BLACK HILLS SCHOOTIST ASSOCIATION

AUGUST 15^TH MEETING

Meeting was called to order by Hawkbill.

NEW BUSINESS:

1. Next month is the 1880 Train wine train. We have 2 runs on Saturday, September18^th at 1:30 and 5 pm and 1 on Sunday, September 19^th at 1:30. Rich needs to know who will be in attendance. Please e-mail or call him.

2. Labor Day train robbery is Saturday September 4^th at 1:15. Hawkbill will not be there but he will ask Richard Bickel to come up with a scenario and take charge.

3. September 4^th and 5^th is our FUN SHOOT. Cost is $40.00 per shooter and this includes lunch both days. A discussion was held where to go for dinner Saturday night and it was decided to try and get the upstairs room at Shoot Roosters. You will be able to order whatever you want. This is not included in the cost of the shoot. You are on your own for hotel reservations. The Chief Hotel and The Rocket are the two we have used in the past. The registration and safety briefing will be at 8:30 am with shooting to start at 9:00 am. We need to know how many will be attending so we have a head count for food and reservations at the Restaurant. Please e-mail me or Diane with your reservation numbers.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Diane gave the Treasure’s report. She will need to pay the clubs insurance and rent this month.

2. The meeting at the American Legion Club for the non-profit paperwork will be Saturday August 21^st at 3pm. We need help with the paperwork so come out and make short work of the process. Phil Anderson will be there to help us out.

Please let us know as soon as possible if you plan on making he train robberies and the shoot.

Thanks,

Flo

Minutes submitted by Flo Fletcher alias Granny Flo

July 2010 Minutes

Flo,

Good Morning:

We did not bring a meeting to order. There were 14 shooters in attendance. We talked about the 2 day shoot. Everyone who were present wanted us to keep it at 2 days. They wanted to have the time of fellowship and the fun of going out to have pie etc., and everything that we did . It was also brought up that the Hitching rail in Pringle was auctioned off and new owners took over and the food is not very good. So we need to think of another place to go for Dinner that one night. Friday night it would be the Dark Horse in Custer.

Everyone agreed on excepting the Wine Train robberies. We would not like to see them give it to someone else.

Comments on the range were all posutive Thanks to all that made that happen.

We told the group about the day at the VFW to work on the Non-profit paper work.

Greg said the we made around 100. at Calbela's from NRA
Greg was saying about having a fun shoot at his place perhaps the day before a regular shoot

Ernie announced the he and Bonnie would be getting married, Congraduations to them
Feel free to write this how ever you see fit. Thanks Karlene

Thanks Karlene for getting this information for me. I personally want to thank the 8 people that came out and worked on the range on the hot, hot, HOT SAturday. Mark, Latso, John Niemela, Karlene and Dave Burris, Rich and DIane Sieveke and Dave and myself. The range looked great as we left. Diane made enough food for an army so we ate well after the clean up. It would have been great to see more there but hey we "got'er done. Thanks everyone. Flo

BHSA MINUTES FOR JUNE 27, 2010

After a delicious lunch provided by Diane, the meeting was called to order at 12:30 by President Hawkbill Smith.

OLD BUSINESS:

1. Treasure’s report was given by Diane.

2. The next train robbery will be July 3^rd at 3:45 and 6:45. We will do the robbery at the depot again. We’re hoping we get it right one of these times. Marshalls showed up too early and the gunfire started before the cash box was taken off the train. Other than that, everyone had a good time and seemed to enjoy the gunfight. Get to the depot by 3 pm for the first robbery.

3. Karlene Burris alias Purdy Woman brought in her awards from the ND/SD State Championship shoot she went to. She was awarded 1^st place for BEST DRESSED LADY and 1^st place for CLASSIC COWGIRL COSTUME. Congratulation Karlene

4. Rich has looked at the trailer that we were offered. The trailer itself is free. Rich stated that the roof leaks and the floor needs to be replaced. His estimate is $3-4000.00 for repairs. It will take about $1000.00 to move the trailer to the range. It was discussed that this is not our land only rented and if we need to move the range, we would have to move the trailer again. A motion was made, seconded and approved by all in attendance that we not take the trailer.

NEW BUSINESS:

A long discussion was held regarding the information that the Northern Hills Friends of the NRA has disbanded and many of those members are also members of the BHSA and want our club to sponsor the 12 gun raffle they were planning to do at their banquet in September. This was first brought up at the last train robbery and members has many questions. Here is a synopsis of the material covered with Ray Ruff.

1. Before anything else, we need to get non-profit status for the club. Ray will check into how we can get this dose and how long it will take. If the process is quick and we can go forward with the raffle we will take the next step.

2. Travis already has the 12 guns purchased and needs $7,000.00. By selling 120 tickets at $100.00 each we can make a profit of $5000.00. It gives the ticket holder a 1:12 chance of winning.

3. The tickets that have already been sold need to be refunded and resold by our organization. In order for this to work, everyone will need to help sell tickets. Kris Ruff has the list of buyers from last year that can be contacted for sales.

4. It was decided that we would not do the banquet in September as that takes a lot of planning and will use a lot of profit. We will hold the drawing during our Social in March 2011 in Piedmont.

5. Some of the profit would need to be dispersed to organizations such as 4H or youth Trap Club. A committee would be needed to make these decisions.

6. If it takes a long time to get the non-profit status, we will need to wait until next year and Travis will sell the guns he has.

A motion was made, seconded and approved by all in attendance that we go forward to attain non-profit status, and if this is attained in a timely manner, we will go ahead and do the raffle.

A motion was made, seconded and passed to adjourn the meeting and start shooting.

BHSA Minutes 3-21-10

BHSA March 21, 2010 Monthly Shoot and Meeting

Meeting called to order by Rich Sieveke (Hawkbill).

Yearly Dues:

There are still a few who have not paid for this year. Time to do so. $27.00 one person, $37.00 two people. Pay Diane (Treasurer)

Social:

March 6^th at Piedmont Legion The Social went very well. There were about 80 people in attendance.

Train robbery schedule for 2010

Please note: There may be additions and deletions as the summer season progresses.

You may also check: http://www.1880train.com/events.html

1880 train staff is working on some different scenarios for this summer. We will be performing at the Depot instead of Oblivion site.

Sunday, May 9^th: 1:15pm departure Mother’s day

Not on train schedule: Friday, June 11th, 5:00pm departure from Keystone

Sunday, June 20^th: 1:15pm departure Father’s day (our monthly shoot will move up one week)

Saturday, July 3rd 3:45 & 6:45

Saturday, September 4th-1:15pm departure

Governors Ride: TBD Septermber

September Shoot

Our September shoot will not be as formal this year. We will have two days of fun shooting with stages, long range and side matches. $40.00 will pay for the shoot and lunches. Dinner will be order from menu at your cost. More details as date nears.

Address and email changes

If you have an address or email change please let Flo know so she can update our roster. We want everyone to stay informed. Flo1126@aol.com

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BHSA Minutes 1-18-10

Meeting called to order by Rich Sieveke (Hawkbill).

Yearly Dues: It’s time to pay our yearly dues. $27.00 one person, $37.00 two people. Pay Diane (Treasurer)

Social: March 6th at Piedmont Legion 5:00 games 7:00 meal.

We still need: Auction items Donated items (new) Also kids cowboy boots for table decorations (give to Karlene) Game committee has been assigned and we will have Old Time Photos taken also.

Train robbery schedule for 2010: 1880 train staff is working on some different scenarios for this summer. More details to come as they become available.

• Sunday, May 9th-1:15pm departure
• Friday, June 11th, 5:00pm departure from Keystone
• Sunday, June 20th- 1:15pm departure
• Saturday, July 3rd or Sunday, July 4th-1:15 departure (Do you have a preference of July 3rd or 4th? Would you be available both or possibly 2 different times on just one of the days?) No decision yet
• Saturday, September 4th-1:15pm departure

Our June shoot will move up one week to June 13

American Legion Breakfast: The club served breakfast on November 22 and we made out real good

Chili feed: Several people were in attendance for the chili feed. It was a sunny mild winter day and a few people decided to shoot despite the snow drifts on the range. The rest of us enjoyed each other company and conversation. Address and email changes If you have an address or email change please let Flo know so she can update our roster. We want everyone to stay informed. Flo1126@aol.com Minutes taken by Prairiebird