Summer Clean-up

Sunday, July 29th was a busy and very productive day at the Kent Rod & Gun as several members worked on various projects at our club.

Kevin Whittaker designed and started building a new Shooting Station at our front range a few days ago; a few helping hands brought it closer to being finished.

 Kevin made even more progress on July 31st when he finished putting up the walls.   

Don Hopko installed some outdoor carpeting down on our back range shooting stations while John Geist and Erik Lawton did some pretty impressive tree-trimming. 

In addition to all our members who pitched-in for the day, and who will be thanked again at our next meeting (in case anyone has been overlooked), a big shout-out to:

Jim Chenevey...
Refrigeration Engineer

Rich Armbruster...
BBQ PIT Technician

John Blazquez, John Pecora, John Pecora, Jr and John Sparano...
Assistant Carpenters 

Matthew McGuinness and Eric Lawton...
Refurbishers of the Horseshoe Pits

Paul Kuhfeldt & Pat Barry...
Second Story Maintenance Crew (Roof mold remediation)

Yolanda Fitz, Danielle & Nicole Mastrobuono...
Kitchen & Refrigerator Maintenance

Rich Othmer, Fernando Goncalves, Red Mastrobuono, Mike Thomas, Tom Curley, Russ Hughes and Matt Brancato...
Anything & Everything Maintenance

John Albert...
Club Record Maintenance (Stats, Facts & Figures)



Thanks all.  Your participation helps to keep our club operating like a well-oiled machine!

Club Range Use-KPD-August 7th & 8th

Members...please note that the Kent Police Department will be using our Lower Range on Aug. 7th & 8th, from 10:00 a.m. till 3:00 p.m..


The Lower Range will be closed to members & guests during these times and dates.

                   The Upper Range will be open for club use during these times.

Summer Clean-up - Sunday, July 29th

Our Summer Clean-up is Sunday, July 29th, starting at 9 a.m. - We will be doing Range and Club maintenance and sprucing up for our Family BBQ...an opportunity to get your work requirement in!  

Please bring along rakes, shovels, weed wackers, etc., anything to help get the grounds in shape.

Anyone with questions, feel free to contact club President, Kevin McGuinness at....kmg2256@gmail.com  

August events at the Kent Rod & Gun Club

• General Membership Meeting - Friday, August 3rd at 8 p.m.

• Family BBQ on Saturday, August 4th....1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Event Chairman, Red Mastrobuono, reports that 100+ members pre-registered for the event where he and his "BBCrew" will be serving his Special Grilled Chicken, Burgers, Dogs and a few tasty sides plus salads. Soda & Water included.....BYOB or other chosen "spirit"! In addition, there will be a Chili Throw-Down so everyone will get to taste what the competing chefs bring to the judging table.

Please note that registration closed on July 20th....there will be no walk-ins on the day of our BBQ!

Donations of both Desserts along with something for our Raffle Table are more than welcome. Helping hands will be needed for the day of the event as well as for clean-up on Sunday morning...a good way for members to rack-up a few work hours!

               Anyone with questions can contact Red at - supred13@aol.com.

• Pistol Safety Course - Sunday, August 19th, at 8 a.m.

This is the course for those applying for a pistol permit or needing a permit upgrade.  The cost is $25.00 for club members and $95.00 for non-members.  Coffee, soda and water, will be available for sale, attendees are welcome to bring their own lunch.  Seating will be limited. 
For information, please contact John Sparano at - larchmontaudio@msn.com. 

Family BBQ - Saturday, August 4th

The Kent Rod & Gun Club will be holding a Family BBQ on Saturday, August 4th, from 1 to 7 p.m. and it promises to be a great time for everyone!

On the menu:

"Chef Red's" Special Grilled Chicken

Hamburgers/Hot Dogs

Corn on the Cob/Baked Potato

Homemade Salads

Desserts/Coffee

Soda and Water 

Plus:

The Great Chili Throw-down Challenge between Patty Sparano & Chuck Garcia! 

In addition:

Crafts for the Kiddies

Horseshoes/Volleyball

Raffles 

BYOB...or other "Spirit" of choice!

Donations for our Dessert Table and something for our Raffles will be greatly appreciated.

  Have some Venison or other Game you'd like to throw on the grill?  

Bring it along!

The price:  

$15.00 

$10.00 for kids 8 and under

*The cut-off date for all reservations is July 20th*

Checks can be made out and mailed to:

The Kent Rod & Gun Club

P.O.Box 704

Carmel, New York 10512

"Chef Red", the event Chairman, will be accepting checks at our next General Membership Meeting, Friday, July 6th.  Feel free to contact him about reservations or with any questions.

supred13@aol.com

Youth Outreach to Shooting Sports - Cancelled!

Our “2012 Youth Outreach to the Shooting Sports” day, which was scheduled for Sunday, July 8th, has been cancelled.

As of the June 23rd registration deadline, we had only 2 young people who had expressed an interest but did not officially register.

The Kent Rod & Gun Club takes great pride in offering youth-based fun, and educational, events at our club, on top of all other functions we host throughout the year.  Some involve just an investment of time and the reward is the terrific personal satisfaction we all gain by seeing the smiles on the faces of the children who attend.

Hopefully, in the future, we can look forward to more participation by our membership, their families and friends, so that events such as this will not have to be cancelled.

Kevin J. McGuinness, President

Kent Rod & Gun Club

2012 Panfish Derby

Everyone who attended had a great time at our Annual Panfish Derby on Sunday, June 24th.

Congresswoman Nan Hayworth stopped-by just in time for the weigh-in and stayed for the official awards ceremony.

Thanks go out to the club members who volunteered their time, and effort, in manning the barbeque grills, doing the weigh-in and helping with clean-up at the end of the day!

Nick Wellington's fish hits the scale!

                                                  Waiting to be weighed!

 Panfish Officials log another one in the books!

Top prizes of fishing poles and a tackle box went to three of our young club members, along with a special trophy; everyone who participated went home with a medal and a hefty gift bag full of fishing lures and other goodies.  

The best part of the day was seeing all the smiles from the children, future sportsmen...and sportswomen!