Jamestown  (CSi)  The James Valley Pheasants Forever Chapter will hold their banquet on Friday March 31, 2017, at the Jamestown Knights of Columbus Hall.

Admission includes:  Dinner, Toasting and Boasting,  with like-minded outdoors people.

There will be opportunities to win great prizes and make a difference for habitat in the James Valley area.

The Cackle Hour starts at 5-p.m.

Tickets can be purchased at Downtown Dental at 815 First Avenue, South in Jamestown, at the door.  Web site

For more information contact Ken McDougall at 701-269-9157.

On Wednesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Ken pointed out that the choice of meals includes prime rib, or Lenten meal of halibut, to be served by local 4-H members.

Prizes in the raffle and silent auctions will include: Pheasant Forever gear, jewelry, duck decoys, tools, along with a Canadian fishing trip, and a bear hunting trip to Minnesota.

Other prizes include a fishing water craft, along with rifles, and shotguns.

He said total donated prizes amount to a cash value of about $14,000.

He added that James Valley Pheasants Forever has most recently established a Precision Agriculture program, that analyses fields.  Southeast of Jamestown, the chapter established a pollinator project to benefit the feeding of insects to young pheasants.

Upcoming, the Chapter will participate in a pollinator camp for high school students at Crystal Springs in May this year.