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SCI Calgary Chapter

Sci calgary is your local advocate for the protection of the freedom to hunt and the conservation of alberta's abundant resources..

Protecting hunters' rights and promoting wildlife conservation, SCI's two areas of focus, historically has been the interest of hundreds of individuals long before SCI was established. 

Safari Club International is the paramount organization dedicated to protecting the freedom to hunt and promoting wildlife conservation worldwide. Safari Club International strives to protect hunter's rights as well as promote and maintain science-based wildlife conservation throughout North America and the world. The Calgary Alberta Chapter is an organization of avid Calgary & Southern Alberta hunters and outdoors people who are dedicated to promoting responsible hunting practices and responsible use of our natural resources. We are passionate about hunting, we are passionate about wildlife and conservation, and we are passionate about our province.

Theryn Berndt receiving the Annual Youth Horn Scoring award in Medicine Hat in 2017. 

Patrick Fletcher with Hotfire Safaris (South Africa) Receives the SCI Calgary Inaugural  Outfitter of the Year Award for his continued support of the chapter and dedication to the industry over the years at the Annual Dinner. 

SCI Tag Soup

The official podcast of Safari Club International! SCI is dedicated to protecting the freedom to hunt and promoting wildlife conservation. Whether you hunt your own backyard, do one or a few hunts in a nearby state or across the country, or are an international destination hunter, SCI Tag Soup has something for you - it's not about the kill, it's about the experience, the habitat and the wildlife. See you in camp!

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What Shall I Wear?

We request that you dress in the spirit of our theme, “A Night on Safari”. We’ve put some examples of this below but here are a few pointers:

• Khaki and Olive are great choices for dominant colors
• Feel like a little more color? Animal prints (think leopard and zebra) are a great choice for the ladies or the adventurous gent.
• Fedoras and pith helmets, ascots and belted jackets if you are feeling a vintage vibe!
• Columbia fishing shirts, jeans and camo are definitely NOT safari!
• While we won’t turn you away (we might ban you from future events) if you aren’t in theme, it will make for a more fun and festive event if everyone is dressed for the theme!

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Safari Club International is the leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and promoting wildlife conservation worldwide. These primary missions are supported through Advocacy, Membership, Education and Representation.

Protecting hunters’ rights and promoting wildlife conservation historically have been the interest of hundreds of individuals long before SCI was established.

SCI Foundation’s Mission and Purpose

The mission of sci foundation is to ensure the future of wildlife through conservation, education, and hunting,   while its purposes are as follows:.

• To conduct and support scientific and technical studies in the field of wildlife conservation, to assist in the design and development of scientifically sound wildlife programs for the management of wildlife and sustainable use hunting, and to demonstrate the constructive role that hunting and hunters play in the conservation of wildlife and in preserving biodiversity worldwide.
• To carry out and to support education programs on wildlife conservation, ecology and natural resource management that include a demonstration of the constructive role that hunting and hunters play in natural resource conservation and land management.
• To design, carry out and support programs to assist the disabled in enjoying sustainable hunting and to utilize the resources of the hunting community and the various aspects of hunting to aid those less fortunate by providing humanitarian services.
• To provide charitable donations to other organizations or to individuals pursuing the same or similar goals as those of the SCI Foundation; and
• To undertake activities permitted by law to publicly-supported organizations exempt from taxation under Section (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States of America, and to receive or make contributions which are deductible for federal income, estate and gift tax purposes.

Missions Programs

Conservation  Efforts  never cease, and through chapter projects, SCI Foundation grants and scholarships, and regional programs, members of Safari Club International make a difference in the life of the environment and the animals that live there.

Education   Programs , for both children and adults, provide a hands-on opportunity to experience the outdoors and to spread the knowledge of conservation and wildlife management. One of these education programs is Sensory Safari, a program in which the blind can learn about nature through touch exhibits. SCI Foundation also opened the International Wildlife Museum in Tucson, Arizona, to increase knowledge of, and appreciation for, the diverse wildlife of the world.

Chapter Driven Programs

Humanitarian Service Programs  are also a primary initiative of SCI Foundation. Through Sportsmen Against Hunger and SafariCare, food and supplies are provided to those in need, both in our backyard and in remote places of the world. The Disabled Hunter program fosters opportunities for disabled sportsmen and women to experience the hunting tradition. SafariWish grants hunting related wishes to those dealing with terminal or life-threatening illnesses.

Safari Club International Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that  ensures the future of wildlife through conservation, education, and hunting.   Any contribution may tax deductible under Internal Revenue Code section 170(c) as a charitable contribution to the extent permitted by law. Tax deductible amount of gift is reduced by the “Fair market Value” of any goods, services, or advantages that a sponsor receives for the donation.  EIN #86-0292099

Since 2000, SCI Foundation has provided more than $80 million to promote science-based conservation through wildlife research, capacity building in governments, youth and teacher education, and humanitarian programs that show the importance of the hunting community in society around the world. Growth of SCI Foundation has continued to gain momentum through charitable donations from SCI members and direct grants from local chapters and the SCI organization. Throughout the world, SCI’s approximately 50,000 members and 190 chapters contribute time, talent, and financial support to local, national, and international projects.

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Street art in a Siberian backwater by artists from all over the world (PHOTOS)

For the second year, Bratsk (Irkutsk Region, almost 5,000 km east of Moscow) is hosting the 'One For All' street-art festival. It is the brainchild of 33-year-old local artist Grigory Sharov , who has no team, sponsors or government support. The concept is simple and ingenious: artists from other cities and countries send him their sketches, which he brings to life in the city.

Artist R1 from South Africa

What is Bratsk?

“Bratsk is a small industrial city, I’d even say a raw-material appendage. It is home to some large factories, such as the Bratsk hydroelectric power station, and practically nothing else,” says Sharov. 

He became interested in street art when he lived in Moscow. His first job came about quite by chance. On his way to work one day, he spotted a sign reading: “The karate club is closed”. The next day, he bought a black belt and attached it next to the sign as a makeshift black ribbon. 

Grigory returned to Bratsk five years ago when his father died. That caused a major rethink: what Sharov had been doing in Moscow (working as a project manager for a design studio and trying to become an actor) was impossible in Bratsk. “I thought to myself, what can I do instead? I have a notebook to write down my plans. I opened it and conceived the idea of creating a more conscious kind of street art.”

That’s when he created the work 'Sportsmen' – a homage to the work of the same name by Kazimir Malevich. Unexpectedly, it got a response. All local media and some even in Moscow wrote about it.

“Sportsmen”

“My ‘Sportsmen’ looks exactly the same, but the four figures are squatting. It was a reference to gopniks [young thugs from the lower stratum of Russian society who have a characteristic way of squatting ]. All my childhood was spent in that environment. Bratsk is a criminal city. But when I left, it seemed to me that all this 1990s subculture had dissolved, that it no longer existed anywhere. But when I returned, I was horrified to discover nothing had changed in Bratsk. Then I conceived this work, which struck a chord with many.” 

“I can’t breath, [swear word],” Misha Marker

Sharov realized one other thing: he was the only street artist in Bratsk. And he wanted to change that.

The standard strategy was to go to the city authorities, get approval, request a budget and wait (usually a long time). That, says Sharov, is how all such festivals take place in Russia, if they are legal. 

“It was understood that the budget would be small, and we wouldn’t raise any socio-political issues, each work would be approved individually. I really didn’t want that. I thought: ‘What if I draw all the works myself?’” 

“We don’t even have paint here, let’s get some from another city”

The first One For All festival in 2020 featured only works by Russian artists. He was nervous about writing to artists and asking for sketches, since most of them were just Instagram followers. But to his surprise, no one found the idea strange. 

First, Sharov photographs interesting locations and objects, shows them to artists, and they send sketches. Sharov never moderates them.

Artist OAKOAK from France

“In Bratsk, however, there are problems even with materials. Today I needed some old banners. I called all the advertising agencies, but they told me there was nothing available yet and to try again after the elections,” he says. Once Sharov had to go to the neighboring city of Irkutsk for spray paint, because there wasn’t any in Bratsk. He also got tiles from there. 

Michael Pederson, Australia

It takes about six weeks to prepare. Sharov does everything alone, refusing sponsorship money and advertising. But his friends help out: someone brings stepladders, someone helps him glue huge stencils until nightfall, someone else goes to a neighboring city for materials. " One For All always features highly conceptual works. Often they are ugly, unaesthetic, not a building facade decorated with cute illustrations. They are small, hard-hitting ideas. Independence is very important here.”

“Deer”, Zoom

He has never been arrested, he says. Once, when creating a work at a busy intersection, he was approached by police three times, always with different questions. They only laid off when he showed them a report about his work on local TV: “They decided that since I was on TV, everything must be fine.” 

“Breathing is not easier”

Why do foreigners like Bratsk?   

Come the second festival, the geography of participants had expanded to all continents. “I literally spent my evenings online searching for things like ‘street art Chile’ and seeing what was happening there. I did it countless times until I found people who were suitable and unlike each other.”

“Naturally, none of them really knows where Bratsk is. I email them an explanation: Bratsk is a small city in Siberia, not so far from Lake Baikal, etc.”. 

As it turned out, Bratsk inspires artists from abroad. Many say they’d like to visit one day. 

“Perhaps there’s something about Bratsk that attracts them. If we talk about big cities, for example, Moscow, it’s been licked clean, especially the central thoroughfares. But in Bratsk there are lots of strange, incoherent places and things. I’m talking to you now from the office [Sharov works two jobs: as a marketer at a fuel company and as a radio presenter], looking out the window at an abandoned street light, all rusted, the glass globe has fallen off. Something artistic could definitely be done with it.”

Hate and the local reaction 

For a long time, Sharov believed that the local attitude to the festival was unequivocally positive. But then he was sent some links to local publics on social networks. It turned out that many describe his works as vandalism. Someone even promised to report him to the police. 

Alex Senna, Brazil

“I once did a job that referred to The Last Supper. It was at a bus stop. One woman wrote in the comments that she’d read somewhere that if you get photographed against the backdrop of The Last Supper, you’ll soon die. So she’ll never ride from that stop again,” Sharov recalls. 

Sharov himself is relaxed about the hate. He always knew not everyone would get this type of art, and that some of the works would not survive a year (the house painted with a deer, for example, was demolished for firewood or construction materials). So far, however, those who approach him in the street do so only to express gratitude. This summer, Sharov was nominated for the Innovation Prize, one of the main Russian awards for contemporary art, organized by the Pushkin Museum.  

“Only at this festival, for some reason, many works began to disappear the moment I unveiled them. Sometimes they even get destroyed before being presented. I did two works one evening, and came back the following morning to photograph them. Both had been ruined, trampled into the ground. It’s pretty weird.”

“Sacred 90s”

This refers to the 'rocket' by Michael Pederson from Australia and the plywood heart by French artist OAKOAK. And here’s an installation by the artist Vsyo ponyatno (Everything is clear) from Yekaterinburg over a pit in the road. The city administration’s reaction was to get rid of the installation. But the pit was not repaired.

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Leah McSweeney’s sober dating app hosts first event

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Leah McSweeney’s sober dating app, Club Pillar, hosted its first in-person event with artistes of abstinence including Cat Marnell, TikTok star Kelsey Soles and McSweeney herself all on the scene.

The bash at Bisou in Tribeca featured sober singles, 1980s grooves, burlesque dancers, mocktails from Aplos and QR-coded condoms. 

We’re told the “ambience matched the application’s aesthetic: red, sexy and mysterious.”

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The app calls itself the “first sober private members community” and says it “seeks to redefine dating and social experiences for those committed to a sober lifestyle or looking to cut back on drinking.”  

CEO Jessie Urvater told us of the party, “this is the only beginning . . . We will have three more events in NYC before [the official] launch and each event will be filled with surprises and stimulations.”

The event marked something of a fresh start for McSweeney, we’re told, after leaving the “Real Housewives of New York City.” As an adviser and “creative lead” on the project , we hear she saw it as a chance to move on and put life as a reality star behind her.

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She added that as “the first sober private members community,” Club Pillar “seeks to redefine dating and social experiences for those committed to a sober lifestyle or looking to cut back on drinking.”

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“This is not only for people in recovery but people who just don’t love getting wasted or drinking,” she added.

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Travis kelce hits vegas club without taylor swift after charity event, travis kelce partying into early morning ... no taylor swift.

Travis Kelce painted Las Vegas red this weekend ... hitting up a club in the city hours after attending a charity gala -- with Taylor Swift nowhere in sight.

The Chiefs tight end pulled up to Wynn Las Vegas' XS Nightclub early Sunday morning according to a TikTok video ... where he hyped up the crowd alongside popular DJ, Kygo .

Check out the clip ... Travis surprises the whole crowd with his appearance -- shrieks and gasps follow the man onstage, and -- while he leaves the DJing to the professionals -- he certainly gets the crowd up and moving, belting out the tunes too.

One notable absence from the DJ booth ... Taylor, obviously -- many on social media are reporting she didn't come out to the club at all, or at least they didn't see her.

Taylor & Travis looking gorgeous as always 🤩 The most powerful couple attending the Mahomes foundation gala tonight. 🤗 #TaylorSwift #TravisKelce #Chiefs #ChiefsKingdom pic.twitter.com/3DwJwiv2uk — Tayvis1989 (@TayvisEra1989) April 28, 2024 @TayvisEra1989

Taylor and Travis hit the Mahomes' 15 and the Mahomies Foundation Golf Classic gala joining Patrick and Brittany for the auction event earlier in the evening.

Apparently, Taylor even donated four tickets too ... raising big money according to auctioneer Harry Santa who took a quick pic with Taylor too.

It makes sense Killa Trav and his lady weren't together at the club ... 'cause Travis reportedly showed up pretty close to 3 AM -- and, ya gotta imagine Taylor called it a night a little earlier than that.

In any case ... looks like Travis enjoyed his night -- and, we imagine Taylor got her beauty sleep!

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