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On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Instructor Kathleen Kennedy of Billerica, right, helps Emily Michel, 15, of Arlington, figure out how to make an adjustment to her compound bow. Compound bows are more accurate because they have more sights and peepholes, and therefore are used with smaller targets. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
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On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Instructor Kathleen Kennedy of Billerica, right, helps Emily Michel, 15, of Arlington, figure out how to make an adjustment to her compound bow. Compound bows are more accurate because they have more sights and peepholes, and therefore are used with smaller targets. (SUN/Julia Malakie)

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  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Leslie Whiteing , center, and her daughter Leann Cowan, right, both of North Billerica, get fitted with bows at their first session in the adult class, with help from Wendy Seymour of Billerica, who first got involved with archery to help teach her daughter's Girls Scout troop. Asked what prompted them to try archery, Whiteing said jokingly, "we're preparing for the Apocalypse. We want to be like Katniss." (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Katia Risola, 16, of Melrose, gets some coaching from Steve Seymour of Billerica, (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Bob Wait, left, picks out a set of arrows for Avanish Gowrishankar, 13, of Acton, as his parents Gowri and Preeth Gowrishankar look on. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Avanish Gowrishankar, 13, of Acton, retrieves his arrows. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Instructor Kathleen Kennedy of Billerica, center, helps Emily Michel, 15, of Arlington, figure out how to make an adjustment to her compound bow. Michel and Alex Grove, 14, of Tewksbury, right, use compound bows, which are more accurate because they have more sights and peepholes. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Emily Michel, 15, of Arlington, figures out how to make an adjustment to her compound bow, using a set of Allen wrenches. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Instructor Kathleen Kennedy of Billerica, right, helps Emily Michel, 15, of Arlington, figure out how to make an adjustment to her compound bow. Compound bows are more accurate because they have more sights and peepholes, and therefore are used with smaller targets. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Emily Michel, 15, of Arlington, and Alex Grove, 14, of Tewksbury, shoot with compound bows, which are more accurate because they have more sights and peepholes, and therefore are used with smaller targets. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. From left, Ben Evangelista, 17, of Westford, Steve Seymour of Billerica, and instructor Kathleen Kennedy of Billerica, look for arrows that overshot their targets. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Emma Seymour, 12, of Billerica, retrieves her arrows. [Per Bob Wait, Seymour is third in her age group at the Indoor Nationals.] (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Students retrieve their arrows. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Ben Evangelista, 17, of Westford, retrieves his arrows. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Students retrieve their arrows. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Catherine Crane, 13, of Wakefield, was taking her first class with On Site Archery. She'd done a little archery before at camp. (SUN/Julia Malakie)
  • On Site Archery (owner Bob Wait of Billerica), holds classes Saturday mornings at Vietnam Veterans Park in Billerica. Leslie Whiteing , left, and her daughter Leann Cowan, both of North Billerica, get fitted with bows at their first session in the adult class. Asked what prompted them to try archery, Whiteing said jokingly, "we're preparing for the Apocalypse. We want to be like Katniss." (SUN/Julia Malakie)
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