Work Party #2, 2013

Saturday, 25 May 2013

The second work party of 2013 on Saturday, 5/25/13, was pretty surprising.  First, the weather, in spite of the forecasts, was excellent - party cloudly with temperatures in the mid-60s.  Second, even though it was a holiday weekend, we had almost double the number of members show up than we expected.  Third, we accomplished an amazing amount of work, thanks in large part to Scott Carr and Wilson Construction, Pete Kosky and Star Rentals, and Joe Dula and Moana Nursery.  Having the right equipment definitely makes jobs go easier.  As usual, coffee, doughnuts, lunch from Ebner's, and beverages were available to participants.

The work party formally finished at 12:00 PM, but quite a few members stayed until 3:15 PM to help finish the required work.  The following are the tasks that were done:

• Reset the ground cloth, staples, and weights that cover most of the shotfall area for traps 2 and 3.  The ground cloth had been blown around by the weather fronts that have moved through the area, and had bared some of the dirt underneath.  Fortunately the wind was calm to very light breeze today.
• Cleaned, re-stocked and serviced trap machines.
• Resurfaced kitchen shelves (Hugh Boyle).
• Cleaned grease from around grill and oven, the fan hood and exhaust chimney.  Washed kitchen walls and floors.
• Cleaned up and organized the CEFI documents and storage in the office.
• Surveyed the various range signs to bring them up to date, and to make them consistent.
• Cleaned up the 50 and 100 yard ranges.
• Laid out shelving for targets in the range shed to provide space for archery, pistol, and rifle targets.
• Did repair, refit and refill of two more rows of rifle range baffles.  Metal was added to the bottom of all baffles to stop the loss of gravel, and pea gravel replaced was replaced as necessary.
• Drilled 18 inch diameter holes to set casings for flag poles (south of the range shed by the 100 yard range, and between the clubhouse and pavilion).  Filled holes with 3/4 minus, sand, and quick set concrete.  Later we placed flag poles in casings.
• Drilled french drains in the parking lot (10 feet deep and filled with river rock) to try to reduce flooding.
• Cut limbs from two trees in the parking area, and the cottonwood tree west of the range gate.
• Pulled over two trees in the parking area, cut up limbs and trunks, moved wood to dry for use in the clubhouse stove, and removed stumps.
• Filled stump holes in the parking area with river rock and 3/4 minus rock, and filled holes in the range road.
• Cleaned up parking area.
• Built a ramp to the caretaker's house entrance (Dennis Kenagy).

Members who participated in the work party include (new members names are marked by an asterisk): David Basham, Hugh Boyle, Scott Carr, Jim Casey, Larry D. Crownover*, Bill Doak, Joe Dula, Tom Egan, John P. Eide*, Dan Goetz*, Cindy Gonzales, Ed Grautski, Doug Hill, Doug Howard, Chris Johnsen, Dennis Kenagy, Gordon Matthews*, Adam Maurer*, Chuck McClaugherty, Blaine Oswald*, Richard Phaneuf, Jesse Raskauskas, Bob Ray, Bruce Robbins, Jim Robertson, Bob Sutton, Steve Timberman, Julian Trowbridge*, Homes Tupper, Steve Turner, and Mike Williams.