Scenes from this Year's Club Picnic

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2022 Club Picnic

More than 200 Mill Creek Rifle Club members, along with an estimated 70 family members, and 60 or more invited guests gathered on September 10 for the largest club picnic attendance in recent history.

The annual Picnic and Swap-N-Shop began at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Sept 10, in the Pavilion with a flag presentation honor guard by the local Boy Scouts of America Troop 459. Members and guests met to show family members and friends what Mill Creek Rifle Club is all about, as well as meet with fellow members.

This year's event included a tribute to the diverse youth shooting programs that are working through Mill Creek to advance the future of shooting, featuring the Boy Scouts of America, the Johnson County 4-H Shooting Sports program, the Scholastic Action Shooting Program KC Steel Raiders, and the Kaw Valley Junior Rifle Program.

Mill Creek Rifle Club President Mike McGovern leads the opening invocation before a historic 16-foot, 48-star Old Glory flown on the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier during the Cold War. (Courtesy Jon Blumb Photography)


 Dawson Roth, Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout candidate, receives recognition from Mill Creek Rifle Club Legislative Director Paul Day. Roth was recognized for his leadership in updating the club's safety and range signage as part of his Eagle Scout project. To earn the prestigious Eagle rank, each scout must propose and complete a project that is beneficial to his community. The scout develops the proposed project, solicits troop approval, follows up to obtain Scout council review and approval, and finally leads the project with help from fellow scouts in the troop. For his project, Roth updated all the range safety signs, Stop the Bleed first-aid posters, range-flag and downrange shooting signs, and other signs throughout the club's ranges. Since the Scouts' founding in 1911, only about 4 percent of scouts who enter the program manage to earn the rank of Eagle. Congratulations to Dawson.


 

Club member and longtime 4-H Rifle Instructor Barry Zimmerman receives a $500 donation sponsored by the Hodgdon Powder Company and presented by Mill Creek Range Officer Diane Barger, to support the newly formed Kaw Valley Junior Rifle Club, a CMP-affiliated youth marksmanship club emphasizing precision target shooting opportunities. (Photo courtesy Jason Rogers.)


Mill Creek Safety Director Jason Roth recognizes this year's accomplishments of the Scholastic Action Shooting Program KC Steel Raiders and presents the group with a $500 donation from the Hodgdon Powder Company to support their efforts.

Mill Creek Range Officer Diane Barger presents a commemorative plaque honoring the contribution of the Johnson County 4-H Shooting Sports program youth participants and volunteer instructors to furthering youth target shooting opportunities in the region. (Photo courtesy Jason Rogers.)

Johnson County 4-H Extension Agent Jessica Lorenz explains the benefits of youth shooting programs administered through the program, administered by the local office of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Members of the Johnson County 4-H youth shooting sports organization help give visiting children a chance to try out their target shooting skills using .22 and air rifles. (Photo courtesy Jason Rogers.)

 


Thanks to members and leaders of Boy Scouts of America Troop 459 and Ship 7007 for providing an outstanding meal of hamburgers, hotdogs, bratwurst, pulled pork, baked beans, pasta and potato salad, coleslaw, chips, cookies, and drinks to all picnic attendees.