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Community Partner Profile

Community Partner Profile

UNITED RENTALS Lethbridge, AB Heavy Equipment, Aerial, Earthmoving, Material Handling Equipment & Tools Our Community Partner Profile today is for a company that has been a Partner in serving our community for a number of years. Their support of our community has truly been instrumental in many of our Shooting Sports Facility upgrades and maintenance work. The range of equipment and knowledge they have available to our local community is substantive. Here is what they say about what they can…

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NO CIVILIAN NEEDS A GUN

NO CIVILIAN NEEDS A GUN

So say a group of Canadian Doctors that are coming together to pressure the government to revoke the laws allowing law-abiding citizens to own firearms – that means you & me. It does not matter if you are a hunter or an Olympic athlete you should not own a gun according to this group because you guessed it – No Civilian Needs A Gun! Gunblog.ca has posted a good piece about this group on their website and also on the…

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Comuunity Partner Profile

Comuunity Partner Profile

Being outdoors engaged in a fun, safe active sport is an extremely healthy choice for individuals and families alike. A couple hours of enjoying the shooting sports with friends and family is a documented way to enjoy better health and increase quality family time. One of our Community Partners, Country Landscaping, is operated by Colter Bates and his family. The Bates are extremely active members of our community – from hosting Archery programs to helping build safe range space –…

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Make this weekend a .22lr kind of weekend!

Make this weekend a .22lr kind of weekend!

Tomorrow it’s open and it’s going to be a nice +8 !! Range 3, .22lr, redeveloped shooting distances and situations, reactive targets and pure, inexpensive, sport shooting FUN!! Add that to a well-timed break in the cold weather this weekend and it’s a perfect time to visit the LFGA Shooting Sports facility and try out the NEW Range 3! (.22lr only only) We would really like to thank the following Corporate Community Partners for making the Range 3 redevelopment possible….

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Range 3 Re-Open for .22lr this weekend!

Range 3 Re-Open for .22lr this weekend!

Dig out your .22lr as Range 3 will be reopened as a .22lr range only! With new reactive targets and a strict cap on .22lr only it will be an excellent range for families and others that enjoy shooting but don’t like being beside very loud larger calibre firearms? It will be a great range for learning to shoot or for fine tuning your precision skills using inexpensive 22lr rounds! As you likely know this range had been closed for…

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95 Years of Community Service!

95 Years of Community Service!

Guess who turned 95 this year? We did!! The Lethbridge Fish and Game Association has been a cornerstone of community service in Lethbridge and area for 95 years! We have weathered social changes and remained relevant. We have met political attacks with education and real facts, changing our detractors into some of our strongest supporters. We have met the increased encroachment of industrial and residential growth on nature, flora and fauna, with proactive programs donating hundreds of thousands of dollars…

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LFGA ANNUAL TROPHY NIGHT AND WILD GAME SUPPER 2019!!!

LFGA ANNUAL TROPHY NIGHT AND WILD GAME SUPPER 2019!!!

Like AMAZING exotic taste experiences? Excited by prizes and awards for all the best of the year? FANTASTIC horns, the largest fish and OUTSTANDING volunteers in our community? What about THRILLING Silent Auctions and draws? If you like any or all of these things PLUS a great evening of EXOTIC WILD GAME DISHES prepared the Master Food Crafters at L.A.Chefs! exciting fun, awards and recognition join us for the LFGA ANNUAL TROPHY NIGHT AND WILD GAME SUPPER 2019!!! EVENT DETAILS:…

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GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING!

GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING!

SAFE Society Classroom/Airgun Range Now that the classroom project is near completion and our air gun people (LA Hotshots) have a home. This building has been paid for by the SAFE/ Revolver Club and LA Hotshots. A big thanks go to Allan for all the heavy work with the glowing red tape, finance, purchasing and construction. Colter’s Bates family have been amazing getting the site in shape and ready for the building. – Rick Look here this weekend for more…

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Getting Mail messages to renew your membership but you already have (you think)

Getting Mail messages to renew your membership but you already have (you think)

Are you getting renewal request email and you have already renewed?  No the system isn’t crazy but if you used a different email than last year or renewed at Marksman Guns and Sport and didn’t use your real login information then you have actually created a new account for 2019 rather than renewing your account from 2018.  The 2018 account has been orphaned and it is the new 2019 account that was paid. The original orphaned account is the quilty…

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LFGA Photo Contest

LFGA Photo Contest

A reminder to all members. Michelle Kennedy ( our photography chair) asked me to remind our members about our upcoming annual photography competition. Please enter your pictures for the competition! Photos can be entered as prints or as digital/smartphone pictures!    Categories are Smartphone Open ( all cool pics accepted) Scenery and Nature, Wildlife, Personal Trophy ( a pic of a person with a harvested game animal). Pictures must be taken in North America with your info attached. All pics…

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