Featuring... 

Mike Slomkowski,

1st Defense, LLC

NRA Recruiter & Nationally Certified Training Counselor

• Bow Hunter Education

Certified BSA (Boy Scouts) Merit Badge Counselor in the following disciplines:

• Rifle
• Shotgun
• Bow

Instructor in the following disciplines:

• Personal Protection
• Home Firearm Safety
• Rifle, Shotgun, Pistol, Metallic Cartridge Reloading
• Shotgun Shell Reloading
• Refuse To Be A Victim
• Range Safety (Chief Range Safety Officer)
• Instructor Training
• Counselor Training
• Eddie Eagle Gun Safety Program

May 5th and 6th (Saturday and Sunday) 2012

SPRING CLASS now scheduled! 

Two-Day Training!

Saturday and Sunday.  May 5th and 6th @ Russ-Stick Acres!

SIGN UP TODAY!!!

CCW Class! (Carrying a Concealed Weapon)

This class exceeds MI CCW requirements.

$120 class certification (Includes range fee)

(50% non-refundable Deposit due at sign-up.  Balance of classroom fee due at start of training.)

Deadline for sign up is:

***April 15, 2012***

You will need to provide the following:

• Sack lunch, snacks, bottled water, etc.

• Notebook/pen/highlighter for classroom activity

• 100 rounds of factory-loaded ammunition ...(NO reloads and NO Magnum loads)

• Eye protection (Available onsite if needed, at no charge.)
• Ear protection (Available onsite if needed, at no charge.)
• Suggested - Hat with brim, visor, i.e. baseball cap
• Handgun (Please note:  Instructor will have .22 caliber handguns available for use for a $10.00 cleaning fee.  You will still need to provide the ammunition (please purchase .22 caliber LR (long Rifle) preferably Federal).

**NOTE:  You must be 21 years of age to take this class.  If you are UNDER 21 years of age, you may attend the entire class and be certified for BASIC PISTOL.  (Basic Pistol does not certify you to carry a concealed weapon.)   Please see sign-up information below.

Where:  Russ-Stick Acres (Firing range)

(Classwork held at Cedar Bend Farm)

When: 

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

(8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.)

AND

Sunday, May 6th, 2012

(8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.)

Coming from out of town, or just want to make it a Retreat Experience?

Why not stay and have an evening fireside chat with like-minded folks?  We hope you will join us!

NO CHARGE for overnight accommodations!  Just bring a sleeping bag and pillow~!  You will be staying with us at the Heart's Rest @ Cedar Bend Farm. (Click to view)

Please let us know upon sign-up if you wish to make a reservation for your FREE overnight stay on Saturday night.  (If you are driving from a considerable distance, you may also arrive Friday evening - just let us know so we can plan for your stay.)

Directions to

Russ-Stick Acres: 

(Do not use online mapping unless you wish to end up in Timbuktu.)

• At stoplight (there is only one) in Mancelona on US 131, turn West on M-88. 
• After several blocks you will see a Mancelona “Do It Best” Hardware on your right. (Across the street is a cemetery.) 
• Turn R at the Hardware on Cedar River Rd. Go approximately 2 miles.
• E. Simpson Rd. will be on your left.
• Turn L on E. Simpson Rd. 
• We are the first driveway on the Left.

NOTE:  Please leave your gun(s) and ammo in your vehicle until you are authorized to bring them into the training area.  Thank you.

This course is brought to you by Russ-Stick Acres and 1st Defense LLC.

If you have any questions regarding class content,  you may contact Mike Slomkowski (1st Defense, LLC) at:

slomkows@power-net.net

 If you have any questions regarding travel to Russ-Stick Acres, accommodations or signing up for the class, you may contact Russ Sutherby at:

russ_stickacres@yahoo.com

***Please note, you may also mail check or Money Order for class sign up if you prefer.  Please make it out to: 

Russ-Stick Acres

P.O. Box 903

Mancelona, MI  49659

Sorry, credit cards are not accepted.  You must pay your balance with check, cash or Money Order.  Thank you.

We hope to see you there!!

Russ-Stick Acres and 1st Defense, LLC.

**Please note, 1st Defense, LLC reserves the right to cancel this class at any time, due to insufficient enrollment.

Here's an amazing testimony from our winter class, held in February 2011.

"If you're even thinking about thinking of taking this class, just do it. It's an incredible amount of truly necessary information. I thought I knew firearm safety, and I took lots away from this class. Mike is a true professional - leaving students feeling safe and well-informed and most importantly - always answering questions thoroughly. Even if you only carry your sidearm from camp to your hunting blind, this class will help you be a safer and more defensive-minded shooter and carrier." Brandon Palmer - Traverse City, MI area CCW graduate - 2011