<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I had heard SOMETHING was in the "bail out" about arrows but I did not catch what. Thank you for sorting that out :D *filtering opinions here*<br><br><div><font style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(121, 74, 114);" size="3"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms;">Lady </span></font><font size="-1" face="Arial"><font style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(121, 74, 114);" size="3"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms;">Siobhan ingenTigernaich</span></font><br>House of </font>Cynrede Spîritus<br><font size="-1" face="Arial">Seneschal, Canton of </font>Skorragardr<br>Nordsteorra, Kingdom of Ansteorra<br>It's not the color of the <font color="#7f007f">T</font><font color="#ff0000">e</font><font color="#0000ff">x</font><font color="#00bf60">t </font>but how you use <font color="#7f007f" face="comic sans ms"><em>it</em></font>.<img
src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif"></div><br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 10/7/08, Ulf Gunnarsson <i><ulfie@cox.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Ulf Gunnarsson <ulfie@cox.net><br>Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] The arrow tax<br>To: ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org<br>Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 1:56 AM<br><br><pre>As a reminder, this list is *not* for the discussion of controversial<br>modern world politics. It's about archery here in Ansteorra.<br><br>So I won't go into my personal opinions of last week's economic<br>bailout.<br>Catch me sometime off-list; I'll fill your ear.<br><br>The thing about it that is pertinent to us archers is: 43 cents.<br><br>Tucked into the new plan was something to fix the problems that hit us<br>in 2004 when a flat 43 cent tax was added to each arrow shaft. It looks<br>like that is getting
lifted or set back to a percentage (I haven't found<br>out which yet).<br><br>http://www.oregonlive.com/money/index.ssf/2008/10/an_oregon_arrow_maker_suffers.html<br><br>I didn't notice a change yet in Rose City's prices, but this could mean<br>lighter weight arrows are going to be affordable again. Rose City's<br>sales have dropped to a tenth of what they were four years ago.<br><br>I would be interested in hearing any details of the exact change and<br>when it will take effect. We have several archers who shoot 30# bows or<br>lighter.<br><br>Various organizations have dropped their archery programs due to the<br>increased prices. Namron has children shooters and I know we are not<br>alone. Now would be a good time, in my opinion, for groups to step in<br>to that gap and pull in those kids that would have been shooting if<br>their scout group still had archery. This isn't about the recruiting<br>potential; it's because we all know the good that
learning archery does<br>for children, the focus and safety they learn, the social skills they<br>pick up.<br><br>Master Ulf Gunnarsson<br>Namron<br>... trying to set aside that 45# recurve for the 32# longbow ...<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Ansteorra-archery mailing list<br>Ansteorra-archery@lists.ansteorra.org<br>http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-archery-ansteorra.org<br></pre></blockquote></td></tr></table><br>