Springville will be welcoming outdoors writer and photographer Charles J. Alscheimer on Sept. 22.

     Alscheimer's spectacular photos of the whitetail deer are featured regularly in America's leading outdoor publications, and his informative articles on deer behavior and hunting strategies have earned both critical and popular acclaim.

     In 2000, a national survey sponsored by Deer and Deer Hunting magazine named him one of deer hunting's top five inspirational leaders of the 20th century, along with bow-hunting legend Fred Bear, conservationist Aldo Leopold, President Theodore Roosevelt and camouflage pioneer Bill Jordan.

     Alscheimer will be speaking at St. Aloysius's Parish Hall on 190 Franklin St. Doors open at 6 p.m., speaker at 7 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $4 for children. There will be refreshments for sale supporting the local Boy Scout troop. Several local vendors will also have displays of hunting-related equipment.