Four brief updates:
1. State Championship Registration Reminder: At the time of this post, the Illinois State Championship is a mere 38 days away. If you’ve yet to register, there’s still time. Click here for registration information.
2. Celebration Belle Dinner Cruise: We’ve 71 Cowboys/Cowgirls/Family Members signed up for the optional Saturday Evening Riverboat Dinner Cruise on the Mississippi River aboard the Celebration Belle so far. It’s shaping up to be a fun, cowboy-packed evening. If you’re not signed for the cruise yet, but would like to do so, call Susan at (309) 764-1952, ext. 204, and tell her you would like to reserve a spot on the August 19, 2023, dinner cruise as part of the Illowa Irregulars Cowboy Action Shooting Group.
3. Tuesday Practice: We are holding our 2nd Tuesday practice tomorrow evening, beginning at 5:30 p.m. All MRC members are welcome to attend. If you aren’t an MRC member but would like to attend, you can do so as a guest. Click here to email us if you would like to be someone’s guest and attend the practice.
4. Gravel Work – We are going to spread some new gravel around the range next week in preparation for the State Championship. We appreciate all t he help we can get.
Gravel Delivery: Gravel will be delivered at 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 17. I’ll be there to get it in the right spot.
1:00 p.m., Monday July 17: We will begin working it at 1:00 p.m. that afternoon (the 17th) and get as much done as possible, particularly getting the gravel moved to where it is needed with the tractor. We will start at Bay 9 which might take a few layers gravel placed, then compacted, then repeated, mostly because of the depth of gravel we will need. I would also hope to get gravel moved to other places around the range (e.g., under a couple of the car ports, beside a couple of the bays, etc.). The schedule has us stopping at 3:00 but we’ll see how we feel. It’ll be important to get as much gravel moved as possible.
5:00 p.m., Monday July 17: I don’t think we will have anyone to run the tractor. Hopefully, we will have enough gravel moved that a different crew can get some areas smoothed and compacted during this time. If we have someone to run that tractor this evening that’d be great.
1:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 18: We will again start by moving any remaining gravel around the range with the tractor, with a few people need to do the smoothing and compacting.
9:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 19: Hopefully, this will finish the job. We will smooth and compact any remaining areas. Return compactor at Noon or so.
Please let me know if you are able to help. Click here to send me an email.