Sign up here: http://entry.boomershoot.org/



Yesterday I sent out email to 2008 participants and the event is now over
three-fourths full. Sign up soon if you want to participate.



The position numbers are unchanged since last year.



Prices went up this year. The cost of the ammonium nitrate, the primary
ingredient in the explosives, went up by a factor of over 3.5. The prices of
the other components also went up. I don't need to tell you about the price
of gasoline which makes trips to the site for preparations and site
improvements much more expensive.



I thought the price for the 2008 dinner was high at $26/plate. When we were
confirming the prices for 2009 we were told $30/plate. This caused a several
week delay in opening up registration for 2009 as we looked at numerous
cheaper alternatives. We didn't have any good options. We haven't completely
given up and Barb and I will be talking to people over the 4th of July
weekend when we are in Orofino. We might still find something else but we
don't know for certain. We have locked in the $30/plate price and if we can
find something better this summer we will give you a refund.



Boomershoot improvements planned for this year are:



1) Extending the target area at the 375 yard line so more targets can be
placed at one time.

2) Enlarging the shooting berm so it is more comfortable for shooters.

3) Increasing the number of targets.



One of the constraining factors on the number of targets for Sunday was
storage space. Because we held back a large number of targets for "cleanup"
that took additional storage space on Saturday night. We have moved cleanup
to Friday night. Hence the storage space that was used for cleanup will now
be available for additional targets for the main event on Sunday.



Keep this in mind when/if you sign up for cleanup. It will not be on Sunday
afternoon as it was in the past. It will be sometime Friday evening with the
possibility of extending until after dusk when we may do some after dark
fireballs.



There will probably be a few targets left over on Sunday which will be
exclusively for staff use. Some of my staff do not do any shooting during
the main event so this is their only chance to shoot boomers.



See you next April. It will be a blast!





Joe Huffman

Boomershoot Event Director