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The Karval Community Alliance sponsored the 4th annual Mountain Plover Festival in Karval on April 30, May 1st and 2nd, 2010
Friday evening kicked off the weekend with an Ice Cream Social and sandwich supper furnished by the Willing Workers Club. 39 people attended the meal and raised approximately $195.00 for the Club. The evening tour spotted 3 Broad-Winged Hawks south of Karval. These are not known to be in our area and was a pleasant surprise to start the weekend of bird watching.
Saturday morning came early with 30 attending the breakfast sponsored by the Karval Community Alliance and raising approximately $186.00 for the Alliance.
Science students from Karval School attended tours over the weekend and learned about all the different birds and wildlife that we have.
The Saturday morning tour started South of Karval, spotting the Broad-Winged Hawks again, touring an old homestead, and on to the Wineinger-Davis Ranch.
Lunch Sat was attended by 65 people and raised approximately $325.00 for the Friendship Circle Club.
Saturday afternoon tour was to the Wezel ranch and then to the Karval Lake. A school bus was used to transport guests to different locations and then 2 trailers were pulled into the pastures.
Saturday evening Chuck Wagon Dinner was attended by 104 people and raised approximately $725.00 for the Karval 4-H Club. Entertainment for the evening was the Karval Music department along with staff. $2.00 of each evening meal was given to the music department for a total of $208.00
Sunday morning breakfast was served to 28 guests and raised approximately $140.00 for the Karval Lions Club.
The Sunday morning tour went north and south of Karval to different homesteads and returning back to the Karval Lake. A total of 65 different species of birds were recorded for the weekend.
Sunday lunch was attended by 50 guests and raised approximately $250.00 for the Karval FFA.
The photo contest was judged on Saturday afternoon. We had 16 entrants with a total of 55 pictures. The results are:
Youth 12 years & Under:
- Animals--Janna Pelster-!st
- Birds-Janna Pelster-1st
- People- Janna Pelster-1st & Reserve Champion
- Farm & Ranch- Janna Pelster-1st
- Jordon Bautch-2nd
Landscapes & Scenery- Janna Pelster-1st & Champion
Open Class
- Animals-Bobbi Jo LaForce--1st, Mags Carling-2nd & Reserve Champion, Janet Kravig-3rd
- Birds-Mark Carling-1st, Max Logan-2nd, Mags Carling-3rd
- People-Jach Carling-1st, Sheri Logan-2nd, Janet Kravig-3rd
- Farm & Ranch-Janet Kravig-1st, Sheila Pelster-2nd, Bobbi Jo LaForce-3rd
- Landscapes& Scenery-Mark Carling-1st & Champion, Janet Kravig-2nd, Bobbi Jo LaForce-3rd
- Plover Festival(Prior Year)-Mags Carling-1st, Mark Carling-2nd
- Karval Events-Zach Carling-1st, Sheila Pelster-2nd, Mark Carling-3rd.
The money for the photo contest was sponsored by the Colorado Division of Wildlife & John Koshack-Watchable Wildlife.
We want to THANK the Clubs for furnishing the meals; the Karval School for furnishing the bus and the music; the landowners for allowing our guests to look for birds; Seth Gallagher- Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory, Dr. Vicki Dritz & Ken Morgan of the Colorado Division of Wildlife, Harold Yoder for being our auctioneer; Charles Hoffman, Nancy Stocker and Susann Mikkelson for being our photo judges; and the county guys for mowing around the community building. Without everyone's support and help we could not have put on the Plover Festival, so from the Karval Community Alliance members THANK YOU.
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