Abilene -

Abilene TX
January 15-18, 2010

Registration Fees:
THA Members - $35.00, (THA Family Members $12.00)
Non-Members - $45.00

2010 Keynote Speaker:  Lt. Col. Sidney "Kent" Carnie:

Carnie is the Curator (Emeritus) of the Archives of Falconry at The Peregrine Fund's World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise, Idaho.  Carnie finished a successful and decorated 20-year career in the US Army stationed at Ft. Bliss in El Paso. While here in Texas Carnie was instrumental in the creation of Texas' first falconry regulations in 1970. Carnie has been a practicing falconer for over 60 years, a member of the British Falconer's Club since 1949, and an early member of the Falconry Club of America (FCA) producing their first newsletter, The Lurebag (1958). Carnie joined NAFA in 1962 and served as Hawk Chalk Editor in 1963, Mountain Director and NAFA Vice President (77-78) and later Director-at-Large (81-82). Carnie was a member of NAFA's Technical Advisory Committee (69-98) and served as Chairman for almost 25 years. Carnie served on the Board of Directors of the Peregrine Fund (77-83) and as the Archives' founding Curator of Books and Manuscripts where, serving for 15 years, Carnie established the largest collection of English language falconry books in the world.

Falconer's have been privileged to practice the sport of falconry in America by the Federal rules Kent Carnie helped broker almost 40 years ago. Join THA in honoring Lt. Col Kent Carnie for his years of dedicated service to falconers and falconry world wide.
 
Saturday Jan. 16, 2010 at the Whitten Inn
7:00AM - 5:00PM: Weathering Yard
11:00AM - 2:00PM: Late Registration
1:30PM - 2:30PM: Building a Coroplast Hawk Box - Chuck Redding (**See Notes Below)
(*Still looking for volunteers for more potential Workshops?)
Saturday Jan. 16, 2010 at the Taylor County Expo Center - Display Building
5:30PM - 7:00PM: Raffle Sales Open to Members
7:00PM - 7:30PM: Dinner Served
7:30PM - 8:00PM: THA Business & Awards
8:00PM - 8:30PM: Keynote Speaker -- Lt. Col. Kent Carnie
8:30PM - 9:00PM: Raffle Sales Continued (30 min.)
9:00PM - 10:00PM: THA Raffle and Auction
10:00PM: Closing
**All times are approximate?)

* Workshops: Please contact me if you have an idea for a workshop you would like to volunteer to conduct. (Suggestions include: photography workshop, training workshop, equipment making workshop ? to include hood making, leashes, anklets, jesses, squirrel chaps? The list is endless.  Do your part to share your knowledge with someone else!)

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Workshop Details:
Saturday, 1:30 p.m. - Building a Coroplast Hawk Box -- Chuck Redding
Coroplast boxes are light and strong.  I will demonstrate how to make a box out of a single folded sheet, using a design posted by Charlie Kaiser, an Arizona falconer.  There are Coroplast boxes that sell on the Internet for over $150.  This one will cost you about $25. The fabrication is simple and very slick, taking about an hour. The box we build will be donated to the raffle.

If you want to build your own box to take with you, you will need the following items:
1 - 8' X 4' Coroplast sheet (uncut and unbent)
1 - utility knife
1 - marker pen (Sharpie)
1 - measuring tape
1 - some strips of velcro
1 - tube of Barge cement
 

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