DATE:	 1/13/04
CONTACT: Richard D. Willey (864) 656-3090	
EDITOR:  Susan Bedingfield, (864) 656-3876; sbeding@clemson.edu

Winners of 2003 FACE 
program announced

	CLEMSON - Winners of the 2003 Clemson Extension 4-H Food and 
Cover Establishment (4-H FACE) for Wildlife have been announced.   
	More than 170 4-H'ers represented almost half of the state's 46
counties participated in the 2003 program.
	The program is designed to teach the principles of wildlife 
management through the planting of food plots and observing conditions 
and events surrounding the project. 
	Each contestant is provided instructions, a sample record book 
and a five-pound bag of seed.  The 4-H'ers are responsible for 
preparing and planting their wildlife food plots and required to keep a 
record of plot growth and wildlife visitation.  
	State wildlife department biologists and technicians judge the 
wildlife food plot and record book at the end of the growing season.
Contestants are not eligible for awards without preparing a record 
book.
	"The amount of hard work and dedication shown by the 
participants' record books this year was exceptional.  Extension agents
and 4-H volunteers deserve a great deal of credit for recruiting youth 
for this program and providing instruction on record book preparation," 
said Rick Willey, 4-H natural resource specialist with the Clemson 
University Extension Service.  
	Quail Unlimited distributed a total of $525 in cash awards to
state subscriptions to "Quail Unlimited Magazine."  
	All county winners were awarded subscriptions to "South 
Carolina Wildlife Magazine." 
	Winners in the 5 to 8-year-old category are: 
State:
·	Lauren Babb- first, $100 - Marlboro County
·	Kristen Dorr - second, $50 - Sumter County
·	Corey Sease - third, $25 - Bamberg County
County:
·	Allison Fleming - Abbeville County
·	Corey Sease - Bamberg County
·	Frankie Slemmer - Florence County
·	Caleb Sims - Laurens County
·	Lauren Babb - Marlboro County
·	John Cuttino - Orangeburg County
·	Kristen Dorr - Sumter County
·	Douglas Chapple - York County
	Winners in the 9 to 13-year-old category are: 
State:
·	Ashley Sox -- first, $100 - Lexington County
·	Nigel Roman - second, $50 - Sumter County
·	Cody Weaghington - third, $25 - McCormick County
County: 
·	Emily Reed - Aiken County 
·	Corey Watt - Anderson County 
·	Adam Steele - Chester County 
·	Ben Brigman - Chesterfield County 
·	Lucie Wetzel - Greenwood County 
·	Tiffany Graddick - Laurens County 
·	Cody Weaghington - McCormick County 
·	Trey McAlhany - Orangeburg County 
·	Ashley Sox - Saluda County 
·	Nigel Roman - Sumter County
	Winners in the 14 to 19-year-old category are: 
State:
·	Amy Wieber  Swansea- first place, $100 - Calhoun County
·	Jessica Kyser - second, $50 - Aiken County
·	Brady Peele - third, $25 - Dorchester County 
County:
·	Jessica Kyser - Aiken County 
·	Marcus Peacock - Allendale County 
·	Amy Wieber - Calhoun County 
·	Sam Steele - Chester County 
·	Brady Peele  - Dorchester County 
·	Scott Truett - Florence County 
·	James Sims - Laurens County 
·	Heather Clary - Saluda County
	The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Clemson 
University Cooperative Extension Service and Quail Unlimited jointly 
sponsored the program.
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