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Show r DESERET NEVA 3 tushies December 27, 1969 j 170 Bv HARTT V 1XUM anti cet s',, lor seaowfis .uiuiiiiica to sons T e I'ulTs wete a bn.lal vif. hr wrtvi a.H! i,d abuse Lltienig des'i t.n, ol gvtes ' veslovh left lamknvneis wo hermg if and thev - ruUi ojien t!,eu piopem h, tip public. i-- K Envnonmental Editor t Tae dcxaue of Flaming Goige Rcseivoii and Lake Powell. T1iom vveie tlie majoi outdoor cl,a, ges of Utah 19h0s. mast abetting tlie Mate'! snien A rew rrend emeiged toi. dining the past detace leisure time a'd moie equipment to enjoy it in plups like Powell and the Gorge In addition. Flaming Goige lesulted in Utah's undisputed "numbei one tiout stieam " the Green Rivei But 'progress also usheied in some piob-lemThe same deeade which pioducrd these two recreational Yalhallas also spanned flood control projects wlikh destioved trout aid walleye fisheries on the Lower Provo River, and Ashley Creek, load project which removed much of the Weber Rivei m Hpnefer Valle.; and the Huntington Rivei in Carbon County, among othets. Then. too. c.me the big game pioblents of more hunters, with fewer deer due to pool forage, lack of winter range lost to ui ban nation, and perhaps, sntai ter deer As a csiili btahs legislatuie pasd the stioijrsi npspasx law ever. "!"iisp wi,o walk out-do- in the 1970 s piivaii- ho ils without )einiissk l.ue a one e i! levoiuiionoi lsc.se T, e p. si doiade could not pass wn.iout mei.tioiiii g tap j'n game luense invreeses fiom S3'i0. fisl.nig oi hunt. i g to G Tlie went tum is to Mu An unusuil teatui p of it wjs that most spoitsmen asked for it lot toui vpats befoi the Utah Legislature giaiited it It was matured through tlat ieiiod bv Casey Bown. 1 NEW '- . Duck hunteis suifered. too. with more pollution down the Jordan and other avers. vtli ntoie swampland drained fo- - hou. ing and free wav transportation. But thtie were some gains in tlie 10's too Spoilsmen asked that a ptoposed highwav below Mt. Nebo be moved back to allow toi deer winter rangp Tlie Utah Road Commission agreed tu an alignment whu.li would allow ntoie deer fotage during the critical Dev ember to May months. And many sportsmen enjojed some of the half century's best (.slung and hunting. For example, Fish Lake continued to produce Linkers. brown and lake trout ranging up to s pounds. It was capped during 1969 by a laker (aught by Barbara Peterson of Sandy. Browns were caught nearlv eveiv vear lb. niaik around the RECORD DEER M7.E Utah deei placed in both the tarchei.v) (nflei and books during the past 10 vears. One of tlie most notable was taken bv Cedar City bowman Ken Davis, it placed oumbei one m the w orld. Late rifle hunts on Dagget. Ron. Cteek. Fillmore and other areas produced some trophy '' '', S5fsur- v ,.' r Jb WW ' i o' Qn - - , h Sf" ' ' t sV '.. ' .. v vT s - at ,. ' W " . v ' ". fe i ''i-,' sS - 4 15-2- 9 i Bmme-Cioike- - 0 " '' . . ' :,w s Pope-Youn- ' AfcW ,,$e4 tt g buiks. Utah continued to place high in tlie mule deer states with an annual harvest of about 90.000 animals, consistently topped only bv Colorado. However, Utah had a bad year in 1967 vailed by which resulted in a "deei inqu.-st" A;'' j Gov. Calvin Rampton Pheasant huntuig continued its flight into oblivion" as some 80.000 hunters were fun neled into three per tent of Utah's land. The chukar partridge, planted throughout the decade. began to take some piessure off the In addition, it must be said that some progress made in lengthening seasons on state and fedetal lands, although pnvate land- - 'Nji .cj-- , y . V-- ", "e - nng-nev- Sr - Flaming Gorge creoted Green Rivei os the numhfr Ann fickinn ctrenm By DAVE KADLECK SOLITUDE Few men flip for their sport like skier supreme Tom LeRoy. But LeRoy, one of the coun-- t d r ys skiers, doesn't take his sports lightly. Impressive is the training most-filme- and conditioning he underwent prior to flipping for (timers of the Killy Challenge series at this Big Cottonwood Canvon resort recently "I haven't done any flips, set. Ski the Hart good-lookin- g demonstration team member grinned as he n prepared for his show. If you know you can do something, you don't have to practice it. Flipping isnt like Company one-ma- competitive sKitng. You don't have to have great endurance. All you need is confidence. I know I can do what cameramen expect. Sometimes srow conditions fool me. But it doesn't take long to get the feel of a new jump, he grinned. The crowd gathered. The jump was built under Solitude's Inspiration Lift. Every skier who rode that facility skied over to IeRnys jump spot. and LeRoy. who stands weighs 165 pounds, resembles a college halfback in his bulky ski sweater. He wasted little time checking the jump spot and landing. He packed out his inrun. His first flip was complete. But he fell. The snow is soft. I ll need more speed." he as he pulled off his sweater and cleaned the snow the exct'tng ski classic. front it Limits." grinned Sev eral pei fect efforts followed. He capped h act with a double flip It wa.-- one-fli- perfect 0 "Flipping cn skis is easy says if you know Tom LeRoy. you can do it " Ski The Outer LeRoys flips will be a feature in the "Killy Challenge films series that begins m Feburary. The series features eight western ski resorts. It Ls cosponsored by United Airlines and Hertz Rent-a-Cwith tlie F r e nchman Killy was the first to applaud LeRoys effort. Even while others m the crowd stopped. Killy clapped. The triple Gold Medal Oh npian shook LeRoy's hand following the final flip. Try it. LeRoy kidded Killy. Not me " the Frenchman grinned. "I'll stay on these." he gi inned. pointing to his racing skis LeRov's greatest claim to flip fame came two years ago when he dd a flip off a cliff for the filming o Jear.-Clau- 3minute color That was no different than many of my flips off smaller jumps." he grinned, casually. p de ar hope of exposing western ski mg to the ski masses of the East and Middlewest. Over 80 million televiewers will watch each the films that include of Alta. Park City and Solitude free skiing sequences and Killv Challenge racing at Park City and Solitude ski resorts. 150-fo- v 6 " ' - -- " ' V' . '' t ' - - . AhU,f4 C '7 I HK' ' t I s m Vv ' ' One of the most successful shows held in the Salt Palace in its first vear of operation, the Boat. Sports and Travel Show will be even bigger and better with the addition of the ' sports arena area w hich it didn't have last vear. A displav of the finest m 1970 recreational products will utilize the entue area ot the gros Salt Palace according to produce! Edward Greer.band who has 20 years of experience in staging over 200 show s of all types throughout the United States. n Sr It is gratifying that nearly every display space has been sold out already, practically tl.iee months in advance of he the actual production. added w ill be tre biggest boat ever staged in the This show Inter-mounta- West. will occupy over 200 units the mam floor of the arena. The exhibit and assembly halh will feature over 200 travel trailer campers, tent trailers, motor homes and vehicles. A tackle row with 400 lineal feet of taihie exhibits front throughout the nation will be represented biggest displav ever seen m the Rockv Mounta.ns. Now Open At i X ( x . - i Mwi . ISA H ' So : ? 'Vy PHvta S- By 'sN'' K -t Tom LeRoy flips for sport os he entertains hundreds of Utah skiers recently on diving slopes of Solitude Ski resort. Here he executes perfect single flip. f . Dv K4tck) east of Park City) MU, wi4tg treiU and flat plain. Rant by the bear er day. We cotar to mgbt or doy parties. Mi let ef rwnnifif rttn witli gradvettd also available: Snowsuits, tow sleds and innertubes. A display of outboards, inboards, fishing boats, canoes, outboard motors and marine equipment 40 bile (2 miles V . f, t 18-2- travel traders, campers, motor homes and other recrewill be ational equipment their products bedisplacing fore an anticipated audience of 66.000 for the five days. said Greenband. EAST PARK i A fish-gam- e 4 , m fish-gam- e Rent-A-Snowmo- , Skier-supre- prolesstonal wildlife wotkers too. Thete was the death of Harold Ciane. of the department, the appointment of John Bud) Phelps as new director. Then came a Little Hoover Commission recommendation "to save state government funds." Phelps was then dnector of the new division Tlie Utah Park and Recieatton Commission also saw some changes. Tliev will now be housed under same loof as the fish game division m the 1970 s, and take their charge front the Dnector of Natuial Resources. Gordon Haimston Harold Tippetts, dim tor of the Utah Parks C. and Recieatton Division, replaced F Koziol. who retired. Koziol was president of the state s oi ganized sportsmen before giving way to Bud Sullivan. One problem of the 1970s Is for sportsmen . , to resist becoming too comfortable with all of the modern conveniences: caqipers, luxury buses, trailers and other vehicles. There could be among them a switch from participating to sitting .and watching. But the outdoorsman of 1970 can do as those hardy outdeorsman did in the past decade: Get away fiom it all in the Uintas. Manti. Boulder and Escalante Mountains. sive lav out will be utilized for the first time by a single show when the Fifth Annual Boat. Sports and Travel Show is conducted 1970. March r EX. I othets CIUM.E OK CHIEFS Many changes cante among All Seasons, Inc. S V d Every conceivable mch of the new Salt Palace's expan- "7 f: 1 iv ; k to Willatd Bay and Svoiield Straw beiry Reseivon does not vl1 have plans lor a concrete lamp. Ent then plats aie to enlarge the lake three times in the Central Utah Project, geaied for vompletion in the decade ahead. Fishermen who caught two and lainbow and cutthioat tiuut during the past eight years sine' chemical tieamtent aie hoping the enlarged lake will continue to ptoduie diy fly hitting whoppers A featuie of the chemical tieatment is that no ttash fish have shown up m the lake or shoielnie snue Conseivationists can list some gams in the past decade. Receiving awards for their elfoits aie Lee Kay. Di. Harold Lamb and Mote than 165 local, regional and national manutaetuiers and distributors of boats, marine equipment, sporting goods, fishing tackle resorts. u f i:MIN Utah Boat Show Slated ' In March At Salt Palace LeRoy Flips For His Ski Sport Deseret News Sports Writer B0T1; Stronger water jxillutiuc Uas vanie 'ta the boaters. The Boating Divsnm also constructed m?nv ramps on new inioun(lmeiits, including Hanmig Gorge and Lake Powell, in addition POLLUTION PROBLEM GROWS K5Mppl&V '' : It r - - sjTwgi depaitmont fish-gam- e for reservations: Cal' 363-8S7- 8 or 328-046- 1 |