Northwest Montana Hunter/Bowhunter Education Instructors honored
by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
February 27, 2014
Hunter and Bowhunter Education Instructors will receive service awards from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks at the annual Region 1 Instructor Workshop to be held Saturday, March 1 at Flathead Valley Community College in Kalispell. A total of 34 Instructors will receive service awards ranging from 5 to 40 years of service. All service award recipients receive a plaque; additional awards include: 10 year: engraved knife; 20 year: FWP belt buckle. A number of other awards will also be presented.
Highlights for Service Awards this year include:
40-year Hunter Education Award: Frank Sichting, Libby
25- year Hunter Education Award: Ron Nail, Whitefish
20-year Hunter Education Awards: Jon Cuthbertson, Kalispell (teaches in Bigfork); Tim Darr, Bigfork, Dale Sommerfield, Kalispell; Larry Rattray, Thompson Falls; Patrick Flanary, Eureka; Timothy Thier, Eureka
15-year Hunter Education Awards: Daniel Bothwell and Bob Friedman, Kalispell; Tom Horelick, Libby; James Jones and Rud Knudsen, Polson; Tony Santorno, Charlo; Wayne Crismore, Plains; Ned Winebrenner, Hot Springs; Sam Tomas, Thompson Falls; Joseph Rocheleau, Thompson Falls (Joseph passed away but a fellow instructor will accept his award)
10-year Hunter Education Awards: Emily Baer, Kalispell; Michael Corkish, Kalispell; Thomas Dutcher, Kalispell; Clyde and Patti Baker, and Jay Stuckey, Thompson Falls
5-year Hunter Education Awards: Ben and Mary Beth Chappelow, Eureka; Jenny Draband, Leland Fabel, Zach Kriskovich, Jaimee White, Nathan Somers, Kalispell; Kristi McKessick, Neva Joy Lundy, Columbia Falls; Jonathan North, Trout Creek; Douglas Padden, Thompson Falls; Brenda Thomas, Libby; Jim Jones, Troy; Nick Larsson, St. Ignatius; Daniel McClure, Ronan.
25 Bowhunter Education Award: Danny Place, Libby
20-year Bowhunter Education Award: Richard Anderson, Ron Nail, Whitefish; Matthew Riley, Robert Howard, Kalispell; Larry Rattray, Proctor
15-year Bowhunter Education Award: Peter Drowne, Bigfork; Dan Atkinson, Jerry Smith, Roger Smith, Kalispell
10-year Bowhunter Education Award: Lee Abernathy, Monty Long, Kalispell; Alan Kelly, Libby
5-year Bowhunter Education Award: Scott Emmerich, Columbia Falls; Ben Chappelow, Eureka; Daniel McClure, Ronan; Benjamin Valentine, Troy.
All Hunter and Bowhunter Education Instructors are volunteers for FWP. They provide safety, ethics, and firearms and archery equipment handling training to young students across Montana. In Region 1 (northwest Montana) more than 300 instructors train about 2,000 students each year.
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