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naming it “The Snake CreekBoys” after the creek that spansthe Faulk County area.

Already, the competitors fromthe “The Snake Creek Boys” hadachieved great initial success,both at the Spirit of the Westevent, hosted just north of SiouxFalls this past September andmost recently, on President’s Dayweekend, Feb. 19 and 20. Thelargest turnout to date of SnakeCreek shooters went to theDavison Co. Fairgrounds inMitchell to shoot it out withother groups and individualsfrom across the state and acrossthe country.

The Cowboy Fast DrawAssociation was started inDeadwood in 2002. It hassparked interest in all of SouthDakota and beyond. Unlike thequick draws of the wild west,combat is non-lethal. Two com-

petitors fire wax bullets at twotimed and pressure sensitive tar-gets. This is a man to man orwoman to woman competition,with the person with the besttime, or the one who actually hitthe target claiming victory ineither 2/3 or 3/5 volleys of fire,with a limit of one shot only perround of competition. The victorytimes can be determined by meremilliseconds.

An academic example wouldbe person X shooting at .45 sec-onds and person Y shooting at.46 seconds. A missed target, bal-ances the equation, person X fir-ing and missing, giving person Y,if he’s perceptive, time to takedeliberate aim to score victory.This is called a “gut shot” by thecompetitors.

Unlike other fast draw compe-titions, like the World FastDraw, where targets are balloonseight feet downrange and thespan of the calibers and accou-terments for the guns used areunlimited, targets with thissport are 15 ft. (Gunslinger), 18ft. (Gunfighter) and 21 ft.(Master Gunfighter) and the con-testants are required to use only.45 caliber Colt single actionrevolver or similar models thatmust be approved by the judges.The most commonplace gun isthe Ruger Vaquero. It takesaway any advantage that mod-ern technology could give shoot-ers, and requires them to dotheir shooting based on pureskill by limiting the kind of gunused in the competition.

“It keeps things fair for every-body,” said Kelly Stevens, ruralMiranda, and 3rd place winnerat this past President’s Dayshoot in Mitchell at the MasterGunfighter range. Stevens also

placed 2nd at the Spirit of theWest event in September, sur-passed by another Snake Creekboy Pat McGarry, who placed1st.

“In the World fast draw youcan have anything from balanceweights to aluminum barrelswith the calibers wide open,”said John Riley. “There are plen-ty of guys who put thousands ofdollars into their gun for thosekind of events. Not so withCowboy fast draw. This is muchmore affordable, your biggestexpenses being a simple six gunand your gunbelt, so you reallyget a good mix of people from allwalks of life.”

On the first day of thePresidents Day Shoot, five of theSnake Creek boys placed in thetop ten; Kelly Stevens placed3rd, Sean Riley placed 6th, DougTennant placed 7th, JamesEndres placed 9th, and JohnRiley placed 10th. The first daystargets were placed at theMaster Gunfighter’s range.

Day two Pat MaGarry placed1st, Doug Tennant placed 3rd,and John Riley placed 5th. Thissecond day the range was set tothe Gunslinger range.

“It really changed the focus ofthe match,” said Sean Riley.“After shooting all day Saturdayat further targets, suddenlythings were a lot closer. It psy-ched out some of the guys.”

Riley, the younger, summed upwhy this is such an enjoyablesport for so many men andwomen.

“Everybody has their daily

grind, their rat race they do,” hesaid. “Here we forget about allthat, and just relax and do some-thing that we all enjoy together.The only match I really had trou-ble with was against dad, andthat was my own fault because Istarted thinking about what Ineeded to do to beat him insteadof just doing it. I had him at twoto nothing, but he came frombehind and beat me. Still, I washappy with how I shot. We allshot really well both days. I feltbad for Pat (McGarry), he justhad an off day on Saturday. Hecame back, really in the zone onSunday, and won it with a close-out. Me, well I had a rotten drawof shooters to shoot against onSunday. I had to fight the topthree guys from Saturday oneright after the other, so I just gotshut out.”

“We can be a pretty competi-tive bunch,” said Stevens. “Butwe don’t let that get in the way ofhaving a good time.”

For more information aboutCowboy Fast Draw in SD, visitcowboyfastdraw.com.

Virgil and Millie Hansen,Orient, were the winners of thegrand prize of a trip to Las Vegas,NV in the recent Miller SuperValu drawing.

Gladys Danahy, Colorado, andBlanche and Delmer Johnson,

Branson, MO, have been visitingtheir brothers, Wilferd and LeroyJohnson, Faulkton HealthcareCenter, and area friends the pastweek, and also attending theservices at Orient LutheranChurch. The Delmer Johnsonsreturned toMissouri Friday; Gladysreturned to Colorado EasterSunday afternoon.

Customer Appreciation Daywas held March 22 at theFarmers Oil Company, Orient.Rolls, bananas and coffee wereserved early in the day, and ham-burgers, hot dogs, chips, bakedbeans, relishes and soft drinkswere available for lunch. Many inthe area took advantage of thebountiful food.

Load limits are currently ineffect on area roads.

The Jolly Wrens Club will meetat 2 p.m. Friday, April 1, at thehome of Janie Schaefers. Roll callwill be something the memberplans to do during April.

The Orient WELCA will holdits next meeting at 2 p.m.Thursday, April 14, at thechurch.

Quilt block cutting will contin-ue on Thursdays with “time outs”for coffee breaks and fellowship.

Harold and Betty Payne visitedLloyd Payne Easter Sundayafternoon. Lloyd remains hospi-talized at Hand CountyMemorial Hospital in Miller,

Daylight Savings Time beginsthis weekend. Set clocks aheadone hour Saturday evening.

Wednesday, March 30, 2005 Faulk County Record 7

Faulk CountyHospital/ClinicHealthcare Staff

Directory – Outreach Clinics – ServicesCardiology ...........................................NCH, Dr. Vallabhan

at Hospital – call 598-6262 for appointmentChiropractic .................................John Carr, DC, Thursdays

at Clinic – call 598-6239 for appointmentDietician ......................................Melita Wiedenman, R.D.,

at Faulkton Healthcare Center, call 598-6214 for appt.Foot Clinics........various locations in county, call 598-4321Internal Medicine/Pain Mgt.......Kathleen VanDeWalle, MD

at Clinic – call 598-6239 for appointmentGeneral Practice .......................Kenneth Bartholomew, MD

call 598-6239 for appointmentHearing Aid Clinic.......................................Doug Reierson,

Licensed ConsultantFaulkton Healthcare Center 1-800-456-1375 for appt.

Directory – Outreach Clinics – Services

Mammography ..................................................at Hospital, call 598-6262 for appointment

Occupational Therapy...................Call Faulkton HealthcareCenter 605-598-6214 for appointment

Ophthalmology...........................................John Bores, MDat Clinic – call 1-800-255-7448 for appointment

Orthopedic ............................................Chester Mayo, MDat Clinic – call 1-800-765-2660 for appointment

Physical Therapy .......................................Daily at FaulktonHealthcare Center – call 598-6214 for appointment

Physician Assistants .......Stacey Berg, Wayne Washenberger

Clinic – 598-6239 Hospital – 598-6262CLIP & SAVE

Stacey Berg PA-CWayne Washenberger

PA-C

Dr. KennethBartholomew

Dr. KathleenVanDeWalle

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

APRIL 29OT – PT

Dr. VanDeWalle

APRIL 4OT – PT

Dr. VanDeWalle

Wayne Washenberger, PA-CStacey Berg, PA-C

Diabetic Education:2nd Wednesday 10 a.m. to noon;

4th Tuesday 1 - 3 p.m.

Dr. BartholomewDr. VanDeWalleS. Berg, PA-C

W. Washenberger, PA-C

APRIL 11OT – PT

Orthopedic: Dr. Mayo


APRIL 18OT – PT

Dr. VanDeWalle


APRIL 25OT – PT

Dr. VanDeWalle


APRIL 26OT – PT


APRIL 27 OT – PT

NEMH CHNOrthopedic: Dr. Mayo

Ophthalmology: Dr. BormesDr. Bartholomew


APRIL 28OT – PT

Chiropractic

Stacey Berg, PA-C

APRIL 5OT – PT

NCH


APRIL 12OT – PTFootcare


APRIL 19OT – PT


MAR. 30 OT – PTNEMHCHN

Orthopedic: Dr. Mayo


APRIL 6 OT – PTNEMH

Dr. BartholomewCHN


APRIL 13 OT – PTNEMH

Dr. BartholomewCHN


APRIL 20OT – PT

NEMH CHNDr. Bartholomew


MAR. 31OT – PT

Chiropractic

Stacey Berg, PA-C

APRIL 7OT – PT

Chiropractic

Wayne Washenberger, PA-C

APRIL 14OT – PT

Chiropractic

Stacey Berg, PA-C

APRIL 21OT – PT

Hospital Auxiliary, noon

Chiropractic

Stacey Berg, PA-C

APRIL 1OT – PT

Dr. VanDeWalle


APRIL 8OT – PT

Stacey Berg, PA-C

APRIL 15

OT – PTDr. VanDeWalle


APRIL 22

OT – PTDr. VanDeWalle

Stacey Berg, PA-C

John Riley, or Lucky O’Riley,right, placed 10th on Feb. 19 and5th on Feb. 20. It can be said thatluck has very little to do with hismarksmanship and that he’s beenthe driving force behind the organi-zation of the fast draw shooters inFaulk County.

Kelly Stevens, far left and James Endres, far right, each work to getan accurate shot and a better time than the opponent next to them.Stevens placed 3rd on this Feb. 19 shoot, while Endres did very wellfor his first shoot, placing 9th.

Sean Riley, center, placed sixth on Feb. 19. Unlike many of his coun-terparts from the Snake Creek Boys, he hasn’t chosen a cowboy alias togo by. Young Riley prefers to draw his revolver full length to eye levelbefore firing, and he is still able to keep his draw speed fast enough to becompetitive, usually half a second or less. A judge noticed this and com-plemented him on his heavy but still amazingly fast draw style, “Your aliasought to be “Runaway Freight Train Riley”, you draw that gun up with awoosh, and anything downrange of you that sees it coming will want to getthe heck out of the way.”

Orient Newsby Betty Payne – 392-2324