4-H ARCHERY CLUB ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE

NEWS RELEASE
WELLS COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE



Youth will have an opportunity to learn about archery and the important safety skills through the Wells County 4-H Archery Club.

Sign up night will be held Monday, April 19th, 6:30 ñ 8:30 at the 4-H Park Quonset Building (upstairs) at the 4-H Park in Bluffton.

On April 27, 6:30 ñ 8:30 PM the beginners will meet to learn the safety procedures, range rules and basic archery skills.

Advanced members will meet on April 28, 6:30 ñ 8:30 PM and continue through June.

All meetings will be held at the 4-H Park Quonset Building (upstairs) at the 4-H Park in Bluffton.

Shooting range rules, safety skills and archery technique will be explained.

Regular meetings will begin on May 4 and continue each Tuesday.

4-H Club membership is open to youth when they enter the third grade and continues through grade 12. A member may continue membership for a maximum of ten (10) years.

Member fee is $25.00. (The second member in the family is $20.) (Includes archery information, equipment, insurance, and awards.) Check should be made payable to 4-H Archery Club. Scholarships available ñ check with leaders. No person will be turned away for financial constraints.

Parents and interested adults are welcome to attend with the youth. Adults who are interested in helping or becoming a certified instructor are also encouraged to attend. Members attending may use the clubs equipment or bring your own simple or compound bow.

The 4-H Archery Club encourages youth to learn safety procedures and the seven steps of Archery. These seven steps include the stance; nocking the arrow (placing the arrow correctly in the bow); the draw (the pull action of the bow); the anchor (how far to pull back the string); the aim or hold (remembering to look at what you want to hit ñ the bullís eye); the release (letting go of the string); and the follow through (until the arrow reaches its destination).

For more information about the 4-H Archery Club, contact 4-H Archery Leaders Terri & Dan Quinn, 622-6617; John Earnest, 557-5000; or the Wells County Office of the Purdue Cooperative Extension Service, 824-6412.