<p>Bob Smith tests the safety alarms installed in the rifle range shooting bay on Monday at the Fernan Rod and Gun Club's Fernan location. Alarms sound and red lights turn on if someone steps onto the range, alerting other shooters to cease fire.</p>
June 30, 2016
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June 30, 2016 9 p.m.
From dump to shooting range
Fernan Gun Club now seeks 20-year permit
Bob Smith started the Fernan Rod and Gun Club in 1990 as a solution to clean up an informal shooting range and to start a club that enabled people to shoot in a safe environment. Now, two and a half decades later, the popular shooting range is trying to secure a 20-year special use permit so it can stay open for all the people who love it.