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Show I 0 A old tumbling champion from Roy is setting her sights on the International Meet in October in ar Falcons suit up for conditioning its Falcons for Clearfield suited-u- p football, this week, and began three-a-da- y conditioning drills in preparation for its September First opener against Hillcrest in Salt Lake City. The team will work out from 8: 15 to 10 :30 a.m., from 2:15 to 4 p.m. and from 6:45 to 8 this week. The Clearfield football schedule is as follows: September 1 - at Hillcrest; September 8 - Skyline of Idaho Falls at Clfld; September 15 - At Layton; September 22 - Skyview at Clfld; 4 September 29 - At Bountiful ; October - Weber at Clfld; October 13 - At Viewmont; October 19 - At Bonneville; October 27 - Roy at Clfld. P)ir(dl(oij,irs 5inrDo)(s,f According to a Division of Wildlife Resources biologist, predators in the North Book Cliffs are not having a significant impact on deer populations there. Dave Peterson is in the third year of an exhastive ten-yepredator study, initiated by the Divisions Nongame Section. Of course, all information is not in at this point, he says, but it Just doesnt look like predators, mainly coyotes, are holding down the deer population, at least since our study began. Its the same old story, continues You cant generalize Peterson. ar about coyotes killing significant numbers of deer. Our data is showing that it is an extremely complex interaction of many things weather, size of other prey populations and sportsman harvest among them which affect deer populations. . V scheduled i 11 T ; The North Davis League J: 773-47- ' Article talks about diseases (Diseases (dleer on (ojir Peterson explains that the purpose of the study is to look at the impact which coyotes have on deer. But he points out that to investigate this problem, it is necessary to study many other coyote prey species, such as cottontails and small rodents, as well as other predators which might be preying on deer bobcats, lions, and bears. The North Book Cliff study area, over 900 square miles, was chosen for several reasons. The area, herd unit 28A, had a reduced deer population in 1975 which showed no signs of increasing. The area is principally federal and state land. There are healthy predator populations and, since no sheep herds are using the major portiono of the study site, there are no coyote control efforts. Most work now, explains Peterson, involves accumulating information on the status of predator and prey populations, and on what the Page Fish Get Them Too is adapted from an article by Ron Goede, fish pathologist with the DWR, which will appear in an upcoming issue of UTAH WILDLIFE magazine. -- Ed.) Although fishing today is an important source of recreation and food, most people do not realize the magnitued of problems facing fish and fisheries. Fish do not have the emotional appeal of deer or ducklings; for this reason, their importance to biotic systems is often ignored. As development encroaches upon natural fish habitat and population growth increases pressure on the resource, fish are caught in the middle and management of the fishery resource for public use becomes increasingly difficult. two-tim- CLEARFIELD COURIER. Auo. 23. 1978. - in fish 1 1 reasonable that a coyote, or any predator, will take advantage of that situation, he says. It is difficult to get the total picture on an animal like the coyote. It is a wide roaming predator, few studies have been done on it, especially in Utah, and its behavior is a great deal more complex than once believed. For instance, Peterson said that he expected coyotes to take more deer following last years drought, due to a crash in the small mammal population. But his diet percentages did not reveal this. He speculates that the coyotes simply increased their range to find more small mammals. It all boils down to a very complex situation, he says. A study may seem like a long time to work on one problem. But were seeing that th ten-ye- 70 pounders pause for a picture before practice (I. to r.) row one, Mark Graham, Eric Stephenson, Mike Ericson, Jason Bean, Mike Toren, Tim Gardener, Russell Johnston; row two, Bobby Daniels, Shane Stauffer, Anthony Valdez, Jaren Taylor, Monte Geertgens, Frankie Martin, Tyler Daines and Mike Forbes. The team is coached by Larry Geertgens and Clyde Perez. well need that much time. Ultimately, well have a pretty good feeling for predators effects on deer ' CLEARFIELD populations in this part of Utah. ... miscellaneous species of animals and of Women Voters will be sponsoring a tennis tournament Sept. 9. Participation is open to beginners and advanced players ages 12 and up. If interested call by Aug 26. The Clearfield High courts will be used. Several local merchants will be contributing towards the tournament also. Information for Voters will be available at the tournament. f i960 World Olympics to be held in Russia. We encourage the residents of Roy to help our personal ambassador from Roy and Utah make it to Bulgaria. Watch for her in the Roy Days parade, and also for her performances this Saturday at Sand Ridge Park during Roy Days. ID(),u, IhxaMoinigj predators eat. Peterson is finding that 60 per cent of the coyotes diet consists of cottontails and some jackrabbits, 25 per cent is deer and the remaining 15 per cent is small rodents and Tennis fun Bulgaria. But, in order to meet the expense of going there, the Roy Elks and Kiwanis clubs, along with the Sun Chronicle, are trying to help the Hamblins raise the needed money to send Bectd and her coach, Mike Dennison, to this event. Contributions to help her should be sent to The Sun Chronicle, P.O. Box 207, Roy, Utah, 84067. Checks should be made payable to the Amateur Athletic Union and these will then be earmarked to the Becki Hamblin fund. Some of the honors Miss Hamblin has won include being a five-tim- e Utah State Tumbling Champion, foure time National Champion and a World Champion in the age group and open category. In 1976, Becld won a silver medal in Russia and was named the Outstanding Foreign Competitor by the tight knit Russian Gymnastic group. One goal that Becki has set for herself includes participating in the 1979 AAU Junior Olympics and the plants. M(D)w Asked whether the deer portion' of the diet represents coyote-kille- d deer or carrion, Peterson pointed out that his study will tell what various predators eat, not what they kill. Although some deer are no doubt killed by coyotes, he says that coyotes also take advantage of dead deer. Deer die for many reasons - disease, accidents, starvation, from wounds inflicted during hunting season. Its ago. JUwMti peim Federal Employees Credit Union On m c With $ . K I had an interesting talk with Coach Bob Robinson of the Wasatch Front Football League in Layton. Bob, an e in the W.F.F.L., coached the 100-team last year and this year has the 85-- team. & 'k ' If' old-tim- B B He explained how Layton handles incoming boys for their football program. Layton has a coaches association, which designates men as head coach, second and third in line. 70-They divide the first year crop of and into groups. players The more promising players are funneled into the ranks, and the head coach becomes their mentor. These boys are destined to beocmes 70-The next-yeaplayers. foam may or may not become a second 70-team, depending on the number of boys who sign up. The team becomes next year-- s B team, and is coached by the number three coach. The 70-- coach moves up the ladder 100-and eventually to 120-to 85-football program. He in the five-yeeach has the option year of picking up select player from the B teams and of sending players back who fall to keep C 3-- C 2-- C C 2-- C A rs A 3-- C A ar pace with their teammates. Theoretically, the A teams get stronger each year, and become the best talent Layton has to offer. Meanwhile, back in the B ranks, the and slow developers an are moving at an easier pace and Players working on fundamentals. showing improvements and fresh talent may be promoted to an A team. 1710 70-players of Roy are divided equally among the two or three teams, and assigned to available coaches. These coaches often take the same teams, the following year, and are arbitrarily dlsignated by Roy Recreation as A or B coaches. An effort is made to put the stronger players into the A league, but it - C .1 v at " doesnt always happen that way. Too often a B team is stronger than one of the A teams. division of I prefer Roys 70-all kids on starts it because players, an equal footing, but from that point on, Laytons program more closely follows the intent of the W.F.F.L. The B teams are supposed to be there to C assist the less-talente- and the d inexperienced players, not to compete for the W.F.F.L. title. Roys system could be better than Laytons if all coaches would accept the outline offered by the Recreation Department. More care should be taken to provide an atmosphere for the B Leaguers, and a challenge for making the A Leagues. Harry Hail of Roy ran the W.F.F.L. program at Hill Air Force Base and tells of a time in 1968, when the base was not required to field an A team so played a season of 70-- football. The d seven opHill Fielders ponents 407 to 6 that year. A Sunset team surprised them on a breakaway score to prevent a years shutout, but by halftime the AFB team was ahead of Sunset, 47 - 8. That isnt football as it was meant to be in the Wasatch Front Football Leauge. Thats only an example of what can happen when all W.F.F.L members arent playing by the lime rules. Gearfield isnt bothered by the A or B division problem. As a rule they barely have enough participants to outfit one team in each weight and age group. This year they will have no 70-team so all players will be on the 70-- 5662 South 2050 West Roy, Utah B out-score- Full Service Hours Monday thru Friday 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Drive-i- n open 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Drive-i- n 9:00 open Saturdays a.m.-3:3- 0 p.m. Who Can Join the Federal Employees Credit Union? The following people are eligible for membership: 1. 2. 3. 4. C Credit Union. A team. , i Unlike Roy, Gearfleld Recreation caters only to its townspeople. Roy Recreation draws athletes from the Hooper, Kanesville, Taylor regions, and has a healthy program. Rumors are that Taylor and others may be Employees of the Federal Government living in the State of Utah. Members of the United States Armed Forces stationed in the State of Utah. Active reservists and members of the National Guard stationed in the State of Utah. Immediate families of members of the Phone 5. t . 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