{"id":67020,"date":"2016-08-01T00:19:39","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T06:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/young-cortez-riflewoman-earns-a-trip-to-washington-d-c\/"},"modified":"2016-08-01T06:19:39","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T06:19:39","slug":"young-cortez-riflewoman-earns-a-trip-to-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/young-cortez-riflewoman-earns-a-trip-to-washington-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Cortez riflewoman earns a trip to Washington, D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kayleen Bowie was awarded a trip to Washington, D.C., from the National Rifle Association for her success as a competitive shooter and student. Her trip included a tour of the National Firearms Museum and some time at an NRA shooting range.<\/span>Courtesy photo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Journal<\/p>\n

Competitive shooter Kayleen Bowie, of Cortez, hit the bull\u2019s-eye this summer when she was awarded a seven-day trip to Washington D.C., courtesy of the National Rifle Association.<\/p>\n

Bowie, 17, is a regular at the Four Corners Rifle and Pistol Club and has been competing since age 9. Her dad, Norm Bowie, is the club\u2019s junior instructor.<\/p>\n

She was accepted into the NRA\u2019s national Youth Education Summit capital tour because of her success in the sport and academics. The YES program was launched in 1996 to encourage America\u2019s youths to become active and knowledgeable citizens.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a wonderful experience. I\u2019m really honored and learning a lot of history,\u201d Kayleen said in a phone interview Friday from Washington.<\/p>\n

Along with other youths who were awarded the trip, she visited George Washington\u2019s Mount Vernon, the Lincoln Memorial, World War II Memorial, U.S. Supreme Court and White House.<\/p>\n

Participating in a debate was part of the trip. Her topic was \u201cSharing economies should be held to the same regulations as corporate counterparts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to do some research on that before the trip,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

But one of the best activities was touring the NRA headquarters and spending two hours firing off rounds in their rifle range.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir facility is very high-tech,\u201d Kayleen said. \u201cWe got to shoot some bigger caliber guns and instructors taught us how to shoot them properly.\u201d<\/p>\n

A tour of the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Virginia, was also a highlight, she said, with its vast collection of historic and modern guns.<\/p>\n

Kayleen said she learned to shoot from her dad. They shot a lot of cans together and went on hunting trips. Then one Friday night, some friends invited her to the local shooting range, and she was hooked.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is one of my passions,\u201d Kayleen said. \u201cIt is a precision sport that demands quiet focus and a lot of practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

She has been an avid competitive shooter for the Four Corners Rifle and Pistol Club for the past eight years, competing with a .22-caliber rifle. She also competes at the National Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs with a .22 rifle and an air rifle.<\/p>\n

Kayleen credits her success to persistent practice and good coaching from her dad, who built her a shooting range at their county home.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a way for me to relax, to clear my mind,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m thinking about competing at the college level \u2013 my scores keep improving.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kayleen Bowie was awarded a trip to Washington, D.C., from the National Rifle Association for her success as a competitive shooter and student. Her trip included a tour of the National Firearms Museum and some time at an NRA shooting range.Courtesy photo The Journal Competitive shooter Kayleen Bowie, of Cortez, hit the bull\u2019s-eye this summer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,150,390],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-67020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-firearms","tag-shooting"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67020"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=67020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}