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6 area schools prep
for archery event
Students from six area schools, including three from Schuylkill County, are among the 44 that have registered for the 2015 National Archery in the Schools Program State Tournament. Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the tournament is Friday, March 13, at State College.
Representing Schuylkill County are Williams Valley High School, Pine Grove Middle School and Gillingham Charter School. Other schools participating from the area are Upper Dauphin High School and middle school, Halifax High School and middle school and Millersburg High School.
Nearly 900 students from all grades are expected to compete on 95 lanes of two archers each. Participants will have the opportunity to qualify for the national tournament, May 7-9 in Louisville, Kentucky.
For information on the NASP and starting a team, contact PGC NASP coordinator Todd Holmes at (717) 787-4250, Ext. 3330, or access the “PA NASP” page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PennNASP.
Ringtown call maker
radio show guest
Austin Hornberger of Hornberger Custom Calls, Ringtown, is today’s guest of Republican-Herald/News-Item outdoors editor Doyle Dietz on “Experience The Outdoors,” winner of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association award for best outdoors radio program, 7-7:30 a.m. on WLSH 1410-AM, 9:30-10 a.m. on WMGH, Magic 105.5-FM, and on the Web at www.wmgh.com by clicking the “Experience The Outdoors” link.
Banquets
• Saturday, March 14: Sweet Arrow Lake County Park Pancake Breakfast, 7:30-11 a.m., Sweet Arrow Lake clubhouse, Pine Grove. Schuylkill Spurs NWTF Chapter Heritage Banquet, 5 p.m., Community Fire Company, Landingville; for information and tickets, contact Jeff Post at (570) 366-7783 or Mike Corbin at (570) 929-1622. United Bowhunters of Pennsylvania, 6 p.m., Sheraton Hotel, 4650 Lindle Road, Harrisburg; for information, call (800) 279-2024 or access website at
www.ubpofpa.org.
• Saturday, March 21: St. Michael’s Sportsman Game Dinner, 5:30 p.m., St. Michael’s Hall, 538 Sunbury St., Minersville; for information and tickets, call (570) 789-1503.
Hunter-Trapper
Education Classes set
Saturday, March 21: Friedensburg Fish and Game, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., 169 Stone Mountain Road, Pine Grove, register online at www.gohuntpa.org; Short Mountain Conservation Club, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Gun Club Road, Lykens; register online at www.gohuntpa.org or call (717) 896-3666 or (717) 362-8059.
Shows
Hunting and Fishing Flea Market, Saturday, March 21, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Clarks Summit United Methodist Church, 1310 Morgan Highway, Clarks Summit; for information, access the website at www.jandbhuntfishshow.com or call Bob Kester at (570) 587-0214 or (570) 587-4427.
Today’s events
3D, 8 a.m., Friedensburg Fish and Game, 169 Stone Mountain Road, Pine Grove; for information, call (610) 763-4925. Muzzleloader shoot, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., First Frontier Militia, Bowmanstown Rod and Gun Club, Gun Club Road, off Route 248; for information, contact Ken Milburn at (610) 767-6222 or Dave Algard at (610) 760-8333. Lehigh Valley Sportsman Show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Agri-Plex, Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown; for information, call (610) 395-5280 or access the website at www.lehighvalleysportsmanshow.com.
This week’s events
• Saturday: Geo Catching for Beginners, 10 a.m., Blue Marsh Lake Dry Brooks Day Use Area, Bernville; for information and registration, call (610) 374-2944. Fly tying for beginners, noon to 3 p.m., Gordon Borough Hall, ages 8 and older; for registration and information, contact John Towey at (570) 205-2682.
• Sunday, March 15: 3D, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Seltzer Gun Club, 532 Seltzer Road; for information, contact Matt Balulis at (570) 640-1938. Sporting clays, 9 a.m., Friedensburg Fish and Game, 169 Stone Mountain Road, Pine Grove; for information, call (610) 763-4925.
— Compiled by Doyle Dietz