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Junior Grand Prix
to be held at KSP
Keystone Shooting Park, located on the grounds of Martz’s Gap View Preserve, Dalmatia, will be the site of the United States Junior Grand Prix from Saturday, June 27, through Friday, July 3. Through a partnership agreement with the Richard King Mellon Family Foundation, Keystone Shooting Park will once again award $30,000 in added money to the gold, silver and bronze medalists in the five Olympic shotgun sports events.
Competition will be in women’s skeet, men’s skeet, men’s double trap, women’s trap and men’s trap. Gold medalists earn $3,000, silver medalists $2,000 and bronze medalists $1,000. Information is posted on the Keystone Shooting Park website at www.keystoneshootingpark.com/2015-united-states-junior-grand-prix.
Fishing guide to be
radio show guest
Fishing guide Rod Bates of Koinonia Guide Service will give an update on the Susquehanna River as today’s guest of Republican-Herald/News-Item outdoors editor Doyle Dietz on “Experience The Outdoors,” 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.
Banquets
Lobster, Chicken and Country, Sunday, July 12, noon to 5 p.m., ticket deadline Friday, June 26, Friedensburg Fish and Game; featuring Jesse Wade Gang; for information, call (570) 739-2085.
Education
Norm Thornburg Youth Conservation Camp, Thursday-Saturday, July 9-11, Schuylkill County Fairgrounds and Bear Creek Environmental Area, Summit Station, ages 13-15; for information and scholarship requests, contact “Porcupine Pat” McKinney at (570) 622-4124, ext. 113, or porcupinepat@yahoo.com.
Fishing
Deer Lake Catfish Derby, Saturday, July 11, to Saturday, Aug. 8, separate divisions for adults and 12 and younger; for applications and information, visit the Deer Lake and West Brunswick Township Fire Company or call (570) 366-2562.
Daily events
3D simulated hunting course, dawn to dusk through Saturday, Oct. 17, Bear’s Head Archery, 148 Lofty Road, Delano, off Exit 134 of I-81; closed for trap second and fourth Sundays, 1-5 p.m.; for information, call the club at (570) 467-0331.
Today’s events
Sporting clays, 9 a.m., Friedensburg Fish and Game, 169 Stone Mountain Road, Pine Grove; for information, call (484) 520-5904. Colonial Classic and Pennsylvania State Shoot, 9 a.m., Valley Gun and Country Club, Elysburg; for information, access the website at www.passatrap.org. Catch-and-Release Pond, noon to 5 p.m., Bass Pro Shops, 3501 Paxton St., Harrisburg; for information, call the store at (717) 565-5200. Blue Ridge Rifles Muzzleloader Club meets, 2 p.m., club grounds, Coon Club Road, off Route 183 south of Summit Station; for information, access the club’s Facebook page.
This week’s events
• Tuesday: Schuylkill County Trout Unlimited meeting, 7 p.m., Picnic Hole, Little Schuylkill River, New Ringgold; for information, contact Tony Mione at (717) 979-0235 or email tonymione@outlook.com.
• Wednesday-Friday: Nature Wildlife Adventure Camp, Sweet Arrow Lake County Park, Pine Grove; ages 4-6, 9:30-11 a.m.; ages 7-9, 1-2:30 p.m., for information, email “Porcupine Pat” McKinney at porcupinepat@yahoo.com.
• Thursday: Trap, 6-9 p.m., Orwigsburg Gun Club, Gun Club Road, off Route 443 East, Orwigsburg; for information, email grammyminch@gmail.com.
• Friday: Paddle Boarding for Beginners, 5 p.m., Blue Marsh Lake Church Road Access, Bernville; for required preregistration, call (610) 374-2944.
• Saturday: Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission Family Fishing Festival, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Francis Slocum State Park Day Use Boat Launch Area, Wyoming; fishing license fees are waived and tackle is provided for this free event, but preregistration is required by accessing www.GoneFishingPa.com. Family Fun Day with Bobber the Water Safety Dog, 2 p.m., Blue Marsh Lake Dry Brooks Day Use Area Swim Beach.
• Sunday, June 28: 3D, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Seltzer Gun Club, 532 Seltzer Road; for information, contact Matt Balulis at (570) 640-1938.
— Compiled by Doyle Dietz