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Northeast Texas Chapter – National Wild Turkey Federation
20th Women in the Outdoors Event
Saturday, October 20, 2018
Northeast Texas Community College – Elizabeth Hoggatt Whately Agricultural Complex – Mt. Pleasant 2886 FM 1735 (Chapel Hill Road)
Learning outdoor skills, meeting people with similar interests and spending time with family and friends is what the Women in the Outdoors program are all about. If you have never attended a WITO event, you are in for a real treat!
This event will be the 20th event hosted by the Northeast Texas Chapter of the NWTF!
You are invited!!!! Bring your gal pals or family and experience a super fun day!!!
- This event is for women (at least 14 years old with a parent or guardian signature and accompanied by an adult). Currently enrolled college students must be 18 years or older.
- Registration and check-in begin at 7:00 am. Welcome begins at 8:00. Get your bid number for the silent auction and raffles that will be running throughout most of the day.
– Payment may be made with cash, check or credit card
- A group photo will be taken before the first class begins. Wrap up, all silent auction and raffle winners will be announced after last class session. You will need to bring a bag chair, especially for the shooting classes. You will be glad that you did.
- Registration fee includes a total of 6 hours of instruction (3 or 4 classes), use of the campus facilities, light breakfast, snacks and lunch, 1-year membership to NWTF (plus a 1 year’s subscription to Turkey Country Magazine,) Memberships are included in your registration and are important for supporting the conservation efforts of the NWTF. See last page **“Renewals”
- Early bird registration discount deadline + T-shirt order deadline: Monday, October 1, 2018
Special Drawing Prize Sponsored by Drilltech Directional Drilling – Clarksville, TX,
So register before the deadline to qualify for this drawing!
- Cancelation deadline is October 15. If you cancel after the deadline, you will be responsible for the full program fee. You may send a substitute if you cannot attend. The event will be held rain or shine.
- RV Hookups available at the Ag. Complex – includes water and electricity. You may tent camp also. Showers and restrooms are located inside the building. The property is secure.
New: NTCC has recently added its own RV Park.
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Your confirmation letter, map, pertinent information, and schedule will be sent via email. You may confirm by phone with Dorothy McCarver 903-577-2674. If you haven’t received your confirmation within seven days of sending please call.
Additional fees for materials are indicated in BOLD font. You will pay the instructor directly.
Once again, please bring exact change where specified.
WITO 2017 Class Descriptions
Saturday’s Activities: Four 90 minute classes unless specified as a *3-hour class
Archery: Lots of hands-on bow shooting at a variety of bag and 3-D animal-shaped targets. Certified Archery Instructor Nathan Rider will help you discover that the outdoors can be a “bull’s eye paradise.”
Optional: You may bring your own bow and arrows.
Shotgun 1-2-3: Time will be spent becoming familiar with all aspects of shotgun shooting: safety, the different types of shotguns, ammunition, and proper gun fit in order to successfully shoot clay targets and have some friendly competition. It’s a great feeling when you break one!
Cost: $5.00 for shotgun shells
Certified Shotgun Instructor and NET committee member: Dick McCarver
Handgun: You will learn handgun safety and practice shooting in the same official indoor pistol range that our law enforcement uses and have a little friendly competition. Class size will be limited to four shooters each.
* Cost: $10.00 for 50 rounds of 9mm shells
NRA Certified Instructor: Josh Blackstone
Rifle: Ready! Aim! Fire! Sometimes shooting a rifle can be daunting. Peggy York, Certified NRA Rifle Instructor will show you that shooting, 22’s are fun, and less noisy thus eliminating that bad habit of flinching. Whether you are plinking away at a target or a tin can, .22 caliber rifles can be enjoyable to shoot.
*Cost: $5.00 for your .22 caliber cartridges.
Blacksmithing: Members of the Four States Iron Munchers Chapter – Texarkana will have you actually forging a decorative and practical piece of metal art. This historical hands-on craft is not just for making horseshoes.
Scrub-a-Dub-Dub: Come have clean fun with instructor and NET committee member, Pat Brown, as you make your own bar of soothing loofah soap and others plus you will get to take home the soap mold so you can to do this at home.
* Cost: $1.00
Gun Cleaning and Maintenance: Learn how to clean and take care of your firearms yourself. It’s a necessary but not a difficult chore. NWTF’s Gulf States Director of Field Operations Shawn Roberts, instructor.
Dutch Oven Cooking: Returning to us by popular demand, Luann Waters, the Eclectic Educator, will have you preparing actual Dutch oven recipes while learning about one of the oldest and most valued cooking utensils to date. Enjoy you pioneer moment! This class will be two class sessions or three hours long.
Self Defense: You will learn some defensive moves that will help you flee from an attack situation and/or protect yourself. Shay Taylor of Mt Pleasant Martial Arts will show you how.
Container Gardening: You can grow just about anything in a flower pot from veggies to decorative plants. Master Gardener, Kay Miller, will even let you get your hands dirty in this class. Learn about winter prep, combo pots and other versatile types of plantings and timelines.
Dehydrating Herbs, Veggies, Fruit and Meat: Enjoy creating tasty, healthy snacks and meal additions after the growing season by preserving your harvest or even grocery purchases. Ag. Director Rene McCracken will take you through the steps of dehydrating. You will get to take home some yummy treats.
Cost: $5.00*
“Alice” – A Proactive Response to a Man Made Threat or Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate
Health and Safety Consultant for Region VIII ESC, Lee Gill, will introduce how ALICE teaches you to prepare to handle the threat of an Active Shooter, participate in your own survival while leading others to safety. Though no one can guarantee success in this type of situation, this new set of skills will greatly increase the odds of survival should anyone face this form of disaster. Chaos, panic, and fear can only be minimized – never eliminated – when preceded by preparation and training.
Decorative Bottle Painting: You add your decorative touches with paint to a really pretty glass tequila bottle.
Christina Kett, instructor.
*Cost $5.00 for supplies
Decorative Box Painting: You will paint and decorate the fancy box that really pretty tequila bottle came in.
Christina Kett, instructor.
*Cost: $5.00 for supplies
Hydro Dipping: Want a unique way to dress up that skull for display? You can also dip pinecones, tree branches, glassware, jars and more to get that interesting marbleizing effect. Dorothy McCarver invites you to bring your own objects or skulls.
*Cost: $5.00 for paint supplies
Bonus Cooking Class on Friday Before Event:
*Cost is free!
Please see the separate promo below.
Classes will be filled on a first come first served basis and will be subject to change or canceled due to lack of numbers. Please register early. In order to keep our initial costs down, we are asking you to pay for your supplies and/or ammunition directly to the instructor where the amounts are listed.
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Farm to Fork Bonus Cooking Class Friday Before Event
The Ag Club of Northeast Texas Community College will offer an extra gourmet cooking class on Friday afternoon, October 19 from 1:00 to 4:00.
NTCC’s Ag. Director Rene McCracken will share with the class many of her tasty gourmet tips as you do the advanced or “the day before” preparations of delicious Autumn weather flavors for our Saturday’s catered gourmet lunch.
There will only be room for eight ladies so selection will be on a first come first serve basis (via email and confirmation letter). This class is truly based on the “Farm to Fork” concept where you will gather and chop the veggies plus prepare other yummy dishes.
Cost: Free!!!!!
Autumn Menu: Chicken and Dumplings, Beef Stew and Cornbread and more!
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Your Gourmet Lunch is included in your registration.
Extra meal tickets for guests will be available to purchase for $10.00.
This meal is a fundraising project for the Ag Club of Northeast Texas Community College
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Attention Ladies:
Candlewood Suites is providing Women in the Outdoors Participants discounted rates of $69.99 for a single or double room and $89.99 for a king.
This is for the night of Friday, October 19. Make your reservation with Candlewood Suites – Mt Pleasant: 903-572-4600
2407 S. Jefferson or HWY 271 South – Mt. Pleasant, TX 75455
Reservation Code: Women in the Outdoors
Community Charity: This year we will be supporting CASA – Court Appointed Special Advocates for Titus, Camp and Morris Counties
This is a national organization that supports and promotes court-appointed advocates for abused or neglected children with a safe and healthy environment in permanent homes.
The following requested items will go to the children this unit serves.
- Diapers – all sizes
- Wipes
- Toys – for ages 0 through 3 years
- Toys/games/fun items for teens
- Hygiene products for all ages (shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, body wash
- Pillows
- Pillowcases
You will be eligible for a drawing when you bring your donation. We thank you in advance for your generosity.
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Gun Raffle
We are trading bling for a handgun that can be easily handled besides being the best gun offer than ever before!
Smith & Wesson M&P380 Shield EZ
Semi-Auto Pistol ~ Weight 18.5 oz. ~ Barrel: 3.657” ~ Length 6.7”
Safety: Grip Safety + Ambidextrous thumb safety
Color: Black ~ Caliber: .380 ~ Capacity: 8+1 rounds
Tickets: $20.00 for one (1) ticket
$100.00 for six (6) tickets
We are selling only 100 tickets!!!!
This handgun was just introduced to the public market in the spring of 2018 and is hard to obtain.
For more information about this handgun see page 80 of the July 2018 issue of Guns and Ammo Magazine: “Do you struggle to pull the slide back on a pistol? Is it painful to shoot small guns? Are magazines tough to hold? Here is an excellent solution…”]
Will be given away at the Women in the Outdoor Event: October 20, 2018. You need not be present to win.
(Winner must pass a state and federal background check)
Get your tickets from Dorothy (903-577-2674) or Carie 903-573-5022
Or from a WITO team member – Tickets will be sold at the event also.
You may register by phone with credit card or send completed form with a check payable to NWTF or include credit card information to: >>>>>>>
OR PAY BY CREDIT CARD:
Dorothy McCarver
425 Tennison Road – Mt. Pleasant, Texas 75455 CC #: _________________________________________________
903-717-8670 or cell: 903-577-2674 3 Digit # on back:______________EXP Date: _________________
dorothy.mccarver@yahoo.com Subject: WITO Signature:______________________________________
***No Refunds after September 18 ***
Participant Registration Form
| Name | Daytime Phone |
| Street Address | CELL Phone |
| City, State, Zip | Email Address |
Email address is for confirmation purposes, & will not be distributed unless permission granted. Yes No
Rank ALL class requests in each session. (1–4) 1 = first choice and 4 = last. (You are designing your schedule of classes.) The classes in *bold font* have an additional fee to cover materials. You will pay the instructor directly. Classes will be filled on a first come first serve basis and will be subject to change or may be canceled due to lack of numbers. Register early to get first choices!!
8:45 to 10:15 10:30 to 12:00 1:45 to 3:00 3:15 to 4:30
____ Archery ____ Archery ____Archery ____Archery
____Handgun* ____Handgun* ____Handgun* ____Handgun*
____Rifle* ____Rifle* ____Rifle* ____Rifle* ____Hydro Dipping* ____Shotgun* ____Shotgun* ____Gun Cleaning
____ Meet “Alice”-Proactive ____Self Defense Moves ____Dehydrating food*
Response to Man Made Threat ___Scrub Dub Make Soap* ____Dutch Oven Cooking>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
___Container Gardening ___Container Gardening ____ Box Paint/Décor*
___ Bottle Décor/Paint* ____Blacksmithing ____Blacksmithing ____Blacksmithing
**Membership Renewals
If you are a current member, please list your renewal or expiration date and membership number from your card or Turkey Country Mag. If you are close to renewal date please renew with us to further this event.
| Registration Fee ($55.00): post marked after October 1, 2018
Membership #:_________________ Expiration Date:_______ (located on mem.card or magazine) |
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| Early Bird Fee ($50.00): post marked before October 1, 2018
Membership #:_________________ Expiration Date:______ (located on mem.card or magazine) |
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| Mother & Daughter Fee: Special discount: take $5.00 off
**(Must reside in same household and be between 14 and 17 yrs. of age) |
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| I can’t attend but would like to renew my membership ($35.00)
Renewal #/Date_____________________ (located on magazine label or membership card) |
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| WITO T-Shirt $15.00 Must order by 10-01-18
CIRCLE ONE Adult Sizes: S M L XL 2X 3X |
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| College Student Fee $20.00 + Lunch $10.00 = $30.00
Must be currently enrolled in college and is 18 years old or older. Please show proof of enrollment |
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| Guests Meal only: $10.00 [We are supporting the Campus Ag. Club’s
2018 Fundraiser] |
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| ******Friday’s Afternoon’s Cooking Class – First 8 to sign up (No Cost)
Put “Yes” inbox |
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| [Do not include additional class fees (*) in your registration total. Total Payment:
You will pay the instructor directly where it is specified (*). Please bring exact amount.] |
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