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Registration open
for women’s event
Registration is under way for “Women’s Outdoors Day,” sponsored by the Schuylkill County Sportsmen’s Association for women ages 16 and older, Saturday, Aug. 18, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Friedensburg Fish and Game, 169 Stone Mountain Road, Pine Grove.
The event is free, but lunch and a complimentary T-shirt are included, so participants are required to preregister. A variety of outdoors skills will be presented, and most of the instructors are women.
For information and registration, contact Christy Zulli at (570) 622-3742 or czulli@co.schuylkill.pa.us.
Kriston tops field
at Field Day event
Jon Kriston, 15, of Branchdale, was the top scorer in the written examination at the recent Norm Thornburg Youth Conservation Camp sponsored by the Schuylkill County Sportsmen’s Association at the Schuylkill County Fairgrounds, Summit Station.
Kriston, who was sponsored by Minersville Fish and Game, earned a scholarship to next year’s Penn State Conservation Leadership School at Stone Valley Recreation Area. Participants were given a written test the final day of the three-day camp that was based on activities they were taught.
Molly Ulsh, 15, of Schuylkill Haven and sponsored by Brownsdale Hunting Club, placed second and earned a $100 Cabela’s gift card. Jared Sterner, 14, of Orwigsburg and sponsored by Pine Valley Sportsmen Club, placed third and earned a $50 Cabela’s gift card.
NMLRA president radio show guest
National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association president Rebecca Waterman 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
• Friedensburg Fish and Game Pig Roast, Saturday, Aug. 22, 3 p.m., 169 Stone Mountain Road, Pine Grove; for information, call (484) 520-5904.
• Schuylkill County Sportsman’s Association, Saturday, Sept. 12, 5 p.m., Community Fire Company, Landingville; for early reservation bonus by Aug. 15 and information, contact Ron Blew at (570) 943-2900.
• Schuylkill County Friends of NRA, Thursday, Sept. 24, 6 p.m., Saint Nicholas Hall, Route 901, Minersville; for reservations and information, call (570) 294-1302.
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
Sporting clays, 9 a.m., Friedensburg Fish and Game, 169 Stone Mountain Road, Pine Grove; for information, call (484) 520-5904. Port Clinton Fish and Game meeting, noon; for information, contact Ted Knoblauch at (610) 562-4310 or email pcfg1j@yahoo.com.
This week’s events
• Monday: Orwigsburg Gun Club meeting, 6:30 p.m., Gun Club Road, off Route 443 East, Orwigsburg; for information, email grammyminch@gmail.com. Friedensburg Fish and Game meeting, 8 p.m., 169 Stone Mountain Road, Pine Grove; for information, contact Lamar Hummel at (570) 617-8416, or email clhummel@epix.net.
• Thursday: Trap, 6-9 p.m., Orwigsburg Gun Club, Gun Club Road, off Route 443 East, Orwigsburg; for information, email grammyminch@gmail.com. Bats 101, 7 p.m., Blue Marsh Lake conference center, Bernville.
• Friday: Paddle Boarding for Beginners, 5 p.m., Church Road access, Blue Marsh Lake, Bernville; for required preregistration, call (610) 374-2944.
• Saturday: Hike with a Ranger, 8 a.m., Church Road access, Blue Marsh Lake, Bernville.
• Sunday, Aug. 9: 3D, 7 a.m., Friedensburg Fish and Game, 169 Stone Mountain Road, Pine Grove. Boat Safety Tips, 10:30 am, Dry Brooks Boat Launch, Blue Marsh Lake, Bernville.
— Compiled by Doyle Dietz