Gun range discussed at meetings
By Mary Ables CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Contributed Photo TUSQUITTEE: Judy Greenstone, Clay Logan, and Steve Lohr chatting about the lively evening.

The Tusquittee Community Organization held it's monthly meeting June 17. The program started with Clay Logan introducing the guest speaker for the evening, Steve Lohr, District Ranger for the Tusquittee Ranger District, Nantahala National Forest, at the. The topic was the proposed gun range on Nelson's Ridge off Cold Branch Road in Tusquittee. Almost 60 attendees listened attentativly as Mr Lohr explained the site selection process. Several area residents, long time as well as new to the area, voiced opionions on the current site being researched.

The process will include several assessments, including environmental, biological, noise, traffic, and safety, just to name a few. More things to consider would be hours of operation, hours of use by the public, hours of use by the private gun club, along with regulating caliber of guns used at the range. After all the assessment reports are completed then a "Notice and Comment" will be presented for a public vote. The proposed timing for this to take place is possibly by late summer or early fall.

Mr Lohr indicated there are two options remaining for the gun range requested by the Clay County Gun Club. One option being the Nelson's Ridge location, the other possibly no gun range in Clay County. The other possible site locations have most likely been ruled out for various reasons such as the expense of cutting in and maintaining a road along with other obstacles.

Those present had a nice surprise when local resident and historian Carl Moore presented old Tusquittee area photographs to the group to be copied, framed and displayed in the Tusquittee Community Center. Mr Moore was the first to answer the call recently put out to area residents for historical photographs. If anyone has old photographs they would briefly loan to be reproduced to help preserve the history and heritage of Tusquittee please contact Lousie Lorentzen 828-389-9315 or Mary Ables 828-361-8805.

The Tusquittee Community Organization get together is held the 4th Tuesday of every month at the Tusquittee Community Center at 4373 Downings Creek Road. The covered dish supper is 6:30 PM, program at 7:15 PM. Area residents are invited. Come and enjoy a delicious meal or just the program and have an opportunity to go home with a door prize at the end of an enjoyable evening with neighbors. For more information on the meetings contact Louise Lorentzen.

Note: the meeting this month was held early due to the Board of Elections use of the Community Center on June 24th.
 

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