Congratulations to Amanda and Alissa – the TCHS Class of 2012…we are all very proud of you, and of all of your awards, achievements and accomplishments!

Owner Keith Houghton & Operations Manager Zach Miller were both certified as 4-H instructors at the Rock Springs 4-H Camp last March.   Keith was certified in shotgun and Zach in smallbore rifle.

Here is a link to the 4-H Shooting Sports page:

http://www.4-hshootingsports.org/

BELOW IS A BRIEF EXCERPT FROM THE 4-H WEB SITE: 

What is 4-H? 4-H is a community of more than 6.5 million young people across America learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills. The 4-H community also includes 3,500 staff, 538,000 volunteers and 60 million alumni.

4-H’ers participate in fun, hands-on learning activities supported by the latest research of land-grant universities that are focused on three areas: healthy living, citizenship, science. Youth can experience 4-H by becoming a member of a 4-H club, attending a 4-H camp, or joining school-based or after-school 4-H programs. 4-Hers can compete with their projects in contests at the local, state, regional or national levels and also attend conferences and events.

What do the four Hs in 4-H stand for? Head, Heart, Hands, and Health are the four Hs in 4-H, and they are the four values members work on through fun and engaging programs.

Head – Managing, Thinking
Heart – Relating, Caring
Hands – Giving, Working
Health – Being, Living

What is the 4-H pledge? 

“I pledge my head to clearer thinking,
My heart to greater loyalty,
My hands to larger service,
and my health to better living,
for my club, my community, my country, and my world.”

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Click on the link below to see the article about how the schools in the small town of Tipton, Kansas (population 250) outperformed global competition!

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/tiny-rural-kansas-district-students-performing-global-competition-195446967.html

Congratulations to the students, teachers, parents, families & all who support Tipton Schools!

To confirm dates for your 2012-13 season, please call Debra, Lora or Amber at the ranch 785-373-4835 or send an email through our website with your information with RESERVATION in the subject line…

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Ranch soon!

Keith, Debra, Amber, Lora, Zach & Staff

Only minor injuries were reported throughout the state, thanks to the vigilant warnings & updates from our Wichita T.V. stations, KWCH, KSN and KAKE.

Ken Walker (dad), Haydan Walker, Brennan Walker (brother), Edgar Peck (grandfather)

Saturday evening, March 10th, at the completion of the KSHA Fun Hunt held at Ringneck Ranch, Inc., we drew for a Beretta White Onyx shotgun that Ringneck Ranch, Inc. had sponsored for the raffle.

After thoroughly mixing the 153 purchased tickets, our youngest guest for the Fun Hunt, Aiden Colter, was asked to draw the winning ticket.  He pulled the ticket of Haydan Walker of Topeka, KS.  Haydan’s father, Ken, had purchased several tickets for his two boys earlier in the day.  It appears that Haydan had an advantage over his brother Brennan, as attending the KSHA Fun Hunt was for his 13^th  birthday.   

Winner of the Ringneck Ranch, Inc's Beretta White Onyx Raffle, Haydan Walker!

Jim Champagne Hunting Guide

Retired Division Command Sergeant Major Jim Champagne was the keynote speaker at the Saturday night banquet of Pheasant Fest 2012.

His presentation was about the development of the soldier mentoring program at Ringneck Ranch. He detailed how Ringneck Ranch was solicited by Pheasants Forever retired Central Region Director Barth Crouch to donate a hunt that was given away at a banquet for the 1st Infantry Division in Baghdad, Iraq.

Sergeant Major Champagne acquired information about Ringneck Ranch that he brought home to Fort Riley, Kansas, which was subsequently used for the development of a soldier mentoring program that has been ongoing for 4 years.

The program has been overwhelmingly successful and enthusiastically accepted by the soldiers in the program.

The now retired Sergeant Major Champagne also spends some weekends guiding Ringneck Ranch hunting guests with his new orange and white Brittany “Vic”.

However, there can only be one winner!

Congratulations to Tony Ifland of Cedar, Kansas! He has won a 2 person guided pheasant hunt at Ringneck Ranch for 1 day next fall. We look forward to having you here as our guest!

Pheasant Fest & Quail Classic is a trade show that will focus on wildlife conservation, upland game bird hunting, dog training, and wildlife habitat management and restoration. In connection with the trade show, Pheasants Forever holds seminars on habitat improvement, pheasant hunting, shooting sports, wild game cooking, dog training, conservation and lots more! (from Pheasants Forever website www.pheasantfest.org)

Owner Keith Houghton, Operations Manager Zach Miller and Office Manager Amber VanDoren spent Thursday through Sunday of this past week in Kansas City at the 2012 Pheasant Fest.

Thank you to all our friends, guests & suspects who stopped by our booth!

(Click on photos to enlarge.)

Long time guest Tom Whitaker & Son with Keith Houghton of Ringneck Ranch, Inc.

National Pheasants Forever President Howard Vincent & Keith Houghton

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback & RIngneck Operations Manager Zach Miller

Guest Charlie Spinks & Wife and Ringneck Operations Manager Zach Miller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ringneck Ranch Booth at Pheasant Fest 2012 in Kansas City

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jamie & Jose Silva & Tribe posing with Keith at Pheasant Fest 2012 in Kansas City

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Dill Family, who were recent first time hunters at Ringneck, stopped by the booth to say hi at Pheasant Fest 2012.