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PIONEER CHAPTER PO Box 673, Aurora, OR

~ www.oha-pioneer.org ~ Published Monthly

Volume 22-06

July 2018

OHA PIONEER CHAPTER

Po Box 324

Molalla, OR 97038

Nonprofit US Postage

PAID Medford, OR

Permit No 425

DATES TO REMEMBER

Molalla Buckaroo Sunday – Wednesday, July 1-4 Rodeo Grounds, Molalla

Guzzler Project Saturday, July 7, 8:00 am Meet at Jake’s Diner in Bend for breakfast

Monthly Meeting Wednesday, July 11, 2018, 7:00 pm Canby Rod & Gun Club

Adopt-A-Highway Saturday, July 14, 7:00 am Meet at Carus School, Hwy 213 & Carus Rd

Baquet Committee Meeting Thursday, July 19

Duck Box Route Saturday, July 21, 7:00 AM Meet at Forest Service in Estacada for breakfast

Board Meeting Wednesday, July 25, 7:00 pm TA Truck Stop, Aurora

Next Month

Monthly Meeting Wednesday, August 1, 2018, 7:00 pm Canby Rod & Gun Club

Board Meeting Wednesday, August 29, 7:00 pm TA Truck Stop, Aurora

OHA Mission: Protecting Oregon’s Wildlife, Habitat and Hunting Heritage

MEET THE BOARD For those of you that can’t make it out to the monthly chapter meetings, the board will come to you through the newsletter. In the coming months we will feature a Chapter Officer or member of the Pioneer Chapter Board for you to meet. We gave our board members a list of questions they could choose from.

Scott Norris, Guzzler Project Coordinator Q: How old were you when you started hunting?

A: Age 5

Q: Who taught you to hunt?

A: My dad

Q: What's do you feel is the number one priority for our chapter to focus on in 2018?

A: Political unfortunately, gun rights in the state of Oregon are under attack.

DUE TO THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF JULY FALLING ON INDEPENDENCE DAY, OUR GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING HAS BEEN MOVED TO WEDNESDAY, JULY 11th. SAME TIME AND PLACE.

CHAPTER OFFICERS President Bill Park Ph 503.730.7650

Vice Pres. Tim Sowa Ph 503.829.8695

Secretary Terry Jones Ph 503.507.7366

Treasurer Brian Andrews Ph 503.266.2900

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Banquet Coordinator David Scott Ph 503.710.1233

Newsletter Editor

Joy Smith Ph 503.317.5693

BOARD MEMBERS Melanie Bjerke-New Ph 503.415.1208

Tony Bjerke-New Ph 503.956.8426

Steve Hess Ph 503.949.1745

Jerry Holbrook Ph 503.349.2824

Duane Johnson-Chair Ph 503.829.2912

Dean Kieling Ph 503.860.3852

Scott Norris-New Ph 503.928.1639

Buck Teasley Ph 503.632.4017

Sam Saunders Ph 503.678.2552

David Scott Ph 503.710.1233

2019 BANQUET Well the summer’s going to be a hot one. Lots going on and hopefully lots of fun in the sun. But let’s not put aside the fact that the 2018 Banquet sold out in Decem-ber last year. The early bird cut off has been moved to December 1st, 2018 this year. The earl bird prize is a “Remington Model 1911 R1-S Semi Auto 45”. So get your requests in early. I have already sold some tables. So if you want to get a special table, don’t procrastinate. Fill out the Banquet Registration form in this newsletter and get it back to me ASAP. Have a great summer! Thanks David Scott

Volunteer Work Parties for U.S. Fish & Wildlife

When: Saturday, July 28th from 10 am - 12 pm What: This will be the first youth waterfowl hunt vol-unteer work party. The focus will be on painting the 5 blinds! Where: Volunteers should meet at Baskett Slough Refuge, at the white office/barn located at 10995 Hwy 22 / Dallas, OR 97338. What to Bring: We'll have the paint, gloves and supplies but volunteers should bring water, a hat, and dress to get messy and be outside in the sun.

When: Friday, September 14th from 9:30 am - 12 pm. What: We'll find and collect vegetation to dress the blinds, camouflaging them for the upcoming youth hunt weekend. Where: Meet at Baskett Slough Refuge, at the white office/barn building located at 10995 Hwy 22 / Dallas, OR 97338. What to Bring: We'll have gloves and all of the supplies but volunteers should bring water and dress to get messy.

RSVP to Samantha Bartling: samantha_bartling@fws.gov.

MISCELLANEOUS

The new budget is in place and is available to any member that desires to have access to it. Talk to one of our board members.

Thank you to Jacob and Kyle Jones for cleaning up after each General Meeting. You guys rock!

The next raffle will include a rifle, a bow and a shot gun.

If you would like to be a part of the Planning Committee for our annual fundraising banquet, contact David Scott at 503.710.1233.

If you would like to know what our Duck Box Projects are and go with the volunteers in July, call Jerry Holbrook at 503.349.2824 for details.

GUZZLER CAMPOUT WRAP UP Well if you made the campout, I hope you had fun. We had both good and bad weather. All in all we had a great time. A total of 38 people attended. Jim Jones, Gary Skou and Dan Bryant used three different rigs to haul water and others went out to service the guzzlers. A special thanks to everyone who participated! Food was once again great with everyone sharing their favorite dish and Scott Norris made his Dutch oven cobblers. Juicy steaks, grilled by David Scott, baked potatoes, corn, rolls and drinks were provided by the club so if anyone went away hungry it was because they wanted to. We are looking forward to another great year in 2019. David Scott