Mike,
I just read this string of threads...how terrible! I'm so sorry. I looked through the pictures too, great boats...but I'm so disturbed I can't comment on them...

You're a victim. The guys at the range obviousely used every influence they could to intimidate you and get their way. The .50 cal rounds and the cannon farm were funny proposals...but like you indicated, you wouldn't want to degrade your own spirit to the level of the guys on the range. In the cases of some of the others, they were dealing with a neighbor...one entity...you had the misfortune of having to deal with a group of people with variouse political connections and morals. How do those guys sleep at night? Intimidating someone's children! Small consulation...what goes around....comes around.

Good luck, my friend. I guess the next thing is to look for the window that opened when the door closed. Power of prayer and all that.
Bill

: Got some bad news today. As I posted earlier, our house, tree farm, and
: salvage logging business in Ohio had a Commercial Shooting Range installed
: next to us 2.5 years ago. After living with massive amounts of shotgun
: fire within 300', armed men (looking like the gent in the photo, on our
: fenceline) walking up to my children on our playset, and death threats, we
: finally abandoned the place. 6 mos ago. The 5000 sq ft house and basement
: shop were nice, but the standing timber is all shot full of #7 pellets,
: which do not look pretty in the finish of a kayak, or anything else, I
: guess.

: The Appeals court of Ohio (one step below the Supreme court), although aware
: that a rain of shot is falling 1000 feet into our property, has upheld it,
: so it looks like bankruptcy for us. Thanks to you all for your good humor
: and intelligence. Frankly, I do not know where I would be right now
: without the therapy of stripping, or hitting this forum once in a while.

: If any of you know someone you care about who is even considering moving to
: Ohio, please discourage them. On the other hand, if you don't like them,
: tell them it's a great place, and let them in to what is living hell, at
: least the SW quarter of the State. Or, if you know anyone interested in a
: shot-up farm next to a shooting range, let me know. Mike