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Changing of the Guard

Started by Cleveland, October 09, 2024, 08:20:04 PM

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Cleveland


Over the past three-plus years, Vaportrace has served as the North Carolina State Coordinator. He has mentored a new crop of instructors and shoot bosses. He has set up some new ranges, became a Charter Pistol instructor, and led the Appleseed program in the state. As an active 7th stepper, he has been active the other 28 days of the month, spreading the message of Liberty.

Vaportrace has been an example to many in the region. In following Appleseed Guideline #14, Train your replacement; he has been mentoring Tarheel to take the reins as state coordinator.

Please join me in thanking Vaportrace for his work as state coordinator. He will still be active in the state as a shoot boss and mentor.

I am pleased to announce that Tarheel has accepted the position of state coordinator. HUZZAH!!

Thank you, gentleman, for all you do for Appleseed.

Cleveland
The highest level of mastery is simplicity. Most information is irrelevant and most effort is wasted, but only the expert knows what to ignore. James Clear

Rifleman 19April2015
KD Qualified 17Oct2015
Pistoleer™ 12Dec2020
Pistol Requal 23June2024
KD Requal 11Nov2021 50/50
Pistol IBC/Charter Pistol Instructor Antioch 2-22
200y RKD Qualified 14May2022
Morgan's Shingle 27Oct2024 (seated)
KD Requal 19Apr2025

DEH

-Appleseed: '08-IBC, '09-Red Hat, '09-FT Stewart, '10-RBC,
'14, '15, '22 KD, '24-IBC, Pistoleer™ '24. RFKD '25

-2Cor10:4-5. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, & bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.

-Eph6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world forces of this moral darkness and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Cincinnatus-Dchelwig

An Amazing Person who had been a wonderful mentor to me. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Dan, Congratulations and thanks for stepping up my friend!
Winterseed Rifleman 2012
Re-qualify 229, 2/19/23
SBIT 2 10/8/23
Morgan's Rifleman 12/11/23
Morgan's RF Standing 6/24
KD Redcoat, Cleared 3/24/24
KD Distinguished, 49/50
Pistolero 6/23/24, 222
KD Rimfire 6/29/24, 222
CMP Distinguished Rifleman, Camp Perry - 2022

Mrs. Smith

"Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't." - Margaret Thatcher

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"A generation which ignores history has no past, and no future." - Lazarus Long

"What we do now echoes in eternity." Marcus Aurelius

Maximum Ordinate

Darrell, thank you for all you've invested in North Carolina.

I have been blessed with your friendship and mentorship... the North Carolina team is so much better for your leadership. I'm grateful you're staying on and hope to work with you again soon.

best,
MO
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:F

Huzzah!

Well Done and Congratulations.

Eagle Keeper

I have come here to chew gum and teach riflemen the art of shooting one hole groups and I'm all out of bubblegum.
   Z-man
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 Z-17

ArmyVet

Thanks to you both for your efforts forwarding our mission.  :beer:
The difference between a novice and a master: the novice does it until they get it right. The master does it until they can't get it wrong.

Roswell

Huzzah! Thank you both for your dedication to the mission!
Known Distance Qualified: Talladega, AL 12-3-16 - 45/50; Distinguished 49/50 - Talladega, AL 12-8-19
Rimfire Known Distance Qualified (200 yd): Martin, GA 2-28-21
Instructor Boot Camp: Toccoa, GA 7-13, 8-15; Pelham, TN 2-14, 2-16; Columbiana, AL 2-15; Canton, GA 2-18, 1-19, 2-20, 2-21, 3-22, 2-23, 1-24; Marietta 1-25
Shoot Boss Boot Camp and Liberty Seminar: Toccoa, GA 8-14 & Canton, GA 1-19

Pistol Instructor Boot Camp: South Huntsville, AL 5-20; Canton, GA 1-21, 2-24; Marietta 2-25
Pistol Qualified: Spencer, TN 4-10-21
Charter Pistol Instructor Boot Camp: Antioch, TN 2-22 & Canton, GA 1-23

upacreek

Thanks to both of you for all you do.

 :beer:
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

AF5US

Many hands make light work, and there's plenty of work to go around.

Thank you both for the work you've done, & will do in the future.
Rifleman:                          04/2016
Known Distance Rifleman:  10/2018
Pistoleer™:                          08/2019
Distinguished Rifleman:      07/2020
Morgan's Shingle:              12/2021
Standing Morgan's Shingle: 11/2022
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Taylor

Honoring the memory of Adonijah Taylor (1730-1810) my Grandfather seven generations back, Deerfield MA Militiaman and Patriot, who answered the alarm on April 19, 1775 and along with his six sons served in the War of the Revolution.

"What good fortune for governments that the people do not think." - Adolf Hitler

"All political power comes from the barrel of a gun. The communist party must command all the guns, that way, no guns can ever be used to command the party." - Mao Tse Tung

"Those bold enough to believe that they can change the world, are usually those which do."
-Albert Einstein

"Let Freedom never perish in your hands."
-Joseph Addison

TheMenace

NC is in good hands. Thanks to both the old and new SC.
Sons of Liberty!
Defend the Constitution,
The Law of Our Land
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Joshua 1:9
"Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Do not bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."—William Faulkner, American author

Tar Heel

Besides all the personal 7th-stepping and leadership for Appleseed in the state of North Carolina, Darrell is a living monument to generosity. He's put his nose to the grindstone over and over again for the program. I've seen him arrive at Ramseur after an hours-long drive to greet old friends and support new instructors at a clinic. He's already given me lots of time and attention to help me understand how to take bites from the buffet that is the state coordinator position. He's offered up his own steak dinner fresh off the grill without a second thought. I'm sure if I hung around him long enough I'd see Darrell actually give someone the shirt off his back.

Darrell's service as state coordinator is one thing. We're also fortunate to have such a steady role model of personal generosity, humility, and service beyond the nuts and bolts as well. I will certainly do my best to continue the good work he's been doing for years in the Old North State.
"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress."       --Frederick Douglass

R-Mack

Darrell Thanks for all you have done for me and for this program. You are all ways there when I needed you.

Dan it will be fun working with you.

Thaddeus

Tarheel will have big shoes to fill but he's up to it! Thanks to all.

Oldmikey

Good job, DarrelL, Thanks for all your hard work
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" to old to run"