Congrats to Alliance Nebraska on holding Nebraska's first ever Ladyseed! This was an great event! We had seven awesome ladies show up ready to learn - and learn they did! Although we did not add any new riflewomen, we definitely added some future riflewomen and hopefully future instructors! Every one of these ladies, most of them beginners (some first-time shooters) made significant progress throughout the weekend. Roxanne was battling some physical limitations, and hung in there as long as she could. She showed up to learn how to shoot a rifle, and that's exactly what she did. Way to go Roxie, and we sure hope to see you back! Lynne came out with her granddaughter to "see what it was all about" - and she did an amazing job shooting - she loved the history and I think we may see some Libertyseeds in her future?!?! Kaci arrived on Saturday to "mostly listen to the history" - but she picked up a rifle listened to instruction, applying what she learned and did some awesome shooting. She also earned a young patriots patch - way to go Kaci - hope to see you back! Rachel was our only returning shooter and she made some amazing progress. She wants that rifleman patch and I know she has a rifleman patch in her near future. She demonstrated great, steady positions resulting in some great scores. Christine was shooting iron sights and was able to overcome some equipment issues, but once we got everything tightened up (a couple of times) her scores increased throughout the weekend. We also had mother and daughter Bethany and Callie who showed up to do some serious shooting. Callie had never shot before and scored the second to highest score (second only to her mom). Callie also earned a young patriot patch. Mom Bethany was high score of the weekend, and won the door prize so graciously donated by Clay - a 3x5 US flag! AND - cleared the last Redcoat of the weekend! Congrats Bethany! I definitely see more Project Appleseed events in all of these ladies' futures. Thanks ladies for making this a great weekend!!
A huge thanks to Clay (Messer9696) and John (Pine Ridge Puma) for setting everything up on Friday and providing great instruction, history and dangerous dame stories. Great teamwork guys!!
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Fan-dang-tastic, ladies! I see repeat students in Nebraska's future!
Congratulations, all, and appreciation to JustKim for running a great event, as always!
This group of Ladies did a fantastic job! Cheers! :beer: I was very impressed with all the hard work and determination and know there are some Riflewoman patches coming soon! :F I hope to see you all at an Appleseed soon (the plan to turn the kids over to the hubbies and attend a Riflemans Boot Camp together is a good one)! O0
Clay
This sounds like it was a fun event! Congrats to all the shooters who came out embrace our precious heritage and to all the great instructors who made the event possible (JustKim all the way from Florida - Huzzah!)
Despite the dang near 100 temps and stiff breeze both days, it was still a good shoot and a lot of learning about the sacrifices of our wonderful nation's forefathers. I know that each of the ladies in attendance are convinced that they are dang lucky they are AMERICANS, they are proud of it, and they will never apologize for it or for the greatness of our nation. I am sure they were impressed with the thrust of the Appleseed program and the need to keep up the fight to stem the erosion of our freedoms. Thanks to all of the ladies who gave up their weekend, to Clay who helped so much with set up etc., and to Kim, our perky National Ladyseed Coordinator, who traveled all the way up here and spread her southern charm to the sandhill cattle country of Nebraska. On behalf of the Appleseed program, I would like to thank the family of Clay for loaning Kim wheels for the weekend, thereby saving the program a bunch of $$ on car rental. If you get the chance, ask Kim about her side trip to visit the famous Carhenge!
Keep on shootin!!
John, aka Pine Ridge Puma
John - I also know that all in attendance know that they are lucky to be Americans :F -- that's for sure! Carhenge was definitely interesting and of course a huge thanks to Clay for loaning me a car for the weekend - made the trip so much easier. The hospitality of all involved was much appreciated. Thanks Y'all!!!