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Show T Page Two June SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF KANE COUNTY, UTAH i - Fredonia coach reflects on 16 years of sports at high school , J .1 used to call up a school and tell them wed play them if theyd buy us a tank of gas or give us some old equipment. First we n football, then played eight-maJordan continued. The new coach won his first Fredonia game with the quarterback sneak. Some time after the triumph, he learned it was illegal in ball. After three or four years, Mont (Griffiths) joined us as assistant coach. A few years later Mont took over football. I stayed with basketball and helped out on defense in football, Jordan went I six-ma- I i . , six-ma- n r- - ' I Fredonia spurts wont be the same next year. Benny Jordan will turn over to English teacher Richard Johnson the basketball and football coaching thats occupied him for 16 years. Jordan figures hes one of the most extensively traveled coaches in the US, averaging 5,000 miles yearly on athletics trips. His basketball C league opponents have been 200 to 495 miles from Fredonia, thats Grand Canyon and Salome. Practice games, closer to home, have been with schools 80 (Page) 140 (Mesquite) miles distant. When we have played Salome, we have taken off Thursday after school, traveled to Las Vegas and bedded down, and continued on the next day. In order to reach Salome, we leave Fredonia, go through Utah, Nevada, California, and back into Arizona. The one trip is 1,000 miles round trip. Living so far from other towns in the league has meant that schedules have usually listed two games per trip, one to play on Friday and one for Saturday. . Another distinction of Fredon-ia- s situation is that, Our gym is the worst in the league, and the smallest. Still, local sports have come a long way. Jordan started out with three old leather basketballs when he joined faculty from St. Anthony, Idaho. There hed supplemented teaching with track and back-fiel- d coaching and junior varsity basketball for three years. Football was begun during Jordans second year in Fredonia. There were odds and ends of equipment he gathered from colleges. He used his own car. Barney Burch and I leveled a dirt field to play on, he said. on. There was no C league in the beginning, and no baseball either. We played Kanab two or three years before the league was organized, he observed. As well as helping set up Class C for Arizona high schools of fewer than 150 students, Jordan served as league president. Now he has had more years in the league than any of the other coaches involved, at least among the 15 or 16 schools that have existed in C North. s of the time, About his backetballers have had a winning season, winning more games than they lost. Some years were quirky, such as 1965-6- 6 when the wins ran 10 to one, but a defeat in the first league game put the boys out. that Fredonia It was 1960-6placed second in Arizona. Starting lineup for that team included Lane Brooksby, John Heaton, Herbie Jensen, Lawrence Judd, and Gary Nyborg of Short Creek. Living in a poor school district has meant that players have taken sleeping bags and slept on floors and in parks at times. The host teams homes used to be openect for overnight stays by the visitors, and opponents had time to get acquainted. We used to have wrestling. We hope to start it up again next year. When a school program wasnt set up for track and wrestling, the toach helped boys on his own after school, with no budget. He will head wrestling too, along with teaching classes in government, world history, drivers education, health, and upper elementary physical education. He likes all sports, but track and wrestling he really loves. If a boy is interested in working, I like to help him, Jordan concluded. two-third- 1 f 4ft" iifiTiiirmi j hatcherman at the Panguitch hatchery (left) is shown loading fish into fish truck before taking them off to be planted in southern Utah lakes and streams. At right Howard Prince, superintendent at the hatchery is shown planting fish in one of the nearby streams before the June 3 fishing season starts. A Conditions good to excellent as Utah fishing season opens 3rd The general fishing season opens this weekend in Utah. Stream conditions will be good to excellent this year in southern Utah due to early spring runoff. This early runoff also means that most lakes in the area will also provide good angling because fish were able to be planted earlier than in past years. Forecast: Navajo Lake Catchable trout have been planted. Water is quite high and access will be good for opening weekend. Camp sites will be available. Aspen-Mirro- r and Duck Creek trout have Catchable Springs been planted. Duck Creek Springs has large masses of algae or moss throughout. The stream and are clear and should provide some good fishing. Access is good but camping facilities are limited. Panguitch Lake Fishing should be good on the opening for Rainbow Trout averaging 11 inches. Access is excellent with limited improved camping areas. Tropic Reservoir Fish average between 7 and 8 inches in reservoir and below in stream. Road is open and dry and camping facilities are good. Pine Lake Fishing should be good for trout ranging from 10 to 12 inches. Road and campgrounds are open. Kolob Reservoir Water level is very low. Fishing for opener should be fair to good with some good cutthroats. Access should be good for opener. No available camping facilities. Asay Creek and West Fork of the Sevier Should be clear by opening weekend and stocked with catchable trout. Some large fish in this water. Mammoth Creek Clearing by opening. Good fishing where fish are planted. Wildfish area should be fair to good and steadily improving with the year. For any further information on any other waters in the area contact any Division of Wildlife Resources office or local conservation Officer, Sandy Shepherd, Box 191, Orderville, or call Chumming of any kind will be illegal this year on all of Utahs fishing waters. Fishermen are Aspe- n-Mirror 648-247- il reminded that chumming is the placing into the water of any substance including fish or parts ' fish thereof, unless discarded parts as waste dumped at least 100 feet from any shoreline, which is not affixed to a hook and line; and which may tend to attract fish to the place where the substance or material is placed. Also this year com will not be allowed as bait along with game fish or parts thereof and live fish. In the past corn has proved to be quite an attracting substance for chumming as well as bait but it has, as well as other chumming caused detrimental substances, littering problems as well as hampered the quality of fishing experienced by outdoorsmen. The litter problem seems to open the door to trash fish entering our waters. All fishermen should pick up a 1972 Utah fishing proclamation to be informed on fishing regulations throughout the state. Butler, Higgins wedding rites set for June 16 Mrs. Mary Butler, Fredonia, and George Higgins, St. George, will wed June 16 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Powell in Fre- donia. Mrs. Butler and Mrs. Powell are sisters. A Kingman home is planned by the couple. A resident of Fredonia for four years, Mrs. Butler nursed in the former Aiken nursing borne in Kanab and in a Big Pine, Calif., sanatorium. Higgins is a retired commercial building engineer. Before moving to St. Goerge sevral months ago, he lived in San Jose, Calif. Classified Ads $ 9 . . . $ R. E. BROKER or Salesman . . . ever wondered what a partnership with the Worlds Largest could do for you? Send name and address: Area Manager, STROUT REALTY, Box 203 Fillmore, Utah 84631. M ll&J lc Funeral services honoring Thomas Carson Tait, 80, were held May 28 in the Orderville Ward Chapel. Mr. Tait died May 25 in a Salt Lake City hospital after a long illness. Born in Cedar City, June 8, 1891, the son of Thomas Bernard and Mary Ellen Carson Tait, Mr. Tait spent most of his life engaged in agriculture. When he was a boy, his family homstead-e- d in the North Fork area, where they ran a dairy herd. He later had farms of his own in Mt. Carmel and later in southern Arizona, where he engaged in dairying and truck farming. He married Sarah Allen Hodges April 13, 1910. She died June 25, 1927. In May, 1929, he married Marva Sanders. They were later divorced. He married Ruth Hammond after he moved to California. A member of the LDS Church, Mr. Tait has served in the bishopric and in various church positions. Survivors include his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Merwin (Virginia) Stevens and Mrs. Theron (Kathleen) Salter, both of Mt. Camel; seven sons, Chester, Mt. Carmel; Clyde, Orderville; Max, Fredonia, Ariz.; DeVaun, Sunset; Don, Hurricane; Tom, Phoenix, Ariz.; and Ray, New Mexico; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Paul (Dorothy) Burks, Las Vegas, Nev.; 44 grandchildren, and 37 great grandchildren; one brother, Valentine Tait, Mt. Carmel; four sisters, Hahala T. Sorensen, Orderville, Mable T. Gifford, Long Beach, Calif.; Madoline Lookingland, San Pedro, Calif.; and Mary T. Robinson, Salt Lake City. Funeral services were under the direction of Bishop Donald Atkinson. Family prayer was given by a son, Don Tait, and the opening prayer by Bernard Tait. Talks were by Bishop John Reese, Elaine Rogers and Bishop Atkinson. Barbara Carroll, a granddaughter played Goin Home, an organ solo, and a nephew, Tommy Bay sang I Wonder When He Comes Again. Singing was by the Orderville Ward Relief Society Chorus under the direction of Darios Brinkerhoff. Closing prayer was by Elbem Sorensen. Prelude and postlude music was by Lor-enLamb, accompanied by Nancy Lamb. Burial was in the Mt. Carmel cemetery, where a grandson. Lane Tait, dedicated the grave. Among out of town visitors for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Salter and family, Corrine Lairn and dughter, Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Lane Tait, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Tait, Bob Tait, Laurie Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Thello Bay, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bay, and Elaine Rogers and daughter. Mrs. Salley Murphy, Mrs. Mary Scholven, Inez W. Saunders, Brandt Saunders, Deanna Glover, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Benson, Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Hafen, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Chamberlain, Mrs. Tait, and Patty. Others were Mr. and Mrs. Martin Saunders, Verda Orton, Mr. and Mrs. Kendall Tait, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Tait, Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Meek, and Mr. and Mrs. Easton Blackburn. age year. Kanab News Notes George and Mary Fisher have been in Kanab vacationing at the home of M'S. Della Glazier. They and hope to enjoy some fishing some more travel before returning to Indian Springs, Nev. KAIBAB The first thunderstorms of the summer season hit the northern Arizona and southern Utah area afternoon. Lightning Tuesday caused eight fires in the Kaibab area, but all were reported to be under control by Wednesday. Note of Thanks For the many expressions of sympathy, for the help, the lovely flowers, the food and for the comforting presence of friends and relatives during the illness and death of our father, we wish to express our deep appreciation. 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Cheer the hero . . . hiss the villion Salt Lake City, Utah LAUGHS - THRILLS - TEARS - ENTERTAINMENT For arrangemnts contact: BOB OLSEN ot TVIII PINES Call or DON Tickets $2.00 for adults - $1.00 for children CURTIS MOTEL -- KANAB Black Powder Pete bites the dust at the Old Bam Playhouse during its productions of 'Gunstroke' each weekend in Kanab 644-298- 2 4 I Two a.m. Wednesday, of the summer it will be held at This will 10 a.m. on Mondays. mounthe on who go allow those in to week the for participate tain before go. they Primary Work is underway for the 24th of July pageant. We are looking forward to having it again this e KANAB STARTING JUNE 1972-P- TWrifiMim TREE SPRAYERS WILL BE IN in Orderville, May 25 . X- weekend combined funeral brought many more with a visitors to Orderville than we can record. It was good to see them all. Included among the visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Salter and family, Corrine Lairn and Robdaughter, Mr. and Mrs. Loyd the Terry inson, the Lane Taits, Taits, Bob Tait, Laurie Anderson, the Thello Bay family, Tom Bay and Elaine Rogres and daughter Others included the Jay Heatons from Salt Lake City and the Laurence Reeses from Kanab at the LeGrande Heaton home, the D. Ray Pughs and Pari Galloways at the Amy Crofts home, and MaSorenry T. Robinson, the Lowell and DeMille Alta sen family and home. Sorensen David the girls at It is good to see the college students coming back for the summer. From BYU are Kim Sorensen, Cheryl Adair, Angie Reese and Alan DeMille. Alan brought some friends with him and hes showing them the parks. Lou Covington and Lucy Crofts have been hospitalized recently. We wish them both a quick recovery. Primary begins its summer schedule this week. Because of the holiday Monday it was held at 10 A holiday funeral rites held ; 1, Orderville news and events but for the rest Thomas Tail, 80, Published every Thursday at Kanab, Utah Marlin B. Brown, Publisher and Editor matter October 6, 1944 at the post Entered as second-clas- s office in Kanab, Utah, under the Act of March 3, 1879. -i June SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS. Kanab, Utah 1, 1972 (located one-ha- lf block north of the high school adjacent to Parry Lodge |