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Show Vernal Express Wednesday, November 3, 2004 JJ9 Scarecrow's Pencil Lifeguard Training begins rirf egg hunt The Vernal Indoor Pool and Uintah Recreation District will hold the next session of Lifeguard Training at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5 at the Vernal Indoor Pool. The class begins with a pre-course pre-course screening, which is the introduction to the life guard class. Participants must pass the skills test that afternoon to enroll for the rest of the training. All students need to bring $100 for the registration fee, a swim suit, towel and goggles. The registration fee includes manuals for the class and the cost of certification. Participants must be 15 or older to take the class. For more information about the class of the certification process, call the Vernal Indoor Pool at 789-5775. rrJ ' -' . 7 a Wrr .Mr- Spring has sprung and the great hunt has begun. The great egg hunt is a fun event for the whole family and will be held Thursday, March 24. Participants make a quick dash to find the special eggs for prizes, and eggs filled with candy and other surprises. Prizes will include movie passes, pass-es, gift certificates for dinner and so much more. Afterwards, the egg hunt participants can go swimming at the pool. The registration fee is $5 per family and preregistration is required. Don't miss out on the fun. To register stop by the Uintah Recreation District offices offic-es at 134 West Main 101 or call 781-0982 for more information. Ute swimmer, Becci Cook, is congratulated by her coach, Kathy Heaton. L.J. Heaton receives the Superior Junior award. l : f . VH I 1 f-7 Eric Caldwell receives the Most Valuable Swimmer Award. Reduction in general deer hunting permits recommended The first reduction in general gen-eral buck deer hunting permits since a 97,000 permit cap was started in Utah in 1994 will be recommended by the Division of Wildlife resources (DWR) at public meetings in March. DWR also will recommend increasing the number of limited lim-ited entry bull elk and buck pronghorn permits available for hunts in Utah this fall. An increase in once-in-a-lifetime Rocky Mountain goat permits also will be recommended. Those who attend the meetings meet-ings can learn more about the proposals and can provide pro-vide their input and suggestions. sugges-tions. Citizens representing Utah's five Regional Advisory Councils will take the public pub-lic input received to the Utah Wildlife Board when it meets in Salt Lake City on March 31 to approve permit numbers for this fall's hunts. The meeting for the Northeastern region will be March 17, 6:30 p.m. in the Uintah Basin Applied Technology College located at 1100 E. Lagoon St. in Roosevelt. DWR will recommend reducing the number of general gen-eral buck deer permits in both the Central and Northeastern regions by 1,000 permits each. Northeastern region permits would be reduced from 14,000 to 13,000. "The rifle deer hunt went really well this past fall, and hunters killed a lot of older bucks," said Jim Karpowitz, big game coordinator for the DWR. "The snow that fell at the start of the hunt pushed the deer down to lower elevations and hunters found a lot of success." After the hunts were over, DWR biologists conducted their annual post-hunting season sea-son deer population surveys. They found that the number of bucks in both the Central and Northeastern regions had fallen to 14 bucks per 100 does. That's just slightly under the goal of at least 15 bucks per 100 does called for in Utah's Deer management Plan. "It's important, for the deer and for hunters, that these goals are met," Karpowitz said. "Keeping at least 15 bucks per 100 does in the population helps ensure that older mature bucks are maintained in the herds and are available for hunters." "The success hunters found this past fall isn't the only factor fac-tor in the lower buck to doe ratios," Karpowitz said. "The last couple of years have been better, but we've been hunting hunt-ing bucks that were born during dur-ing several years of low fawn production brought on by the drought and there just aren't as many bucks out there." The reduction in general buck deer permits is one of the few permit reductions the DWR will recommend for this fall. In most cases, the division will recommend permit increases! "We're recommending a slight increase in the number of limited entry buck deer permits," per-mits," Karpowitz said. "Some limited entry herds are meeting the buck to doe objectives and can handle a little more hunting hunt-ing pressure. "The state's elk herds are also doing great and we're recommending rec-ommending an increase in limited lim-ited entry bull elk permits," Karpowitz said. "Each of the state's units are managed so the bulls on the units fall into one of three age classes. The bulls on all of the state's units are at or above the class objectives for their units. "Increased permits will be recommended for pronghorn antelope on the Plateau unit in southwestern Utah and Rocky Mountain goats may be one of the most exciting stories ol all," Karpowitz said. "We count them every three years and we found increased numbers of Rocky Mountain goats on several units during our most recent counts. The goat populations popula-tions on the Uinta Mountains and Willard Peak are doing especially well." General bull elk permits were approved by the Utah Wildlife Board last fall. Any bull elk permit numbers will remain unchanged from 2004, but the cap on general spike bull elk permits was reduced from 19,000 to 11,000. the permit numbers DWR is rec- Permit numbers for 2004 and ommending for 2005 are: Premium limited entry deer Limited entry deer Limited entry bull elk 1.552 Pronghorn antelope 462 Moose Rocky Mountain goat Desert bighorn sheep Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Bison A breakdown showing the total permits for each unit will be available at the DWR's Web site at wildlife.utah.gov before the RAC meetings. Mark Hadley, DWR conservation outreach special ist can be reached at 1-801-538-4737. 2004 2005 174 174 739 766 1,269 402 115 117 39 64 34 34 9 . 11 43 28 Uintah Recreation BMX Track Operators Along with Troy Lupcho (Altitude Cycle) Prhi idi y. Prfsfnt ! Get Acquainted With rum Public Open House March 1 2 Western Park Rm. 4 12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m. Our local BMX RACE TEAM, Riders of all ages, Novice, Intermediate, Expert and Former World Champ! will be appearing to answer questions and talk to us about BMX and the ABA. A new BMX Bike, donated by Altitude Cycle, will be raffled along with other items donated by our sponsors ! Learn what BMX (Bicycle Moto Cross) has to offer our children, our families, and our community and learn what you can do to support our local BMX track! For information call: Tena - 435-789-3800 Kris - 435-781-1560 Troy (Altitude Cycle) 435-781-2595 or Uintah Recreation 435-781-0982 Concessions by Cobble Rock Restaurant Ute swimmer, Sean Kendall, receives the Coaches' Choice Award. 1 Q 3 twnouwiDi I 1 1 AUTO GLASS Tour Choice for Auto Class Repair & Replacement 1 fWf m!i0ina sDf $25. 00 Sinclair Gas Card Present this coupon at the Nationwide Auto Glass in Vernal and receive a Monday - Friday 7:30-5:00 Coupon Expires 03-31-05 Offer applies to windshields that have been submitted for an insurance claim. Some restrictions may apply. Call for details. j m, a - - r a h v v v - -1 4 |