Sheriff Gary Driskell and deputies of the SMPSO congratulated the 4H Shooting Team for their accomplishments today in their regionals performance in Gonzales.
Sheriff Driskell, in conjunction with the NRA, donated two rifles to the team. These youngsters have been practicing over the past couple years at the Sheriff’s Gun Range, located at the John I. Kahl Training Center.
Corrie Uze updated us on the team’s progress>
“𝑆𝑡. 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠ℎ 4-𝐻 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 63 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑜𝑛𝑧𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘. 𝑊𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑦, 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑔𝑢𝑛, 𝐶𝑀𝑃, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑖𝑙ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒. 40 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙. 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑙. 𝐴 ℎ𝑢𝑔𝑒 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡. 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑆ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑓𝑓 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑟 4-𝐻 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠.”
Sheriff Gary Driskell commented on how much he appreciates 4H and other organizations that provide good experiences for our youngsters.
“𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 4𝑯 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒐𝒍𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉, 𝒔𝒐 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆. 𝑾𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒔.” -𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒇 𝑮𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑫𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒍𝒍
