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Show Wednesday, June 14, 1978 Page 8 Demo Der by - Z7 . tfTIS5- . 1 1 Drivers Education students gathered at Ernie's Sports Complex Saturday for final exams. Photo by Marc Friedman Faulty Equipment Worries Ski Areas Fishing To Improve T 4 if i By Nan Chalat The Utah Department of Wildlife Resources has spent the week investigating and trying to rectify disappointing statistics for the opening of fishing season. Creel surveys indicated an average of '2 fish per hour per fisherman. The fishermen were there but the fish weren't. The Department's goal is a catch average of 34 to 1 fish per hour per fisherman, which is considered good fishing. Sheri Prescott, in the State office in Ogden, explained that extremely low water levels last summer resulted in higher than normal water temperatures causing many-fish many-fish to die. "We also had a large problem with anchor worms. Seagulls carry the disease from one body of water to the next and Lost Creek was infected but it is under control now." Terry Parkin, a regional conservation officer in Summit County, is still optimistic about fishing later in the summer. "The gill net surveys gave us a good indication that the catch on the opening would not be good but we have replanted most of the reservoirs with both SKATEBOARD COMPETITION The 2nd Annual Park City Skateboard Competition will take place on July 4th. Anyone interested in entering should pick up an entry form at the Uec. Dept. office in the Memorial Bldg., at the City Park, or at the Chamber of Commerce. This year, all contestants must wear protective head gear, knee pads, elbow pads, and gloves in each and every one of the events. Prizes will be awarded in a number of different age groups, so come one, come all and enter! A two-day seminar at Snowbird last week brought together 76 representatives representa-tives from 15 resorts for the annual meeting of the Intermountain Ski Areas Association to discuss the past good season, mutual problems, and safety on the hill. Management personnel was joined by maintenance crews for a chairlift upkeep seminar and a bagful of faulty components brought on discussions discus-sions of skier safety and the skyrocketing insurance rates at ski areas. It was noted at the meeting that although lifts are designed to withstand with-stand stresses five to six times those normally expected, individual parts found to be defective can cost an area its insurance coverage. Ski area accidents caused by equipment failures bring unwanted and widespread public attention and astronomical law suits. The crash of two gondolas at Vail two years ago was heard the world over and will cost the ski area over $50 million in settlements. Ski area operators were particularly particu-larly alarmed when the Vermont State Supreme Court recently awarded a young man $1.5 million after a fall on the slopes at Stratton Mountain broke his neck and left him completely paralyzed. That lawsuit brings into question just how much responsibility must be assumed by the resort and the innate hazards of the sport that must be realized by the skier. Utah is currently considering the steps that led California and Vermont to pass laws requiring the skier to assume the risks of skiing. "This meeting brought together representatives from the ski patrol, the forest service, insurance inspection inspec-tion engineers, avalanche experts and lift inspection personnel," said Park City Resort general manager Phil Jones. "They brought as much expertise as they could to the meeting. And the end result is, all you can do is try to keep abreast of the newest information in the field and continually continu-ally safety inspect the mountain." Jones, who has been president of the association for the past two years, said the annual meeting provided a vehicle for area managers and personnel to share problems and solutions common to the intermountain inter-mountain area ski resorts. "When you get all the management people together you can get an awful lot out of it," Jones said. "We have a lot of the same problems and concerns." Thursday's day-long meeting ended with a ride on the Snowbird tram. Before Friday's session was over, Snow Basin's Ken Matthews was elected as the association's new president while Chick Morton, general manager at Alta, was given the annual award for contributing the most in the intermountain area. Give to the American Cancer Society This space conttibu'ed by the publisher as a public servjce. VACATION FOOD FAT Don't let it add up. See us at health studio 1505 empire 649-7232 New Hours: 1 0 -1 0 Daily - Closed Sundays fingerling (rainbow, brown, cutthroat, and brook trout) and catchables (rainbow trout)," he said. "We have delayed planting the Provo and Weber Rivers because of the high water, but they will definitely be planted, perhaps next week." In the meantime, special appropriations from the Glenwood, Bicknell and Kamas-Midway hatcheries have been dispatched to the reservoirs. The Newspaper watched as one of the Department's trucks emptied four tanks containing a total of 150,000 fingerling trout into Rockport reservoir. Current reports (which can be obtained on a daily basis by calling 532-2473) indicate that the fishing at Deer Creek is reasonable better by boat than from the shore. Fishing at Smith and Moorehouse is, fair and at Echo and Wanship, poor. The lakes in the Mirror Lake district are still closed due to ice. The experts still say that the fishing will be good so I'm not giving up. 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