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Edie get your gun

Sfi| hated guns as a little kid, the
* loud noise of my dad’s high
powered rifles scared me to death!”
said Edie Denny.
Edie, who belongs to the Papio Air
Gun Club, has been competing for
two years in rifle competition.
"It all started when I wanted to see
if I could beat my mother and
father,” said Edie. “ Both my parents
are gun nuts, and my dad is the cur­
rent President of the Nebraska State
Rifle and Pistol Association,” said
Edie.
Edie shoots three types of rifles in
competition: .177 Daisy Air rifle,
used in target shooting, .22 Reming­
ton, used in silhouette shooting, and
a .308 8 millimeter.
“ It’s a challenge; you can com­
pete against older people and win if
you try hard enough,” said Edie.
In April Edie went to the Junior
Olympic training center in Colorado
Springs to train for the Junior Olym­
pics. Competition as well as the
rewards of shooting attract Edie to
the sport, but the respect she gets
from older shooters is enough.
"The veteran shooters respect
you as an equal, not as some brat
trying to prove herself,” Edie said.

Sophomores not pictured

Dave Martin
Dave Janacek
Kathy Barraclough
Cindy Bell
Rachelle Bumann
Lori Cline
Ann Papst
Kathy Pratt
Megan Sanchez

Silhouetle shooting, a major firearms sport, consists of
shooting at metal animals at various distances. Edie won a
first place trophy in competition

To Debbie

We, the sophomore class, wish to dedi­
cate the sophomore section in the mem­
ory of our friend and classmate, Debbie
Lamb. ______________