May 20th, 2004 Meeting - Lee Robinson, Guest Speaker

[dwaldrip]

The May meeting of the TFA Shelby County Chapter will be Thursday, May 20th at 7 PM at RangeUSA in Bartlett. The meeting will be in the classroom next to the Liberty Grille.

Our speaker for the program will be Lee Robinson, a local NRA Training Counselor, and his topic will be "The Impact of Marksmanship on My Life".

Lee's parents were shooters, and they would take him to the range when he was growing up. He participated as a Junior, was on the Marine Corps Rifle Team in 1982, and later served as an officer in charge of the Marine Corps Range at Quantico, VA. He moved to Memphis about 12 years ago to fly for FedEx, and became involved with the Wolf River Rifle Team. Very soon he'll be going through the Federal Flight Deck Officer program, now that cargo pilots are eligible.

Look for a good program with plenty of Q & A, especially if we ask him about the dangers of the liberals winning the election. And, if you have sons or daughters interested in shooting or shooting teams, please be there to talk to Lee.

Also, note that the next FONRA planning meeting is this Tuesday night, May 4th.

So, make a difference and come on out to these events, and bring a friend.

See you there.

David Waldrip
Shelby County Chapter

[dwaldrip]

I wanted to thank all of you who were at the May meeting. Our speaker was very informative, and the room was packed with somewhere between 32 and 35 people. For the first time that I remember, there were young people, ie, children and teenagers in attendance. These were some of our local junior shooters, along with their parents and coaches, and it was great to see the faces of tomorrow's champions in the shooting sports.

After the TFA meeting, there were about 25 people in attendance to plan for the Machine Gun shoot on Saturday, and between 25 and 30 volunteers ready to go by 1:45 Saturday afternoon when we all gathered in the range for the safety presentation.

Of the $3000.00 that was raised, $1200.00 is going to St. Jude.

So, a special thank you to all of you who helped out.