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The Tacoma, Washington South Sound Longbeards Chapter held its third annual JAKES Day in August. For the second year, the event was co-sponsored by the Paul Bunyan Outdoorsman and Shooting Club. The Club donates its entire facility for the day to the JAKES event, and provides instructors to supplement the Chapter volunteers. This year, Paul Bunyan Club instructors taught gun safety and helped with some practice shots on the shotgun and .22 ranges. They also taught a wild life recognition course focusing on the types of wildlife to be found throughout Washington State.

A Chapter "mountain man", Robin Hartsell, gave demonstrations in both percussion cap and flintlock muzzle loaders, and in lead bullet making – then took the kids through their paces in throwing a knife and a tomahawk, just like the mountain men of olden days gone by.

The event was, as always, free to all kids in the community under the age of 18 and included a barbecue, fun pack, and t-shirt for all attendees.

Click the pictures below to see more details of South Sound Longbeards' 2002 JAKES day event.