Show IQ The Gunnison Valiev news Wed Oct 1812S2 r Axtell News Wildlife 'guzzlers' placed to help keep wildlife 'on the range' 'Sv !' W‘ - 'I ! Y 'i Rilla Dee Sorensen - project and provided fencing materials and construction supplies for the project The Heccla mining corporation donated a backhoc and operator for a day to assist with the installation B ig game depredation problems on private lands in the area have been compounded by the 1989 It is hoped that the guzdrought zler will draw the deer out of the valley area into the new area This is the 3rd wildlife guzzler the Escalante Association has installed this year Two others designed to improve pheasant habitat were installed in the beryl Junction area Another guzzler is planned for the Newcastle area and the group also plans to particiate in a fencing project around a US Forest Service guzzler on Flat Top Mountain near Enterprise HUNTERS HEAD FOR THE CANYONS: The annual deer hunting season will open this Saturday October 20 Hunters will head for the hills hoping to kill the big buck Even if hunters are not successful in their hunting they have to enjoy the beautiful scenery that the mountains offer this time of year Two turn themselves after Illegal elk Garth Carter Division of Wildlife Resources On the opening morning of the Elk Hunt two illegally taken mature bulls were killed in the area The bulls were confis cated and the meat will be sal- vaged in separate Two sportsmen incidents had accidentally shot the mature elk One had been shooting at legal spike elk which ran into Mayfield News The work crew has begun the of fixing the roads in process the road on the order Mayfield and WEst is being worked East going on at this time With all the sunshine Mayfield has been receiving the roads should get done a little quicker Many teachers living in and elsewhere in the valley enjoyed a great UEA weekend in The students and the mountains teachers were out of school on and Friday Many of Thursday them decided to enjoy their weekend hunting Even though the roads were very busy with out of town hunters the people in town found a way into the canyon in search of a very large elk Mayfield will soon be in the Guineas Book of World REcords for being the smallest town with the most out of town hunters The town is through traveling becoming very well known The Max and Joann Lambertsen family seem to know Mayfield very well Allen and Lillie Ames Richard Laura and Jessica martin And Brian Tami Lambertson and family have been visiting parents max and Joann this past weekend AlLaura and len Lillie Richard Jessica are all living in AMErican Fork Brian Tami and family are living in Pleasant Grove They all decided to spend the weekend visiting Mayfield as they helped can apples and dig potatoes The Mayfield Ward had a blood drive Tuesday Many volunteers went and gave their blood and then were revived with a cookie donated by members of the ward We would like to thank the worthy donors for their time and blood GilRuby Gregerson and Alice liland of Mayfield have returned from a two and a half week trip Several days of the trip were spent with the awesome sights and sounds of Yellowstone a variety of wild animals were seen Alice has brother east of Cody and they stayed there Also during their trip they took a five trip to the Black Hills where Alice’s brother had a cabin was done there Much sightseeing and more wild animals were seen The sights within a hundred miles of Cody were visited they even While at Alice’s went to Billings brother’s they looked up several of Ruby’s relatives that Ruby had never The meetings were joyous seen and informative They attended ward meetings during their stay Alice went flying a number of limes to Cody for breakfast with her cousin in his plane On the way home they took the route through Jackson Hole Lake and Logan Canyon was really enjoyed The young men and young women of the Mayfield Ward will be opening a haunted house for their mutual activity on October 24th They are working very hard to put together a very scary haunted house Anyone with steady feet a good hear and a lot of courage is invited to come and go through the It will be just east haunted house of Gunnison near the Tom Yardlcy home int eh old house Cone see if they can scare you The Mayfield correspondent Kart Bogh is holding a hunting story contest Anyone with a real good hunting story can enter Just bring your story to Kart give permission to print and have enough courage to let everyone know about it There will be a prize given for One really the best story received good story was told by a Mayfield hunter however the embarrassment got the best of him so we won’t be able to print or enter his story Remember don’t let embarrassment stop you from entering injust remember there is a prize Bear The trip volved Again- we would like to wish everyone a happy hunting season and hope that everyone comes back with a really good hunting story! Phone News Items 528-311- 1 some brush and cover As the elk came out the other side the sportsmen shot - hitting the mature bull who came out first the two DWR is prosecuting individuals but has asked the Court that the to take into consideration sportsmen have been very cooperative and that both situations had been accidental harvesting of the illegal elk DWR Game Manager Norm Bowden reports that “It is a sign of good faith from the sportsmen and willingness to cooperate in the new elk experimental management program” Bowden added that “Although it is still early in the hunt we feel that the sportsmen are enjoying and supporting the hunt We feel that the new management strategy has a good chance for success” This is the first year that the ‘Yearling Only’ hunt has been tried and DWR officers will be collecting biological data sampling hunters and gathering data that will be evaluated to find if the hunt was successful If the ‘Yearling Only’ hunt is Game found to be successful Managers predict that “within a few years several hundred permits will be issued on the Marti Only’ units and ‘Yearling sportsmen will be able to draw out in the September ‘bugling’ season for any elk - including the mature bull However the ‘Yearling Only’ October hunt will continue in October so that the general public can also enjoy the hunt “The first concern of the DWR is to build a big game population and a surplus huntable by the Utah sportsman” said Garth Carter DWR Information Manager for the southern Region “The next goal is to allow the to hunt every year sportsman instead of using the drawing system where a hunter can hunt only once in several years “We feel that this new program As the state is a step forward agency responsible for wildlife we must continue to implement new game management options - if we we’re not progressing" don’t Carter concluded Gunnison Area News Drop Rasmussen's and members of the Seminary council presented the program in Sacrament Meeting Sunday Mitzi Peterson Katy Walzer Josie Hendrickson Tori Higgins marie Hyatt and David Pratt each spoke and the musical number was a duet by Katy Walzer and Marie Hyatt accompanied by Mitzi Peterson Julie Cosby and Nancy Jensen presented a halloween ceramics mini class at Relief Society Work MeetA quilt ing on Tuesday evening was also tied and the lesson given Susan by Donna Vee Sorenson Bard and Margie Despain served refreshments Don and Eunice Despain hosted a wedding Dinner Saturday at the ward cultural hall in honor of the marriage of their son Gale Despain Some of those turning out to help with the ward potato harvest on Thursday was Dean Anderson Edith Sorenson Keith and Leah Bird Christopher and Jeremy Nanncue and Kerry Despain and Douglas Messerly West Desert DWR Officer Conservation The Escalante valley Wildlife Association in cooperation v iih the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the US Forest Service recently installed a rain catchment device in the ox Valley area to help alleviate big game depredation problems on some private lands near there The rain catcl ment device commonly called a wildlife guzzler accumulates rainfall and by effecpro- tively eliminating evaporation ides drinking water for many wildlife species through the dry periods of the year The Guzzler recently installed by the Escalante valley Wildlife Association is designed to hold up to 800 gallons of water and when full should sustain many deer and other animals through the dry summer months The Ox Valley guzzler project took a combination of funding donated labor and logistic support The Utah DWR coordinated the 8 girls enjocd having Nanncttes sister Kerry Carpenter and her children visit with them last week Kerry lives in California and has been spending a couple of weeks in Spring Lake w ith parents Don and Pat Fannin Ned and Donna Baadsgaard of Garland Utah visited Thursday with CAmeraon and Lucille Thorpe Margie and Howard Jensen were happy to have their grandson Russ Talor and his friend from visit with them over the weekend Doug and Joan Gillies took Dougs mother Beth to Salt Lake City to catch the plane back to her home in Roseville CA visited their daughter They also Tracy and took her some firewood Richard and Ph y llis Cowley and grandsons Joe and Logan traveled to Wright Wyoming over the UEA Vacation to visit their son Trent and Raylene Cowley and family while there they attended the High School Homecoming Parade and Football Game Their grandson Jason is on the football team and they enjoyed the opportun ity to see him play on the winning team on Saturday They attended the Fair Expo in Gillette Wyoming Joyce and Darrel Sorenson and family visited over the long weekend with Bernina Mecham and other family members in the area Leland and Donna Vee Sorenson were happy to have their son Steve and grandson Kell visit with them on Sunday and enjoy dinner together Donna Vee’s mother Veda Jensen of Redmond also spent the day with them Dorothy and Karl James and children of Bountiful visited with El wood and Julia Sorenson on the weekend Seminary teacher Shaun Crane Quigley Kirby and Kirelty Bertel-soRyan Newman and many others The harvest will be completed Tuesday school and Wednesday after Danny and Nancy Boore hosted the get together after ward temple night Thursday evening Laura Mecham daughter of Quay and Sharon Mecham celebrated her second Birthday Sunday October 15 Happy birthday wishes are extended to her as well as to Darrel Despain and Bemon Neal on October 16 and Steven Heath son of Joey and Sandra Heath on October 18 Jay and Stella Jensen enjoyed having their daughters Sally and Trent Nielson of Salina and Lewis of Redmond and families join them for Sunday Dinner Jays sisters Rhea and Gail Alder of Mand also visited on Sunday as well as Carolyn Jensen of Redmond Consumers are asked to be cautious If you receive a letter post card phone call or some other announcement that you have won a free prize be cautious! State consumer protection officials have recently noticed an in creasing number of “free prize” statements and note that many of them could end up costing you far free prize more than you r is worth “Often the deal involves a cash People believe if you hold basic remittance or even worse a disclosure of your credit card number to validate your free prize award” said Gary Hansen director of the Division of Consumer Protecdon “Usuin the Dept of Commerce ally there is a condition to securing your free offer such as a substantial against fers: hair of a horse in your hand First West Brokerage & as safeguards free prize of- "Never give your credit car number to strangers Fraudulent solicitors often inform consumers that a credit card number is required by the government for tax purposes of for idendficadon Check out the offering and who is represendng iL handling fee shipping charge or even membership fee Hansen offers consumers four the dps to follow fraudulent nothing can harm you FAR WEST BANK Proudly present an exclusive evening with 'Michael Martin Murphey’ in behalf of Sanpete Valley and Gunnison Hospitals Wednesday October 18 1989 at 8:00 pm in the Snow College Activity Center in Ephraim $14 General Admission $11 Student Admission For ticket reservations contact your FAR WEST BANK Snow College Activity Center Ticket Oftice or Phone First West Brokerage (801) MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY JPJ W HAlSIY me ISSt" Ace Hardware day V |