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11.06.06, 12:02 PM ET

PARK CITY, Utah, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Steven Read and Eric Resnick have been named trustees of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation, announced Foundation Vice President Trisha Worthington. "We are thrilled to add Steven Read and Eric Resnick to our Board," said Worthington. "They are both well respected businessmen and avid skiers. Plus their combined expertise will be an incredible asset to the Foundation's efforts to support the athletes of the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding."

Steven Read is co-founder, co-owner and co-chairman of Grocery Outlet Inc. a retail chain of non-perishable food stores in the Western states, Hawaii, Louisiana, and Texas. Currently, he serves as Partner of Read Investments, specializing in commercial real estate development.

ROBERT LOEWENDICK

More than 11,000 apprentice hunting licenses have already been sold in two states that recently passed Families Afield measures to improve hunter recruitment. Apprentice licenses allow youth to try hunting under the direct supervision of an experienced adult hunter, before taking the required hunter education course. The concept derives from the Families Afield program established by the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, National Wild Turkey Federation and National Shooting Sports Foundation after results of a study called the Youth Hunting Report revealed declining youth involvement in outdoor sports and pointed to reasons for the declining numbers.

Sunday, November 5, 2006
By Julie Baker

For 100 years, the mourning dove has been protected in Michigan. For decades, out-of-state extremists have tried to take away this tradition and create a dove season, but our Legislature listened to the vast majority of Michigan residents and hunters who oppose dove shooting.

Now, however, out-of-state extremists are pushing Proposal 3 to create a new dove-shooting season. The Committee to Keep Doves Protected strongly urges voters in our state to keep Michigan's tradition of protecting doves by voting ``No'' on Proposal 3.

There's just no good reason to shoot doves. Doves are not overpopulated, they do not cause harm to people or property and, as there is virtually no meat on their tiny bodies, doves are not shot for food, they are shot for simple target practice -- killing for the sake of killing. The proposed dove shooting season is particularly cruel in that it would take place during the doves' nesting season, meaning thousands of orphaned baby doves would die of starvation.

By Randy R. Mabe
Staff Writer

For those who hunt whitetail deer in the central North Carolina district, opening day of muzzle-loading season started Saturday and ends Friday. The opening date for the gun season is Saturday and the season runs through Jan. 1.

Before sportsmen enter the woods trying for a shot at that buck of a lifetime, they need to spend time preparing and practicing with their equipment.

Question No. 1 to ask yourself: "Is my firearm ready?"

Modern muzzle-loaders have come a long way from the days of flintlocks and side-hammer caplocks. Today's muzzle-loaders have weatherproof primers, concealed hammers, bolt-actions and accuracy beyond 150 yards. But for the most part one thing remains the same. Muzzleloaders must be properly cleaned and sighted in, perhaps more diligently than conventional modern smokeless center-fire rifles.

The Jackson County 4-H Shotgun Shooter Sports group had an active fall shooting program. The group was again supported this past year with a NRA grant and the support of Lawerence Wilks of J&J's Shooting Range. Practices have been held approximately every other Sunday at J&J's with the group competing in four competitions during the Fall Shooting Session. The following is a list of shoots and results for Fall 2005.

State Skeet Shoot at Lake Arcadia (Sixteen Counties with 88 total participants)

(Senior Division) - Blake Hasty, Logan Hukill, Jake Hukill, and Ryan Reddick, 3rd place overall

Staff Reporter | Bhopal

Rudolph Gupta won the Rajkumar Agrawal Shooting Championship at 25th Battalion Shooting Range on November 5 in Bhopal. Habib Khan and Rajkumar Gupta came second and third respectively.

As many as 120 competitors from all over the State took part in the Rajkumar Agrawal Shooting Championship in which the children from NCC cadet performed well.

AV Singh, chief election commissioner of the State was present as the chief guest on this occasion. AS Singh Deo, Nain Khan, Robin Dutta, Arun Pandey, Rajeev Saxena, Shahdav Ahmed and several other dignitaries were present on this occasion.

- Shooter for 4 events in Doha
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

New Delhi: Samresh Jung is having mixed fortunes.

In February, he was the biggest star in Indian shooting horizon after winning five gold medals in the Commonwealth Games. In the next few months, he was forced to take a backseat after Gagan Narang, Abhinav Bindra and Manavjit Singh clinched gold in world level meets and Jung returned home empty handed.

The 35-year-old shooter is yet to get his Olympic berth but in the Asian Games next month, he could be India’s man to watch out for in the pistol events. Being the only Indian to qualify for four events in Doha — air pistol, free pistol, centre fire pistol and standard pistol — Jung is now preparing hard at the Karni Singh shooting range here to make a golden return in the international arena.

Web Posted: 11/05/2006 11:47 PM CST

Vianna Davila
Express-News Staff Writer

As one of the first female police officers in the city, Martha Schnabel guarded prisoners and chased down the bad guys — and she did it all in a skirt.

"It was kind of hard to run sometimes," admitted Schnabel, who in 1958 became one of the first women to join the force. An officer at a time when women couldn't wear pants to work, Schnabel eventually became one of the first two women to achieve the rank of sergeant.

She celebrated her 80th birthday and her tenure as a police officer Sunday at the Club at Sonterra. She officially turns 80 today.

Melaka: More Road Transport Department (RTD) enforcement officers will be trained to handle firearms, said Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas.

"More officers will be sent for training. It will also be compulsory for all new recruits to undergo shooting training," he told reporters after launching the RTD shooting range here.

"Those who have been trained will also be sent for regular re-training because we want them to improve their (shooting) skills."

He said such training was necessary to give the enforcement officers the confidence and self-esteem to enforce the law effectively when they were on duty.