Pine Creek Sportsmen Club Inc.

The Pine Creek Sportsmen Club is operates under a club elected slate of officers and a slate of 9 club elected Trustees. The officers and the Trustees for the year 2007 are as follows.

President---------------Earle (Bud) Floyd

Vice President ---------Ron Reedy

Treasurer----------------Stanley Rupert

Assistant Treasurer-----William Bassinger

Secretary----------------- Robert Galbraith

Assistant Secretary------Rich Muth

(Trustees)----- Stanley Rupert, Rich Wingard, Merle Powers, Robert F. Galbraith, Paul Swast, Verl Moore, Roger Smeltzer Randy Cloak and Donald Calhoun

      The Pine Creek Sportsmen Club is a alcohol free club.

     The Pine Creek Sportsmen Club was originally organized on November 13. 1957. Meetings were held in the Sloan School House in Rayburn Township. The club was then disbanded in 1960, then on January 2, 1962 it was reorganized. The meeting were then held at the Earl Lockhart camp along North Fork Creek.

       On March 27, 1962 the club joined the Armstrong County Sportsmen and Conservation League.

        The club purchased a old store building in Echo in 1964, tore the building down, built a building on a track of land about 18 acres, located about (1) one mile off of route 66 on what is known as the Oscar Road. In 1989 a new 30' by 90' building was built at the same location as the old building.

        In 1965 the Snyderville Sportsmen Club merged with the Pine Creek Sportsmen Club. 

        The club has a indoor 22 shooting range, and holds 22 shots on Thursday nights, during the months of October thru April. The shots start at 8:00 PM. The club also has outdoor shooting ranges they are a 25 & 50 yard pistol range, a 50 & 100 yard rifle range. The club built a trap range in 1996. Where trap shots are held in the months June thru September. The club also has a indoor and outdoor archery range.  

        The club sponsors a Hunter, Trappers education course every year. the course is well attended. The club has seven of its members qualified to be instructors for the course. 

        The club has operated a Co-Operative fish nursery since 1975, where it raises a total of approximately 3000 to 4000 Brook, Brown, Rainbow and Golden trout. Which they stock in local trout streams. The club also has build, operates and maintains a Physical and mentally challenged and Kids fishing area at Baum Pump Station  on North Fork Creek along route 66. The area covers approximately one half mile of creek.

         The club participates in two very important events each year they are the Youth Field Day and the Special Friends Fishing Day (this day is held for Mentally and Physical Challenged people these are our special friends) both of these events are sponsored by the Armstrong County Sportsmen and Conservation League.

         Pine Creek has the very distinct honor of having two of its members that has been inducted to the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen Hall of Fame. These to people are Stanley Rupert and Earle (Bud) Floyd. One of the many qualifications to be considered for the induction is that a person must have held a office at the local, county and state levels.

      The Pine Creek Sportsmen Club also sponsors a very active youth group of approximately 20 young people. The youth group meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the club house, meetings start at 6:30 PM. The group takes advantage of the shooting range at the club, they also build blue bird boxes and duck boxes and then take them out and put them up, then go back the flowing year and clean them out for that years use. The Group also helps stock trout that is raised at the nursery.

      The main fund raising activity is the operation of a food stand at the Dayton fair.

      The club also participates in the road and stream clean up program. 

       The club also has a picnic in the summer for it members, a thanksgiving dinner, fish fry, and several wiener roasts during the summer.     

       The club has over 200 members.

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Pine Creek Sportsmen Club Minutes of the Aug.1, 2008 Meeting.

     President Bud Floyd called the meeting to order with the pledge of allegiance to the flag. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as read and posted on the Armstrong County Sportsmen and Conservation Web Page. There were 12 present at the meeting.

Treasurers Report                                               

Bal as of 07/18/2008                                       $  2,190.59   

Rec.                                                              $     169.13   

Withdrew from Savings                                   $  

Rec. & Bal                                                      $  2,359.72

Exp.                                                               $    467.09

Bal as of 07/18/2008                                        $  1,883.63

C.D.                                                               $   

Saving Acc.                                                     $      

 Fair account                                                   $         

Total funds 08/01/2008                                     $  21,347.81

     Paul Swast made a motion to pay Mr. Muth $50.00 for the used toaster he offered to sell the club. If the toaster is not what we needed we could offer it back to Mr. Muth and he could give us our money back if he wants it back. Motion seconded by Paul Swast. Motion carried. 

     Motion to except treasurer’s report and pay the bill subject to audit made by Paul Swast. Motion seconded by Bill Bassinger. Motion carried. 

Nursery Report

     Received the new order of trout. These are approximate numbers 1400 Brooks, 800 Browns, 1500 Rainbows and 100 golden. The loss of brook trout stopped after giving the  treatments that were recommended by the Pennsylvania Fish Commission.   

    Youth Group   

      The August youth group meeting has been canceled that is the week of the Dayton Fair. 

Septembers meeting will be on the regularly scheduled day. At that meeting the youth Group will go to Bill Bassinger's and fish in his pond,

Turkey Federation

     Next meeting will be on Aug. 19, 2008  at the Cherry Run, Rod, Reel and gun club. If the change does not meet Cherry Run Rod Reel and Gun Club schedule, the meet can be held at the Pine Creek sportsmen Club.

 Pa Game Commission 

 

There were 63 people precipitated in the HTE. class all precipitants passed the course. The course was the new version of the HTE program. There was talk about having another HTE class on Sept. 12 & 13,2008. No decision was made.

Letter of thank you was sent out to the PGC for the print that was given by them to the Pine creek Sportsmen Club.

Pa. Fish & Boat Commission

     No Report

                                                                                                Conservation District

  

Building Committee

  Trimmed scrubs around building

  There is a problem with the electrical system in the new addition of the building trying to get some one to look for the problem on Saturday. Keeps tripping the main breaker in the panel box in the new addition.

 

Trap shoot

    Canceled 

22 shots

Over for the season.

Armstrong County Sportsmen & Conservation League  

The three student that were awarded the scholarship for 2008 were present to except their checks. 

There was discussions about the mistakes that were made in the hunting digest that is distributed with your hunting licenses and to get the corrections you should go to the PGC web site, 

Also there have been some changes in are line and bag limits for Canadian Geese season and dove's. Check digest for these changes.

Aug 4, 2008 residents can apply for antlerless deer licenses and nonresidents on Aug, 18,2008 first round. Second round can be applied for on  Aug. 25, 2008 resident or non resident, and on Sept 8,2008 for the third round resident or nonresident. The cost is $ 6.00 for resident and $26.00 for nonresident.

There was discussion about the Supreme Courts 5to 4 in favor of the 2nd amendment. 

 

Tractor Committee

The tractor at the nursery need a new mower drive belt and the mower deck is missing a pin from the unit that raise and lowers the mower.

 

Dayton Fair

 There will be work nights at the Dayton Fair Stand on  Aug 4, 2008 starting a 6:00 PM. Going to take some of the supplies and other thing to the fait stand that night meet at the club house at 6:pm.

Aug. 5, 2008 Make Hamburgers and Sauce. Start at 7:00 AM until done

Aug 6, 2008 Make chili dog sauce and what ever Start at 8:00AM until done

 Aug 7, 2008 will cut up peppers and onions for the Dayton Fair at the club house starting at 6:00 PM.

Fair board and Penn State Extension will be allowed to sign for their breakfast in the mornings but breakfast only, once the breakfast is done being served they can no longer sign for anything. These people will have to sign their complete name on the slips and who they work for on the slip. We are trying to get a list of name of the people who will be signing the slips. The help will be paying the same for their food as they did last year. Full price for pie and 75 cents for pop al other food while working will be half price.

There was a motion made by Art Rupp that The Dayton Fair Board and the Penn-State extinction can sign the slips for food at the stand all day. Motion seconded by Bill Bassinger. Motion carried

  Old Business

  New Business

No new business

Raffle Committee

Still have tickets to sell for the guns,  boots and yard swing. Art Rupp still has over 300 Tickets to distribute.

 

  Meeting adjourned at 9:20 PM.

50/50 winner Rich Muth

Club  Hat or T-Shirt  Rick Swast

Club minutes will be posted on Web page. The address is http://home.windstream.net/acscl

 Minutes Submitted by 

 Robert F. Galbraith (sec.)