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St. Rd. 56, West Baden Springs, IN 47469 6383 West Broadway (2 blocks from French Lick Resort) McCordsville, IN 46055 Ph: 812-936-2444 Cell: 812-797-0100 (317) 336-HOOK (4665) E-mail: [email protected] JULY 2014 THE GAD-A-BOUT1990 - 2014 PAGE 3 THE GAD-A-BOUT TERRITORY 1990 - 2008 IN THIS ISSUE July 2014 • Volume XXIV • N0. 291 SPECIAL FEATURES National Archery In The Schools Program (NASP®) Introducing the “Greensburg Pirate Archers” by Ray Dickerson . . . . . . . . . . Page 8 & 9 Created in 1990 & Published Monthly 42ND Annual Liberty Festival July 4-6, 2014 & W College Corner July 4th Fireworks (Special Souvenir Centerfold 4 Page Pullout) . . .Pages 15-18 by Kentucky Colonel Ray Dickerson REGULAR FEATURED WRITERS ROAMING THE OUTDOORS Editorial Comment & Opinion or the name given to him by Golden Eagle in 1995 by Ray Dickerson (Golden Eagle Spirit Releasing Ceremony, Casting Cohorts, JoAnn’s Cafe, Think Outside The Box) . . . . . Page 4,29 LOKA’DWE ICHUTAKU YUSHEDON’ BROOKVILLE LAKE So You Wanna’ Catch More Fish Translated “Man who gets things done!” by Tag Nobbe (July Fishing on Brookville Lake) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 5 at 105 East South Street, Centerville, IN 47330 INDIANA STATE POLICE News from the Indiana State Police by Sgt. John D. Bowling (Pendleton District Gets Five New Troopers, Bicycle Safety, Safe Holiday Travel). . . . . . . . .Page 6 TO CONTACT THE GAD-A-BOUT INDIANA DNR Indiana Department of Natural Resources News Cell: 765-960-5767 Office: 765-855-3857 by I.C.O. Gary Catron, Master Conservation Officer (Come on over to our house..., Memory makes the best chaperone). .Page 7 SALAMONIE RESERVOIR Great Lakes of the Wabash River - Fishing News Website: www.thegadabout.com by Ryan Pershing (Bozarth Crappie Tournament). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 10 LAKE MICHIGAN Fishing Lake Michigan E-Mail: [email protected] by Capt. Mike Schoonveld (HAT TRICK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 11 Facebook: www.facebook.com/thegadabout OUTDOOR HUMOR: Misfires & Snags by Dan Graves (FISH HOBO’S, PLAYBOYS AND GANG BANGERS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 12 COPYRIGHT BY GADCOE 2014 GUN REPAIR Notes from Prairie Wolf Gun Repair DISCLAIMER: The ideas and opinions expressed by by Marshall Smith (Firing Pins, What’s Happened to Honor in America?) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 13 the writers appearing in The Gad-a-bout are not PATOKA LAKE Vacationing In Southwest Indiana necessarily the same as the publishers. by Jim Behrman (Spend a Weekend or Week on Patoka Lake This Summer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 14 HORSE BACK RIDING Horses Are Heroes by Rebecca L. Funk (Up and Running Again) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 20 ADVERTISING SALES CAMPING Camping Here & Beyond by John & El McCory (Did You See What That Campground Was Doing? Part II) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 21 CALL: RAY DICKERSON OUTDOORS & TRAVEL Outdoors with Rich Creason by Rich Creason (Chautauqua—the Lake, the County, the Institution). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 22-23 CELL: 765-960-5767 OR OUTDOORS Indiana Outdoors by Joe Martino (Summertime float trips can be relaxing - in a roundabout way!). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 24 1-877-855-4237 Toll Free TRAPPING Indiana State Trappers Association by Dr. Fred Philips, DVM (ISTA July 2014 News, Getting Started in Trapping). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 25 CRAPPIE FISHING Indiana Slab Masters 50 GUN RAFFLE by Ron Bilbrey (Brookville Tournament) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 26 METAMORA INDIANA Happenings in Metamora, Indiana Saturday September 6 by Janice Hunsche (July Activities in Metamora, A Historical Canal Town) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 27 2014 Doors open and Dinner at 5 • Drawing starts 6:30 FISHING Crappie USA Tournament Results SPONSORED BY by Larry Crecelius (Grand Lake St. Marys, Ohio and Patoka Lake Qualifying for Cabela’s Crappie USA Classic). . . . . . Page 28 Millhousen Volunteer Fire Department The drawing will be held at the Millhousen fire station. GAD-A-BOUT DEPARTMENTS 7935 South County Road 250 east, Greensburg, Indiana 47240 Advertiser Index . . . . . . . . . Page 2 Gad’s Corner . . . . . . . . . .Page 29,30,31 You DONOTneed to be present to win! Rate Sheet & Contract Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 31 ABOUT THE COVER PHOTOS Top Left: Retired Department of Natural Resources Don Licht of Indianapolis, Indiana and Doug Early Bird Special Entomologist, Claude Wade from Nineveh, IN Sikora of Noblesville, Indiana with a total weight caught this 14” Crappie on May 5, 2014 from a farm of 4.46 pounds and earning $1,000.00. See Page Buy your ticket before August 11 and be pond in Johnson County, IN. Claude is a good 28. (Photo from Crappie USAWebsite) eligible for a chance at custom engraved friend. See Pages 29-31 (Claude Wade Photo) Bottom Right: On June 5th I arranged to visit Henry Golden Boy .22 Long Rifle. Top Right: The 47nd Annual Liberty Festival will Cutting Edge Sporting Goods to view and photo- be on July 4-6, 2014 in downtown Liberty, IN. On graph the Greensburg School’s own “Pirate Archers” A dinner for two is included with your ticket pages 15-18 is a special souvenir pull-out with all the in action at Tom’s indoor archery range. Here FOR TICKETS OR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: activities, entry forms and map of Liberty. On Friday Chance Pattersonand Kaylea Taylorare poised for Craig Manlief (812) 614-6810 July 4th, at dusk, there will be a fireworks show in their next shot. In my mind, I can’t think of a better Ron Fry (812) 614 8388 West College Corner at the Grove Park. See Pages 15 reason than to make a donation to help these young Or email us at Facebook.com/millhousenvfd thru 18. (Photo by Ray Dickerson) people achieve their goal to attend the World * 50 guns will be given away if all 200 tickets are sold. Bottom Left: Taking first place in the Crappie Tournament this July. See Pages 8-9. (Photo by Ray USA Patoka Lake Tournament was the team of Dickerson) CRESTLINER HARRIS BOATS FLOTEBOTE VT MODEL 19 WGiteht S oTRuOer aPUd yIn bNfe oaTrt OaSbDulAem YmP!!reirces 230 GRAND MARINER SEL 1750 SUPER HAWK 220 SOLSTICE 7191 FOX RUN RD BROOKVILLE, IN 47012 765-647-4619 E-mail: [email protected] Website: parksidemarineandmore.com “We are located across the road from Mounds S.R.A. Entrance at Brookville Lake” PAGE 4 THE GAD-A-BOUT1990 - 2014 JULY 2014 Roaming The Outdoors by Ray Dickerson THE GAD-A-BOUT IS FREE At Advertiser locations and Advertiser support locations (see advertisers index on page 2) and read The Gad-a-bout forfreeon my website: www.thegadabout.com You can now pick up a copy of The Gad-a-bout at JoAnn’s Cafe located at 723 S. 5th Street in Richmond, Indiana. James and GOLDEN EAGLE’S SPIRIT RELEASING Michelle Miller are the new owners, they took over the popular eating place in October 2013. (Photos by Ray Dickerson) CEREMONYTO BE HELD JUNE 22 I had intended to have a special memorial article in fishing to “buddy up”. Fishing is always more fun bacon or sausage; Oatmeal or Grits or Dry Cereal or for my late friend, Henry M. “Hank” Stock, aka with a friend. For more information call 765-524- Cream of Wheat with toast; Small or Full or Large Golden Eagle in this issue, but have decided to wait 6484 or e-mail [email protected] Biscuits and Gravy; Omelets, home fries, toast. until after June 22 to do so. On June 22 at the request JOANN’S CAFE, INTRODUCINGJAMES Soups Chili, Ham & Bean and Vegetable. Salads of Golden Eagle to our good friend, “Geese Flying AND MICHILLE MILLER, NEWOWNERS Tuna, Grilled Chicken, Chef and Chopped Sirloin. Over” aka Malcolm Greene, he said, “I am writing The original building was built as a Hamburger Sandwiches Grilled Chicken, Tenderloin, you as my good friend and brother to take on a task shop in 1944. The name was changed to JoAnn’s Hamburger, Cheeseburger, Ham & Cheese; Walleye, which is very important to me. The conducting of a Cafe in 1994. James and Michelle bought the shop, CONTINUED ON PAGE 29 Spirit Releasing Ceremony for me, after I have opening it under the same name, JoAnn’s Cafe on crossed over into the spirit land.” October 1, 2013. I got an e-mail from Michael Stock, Golden James has sixteen years of experience cooking in Eagle’s son on May 18, 2014 asking me to advertise restaurants, i.e. Applebee’s, Chili’s, O’Charleys and the “Releasing Ceremony” information to my read- others. Michelle is an experienced cook also. They 723 S. 5th Street ers who read his father’s column in The Gad-a-bout both are natives of Richmond, Indiana living here all Turn right off “G” St. Bridge since 1995. their lives. They have two girls, 18 year old Dine In Richmond, IN 47374 Golden Eagle’s “Spirit Releasing Ceremony” will Cheyenne, 8 year old Haleigh and one boy, 4 year or 765-935-2528 be held on June 22, 2014 at LaBoiteaux Woods, 5400 old Coltyn. Cheyenne graduated from Richmond Carry Out Lanius Lane, Cincinnati, Ohio from noon to 2 p.m. High School on Sunday, June 8th. She also works in Introducing Anyone wanting to be present for the ceremony is the restaurant. We Shop James & Michelle Miller welcome to come. Michelle told me she wants people to know they Local as New Owners I googled the LaBoiteaux Woods address from strive to keep that “Mom and Pop Atmosphere, Liberty so that many of you who attended Frontier homemade food made from scratch like Monday thru Friday 6:00 am to 6:00 pm Days would find it easier to attend. From Liberty Grandmother’s.” She said they buy locally. Saturday 6:00 am to 2:00 pm take US 27 into Cincinnati, turn left onto Banning Their food is reasonably priced and as Bill said, Daily Homemade Specials Rd, cross Pippin Rd, cross W. North Bend Rd, “you never leave this place hungry!” Bill is a regu- Breakfast & Lunch “Served All Day” Banning becomes Belmont Ave., cross Hamilton lar customer, he said he eats there regularly. He sits Ave, Belmont Ave. becomes Hillcrest Rd, turn right up at the counter. They have counter service and onto Lanius Lane, LaBoiteaux Woods will be on the tables. (See Map below for directions to their cafe.) Pioneer Village left. (I can’t guarantee google’s route, I googled the Here is a sample listing of their menu. route to Golden Eagle’s funeral, Malcolm and I Breakfast (served all day) 2 eggs, ham, home found it, but went a little out of the way to do so.) fries, toast; 2 eggs, chopped sirloin, home fries, toast; My memorial for Golden Eagles presence, pass- French toast with bacon or sausage; 2 Pancakes with Ethanol-Free Gas Live Bait ing and spirit releasing ceremony will be in the August Gad-a-bout. Assisting Michael with the cer- emony will be Malcolm, Eugene Fannin, myself and possibly others. Firewood Hot Food FIND AFRIEND TO FISH WITH AT GITTIN’JIGGYWITH IT BAIT&TACKLE Anita McFalls, owner of Gittin’Jiggy With It Bait & Tackle tells me they have been successful with Bio-Diesel Propane their “Casting Cohorts” find a fishing buddy effort. Amonth ago, May 9th to be exact she told me about JOANN’S CAFE it, but I mislaid the information. It’s all about help- 723 S. 5TH ST. Fishing License and Lots More ing those who may have lost a fishing buddy or may RICHMOND, IN 765-935-2528 not have one, but would like to have a pal to fish with. So the first and third Fridays each month you can attend this informal get together over a coke or Jct of Hwy 256 & Hardy Lake Road coffee at Gittin’ Jiggy With It Bait & Tackle Store Follow the Red arrows to JoAnn’s Cafe from US 40 West and 812-794-2769 located at 4277 E. SR 36 & Messick Rd near Summit East and from US 27 North and South. The Blue Arrow points Lake, for a chance to meet someone with an interest to the Red Dot, the exact location of JoAnn’s Cafe. OUR MOTTO HARDY LAKE YOU WANT IT - WE CAN GET IT YOU BREAK IT - WE CAN FIX IT BOAT RENTAL & CAMP STORE Most all Makes & Models 25yrs of Technical Service we R Pontoon Boats, Jon Boats, Equipped enough for the BIG needs Stay small enough for YOUR needs Canoes & Kayaks Bait & Tackle Picnic Supplies • • Camping Needs Snacks • • FISHING BOATS SSSSAAAALLEESSSS SSSSEERRVVIICCEE RREENNTTAAAALLSSSS Located on Hardy Lake Just 15 minutes outside Muncie, IN @ 6700 S CR 560 EAST, SELMA, IN Phone: 812-794-3089 765-286-4976 JULY 2014 THE GAD-A-BOUT1990 - 2014 PAGE 5 So You Wanna Catch stay suspended in the main lake. At this point of the shads life cycle every body else will start to More Fish feed heavily on them also. If your fishing the main lake look for them on or near flats drop off edges or main lake points. If you like to troll fish the flats using shad imitating crank baits. If your a spoon fisherman look for concentrations of shad on humps or under water points. Under hand pitch to them and frog hop the spoon back to the boat. This type of fishing is called a reaction bite. There is so much bait in the lake that the fish you are fish for are full. The only way you can get them to hit is out of a reaction not because they are hungry. The only other way to be successful is timing, be there when the fish are feeding and your going by Tag Nobbe to catch fish. Get there 2 minutes after their fin- Professional Fishing Guide ished feeding and your going to be scrounging to catch a fish. If this is where you are use a 1/32 or 1/16 ounce jig tipped with a night crawler is best. July Fishing on To a fish this looks like a small crawl dad. Fish it Louis Fasbinder from Brookville with 2 nice Walleye. (Author Brookville Lake Photo) slow and on the bottom. Keep switching colors till you find the color that the fish want to eat. My all that is 10 acres in diameter. This is where the shad time favorite jig is a whistler jig made by July is the time of the year that the shad show up school cross the path of the white white bass Northland tackle. in the main lake. Shad is a bait fish that feeds the school. What the white bass school will do is sur- We stock and sell every color they make in a the masses with in the lake. When they first show round the shad school and get below them and 1/32,1/16 and 1/8 ounce size at 52 Pik-up. Just so up in the lake they are just little transparent swim- force them to the surface. This is like running the you know I have just found out that Northland ming back bones. They are the part of the food school into a wall. The white bass will hold hem tackle will no longer make 1/32 ounce whistler chain that is close to the bottom. The shad feed on there as long as they can feeding on them till the jigs in any color. So when there gone there gone plankton in the lake and all the other fish feed on shad school can get away. Of course at this point for ever. If you need any 1/32 ounce whistler jigs them through out different stages of their life cycle. the white bass will just coral them back up and do I bought every 1/32 ounce whistler jig they had The white bass are one of the first fish to start it all over again until they get full. left in their factory. feeding on the young of the year shad. The white bass This will happen for about 2 weeks. Then the Good Luck, Tag is a schooling fish that lives in the main lake. Theses shad will get big enough and smart enough to out schools of white bass can be as big as a 10 acre field maneuver the white bass and it will be over. If you need more info E-mail me at and can range from 12 inches to 17 inches long. What this means to you as a fisherman, is some [email protected] or go to the website When the shad develops from an egg to a fish of the best fish catching fun of the summer. All www.brookvillelakeguideservice.comor call my they school up for protection. These schools can you have to do to catch white bass when this is cell phone 765-265-3238. be as big as the clouds in the sky. These schools of going on is have a line in the water. Fifty fish an I guide fish for walleye, striped bass, and crap- shad will move to the main lake feeding on plank- hour is not uncommon. What you look for is boil- pie starting mid-April till the mid-December 7 ton floating in the water. This is where being close ing water and cast through it. When you see it just days a week on Brookville Lake. We fish out of a to the bottom of the food chain is not a good thing. start the out board motor and go right to the boil- 2007 Lund Pro V2025 with a 225 Honda motor. I I have been sitting in my boat with the water ing water. Stop short of it, and idle with in casing supply everything all the way down to cleaning being as slick as glass. Then out of no where a distance. As long as the water is boiling the white the fish. I can take 1 - 4 people. The price is feeding frenzy irrupts on the surface of the water bass are feeding. The best baits to use is 1/8 ounce according to how many people go $400.00 for 4 lead head jig with a 2 or 3 inch white curly tail or people $325.00 for 3 people $275.00 for 2 people MERKAMP a 1/8 ounce white rooster tail. and $225.00 for 1 person. We start at 7:00 am and Once the shad get a little bigger the schools fish till 1.00 pm. To schedule trips call me on my Sales & Service start to split up into individual smaller schools. cell phone 765-265-3238. Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Some will move back in the coves, some will Saturday 8:30 a.m. - Noon move to the north end of the lake, and some will Fully licensed and insured for 17 years now. OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT WESTSIDE STORAGE Commercial Residential OFFICE 900 FEET Open 7 Days A Week All Drive Up Units (765) 962-5778 www.wsrichmond.com WATCH Jct. HWY 35 North & 38 FOR Richmond, IN 47374 Local Owners on Site SIGN 765-962-2048 401 Porterfield Ave., Richmond, IN 47374 Brookville Lake Guide Service Guide: Tag Nobbe Phone: 765-647-4329 Cell: 765-265-3238 Web: brookvillelakeguideservice.com Near Brookville Lake just south of Brookville on U.S. Hwy 52 (765) 647-3600 PAGE 6 THE GAD-A-BOUT1990 - 2014 JULY 2014 News from the Indiana State Police by Sergeant John D. Bowling Public Information/Recruiting Officer Pendleton District Gets Pictured in the photograph are, from left to right: Mark Hanna, Bradley Tucker, Stephen Tipton, Ernest Paige and Andrew Five New Troopers Taylor. (Photo by Sergeant John Bowling) for the next three months as part of the ISP Field Safe Holiday Travel Pendleton – Five new troopers reported for duty at Training Program. The Field Training Program pairs the Indiana State Police Post in Pendleton on Monday, new troopers with veteran troopers, or Field Training To help ensure the safety of all motorists during May 5th. They are five of the 47 new troopers report- Officers, (FTO’s,) to allow the new troopers to take this 4th of July holiday period, the Indiana State ing to their districts of assignment following gradua- what they learned in the recruit academy and apply it Police will be participating in Operation C.A.R.E., tion from the 73rd Indiana State Police Recruit in the field under the close supervision of the FTO. Combined Accident Reduction Effort, and Operation Academy on Friday, May 1st. On November 10, 2013 Upon successful completion of their field training, Pull Over. Both projects are federally funded pro- the class began 25 weeks of intense training at the they will be issued their own commissions and be grams that will allow approximately 150 additional Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in Plainfield. assigned solo patrol responsibilities. troopers to patrol area roadways during this upcom- During the training period the recruits received ing holiday. approximately 600 hours of classroom instruction as During this holiday period, the Indiana State Bicycle Safety well as nearly 300 hours of hands-on practical and Police have joined with over 250 Indiana law scenario based training exercises. Governor Mike enforcement agencies participating in the federally Pence and Indiana State Police Superintendent I had a recent request from Ray to include some funded projects looking for aggressive and impaired Douglas G. Carter recognized the accomplishments of bicycle safety in my article. First and foremost you drivers as well as those not buckling up. the class and following the keynote address by should wear a helmet when riding. They save lives, Governor Pence, Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme as I can vouch for a young man that was hit and Indiana State Police encourage all motorists to Court, the Honorable Brent E. Dickson administered dragged down the road, but undoubtedly survived observe the following safety tips: the oath of office to the graduates. Earnest Paige Jr. is because of his helmet. • Allow extra time to get to your destination. age 25 and is from Fort Wayne. He graduated from R. Follow the rules of the road, meaning traffic laws • Don’t use cruise control in heavy traffic. Nelson Snider in 2006, then Indiana State University that apply to vehicles also apply to bicyclists. • Avoid abrupt stops and starts in heavy traffic- in 2011 with a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice, ALWAYS RIDE WITH TRAFFIC, NOT always signal lane changes. then in 2013 with a Masters Degree in Criminal AGAINSTTHE TRAFFIC FLOW! Use hand sig- • Use headlights even during daylight hours. Justice. He will be assigned to the Central Zone of nals to signal turns. Most importantly, be visible, • Reduce your speed in rain and NEVER drive into Henry and Wayne Counties. always wearing a Hi-Viz orange or yellow outer gar- flowing water. Andrew Taylor is 24 years old and is from ment just like the ones highway workers wear. Make • Decrease your speed in construction zones-Obey Louisville, Ky. He graduated from St. Xavier High sure your clothing and bicycle has reflective strips or posted speed limits. School in 2008 and from Indiana University in triangles, and use a headlight and tail light that’s vis- • Make sure you are well rested. A fatigued driver Bloomington in 2012 with a B.A. in Criminal ible from at least 500 feet. In closing, remember can be as dangerous as an impaired driver. Justice. He will be assigned to South Zone of pedestrians have the right of way, and never assume • Remember the two second rule and increase the Fayette, Union and Rush Counties. drivers see you. Always be ready to take evasive distance between you and the vehicle ahead of you. Stephen L. Tipton is 22 years old and is from action. • Don’t forget to watch for slow moving farm equip- Liberty, Indiana. He graduated from Union County CONTINUED ON PAGE 23 High School in 2010 and has been attending I.U. East studying Criminal Justice. He also will be assigned to the Pendleton District South Zone. Bradley Tucker is 39 years old and is from Muncie. He graduated from Muncie Central High School in 1993 and has attended Ball State University studying Criminal Justice. He will be assigned to the central zone of Wayne and Henry Counties. Mark Hanna is 23 years old and is from Markleville, Indiana. He graduated from Pendleton Heights in 2009 and Ball State University in 2013. He will also be assigned to the central zone of Wayne and Henry Counties. The five new troopers will continue their training PRE - 1964 WINCHESTER’S & COLLECTABLES SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA’S LARGEST GUN TRADER! MARVIN L. COLE ROBERTA S. COLE 812-663-2030 1510 NORTH LINCOLN STREET, GREENSBURG, INDIANA 47240 CASE KNIVES DISCONTINUED - • • WINCHESTER 9422 & 9417 RIFLES TRAP GUNS - 17 HMR RIFLES • RELOADING COMPONENTS • PROFESSIONAL & REASONABLE • GUNSMITH NITE LITES • “SPECIAL ORDERS & LAYAWAYS” JULY 2014 THE GAD-A-BOUT1990 - 2014 PAGE 7 Indiana Department of want to try a new lake. Want to know how the fish for a swim. The bottom contours of rivers and are biting? With a quick visit to the Division of streams, by nature, change from year to year Natural Resource News Fish and Wildlife webpage (also at the above web- and often do so several times throughout the site address) you can get a recent fishing report year. Each flood event accelerates this change, sometimes moving truck loads of sand and providing best species of fish to pursue and at gravel in and out of a small area in a very short what depth and also includes best bait choices. period of time. Our swimming hole was under Good luck. and a bit downstream of an old iron bridge Does canoeing sound like fun but you just whose underpinnings usually sported a fiber don’t know where to go? Have no fear; the rope rescued from somebody’s barn loft. The Outdoor Recreation Division is here. By visiting bridge deck was often used as a diving platform their webpage, visitors can find Indiana’s canoe- and its upper metal structure was utilized by the ing trails, access locations and liveries. There is more adventurous; I’ll plead the 5th on which also excellent information regarding paddling group I opted to join. We would foolishly trust techniques, trip planning and links providing real 2nd hand sources about the depth of the swim- time river flow information and river organiza- ming hole. by I.C.O. Gary Catron tions which may be of interest. Don’t forget your We would usually avoid swimming ‘down at the crick’ after a heavy rain…usually, but not PFD, and wear it, please. Master Conservation Officer always. We knew, or at least our parents knew, Don’t leave the Outdoor Recreation webpage the muddy floodwaters carried too much force without checking out the land trails available in for anyone to swim in let alone the neighbor Come on over to our Indiana. These include hiking trails throughout hoodlums. The current was a constant although Indiana from short looped trails to the 58 mile we didn’t really recognize it as hazardous during house.... back country Knobstone Trail, and bicycle and non-flood conditions. We were wrong. During mountain biking trails. moderate flow conditions we thought it fun to Are you scratching your head trying to think of So, when the kids mutter those perennial sum- try to wade across the shallow sections where mertime whines about there not being anything to the current was swiftest. We gave no thought of activities for your family to do this summer? do just reply “Wanna bet? Grab your shoes, I’ve got losing our balance causing us to his our heads on Then don’t forget to visit the upcoming events cal- the sunscreen and meet me in the car in 5 minutes.” the rocks, foot entrapments or any circumstance endar on the Indiana DNR website! There are where our feet would get caught between rocks places to visit and things to do for the young and and combined with the current we would be young-at-heart. Activities range from short edu- Memory makes the unable to free ourselves. We were foolish. cational presentations, guided hikes, hands-on I offer these safety tips because summer is best chaperone activities, day camps and much more. Check out here and the local swimming hole will be soon what your Indiana DNR has to offer this summer calling if it has not already. by visiting: www.in.gov/dnr. Many of us remember the favorite neighbor- •Remember shallow water can deepen sud- Maybe you are more interested in fishing and hood swimming hole from our youth. Most of denly and the streamed will be slick and can these memories are good, at least mine are. I shift underfoot causing one to lose their balance. think back recalling some of the exploits of our •Non-swimmers should ALWAYS wear a ‘neighbor hoodlums’and shudder a bit about the USCG approved personal floatation device of frequency of which we broke safety protocols. proper fit. The spring of the year a trip down to ‘the •Always swim with a friend. Even though crick’ was usually to fish but as the summer WEEKDAYS SATURDAY others may be present, they will not be watching warmed the Zebco 202 was traded in for cutoff 9-6 9-12 out for you like a friend will. NEVER SWIM jeans meant for swimming. The inaugural sum- (812) 752-5466 ALONE. mer swim usually began by wading into our 800-521-5344 •Always check the depth of water even if you swimming hole to make sure there weren’t have recently been there. Depths will vary and www.candtcycles.net sunken logs and to figure out where the shallow and deep spots were. We would try to keep an new obstructions may be present. eye out for each other and if a non-swimmer got •Stay out of heavy current. It can be fun to close to the deeper sections we would remind float along and swim in slow moving current, them to stop. We knew who was a good swim- but even moderate current can fatigue a swim- mer and who wasn’t, so we thought, I mean who mer much more quickly. wouldn’t trust a 10 year old, if the guy said he •NEVER swim upstream of any obstacle. was a good swimmer who were we to argue. •ALWAYS stay safely downstream of any Okay, we were a bit too trusting. As with any dam. Even at low flow rates there can be dan- natural swimming hole, always wade it first to gerous currents present which can kill. determine the depth of the water and any •NEVER push your personal limits or abili- obstructions or possible entanglements present. ties; don’t give in to peer pressure. 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National Archery In The there. When everyone is ready on the line they get NASP® Basic Archery Instructor (BAI) courses.” one whistle (shoot) and they are allowed to shoot A second prime concern in keeping the NASP® Schools Program (NASP®) five arrows in two minutes. When they are done program active in the schools is fundraising. The shooting they hang their bow back up on the rack and Greensburg High School has 24 students and the Introducing The wait behind the firing line. They wait until every one Greensburg Junior High has 23 students attending is done, then they get three whistles (go get arrow). the NASP® World Tournament at Alliant Energy “Greensburg Pirate Archers” Tom added telling me that even at the National Center in Madison, Wisconsin July 11-13, 2014. The shoots the IFAA and NFAA use the whistle signals, cost of the teams going to the World Tournament is two whistles to get bow, one whistle to shoot and approximately $10,000. Here are the approximate by Ray Dickerson & Tom Stricker three whistles to go get arrows. costs of their trip there and back, Bus $2,500.00; (NASP® information obtained from their website appears in italics) For this day though the prime purpose was to get Lodging $4,000.00; Food $2,500.00; Caving (activi- some photos of each step for this article to show you ty) $600.00 and Entry Fees $1,600.00. I have heard about NASP® for quite a long time, the reader just how safe the NASP® archery course To help raise the needed money Tom is holding having a brief introduction in the early 2000’s in is for your sons and daughters. the 2nd Annual NASPWorld Fundraiser on June Newburgh, Indiana near the Ohio River. Since then Tom asked all the girls and boys to gather behind 28, 2014 at his business, Cutting Edge Sporting I’ve not had the opportunity to witness it’s program the taped line on the floor or otherwise known as the Goods, Indoor Archery Range and Pro Shop located up close. That has all changed now after becoming waiting line. Once they had done that he blew the at 206 West Main Street in Greensburg, Indiana. His acquainted with Tom Stricker who owns Cutting whistle twice (get bow), orderly they took their bows shop is on the north side of Main Street, just west of Edge Sporting Goods in Greensburg, Indiana last from the rack. When they stepped back to the shoot- the Courthouse Square. The Fundraiser will be from month. Tom is a certified instructor in NASP®. ing line they all placed their bow on top of their toe. 5 to 8 p.m., all ages are invited. Included in the fes- On June 5th I arranged to visit Cutting Edge Tom blew the whistle once (shoot) and the students tivities is a Fun Shoot for Prizes, Turkey Banquet, Sporting Goods to view and photograph the aimed and shot their five arrows. Once they were Style Drawings, Raffles and food is available. Greensburg School’s own “Pirate Archers” in action done shooting the arrows they hung their bows back Earlier in the day Tom is also sponsoring a unique at Tom’s indoor archery range. on the rack. They then returned to the waiting line. Motorcycle To World Tournament Run to help I asked Tom about why they used the Genesis Tom asked if everyone was done shooting, they raise money also for the NASP® Greensburg Pirate bow. He replied, "the Genesis bow maxes out at 20 replied yes. He then blew his whistle three times (go Archer teams going to the World Tournament in July. pound, they can minimum down to 14, there's no get arrows) and they all went to the targets to The motorcycle trip starts and ends at Cutting Edge draw weight specific, I mean there's no let-off to it retrieve their arrows. Sporting Goods. Entry fee is $20 for single rider and like the compound bow." Safety, Safety, Safety $25 for a couple. Registration is from 10 to 11:30 The students have strict guidelines to follow when “First and foremost in each NASP® school pro- a.m. Kickstands up at 12:00 Noon. T-Shirts for the on the range. First they assemble on the taped firing gram is Safety. It just so happens that according to first 25, purchase while they last $10.00. line. The coach, Tom, blows his whistle two times the National Safety Council, archery is safer than Riders shoot for their hand. Shoot the Genesis (get bow), the students get their bow and return to the every ball sport offered in schools except....table ten- Bow the kids use in the School Competition to see firing line. They put the bow on their tow and stand nis. Safety and range set up is replete throughout how they compete. DOLL LANDSCAPE NURSERY, INC. AUSTIN WESTSIDE SUNOCO 40 Acre Nursery • Wholesale & Retail Evergreens, Shade & flowering trees Bushes, Perennials, etc.,... 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Left to Right: Brent Koughn, Cory Cuskaden, Alex Henderson, Kaylea Taylor, Morgan Murray, Kyran Luken, Kjerstan Hess, Devin Workman, Kaidyn Speer, Caitlyn Stauffacher, Hunter Carter, Ellie Kramer and in back Connor Cuskaden. Right Photo #2: Coach Tom Stricker blows the whistle two (2) 4 times and the Archers go to rack to get their bows. Right Photo #3: Archers go to the shooting line, they all place the bottom of the bow on top of their toe. They are from left top right: Brent Koughn, Cory Cuskaden, Morgan Murray, Alex Henderson, Kaylea Taylor, Kyran Luken, Kjerstan Hess, Devin Workman, Caitlyn Stauffacher, Hunter Carter, Ellie Kramer, Kaidyn Speer and in back at right is Coach Tom Stricker and owner of Cutting Edge Sporting Goods. (See larger photo at above left illustrating the position of the bow on the toe.) Right Photo #4: Coach Tom Stricker blows the whistle one (1) time and the archers begin shooting their five arrows at the tar- gets. They have two minutes to shoot the five arrows. When they have shot the five arrows they leave the shooting line. Right Photo #5: When everyone has left the shooting line Tom asks if they are all done. If the answer is yes, he blows his whistle three (3) times and the archers retrieve their arrows. (Photos by Ray Dickerson) Motorcyclist shoot their first of 5 arrows at the CONTINUED ON PAGE 27 5 H O ME AE T CIONHO oKImNSGeomftD aSadeielryv PeSi epIcsee c& iCa ClrseoabmbDleRCrIAVsER RTYHROUUT BUDROE’S BUS STOP 210 N. Ferguson Street B E S T OFIUSNHD 8He1n2ry-v2il9le4, I-N141701206 A R Tues, Wed, Thurs 6 am - 4 pm Fri. 6 am - 7 pm / Sat. 7 am - 2 pm Sun. & Mon. Closed PAGE 10 THE GAD-A-BOUT1990 - 2014 JULY 2014 Great Lakes of the Riverside Sporting Goods Wabash River - Fishing News 1811 N. 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