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Show New Director Visits .weiry Day Day of Th 5 Meeting Seeks Input On Wildlife Problems Local sportsmen met Don Smith, new director of Utahs Division of Wildlife Resources, Saturday morning and heard his responses to a number of questions asked by those in attendance. In addition to Mr. Smith the Division of Wildlife was also represented by LaVar Ware, regional chief; Leslie J. Anderson, a member of the Wildlife Board, and Kenneth Tuttle, area conservation officer. ODD ven as we join family and friends in the traditional holiday feast, we should t remember that this day has been set aside In response to questions directed to him by local for us to do officially the very thing sportsmen, Mr. Smith said: That the Division does not we should be doing every day of our consider coyotes a major problem so far as deer populations are concerned. lives: thanking God for our blessings. We Long-tim- have so many, regardless of our own situation, that we around us, but also the invisible blessings, On Thanksgiving Day and every Sunday give your thanks to God for all of them. The Postal Service has advanced its suggested Christmas mailing deadlines for domestic parcels and letter mail to December 3 and 10, respectively, in anticipation of an exceptionally high mail The Pilgrims were grateful for so little; and you have so much. volume, according to Postmasters Kay Peterson and Richard G. Zabriskie. Citing the impact of greatly increased mail volumes genUnited erated by the Parcel Service strike in the East and South, and its residual effect on other parts of the country, the Postal Service said it is compelled to ask the public to mail even earlier than normal. MANTI MSSSSNGSSl MANTI, UTAH 84642, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1976 1 5 te a copy Alcohol, Drug Abuse Prevention Clinic Scheduled at Ephraim their use and abuse, behavior, treatment and prevention, is invited to the workshop, Mrs. Karen Bliss, Snow College counsellor and workshop chairman, said. The workshop has been designed practical for an informative, down-to-eart- h ap- proach to the problem which is con- becoming of increasing concern in our society, she added. People are invited to attend all or any of the sessions, Mrs. Bliss said. The workshop will open with registration and lunch at the Snow College cafeteria November 30 from 1 to 2 p.m. Welcome and orientation will follow. An afternoon session from 2:30 to 5:30 will explore topics like: What is that drug? Why do people use drugs? Behavior and treatments. Dr. Gary Jorgenson of the University of Utah Medical Center and Sergeant Don Harmon of the Narcotics Unit, Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office, will be the consultants That under present conditions Gunnison Reservoir is not adapted to use as a fisherie. That the Division is preparing to restore the various waters in Twelve Mile Canyon to usage. That the Six Mile impoundments are strictly a Forest Service concern, but that the Forest Service has said it will restore these waters for fishing as funds become available. That the eik hunt will continue to open on the Wednesday prior to October 1 for the next three years. That deer and elk do not compete for habitat to the extent that elk are crowding deer out. That the daily limit of eight fish and the possession limit of eight fish are the same, and that fish in the freezer, as an example, are included in the possession limit. Postal Service Sets Mailing Deadlines such as the misfortunes we have been spared. learning more about drugs, have That the Division is opposed to power boating at Palisade State Park because of the small size of the lake and the hazards involved, but would consider limited usage if there only the tangible things we can see all The Utah State Division of Alcohol and Drugs and the Six County Commissioners Organization will sponsor a two day workshop on alcohol and drug abuse prevention on the Snow College campus November 30 and December 1. inAnyone concerned with students cluding studies claimed. cannot begin to count them all: not Volume 91 Number 21 e firmed this conclusion, he were sufficient public interest in a change. for this session. They will also serve as consultants for the session that will follow from 5:30 to 7. At this session clinical aspects of drug and alcohol abuse, law enforcement and alternatives to drug use will be discussed. A dinner break will follow and workshop participants can obtain dinner at the college cafeteria by making reservations. Dr. David R. Seamons, clinical psychologist at the Timpanogos Mental Health The Center, will speak on Family as the Basic Prevention Unit, at the evening session beginning at 8. The opening workshop on December 1 at 11 a.m. will explain the role of the community in confronting the drug problem. The afternoon session, starting at 2, will be keyed to the theme, Humanizing Education for Teachers, Parents, Students. Mrs. Eileen Ochse, director of the Center for Creative Communications, and Mrs. Kathy Smith, program coordinator for the Utah State Division of Alcohol and Drugs, will join in conducting these sessions. Lets not deceive our- selves, Mrs. Bliss commented, the problem of drug abuse is all about us. Its here now. All of us need to become more alert and more informed. Thats the purpose of this workshop. Again, we invite you to participate in any or all of its sessions. One hour college credit can be obtained for the workshop by registering for it and paying a small fee, Mrs. Bliss said. Title I Projects Proceeding Very Well, PAC Committee Reports Members of the South Sanpete Title I District PAC met at the Manti Elementary School November 16 to discuss matters pertaining to the operation of Title I projects in the district. The operation of the different school projects are proceeding very well, according to a report made by Kenneth M. Graham, director. district Title I There was an average of 2.14 months in reading for every month a child was in the program, according to Mr. Graham. He said that this is an excellent gain and is one of the best in Utah. The Service said that because of the dedication of its employees, many of whom have been working long hours, it has had little trouble handling the increased mail volume since the parcel strike began in It expressed confidence it will continue to be able to cope with the increase, with the cooperation of the public and major mailers. Parcel volume has already more than doubled in the strike area and is up significantly nationwide, and letter mail is also on the rise, the Postal Service said. It said most of the increase, to date, has been from large volume business mailers, who presort their mail and k deposit at scheduled, hours in plants prepared to handle it. For example, the non-pea- said it is working Service able goods to handle millions of gift packages normally moved by other shippers. As Christmas nears, however, more and more of the mail will be from the general public, deposited at neighborhood post offices, branches and stations, on top of the already unprecedented business mail volume, the Postal Service said. As a result, the Service said, while priority will be given to letter mail, many postal facilities normally dedicated to letter mail may have to be used to prevent an unmanageable backlog of parcels. " Therefore, the Postal Service" said, it strongly urges the public to deposit their parcels by December 3 and their letters and greeting cards by December 10 to assure delivery by Christmas. It asked that customers mail as early as possible, use proper packaging materials and techniques, and properly address and ZIP Code their mail. The previous suggested mailing dates had been December 10 for domestic parcels and December 17 for letter mail. Suggested mailing dates for international mail are unchanged. However, customers were strongly urged by the Postal Service to deposit overseas packages and greetings immediately, and to send them by airmail if they want to assure delivery by Christmas. Turkey Overproduction Threatens Economic Blow to Producers in Sanpete Area By Bruce Jennings Turkey is, of course, the principal item on this week's menu, but turkeys are more than that. Theyre also a principal element in Sanpete Countys economy. And local producers claim that the prices turkeys are bringing in the market place are Wildlife Board Sets Fishing Regulations The Utah Wildlife Board met recently and established the 1977 proclamation for fishing and other protected aquatic wildlife. In addition, amendments were made to the rules and regulations governing seining and bait dealers. Most of the 1977 fishing regulations are the same as this years. Wording of the proclamation was changed in various places to clarify specific conditions. The general fishing season will open on June 4, 1977, in keeping with the boards policy to open the season on the Saturday closest to June 1. Fishing will again be legal from June 4 through November 30 during the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Daylight Savings limit at Flaming Gorge. Bag limit for lake trout at Flaming Gorge will be two fish in 1977. Whiteflsh Changes Whitefish anglers will have another stream added to their list in 1977. The Provo River from the south Kamas Control Diversion (located 1.5 miles east of Woodland) downstream to Deer Creek Reservoir will offer legal whitefish fishing. The special whitefish season will be shortened, however, and will be open from January 1 through February 28 and from June 4 through December 31, 1977. Set Lines Set lines, defined as unattended lines not attached to a pole and anchored at one end to a blow to well-bein- that economys g. The housewife is buying her Thanksgiving turkey, growers say, ' for less than their production costs, and that could force some of them out of the business. Turkeys are now selling at retail for about 50 cents a pound, ONeil Larson, a director of the Moroni Feed Co. and a major Sanpete County producer, points out. The growers are actually receiving around 46 cents. And that he says, is several cents below their costs of about 52 to 54 cents a pound. Most growers will lose some money this year substantial amounts of money, he says. ,A few will come out all right those who have a large proportion of heavy toms. But theyll be the exceptions. He thinks that some producers will be forced out because they wont be able to obtain further credit. The difficulty is compounded because most producers made only minimal profits last year, according to Mr. Larson. And agrees. He sent 5,000 heavy toms, the last of this years crop, to the processing plant Tuesday. He expects to make money on them, because heavy toms are bringing a few cents more per pound than the lighter birds he marketed earlier. I could come out a little ahead if the price of toms stays up, Mr. Shand says, but not by much. Last year I lost money, and 1974 was another poor year. All in all, it adds up to a poor year for a principal Sanpete industry: 2,700,000 turkeys this year to make Sanpete County Utahs leading producer and rank it among the top 10 turkey-growin- g counties in the nation. Why are the producers hurting? One reason is overabout 10 to 12 per production cent more turkeys than last year which has sent prices down, while feed costs have stayed about the same. Another is disease both cholera and sinusitis which has been quite prevalent throughout the county. As a consequence, in addition to the death and grading losses, some growers have had to send flocks to market before they were ready. Weather Prec Karri Shand picks out Thanksgiving turkey from flock of her father, Don Shand, while her sister Brandy expresses approval. These birds were fed for a few extra weeks which brought some of them up to a weight as high as 50 pounds, There are about 5,000 birds in this flock of Don's which , closely with shippers of perish- went to market Tuesday. Experts say there will be no shortage of the birds for the Thanksgiving table, but in fact an overproduction has depressed the price so that many producers will lose money on this years operation. |