NYS
4-H Shooting Sports Receives
New
York State Conservation Council Award
The
New York State 4-H Shooting Sports Program
was the recipient of the “2008
Outdoor Education Program of the Year” award
from the New York State Conservation Council. The
award was presented to NYS Shooting Sports
at the NYSCC’s Annual Awards Program,
held on September 19, 2008 in New Hartford,
NY. Russell Lehr, NYS 4-H Shooting Sports
Eastern Volunteer Coordinator, received the
award on behalf of NYS 4-H Shooting Sports. The
presentation highlighted more than 30 years
of dedicated service and exceptional programming
to our youth and volunteer instructors across
the state who follow the motto: “Maintaining
the Tradition” of shooting and
family values. |
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Harold
Palmer, President of the New York State
Conservation Council (left) presents
the award to Russell Lehr, NYS 4-H Shooting
Sports Eastern Volunteer Coordinator and
William Schwerd, NYS 4-H Shooting Sports
Coordinator.
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Russell
Lehr, NYS 4-H Shooting Sports Eastern Volunteer
Coordinator displays the 2008
Outdoor Education Program of the Year Award
presented to NYS 4-H Shooting Sports.
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Pictured
left to right: Howie Cushing,
Rensselaer County NYSCC Representative; Russell
Lehr, NYS 4-H Shooting Sports Eastern Volunteer
Coordinator; William Schwerd, NYS 4-H Shooting
Sports Coordinator; Mickey Elliott, NYS 4-H
Shooting Sports Key Volunteer/Instructor
NYS
4-H Shooting Sports Coordinator, William
Schwerd,
Named Conservation
Educator of the Year
| William
M. Schwerd, Executive Director of Cornell
Cooperative Extension of Saratoga County
and the NYS 4-H Shooting Sports Coordinator
was presented with the 2008 Conservation
Educator of the Year Award at
the NYS Conservation Council’s Annual
Awards program held September 19, 2008. Schwerd
was recognized for his outstanding leadership
as the state coordinator of the largest multi-disciplined
shooting program in New York, and for his
dedicated efforts on Bluebird restoration,
among many educational programs and leadership
efforts, in Saratoga County, New York and
beyond. |
Pictured
left to right: Harold Palmer,
President of the New York State Conservation
Council; William Schwerd, NYS 4-H Shooting
Sports Coordinator; Russell Lehr, NYS 4-H
Shooting Sports Eastern Volunteer Coordinator;
Mickey Elliott, NYS 4-H Shooting Sports Key
Volunteer/Instructor
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William Schwerd and Russell Lehr display
the NYSCC 2008 Awards
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