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Show Wins Tliree-Wa- ft Blayo y Rhett Long Wins Ice Breaker Golf Tourney The Cove View Men's Golf Association held their annual Ice Breaker" tournament Saturday, April 19 to officially mark the beginning of the 1986 golfing season. There were 32 players on hand to test their golfing skills and at the end of regulation play of the tournament Van Madsen, Brian Scott and Rhett Long were tied with gross scores of two over par 73. e A sudden death play off was required to break the lie and Rhett emerged victorious with a par on the first hole. Fourth place went to Doug three-wa- y lng n Qee Roundy with a gross score of 71 and Mike Langston took fifth place with a score of 76. Winners in the net division were: Devon foulson with a score of 62; Brent McKinlay, Ryan Oldroyd and Don Olsen were tied with scores of 64; and Reed Madsen with a score of election results were announced and the Association was reorganized as follows: Ron Oldroyd. president; Brent McKinlay. vice president; Doug Roundy and Mike Langston, 2 year directors; Max Frandson and Ivan Rowley, 1 year directors. 65. The association ufficers would like to extend an invitatiun for all golfers to join and participate in teh Special prize winners were: W.L. (Ducky) Hill, closest to hole No. 2; Ryan Oldroyd, closest to hole No. 5; Max Frandson Mit accurate drive; Van Madsen longest drive and Ducky Hill and Malt Oldroyd were the putting contest winners. the tournament, Following association events this year. Association dues are $5. Please contact any of the association officers or John Roberts at the golf course for additional information. (896-9987- ) y.rtUwry HQ EiFOrS GDd0SS r I recently attended the Utah Wildlife Federation annual convention in Ogden. Although many topics were discussed and presented I believe the keynote of the convention was the panel discussion held Saturday morning. Members of the panel were Booth Wallentine, Utah Farm Burea; Paul Peterson, coordinator of a special experimental hunting unit in Cedar Valley near Co ve Fort ; Bill Geer, director of Utah Division of Wildlife Resources; and Cecil Garland, private landowner from Callao, Utah. All members of the panel covered the same basic theme, "LanRelations downer Sportsmen very well. However, rather than try to cover all the panel members points I have sought and received permission to reprint, verbatim, the talk given by Bill Geer. My reasoning is that I believe it covers the major points made by the other members of the panel and the points made are very important to spotlight in our area. Editors note: Mr. Geers talk is rather lengthy. Because of that we have chosen to run it under Mr. Lowrys column in four installments. This is part one. By William H. Geer Introduction It has become more and more apparent these last several years between that the relationship private landowners and sportsmen has seriously eroded. To compound this, both groups may hold the Division of Wildlife Resources in low regard because we have not yet found solutions to the natural conflicts arising from the presence of wildlife and their use on private lands. Some may even feel that the divisions management philosophies and programs have been partly the cause of the problem. Maybe to a degree thats true. Landowners are often saying that they dont want wildlife or the problems they bring on private land. They feel that wildlife and user- - the other. Recent examples include related damage are a significant part of their hardships. They are bills to deprive landowners of big game depredation compensation, to tired of depredation losses, vandalism, public criticism of their lifestyles and livelihoods. They complain that the division, the Wildlife Board, and the Board of Big Game Control decide too much in favor of wildlife and do not give enough consideration to the needs of landowners. On the other hand, sportsmen often complain that private landowners want to eliminate hunting and fishing recreation on private lands. They claim that private landowners want to reduce wildlife species and population levels on public lands, with reallocation of resources to livestock use. They object to landowners receiving depredation payments from the division while not allowing hunting trespass to remove the offending game. They object to large clubs leasing the private lands and selling d limited, memberships. that the division and the They say boards cater too much to private landowners, and are not supporting sportsmen as much as they should. While these observations are not especially pleasant to face, face them we must. We must examine of causes the underlying and treat them dissatisfaction rather than the superficial symptoms. New, innovative, and even risky ideas may have to be tested, and old notions and provincial attitudes may have to go if we are really serious about improving wildlife for hunting and fishing while resolving the conflicts on private lands. We must more carefully listen to each other in order to uncover the real causes of the complaints. Even more disturbing are some of the attitudes and ways all sides have chosen to deal with the conflicts. We to too often reverted have showdowns where rather than doing the hard stuff of working together to find mutually beneficial ends to our problems, we have often sought legislation or other measures intended to help one side by hurting close all private lands to trespass unless specifically posted open, to and therefore require the division to pay for livestock the sportsmen losses to cougar and bear, to force public access through private property to adjacent public lands,' and to ban private sportsman clubs. While I am not saying that, legislation may not be good or necessary, and while we must continue to seek good legislators' interested in our well being, I am saying that we have tended to resolve our differences by one of the less effective ways of problemlawmaking. Bills are solving frequently drafted with no real understanding of the problems they attempt to solve. Language often is too general for complex and diverse conflicts, and bills frequently are amended by utility beyond legislators least cognizant of what is really needed. As a consequence, few people are satisfied with the outcome of legislation and the laws simply do not fix whats broken. Despite the pieces of natural resources legislation passed in recent years, sportsmen are still unhappy wtih landowners, landowners are still unhappy with sportsmen, and both are mad at the division. So, who has won? Who feels they are better off? Editors note: In Saturdays edition of The Reaper Mr. Geer will explore the idea of cooperation and between sportsmen high-price- South S.O.B ' o . f J iXr f- e--, ( r - .,v. . .. A ;f M VWJ i r, j I X? "Wk. i -- J-- ' J ' 4S;t x W' 4 4 a , f' v i ' V f A - v jfr ft i, " Ice Breaker Champ Rhett Long shows putting form that won the Ice Breaker Tournament Championship at the Cove View Reaper Photo by Steve Christensen Golf Course Saturday. His caddy, Mr. Claggett, was on hand to inspire Rhett to victory. RHS Golfers Win Cove View Meet Four Richfield High School golfers took the top four spots at the first Region 10 meet this year played at the Cove View Golf Course Monday, giving the Wildcats a 27 stroke victory. Junior Matt Oldroyd was the medalist, with a score of 74. Senior Brian Scott placed second, shooting 80; sophomore Brent Robertson third at 83; and senior Craig Slack fourth with 84. Sophomore Mark Forsey also played well, shooting 85. (Only four of the five scores figure into the total. Richfields 321 total is the best score the team has made in the past two years. North Sanpete placed second in the meet, with a total score of 348. Juab was third at 369, then came Manti at 423, South Sevier at 425, Hurricane at 429 and Gunnison at 458. Coach Van Madsen said he was very pleased with the play of the golfers. The impressive thing about this group, he said, is that any of the five can win a tournament. When one is off, another can pick up the pace. The golfers are also very competitive among each other. That, Madsen said, helps them during practice sessions. The Wildcats will travel to Lehi match. today for a multi-teaMadsen said he didnt know what schools would be there, although he hoped Wasatch would be among them. Wasatch is considered one of the top teams in the state this year. Richfield will be at the Palisades Golf Course next Monday for another region meet. Of Border Fashion Team Game Crossroads, 841 High Team Series Stigs, 2389 Renon High Individual Game 218 Reed, Renon High Individual Series Reed, 566 High Nachos - Tacos - Burritos - Enchiladas more Taquitos - Chimichangas Fajitas and much OUR -- CLASSIFIED ADS Good Grief Thats Not Gringo Grub Served Daily From 11:30 A.M. HAVE WHAT YOU WANT! Theyre Full of SUPER BUYS SCicc em So Read Them 'Reafau'iMt Utah And Youll SAVE!! 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