| Show ii Wednesday October 18 Volume 67 Number 42 Price 35 cents 1989 Booster Club plans are fast becoming a reality The Gunnison Valley High School Booster Club has recently been organized to help promote continued excellence in all of the academic and extra curricular activities of the school To help achieve this the club will organize an effective alumni organization Although the years at the Gunnison Valley High School are behind most of us you no doubt can harbor many fond memories of them School spirit at GVHS has always been high That spirit is the result of the interest participation ad support of the alumni and patrons Our school has a long and illustrious list of alumni in which we can all feel proud Some of the immediate goals of the groups are: To clean up and landscape the area where the old high school once stood 2 To asphalt the parking lot that surrounds the GVHS Gymnasium 3 To support the continuance and advancement of the music and drama departments (We no longer have uniforms for a marching band etc) 4 The campus needs to tmi iJfrr2 v per couple Your contributions or memberto ship fee may be addressed “GVHS “Booster” Club PO Box 458 Gunnison Utah 84634 $388633 as Sanpete County will receive an estimated $388633 as their part of the federal government’s (PILT) for 1989 The funds arc part of $9266525 which will be distributed among 29 counties PILT funds administered by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management are to help compenfederal sate counties for lands within their boundaries Sanpete acres entitlement 532055 has County were authorized by Congress in 1976 to compensate counties or other local government entities with substantial acreage of Federal lands which cannot collect sufficient taxes to provide needed services Over $! billion has been distributed through the PILT program since to the bill was passed according SEnator Jake Gam Gam has been a strong consistent supporter of the PILT programs say ing “IT is one of the few Federal government programs with no strings will receive part of PILT The funds go directly to attached the counties and can be used for immediate needs within those Counties” “These payments provide much needed support for local communities in the state The counties have a great deal of latitude in the way they administer these funds” Gam stated Fund recipients may use them for purpose he said any governmental Sanpete County with its 17000 residents receives a better than average share of the funds The greatest portion is received by Box Elder County $853051 population 37000 with 1177596 acres of federal lands followed by Washington County 39000 and $832277 populations 1146657 acres Other counties receiving money are Morgan County Davis County Cache Carbon Daggett Duchesne Grand Iron and Garfield Emery Juab Millard Piute Kane with Along Rich Salt Lake San Juan Sevier Uintah Utah Tooele Summit Wasatch Wayne and Weber i - f ) BOOSTER CLUB PLANS ARE A REALITY: After many hours of planning the plans for the Gunnison High School area near the gymnasium is becoming a reality They are Jaycees Raffle draws to a close The Gunnison Valley Jaycees Raffle will be drawing to a close on October 20 at 12:00 noon at Rasmussens when the Browning 270 Bolt Action Rifle will be given away It has a $55000 value Tickets can still be purchased until the drawing They are $ 00 each or 6 for $500 They are available from members of the Jaycees or at Rasmussens or the Gunnison Implement The rifle is on display at the Gunnison Implement and Rasmussens Lots of Photos The Gunnison a lot of photos! Valley News has Come in and go Some though the boxes of photos are dandies and we know they are somebody’s treasures The time frame begins in 1984 to the present Come see if any of these priceless photos belong to you ' v nJ $ X be Sanpete Co of that land PILT payments i completed so it will accommodate all students in participation of the activity of their choice Gunnison Valley High is one of the few schools without a football team field running track or tennis program Inorderfor the “Booster” Club to accomplish the goals they have listed they needs everyone help First of all the local portion of the cost of the asphalt and landscaping is $40000 The attempt to raise this amount will be by contribution in labor or funds and by fund raising activities The second phase of needed help is to attend and support the school activities Our “Kids” are our best investment and they need the backing of each of us The Alumni Association will be organizing an annual reunion for the alumni Suggestions are welcome Also should anyone desire to become an active member of the GVHS “Booster Club” membership fees are $ 5 per person or $25 J ihb wt preparing the ground south of the gym so that the asphalt can be poured Landscaping plans will be completed in the Spring Deer Hunting Season will open on October 20th Division of Wildlife REsourccs officials are predicting a good deer hunt this weekend for the state’s 180000 plus deer hunters providing the weather cooperates and hunters do their homework prior to October opening day SATurday 21 Buck only hunting will be standard fare throughout most of the state with a sprinkling of limited entry and special regulation units statewide part of the DWR’s continuing effort to provide more diverse and quality for Utah big game opportunities hunters In some areas of the state the continuing drought has resulted in poor range conditions and put big game in competition with livestock for forage That problem and the threat of big game depredation areas this damage in agricultural winter prompted the Utah Board of Big Game Control to authorize a record 28000 antlcrlcss deer con- - ft trol permits this fall to balance deer populations and minimize these problems Deer hunting is a family affair in Utah In addition to licensed hunters over Utahans annually take to the field during the eleven day deer hunt Over 20000 nonresidents are expected to hunt deer in Utah this year as well They provide a significant boost to the state’s economy especially in outlying areas that need it most Utah STatc University economist John Keith estimates that hunters and their families will spend around 45 million dollars on opening weekend alone DWR conservation officers will be out in force during the hunt the hunt issuing citaoverseeing tions for wildlife violations Most violations during the big game seasons involve cither failure to properly tag harvested animals or the illegal transportation of wildlife To combat big game poachers the DWR has a toll free 24 hour “poaching hotline” that anyone can call to report a wildlife violation If information provided leads of a to an arrest and conviction callers may receive repoacher wards of up to $500 The POach-inHotline number is (DEER) In Southern Utah the Division Wildlife REsources is predicting good success but lower than the 1988 general deer hunt success of 33 Both game managers Floyd Coels of Cedar City and Norm Bowden of Richfield are predicting that the last two years of drought that has been experienced in southern Utah will adversely affect hunter Bowden states that on success some of the winter ranges forage production is down and winter losses have occurred in past winters These losses will reduce the number of available bucks not only this year One but for the next few years such area is in Fillmore other areas have been affected to a lesser of degree Coles indicates that throughout southern Utah field personnel have reported that many of the deer have already started to move to lower elevations due to lack of quality food typically available in the higher country which is also a result of The bulk of the lack of moisture will be between deer population 6500 and 8000 fee elevation this year Game managers are recommending that sportsmen remember the components of habitat: food water shelter and space In 989 the limiting factors facing wildlife will be food and water the deer will be in close proximity of quality food North hilland available water sides will have better fall food sources than south hillsides Deer will trail several miles to water if f’k NO TELEPHONES FOR CENTERFIELD: Dick Dallin of Gunnison was busy hauling gravel to Walker Oil in Center-fiel- d in Jr Bowns dump truck when it hit a telephone cable The bed on the dump truck had been left up and caught I overhead wire 150 pairs of wires had to be repaired according to Kent Sanders He stated this was quite a job However phones were out most of the day but were restored in late afternoon the necessary Coles cautions hunters to chick their hunting areas to make sure that the are is public owned or they have permission to hunt the area The Cedar City area and much of County is privately WAshington owned and closed to hunter access By contacting the BLM and the continued on page 2 |
