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4-H Shooting Sports Ambassador Luke Sigmon aims his riffle during shooting practice. COURTESY PHOTO
4-H position an honor for Kiowa teen Shooting Sports ambassador role is chance to provide opportunities BY JODI HORNER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
Luke Sigmon of Kiowa has been chosen to serve as a Shooting Sports ambassador for the 4-H Club of Colorado. Each year the club selects nine members to serve in the prestigious role. “I didn’t think I was going to get it.
When my mom told me the news in the car, she said, `Guess what, you’re an ambassador now.’ I freaked out. I was smiling the entire way …,” Sigmon said of the day he got the news. As an ambassador, Sigmon will be representing more than 82,000 4-H members from across the state. Ambassadors strive to provide opportunities for their fellow 4-H members to build character. A member of the Comanche Creek 4-H Club for eight years, Sigmon is a sophomore at Elizabeth High School. Shooting Sports is one of Colorado’s largest 4-H program areas, with
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close to 3,900 members. Colorado 4-H also has the second-largest state fair shooting contest in the country. According to a press release, the 4-H Shooting Sports program has been established in 49 states, with about 500,000 youths participating nationally. The members are mentored by certified adult volunteer instructors. “If I hadn’t had the coaches that I had I wouldn’t have the focus that I have now. They are three of the nicest people in the world,” Sigmon said.
Certified master facilitator Sheryl Trent helped residents of Elizabeth further a vision for Main Street on Jan. 30 at the Main Street Summit in Elizabeth Town Hall. “The idea for tonight is to get a vision for the future,” Trent said. “Main streets need infrastructures, and that includes sidewalks, lamp posts, garbage cans and sidewalk crossings.” The gathering of 16 included the Elizabeth planning commissioners, some staff from the Town of Elizabeth, several business owners and three teenagers who were willing to take part.
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