AUGUST 2003 NEWS  

SATURDAY AUGUST 16^TH  STARTED FOGGY AND SLIGHTLY OVERCAST AT 70 DEGREES. LICK CREEK KID HAD WRITTEN FOUR STAGES AND DEADEYE WROTE # FIVE,  THESE PROVED  TO BE SIMPLE TO SHOOT AS WELL AS FAST AND FURIOUS. THREE MORE NEW MEMBERS SIGNED UP IN AUGUST; WILLIAM WESLEY, PAGOSSA, AND HALFCOCKED GLASCOCK. WE NOW HAVE 31 PAID UP MEMBERS OF THE GREENE COUNTY REGULATORS.

     WE HAD TWO NEW SHOOTERS FROM NORTH CAROLINA ; QUICK DRAW FROM SPRUCE PINE AND AMOS BASS FROM BURNSVILLE. ALSO SHOOTING WITH US FOR THE FIRST TIME, LEVI LEADSLINGER, GROUCHE OLDPHARDT, AND FLAT GAP HUGH. TWENTY EIGHT SHOOTERS SHOT IT OUT UNDER OVERCAST SKIES FOR 4 OUT OF 5 STAGES BEFORE THE SUN POPPED OUT AND IT HEATED UP.

      IFIN IDA SHOTBEDDER WAS OUR TOP GUNSLINGER, LICKCREEK KID WAS SECOND, HI-WALL JOHNSON WAS THIRD AS WELL AS OUR TOP DUELIST SHOOTER, TENNESSEE DEADEYE WAS FOURTH, AND SUNSHINE BILLY WAS FIFTH. HONEYSUCKLE SUE WAS OUR TOP LADY SHOOTER WITH SHEEZ PACKIN IN SECOND. SEPTEMBER  20^TH  WILL BE THE REGULATORS FIRST ANNIVERSARY SO LETS HAVE A GREAT TURNOUT TO CELEBRATE OUR FIRST YEAR.

     LAST MONTH OXBOW AL,  SHAMROCK PADDY, AND TN. DEADEYE DECIDED TO DONATE $550.00 TOWARD PURCHASING MATERIALS FOR OUR FIRST STAGE FRONT. SAT. AUGUST 23^RD  LICKCREEK KID, RINGER, TN. SOUTHPAW, SHAMROCK PADDY, WILLIAM WALLACE, AND TN. DEADEYE STARTED BUILDING A SALOON FRONT AND A JAIL. FROM 8.30AM TILL 5.30PM IN 94 DEGREE HEAT. 85% OF THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED ONLY A SHORTAGE OF GAS FOR THE GENERATOR SLOWED US DOWN. THIS WILL CONSIST OF A BUILDING FRONT, TWO WINDOWS,  A DOOR WITH BAT WINGS, AND A JAIL CELL PLUS A COVERED BOARDWALK. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THIS SATURDAY AUGUST 30^TH.  TROOPER , MORT DOOLEY,  AND DEADEYE WILL TRY TO FINISH UP ON THE STAGE FRONT.

THIS SHOULD ADD A LOT OF ATMOSPHERE AND OLD WEST FLAVOR TO OUR SHOOTS.

      THE TENNESSEE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE HELD IN WARTRACE TN. SEPTEMBER 4-6^TH.  SO UNTIL NEXT MONTH VIA CON DIAS,  YOUR RAMROD TENNESSEE DEADEYE