September 2016 Banquet and Award Presentations

The chapter’s annual banquet was held on September 21st, 2016. Attendees enjoyed a delicious turkey dinner with all the trimmings. Among other festivities during the evening, the Chapter Tobin Award and the IWLA National Website Award were presented.

There is only one Tobin Award given in each chapter each year. … Read more

September 2016 Members Shooting Event Results

On September 10th, 2016 the chapter held a SNIWLA members only 22 rim-fire shooting competition at the park range. The following are the results of the competition by event category:

25 yard Open Sights Pistol: 1st place; Darden Langston(83)  2nd place; H.K. Good(80)  3rd place; David Perdue(67)

50 yard Scoped … Read more

September 2016 Guest Speaker

The guest speaker at our September Banquet meeting was Deloras Freeman. She is a Visitor Specialist at the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Deloras and her family have lived in Chesapeake, near the eastern boundary of the refuge, for 34 years. The title of her presentation was “The Great … Read more

Suffolk Fire & Rescue Training Exercise September, 2016

As approved by Bob Barnhill our Park Reservation coordinator, please be advised that Mason Copeland of Suffolk Fire&Rescue, and member of our Chapter, has reserved our park for a training exercise involving approximately 16 folks, on Tuesday, September 20th, 2016, from 9am to 3pm, to be conducted in the area … Read more

Fall 2016 SCCC Recycling Event

The Suffolk Clean City Commission (SCCC) sponsored a recycling event, in the Lowe’s parking lot on North Main St., on Saturday the 17th of September. The event ran from 9:00am until 1:00pm and had a steady flow of residents through out the event. Volunteers supporting the event included two SNIWLA … Read more