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Show 4B Emery County Progress, Castle Dale, Utah HAPPENING AT Tuesday, November 30, 1999 bonus A few limited entry cougar point results and drawing still available permits hunting available at division offices 2000 Dec.15. The season will end on most of the for a Hunters who didnt 1999 Bucks & Bulls 1999 - apply limited entry cougar permit, or thosfe who did but didnt draw out, may still hunt cougars during Utahs upcoming season by purchasing a permit to hunt one of the states 24 cougar harvest objective management units and subunits. Permits to hunt cougars on harvest objective units will be available, beginning EVENTS CAMPUS IN THE UPCOMING WEEK Poems in the Pub 2 7:30 pm Dec Nov. 29, from Division of Wildlife Resources offices in Ogden, Salt Lake City, Springville, Vernal, Price and Cedar City. Cost for the permits is $53 for residents and $253 for Helper CEU invites one and all to join two of Utah's most gifted poets, Jan Minich and Lisa Bickmore, for a poetry reading Thursday evening in the recently remodeled Balance Rock Pub and Eatery located at 48 S. Main, Helper. Bickmore, a professor of English atSLCC, who's 1991 book Haste is one of the best to emerge from the state this decade, "invests her poetry with images of desire and loss, extravagance and long- nonresidents. If they dont already have one, both residents and nonresidents also must purchase a $6 Wildlife Habitat Authorization. Harvest objective units differ from traditional limited entry units in three main ways, said Suzette Fowlks, Division information specialist. There is no limit to the number of permits that may be sold for each unit and hunters may purchase them 1 ing". Her poems draw attention to the odd power of strange and daily routines. Anyone who has heard Jan Minich, a member of CEU' English department, read hi: evocative poems will tell you that it is literally a breathtak ing experience. His unique approach to the emotional experience that is life (and occasionally death) is stunning and unapologefic. This reading is free to all and you are encouraged to attend. An opportunity to meet the writers will immediately follow and refreshments will be available for purchase at the restaurant. over-the-count- hunters may learn the odds of drawing a Utah limited entry. Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit or big game permit by visiting the nearest Division of Wildlife Resources OfBig game 1999 once-in-a-lifeti- fice- Copies of the 1999 Bucks & Bulls Bonus Point Results and Drawing Odds book are available for review or purchase at all division offices. Antlerless draw odds are the only Utah big game draw e book. odds not included in the more than After reviewing the book, hunters who want a copy may buy one for $15, plus 90 cents sales tax. Christmas Ballets 1- -4 Geary Theatre 7:30pm As the holidays approach, CEU's Ballet Repertory Ensemble is putting Hie final touches on what is rapidly becoming a local tradition. Featuring dozens of talented dancers from all over the state, their two festive dance concerts are sure to delight any audience. Join the dancers in the Geary Theatre next Monday and Wednesday nights for a contemporary performance in several parts, including favorites like "The Christmas Carol" and "The Grinch". On Tuesday and Thursday evening the ensemble wiil lace up their toe shoes for their classic rendition of "The Nutcracker". Either performance will be a hit with your entire family. Why not buy tickets for both? open to hunting. A $5 handling fee is charged for each exchange and the permit is not valid until the day after the exchange is made. All exchanges must be made at a 300-pag- Division office. The 1999 - 2000 cougar season on most of Utahs harvest objective units beeins GENERAL 100 Turkey Addendum, which a shorter application period additional will be available by Dec. 13. - m ?r rA NOW GREAT LOW FARES. $4 $2 Add this experience to your list of holiday traditions. You' be glad you did. e, said. $5 ADMISSION: Merriams wild turkey permits will remain at 355, the same number offered in 1999. Utahs wild turkey populations are increasing because of an aggressive effort by the Division of Wildlife Resources out-of-stat- are as follows: SENIORS: e, meeting where turkey permits are decided being held a week later this year and Flourishing Rio Grande extra time needed to prothis spring, after the Utah who have been waiting to wild turkey populations in duce and distribute Utahs Wildlife Board approved addraw a Rio Grande permit. Utah resulted in the board first-eve- r Wild Turkey AdWild turkey hunting rules approving 507 Rio Grande ditional Rio Grande hunting an for said. Nov. increase Mitchell 17 a apnumbers2000, at dendum, permits meeting and permit permits Instead of lengthening the in Salt Lake City. proved by the board may be of 109 over the 398 offered in to bring turkeys to Utah from to trap application period, the The board also approved found in the 2000 Utah Wild 1999. and transplant turkeys board decided to keep the within the state, and to im- ending date at Dec. 30. The prove turkey habitat, said Division has received numer' I the Divisions ous comments from hunters f a: Dean Mitchell,coordinator. . that having the application upland game To supplement existing period end Dec. 30 allows turkey populations, and draw results to be posted in start new ones, in the past time for them to schedule 12 months about 400 turkeys vacation time, off for the have been moved within spring hunts, Mitchell said. Hunters who have had a Utah, while another 400 have been brought in from Kan- difficult time drawing a Utah sas and Wyoming, Mitchell Rio Grande wild turkey perthan hunters may hunt Rio and a bonus point system Grande wild turkeys in Utah that should help hunters crowd-pleasin- g Ticket prices taken has been met, or on June 4, 2000. The exceptions are the San Rafael and Kaiparowitz units, w'here the season begins Dec. 15,1999 and runs through Dec. 12, 2000 (or until the number of cougars to be taken on the units has been met), and the Dark Canyon Plateau portion of the San Juan unit, where the season begins Dec.1,1999 and runs through June 4, 2000 (or until the number of cougars to be taken on it has been met). To purchase a harvest objective permit, hunters must first purchase a 1999 Wildlife Habitat Authorization to hunt cougars through the end of 1999. If they continue hunting into 2000, they must also purchase a 2000 Habitat Authorization. Hunters should study the 1999 - 2000 Utah Cougar Proclamation to choose a harvest objective unit, Fowlks said. Unit descriptions begin on page 17. Following the lead of other western states, Utah established harvest objective management units in 1996 s one way to help speed the recovery of Utahs deer herds. Through the sale of an unlimited number of permits, the units help speed Utahs deer herd recovery by increasing chances that a set number of cougars can be harvested on units where deer herds are facing their toughest challenge. Before each hunting trip hunters must call toll-fre(5466) to verify their harvest objective unit is still open to hunting. The phone line is updated by 8 p.m. daily, providing hunters with closure information for the next days hunt. For more information hunters may. call their nearest Division office, or the Divisions Salt Lake City office at (801) Additional Rio Grande wild turkey hunting permits approved by Utah Wildlife Board for 2000 seasons More Dee The hunt on each harvest objective unit may close before the official ending of the season, however, if the number of cougars to be taken on the unit is met. For example, if the objective is to take 10 cougars on a unit, the hunt on the unit closes when 10 cougars are taken, even if the end of the season hasnt been reached. Hunters who have a permit to hunt a harvest objective unit that closes early may still hunt cougars by exchanging their permit for a harvest objective unit thats still units when the number of cougars to be STUDENTS: SO GET OFF YOUR SEAT AND INTO OURS. mit will receive some help in Mitchell said Utahns future years, after the board shouldnt expect to see the approved a bonus point sysstates Merriams turkey tem for wild turkeys. All hunters who apply but population grow much more. All of the suitable ponderosa dont draw a turkey permit pine, mixed with aspen and in 2000 will receive a bonus oak habitat that the birds point which will increase prefer in Utah, already has their chances of drawing a Merriams turkeys. permit in 2001. The skys the limit, Among the hunters who though, when it comes to cant obtain a bonus point in the number of Rio Grande 2000 are those who cant apturkeys Utah can support. ply in the draw because Rio Grandes prefer riparian theyve drawn a permit habitats consisting of cot- within the last two years. tonwood river bottoms that The whole focus of this are usually adjacent to agri- bonus point system is to cultural areas, and Utah has give people who havent had plenty of these. permits for awhile, the opWhen Rio Grandes are inportunity to go out and troduced to these types of hunt turkeys in Utah, areas in Utah, a new popu- Mitchell said. lation usually establishes itself about 90 percent of the time, Mitchell said. Mitchell said the states combined Rio Grande and Holiday Concert Dec 6 7:30pm Money s important. Thats why College Center The Christmas season just isn't the same without all that great music. Nothing rings in the holiday spirit like carols of old... and new. Next Monday night the more of it Right now, Amtrak seats available, but act and Or holiday favorites in another spectacular FREE concert. Bring your friends, your family, and yourself to the beautiful new College center to celebrate the best of the season. Be in your seats early and be ready to enjoy the pure pleasure of live music big band style. y - Kris great low fares. Same now. For information on fares reservations, call your travel agent or Amtrak at toe-tappi- written is offering letting you keep great destinations. Same great service. There are plenty of CEU Music Department wi fill your need for all those perxm newfn q iceoai occomnodoOo ns ffent cat 61353 4 jml 24 hotn m adiana cf oiy ol the pubhc rmh. were visit www.amtrak.com and dick on bringing in as many as 600 southeastern Utah. birds mostly Rio Grandes to help curb the poachfrom Mitchell ing of wild turkeys, a Poachsaid. ing Reported Reward PerThe 2000 wild turkey appli- mit program was approved. cation period will be Dec. 0 The program provides any which is two weeks person, who provides inforshorter than last year, when mation leading to the ar-- Rail SALE deals. Train departs e, 13-3- from the Amtrak station at I Depot St in Helper. the application started Dec. 1. Amtrak cense agents statewide. Draw results will posted by ARRIVE IN A DIFFERENT STATE. 1I IS a cow discount (or semon age 42 and discount (or fed age acco-w-- ed t a fare-pgw SC Fares are baaed on avadafrhqr and autrert to change end. out nonce Odw restncoona may coh ( MSen aWl Up' to 2 bdt per ado. rest and successful pros- ecution of another person for wanton destruction of a wild turkey (poaching) in a limited entry area, a wild turkey permit to hunt that same limited entry area the following year. number of factors reundersubscribed land-ownsulted in the start of the apturkey permits will plication period being now be available to public moved back this year. They hunters through the wild included the Wildlife Board turkey draw. A U, Parkinson period Applications will be available by Dec. 13, from Division offices and hunting liFeb. 4, 2000. 1? 4 preciate the hunting opportunity theyve had and will Merriams turkey population support a system that is about 8,000 birds. Based should help them draw a on the type of habitat found permit in the future. in Utah, the Division believes Among other wild turkey the state could support as hunting items approved by the board were the followmany as 200,000 birds. Wild turkey plans for the ing: next 12 months include the two new Rio Grande continued trapping and hunting units were aptransplanting of birds within proved for Cache County Utah and the possibility of and the south Book Cliffs in out-of-stat- Special Offers for super Mitchell hopes that hunters who are in a waiting period and cant apply will ap- er I |