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Health board will not ban smokes at gun club  

Jump to full article: Nashoba Publishing (Devens, MA), 2010-03-19
Author: Mary E. Arata, marata

Intro:

A couple of months ago, an anonymous letter was sent to the Ayer Board of Health, complaining of cigarette smoke creeping out of the members-only room and into publicly used areas at the Ayer Gun and Sportsmen's Club on Snake Hill Road.

After discussion, the Board opted to table the issue and not seek to snuff out the sportsmen's smoking.

The letter's author identified himself only as a prospective member of the club, but only if the alleged matter was taken care of. The writer said the alleged situation "is a danger to peoples' health and to the health of people who visit of the club for any type of event or activity."

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