Amy Bushatz

Editor & Freelance Writer

Long Range Goals

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RECOIL Magazine

It’s not that their neighbors hate shooting or guns. They all “like to shoot,” and many of them “have no problem with guns” — or so they say. They aren’t those people. It’s just that they don’t want to live near a shooting range.

That, at least, is the not-so-neighborly attitude many range owners encounter when they try to open their outdoor shooting complexes: opposition from the “not in my backyard” crowd.

The folks trying to keep ranges away have the ultimate American super weapon at the ready. They don’t have to use the typical political showdown over gun rights, state weapons rules, regulations, or background checks to get their way. They have the power of bureaucracy.

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Shooting Range ‘Theme Park’ Planned for Glenn Highway Property

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The (Palmer, Alaska) Frontiersman 

PALMER — A gravel pit off the Glenn Highway near Palmer is currently home to a gate, a “no trespassing” sign and some old carnival equipment. But if things go Chase Eckert’s way, the 14-acre lot near Matanuska Lake will soon house Livefire Alaska, the Valley’s newest outdoor shooting range featuring automatic weapon rentals — and it’s unclear whether the public will get to weigh in before that happens.

Eckert, who has a land use agreement for the lot with his family’s company, Heritage Holdings, of which he is shareholder, envisions his new business at 4786 S. Glenn Highway as a shooting range theme park, he said. His family owns Alaska-based Golden Wheel Amusements and has been in the theme park and carnival business since 1967.

Centering his new business around an entertainment concept just makes sense, Eckert said.

Continue reading on the Frontiersman.

Navy Spouse Swims English Channel In Under 15 Hours

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Military.com’s SpouseBuzz blog

A U.S. Navy spouse and Air Force veteran August 13 became the 1,767 person ever to complete a swim of the English Channel when she finished her swim in 14 hours, 41 minutes.

Amy Hayes, who lives at RAF Molesworth with her husband and four kids, has been training for the swim for two years. An initial attempt in July was shelved when weather conditions made it impossible.

Hayes, who has been a swimmer off and on since competing on a swim team in high school, decided to tackle the English Channel after taking a trip to Dover, England, with her husband shortly after PCSing to the region.

Story continued on SpouseBuzz.com.