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Education Sables President’s Message
Sables Convention Luncheon
Dream Hunts Produce Results
American Wilderness Leadership School
Inaugural SCIF Boy Scout School
Education Sables President Awards
Sables Hunting Heritage Scholars
Northern Nevada Chapter Chukar Hunt
San Diego Junior Pheasant Hunt Report
By Susan Bowers and Doug Streed
Chapter Youth Program Grant Awards
The Salvation Army Outdoors Training
SCI Orange County Chapter
Supporting Sandia School
by Mary Lynn West, Orange County
Education Sables Rep
2013 Election Candidates
Sables Mission
To further the understanding of our outdoor heritage,
including the positive role of hunting, through the
creation and support of wildlife conservation
education programs that are consistent with the
educational mission and purposes of SCI and SCIF.
Join Online at www.SafariClubFoundation.org
Education Sables memberships:
• $50 Education Advocate
• $75 3-year membership
• $500 Life membership (SCI Life members
pay only $250 for an Education Sables
Life Membership)
For information on Donations, Committees and Membership,
visit our website www.safariclubfoundaton.org/sables, contact the
SCIF Education Department at 877-877-3265 or E-mail to
sables@safariclub.org
OUR FRONT COVER:
We thank artist Ezra
Tucker for his support of
SCIF Education Sables.
Please visit his website
at: ezratucker.com to
see more of his
outstanding work.
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2012-2013 SABLES GOVERNING BOARD
& STEERING COMMITTEES
President: Sherry Maddox
explorer111749@aol.com
502.253.9679
Vice President: Sandra Sadler
twodotranch@hotmail.com
830.640.3256
DIRECTORS
Director:Amy Drewnowski
mjdabd@csonline.net
814.437.3102
Director: Merle Shepard
scishep@aol.com
313.268.1727
Director: Eddie Grasser
eddie@aksafariclub.org
907.745.6166
Alt. Director: Veronica Kosich
veronicakosichesq@verizon.net
518.755.1899
Secretary: JoDean Peters
littlestsisjo@aol.com
253.988.2727
Treasurer: Steve Skold
steves@skoldcompanies.com
515.264.8420
GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE
Chair – Sandra Sadler
twodotranch@hotmail.com
830-640-3256
CHAPTER SABLES REP
& MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
Chair –Len Dickinson
dickinl@explornet.com
613.257.7181
NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Chair - Eddie Grasser
eddie@aksafariclub.org
907.745.6166
ELECTORS AT-LARGE POSITIONS
2012-2013 EDUCATION
Richard McDevitt
SABLES COMMITTEE
amurt@turbinetoolandgage.com
Chair – Sherry Maddox
248.474.7028
explorer111749@aol.com
Marty Paulin
502.253.9679
paulin6095@comcast.net
805.736.8035
Vice Chair – Sandra Sadler
twodotranch@hotmail.com
DISTRICT ELECTORS
830-640-3256
Barbara DeGraw
degrawb@aol.com
EDUCATION
858-539-9925
FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE
Len Dickinson
Chair – Steve Skold
dickinl@xplornet.com
steves@skoldcompanies.com
613-257-7181
515.264.8420
Robin Jerauld
rjerauld@toast.net
607-988-6876
GRANTS SUBCOMMITTEE
Chair – Paul Whitelock
wpaulw@cox.net
949.533.0850
AWLS SUBCOMMITTEE
Chair – Amy Drewnowski
mjdabd@csonline.net
814.437.3102
SCHOLARSHIP SUBCOMMITTEE
Chair – Steve Skold
steves@skoldcompanies.com
515.264.8420
CONVENTION TEAM
Chair – Mary Lynn West
mwestmover@hughes.net
951.443.4416
STAFF LIAISONS
Sue Hankner
shankner@safariclub.org
520.620.1220
Todd Roggenkamp
troggenkamp@safariclub.org
520.954.0664
Karen Crehan
kcrehan@safariclub.org
520.620.1220
Education Sables Members Dedicated to Education
Sables
President
Message
BY SHERRY MADDOX
SCIF SABLES PRESIDENT
I have had the honor of holding the office
of Education Sable President for the past
two years. Over that time I’ve had the
privilege to work with an incredible group
of women and men dedicated to
“Continuing Our Outdoor Heritage.” In
thinking about my final President message
for the Sables Enews I reflected back to
when and why I joined Sables. I hope the
following inspires others as it inspired me to
join Sables.
“Why join Education Sables?” The replies
are many, but the central focus comes back
to a single word - education. Education of
youth and educators working with youth is
the key to next generation’s support for
conservation and the positive role of
hunting.
•All funds raised by Sables are dedicated to
SCI Foundation Education programs.
•Education Sables provide support to
youth shooting sports and conservation
activities that includes grant funds to
SCI/F Chapters to invest in their
communities.
•Education Sables support the American
Wilderness Leadership School (AWLS) with
5,400 Educator and 1,600 Youth alumni.
We have accomplished so much, but have
so much to do. We urge you to join
Education Sables, today. Choose a one year
($50), a three year membership ($75) or a life
membership ($500). SCI Life Members pay
$250 for a Sables Life Membership.
Become a part of this special organization,
focused on education and “Continuing our
Outdoor Heritage.” Contact the SCIF
Education Department to learn more about
Education Sables programs or to request a
membership form: (520) 620-1220 ext. 231. ♦
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SCIF Education Sables Annual
Luncheon Show & Auction
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Thank You to Sables Convention Donors!
SCIF Education Sables take this opportunity to recognize their many donors for their
continued support of Sables fundraising activities. Because of their generosity, funds
raised during the Convention will allow SCI Foundation education programs to flourish.
Action Outdoor Adventures
Africa Sport Hunting Safaris
African Elephant Hair Bracelets
African Tradition
Alpine Hunting Adventure Ltd
Amazon River Adventures
Appleby's Animals
Audrey Murtland
Barbara Strawberry
Barlow Classical Wildlife Sculpture
Brit West
Brockman's Rifles
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Brown Precision Inc.
Bud Burger Bronze Sculpture
Buffalo Creek Ranch, Inc.
Call Of Africa
Cazatur
Denver Sables
Diekie Muller Safaris
Explorer Satellite Communications
Ezra Tucker Fine Art
Gary Johnson Studio
Granite Bay Sables
Heritage Collectables
Hunt Trip Spain
Jackelen Garments
Joan Marie Galleries
Joshua Spies Fine Art
Kiwi Safaris New Zealand
Lad Shunneson Adventures
Laser Shot Inc.
Leather Renditions By Sandi
Len Dickinson
Madubula Safaris
Mayo Oldiri Camp
McGuire and Hines Studios
MG Arms, Inc.
Montage West
Montana Watch Company
Nalpak Group/Tuffpak
Orange County/Leann Collins
Ornaments Fine Jewelry
Paparazzi Fur
Premier Safaris Inc.
Quinlan Ranches New Mexico, LLC
Rand's Custom Hatters
Rata Maire Deer - New Zealand
Rex Foster Artist
Robin Jerauld
Russ Smith-Hunting Worldwide, Inc.
Safari Anticosti Inc.
Sanctuary II Inc.
San Francisco Bay Area Sables
Sheepskin Coat Factory
Sherry Maddox
Sherry Steele Unlimited
Singleton-Moss Custom
Goldsmith & Jewelry Design
South American Adventure Safaris
Stamascus Knife Works
Corp/Beauchamp Knives
Steve Skold
Sturm, Ruger & Co
Su King Fashions
Swarovski Optik N America Ltd.
Tam Safaris
Thabazimbi Safaris
The Sheepherder
Three Forks Ranch Corp
Triple H Hunting LLC
Trophy Hunting Spain
Umdende Lifestyle Safaris
Veronica Kosich
Whitewater Adventures, LLC.
William Furs
Zulu Nyala Safaris
SCI Foundation Education Sables Committee Programs
American Wilderness Leadership Schools (AWLS)
Chapter Youth Grants
Hands On Wildlife Learning Kit
SCIF Scholarships
Matching Grants
Sables Hunting Heritage Scholarships
Dream Hunts Produce Results
E
ducation Sables solicit and promote
students to attend the American
Dream Hunt auction items solely for
Wilderness Leadership School youth
the purpose of dedicating
session and tuition paid
the proceeds to SCI
for classroom teachers
The
Sables
Foundation education
to learn how to teach
programs that continue
conservation and
Education
Dream
our outdoor and hunting
shooting sports to their
Hunts
are
a
win
heritage. The donor wants
students.
to support Education
Many of us dream that
for
all
involved!!
Sables and their
youth will follow in our
programs. The buyer is
footsteps, however if we
looking for a dream hunt and a way to
look over our shoulder and do not see
support Education Sables programs that
the next generation of conservationists
engage more youth in hunting and
and hunters following us, our outdoor
shooting sports.
heritage will not be sustained.
For the donor, buyer and youth the
Education Sables Dream Hunt Auction
end result is funds to buy pellet gun
donors and buyers help us all move in
kits to teach firearms safety to more
that direction. ♦
youth, archery equipment for teachers
starting a National Archery in the
Watch for
Schools program, financial support for
Dream Hunt III
developing leadership skills in young
shooting ambassadors so they can
at the 2014
become advocates for the shooting
SCI Convention!
sports, tuition paid for high school
Pierre Guerrini of Faro-West
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American Wilderness Leadership School (AWLS)
What is The AWLS Educator Workshops about?
Who Should Attend AWLS?
The primary clientele of the AWLS
program are classroom teachers and
other educators. They are the people
who influence the learning, the
thinking and the attitudes of their
students and others in their
communities. When given the
knowledge and tools they become
energized and motivated to go back to
their teaching environments and
communities to help others to
understand conservation and the
positive role of hunting. Educators can
include school administrators,
classroom teachers, nature center and
watershed district staff, parks system
staff, Game & Fish department staff,
and librarians - Adults who teach
youth in a learning environment.
AWLS is professional development
in conservation education, outdoor
education, hands-on learning and
using the outdoors as a classroom or
learning environment.
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AWLS attendees are expected to be
“thinkers”. As the workshop proceeds
they are expected to think about and
discuss:
Conservation and Wildlife
Management in North America
•What is Conservation, how did it
come about and how is it practiced?
•What role does science play in
conservation?
•What role do the values of the
citizenry and politics play?
•As you observe and hear about
human impacts on wildlife habitat
and management in Wyoming think
about what wildlife issues there are
in the state/province in which you
live. How is wildlife managed in
your state/province?
•What are the human impacts on
wildlife in your state/province?
•What contribution can you make to
conservation in North America?
•How can you teach conservation and
wildlife principles in your teaching
environment?
•What is the historical role of the
sportsman in conservation?
•What is the sportsmen contribution
to conservation and wildlife
management today?
•As the number of hunters/fishermen
decrease and along with that a
decrease in wildlife management
funding what are options for
continued funding of conservation
and wildlife management?
•What conservation lessons can you
impart in your teaching
environment?
AWLS is about presenting the science of conservation and the positive role of hunting.
The North American Model of Wildlife Management is the core of conservation understanding.
AWLS Educator Workshop Classes Include
• Conservation Wildlife Ecology
• Science
• Fly Tying – bugs and what fish eat
• Stream Ecology
• Lessons to teach conservation education
• Field trips to observe wildlife habitat and
human impacts
• Field trips to meet and talk with ‘in the
field wildlife
professionals’
• Shooting sports –
hands-on learning – archery & firearms
• How to teach archery
• Outdoor Survival & How to teach it
• Learning about the Yellowstone Eco
System from experienced park ranger
and science teacher
• Teton National Park Visitor Center
What AWLS Graduates Can Take Home
• Conservation education lesson plans aligned with
national science standards
• Conservation education lesson plans to teach through
social studies, math, language arts, fine arts
• College credits from Colorado State University and/or
AWLS continuing education units
• NASP instructor certification
• First Steps Certification in basic rifle
• USB Drive Content: AWLS Course outline, EIEIO
curriculum, photos, participant contact list, AWLS staff
contact list, power point presentation representing their
AWLS course, link to North American Model of Wildlife
Management curriculum, and more.
• A list of resources for free education instructional
materials
• Motivating instructional methods to use in teaching youth
• New experiences and energy in life.
• New friends and colleagues
Contact an educator near you to recruit to the AWLS program.
Persuade your SCI/F Chapter leadership to sponsor educators from
their communities to AWLS. Help Education Sables recruit and sponsor educators. More AWLS graduates is more youth hearing and being
taught a positive message about conservation and the role of hunting.
For more information
contact the SCI Foundation Director of Education at
(520) 620-1220 ext. 294 or shankner@safariclub.org.
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AWLS facility
rental
Corporate retreat or training,
group vacation
Available Dates:
September and October
Cabin rentals
on limited basis
during summer months.
Amenities include: firearms range, archery range, hiking trails,
Granite Creek for fishing, hot springs nearby, wildlife viewing.
Within 1 hour drive of Jackson, Wyoming and Teton National Park.
Contact SCIF Education Department
(520) 620-1220 ext 231
kcrehan@safariclub.org
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AWLS Recruiting Educators
The future of hunting is in the hands
of future generations – our youth.
T
hanks to generous donations from
those who support the mission of
the American Wilderness Leadership
School (AWLS) more educators will be
travelling this summer to Jackson, WY
for an eight-day professional
development experience in the
mountains at Granite Creek Ranch.
AWLS is where hands-on outdoor
learning is the practice, where
educators learn how to integrate
conservation lessons into science,
math, physical education, language
arts, fine arts and social studies.
AWLS conservation education is a
multi-disciplinary form of teaching
youth about the natural world in
which they live.
Educators are also introduced to, and
become more comfortable with, the
shooting sports – rifle, shotgun and
archery. They earn National Archery in
the Schools instructor certification which
they will take back to their schools to
engage their students in the sport.
Each educator can deliver a
conservation message with the
positive role of hunting to thousands
of youth throughout their career and
can influence the thinking and
attitudes of colleagues and others in
their communities. The future of
hunting is in the hands of future
generations – our youth. Educators are
closely connected to, and can
influence, today’s and tomorrow’s
youth by teaching the value of
conservation and hunting. ♦
A very sincere Thank You to:
SCI/F Chapters
Chapter Sables Committees
Hunter Legacy 100 Fund
Cabelas
Mossy Oak
Individual SCI and Sables members
American Wilderness
Leadership School (AWLS)
Wish List
People, instructional materials, and
equipment make the American Wilderness
Leadership School a success in teaching
conservation education. Education Sables,
with oversight responsibilities of AWLS,
raise funds for all SCI Foundation
education programs including AWLS. Two
times each year Education Sables have an
ASK for donations to AWLS. This is the
Wish List for the Spring ASK.
Donate money toward the purchase or
donate the equipment. Your donation is tax
deductible and very much appreciated.
• Two 20 gauge left-handed shotguns
youth/women models
• 20 and 12 gauge shotguns to replace
older well-used models
• Replace LaserShot for teaching
introduction to shotgun
• 10’x12’ Ez up Gazebo tent for pistol range
• A new or newer used 15 passenger van
• Tools for building and vehicle repairs
and maintenance
• National Archery in the Schools Instruction
Certification Packets
• Replace convection oven in the kitchen
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2012 Work Weekend Crew
AWLS Work Weekend SCI Foundation – Granite Creek Ranch
May 28 – June 1, 2013 Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat.
I plan to attend AWLS work weekend!
Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
City: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
State: _________ Zip: ___________ Phone: ___________________ Email: ___________________________Chapter: ____________________
Airport Arrival Time: _______________ Flight # ______________ Date: ________________________________________________________
I will drive to AWLS and arrive @ __________________________ Date: _______________________________________________________
Please contact the SCIF Education Department if you have any questions or concerns.
Phone: 520-620-1220 x 231
Fax: 520-618-3538 kcrehan@safariclub.org
AWLS Phone: 307-200-4060
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First Ever Advanced AWLS Program
M
any AWLS alumni asked for an
Advanced AWLS. We did some
research into what that meant to them.
They said they wanted to take the next
steps to their first AWLS outdoor
experiences. The end product is three
separate components to the workshop.
Choose from learning to turkey hunt
or learning to bow hunt deer or learn
the particulars of fly fishing. Learn
biology basics and the ‘How To’ of
hunting or fishing. Workshop dates are
August 11 – 16, 2013. The fee is $525.
This is first offered to AWLS alumni.
If registrations are not full by April 1
with AWLS alumni the workshop is
opened to SCI and Sables members
and their families and friends.
Applications are available from the
SCIF Education Department at (520)
620-1220 ext. 231. Applicants must be
at least age 18. ♦
These workshops are geared toward
a beginner that wants to build self
confidence in knowing how to hunt or
fish. Instructors are professionals in
their field. Class sizes are small to
allow for more attentive instruction.
AWLS – where learning is the best!
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Inaugural SCIF Boy Scout Shoot
E
ducation Sables had two teams in
the Inaugural SCIF Boy Scout
Sporting Clays Shoot fundraiser on
January 22nd. Skold Construction was
their sponsor and provided shooting
vests for each team member. While
they didn’t win as teams, Jane Brown
Keller won Second Place Woman and
Ingrid Poole Williams won Third Place
Woman. The teams had a good deal of
fun shooting and cheering each other
on. All for a good cause! ♦
Veronica Kosich,
Ingrid Poole
Williams,
Deb Cunningham,
Jane Brown Keller
with Sables
Vice President
Sandra Sadler
Merle Shepard,
Cindy Marlenee,
Wilt Williams,
Don Brown with
Sables President
Sherry Maddox
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Education
Sables
President
Awards
Kirt Fredericks, from Washington, has been
leading the Luncheon Twenty Male Team
Servers for 6 years.
Scott Chapman, from Michigan, has been the
Annual Sables Luncheon Show & Auction MC
for 7 years.
Education Training/Networking
At the SCI Foundation American Wilderness Leadership School
Jackson, Wyoming – Granite Creek Wilderness
FOR SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER EDUCATION SABLES
AND
CHAPTER EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVES
Fee: $250 per person
Includes training, lodging, meals and ground transportation to and from the Jackson, WY airport
Dates: June 1-4, 2013
• Exper ience a taste of the Amer ican Wilder ness
Leadership School Program and facility
• Meet and network with Chapter Education
Sables and Education Representatives
• Lear n about National Education Sables and
Safar i Club Inter national
• Lear n about SCI Foundation Education programs
• Lear n about available SCIF grants to Chapters
• Meet and lear n from AWLS instr uctional staf f
Tentative Agenda
June 1- Saturday
Arrivals, 6 p.m. dinner, Evening orientation
June 2 – Sunday
Tour facility, training, recreation activities, evening social
June 3 - Monday
Training, networking, recreation activities, relaxing evening
hot springs is available
June 4 – Tuesday
Morning: Recreation Activities: Shooting firearms,
target & 3 D Archery, fishing – Networking
Afternoon Departures for those having to leave Tuesday
Afternoon in Jackson – Ride the Teton Gondola to the
top of the Mountain, have dinner at one of the many
quality restaurants and do some shopping
June 5 – Wednesday Last Departures – a.m.
For more information contact: Sue Hankner, SCIF Director of Education
4800 West Gates Pass Rd., Tucson, AZ 85745
shankner@safariclub.org
520-620-1220 ext. 294 or Cell # 218-780-3453
Sables Hunting Heritage Scholars
Attend Convention
Northern Nevada
Chapter Chukar Hunt
Young
ladies
with
their
hunting
dog
partner
Left to right: Sue Monson, University of Montana Scholarship Donor, Sierra Grove, University of Idaho, Caci
Clark, West Virginia University, Kristina Gunderson, University of Montana, Christine Barnes, Unity College,
Steve Skold, Education Sables Scholarship Chair.
“Continuing Our Outdoor Heritage”
From this elegant and deceptively simple statement flow the education
programs supported and sponsored by Education Sables.
With the words “Our Outdoor Heritage,”
the Education Sables claim partnership
in the management and sustainable use
of natural resources. But the key word is
“Continuing,” and, indeed, the Education
Sables will continue their outdoor
stewardship as a primary goal.
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T
he SCI Northern Nevada Chapter
annually sponsors a youth and
ladies chukar hunt. The hunt begins
with free classroom and shooting
instructions to those with no shooting
or hunting experience and progresses
to firearms safety and refinement of
shooting skills. Twenty shooters with
volunteers and friends participated in
their recent chukar hunt with hunting
dogs doing their usual great job and
enough birds for all. Smiles were the
sign of the day! ♦
San Diego Junior Pheasant Hunt Report
By Susan Bowers and Doug Streed
On Sunday morning, March 3rd, 55
excited and eager youth, ages 9 to 15,
gathered in a beautiful grove of live
oak trees to check-in for what
promised to be a tremendous day. This
was the beginning of the San Diego
Junior Pheasant Hunt’s 10th annual
event, supported every year by the San
Diego Chapter of SCI. Each youth
checking in received an orange hat
festooned with the pheasant hunts’
name and a name tag which noted the
group each participant was assigned.
After the Pledge of Allegiance and a
moment of silence for our military and
veterans, the kids located their group
by colored
flag and
outfitter and
started off
for one of
six stations.
This year they
listened to a seminar on
wildlife, watched nationally
ranked pointer and retriever dogs
working through their various skills,
had a chance to shoot a bow at paper
animal targets, lined up to shoot clay
birds at a trap range, and then the most
exciting part of the day, off to the fields
to hunt a planted pheasant with a bird
dog and handler. The last stop was the
bird cleaning station where they
learned the proper method of field
dressing game. There are over fifty
volunteers who help make this day a
memorable one for the youth. Those
who were able to attend the shotgun
clinic on the afternoon before the hunt,
added a little practice with the shotgun
which helped make the pheasant hunt
in the field even more successful.
The Junior Pheasant Hunt Group
received an Education Sables grant to
help with this annual event and
encourage other chapters to create
similar programs for youth in their
area. ♦
There are over fifty volunteers who help
make this day a memorable one for the youth.
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2012 Chapter
Youth Program Grant Awards
Each spring the SCIF Education Sables Grant Subcommittee awards
Chapter Youth Program Grants. These are grants up to $5,000 to support
SCI/F chapter youth activities – developing new ones and expanding existing
programs. Recipients of these grants are chapters that partner with an
existing organization such as Salvation Army, Boy or Girl Scouts, Boy & Girls
Clubs, school archery programs, Game & Fish Departments, as well as other
conservation organizations, to name a few. For more information contact
Todd Roggenkamp at 520-954-0446 troggenkamp@safariclub.org. Below is a
list of chapter youth programs that received grants in 2012. ♦
• Alaska Chapter: Youth
shotgun league and small
game hunting clinic
• Kentuckiana Chapter:
2 day instruction for youth
hunter ed. Certificate, field
and classroom instruction
in hunting, safety and
conservation
• Lake Superior Chapter:
Support The Salvation Army
Outdoors program and
equipment at TSA Lake Camp
• Los Angeles Chapter:
• Saskatchewan River
Scholarship and equipment for Chapter: Battleford Archer
the Youth Safari Day Program
program and provincial shoot
• Ohio Chapter:
• SE Michigan Bowhunters
Youth outdoors camp
Chapter:
• Oklahoma Station
The Salvation Army Outdoors
Chapter: Operation Game
program at Echo Grove Camp
Thief program and display
• Tallahassee Chapter:
trailer – youth education
Purchase National Archery
• Ottawa Chapter: Youth
in the Schools Program
hunter education scholarships
equipment for North Bay
for Ontario Youth Hunter
Haven Charter School
Education program
Education Sables are looking to SCI/F Chapters to
engage youth in SCI/F Chapter outdoor programs.
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The Salvation Army Outdoors
(TSA) Upcoming Training
The partnership between Education Sables and The
Salvation Army Outdoors is reaching a point where
more youth are taking part in conservation education
activities as well as archery instruction. These outdoor
activities are a component of the The Salvation Army
youth character development program. Youth leaders
within Salvation Army are being trained to teach these
new activities at youth camps and community
facilities.
Instructors from the SCI Foundation American
Leadership School are travelling to Indiana this spring
to train more TSAO youth leaders to teach archery
using the National Archery in the Schools methods
and to be basic rifle instructors (BRI). The first step in
BRI is to learn to teach firearms safety and how to
teach it to youth using pellet guns.
The excitement for TSAO within Salvation Army is
moving across the country from the Midwest. This
summer higher ranking leaders from around the U.S.
will be attending the American Wilderness Leadership
School in Jackson, WY to gain new skills and
knowledge.
This project has the potential to reach 700,000
youth each year across the U.S. when it is fully
implemented. Training staff and partnering is the key
to its success. ♦
Sables Membership
Education Sables is dedicated to SCIF Education programs
that pass on the conservation message to future generations.
SCIF Education programs support hunting advocacy efforts.
All funds raised by Education Sables is dedicated to SCIF
Education Programs
Grants
College Scholarships
Hands On Wildlife Kit
American Wilderness Leadership School
Join us in our mission of educating future generations
of conservationists and hunters.
$ 50 > Education Advocate
$ 75 > 3-year membership
$ 500 > Life membership
(SCI Life members pay only $250 for an Education Sables Life membership)
Please visit our website for additional information: www.safariclubfoundation.org/sables,
contact the SCIF Education Department at 877-877-3265, or E-mail to sables@safariclub.org
SCI Orange County Chapter
Supporting Sandia School
BY MARY LYNN WEST, ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATION SABLES REP
S
andia Elementary
School located in
Apple Valley, CA,
welcomed the SCI
Orange County
Chapter Mobile
Sensory Safari van
with open arms.
From the moment
the truck arrived on
the playground the questions and comments were flying.
The arrangements were made by Shaun Rickerl a sixth
grade teacher at Sandia where she also teaches an after
school wildlife science class. She has managed to collect
several live specimens for her students to care for and learn
about their habits and the environment the species came
from. Tarantulas, turtles, and snakes are just a few of the
creatures that call Shaun’s classroom home.
Shaun Rickerl’s sixth grade after school Wildlife Science
class received a Hand s On Wildlife (HOW) kit donated by
the SCI Orange County Chapter. The class was “over the
moon” when Lisa McNamee, Orange County Chapter
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President and I traveled back to Sandia Elementary School
to present Shaun and her students with the HOW kit. The
school principal, other teachers and parents were waiting
anxiously to see what exactly Shaun was receiving and the
Students gathered around the kit as Lisa McNamee made
the presentation to Shaun. As she was describing the Kit to
everyone, the students were already digging into the
contents. The room was filled with “oohs, ahs and oh look”
as pelts and skulls were held up for all to see.
After sharing this fantastic experience at the school, the
SCI OC Chapter board approved a chapter sponsorship for
Shaun to attend the American Wilderness Leadership
School (AWLS) this coming summer in Jackson, WY. The
SCI Foundation AWLS experience will expand her
knowledge of the outdoors and conservation education and
she will take the experience back to share with her students
and fellow educators. ♦
Safari Club International
Foundation Education Sables
2013-2014 COMMITTEE SERVICE APPLICATION
Committee Interests: (Serving a one year term)
I am interested in Chairing (Mark with a C) or – Serving as a Member (Mark with an M) on the following
SCIF Education Sables and/or Sables Committee(s):
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SCIF Education Sables Committee Member
AWLS Programs ( Work-Weekend,
Hands On Wildlife (HOW), Education Summit)
Education Finance
Booth Advisory
Education Grants (Matching Grants,
Chapter Youth Programs Grants)
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Scholarships (Foundation, Sables Hunting Heritage)
Chapter Sables Committee Reps
Sables Canons
Sables Membership
Sables Nominating
Please list any other interests you have and what experience you bring to the organization:
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Name (please print) ________________________________________________________________________________________________
Address ____________________________________________________ State _________ Zip Code ________________________________
Email ______________________________________________________ Phone ________________________________________________
Please return this form by way of fax, mail or Email to:
Karen Crehan
Phone: 520-620-1220, ext 231
Education Sables Program Coordinator Fax: 520-618-3538
4800 West Gates Pass Road
E-mail: kcrehan@safariclub.org
Tucson, AZ 85745-9490
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Education Sables 2013 Election
Candidate filings for Education
Sables Officer, Director and
Electors At Large positions closed
March 1. Candidates collected
signatures of Sables members on a
petition as required by the new
nominations process. Electors are
current Education Sables Officers,
Directors, Electors At Large and
District Electors. Electors have an
opportunity to vote for the
candidates of their choice through a
mail-in ballot, online voting or in
person vote on May 10 in
Washington, D.C.
The results of March 2013 District
Electors elections are: Len Dickinson
from Canada, Barbara DeGraw from
the Western District and Mary
Predovich from the Mountain
District. These are Chapter
Education Sables Representatives
elected by Chapter Representatives
in their District. ♦
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The following will appear on the ballot:
President: Sandra Sadler, Texas
Vice President Veronica Kosich, New York
Treasurer Ann Maki, Wyoming
Secretary JoDean Peters, Washington
Director Merle Shepard, Michigan
Director Robin Jerauld, New York
Director Vicki Swan, Tennessee
Alternate Director Stacee Frost Kleinsmith, Alaska
Elector At Large Marty Paulin, California
Elector At Large Richard McDevitt, Michigan