Bill Laughlin Memorial Junior High Power Match set for Sunday
Marv Alme <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Oct 2006 07:45:01 -0600
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>This Sunday, the 22th of October, the Los Alamos Sportsmen's Club >will host the Bill Laughlin Memorial Junior High Power >Match. (Rescheduled from last Sunday-rained out) This match, >sponsored by friends of Bill Lauglin and by LASC, will pay tribute >to a long-time LASC member who provided years of service to the >club[1]. The match is limited to Junior shooters only. The match >will be put on by the Highpower Rifle section of the club. The age >limits are 12 to 18, except that any high school student, regardless >of age, may participate. > >The match flyer is attached as a pdf file. > >Marv Alme >President, LASC > > >[1] William A. Laughlin > >Bill Laughlin had been a long time member of the Los Alamos >Sportsmen's Club and headed up the Skeet activities for several >years. He was an active bird hunter and made many hunting trips to >Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Africa. His license plate was >BRDHNTR. Bill's ashes will join those of his favorite hunting dog >Bess, a chocolate lab, in their favorite quail hunting area in the >southern part of New Mexico. He served as an Officer in the Navy on >the repair ship USS VULCAN AR-5. Bill was a geochemist with a dry >sense of humor. A bumper sticker on his car read STRIP MINING >PREVENTS FOREST FIRES. Bill and his wife Yvonne lost their home in >the fire. He was able to evacuate with his guns but unfortunately >lost all of his reloading and hunting equipment. On his last >hunting trip the airline lost two of his expensive Rizzini >over/under shotguns that were never recovered. Bill was an >outstanding individual and will greatly missed by his many friends >and fellow shooters. >
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