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other shooters from Maine, for the warm hospitality. Although my scores were not great, I had a wonderful time at the tournament. I was impressed with the high caliber of shooters and how well the tournament was attended. I do hope to travel around to other states and pop in at other local tournaments, so keep your eyes open for me—I have a son who lives in Maryland and another one who lives in Connecticut, while my wife’s best friend is in western New York. If you get the chance to travel, take your bow and look at the NFAA web site to get information on local tournaments in other states and visit their web sites. n Central Maine Archery is located in Auburn Maine and is owned by Tom and Jess Hartford. They have 8,000 square feet of archery with a side order of retail firearms. They have raised 5 Olympic Gold archers in their JOAD program, two of whom made it to USAT. They have owned CMA for the past 11 years and are both Level 2 certified coaches with NAA. This March they will host the Maine State NFAA Championships for Maine Archery Association.
dan kolb Northwest Section Councilman Greetings from the Northwest Section, home of the Rocky Mountains, Big Sky Country, First National Park, Land of the Midnight Sun and the Pacific Ocean! I will start with a short description of the various state directors and of myself. I started bow hunting in 1966 in Utah. In 1973, I was transferred to Wyoming, 12 Archery Magazine
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and in 1975 a friend told me about an archery club and invited me to come and shoot. I did. Boy was I in for a big surprise as everyone was shooting a compound bow, something I had never seen before! Soon I was hooked on archery, and not long after my family was shooting with me. I have won numerous state, sectional, and national titles, and a Silver Medal at the First World Indoor Archery Championship. I was selected to represent Wyoming as state director in 1990, an honor I held for 19 years until I was elected as the Sectional Councilman three years ago. Hubert Sims, director of Idaho, has been the state director for 26 years. Hubert started bow hunting in Mississippi while in high school, served a stint in the Marine Corps, then moved to Idaho for better hunting. There he joined a local archery club, and was introduced to a compound bow with sights and a mechanism called a “release.” Hubert joined the state and national NFAA to shoot in the State Championships in 3-D, Field, Indoor, and a type they called the American Round. Jeff Meyer has been the state director for Wyoming for the last year. He has been in the state association for five years, while holding the title of state president at the same time. Jeff’s hobbies include anything that continued on page 37
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