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Show Wednesday, October 19, 1977 Page 7 B . U . Members Flock Together Some 100 persons - the majority of them new members mem-bers - are expected for the First Annual Park City Ducks Unlimited Dinner to be held Thursday, November Novem-ber 3 at the Silver King Club. A local chapter of Ducks Unlimited is presently being formed in Park City to aid in the preservation of wetlands, wetlan-ds, the breeding grounds for ducks and other species of wildlife. The dinner, which will start at 6 p.m. with cocktails, will feature duck, pheasant, geese and deer, ala Charlie. Four decades ago, when North America's natural resources were being abused by both man and nature, Plans For New Ski Paper Announced Park City publishers Steve Dering and Jan Wilking have announced plans for a monthly mon-thly ski newspaper this winter win-ter entitled The Intermoun-tain Intermoun-tain Skier. According to the two owners, the publication will fill a void by bringing to public attention the many winter recreational alternatives alter-natives available in the In-termountain In-termountain area. The publishers noted the new publication will serve the many skiers and ski industry personnel in the region. The Intermountain Skier will concentrate on events and activities along the Wasatch front as well as utilizing a network of correspondents established to report from Sun Valley, Jackson Hole and Grand Targhee. Wilking stressed that the publication will not be concerned exclusively with each of the ski areas, but will serve the entire region with news stories, feature articles and regular columns of general interest to the alpine and nordic skier. The publishers said they will be using a tabloid format for-mat to create a newspaper OCTOBER! 22 a 23 Formerly POP JENKS 430 Main Street OPEN OTHER DAYS PRIOR TO SALE CALL PAINT BUCKET, watertowl, in particular, suffered suf-fered the consequences of a hostile environment. Each year their numbers dwindled closer to extinction. Born in 1937 amidst the insecurity of economic depression and the devastation of a relentless drought, Ducks Unlimited, Inc. made plans to rescue America's neglected ducks and geese. An extensive waterfowl research study, conducted by the More Game Birds in America Foundation, revealed that 70 per cent of all waterfowl production on the North American continent originated in Canada. Realizing that suitable habitat held the key to the which is thorough in its reporting, well-written; timely and aesthetically pleasing. Wilking noted there are areas of interest such as winter mountaineering moun-taineering and ice climbing that are not ordinarily covered by existing publications. Each issue will feature news of the U.S. Ski Team, a calendar of intermountain events, reports on new products, book and restaurant reviews, and an article on an intermountain ski personality or event. The Intermountain Skier will also cover the various racing circuits from junior to pro as well as World Cup activities and report on the citizen cross-country races. Professionals will be commissioned com-missioned to write regular columns on both alpine and nordic skiing, as well as cross-country ski trails, ski mountaineering, ski repair and ski photography. . There will be a series of pro and con articles on controversial con-troversial issues confronting skiers, such as the proposed development of the Four Seasons Resort near Provo, eORPrP LIQUIDATION SALE CONTINUES success or failure of the waterfowl resource, DU began to restore and rehabilitate wetlands in the vast prairie provinces of Canada. Funds derived from America's sportsmen and conservationists enabled DU to initiate construction of its habitat programs. Water-control Water-control structures such as levees, dikes and sluice gates were implemented by DU (Canada) to stabilize the habitat areas from the harmful har-mful effects of flooding and drought. To date, Ducks Unlimited, a non-profit organization, has completed over 1,300 wetland projects (they vary in size from small Utah, the short ski dilemma, and the inevitable confrontations confron-tations between skiers and snowmobiles. The editorial staff will report first hand on ice climbing, clim-bing, five-day winter treks in the Uintas, helicopter skiing Utah's deep powder and other out-of-the-ordinary winter activities. All of this will be spiced with selections of poetry and fiction, and the best ski photography available, the publishers said. Greer Markle has been hired as editor of The Intermountain Inter-mountain Skier while Hank Louis will be a contributing editor and Pat McDowell will be supervising photography. All are Park City residents. In addition, David Neu has been hired to report on the region's ski events and the staff of The Newspaper, also owned by Wilking and Dering, will be involved in the production of the new publication. Slated for inclusion in the first issue (October 31) are articles on summer activities ac-tivities of the U.S. Ski Team ; how the team will fare in prairie potholes to construction construc-tion complexes of over 500,000 acres X throughout the Canadian provinces. The total number of wetland acreage reserved by DU now exceeds 2.5 million (1.3 million acres of this has been developed) acres which provide living space for some 300 species of wildlife. ' But benefits from DU's work are not limited to wildlife alone. The projects afford irrigation and flood control to farmers and ranchers in addition to enhancing the aesthetic quality of the land itself. Instead of purchasing the .Canadian land outright, DU has cooperated with Canadian governments and individual land owners to secure free, long-term land leases and easements. Such an arrangement has enabled DU to develop numerous acres of critical habitat without tying up funds in real estate holdings. Out of the $58 million raised throughout its history, DU has made available over $46 million to Canada for wetland development alone, or about 80 cents out of every dollar donated. Much care is also being directed toward providing suitable wintering habitat for North America's waterfowl. water-fowl. Ducks Unlimited de 4 ' : j. ,.''' World Cup competition; weather predictions from the U.S. Weather Service, the Farmer's Almanac, Salt Lake television weatherman Mark Eubank, and a couple of old-timers with sure-fire prediction techniques; a report on new products; ski area summer improvements; improvemen-ts; the new criteria for judging free-style competition; com-petition; cross-country ski preparations and alpine ski tuning; a report on the University of Utah ski team ; an article on an intermountain intermoun-tain ski manufacturer and the avalanche school in Jackson, Wyoming, in addition ad-dition to the regular features. The Intermountain Skier will circulate 20,000 copies per issue. The publication will be complimentary and distributed to regional ski areas, major overnight accommodations ac-commodations and ski shops. Negotiations are underway un-derway to have it placed on incoming airline flights and distributed by the various ground transportation companies com-panies servicing ski areas. The publication will also be available by subscription. Mexico (DUMAC) has embarked em-barked on a pioneer project to revitalize 15,000 acres of wintering habitat called the Lerma Marshes. These marshes, located west of Mexico City, winter hundreds hun-dreds of thousands of waterfowl water-fowl each year. DUMAC has also initiated a fund-raising campaign in Mexico (where from 10 to 40 million North American waterfowl winter annually) to help bolster-habitat bolster-habitat restoration efforts throughout the country. Coupled with the activities of Canada and the United States, Ducks Unlimited can truly be considered an inter-national inter-national conservation organization, continental in scope. Those attending the November 3 dinner will be eligible for a host of valuable prizes to be given away. Tickets are priced at $25 each with a $10 Ducks Unlimited membership included. in-cluded. They can be purchased pur-chased from the following DU committee members : Joe Bernolfo, Hal Taylor, John Jenkins, Ted Warr, Dave Krajeski, Dick Wilde, IT seasooei firewood Cut to Length and Delivered , 649-8280 Evenings L COMPANY Crepe '& Foiidue Expresso& Cappuccino 402 Main 649-9998 Mike Kiger, Scott Beal, Stein Eriksen and Steve Ellsworth, Ellswor-th, and at the door. Prizes to be given away at the DU dinner have been donated by: Hal Taylor, Adolph's, Silver Shears, Wolfe's, Vrin-nie Vrin-nie Fish Photography, Bob Wells and Michigan Utah, Mileti's, Claimjumper, Mountaineer Sports, Silver King Club, The Ski and Bob Burns, Bill Mawhinney Motors, Schuss Stangl, Remington Arms, Barney's men's store, Park City Racquet Club, Stevens Brown, Grand Central, Browning Arms, Coca Cola and Head Ski Co. RESORT CENTER STORE FOR RENT 825 SQUARE FEET PRIME COMMERCIAL SPACE NEXT TO SKI TICKET BUILDING AND ALPINE SLIDE Wednesday s Ski V Six M PARK CITY 649-8888 - Sunday 6-11 649 - 9275 |