Club Membership:
GUN CLUB SHIRTS:
You can now order t-shirts and shooting shirts with the gun club logo from EMBROIDERY BY BETTY. Jim Miller and Bob Camden have shirts that you can look at. The address is Betty Havens, 332 W. Chase, Macomb, IL 61455. Phone: 309-833-1974 or 309-221-1974. E-mail: chba@macomb.com for information.
FACILITIES RENTAL: The clubhouse and the pool are available for use by members for receptions, dinners, meetings or parties. The standard fees for use of the facilities by Club members who have paid their $40.00 dues are: Clubhouse rental: $25.00 Pool rental: $50.00
Important information regarding the pool:
As I will only be involved with running the pool for 1-2 more years, I need for someone to step forward and volunteer to start working with me on taking over the operation of the pool. This includes opening, closing, chemicals, maintenance, and handling the money. The requirement of keeping the pool open is that it cannot cost the club any money. It must pay to maintain itself each year. If this does not happen, the Board of Directors has stated that the pool will be filled with concrete and CLOSED PERMANENTLY. As I feel that the pool is an excellent addition to our club, I hate to see us lose this spectacular feature that helps set our club apart from others. I will be willing to continue the duties and assist any way I can over the next couple of years and will always be available for advice. Anyone interested, whether a current pool member or not, please contact me at home at 660-826-5659 in the evenings or on my cell at 660-287-0496 to discuss this.
Doug Tilman
The following was posted in our April Newsletter and I believe it’s important enough to keep readily available for all to see. It’s a strong reminder for current members and great information for potential members.
MAINTAINING CLUB FACILITIES: It was reported at the meeting that the rifle and pistol range posts and belts have been destroyed. This prompted me to give some thought to our club facilities. Who owns the Sedalia Rod and Gun Club? The answer is that the Club belongs to the members. The members own the Club. Who operates the Club? Members operate the Club. There is only one paid employee of the Club and that is the lady who keeps the place clean. Everything else is done by volunteers. All of the board members are volunteers. The people who run the derby on Sunday and Wednesday, who collect the money, keep score and load the traps are all volunteers. Doug Tilman, who makes the pool available to you every summer, is a volunteer. The person who collects your dues and manages the finances of the Club is a volunteer. When we have holiday dinners at the Club, the people who work in the kitchen to cook the turkeys and the hams are all volunteers. Those folks who work to conduct our registered shoots are once again volunteers. The people who built the new skeet and trap ranges and the new scoring stands and new benches were volunteers. When you shoot and throw your hulls or your brass on the ground and leave them there, the person who picks them up for you will be a volunteer. The person who does your newsletter is a volunteer. The people who will now have to rebuild the facilities at the rifle and pistol ranges will be volunteers. So, when you use the facilities of your club, take care of them. Clean up after yourself. Pick up hour hulls and your brass. If you break something, see that it gets fixed. Don’t tear something up and just go off and leave it. Better yet, volunteer some of your time to make the Sedalia Rod and Gun Club a better place!
