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Show sr Posts in So. Otoh unoiiGGfGtl by runoff Another season of spring runoff is starting along the Colorado River system In the Rocky Mountains, but the spectacular national park-lanof southern Utah will be affected little or not at all and visitors are Invited to come and see for themselves. The National Park Service says eight of the park wonderlands are open and with all recreation facilities fully operational. Those Include such traditional attractions as Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef and Zion National Parks, Natural Bridges and Rainbow Bridge National Monuments and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. All roads and highways that give access to tnese areas also are clear and open, with no threat of high water. Cedar Breaks NationalMonument, loftiest of southern Utahs parks at elevation between 8,200 and 10,560 feet, will open later this month aftei snowplows clear Its roads. Two other park areas are accessible from Southern Utah. Located in the Arizona strip, these are the North Rim area of Grand Canyon National Park, and Pipe Springs National Monument, a 19th century Mormon settlement exemplifying an Important facet of American history. Highway 67 to the North Rim of Grand Canyon was scheduled to open May 15. Concessions facilities there are scheduled to open May 25. Only two of the parks touch the Colorado River, which Is expected ds to carry Precautions for viewing all of them available on basis. campsites, a Thursday, first-com- e, first-serv- ed The overnight fee for the campsites is $4 in some parks, $5 in others. Temperatures have reached the 80s in Zion National Parks spectacular canyons. At a half-mil- e higher elevation, there was an early snowmelt at the Bryce Canyon NP and visitation was up 39 percent during April over the same month a year earlier. The Bryce Canyon Lodge will open May 18. Capitol Reef NP began interpretive programs the week before Easter and now offers presentations at the amphitheater both Friday and Saturday evenings. There also is a ranger -- led stroll for visitors through the historic district of the old Mormon pioneer community of Fruita. Interpretive programs at Arches National Park and Natural Bridges National Monument are fully active and their campgrounds are open year round. eclipse A. On Wednesday, May 30, 1984, be an eclipse visible all over the country at noo- time. All there will ill V AWARDS ASSEMBLY: Principal and Coach Alfred D. Marshall relates the accomplishments of his Beaver High School students at the annual Awards Assembly Tuesday morning. The table of trophies team and individual attests to the outstanding achievements contributed by the Class of 1984. Pers said. campElsewhere, Canyonlands grounds, trails and scenic overlooks are wholly unaffected by the Colorados flows. Glen Canyon and Lake Powell attracted nearly two million visitors last year, and they represent Utahs attraction outside most popular Salt Lake City and Temple Square. recreation The area is scheduled to have a new visitor service later this summer with the addition of an east -- west, ferryboat operating between Halls Crossing and Bullfrog, about halfway up the lake. That service will provide a great savings in time and distance for motorists. Bullfrog also has anew restaurant and motel accommodations this season. During the past winter, the Bureau of Reclamation reduced the lake level 34 feet below its record high elevation (3708.34) of July 1983. Each of Lake Powells four major developed areas (Hite, Bullfrog, Halls Crossing and Wahweap) is operational, and with a full range of visitor and boater services. Collectively, Canyonlands, Glen Canyon and the other southern Utah parklands have a total of 1,200 onal and team accomplishments have been numerous during the four years. Trophies and awards are more than metal, plastic and wood. They are a visible record, displayed prominently for youngsters to admire and oldsters to reminisce. fiotlmq ContMitewial at Collection Little Loegue The picture of the cute little girl with her arms around a lamb on page one last week had nothing to issue suits to do with laying pipe at the golf Friday, May 25 By Jim Fink Well, fishing season is well underway and not too many are being caught, but a few big lunkers are being hauled in. You know, fishing is one of those things that was put here for mans enjoyment, Im sure. Oh, a few people sneer at fishermen and their antics when it comes to figuring ways to catch fish, but I maintain that fishing is truly the Kings Sport, especially fly fishing. There is more to fly fishing than meets the eye of the average layman. When I look back, I am sure that fly fishing was the main reason I moved from Kansas to Colo -rado. Yes, it was the lure of fly fishing, and the opportunities Colorado presented for pursuing this sport. I have loved to go fishing since I was a kid. When I was about six or seven, I mowed the neighborhood lawns to raise money for fishing equipment. Of course, back in Kansas we didnt fish for trout, and the knew little about fly fish- One of the ways I remember golowly ing fishing for this creature was trotline fishing. Now with trot line fishing you used every kind of bait imaginable. Minnows and crawfish, earlier in the day seined from some smaller ed stream, liver combinations that had set for days in a jar in the sun What I knew about ing. it until it reached a stench that was almost unbearable to smell. Now, we would get to the big river a few hours before dark. A heavy line would be hooked to a limber tree branch on one side of the river, then wed swim the river and secure the other end of the line on the other side of the river. Short drop lines were then baited and hung on this main line. Sometimes wed go home, but more often than not wed make ht this an camping outing. Then we could check our lines several times during the night. Wed take loads of food, build our campfire, then about every two or three hours wed swim into the river to see if the lines had caught a catfish. Even on those hot Kansas nights, wed come out shivering from the chilly river waters, but wed soon get warm around the campfire. While waiting for the fish to bite, wed sit and exchange tall tales, mostly about fishing. It was great all-nig- flat-land- was gleaned from the pages of Sports Afield, Field and Stream ", and Outdoor Life, my favorite magazines. I would daydream over the stories about fly fishing and big game ocean fishing for hours on end. But what we did in Kansas was lowly cafish for the tfish. Now being tagged with that Catmonicker is a misnomer. For us they fish arent lowly! offered a great deal of sport, and lots of fun. comradierie. ed course. Little League baseball suits will out to all Little League baseball players Friday, May 25, 1984 at the Bud Barnes residence. Time set for each team to pick up suits will be as follows: 9:30 a.m. United Way 10:00 a.m. Jets - Mets 10:30 a.m. Bees 11:00 a.m. -- Cubs 11:30 a.m. Each player please bring your $5.00 for suit rental. Those who still have baseball suits in their possession, please return them to their managers immediately. League play will begin Tuesday, Game time is 6:00 May 29th. p.m. at the Little League baseball field. be given flows runoff during the April-to-Ju- ly period. The river flows through both Canyonlands NP and Glen Canyon NRA. White -- water rafting parties can safely run the river through Canyonlands at flows up to 100,000 cubic feet persecond, and only If heavy debris collects and the water temperature becomes exceptionally cold might restrictions be necessary, Superintendent Pete Parry of the United States, except Alaska, will be able to see some portion of the moon cross in front of the sun. The National Society to Prevent Blindness - Utah Affiliate warns diagainst looking at an eclipse almost is sun when the even rectly, entirely obscured. Doing so can cause permanent vision loss. Sunglasses are no precaution. When you look at the sun, your eyes lens focuses the intense light on the retina, that delicate layer of cells at the back of the eye that sends visual images to your The retina does not feel brain. You dont know it is being pain. the But it can be burned. of vision. field of center very jur The safest way to watch the But for eclipse is un television. those who insist on observing it outdoors, the National Society to Prevent Blindness - Utah Affiliate had a free pamphlet with instructions on safe eclipse viewing. Send businea stamped, Prevent ss-size envelope to 667 E. First South, Blindness, Salt Lake City, UT 84102. The National Society to Prevent Blindness, established in 1908, is nationally engaged in preventing blindness through a comprehensive program of community services, public and professional education and research. We caught lots of catfish by the trotline method. And some whoI never caught one of ppers, too. those fabled 50 or 100 pounders that were often caught, but wed , ft --- --- bring in 15-- 20 pounders. On a good night wed take home a couple of gunny sacks full of catfish. Wed skin em out, then mom would deep-fr- y the fish and they were excellent eating, too. Another way of cat fishing which I never did to much of a coward, I guess -- - was a sport called noodling. Now the idea was that huge catfish lived in holes cut-oalong the muddy river banks. A noodler would swim or walk the river and stick his arm into the holes to feel for a catfish lounging there. Many a noodler would tangle with a huge x:at and come home with a well skinned or punctured arm. There were even stories I hear about noodlers who got their arm stuck in the mouth of a huge cat, then would drown when the cat pulled them under. (That was the reason I was such a coward about it.) But not out here in Colorado and Utah, Ive fulfilled a childhood dream that of going fly fishing. I guess Ive graduated to the higher sport, but it still gives me a warm feeling when I remember the good times we had going after the lowly catfish. ut forecast still high eMMri I'm in fftm khi'tiV NEW WATER TANK: Minersvilles new water tank is nearly ready for use. Newly painted on the on the inside outside, it was due to be painted this week and ready to put on line soon. The iff HrwfcrV mtim rJh "Vitrir " re - & new tank will give Miners ville room for growth. The new sewer line construction is almost read) to get underway and bids should be let in the Immediate future. The streamflow forecast, released by the Soil Conservation Service from May 1st snowpack measurements shows the following: The Beaver River near Beaver: 54.000 acre feet for the May -- July period, 257 of average. Last year was 70,000 ac. ft., average flow is 21.000 ac. ft. The average flow for the peak day on the Beaver River is forecast from 560 to 830 cubic feet per second, 2577 of average. North Creek: 35,000 ac. ft., 276 of average for the May-Juperiod. Average is 12,700 ac. ft. Mlnersville Reservoir: Inflow Is forecast for 32,000 ac. ft., 416 of average for the May -- June period. Average is 7,700 ac. ft. now. Snow is melting rapidly Changes in pillow readings from May 4 to May 11 show a loss of 6 Inches of water in the snow at Merchant Valley and 4.1 inches at Kimberly Mine. Big Flat is unavailable. More flooding can be expected. ly "l r c added BIGGER AND BETTER: Beaver Nursery to their large already structure lean-to type this The new addition will be and nursery. greenhouse The used mainly to house trees and shrubs. i Southern Utah. AUTHOR TO SPEAK SUSC AT Ernest Thompson, author of the Broadway play and movie On Golden Pond, will deliver the baccalaureate address June 1 at Southern Utah State College. Combined baccalaureate and vocational commencement will start at 7 p.m. on the upper campus quadrangle. SUSC President Gerald R. Sherratt will award 95 certificates of vocational competency, associate of applied science and associate of science degrees at the close of the evening ceremony. award-winni- ng e SUSC supporters Loretta Cline and Cleo Petty will Long-tim- be awarded Distinguished Service Awards at the program. Dana Scott Karren, a sophomore majoring in building construction at SUSC, wiL deliver the Outstanding Student Address. Karren, from San Jose, California, will represent the SUSC school of Business and Technology and will receive both two-yeone- - and building conar struction certificates. . A state Championship. Hilloch is married to the former Denise Wood of Minerswlle, and is presently assistant coach at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. AS SOUTH SEVIER ' COACH A D Parsons, head basketball coach of South Sevier High School for the past five seasons has rebasketball signed and assistant Lynn h r -- h L; coach Will Jolley has been named as Parsons successor, according to Principal Ron Ferguson. Ferguson said the decision was Parsons alone and was based on Parsons desire to devote all his efforts to his teaching position at South Sevier MiddleSchool, where he has been for the past several years. Ferguson said the school is unhappy to see Parsons go, especially due to his extremely good record over the five years of his tenor as head coach. However, since it was Parsons decision, Ferguson aid him the best and are they-wisJollev successor. name to please i x. V r r TRACK HFRO:: Milford was not without its track hero, despite the fact that the beaers took the team championship. Shawn Dalton took first place in the high hurdles. Hes pictured getting his certificate and letter from Coach Barnes. He led the contingent, as well as honor student. 'ing an Jr .s; I 1 ' A Hi 1 rr f 387-288- 1 . st COACH H1LLOCH RETURNFD last Wednesday to speak at theMHS Athletic Banquet. Hilloch coached at MHS in 1978 and 1979 when his team took second place in the C lass RESIGNS PARSONS r With News Of . gone through an extensive remod-latwo years and is eilng and expansion in the now one of the best and largest nurseries. in Nursery has Call GOLDEN POND Parsons was formerly head basketball coach at Beaver High School. Stroamflovj tmiieniiirfia It was little Heather Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brent Edwards and granddaughter of COUNTY NEWS correspondent Bessie Edwards of Greenville. She was showing the lamb at the Beaver County Livestock Show. Our apoligles to all of them for the mistaken caption. Friends, Neighbors and Relatives. STEVE GETS LETTER: With two bum legs, Steve Gay still hel3 down a spot on the MHS Wrestling team and lettered this year. The gallant young man plans to go to school in California next year as a senior. |
