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	What news would you like to see??? Click on the item below that is of interest to you. STHA News \| STHA San Antonio 2010 Rodeo Exhibit \| STHA December Banquet and Auction \| TEXAS REPTILE EXPO \| Austin Reptile Expo \| STHA News STHA had a display at the 2009 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo February 6 - 15 A report and pictures will be posted as soon as possible. Check back often to see if it's been posted. STHA had a display at the 2008 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo February 1 - 10 STHA had a display at the 2007 San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo February 2 - 11 The rodeo was a great success this year. A BIG thanks to all of the members that took time out of their busy schedules to cover the event. A SPECIAL THANK YOU goes to Jeff for taking vacation time to be there the entire week and giving lectures on snake education and safety. "THANK YOU JEFF!" Click on the picture below to view pictures taken at this event Click on the picture below for pictures of the STHA display at the 2006 Stock Show and Rodeo. STHA ran the concession stand at the Texas Reptile Expo on March 3rd and 4th, 2007. We had a good time at the March 3-4, 2007 Reptile Expo in San Antonio. Even though we were spread a little thin, we were able to run our educational display of the 15 venomous snakes of Texas and run the raffle. STHA also ran the conessions stand. We will find out if the concession stand is worth doing again at the April meeting. Thanks to the members that were able to come out and help. A special thanks to Lynne for setting up the concession stand, to Cam and Brenda for bringing the venomous collection, and to Jon for bringing some of the non-venomous snakes of Texas. The STHA spring 2007 campout was April 20th - 22th. For more information of our field trips please click on the link below field trips STHA San Antonio Rodeo Exhibit STHA Will have an exhibit at the 2010 San Antonio Rodeo. Jeff will be setting up the schedule for the exhibit. The Rodeo dates are Feb. 5th to the 14th this year. Let jeff know what days and hours you can help this year. You can email Jeff at python9@aol.com or call him at 210-264-8577. back to top Items are needed for the meetings door prizes and for raffle items. We have almost run out of items for our monthly raffle and door prize drawings. What we ask is that each person coming to the meetings bring and item or two to donate to the raffle or door prize bank. The raffle is one of the ways we raise money to support the Association and everyone loves to win a door prize. We also need articles for The Hissing Post We need articles for the newsletter. If you have written a Herp related article and would like it published in The Hissing Post please submit it. If the article is from a news paper or magazine, please make sure to include the source name and issue or publication date, (i.e. San Antonio Express News Nov, 28, 2005 or Ladies Home Journal Oct, 2004.) Any of you out there draw Herp related cartoons? Send your articles to: Newsletter Editor: Ed Lessard 8023 Hill Trails San Antonio, TX. 78250-3008 STHA December Banquet and Auction STHA had it's December Banquet and Auction on December 9th, 2009 Many donations were brought for the auction. The food was great and the auction went well. We raised almost $300.00 for the Association. Thanks to all the members that brought auction items and all the good food for the dinner. There were several guests in attendance as well as lots of the clubs members. Fun was had by all. Thanks Pete,, you did a great job as always. back to top TEXAS REPTILE EXPO SAN ANTONIO 2010 Schedule March 6-7, June 5-6, September 11-13, November 6-7 for vendor or event info go to http://www.texasreptiles.com back to top Austin Reptile Expo 2010 Dates May 29-30, August 28-29 Expo is at the Dell Diamond United Heritage Center 3400 E. Palm Valley Blvd. (Hwy 79, exit 253A off IH 35) Round Rock, Texas For more information click on the below link. back to top Every possible effort is made to comply with applicable copyright regulations; any non-compliance is accidental. Questions regarding this website and/or the South Texas Herpetology Association should be submitted to southtxherps@yahoo.com