SKEET

SKEET
Valley shooters posttop scores in Canton
CANTON -- The 5th Annual FireCracker Open was Sunday at the Sportsmen's Shooting Center, 6501 State St. NE.
A return to an original 50-bird skeet event format was featured.
Local shooters who did well at the day's events included the following: 12 Ga: Dick Cameron, Masury, Class AA, 50; AA1; Rich Cameron, Sharon, AA, 50, AA2; 20 gauge: George Urick, Leavittsburg, A, 49, A2; 28 gauge: Rich Cameron, AA, 49, champion; Dick Cameron, AA, 49, AA1; George Urick, AA, 49, AA2; .410 Bore: Rich Cameron, AA, 50, champion; George Urick, A, 47, A1; high over-all: Rich Cameron, I, 199, champion; Dick Cameron, II, 197, II-1; Paul Jagnow, Canfield, III, 189, III-1
FISHING
Sharrones win bigat Mosquito tourney
Denny Sharrone Sr. and Denny Sharrone Jr. topped a field of 50 teams to win the recent walleye tournament, sponsored by the Western Reserve Walleye Association, at Mosquito Reservoir.
The pair, from Hiram and Deerfield respectively, recorded nearly two pounds over the WRWA record limit with a 23.60-pound catch for the two-day event. The limit garnered the pair $1,920.
The pair also landed the big fish both days with 5.46- and 3.48-pound walleye.
OHIO
New wildlife officerfor Ashtabula County
Wade Dunlap, formerly a state wildlife officer at large, has been assigned to Ashtabula County.
Dunlap is a 1998 graduate of Hocking College and has an Associate Degree in Fish and Wildlife Management. Before training to become a wildlife officer in the 2003 academy, he was employed as a wildlife specialist at the Harrison County Soil and Water Conservation District.
GUN RIGHTS
Group supports effort on illegal Ohio ordinances
BELLEVUE, WA. -- The Second Amendment Foundation Friday endorsed an effort by the Ohioans For Concealed Carry to force cities in Ohio to rescind illegal ordinances that violate the state's new concealed carry statute. OFCC has advised communities in the Buckeye State by mail that they have until the first week of August to repeal ordinances that attempt to restrict the lawful carry of concealed handguns by citizens who are legally licensed to do so under the new statute.
SAF Founder Alan Gottlieb noted, "SAF was a lead plaintiff in the court battle that ultimately convinced state lawmakers to pass this legislation. Our case also produced the state Supreme Court ruling that affirmed the right of Ohio citizens to openly carry sidearms for personal protection. We're not going to ignore our supporters and good friends in Ohio at this point, because they happen to be right. "This kind of thing isn't happening only in Ohio," Gottlieb observed. "In every state where sensible concealed carry legislation has passed recently, anti-gunners have gone out of their way to confuse and restrict law-abiding citizens who have every right to arm themselves against criminal assault. These insidious attempts to defy state statute, wherever they occur, must be stopped, and we applaud the OFCC effort."
So far, it appears the communities of Clyde and Arcanum are the worst offenders, but other communities have adopted very carefully worded measures that appear to be designed only to confuse gun owners about where they may legally carry. "It's time for petty Ohio officials to stop playing word games with the rights of their constituents," Gottlieb stated. "Residents of these communities should remember the city officials responsible for these ordinances, and demand an explanation when they campaign in the fall."
The Second Amendment Foundation is the nation's oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms.
Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 600,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control. SAF has previously funded successful firearms-related suits against the cities of Los Angeles; New Haven, CT; and San Francisco on behalf of American gun owners, a lawsuit against the cities suing gun makers & amp; an amicus brief & amp; fund for the Emerson case holding the Second Amendment as an individual right.