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Ryan VanderlugtRyan Vanderlugt has been selected as the 2018 District 10 Indiana Conservation Officer of the Year.
He has served as an Indiana Conservation Officer since 2011, originally assigned to Huntington County. In 2014 he was transferred LaPorte County.
Vanderlugt serves many roles, including firearms instructor, public safety diver, defensive tactics instructor, use-of-force instructor, active-shooter instructor, drill instructor, background investigator, passenger for hire inspector, breath test operator, and pilot.
He is also a United States Army 153 D UH60 Blackhawk helicopter pilot.
District 10 includes LaPorte, Jasper, Lake, Newton, Porter, Pulaski and Starke counties.
The district award puts Vanderlugt in the running for the Pitzer Award, which is awarded to the stateís top conservation officer and is selected from the 10 district award winners.
The Pitzer Award is named after Indiana Conservation Officer James D. Pitzer, who was fatally shot while investigating illegal hunting activity on Jan. 1, 1961 in Jay County.
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LureCraft Fisherman’s Shop in Orland, Ind. will host its annual Open Hose March 8-9.
Several items will be on sale and anglers will be able to check out new items added to the shop’s lineup.
The Three Rivers Fly Tiers will be on hand to demonstrate fly tying. Coffee, donuts and hotdogs will be available.
Hours are 7-5 on Friday and 8-4 Saturday.
For more information, call Kim, 260-829-1274.
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p>Garmin Electronics will conduct a seminar on how to use modern day fish finders Tuesday night from 6 to 8 at the Meadow Valley Golf Course.
The program is provided by Tackle Shack in Middlebury.
Garmin representatives will explain how to read today’s computerized graphs and interpret the signals the units are producing. They also will explain the new Panoptix Livescope feature and how it reveals fish out ahead of the boat.
For more information, call the Tackle Shack at 574-825-0802.
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The Indiana DNR Division of Law Enforcement is looking to fill Indiana Conservation Officer (ICO) positions across the state with highly motivated, outdoor-centered individuals.
Anyone interested in a career as an ICO should first to go to www.dnr.IN.gov/lawenfor and complete the Pre-screening test. Completion of this test by midnight Feb. 4, 2019 is required to be considered for the 2019 hiring process, which starts in late February 2019.
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By Louie Stout
Shipshewana Show Features Hunting/Fishing Seminars The eighth annual Michiana Outdoors & Sportsman Show will be held at the Michiana Events Center (MEC) in Shipshewana next weekend.
The show runs Friday, Jan. 18 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19 from 8-5.
The program will have a heavy outdoors flavor with seminars on open water panfishing, ice fishing and bass fishing (Brian Hensley), trapping (Mathew Badger), deer hunting (Fred Abbas), Elk hunting (Alan Carter) and whitetail deer land management (Don Higgins).
In addition, there will be demonstrations by the Dock Dogs, experts to score antlers, and bow shooting exhibits both days.
Vendors include those displaying hunting and fishing gear, hunting and fishing charters, boat dealers, taxidermists and more. Drawings will be held for deer hunts and charter fishing packages.
Admission is $10 for adults and free to children 12 and under.
For more information and seminar schedule, visit www.michianaevents.com.