Work Party #5, 2014

Saturday, 8 November 2014

Work party #5, the last scheduled work party in 2014, had 35 members and guests doing the pre-winter preparation and cleanup that is the usual content for this work party.  The day started out as cool and foggy, and progressed to a clear and sunny late morning.  Coffee, doughnuts, lunch (from Ebner's), and beverages were available to participants.

As usual, there were maintenance tasks to be done, as well as preparation for winter, and getting ready for the turkey shoot on 11/15/2014.  The following are the tasks that were done:

• Raked wads around traps for general clean-up.
• Cleaned the trap houses and restocked the birds.(
• Picked up a few hundred pounds of lead from the trap range.
• Repaired target frames and replaced some target boards.
• Blew the accumulated crud (leaves and pine needles, mostly) off the clubhouse roof and eaves.
• Blew the fallen leaves from the parking lot and lawns, and moved them to the burn pile.
• Cut up the fallen limb by the archery shed.
• Surveyed the electrical outlets, switches, and lights for any that needed repair or replacement, and that needed to be covered to meet code requirements.
• Replaced warning lights on the 100 yard range, and removed on of the blinking yellow lights for repair or replacement.
• Moved two of the safes in the bird room, and relocated some of the material stacked against the walls.
• Trimmed back branches and shrubs along the Molalla Forest Road, and cleared the tree limbs that were obscuring the stop sign at 13th Avenue.

Members who participated in the work party include (new members names are marked by an asterisk):  Art Bergseng, Chuck Braun, Leland Breedlove and Toby Breedlove, Jim Casey, Bill Doak, Joe Dula, Tom Egan, John Eide, Dan and Debbie Goetz, Cindy Gonazales, Chris Green, Brett Hill and Reno Hill, Chad Johnson*, Brad Kenagy*, Jim Lygo, Keith McGee*, John McNally, L.C. Parshall, Richard Phaneuf, Bob Ray, Bruce Robbins, Jim Robertson, Alan Rudis, Paul Shuey, Jack Starrett, Homes Tupper, Steve Turner, and Dennis Wehling*.

In addition to the club members, we had the following Boy Scouts from Wilsonville Troop 194, with the leadership of Jason Paolo, who provided the additional hands that made the work easier:  Matthew McCulloch, Wyatt Miller, Parker Tolboe, Todd Tolboe, and James Willcock.