The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Albany County will be offering a 4-H shooting sports program at its building in Voorheesville in July for children aged 11 to 18, where they can learn about archery or air rifle shooting.

KNOX — When the Helderberg Rod & Gun club received  land on Quay Road in 1958 as a gift from  a family who were members, it seemed the perfect spot.  It was  a rural and largely wooded location, thinly populated.  It still is today, but now the land opposite the club  has some large homes.

Hunters and shooters need to change their habits to save themselves and the animals they value.

As concerns over lead in public water have increased, concerns over lead contamination have gone unnoticed at public and private gun ranges.

The board also recently heard town residents who live near the Helderberg Rod and Gun Club register several complaints about the club and its noise.

To the Editor:

Every year, it’s the same story — violent shootings in various different places. School shootings, church shootings, everywhere there are shootings.

BERNE — Ed Hampton of Berne was the winner in a recent Berne Conservation Club drawing; he took home a black powder Thunder Hawk .50 caliber gun.

Trapshooting is for any age, according to Berne Conservation Club member Michael Vincent. Youth who can handle a shotgun are welcome, if accompanied by a guardian, he said.

The Berne Conservation Club and The Guan Ho Ha Fish and Game Club competed in a trap-shooting contest on April 12 at the Guan Ho Ha property on Rector Road in Scotia. With team totals of 222 to 200, the Berne Conservation Club won.

With 13 shooters, the top five scores by the Berne Conservation Club are: