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Show TV Hunter Safety Course to Start Jan. 2, Channel 7 January 2 marks the beginning be-ginning of the annual television tele-vision hunter safety course on Channel 7. Utah State law requires ten hours of hunter safety instruction for nimrods under un-der 21 years of age. The schedule is for 20 one-half hour programs each Tuesday night from 7:30 to 8 p.m through May 15. At the end of the series, local instructors instruc-tors will test youngsters on both written and shooting qualifications. Tests will be conducted before the opening open-ing of the fishing season to enable youngsters 16 and older to buy their combination combina-tion licenses. Training Officer A. Lee Robertson noted that many scout troops enroll in the program and take portable TV sets to their meetings on Tuesday night for instruction instruc-tion Interested persons may enroll by mailing their name address, birth date and $1 to the main Wildlife Resources office at 1596 West North Temple, Salt Lake City, U-tah U-tah 84116. Packets will be mailed to enrollees before the program begins. Persons may register through Jan. 5. Registration is limited to persons 11 and older. In addition to firearms safety, the program will cover cov-er survival for the lost hunter hun-ter and wildlife conservation. |