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Show Pt( tn OF THE l jj By Ernie Milner '" 'V ,-, The recent realignment on high-School high-School regions, made this past Monday Mon-day in Salt Lake City, again shows that the southeastern part of the State of Utah may as well form its own state. 1 Every Region in the state was changed, some only slightly, except Region Ten. It seems that the big minds in the north couldn't think of any way to make it more difficult for the teams in this Region. Re-gion. San Juan and Moab, the only 2-A schools in Region Ten, are still in the same boat that they have been in during past years. It seems that the only consolation they will receive is to be able to drop games with smaller schools in the region. re-gion. This will make it possible for the Devils and the Broncos to play two games with Region Nine foes in football and three games in basketball. basket-ball. Region nine schools, those in 2-A, consist of Grants ville, Morgan, Union, Wasatch, Intermoun-tain Intermoun-tain and Lehi. This of course doesn't solve the miles that have to be traveled, it just makes the teams travel different roads. Traveling to Grants-ville, Grants-ville, for instance, doesn't seem any closer than going to Altamont or Duchesne. It was suggested that Union and Emery be combined com-bined with Moab and San Juan in Region Ten to make it a four team league, but that was apparently appar-ently pushed aside. Union, right in the middle of the Duchesne, Altamont and Tabiona area, would be a natural for the Devils and the Broncos. One big change was noted in the realignment, however, and that was the decision to move Dixie and Cedar City into the 3-A ranks. These two teams have been a dominating factor in the 2-A v division for years and should have been moved into that class a lone time ago. The realignment problem comes up every four years, and it seems that we will have to put up with this alignment for that period of time. The Utah State Division of Wildlife Resources has just recently released its 41st biennial report. This report covers the period from July 1, 1972 to June 30, 1974. The report covers a multitude of things, from administration and personnel to planning and programming. pro-gramming. It covers every aspect of the Division's programs, including hunter safety, law enforcement, license sales over the 2 year period, number of arrests, number of officers, fisheries management, fish culture, hatchery development and many others. oth-ers. This report was printed in a limited number and it will not reach the persons who will be affected af-fected the most, the average users of the hunting and fishing privileges. One of the good ideas that game management officials have come up with is the idea to reactivate re-activate the old "Utah Fish and Game" magazine. This book was last printed in January .of 1967 and a real void was created when it was stopped. It was felt that the publication should be reactivated re-activated and we will hear more about that idea when more information is released. Members of the Moab Sportsman's Club will have an opportunity to get togethe r personally with the SoVheastern Utah supervisor for the Department of Wildlife Resources next week. Local conservation officer Jon Leatham has made arrangements ar-rangements for a film during the regularly scheduled sched-uled meeting at the courthouse. |