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Bullseye! The Daniel Boone High School Marine Corps JROTC marksmanship team recently won the Tennessee State Three Position Air Rifle Championship. It’s the team’s second year in a row winning the competition, making it the first team in DBHS’s history to win back-to-back state championships. Because of their success in the state competition, the marksmanship team qualified to participate in three different national competitions. “We’re going nationals in three directio...

Community Roundup: Bataan students create virtual pep talk Submitted Bataan students create virtual pep talk PORT CLINTON - Feeling a little down? Then visit the Port Clinton City School District website or YouTube channel to watch the virtual pep talk video created by Bataan Memorial Intermediate students. Lynne O’Neal, Bataan school counselor worked with students to create the video as part of a kindness week project. “I got the idea from Big Life Journal. I loved it and thought that it ...

CMP National Matches to return in July New protocols in place to ensure safety CAMP PERRY - One of the region’s most popular competitive sporting events will be making its return this summer after the year off in 2020 due to COVID-19.  The Civilian Marksmanship Program recently announced plans for its 2021 National Matches, of which both rifle and pistol events will be held at Camp Perry from July 12-Aug. 14.  “These matches date back to 1903 and have been held at Camp Perry since 1906,�...

Register now for Camp Perry open event featuring smallbore Submitted PORT CLINTON - The Civilian Marksmanship Program’s annual Camp Perry Open indoor air gun match is fast approaching. Celebrating its 15th season, the 2021 Camp Perry Open will boast an exciting new schedule, including a smallbore rifle match (featuring modern scoring technology) and an educational pistol clinic— led by one of the country’s most renowned marksmen. Traditionally held in January, the 2021 Camp Perry Open ...

New Camp Perry Rifle Matches Scheduled for 2021 Ammoland Inc. Posted on IMG CMP U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- The advent of spring brings a return to the firing line as the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) announces an enjoyable assortment of Garand, Springfield, Vintage and Modern Military (GSMM) rifle matches during the 2021 season at the historic Camp Perry National Guard Training Facility in Ohio. These matches will be held at Camp Perry’s Petrarca Range – highlighting CMP’s innovat...

Tell Tales 3-4-21 Ottawa County is now up to 67 deaths determined to be the result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Slightly over 3,200 have been infected (including myself). The Ottawa County Health Department is moving forward with distributing the vaccine. By the end of this week, there will be over 5,000 local residents vaccinated. For up-to-date information on Covid in Ottawa County, check out their website ottawahealth.org. It was just about a year ago when we first learned about this virus. I c...

Fremont Racers’ Swap), Sandusky County Fairgrounds, Fremont, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. $5 admission. Swap/trade anything with wheels, including new and used racing parts and equipment, snowmobiles, boats, trailers and more. 419-332-5604, www.sanduskycountyfair.com. March 8: International Women’s Day Virtual Forum, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Women of Toledo (WOT) and Welcome TLC present a virtual Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) Power Hour to help improve participants’ capacity to bring about economic change ...

The Beacon The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is pleased to announce its new Smallbore Postal Competition. The event will feature 3-Position and Prone matches, fired from a distance of 50 feet, and is open to both Adult and Junior athletes. “The CMP has a lot of experience with conducting postal competitions, and with everything going on in the world today, running a smallbore postal seems like a logical step for our program,” said Brad Donoho, CMP smallbore manager. “We’re happy t...

Devils Lake holds Shooting competition this past weekend Rick Jorgenson DEVILS LAKE - The Lake Region Shooting Sports Association and Ramsey County 4H Shooting Sports combined to hold both the North Dakota Air Rifle Open State Championship & the CMP State 3PAR Championship over this past weekend. These air rifle matches are dominated by junior shooters from across the state of North Dakota even though the Open State Championship is open to participation by both juniors and adults while the CMP ...

Shooting vintage military rifle By:  Steve Cooper       Vintage military rifle competitors and collectors alike will be excited to learn the Civilian Marksmanship Program has released a new book, entitled Target Shooting With Vintage Military Rifles, authored by Gary Anderson, Director of Civilian Marksmanship Emeritus and two-time highpower rifle Olympic gold medalist.       The 284-page, soft-bound, fully-illustrated first edition is likely the most comprehensive ma...