86 year old wins shooting competition
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- Published on Thursday, October 30, 2014
Pictured Rudy Macks & Evelyn Leffingwell, Frank Leffingwell's widow and organizer of the annual Frank Leffingwell Memorial Shoot.
By Kate Jackman Atkinson
The Neepawa Banner
On Sept. 20, Plumas-born Rudy Macks turned 87 but the month before, his steady aim helped him top a shooting competition.
On Aug. 16, Macks headed from his home in Calgary to Lethbridge, to take part in the 14th annual Frank Leffingwell Memorial Shoot. Macks came away a winner, winning the aggregate with a score of 6.361. He also won the 200-yard with a score of 1.607 and was third in the 100-yard with a score of 0.969. The shoot was in memory of his long-time friend and shooting competitor, Frank Leffingwell.
Macks grew up in Plumas and as one of seven children, he still has many relatives in the area.
Macks鈥� youthful enthusiasm isn鈥檛 limited to shooting. He used to work on ranches and about three years ago, he helped a friend with their round up. Getting on a horse for the first time in about 40 years, he said that the two-day round up of 1,250 steers was a great experience.
