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2012 Meeting of Members and Elections The 2012 Annual Meeting of the Members and Elections will be held on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at Cabela's in Gonzales, LA. Registration will begin at 9:30 AM and the meeting will begin at 10:00 AM. It is our desire to finish the meeting as close to noon as possible. All members are urged to attend and to participate. Members in good standing will be allowed to vote on 5 Directors as well as any other business that comes before the meeting. Those members who need to renew their memberships will be allowed to do so before the meeting and to participate in the elections. This is a great chance for you to become more involved with the LSA. If you feel that you have something to offer the LSA, please consider running for one of the Director positions. If you are interested, please e-mail Dan Zelenka and let him know of your interests. Door prizes will be given through a random drawing of those members who attend the meeting.

2011 Louisiana State High Power Rifle Championship Bill Jenkins of Covington, LA is the 2011 Louisiana State High Power Rifle Champion firing a 771-27X in some very tricky wind conditions. The Thomas Jeff Woolf trophy honors the Louisiana resident competitor who fires the high aggregate score in the Louisiana State Championships using a service rifle. Tom Woolf was an early pioneer of high power rifle shooting in Louisiana. This year's winner was Nicholas Owen of Pearl River, LA, who fired a 768-21X with his service rifle. David LaBalle of New Orleans, LA turned in a 744-12X to take High Senior honors. Finally, Sean Creel of Baton Rouge, LA fired a 750-4X to take home the Second Annual Henry Couvillon Trophy, which is awarded to the High Junior Competitor. The Henry Couvillon trophy was commissioned by the children and grandchildren of Henry Couvillon, who spent many tireless hours supporting and Match Director Jay Hunt (back row) is photographed with winners, David LaBalle (High Senior), Nicholas Owen (Thomas Jeff Woof Memorial Trophy), Bill Jenkins (2011 Louisiana State High Power Rifle Champion), and Tommy Laing (High Match Rifle).

2011 NRA State Championship Coventional Pistol 2700 Match On Saturday, October 1, 2011, shooters from Arizona, Missouri, Texas, and Louisiana met in Holmwood to contest the 2011 Conventional Pistol Championship. High Master John Zurek, from Phoenix (former USMC Pistol team member, current US Olympic pistol team member, and this year's 3rd place finisher at Camp Perry) easily won the match while setting 4 range records, firing a 2641-133X. Ronnie Touchet from Baton Rouge fired a 2495-54X beating out John Hermann from Pearland, TX, who fired a 2474-42X, for the Expert win. Paul Skyler from Natchez shot an outstanding 2507-75X to win the combined Sharpshooter/Marksman class. The following are the Category winners: 2011 State Champion, John Zurek, 2641-133X 2011 LA Resident Champion, Paul Sklar, 2507-75X 2011 Grand Senior Champion, Richard Champagne, 2433-42X 2011 Senior Champion, Ronnie Touchet, 2495-54X Sunday had everyone coming out to shoot the Distinguished Revolver and CMP leg match. John Hermann started the day shooting 272-7X with his S&W revolver, an awesome score for a wheel gun. Greg Hare (Swartz, LA) finished 2nd with a 244-0X and Skip Blanchard (Metairie, LA) was 3rd with a 219-2X. The ball guns were next with Distinguished shooter Greg Hare taking the Gold with 267-3X. Silver and 6 leg points went to John Hermann with a 255-2X and Bronze went to Rob Hanson (Arcadia, LA) with a 241-2X. Pictured are (from left to right) Grand Senior State Champion Richard Champagne, Louisiana Resident State Champion Paul Sklar, Louisiana Sate Champion John Zurek, and Senior State Champion Ron Touchet.

Interested in Silhouette Shooting? LSA member Daniel Archibald has created a new website dedicated to Silhouette shooting in the Gulf South. The website is strictly information-based with Match info, Match Results and Pictures of matches with the ability for people to post comments about events. Daniel created this website out of his desire to get more people involved in this great shooting sport. If you are interested in learning more about Silhouette Shooting in the Gulf South, visit the website.

And the winner is... The winner of this year's record setting M1 Garand Rifle drawing was: Anthony Fairchild of St. Gabriel, Louisiana All of the proceeds of the raffle go toward junior shooting programs in the state. Thanks to all of those who supported the raffle through the purchase of tickets. $ (468.17) Raffle Ticket Printing Expenses $ (200.00) Cost of M1 Garand Rifle $ 5,021.00 Proceeds from Ticket Sales __________ $ 4,352.83 Net Amount for Junior Shooting Programs THANK YOU!!!

Conventional Pistol Matches now Shot at Palo Alto Conventional Pistol, or as it is more often called, Bulls Eye pistol matches have been held the last two months at the Palo Alto Rifle & Pistol Club near Donaldsonville, LA. Bulls Eye matches are planned through November on the 4th Saturday of each month. The next match will be held on May 28th. The March match saw 9 shooters and 5 shooters competed in the April match. Thanks goes out to the Southwest Gun Club (SWGC) for their initial support, as Walter Denton drove all the way from Lake Charles to officiate at both matches. Timed and Rapid fire is signaled by the SWGC timer horn. NRA rules are followed during the three matches of .22 rim fire, center fire, and .45 ACP pistol. Firing starts at 9:00 AM with a charge of $7.00 per shooter. Plans are in the works for individual shooting tables for the 25 yard firing line. If you can help build and install these tables, please e-mail or give Skip Blanchard a call to schedule a work day. E-mail Skip at skip_blanchard@msn.com or contact him by phone at (504) 427-0050.

Hey! I Just Want a Paper Application to Join or Renew! Click on the "Download" button to the right to open a paper application to join or renew your LSA membership. To join or renew on-line, follow these steps: 1. If you have not already done so, create an account. 2. Log into your account. 3. On the left side the screen, find the link "LSA Membership" and click on that link. 4. Click on "LM001." 5. Look on the left side of the screen for your name, and click on your name. 6. Click "Checkout," and follow the prompts to pay with your credit card. Thanks for supporting the LSA!

LSA Bumper Stickers and Decals When the LSA reduced the cost of membership from $20 to $10, it was decided that we could no longer afford to give away LSA decals any longer. However, several people have requested a source of bumper stickers and decals. We have partnered with Zazzle to produce a few of these items. If you would like to purchase stickers, a coffee mug, etc., please click the link to visit their site.

Louisiana Firearms Legislative Blog is On-line Now BayouShooter.com and the Louisiana Shooting Association are sponsoring a blog to keep everyone up to date concerning legislation of interest to gun owners. This blog is written by Wade Duty, LSA's lobbyist, and will keep you informed as to the status of gun related bills, including committee hearings and floor votes. Please check the site frequently so you know what is going on in Baton Rouge. Also, when a bill is up for consideration, please take the time to write your legislators or the committee members. There will be information that will assist you in doing so. This blog is only valuable if the gun owners of the state use it. Forward the address to your gun owning friends. Bookmark it. Get involved.

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