDATE: Date added to the calendar.

Everything is coming along smoothly so far. We’ve got some adults set up to take NRA training next month, as well as Venture leader training. See the Calendar section for details. Youth are encouraged to take the Venture training too.

We should be at a point where we can have our first Crew meeting on Monday, January 29th. Phil will be calling everyone to let them know about it. We will meet in the Church (Cameron United Methodist) in Room 7 & 9 (its on the lower floor, last set of rooms on the right at the end of the long hall - the one with the divider).

Once Phil calls everyone and confirms that is a good date, I’ll add it to the calendar.