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Show WILDLIFE REPORT of the rainbow, 5 percent of the cutthroat and 93 percent of the brook trout were infected by the fluke. Last week, tests showed 68 percent of the rainbows, 100 percent of the brook and 30 percent of the cutthroat trout are in- BIG GAME BOARD MEETINGS SET The Board of Big Game Control has set their six public meetings throughout the state for the last part of June. The Board, which sets seasons, rules and regulations for big game hunts in Utah, will hear public recommendations at the fected," he said. The eyefluke is a dige'netic trematode that moves through birds and snails and enters the eyes of fish to complete its life cycle. The adult trematode is found in birds, while fish are the intermediate hosts. As the number of flukes per eye increase, a white, fibrous material forms to combat the flukes. This clouds the lens and definitely impairs vision of the fish, explained Ware. He stressed the lens and fish are not harmful to humans, and can be handled just as any other fish. All fish, as well as other meats, should always be cooked completely before consumption, he added. This fluke has been known to affect trout in other waters. It apparently does not have any adverse effects (i fishing. Infected fish continue to feed, and still take baits and lures. Their condition is comparable to that of uninfected fish, he said. meetings. Additionally, recommendations based on biological data compiled by Division of Wildlife Resources, Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service field men will be presented. This years meetings are scheduled for: Friday, June 21 -Ogden; Monday, June 24 Beaver; Tuesday, June 25 - Richfield; Wednesday, June 26 --- Price; Thursday, June nal; and Friday, June 27 - Ver28 - Salt Lake City. Times and locations of meetings will be announced later. The Division strongly urges sportsmen to participate in the meetings. There, they will not only be able to express their views, but also will hear biological reports on conditions of game herds and their ranges. FISHING TIME Roads jammed with campers, boats, vehicles of all descriptions. Kids digging for worms. Tents going up and campers parked in previously empty spots. Thats what it will be like in Utah next Saturday, the opening for 1974s fishing season. Every major reservoir will look more like a sea of people than water. Numbers dont seem to matter, however. Fishing season is here, and nary an angler will be left at home. The Division of Wildlife Resources MARSHLANDS While Utah businessmen are worrying about financial has stocked the waters. All that is needed is the right touch to pull in one of those tasty trout. Assistant Fisheries Chief Bill Tate reminds fishermen that the Division does not, however, stock those streams that are high and roily from the spring run-of- f. Any area posted the marshlands on the lakes east shore. Even some areas covered with only a few inches of water no will trespassing or no fishing not be stocked with hatchery trout," he declared. Anglers are reminded to obtain permission from landowners before venturing onto their land, whether posted or not. Camping and picnic sites should leave no reminder of their human visitors. Fishermen with children are advised to fish in reservoirs or more gentle flowing streams. High, fast rivers are just too hazardous for young children to try their fishing on," warned Tate. Utah has plenty of lakes and reservoirs which lend them-slevto family outings. es A fish eyefluke infection was first noted in Strawberry in- vestments jeopardized by the rising Great Salt Lake, Division of Wildlife Resources biologists have already seen loss of valuable wildlife habitat. Biologist Clair Jensen reports more than 10,000 acres of marshland have been covered with salt water. The lake, at its highest level since 18734,201 feet has been rising at the rate of one foot per year since a recorded low of 4,191.35 feet in 1963. Jensen noted that the lake bottom is on a flat contour, "so the rise of one or two feet advances the waters one or two miles over Reser- voir by Division of Wildlife Resources biologists in Novem- ber 1973. Samples of fish taken from the reservoir last week indicate the infection has increased in cutthroat, but remained at about the same levels-i- rainbow and brook trout, says LaVar Ware, Central Regional Supervisor. In November, samples showed 73 percent have lost remaining vegetation due to the encroachment of the salt. Alkali bulrush and cattail-excel- lent escape and nest covers and valuable food sources are hardest hit. Heaviest losses have been incurred on Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Ogden Bay WMA and Howards Slough along the eastern shores. Jensen notes that muskrat nests, once abundant in the area, have all but disappeared. Those nest tops were superb nesting sites for geese, marsh hawks, coots and other water related birds,' he said. The water rise has taken popular pheasant grounds along the periphery of the wetlands. Rodents and snakes have also lost their homes. It is too early to determine what effects the lost acreage will have on waterfowl numbers, declared Jensen. He added that all indications show more acreage will be lost. The lake is still rising, simply because the amount of water flowing into the lake exceeds the amount being evaporated, according to the U.S Geological Surveys Water Resources Division. te A DUTCH TREAT, The Eating Establishment The Eating Establishment is in Dutch - or rather the Dutch are in the Eating Establishment. Although this may sound more like a predicament than a person, we are indeed speaking of Francis Smitty Smit, owner and manager of The Eating Establishment. Smitty really is a Dutchman. He was born in the Netherlands in 1948. However, at the age of five, the floods that were then inundating Holland caused his family to leave. So in 1953, his father placed the whole family, eleven children, and all their remaining belongings on a boat and headed for the United States. They arrived in New York and then proceeded on to Utah where they settled. Smitty went through school in Utah and, after graduating from high school in 1966, decided to journey to the West Coast, particularly Los Angeles. He had worked in restaurants all through school and thought he could get good experience and earn better money in Los Angeles than in Utah. He started out short order cooking and then went to work for a couple of the big chain restaurants, one of them The Copper Penny, for about a year and a half. Unfortunately, Uncle Sam gave Smitty the nod in 1967, and he was drafted into the Army. He was stationed in Germany for (me and a half years, and although he went in as a cook, somehow he ended up in in a tank. He was able to get back to cooking and there gained some institutional cooking experience - serving 2000 men three meals a day. In 1969, he was discharged from the service and returned to Salt Lake City . It was then that he married his high school sweetheart, the former Gloria full-blood- ed . for. He foresees keeping the format of the restaurant the same with a few menu changes. He has toyed with the idea of having a buffet mi the new Garden deck. The dishes would be taken from the recipes offered in his Verse in Cooking column that appeared in the Coalition. When asked about possible expansion Gonzalez. Smitty and Gloria moved back to L.A. where he started cooking again. He eventually ended up at Papa Ginos, a restaurant in Beverly Hills that specialized not only in Italian, French and American food, but also in weight watchers dishes. Smitty worked at Papa Ginos for three and a half years and enjoyed city life and what it had to offer. However, with the arrival of their son Adam, the picture altered. Smitty and Gloria felt that Los Angeles was not the best place to raise a child, so they decided to move back to the Salt Lake City area. A strange coincidence occurred. Smitty, after deciding to move, wrote to his brother-in-laGrant Lutmer, to see if he would be interested in investing in a restaurant Smitty wanted to open. Grant, on the evening of the same day Smitty mailed his letter, called Smitty to aks him if hed be interested in buying and managing The Eating Establishment. Not only was the reputation appealing, but also was the building, itself, as Grant was the contractor and knew it to be a sound buy: Financing was going to be the hard part, so they approached a friend of Grants, Don Jordan, to enter as a third w, partner. Smitty stated that Park City and The Eating Establishment are exactly what he was looking SMIT SMITTY FRANCIS into liquor, Smitty would rather stay away from it as he feels it is too much hassle. For the winter season, he is looking towards possibly having full dinners in the evening. Smitty, Gloria , Adam and The Eating are Establishment, looking forward to staying in and growing with Park City. - SIGN UP NOW FOR FREE PLANT CARE CLASSES f v f The RAIN FOREST will offer free plant care classes beginning Wednesday , June 5th. Each session will be limited to 10 persons and wiU start at 7:30 p.m. at the Rain Forest , 323 Main Street. Please call 1 for information andor reservations. 649-889- 1 mitlH CUISINE LOUNGE UPSTAiRS Daily 412 Main Street ; |