THE TYGART VALLEY CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL WILD TURKEY
FEDERATION RECENTLY HOSTED THEIR FIRST ANNUAL “WAYNE
HOOTING CONTEST. THE AFTERNOON WAS FILLED WITH FUN AND
EXCITEMENT AS THE CONTESTANTS WAITED FOR THE JUDGES TO
ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS. THE CHAPTER IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
THE WINNERS OF BOTH CONTESTS, IN THE TURKEY CALLING CONTEST:
TYLER MEARNS, 1ST PLACE, CODY JOE, 2ND PLACE, MICHAEL ELMORE
II, 3RD PLACE AND FINISHING IN 4TH WAS RYAN SNYDER. THE OWL
HOOTING CONTEST WINNERS WERE: TYLER MEARNS, 1ST PLACE,
CODY JOE, 2ND PLACE AND 3RD WAS AWARDED TO RYAN SNYDER.
THE EVENT WAS HOSTED BY CHAPTER MEMBER JIM LEMONS, ALONG
WITH DON THOMASON AS EVENT COORDINATOR. THE JUDGES FOR THE
CONTEST WERE: MIKE PIZZINO, JACK CROMER, RAY MEARNS, & VIC
MASTROGIUSEPPE, JR., AND SCORE KEEPER WAS ASHLEY WATKINS.
OTHER MEMBERS WHO HELPED OUT WERE JOAN & TRISH THOMASON
WITH REGISTRATION. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING
BUSINESSES WHO MADE DONATIONS TOWARDS OUR EVENT, HUNTER’S
HAVEN & VALLEY TRADING POST.
THIS EVENT NOT ONLY SHOWED THE SPECIAL TALENT & SKILLS OF
OUR YOUNG HUNTERS IN OUR AREA, BUT WAS ALSO A TIME FOR
MEMBERS OF WAYNE WILLIAM’S FAMILY & FRIENDS TO MEET FOR THE
FIRST TIME. A SPECIAL FRIEND FROM MORGANTOWN, P. BRETT
KENNEY WROTE A POEM ENTITLED, “JUST ANOTHER GOBBLER”, THAT
HE SHARED DURING THE PROGRAM, AND FROM PENNSYLVANNIA, TWO
SPECIAL TURKEY HUNTING BUDDIES OF WAYNE’S, REGIS FERERRE AND
DENNIS BURNS ALSO PROVIDED THEIR TIME, ALONG WITH ELKINS
RESIDENT DAVE SHAFFER. ALL CONTESTANTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS
RECEIVED A SPECIAL HAT DONATED BY REGIS FERERRE AND DENNIS
BURNS, ALONG WITH BURNS PRODUCTION, VIDEO THE EVENT AND
PROVIDED COPIES TO ALL WINNERS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND CHAPTER
MEMBERS. THE TYGART VALLEY CHAPTER WOULD LIKE EXTEND THEIR
APPRECITATION TO MRS. WAYNE “NANCY” WILLIAMS FOR ALL HER
HELP AND DONATIONS TOWARDS OUR EVENT, AND THANKS TO ALL
WHO ENTERED AND ATTENDED OUR CONTEST. WE ARE ALREADY
MAKING PLANS FOR OUR 2ND WAYNE WILLIAMS MEMORIAL YOUTH
TURKEY CALLING CONTEST, AND INVITED ALL YOUNG HUNTERS TO
PARTICIPATE!
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FIRST ANNUAL WAYNE WILLIAMS MEMORIAL YOUTH
TURKEY CALLING CONTEST
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