It was a quiet day in the Old West until

The Shotgun Wedding

The scene is the First Pentacostal Apostolic AME Zion Baptist Catholic Presbyterian Old Western Church which is presided over by the Reverend U. B. Goode (a recent graduate of the Dick W. Holliday Seminary and Gunfighting School). The occasion was the marriage of Clem and Clementine (It was discovered after the service that they were 1st cousins). Reverend Goode started the vows as follows: " Dearly beloved we are gathered here in the presence of these cowboys and cowboys to hitch Clem and Clementine. Is there anyone here that can show just cause that these two should not be united???" The problem started when 10 relatives (A few from each family) stood up and protested. Reverend Goode put down the Good Book and produced a shotgun and two pistols from under the pulpit and proceeded to settle the objections. When the smoke cleared, Reverend Goode asked "if there were any further objections" seems that there were none and the wedding proceeded without incident........

After the wedding the Regulators proceeded out of town to check on their gold mine and were confronted by those persistant claim jumpers which this time were throwing some type of explosive at the Regulators (The explosive bore a distinct resemblence to charcoal briquets). Most Regulators had no trouble dealing with the explosives which were thrown at them two in the air at a time. We did however come up a few Regulators short as they either did not get one or both of the thrown explosives. Reverend Goode will be handling the burial of what we could find.....

And that was the way it was in the (Not So) Old West.....

This month the scores were split into 3 groups--The Good, Bad, and the Ugly

Group One---Dick W. Holliday, Gunsmoke, Dynamite Dan, Deacon Dave

Group Two--Cherokee Lou, Jeff Two Guns, Geechee Dan, Duplin Kid

Group Three (Seniors) Idaho Spud (also 4th overall),Doc Clock

As all ways there were some memorable moments in the match. One was when Idaho Spud forgot the second rule of a gunfight--Bring the right bullets--45ACP will not work in his 45LC. Gunsmoke has now enrolled Reloading 001 at the Holliday School of Reloading and Hairdressing since his shells have cost him two matches in a row (I really hate it when that happens). By the way--the Duplin Kid--graduated Laudy How Cum from the same school and his Rossi 92 is working like a champ but operator error is still a problem. One competitor showed up with a hat that had "Kodiac Pro Rodeo" on it...He claimed he won it at a bull riding competition at Clinton NC but after careful scrutiny by the rest of the posse it was determined that the closest he had ever been to a bull was probably a double cheeseburger at MacDonalds.

Ever wondered how you can tell a male cactus from a female cactus????? Well if you show up at the July posse you will know the answer. As always the june posse was a good time for everybody. As I've said before if you wish to participate and don't think you've got all the stuff just show up with what you've got and we'll try to help with the rest. If you need directions to the range they are located on our homepage you can find through www.northcarolinacowboys.com there are a bunch of North Carolina Cowboy shooting groups so you can see what they've been up to at the same time. You can also reach the author of the results page at [email protected] . Hope to see more cowboys at the July posse so until then "Take a kid shooting".

Respectfully submitted--Ned Bluntline