Work Party #3, 2016

Saturday, 18 June 2016

Work party #3, despite a discouraging weather forecast, was productive, and, because it was composed mostly of specific tasks, was done by about 11:30 AM.  We had 27 participants, and got almost all of the tasks completely done, and did some planning for follow-on work.  Coffee was on at 7:45 AM, and Jim Burdett brought the doughnuts before 8:00 AM (as well as beverages the night before).  Our new lunch process gave us a different service - Costco's turket croissant sandwiches, and, in expectation of a cool and rainy day (which did not happen until almost noon), corn chowder.  Tia Fraser and Richard Phaneuf fixed the lunch, and there were no leftovers.  Jim Burdett and Bob Ray both made runs to Canby Builders and Wilco to get materials needed for the work.  Members brought a surprising array of tools (saws, shovels, hammers, transit) and power equipment (including a vibrating compactor), which made the work a lot easier and faster.

The following are the tasks that were done:

• Raked wads around the trap houses, and picked up hulls.
• Cleaned up the trap houses, and restocked them with a couple of pallets of targets.
• Cleaned roof and gutters on the caretaker house.
• Weeded and trimmed the flower beds on the south side of the clubhouse.
• Pressure washed the white fence to remove moss and green slime.
• Swept gravel from paved road.
• Cleaned the trap pads and repainted the yard markers.  Numbers are to be painted in a special work party.
• Painted the boards along the west side of the tractor shed.
• Sprayed Roundup on weeds all around the club's grounds.
• Dug and formed for concrete a wider ramp for wheelchair access on the east 50 yard range, and for better access to the range shed.
• Dug and formed for concrete a 3 foot wide step on the north side of the east 50 yard benches for a less slippery access to the range.
• Cleaned the 50 yard and 100 yard shooting lines, and repainted the yellow caution lines and red lines for the firing lines.  Painted yellow caution lines on steps and ramps.
Mowed the RV parking and archery range areas.

Members who participated in the work party include (new members names are marked by an asterisk):  Mike Ashby* (and two sons and a grandson), Jim Burdett, Steve Burton*, Mike Butler, Mitch Coultas, Jerry Cox*, James Dallas*, Joe Dula, Tom Egan, Tia Fraser* with Rick (husband) and Ayden (daughter), Bob Gent, Cindy Gonzalez, Eric Imes*, Todd Knapp*, Tyler Kuhl*, Chuck McClaugherty, Rod Olsen*, Mike Patton*, Richard Phaneuf, Bob Ray, Rob Rickard, Paul Schmidt*, Kevin Starrett and Jack (son), Steve Turner, and Eric Van Zandt.