Art Peterson started shooting on a trap league at Metro Winchester Gun Club with friends in 1971. After a time Jerry Thomas suggested trying skeet. Art Shot leagues and some ATA. Then he married Charlene and bought a home. He worked at his family’s Service Station down the street. In 1982, Arlen Alfson suggested that he and Art should join a skeet league at Metro. Then they met Dean Beaulieu. They shot a lot of practice at Metro and at the Minneapolis Gun Club. Art saw that the NSSA registered shoots Looked fun, so he joined the Minnesota Skeet Shooting Association in about 1984. He immediately knew that it was a great association. He met many great friends there and got involved in the association. Dean Beaulieu became secretary and Art became Treasurer. Art received the checkbook from the previous treasurer, Gerald Welter. He thought it would be nice to put the data on the computer to record where the money came from and where it went. Art was the treasurer of the Minnesota Skeet Shooting Association for many years. He was also a Club director at Albany Skeet. Art has been a referee many times, and has traveled to many places to shoot skeet. He has participated in state shoots, world shoots, and zone shoots. His first Zone Shoot was at Omaha, Nebraska. Art shot in the World Championships at San Antonio with Wayne Lohman, Joe Daugherty, Ron Chandler, and Ed Schultz. In his words: “In the 90’s I met Mark VanderBloomer who worked behind the station - I did work on his truck, and left Skeet Shooting Magazines in it. We started shooting practice on Sundays with Dean Beaulieu & Arlen Alfson. Hank Woltman also began shooting with us. We started shooting events around the country together. Mark and I shot together at the Mini World, and in 2005, we took Hank Woltman with us. We had a lot of great times and made stories to remember. My new squad includes Mark VanderBloomer, Deon Thompson, Al Savage (who tells me to take my pills), and Bruce Pearson. They offer instruction, and we have a great time.” “Thanks to everyone in the Minnesota Skeet Shooting Association for your support. I have enjoyed skeet squads with many of you, but I always welcome someone new. New skeet shooters seem to become great friends."