The 2nd Annual Ozarks Sports & Outdoor Expo will be held on March 30, 2019 at the Fulton County Fairgrounds in Salem Arkansas and will feature competitions, vendors, food, and seminars. One of the competitions is the School Shooting Sports Competition at the Fulton County Trap Range. There will be two divisions for Junior High and High School teams with cash awards for the top three schools in each division – 1stPlace – $300, 2nd Place – $200, and 3rd Place – $100. The awards for the shooting sports competition are sponsored by Salem Auto Supply, Salem Pipe and Steel, Fulton County Democratic Party, Mike and Sharon Carpenter, State Senator James Sturch, and Salem VFW Post 9777.
The competition will be limited to 125 individual participants and the number of teams will be determined by the pre-registration. It is important that schools pre-register as soon as possible. Shooting Sports Coaches can go to the Ozark Sports & Outdoor Expo Facebook page and follow the link or visit the Fulton County Fair website, www.fultoncountyfair.org for a registration form or they can call the Fulton County Fair Office at 870-895-5565. Pre-registration is due by March 15, 2019.
Teams will not pay a registration fee and ammo and targets will be provided by team sponsors. The AYSSP format will be used for the competition. Team sponsors are FNBC Community Bankers, Randall Tyler – United Country Moody Realty, Tower Hill Guns & More, Michael & Betty Roork, Barker Funeral Home, Keen Surveying, York Dozing and Backhoe, Church Street Boutique, Fulton County OEM Coordinator Michael Harlow, Roger & Aemi Thompson, Fulton County Treasurer Barry Abney, Jodi Hollibaugh, Jumpstart Garage (Viola Team), Cory & Haley Tyler, and Williams Garage (Salem Team).
Contact Scott Moody at 870—371-0070 for additional information on the Trap Shoot.
Cathy Drew is a lifelong resident of the region that she loves to promote. She was born in downtown Batesville in the late ’60s, located in one of the eight counties she now enjoys encouraging people to visit.
Drew became associated with the Ozark Gateway Region in 1990 while working at the ad agency (The Media Market Inc.). The agency handled marketing for the regional association, where she and her co-workers produced an annual tabloid publication. She began working as the Ozark Gateway Region director in June 2000.
After Drew became director, she took the region to the next level by helping the tourism organization create a new website and moved it from the old newspaper paper tabloid publication to a color magazine format. She helped open a visitor center for the Ozark Gateway, allowing visitors to pick up information from the entire state 24/7. Over the years, Drew has helped the organization meet new marketing goals, such as in- and out-of-state marketing, assuring that all 100,000 copies of their magazines are distributed each year.
In 2016, she assisted in creating the first Ozark Gateway Region Golf Classic. The tournament continues to grow each year, allowing the organization to expand its co-op program and helping each county have dedicated promotion. Drew stays busy at Ozark Gateway as the ad sales manager, magazine editor, day-to-day office operations, trade show representative, and magazine distribution representative, all while ensuring that the region is represented all over Arkansas and southern Missouri.
Drew was featured in several local and statewide publications over the years, as well as the 1997 cover of the Ozark Gateway Region tabloid, along with her then 4-year-old son, Jon. She has received several awards, such as the Batesville Rotarian of the Year in 2010 and a three-time Paul Harris Fellow.
She also has served as an Independence County election commissioner for several years. She now serves as their co-election coordinator, helping with behind-the-scenes management of voting equipment, day-to-day election deadlines, and poll worker training.
Drew is Batesville Rotary Club Past President, and is the Rotary Clubs’ current membership chair.
In March of 2018, Drew was honored with induction into the Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame for her many years of dedicated service to the tourism industry.