President’s Message

Volume 20 Issue 8Aug 2020

EXECUTIVE OFFICERSPRESIDENTJoseph Rinaldi | 206.423.0553zzwop@comcast.netVICE PRESIDENTMichael Wichser | 206.856.1190mwichser@clearwire.net2nd VICE PRESIDENTRobb Stack | 206.522.2038stack@nwlink.comTREASURERJohn Woolley | jwoolleywcwi@gmail.comCORRESPONDING SECRETARYMartin Morehouse | people@wcwi.orgRECORDING SECRETARYDale Sieg | dalesieg@live.comCHAIRMAN OF THE TRUSTEESJeff LeMoine | 425.231.31669914622@yahoo.comTRUSTEE ELECTJim Thompson | 206.799.5712jtpowderhound@reagan.comTRUSTEE (2 yr)Jeff GomesTRUSTEELarry Mallory | 425.820.3582larrym@kirklandhonda.comTRUSTEESoo Dreschler PAST PRESIDENTGary Webster | 206.963.6065COMMITTEE CHAIRMANARCHERYKen DeLeone | 425.745.1449march1944@frontier.comRIFLEMartin Morehouse | 425.765.0253morehouse9@comcast.netHANDGUNJo & Milton Schneider | 425.879.5939target4us@gmail.comSHOTGUNDavid Elliott | 425.330.0560Jack Pennant | 206.713.6057HUNTER EDUCATIONHoracio Delgado | 206.551.5151horaciodelgado@msn.comFIREARMS EDUCATIONRichard Ripley | 206.271.0670richard.ripley@gmail.comYOUTH ARCHERYMichael Wichser | 206.856.1190YOUTH RIFLESteve Olheiser | 425.478.5462youthrifle@hotmail.comYOUTH SHOTGUNMatt Leiker SHOTGUN MATCH COORDINATORAndrew Gough | 425.210.0148 75years

1945-2020

WCW Celebrates

Chief Ken Seuberlich 22, July 2020

City of Bothell Police

18410 101st Ave, NE

Bothell, Wa. 98011

Dear Chief:

I can imagine that you have received a plethora of condolences from many people at the

loss of Officer Shoop. We at the Kenmore Gun Range wish to be counted proudly in that number of

salutations. We have many retired law enforcement officers as well as active duty officers that are

members of our gun range including myself. To be given the opportunity to thank you and the

many officers that serve our community is but a pittance of our appreciation.

Let me recall a little story that may help in the healing process for you and your officers. I

am a retired parole supervisor. Many years ago we lost a member of our parole officer staff to a

tragic medical occurrence that shook us all to the foundation of our very being. I only mentions

this to recap a serendipitous thing that occurred during the motorcade of the funeral. The young

deceased officer was the wife of Renton Police officer. As we drove in parade like fashion to the

cemetery with a full motor escort we meandered through a tree lined community of well-kept

modest houses. The funeral dirge attracted the attention of many of the neighbors. That’s when I

saw something that will forever be seared in my memory. There on the front lawn was a little boy

approximately eight years old. He stood there saluting the motorcade. My heart sunk and my spirit

was revived in the same instant. I began to understand that the collective consciousness is far

more resilient to loss than we can actually imagine. I guess what I wish for you and all your officers

to understand is that when you lose, we lose as well. Please keep an eye peeled for the joy and

pain to interconnect. In closing, I want to reiterate that we are with you in spirit and offer all

consolation to the family of Officer Shoop.

Sincerely Yours,

Joseph C. Rinaldi, President

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WCW Board Meeting Minutes – July 1, 2020

Meeting called to order at 7:00 PM by President Joe Rinaldi.

Present board members:Joe Rinaldi (President)Mike Wichser (Vice President) via phoneRobb Stack (2nd Vice President)John Woolley (Treasurer)Jim Thompson (Chairman Elect)Larry Mallory (Trustee)Jeff Gomes (2yr Trustee) via phoneMartin Morehouse (Corresponding Secretary)Dale Sieg (Recording Secretary)

Absent board members:Gary Webster (past President)Jeff LeMoine (Chairman Trustees)Soo Drechsler (Trustee)

Committee Leads and Facilities Manager present at meeting:Robert Haverstock (Range Manager)Martin Morehouse (Rifle)Ken Deleone (Archery)Dave Elliott (Shotgun)Jo and Milt Schneider (Pistol) via phone

Guests:None

Committee reports:Only the Manager, Treasurer and Trustees presented content at the meeting.

Manager's Report:Robert Haverstock presented.Joe asked how members have reacting now that the club is open. Robert said some are happy and some are unhappy.We had a discussion about whether or not we should open the range to members on Tuesday through Thursday in addition to the current Friday through Monday. Robert suggested we open to members between 9am and noon. The board agreed and thought we should open it up as much as we can.Robert mentioned several members are complaining. A lot of it is about membership. Alison Sieg is now helpingwith membership so that should address many of those complaints. The range phone message system is not working. We do not have the code to change it. Robert is working with Comcast to get it working. Jim mentioned Sept 1st is deer season and the 12th is elk season. Jim would like to keep the range open to members the last week of August and first week of September. We discussed different options regarding when we would want renters renting our facility. Renters are financially helping the club tremendously while in this pandemic.

We discussed opening the range from 9 am to noon on Tuesday through Thursday. We will post when the renters are not using the range and we will open the range to members as much as we can.

Treasurer's Report:John Woolley presented.All things considered; we are in good shape. Utilities and employees have been down. The renters have been providing us income. If it were not for the renters, we would be in a significantly different place. Robert believes the renters may be interested in renting through mid-September but at a slower rate.

Trustees Report:Larry Mallory presented.The trustees met with Tami and others to discuss the financial system.

Old Business:We are continuing to move forward with researching the new POS system. With John now onboard, he will be driving. John will start reviewing the proposals and reaching out to the POS suppliers.

New Business:Martin Morehouse has been appointed to Corresponding Secretary.Elimination of the pistol range caliber restriction for Special Use.Joe Rinaldi brought up the idea of eliminating the pistol range caliber restriction for special use. We had a lengthy discussion about it. Joe moved to remove the requirement that people cannot use larger caliber pistols than what they were tested on. Jim seconded. Passed.The committee leads will get together between now and the next board meeting to discuss review the policies and processes. They will bring back to the board the proposal of how this will be implemented and any additional updates they believe need to be made.Streamline the orientationJoe would like to propose we streamline the orientation. He suggested we have the orientations and all the special use sessions on the same day. For example, on the same day, from 1pm to 2pm is the orientation, from 2pm to 3pm is the rifle special use, from 3pm to 4pm is the pistol special use and 4pm to 5pm they go to archery.Another suggestion is we would tell the people attending the following:a) Bring a picture for your badge. Electronic (for example, on your phone) or physical.b) Share what they get for attending Special Use sessions.

c) If they want Special Use, they should bring the firearm/bow they want to qualify with.Larry wanted to make sure we kept the rifle criteria separate from the pistol criteria. Martin explained we would combine what was common and keep separate what was not.There was some discussion about Shotgun having a special use in the future. We will table this and discuss on another day.The committee leads will get together to start working on this concept.

Larry moved to approve appointment the appointment of Alison Sieg to the membership position. Jim seconded. Passed.The range four-wheeler is very old and needs to be replaced. Larry says Carson received a quote for a four-wheeler that will meet our needs. The quote is $10659.23. Jim was concerned the size of the four-wheeler will not meet the needs of the range. Jim reviewed the specs and believes it is good. We will keep the ArcticCat until we know we no longer need it. We will hold off on Before the board votes on any purchases for this fiscal year, the budget has to be approved at the members meeting.

Martin will contact all the people who own the meetings on the calendar to determine what events will need to be canceled or postponed. Then, he will update the calendar.For new members, we will have orientation on July 11th at 1pm. We will ask Alison Sieg to inform new members. This will NOT be the proposed joint orientation and Special Use approach. We just want to get new members through orientation so they can start using the range while we are in this phase. We will work on the joint orientation and Special Use approach in the future.

For the Good of the Order:At the upcoming membership meeting (July 8th), the membership will be voting on a change to the first sentence of By-Law Article 5 section 5.The sentence will change from:The Board of Directors shall meet regularly on the first Wednesday of each month.To the following:The Board of Directors shall meet in the first half of every month. The schedule will be published annually. Changes to the published schedule will be communicated at least 30 days in advance of the published meeting date.

Joe moved to adjourn at 9:03 PM. Jim seconded. Passed.

Respectfully submitted by Dale Sieg, Recording Secretary.

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WCW Quarterly Membership Meeting Minutes – July 8, 2020

Meeting called to order at 7:30 PM by President Joe Rinaldi.

Member count: 11Board member count: 6

Present board members:Joe Rinaldi (President)Mike Wichser (Vice President)John Woolley (Treasurer)Jeff Gomes (Trustee)Martin Morehouse (Corresponding Secretary)Dale Sieg (Recording Secretary)

Excused board members:Robb Stack (2nd Vice President)Gary Webster (past President)Jeff LeMoine (Chairman Trustees)Jim Thompson (Trustee)Larry Mallory (Trustee)Soo Drechsler (Trustee)

Guests:None

Guest Topics:No guest topics this quarter.

Reading of the last Board Member Meeting minutes:Ken Deleone moved to dispense the reading of the last Board Member Meeting minutes and last Membership Meeting minutes. Dan Barton seconded. Passed.

Reading of the last Members’ Meeting minutes:Ken Deleone moved to dispense the reading of the last Board Member Meeting minutes and last Membership Meeting minutes. Dan Barton seconded. Passed.

Committee reports:A brief review of the Archery Committee’s, Shotgun Committee’s, Handgun Committee’s, Rifle Committee’s, and Operations Manager’s reports follow. Also included below are brief notes from Corresponding Secretary’s, Trustees’, Treasurer’s monthly updates presented at the quarterly meeting.

Archery Report: Ken Deleone presented.We have received new butts. Archery special use will be this Saturday (7/11).They are considering a smaller event for the 3D shoot. They will only have 28 targets.Mike said all tournaments have been canceled. If it turns out we can open the club to non-members, we will advertise the tournament at that time.

Handgun Report: Nothing was presented.

Rifle Report: Martin Morehouse presented.Special use will happen at the end of this month (July).Martin mentioned there are some matches scheduled however several matches have been canceled through September.

Shotgun Report: Nothing was presented.

Operations Manager Report: Robert Haverstock presented.We have re-opened with limited use and to members only. We are continuing with maintenance and infrastructure work. We are looking into replacing one of our quads that is starting to fail. Archery targets are in and the Shot Show ammo has come in.

Corresponding Secretary’s Report: Nothing was presented.

Trustees’ Report:Dave Levinson presented.The club is in the process of signing with a new insurance broker and insurance company. This will be completed by the end of this month.

Treasurer's Report:John Woolley presented.The result from our first fiscal quarter of this year is positive. With the decrease in expenses from the club being closed and also having renters, we were $8,800 net positive.John presented last year's budget and the actual results. He also presented next year's budget.

Dave Levinson motioned to accept budget. Ken Deleone seconded. Passed.

Old Business:At the last membership meeting, we discussed a change to the first sentence of By-Law Article 5 section 5. We need to vote on that change.The sentence will change from:The Board of Directors shall meet regularly on the first Wednesday of each month.

To the following:The Board of Directors shall meet in the first half of every month. The schedule will be published annually. Changes to the published schedule will be communicated at least 30 days in advance of the published meeting date. When needed, board members shall be allowed to conduct business, attend, and vote remotely through an electronic communication mechanism.Members voted. Passed.

New Business:The pistol committee chairs have resigned. So, we are looking for a new chair. If you are interested, please contact Joe Rinaldi.All hunter education classes have been canceled until next year. A Service Award was given to Tami Gramer for her service. She was not present so we will get the award to her. Thank you Tami! A Service Award was given to Mark Silver for his service. Thank you Mark!Ron Lageson was given the Gerald H. Loupe Award for everything he has done for the club. Thank you Ron! Lou Scharbou was given the Member of the Year Award. Congratulations Lou! Emylee Norgaard was given the Instructor of the Year Award. Joe announced that John Wooley is the new Treasurer, Martin Morehouse is the new Corresponding Secretary and Jeff Gomes is a new Trustee.Joe also mentioned there are 42 new members signed up since the pandemic started and over 30 of them will be at the orientation this Saturday (7/11). Joe brought up the concept of a streamlined orientation to include the special use. This is something we are working on. The concept is we will have the orientation and the special use classes on the same day. Joe also mentioned the Hog Hunt is still alive. Once the pandemic is over, we will get that done. Lastly, Joe mentioned we need to get to work on the pistol range. In the next couple board meetings, we are going to start getting serious about it.

For the Good of the Order:Joe mentioned we need more members to run for the board in the Trustee position next year.Dan Barton asked what the board thought the outlook is for the public shooters. Joe believes we will not be in phase 3 until after the election. Dan asked if we should open up even if we are not in phase 3. Joe said it would be risky. Someone asked if the state provides any guidance? Joe has attempted to contact them 4 times and they do not return our call. Ken asked why we don't contact some police departments to write us letters that say we need to stay open? For example, the Snohomish County Sherrif. Robert said we will investigate this. Joe also said he will write some letters this week. Joe said, if we lose our business license, our annual membership will be about $1100 per person. So, we need to be cautious on how we approach this.Martin mentioned Special Use can now use the club from 9am to noon on Tuesday through Thursday. This is posted on our website. George Smith mentioned the By-Laws have not been updated on the website. Joe said he will have our council start working on the By-Law updates.

Ken Deleone moved to adjourn at 8:25 PM. Seconded by Mark Silver. Passed.

Respectfully submitted by Dale Sieg, Recording Secretary.

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In Special Recognition To

Ron Lageson

For everything you have done for the club!

You are the receipt on the Gerald H Loupe Award

Also in Recognition

Thank You Donors!

Gregory Moore & Family- $50Rodney Wendt -$50

Phil Marie - Rose - $100Jun Chen $28

Kenmore Benchrest Match Report June 2020

Page 5Aug 2020

In the first match since the Covid 19 range shutdown there were six shooters in this 200 yard match with two contestants in the Factory Class and four in the Custom Class.

Match 1 Custom Class: Tom Horne shot a score of 103 with Joshua Shaw second at 100 and Bruce Teel third at 96. In the Factory Class, Matt Daly shot 99 and Christian Eckhoff in at 80.

Match 2 Custom Class: Tom Horne matched his score from the First round match at 103 with Joshua Shaw one point behind at 102 and Bruce Teel third at 100. In the Factory, Matt Daly had a 95 with Christian Eckhoff improving to an 88.

Match 3 Custom Class: Tom Horne, once again broke the hundred point barrier with a score of 105 with Joshua Shaw again matching his score of 102 from the previous match. Parker Letson was third with a score of 94. Matt Daly broke 100 with a score of 101 with Christian Eckhoff in at 78.

Match 4 Custom Class: Tom Horne continued his consecutive 100+ scores with a score of 102 which was matched by Joshua Shaw. Parker Letson

finished third at 94. In the Factory Class, Matt Daly matched the Custom Class shooters with a score of 102 with Christian Eckhoff second at 85.

The overall winner in Custom Class was Tom Horne with a total of 413 points. Joshua Shaw was second at 406 and Bruce Teel third at 380. The overall winner in the Factory Class was Matt Daly

For information call Matt Daly mattd5404@frontier.com

Kenmore Benchrest Match Report July 2020

There were seven in contestants in this month’s 300 yard match with two in the Factory Class and five in the Custom Class.

Match 1 Custom Class: Ted Larson shot a score of 101 with Joshua Shaw second at 100 and Praveen Kumar third at 98. In the Factory Class, Christian Eckhoff shot a 92 and Matt Daly an 88.

Match 2 Custom Class: Joshua Shaw was first at 102 and Ted Larson second at 100 with a tie for third at 99 between Parker Letson and Praveen Kumar. In the Factory Class, Christian Eckhoff had a 94 and Matt Daly a 92.

Match 3 Custom Class: Ted Larson, Praveen Kumar, and Joshua Shaw tied for first with a score of 102. In the Factory Class, Christian Eckhoff finished first with a score of 93 and with Matt Daly in second at 90.

Match 4 Custom Class: Ted Larson and Joshua Shaw tied for first at 99 with Parker Letson third at 97. In the Factory Class Matt Daly scored a 92 with Christian Eckhoff in second at 90.

The overall winner in Custom Class was Joshua Shaw at 403 with Ted Larson one point behind at 402 with and Praveen Kumar third at 395. The overall winner in the Factory Class was Christian Eckhoff at 369.

For information call Matt Daly mattd5404@frontier.com

This year we are asking that all members provide a passport type photo to be

printed on all membership badges. This is an improvement that we hope will

increase security at the club.

What we need:

● Passport type photo - No cartoons, avatars, hats, sunglasses or anything

that obscures your face.

● If you have a family membership, we will need photos for all family

members listed on your membership prior to issuing badges.

Email all photos to people@wcwi.org along with your full name as it appears

on your membership. Membership Badges will not be generated without

photos. If you need a photo taken, the Rangemasters will be happy to take the

photo and send it in on your behalf.

Photos for Badges Required!

If you have any questions, please email us at people@wcwi.org