Ohio State Shoot draws large crowd to county
By ROB HAMILTON
For the seventh straight year, the Cardinal Center Campgrounds played host to the Ohio State Shoot.
The resident champion this year in the High Over All results was Joseph Charnigo of Creston with a total of 1164, while Michael Wengerd of Sugarcreek placed second with 1151. The best score in the High Over All was recorded by non-resident champion Harlan Campbell with a total of 1177.
There were a total of 14 events held from last Tuesday until Sunday. Also, on last Monday, there was the annual youth Scholastic Clay Target Program, which has grown over the years.
Ohio State Trapshooting Association Youth Director Dave Schock noted that a total of 288 youth competed in that event on 58 squads. He added that this year, there was even a non-resident division, as teams from Kentucky and Michigan participated.
OSTA officials were also pleased with the attendance for the Ohio State Shoot, as there were good numbers in all 13 events. On Wednesday, Event #5, the John Deere Handicap, drew 745 entrants, which is the most that event had drawn in Ohio State Shoot history.
Both tournament director Brad Dysinger and OSTA President Don Cogan were loving how popular the state shoot was.
“So far, 30 states and two Canadian provinces have been represented,” said Dysinger on Wednesday. “This is the second biggest trapshoot in the country with the only bigger one is the Grand American in Sparta, Ill.”
Cogan added that a lot of the credit deserved to go to the tournament’s sponsors. He noted that with Wednesday being Ag Day, a number of companies (Nester Ag Consulting, Beck’s Hybrid Seeds, SFP and Bayer Crop Science) were on the site and donated money to the cash prizes for events. Also, competitors had the opportunity to win a John Deere lawn tractor through a shoot-off.
Results of the Ohio State Shoot will be printed in next week’s edition of the Sentinel.
Posted by Rob Hamilton
on Jun 27 2012.
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For more info on Oil Field brine: Scientific journal from OSU from 1971 titled; WATER POLLUTION BY OIL FIELD BRINES AND RELATED INDUSTRIAL WASTE IN OHIO https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/1811/5637/v71n05_257.pdf?sequence=1
I attempted to present this to the Morrow County Commissioner’s during the brine hearing but they didn’t bother to even look at it. It. Apparently preventing contamination of ground water is not as important as dust control.
I wonder if those that attend this event are aware that oil field brine is used for dust control on the Cardinal Campground? Oil field brine was used on the Campground days before this big event. Oil field brine while legal and permitted by ODNR has a long history of causing health issues. This practice should NOT be permitted. If you are immune compromised, have asthma or other breathing issues you may want to research the known carcinogens and other chemicals in oil field brine. This practice is not permitted in numerous other states and even other counties because their county commissioners recognize the health effects. ODNR makes an ENORMOUS amount of money from the Gas and Oil industry so they do nothing to curb this practice. In addition, the Gas and Oil industry was exempted in 2005 from key parts of 9 pieces of Federal legislation including the Safe drinking water Act. Clean Air act etc. If you happen to download the “brine on roadways” handbook by ODNR you may find a “Contributor” to the rules and regulations on brine usage on roadways VERY interesting.