2021 Falls County A&M Club Aggie Muster
The Falls County A&M Club invites you and your family to join us for the 2021 Aggie Muster. The Falls County Aggie Muster will be one of over 400 Musters held worldwide and will honor local and area Aggies that have died during this past year.
This year, the Falls County Muster will be held in Marlin at The Chicken Place. Muster will be Wednesday, April 21, with a 6:30 p.m. start as we howdy, shake hands, and visit. The catered meal will begin at 7 p.m. The cost for the meal will be $15 with an additional optional cost of $5 for Falls County A&M Club membership dues.
The 2021 Muster Message will be delivered by Dr. Jim Cathey and his family. Dr. Cathey is a Marlin High School graduate and the son of Stella and Jim Cathey.
Dr. Jim Cathey is an associate director for the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute. Jim is a regional and national expert in wildlife management, Extension outreach and programming, feral hog management and conservation biology.
He was formerly associate department head, professor and Extension wildlife specialist for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service within the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences.
Jim has authored 50+ extension and research publications and fostered the development of many social media outlets. He provided expertise to AgriLife Extension personnel in 72 counties in central and southern Texas. Recent programming revolved around grassland restoration, northern bobwhite, wild pigs, Rio Grande wild turkey, and urban deer. In 2013, he became the Reversing the Quail Decline in Texas project director leading researchers and educators in the search of factors that harm quail and the solutions needed to bolster quail populations.
He is a member of the Wildlife Society, a member and past president of the Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society. He provided service to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as co-chairman of the Education Committee for Texas Children in Nature and currently serves on the Upland Game Bird Advisory Committee. He is a member of the Texas Outdoor Partners and has been a Texas Wildlife Association director since 2008.
Jim started hunting at a very early age with his family and he shaped his passion for the outdoors into his occupation. He earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in wildlife management at Texas A&M University and his doctorate from Texas Tech University. A true Aggie family, Jim and his wife Carol are both graduates of the Class of ’91. They are parents of 23-year-old triplets who are A&M graduates, Rachel’20, Sara,’20, and Jared,’21.
Falls County A&M Club is looking forward to hearing an informative Muster Message.
For more information or to RSVP contact Rogers Craig’59 at (254) 883-5056, e-mail skytripper@sbcglobal.net or Jim Cathey’65 at (254) 883-3647, e-mail onejcat@sbcglobal.net If you are unable to attend you can send your dues ($5.00) to Jim Cathey 420 W. Anders St., Marlin, TX 76661.
Make your checks payable to: Falls County A&M Club.