This week's cover story is about the Downers Grove Sportsmen's Club, a place for skeet- and track-shooting enthusiasts to gather and shoot the breeze (and some clay targets) out in Morris. People come from all over the suburbs to shoot here, since the club used to be located in Downers Grove (hence the name).
Growing up, my family belonged to a beach club in Braidwood that did skeet shooting, and I remember going around with my cousins and collecting skeet shards to reassemble afterwards because we....liked puzzles? I don't know; we were special children. Regardless, club members regard the site as a place to enjoy an afternoon's shootiing with other enthusiasts from all over.
Photos by Corey R. Minkanic/Special to SW
Downers Grove Sportsman's Club members enjoy a cup of coffee in the lodge before taking to the shooting range Sunday.
Downers Grove Sportsman's Club member Paul McGee shoots at the voice-operated skeet range Sunday.
Photo by Jeanne Millsap
Debbie Fredrick of Bolingbrook finishes a round of trap shooting. The club has lighting to allow for night shooting.
Photo by Jeanne Milllsap
Club President Larry Chinski shoots some trap.
Mallory Medved is an assistant managing editor of weekly publications for
the Sun-Times News Group. She helps cover the Lincoln-Way area and towns
southwest of Joliet. Being naturally nosy has led her to a career in
journalism and fulfilled her dream of getting paid to read. Being a new
homeowner and a future bride, she's also perpetually broke, but enjoys
hearing about other people in the same situation. She lives in Plainfield
but is a native of New Lenox.
Christina Chapman is a Will County resident who desperately wants to live in Grundy County. But since she lost that battle with her boyfriend when they bought a house, she makes due covering Grundy County news for The Herald News in Joliet. When not covering municipal meetings, school events and finding the truth behind the latest coffee talk, she is trying to balance life as a young home owner who is fighting the stereotype that she is living in sin because she is not yet married. She hopes to share with you her perspective on life and the news in hopes that you’ll share yours.
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