Eleven 3,000 point Rifle Awards for were given to William Tatsch Jr., Derick Hollowell, Jim Schaefer, Raul Mendez, Daniel Sanchez, Charles Good, Ferris Bavousett, Claude Hicks Jr., Charles Snowden and Phil Brakebill. Pictured to the left are five of the twelve instructors that received their 2500 point Award of a Gift Certificate for a Ruger Single Six to be redeemed at McBride’s Gun Shop in Austin. With Terry Erwin are Donnie Kee, Charles Snowden, Danny Odem, James Davis and Jim Schaefer. The others not pictured are Zona Worcester, Robert Ferguson, Roger Coleman, Leslie Freeman, John Woolfe, Ernest Roney Jr., Wm. R. Douglas and Derick Hollowell. |
| The 2006 Annual Conference and Awards Banquet was held at the Fredonia Hotel in Nacogdoches, Texas on February 17th, 18th. And the quarterly THEIA meeting was on the 19th. The weather got nasty that weekend but we had a good turn out in spite of the winter weather. |
| For those who could make it on Friday there was a Barbeque and mixer for people to get to know each other. Saturday morning started off with breakfast and then Opening Ceremonies. The Sheriff’s Department provided the Color Guard for posting the Colors and a County Judge was the key note speaker. The Sheriff and several local Game Wardens were also guests.. |
| During the day there seminars on Alligator Wildlife Management, Trapping , How Game Laws and Administrative Orders are Enacted and a session of meet the Game Wardens in the Afternoon.. The evening Awards Banquet had good attendance of about sixty people. A delicious dinner was served while a Silent Auction was in progress around the sides of the room. After the meal the fun began with a live auction after the Service Awards presentations.. |
| Service Awards were given to those in attendance who had earned them the previous year. Pictured to the right with Terry Erwin are the recipients of the top Award, The Hunter Education Instructors Hall of Fame; Roger O’ Dwyer, Cyndi Sykora, George Sykora and Jim Haynes. There were five instructors that qualified for the 3,500 point Shotgun Award for last year not pictured. They are Frank Moore, Donald Barker, Gerald Chapman, J. R. Brown and Ferris Bavousett. |
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Nacogdoches 2006
