Hazleton "Sniper."

    I went to see the movie American
Sniper yesterday. It's a tough, true
story about war and its effects in and
away from combat!
    But it also brought back some
memories of the days when I was a
crack shot!
     In my case the weapon of choice
was an Air Rifle. OK. BB gun if you
want to get technical.
     Let me head off the obvious snide
comments! It was not an official Red
Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot
range model with a compass in the
stock!
    And I never came close to shooting
my eye out! Quite the contrary! I think
Chris Kyle would have been proud of
me.
    I was about 15 when I was elected
President of the Air Rifle Club at the
Hazleton YMCA. I don't even remember
joining the NRA. But last night I found
the patch along with a mess of articles
about the success of our Rifle team.
    I even found one of my old targets
with a couple well placed holes right
in the Bulls eye area!
    I think the confidence I got helped
me as a newsman when I found myself
taking aim at crooked politicians and
ne'er-do-wells!
    These days I pretty much just aim
a camera at my grand kids and shoot
all I can! Hope I'm still on target and
that all of your NEWS is good!