The Coshocton County Beacon March 6, 2019 - Page 7
NWTF banquet celebrates hunting heritage and youth
COSHOCTON - Th e 30th annual Hunting
Heritage banquet of the Muskingum
Valley Chapter of the National Wild Turkey
Federation (NWTF) celebrated hunting,
preservation of habitat and placed special
attention on the youth JAKES (Juniors
Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics and Sports-
manship) program.
More than three hundred people attend-
ed the banquet that was held March 2 at
the Lake Park Pavilion with raffl es, silent
auctions and drawings held throughout
the evening with guests from Coshocton
County and beyond having a chance to
walk away with prizes that in total were
worth thousands of dollars.
Emcee was Shawn Dickey, NWTF Dis-
trict Field Supervisor who told guests in at-
tendance that, “Th is banquet is simply the
best in the state of Ohio. Your local organi-
zation and Dwaine Scheetz in particular,
deserves our appreciation. Charles (Chuck)
Smith is the president of the Muskingum
Valley Chapter of the NWTF.
Veterans were recognized, and every
JAKES youth in attendance had the oppor-
tunity to take home a door prize and a $250
scholarship was awarded to Coshocton
County Career Center senior Caleb Maddox.
Greg and John Rice of Peddicord Rice
Auction Realty Ltd were the auctioneers for
the evening and kept things moving during
the live auction, Longbeard raffl e and many
other giveaways. Greg told the crowd, “Th is
is one of the highlights of the year for me
and I’m glad to be able to give back.”
Phil Ferrare, Jr., Director of Field Opera-
tions - Atlantic - for the NWTF, said, “It’s an
honor to be here. Th e Muskingum Valley
Chapter is the number one netting chapter
in the state of Ohio. We’re very, very proud
of the volunteers that really believe in our
mission and do what they do for the NWTF.
Th is is an amazing crowd - this is what
we’re all about - conservation of the wild
turkey and the preservation of our hunting
heritage. Th ese guys do a wonderful job
honoring our veterans and the NWTF is
very loud and proud to recognize our veter-
ans and fi rst responders that serve us.
“Dwaine (Scheetz) (banquet chair)
believes in the mission. Th is is a well-oiled
machine here and Dwaine is the head
of that. Th e long term members of this
committee and this chapter deserve to be
proud of what they do here. One of our slo-
gans is conserve, hunt and share and that’s
what this evening is all about.”
Some of the proceeds of the annual
banquet go to the local JAKES Day which is
scheduled for July 27. You can fi nd out more
at www.mvnwtf.com and on Facebook.
Pendola earns academic honors
ALLIANCE - In the fi nal meet before the
Ohio Athletic Conference Indoor Champi-
onships, the Baldwin Wallace University
women's track and fi eld teams competed in
the Raider Tune Up, hosted by the Univer-
sity of Mount Union inside the McPherson
Academic & Athletic Complex.
Junior Bella Pendola (Warsaw/River
View) placed third in the 1,000-meter run
in a career-best time of 3:05.73. She also
was one of four Baldwin Wallace University
women's cross country student athletes, as
well as the entire team, to receive Division
III All-Academic honors from the United
States Track & Field and Cross Country
Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
A neuroscience and psychology double
major with a 3.70 GPA, Pendola earned her
second consecutive USTFCCCA All-Ac-
ademic accolade. Th is season, the junior
earned All-Ohio, fi rst-team All-OAC and
All-Great Lakes Region honors in addi-
tion to her second career OAC Runner of
the Week accolade. Pendola is a two-time
Academic All-OAC selection, a Dean's List
student and a Jacket Scholar.
Mark Fortune | Beacon
Bob Buxton, right, JAKES scholarship
committ ee chair, is pictured with Caleb
Maddox, center, who is a senior at the
Coshocton County Career Center and
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NWTF Hunting Heritage Banquet.
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