Category: HCLS 2016

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Grand Champion

Rachel Grubbs, Brownsboro FFA

Reserve Grand Champion

Hunter Grubbs, Brownsboro FFA

1. Rachel Grubbs, Brownsboro FFA
2. Hunter Grubbs, Brownsboro FFA
3. Casie Spivey, Outdoor Sports
4. Ava Claire Wyatt, Brownsboro FFA
5. Rylea Washburn, Horizon 4-H
6. Colton Hemphill, Cross Roads 4-H
7. Colton Womack, Brownsboro FFA
8. Gracie Taylor, Brownsboro FFA
9. Blaine Coats, LaPoynor FFA
10. Hannah Reeves, Brownsboro FFA

AHS students build first-rate duck blind

Athens High School students and Athens FFA members Justin Gatlin (left) and Drake Rummel stand in front of the duck blind they designed and built. It was one of many shop projects entered into the Henderson County Livestock Show this past week. The blind includes a ramp and skids to make it more portable. (Toni Garrard Clay/AISD)
Athens High School students and Athens FFA members Justin Gatlin (left) and Drake Rummel stand in front of the duck blind they designed and built. It was one of many shop projects entered into the Henderson County Livestock Show this past week. The blind includes a ramp and skids to make it more portable. (Toni Garrard Clay/AISD)

Toni Garrard Clay/AISD Communications Specialist

Athens High School students Drake Rummel and Justin Gatlin like to duck hunt … a lot. And it was on one of those hunts that an idea came to them for a shop project they could enter into the Henderson County Livestock Show: a duck blind. Once it was mentioned, they knew it was a perfect fit.

They started by simply searching the internet for a duck blind they liked and used it as a starting point. “We drew out the plans by hand and figured how much metal we’d need for every square inch and what type of metal we’d need,” said Rummel.

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