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Free shoot for youth
at Ashland Gun Club
Ashland Gun Club’s annual free age-group youth trap shoot is Saturday, July 18, beginning with registration at 11 a.m. in the clubhouse, 667 Fountain St., Fountain Springs. Participants are responsible for their own shotgun, shells and hearing and eye protection for a round of 25 clay birds.
Trophies will be presented for the top shooters in age groups 8-10, 11-12, 14-14 and 15-16 and overall winners.
For information, contact Craig Wagner at (570) 875-2094.
Outdoors children’s author radio guest
Outdoors children’s books author Kathy Miller of New Ringgold 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.
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, contact the club at (570) 467-0331.
Today’s events
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. Forks of the Delaware Historical Arms Society Gun Show, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Agri-Plex, Allentown Fairgrounds, 17th and Chew streets, Allentown. “Mystical Red Hole Ramble,” 1-4 p.m., meets at Schuylkill County Ag Center, Route 901, for visit to French and Indian War encampment.
This week’s events
• Monday: Sportsmen’s Rally for Clean Water, 6-8 p.m. at Snitz Creek Brewery, 7 North 9th St., Lebanon.
• Monday and Tuesday: Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission meeting, Monday, 12:45 p.m.; Tuesday, 8 a.m.; agency headquarters, 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.
• Wednesday: Wild About Wetlands, 10 a.m., Stilling Basin, Blue Marsh Lake, Bernville. Schuylkill County Sportsmen’s Advisory Board meeting, noon, Red Lion Café, Pine Grove; for information, contact the Schuylkill Conservation District at (570) 622-3742.
• Thursday: Trap, 6-9 p.m., Orwigsburg Gun Club, Gun Club Road, off Route 443 East, Orwigsburg; for information email grammyminch@gmail.com.
• Friday: Reach, Throw, Row, Don’t Go, 1 p.m., Dry Brooks Day Use Area Swim Beach, Blue Marsh Lake, Bernville. Basic kayaking course, ages 12 and older, 5 p.m., Tuscarora State Park, Barnesville; kayaks, paddles and personal flotation devices available for rent; children must be accompanied by an adult; for required preregistration visit park office or call (570) 467-2506.
• Saturday: Fungi Presentation, 10 a.m., Tuscarora State Park visitor center, Barnesville; for required preregistration call (570) 467-2506. Beginner Fern ID Walk, 10 a.m. to noon, Education Building, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Kempton; for required preregistration call (610) 756-6961. Beginner Paddling Skills, 1-4 p.m., Stilling Basin, Blue Marsh Lake, Bernville; for required preregistration call (610) 374-2944. Star Watch, 9 p.m., Church Road Access, Blue Marsh Lake, Bernville.
• Sunday, July 19: Sporting clays, 9 a.m., Friedensburg Fish and Game, 169 Stone Mountain Road, Pine Grove; for information call (484) 520-5904. He’s Safe, He’s Out, 10:30 a.m., State Hill Boat Launch, Blue Marsh Lake, Bernville. “Spirit Trail Hike at Tuscarora State Park,” 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., meet at Tuscarora Visitor Center. Barnesville; for information, contact “Porcupine Pat” McKinney at porcupinepat@yahoo.com or (570) 622-4124, ext. 113. Blue Ridge Rifles Muzzleloader Club meets, July 19, 2 p.m., club grounds, Coon Club Road, off Route 183 south of Summit Station; for information access the club Facebook page.
— Compiled by Doyle Dietz