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Show f oo WitferfwH Sesosini Clearfield Director Olives Program Life I By BUSS FULLMER ; Clearfield is coming alive in its Staff Writer recreation program and Roger - Thomas, the Recreation Director, is making it all happen. I When Mr. Thomas was hired on - at Clearfield in October of 1979, he .. set goals for himself and his prog- ram, and he got the backing of Clearfield City. Weve got a lot of C support from the City Council, from School administrators, from parents, and a lot of volunteer ; labor, said Thomas. Roger came to Clearfield from I San Rafael, Calif. He attended Brigham Young University and I graduated with a degree in Recrea-- t tion Education. He worked four - years for Salt Lake County Parks 1 and Recreation, and in 1979 was ; selected to run the Clearfield t program. I Under Thomas supervision, - Clearfield provides every imagin-- , able type of recreation for any and all of its citizens. In baseball, Clearfield is associated with the little league .franchise, and fielded seven teams (age 6 - 8), six minor league teams (age 8 12), four major league teams (age 10 - 12) and four senior teams (age 13 15). In addition, the City sponsored girls soft-ba-ll for 50 girls of similar ages. , Basketball in Clearfield begins at ; age five. We teach the youngsters ; how to dribble, pass and other fun- said Roger. By the damentals, ; time they are third graders, they are selected onto teams for inter-- ; squad competition, and they know Over 400 boys and ; how to play. girls between the ages of five and ; fifteen years participated in youth basketball last winter. Clearfield will field three to five ; teams, involving 60 to 90 boys in the Wasatch Front Football League ' (WFFL) this summer. Each boy is : assessed $20.00 for a uniform and ' fees, and gets a refund upon return-- ; ing his equipment. Soccer is the coming sport in Clearfield, and a number of other Utah communities. Approximately 300 boys and girls were involved this year in the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) for youngsters from age five to fifteen. ; Another league, the UYSA, is also assisted by Clearfield Recreation. In addition to the major sports, Clearfield has a variety of ac- -' tivities for every youngster and adult. They have a Kite Day, an ! ; T-B- -- -- - : 1 pitch-hit-and-r- contests for baseball, basketball contests and contest for football. They have instructional or education type classes for gymnastics, wrestling, marching drills, baton Hot-Sh- ot . twirling, archery, dramatic arts and so on. Adults can participate in aerobic dancing, jogging, pitching horse shoes, tennis and other activities. For all ages they teach ballet and modern dance. The Recreation Department provides discount tickets for roller skating, miniature golf, ski passes, professional basketball and hockey, and other activities. The fastest growing game in town is the adult softball program. Clearfield sponsored twenty teams in a Tuesday Night League and a Wednesday Night League, and had to turn another fifteen teams away for lack of facilities. A new softball complex at Steed Park is scheduled for completion at 300 North, 800 West in Clearfield, and will consist of three new diamonds. The field will be fenced and lighted and hopefully ready for play in the spring of 1982. softball teams will be Forty-eigplaying in Clearfield next year, and that number will expand to 72 in 1983 and 100 in 1984. Presently there are five lady softball teams, and that program is expected to mushroom. There will be twelve teams of adult flag football, beginning this fall, and bigger and better things are expected in the future. Roger Thomas has other plans for future fun in Clearfield. He is planning a ladies basketball league, and a water basketball league at the swimming pool. During the winter months, he will provide a y league. A new Recreation Director is presently being screened to assist Roger Thomas in his growing program at Clearfield. Roger presently spends between 45 and 60 hours per week, working to further recreation in Clearfield. Ill be happy when they hire someone to help out, said Roger. They originally had 45 applicants for the job. Yes exciting things are happening in Clearfield Recreation t thanks to an enthusiastic director,-ana city that supports him all the way. Roy Days Tennis Tour- nament started Saturday, Aug. 1, with most of the 200 entrants paired off in matches throughout the day. Matches were held at North Park, Roy Municipal, Sunset and Riverdale Elementary. Some matches were supposed to have been held at Hereford-shir- e ; tennis courts but the Herefordshire Homeowners As-- sociation is currently in a dispute i; with the city over who should pay . ;; for street lights in the subdivi-ision. Subsequently the tourna-- ; ment was locked out of the I;: ; ! Herefordshire courts. Entering the mens singles competition were 125, with most of those in the B division. In womens singles, 8 are entered in the A division and 15 in the B division. In the womens doubles there are 4 teams in the A division and 10 teams in the B division. Mixed doubles in the A division has 8 teams and mixed doubles in the B division has 16 teams. All junior matches were canceled except for the boys singles due to lack of 'I .and Mrs. Kenneth Cooper, 810 Wasatch Drive, Layton. The World Games have been set up for all competitive sports not included in the Olympics and com-- i petition in some of the events included participants from 48 countries. All participants are amateur ' athletes who excel in their chosen fields. Steve was the youngest tumbler in the mens division at the contest and won a bronze medal for his efforts. His coaches are Terry Ellis and Jim Aamodt. He has been training in tumbling since he was four years old and has entered many competitive events. Steve will be traveling to Las . Vegas to enter the Acrofest, sponsored by the Las Vegas Junior Chamber of Commerce and the .Nevada Tumbling "Association, on Sept. He puts in many hours of practice each week to keep in shape for the events he enters and at some his training he has 'periods toof lessons each week day. .traveled His training is so intense that his Staff Writer Radar technician, farmer, fisherman, hunter, rodeo announcer, guitar piayer, antique collector, trapper, churchman, husband, father or you name it, Val Holbrook of Syracuse has done it all, but he will readily confess that fishing is his favorite pasttime. e as a radar technician at Val works Hill Air Force Base and operates a farm in Syracuse, but when the whistle blows and the haying is done, he grabs his rod and reel and heads for the best available fishing full-tim- 55-ac- re broom-hocke- Layton Gymnast Takes Third at World Games LAYTON Steve Cooper, a senior at Layton High, has taken third place in tumbling at the World Games in Santa Clara, Calif. Steve is the son of Mr. By BUSS FULLMER hole. Holbrook prefers creek fishing, but is an expert with a fly rod, a spinning outfit, trolling an artificial lure or just plain still fishing. Hell go after trout with anything theyll take, and usually gets his limit. In April of this year, Val with his son Shane went to Anville Draw on the Wyoming side of Flaming Gorge Reservoir. He was trolling an M-- 2 when a big one hit. green frog flat-fisAfter a battle he almost lost the lunker when his net broke, but he managed to land the lake trout and got his name on the Big Boy Chart at Flaming Gorge. It wasnt a record fish for the lake, but close. It was 37 long. It wasnt the biggest fish I ever caught, admitted Val Holbrook, but it was more fun. I caught a 32 pound salmon on the Salmon River in Idaho a few years back. The Holbrooks as a family like to hunt and fish. Mrs. Holbrook (Diane) goes along on about half of Vals fishing expeditions and usually gets a limit. In a span of about 20 minutes, Diane caught two salmon, weighing 23 and 24 pounds, on a trip up the Salmon River. She hunts deer and elk with her husband, using a 243 or 308 rifle. He likes to trade guns, she smiled. Diane carries a sixteen gauge shotgun after pheasants, ducks and geese. Shes a pretty good shot, boasted her husband. h, , ; ! Wahsatch Shooters Association of Davis County. The purpose of the class is to familiarize women with the basic construction, function, and operation of firearms. struction of fixed cartridges and some his- torical background will be given. Instructors for these classes will be Bill Foster, Jimi Oda, Chauncey Simpson, Darrell Sorensen, Joe Some emphasis will Wally and Jess Mur be placed on the abili- ty to hit a target, but the basic thrust will be concerned with alleviating fears which many have regarding firearms. Shotguns, pistols, re to see your good ; volvers, and rifles will be discussed with in- Firearms Familiarization Class will be formation provided sponsored by the concerning the con- GOOD HlOEi ; 14, four weeks earlier than last year, and will continue until January 31. The earlier season came at the request of trappers, who wish to trap in the high country before the snow becomes too deep. The Wildlife Board approved a Wildlife Resources recommendation to increase the season bag limit on bobcats from 4 to 10. A recommendation by Wildlife Resources to reduce the cost of each bobcat tag to $10 was further reduced to $7.50, after the Wildlife Board discussed the issue with trappers attending the meeting. The decreased charge for the tags will bring Utahs fee more in line with fees of surrounding states and may help reduce the illegal flow of bobcat hides into these states. The $7.50 fee is for each possession tag only; no fee will be charged for the permanent metal tags affixed to bobcat pelts. A $20 trapping license or $20 bobcat permit will be required for all persons who trap or hunt bobcats. The bobcat permit was introduced so fees for trappers or hunters would be more equal. Bobcat permits must be purchased by October 16, 1981, from a Wildlife Resource office. Possession tags will be sold by" mail only from the Salt Lake office between October 19 and October 30. A maximum of 5,000 bobcat possession tags will be sold on a first come, first served basis. If this number is exceeded in the first days a basis. mail, tags will be issued on a The trapping season for beaver and mink is October 31 to April 30, except in Summit, Morgan, Daggett, Duchesne, Uintah, Sanpete and Wasatch counties, where the season opens October 3. In Wasatch and Sanpete Counties, the season continues to May 15. Small areas in Cache, Rich, Daggett, Utah and Wasatch counties will be closed again to all beaver and mink trapping, Summit County east of Highway 150 neighbor agent d fur-beare- SWAN PERMIT APPLICATIONS TO BE ACCEPTED Applications for swan permits will be accepted August 17 to September 4. All applications must be received at a Wildlife Resources office no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, September 4. A drawing will be held on Friday, September 11 for the 2500 permits. All applications must include the applicants name, address, small game or combination license number and $1.00 postage and handling fee. Swans begin migrating into Utah from the north at the end of October. As many as 40,000 swans may reside on Utahs marshes about Thanksgiving time, before continuing their migration to California. Hunters possessing swan permits may harvest one swan. 22-Pound- er Nineteen-year-ol- d Darlene Holbrook likes to hunt and fish with her father. She is presently attending Weber State College, where she is majoring in fashion merchandising (and boys, teased her father). Shane Holbrook is eleven years old and likes baseball, football and basketball, but when Dad calls him to go fishing Well, me and the coach have an understanding, beamed young d Holbrook. Shanes biggest fish was in the range. He caught his limit of four with two and a a that day, said Shanes proud father. Val Holbrook ties his own flies, and usually five-poun- five-pounde- r, three-pounder- two-pound- er s, he purchases. I rebuilds all the flat-fis- h change the hook arrangement and make other minor changes, said Val. They seem to work better when I do. Vals hobbies are legion. He collects antiques and will show you some old typewriters, cameras, guns, traps, or anything old. Some people call it junk, laughed Holbrook, but I get a kick out of finding old antiques. He has a metal detector and likes to search old campsites and around old houses for anything of value and interest. All I ever found cent piece, joked Val, but was a twenty-fiv- e it was minted in 1895, and I dug up a couple of Indian head pennies, he said. Val likes to trap coyote, bobcats, mink and other predators. He has a rack of nothing but e traps that are even now collector old-tim- items. Mr. Holbrook hunts only witli shells he loads for himself and hunts only game that he plans to eat. I dont go after trophies when I am hunting, but then I dont pass the big ones when they come along, he said. I just like to eat what I hunt. Being a radar technician has its benefits. Val Holbrook admitted that he located his twenty two pound lake trout on a friends sonar, but I still had to trick him into taking my bait, said Val. Shane Holbrook helped net this twenty-tw- o pound lake trout, caught by his father at Flaming Gorge. 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Muskrats are not protected furbearers and may be taken year round without a' license, except on state waterfowl management areas. From December 1 to .December 15, trappers may apply for special permits to trap muskrats on state waterfowl management areas. Firearms Class for Women Slated An NRA Womens Lakeside Review Wednesday , Aug. 12, 1981 Extfeimdled Jack of All Trades Inlooks ht Roy Days ROY A longer goose season and a longer bobcat season were among new regulations in the waterfowl and trapping proclamations approved by the Wildlife Board on August 6. The general waterfowl season will begin at noon on October 3 and continue until January 3. The general goose season has been extended 11 days from previous years. It will be October 10 to December 31. Our goose population is up, so we feel we can relax regulations, says A1 Regenthal, Wildlife Resources waterfowl coordinator. This is the ninth consecutive year populations of wintering geese have increased. For a number of years, we only harvested 14,000 geese a year. Now were harvesting anywhere from 24,000 to 30,000 geese. In Daggett County, geese may be taken from October 31 to December 13. In .Washington County, the season is October 24 to January 17. Geese may now be harvested in all areas of Emery County, except Desert Lake Waterfowl Management Area. . The daily bag limit for ducks is 7 with a possession limit of 14. No more than 2 redheads or 2 canvasbacks or 1 of each may be taken daily. The daily bag limit for geese is 5, of which mo more than 2 may be Canada geese or 3 may be white geese. The possession limit of geese has been increased to 6, of which no more than 4 may be Canada geese. In Washington County, the daily bag and possession limit for Canada geese is 2. Waterfowl hunters may take 25 coots daily, with a corresponding possession limit. The daily bag limit for Wilsons snipe is 8, with a possession limit of 16. There is no open season for brant or rails. 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