ARARAT

Provost Makes the
Mark at CSSA
By Ben Allen
Nobles and Brethren, great weather, three great venues, and Guns and
Ammo; it just doesn’t get any better than this. OK, there was that nasty
little storm on Thursday night, but all the days’ events were over.
Thursday’s events, the Sporting Clays and the Balloon Match were held at
Quail Ridge Hunting and Sporting Clays. The guys running this place were very
hospitable. They even built a pistol range just for our Balloon Match. Great
Place
Friday’s Trap event was held at the Oklahoma Trap Association Shooting
Park. Thanks go out to these guys. Everything ran well and they stayed around
as long as it took to get all the scoring completed and the shoot off was done. A
Big thanks to OTA.
The Pistol events for the day were held just around the corner from OTA,
at the Canadian Valley Range. They basically gave us the run of about half the
range. Rusty Warren was the Range Master and kept everything running smooth.
This was another fine facility.
I am sure that everyone will say they wish they had shot better, (Well -
Maybe just me), but I know they will all say. WE HAD A GREAT TIME!!
2010 CSSA Oklahoma City, OK
September 2-4, 2010
1ST Place Level “A” Trap Team
J.W. Page – 87/100
Ben Allen – 90/100
Dennis Early – 92.100
Warren Pinson – 87/100
Rick Wagner – 90/100
Individual Level “A” Trap
Dennis Early, 1st Place
Rick Wagner, 2ND Place
Ben Allen Tied for 2nd Place -
lost 5 man shoot off
3nd Place Team Sporting Clays
Ben Allen - 66
Dennis Early - 68
J.W. Page - 79
Warren Pinson - 60
Rick Wagner - 84
Robert “Bob” Gomez Traveling Trophy,
for High Overall Temple
1st Place Level “B” Team Pistol
Team Pistol “A” Level 1st Place
Ben Allen – 277/300
Gary McMullin – 280/300
Larry Riggs – 274/300
Carleton Voorhies – 286/300
Individual Level “A” Pistol
Carleton Voorhies, 2nd Place
Optical Pistol
Larry Riggs, 2st Place – 290/300
Rick Wagner, 3rd Place
– 286/300
Balloon Match
Larry Riggs, 1st Place - 221/230
Carleton Voorhies, - 3rd Place
– 215/230
Rick Wagner was runner up to Top
Gun 451 (453 won)
11 TOTAL TROPHIES
GREAT JOB !!!!!
Provost News
By Bill Huffman, Scribe
Greetings!! Fall is getting closer and
some cooler temperatures will be
welcome.
We now have a second defibrillator, so
while we are away at parades and all other functions the Provost is protected, as well
as everyone in the temple. The new one is the same model as the one we already have.
Harvey Mansfield is not doing well as of this writing. Bob Wrede had surgery
and has been back to the temple. Also, Larry Riggs has spent some time with his
parents while his Dad was in the hospital, and his Mother needed help because of a
knee problem. God Bless.
Bill James and Dave Bennefeld have been promoted to Sergeant. Congratulations
to both of you and thank you for your dedicated service. Randy Berry has been
promoted to Major, and also Night Commander. Commendations are in order to all
of you.
I would like to point out one Noble at this time for his service to his life time
partner. Leonard Huff has always had my respect as a friend, but his standing by
Lady Sue during her time of need is impressive. All of us would do the same, given
the circumstances. During a recent conversation, Leonard mentioned how much his
cooking had improved. I’ll pass on that one. Until next time, God Bless.
Oriental Band
By Dave Wilbanks, Scribe
Well here we are in the month of October, just one month to go until
elections for next year’s officers. I guess the question is; are we going to
have any officers at all??? Reason being, nobody wants to be an officer
anymore. It used to be you had to wait to be able to even run for office. But then
again we had a lot more members, and they were a group of younger nobles full of
life and really liked to party, and were able to as well. However, with all things, as
time goes on so do we. Even in the good times as well as the not so good times we
all have to say “Till we meet again in the great temple in the sky.” I know that all of
the Noble Brothers I met back in 1987 and who welcomed me as a fellow brother
in 1999, some are still here while others have moved on to the temple in the sky.
So maybe instead of getting upset because of the lack of members not showing up,
why not try to remember the ones that got it all started and see what they did to
get and keep the members that made the O.B. one of the best units in the temple.
OK moving on. C.S.S.A. I’m here to tell you that the O.B. had a lot of fun, even
for being a small group. It was pointed out to me that Past Potentate Ben Kenney
jumped in to give the O.B. a hand on the drum and gave us a new drum beat. Hey,
there is nothing wrong with a Scottish beat for an Oriental song. Thanks Benny,
for being a part of the O.B. and for giving us something to remember. And in true
fashion, Noble Steve Dowdy may have lost his mouth piece but he still kept going
and didn’t skip a beat. (Way to go, Steve!) We all made it back safe and that’s what
is important.
We had the O.B. picnic out at my place in Belton on Saturday, September 11.
It was a very nice day for a picnic. As one by one the cars pulled up the drive it became
apparent to me that it was going to be a great time. And it was. We had about
30 people show up and everybody got treated to some really good food. The O.B.
paid for the meat and everybody else brought a dish. While Noble Clyde Alana did
the cooking on the grill everybody else talked and got caught up on what was going
on. I guess if I had to pick the best part of the day that made it perfect would have
to be when Noble Tommy Horrell and his Lady Eva pulled in the drive. But then
again it was good to have all the members of the O.B. together on such a perfect
day. Don’t forget our Annual Fall Dance is being held at the Shrine on October 22,
featuring Freddy and the Doo Wops, who play music from the Classic Rock Era.
Till Next Month. “Be Safe”
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