Zach Hedrick, SMT Writer
A special visit this year by "The Fowl Life by Chad Belding" was the talk among the community waterfowl fans. Chad Belding and his crew rolled into the Webb's Woods Hunting club this afternoon. With a complete film crew in tow, the group was busy introducing area hunters to products of their sponsors.
Chad Belding became successful with his reality hunting show which launched in 2008, and airs in more than 40 million homes in North America.
Fans across the nation have watched as Belding and his crew travel more than 15 states across the U.S to experience real life waterfowl action. The show incorporates local guests in each location who offer insight and tips about the local hunting.
John Thompson of Webb's Woods Hunting Club will be the guest on the show with Chad as they hunt the border Otter Slough Conservation Area. More than eighty friends and area hunters were on hand to welcome "The Fowl Life" crew at a preseason celebration on Friday evening. The group was treated to a great BBQ menu by former Dexter pitmaster, Darrell Hicks, of Cajun Cookers and Hicks' World Champion Smoked Meats. The meal included many of the Hicks' Sysco Heat 'N Eat BBQ product line of Boston Pork Butts, Maple Flavored Bacon Wrapped Chicken Thighs, BBQ Beef Top Sirloin and BBQ Ribs. Hicks and his team (Dallas Buchanan, Jason Comfort and Alan Hedrick) also provided an incredible Cajun jambalaya along with BBQ baked bean, slaw and other side dishes.
The evening concluded with special music by local artist Theron Woods and Keith Allen, of Banded Nation. Picking and playing guitars, the music was outstanding and very fitting for the preseason activities.“The Fowl Life with Chad Belding” is a highly entertaining and educational look at waterfowl hunting. The team makes it a point to give tips, strategies, and advise on all aspects of duck and goose hunting, including decoy placement, blind set-up, calling, and different scenarios they have encountered throughout the years.
The Fowl Life is a journey with a goal to bring fans the heart pounding action as well as in depth instruction on each episode. Each week, the group will chase waterfowl and predators in some of the hottest hunting areas throughout Canada, Mexico, and all over the United States. You can count on one thing, the crew will be having fun in the field and doing it right.
The Fowl Life will always have the cameras rolling every minute of each trip to insure that nothing is missed. Viewers will always see the smiles, headaches, high fives, laughs, head lights, wet dogs, working birds, charging coyotes, loaded guns, and anything else that they can fit into their Fowl Lives. You can also count on the team to hunt hard, stay safe, respect the animals, and share their lifestyles with viewers each week.
The Show can be found on DIRECTTV channel 605, Dish Network channel 285 or 395 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 642. Check your local provider for local cable channel number.
Mark was fairly consistent throughout the 10-game season, which included high school, college and professional picks each week. Weeks two and three were powerhouse weeks for Nea and he finished strong in the latter weeks with several Top Five finishes.
A very close performance by Alana Dowdy yielded a second place finish and our congratulations for a strong match. She only lost by one-point on the overall season.
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Jessica Snider SMT Writer
With winter sports beginning, temperatures dropping, and the night sky visiting early, Morgan Cliff is featured as the ShowMe Calendar Girl throughout the month of November.
November is a busy time when people are hustling and bustling to make Thanksgiving arrangements, while also having Christmas shopping on their mind. November marks the beginning of winter sports, which is sure to bring many exciting nights for Bearcat fans.
Morgan Cliff was the first alternate in the 2012 Miss Dexter Pageant. The annual pageant is sponsored by the Dexter Choir, and the top twelve each year are rewarded as “Calendar Girls.”
Morgan is a junior at Dexter High School and is the daughter of Steve and Cherie Cliff. Morgan is a Varsity Football Cheerleader and also a member of the Kickin’ Cats Dance Team.
Throughout the month of November and the winter months to come, Morgan will be occupied with the second and third quarters of her junior year along with dance team practices and performances.
Happy November to all!
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Aleshia Flowers
High School Students, Little Ones, Trunk-or-Treats for Everyone!
This year’s Trunk-or-Treat event at Dexter High School will be of excitement and fun for kids of all ages! Over the past 10 years, Bearcat Lane has transformed from a run-of-the-mill street curb to a popping Halloween block party for students.
Trunk-or-Treat is an event directed by the school’s Student Council and co-hosted by each of the various clubs on campus. Since its beginnings, the event has grown from a conservative gathering to a vast sea of eager attendees. This year approximately 500 children from the surrounding area are expected to attended the event.
“Trunk or Treat is a safe, one-stop, trick or treating experience for the young kids,” commented Jennifer Miller, Dexter High School Student Advisor.
Each year candy is donated by high school club members, Southwest and Central Elementary students, and community supporters. High school students line their cars along the pavilion, trunks opened and decorated. Rather than being filled with the odds and ends of daily life, the trunk is filled of candy for children to stuff in their Halloween sacks.
Elementary students that attend are sure to receive plenty of Halloween treats and enjoy fall games as well as a costume contest earlier in the night. High school students compete for best car décor and costume combination. While each team hopes to win the competition, the biggest prize is seeing the faces of eager children as they travel down the line admiring every costume and receiving each piece of candy with as much excitement as they received the first.
“The High School kids enjoy it as much as the younger kids,” added Mrs. Miller. “It gives them the chance to act like young kids again.”
Recent events in local news remind parents, now more than ever, that they can never be too safe. Parents enjoy Trunk-or-Treat because it allows children to have a protected trick-or-treating experience without the hassle or worry of going door-to-door. A special thank you to the students at DHS for helping keep our community safe by providing a fun alternative for youngsters!
ShowMe Times 2011 Trunk or Treat Gallery
Trunk-or-Treat at DHS, October 31, 2011
Social media has been around for quite sometime, but why is it that as of lately social media websites are off the charts with their popularity? From Myspace, to Facebook, and even Twitter, the number of people visiting these websites daily is astonishing!
It has recently occurred to me that many people would prefer getting their daily news from a social media site rather than actually sitting down to watch the evening news on the television. For some people this may be bothersome, but for others they see it as simply the way the world is evolving.
Think about it, everywhere you go you’re more than likely to see someone with a handheld device held close to their face as they interact socially while still being on the go. With the latest news, tweets, and Facebook status updates being available to us in the blink of an eye, why wouldn’t we take advantage of it?
Social Media can be used for many positive things in today’s society. While we’re being honest with each other, we can all admit it’s much easier to login to Facebook to catch up on what’s happening than it is to sit down, turn the TV on, and wait for the current events portion of the daily news. That’s not knocking the news, though. Many people would prefer to hear someone talking while delivering the news as to holding a handheld device and reading it.
Social Media is great for keeping up with people you haven’t seen in years, catching up on great things happening within your community, and just a good way to stay socially active with your peers. I think many people take for granted how easily news can be accessed through our iPhones or other smart phones. We’ve all, at least once, heard someone comment on how they used to have to get up to change the channel on the television and how it’s crazy that we can simply control the television with a remote while remaining on the sofa.
It’s gone much farther than remotes, however. In today’s society, with the touch of a button you’re immediately connected with your friends and able to communicate however you like. Whether it be tweeting your opinion on something, letting your Facebook friends know how you’ve been doing, or even uploading pictures of your latest family vacation.
In other words, it’s simply amazing what social media has done for people in today’s society. It’s much easier to keep a friendship with someone you’ve lost touch with while using today’s technology.
There may be a few down sides to the vastly spinning social media world, but for the most part it has greatly enhanced many people’s communication and has made it easier to stay up to date with the ever-changing world.
May we continue to enjoy these leisures of technology, but never take for granted what we have!
