October 1, 2007Franklin County JAKES event a huge smashA co-worker took his 8-year-old buddy to this past weekend's National Wild Turkey Federation JAKES event at Franklin County's Waid Recreation Area. The kid, my friend said, "had a blast." Put on by the Franklin County Longbeards chapter of the NWTF, this youth event keeps getting bigger and better. Last year it earned the NWTF's national award for best JAKES event of its size. Organizers estimated that this year's event drew more than 400 youngsters. That puts it up there with the popular JAKES event put on each fall by the Rockbridge County chapter of the NWTF. The Rockbridge event, which was also this weekend (I haven't heard how it went), has been a regular national winner of its category and it will be interesting to see who comes out on top now that they're going head-to-head.
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While growing up in rural Southern Oregon, Mark Taylor developed a passion for the outdoors while he and his younger brother tagged along with their father on fishing, hunting and camping adventures. Graduating from Northwestern University in 1988, Taylor spent four years as an officer in the U.S. Navy based in Norfolk before moving into journalism. After five years writing about the military for a Norfolk-based publishing company, he became the outdoors editor at The Roanoke Times in 1998. He lives in Roanoke with his wife and twin daughters. .....Advertisement.....
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