Rules may take man’s treasured deer herd JKFFERSON. Ore (API - The passion of Lloyd Wit knit's It ft* these days is watching his herd of 27 sika and fallow door wan der behind his house A heart attack and diabetes have confined the 7-t year old to hts home He uses a golf < art to make the So-foot trip from hts house to a smaller building where he sits and watches the herd roam a 10-at re impoundment. "It’s just about the only real enjoyment he has anymore." said Wit kett's son. Ron Wickett But the state of Oregon is threatening to take the herd because Wit kett's animals vio late a relatively new permit process OfTi( iatsnre giving Wit k ett fit) davs to sell or destroy the herd Tho regulations are intended to restrict tho presence of sika deer in Oregon because of the threat of disease and crossbreed mg with native black-tail deer 'The thing that really tuts mo." Wickett said, "is that these are just like pets to me When my wife gtars out theo> and fend* them in the winter, they t ome right up to her Slaughtering them just doesn't make any sense." When he learned of the new state rules last fall. Ron Wit kett figured he had a strong t ase for appeal His father had not been notified of the new regulations, anti the new rules allowed exist ing herds to remain All Wickett hatl missed was the deadline for filing a form that list* his name. address, location, the size of his herd and pay ton a $10 50 [>emiit fee Ron Wit krtt said the denial of hi* appeal < ame as a shot k to his father "I'd never seen him visibly upset before, ext ept at funerals." Ron Wicket t said Mis health isn't good and he can't take that kind of emotional strain " With the help of Oregon House Speaker l.arry Campbell. VVit.k ett got a chance to plead his i as*’ to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission last week Tht* agency allowed the Wit k etts to keep their deer for anoth er 18 months, time Ron Wit kett says he needs to sol! or swap the sika for other deer his father would enjov Hut things quickly deteriorat ed when approved by a district attor ney and a judge.' Ron Wit kett said "I thought we were going to work something out. and they came here with a sergeant, a lieu tenant and a captain from the state police talking about admit ting guilt I just don't see why that's necessary " Commission chairman Peter l. said the agent v is trying to he understanding, but it wouldn't lie fair to make an oxieption for the Wit ketts when other exotit animal owners have complied with the new rules Ron Wickett maintains that the deer only violate n stale reg ulalion and that the commission could vote to grant him an oxi option without all the talk of court The herd t a me to the attention of the state polii e after vandals cut a hole in the VVii kett's fence last l)ei emher, allowing a doe and fawn to escape. I'he pair were later shot behind a neigh bor's house Stale {Hitit e investigating the shooting lea met I of the Wit ketts herd and took the rase to the ltejeirtment of Kish and Wildlife Ron Wit kett said the case has gone too far This is a t I.insii i ase of bureaucrat v getting caught up in its own web.” be said. Student becomes first black president of FFA CHAMPAIGN, 111 (API - Growing up (n Chicago. Corey Flournoy knew iusi enough about agriculture to remain unimpressed. „ "I’d seen farming portrayed On shows like Green Acres," he says He was disappointed when the only public magnet high school to accept him was the Chicago High S< hool for Agri cultural Sciences, and enrolled reltu taritly. Now he's the national pres ident of the FFA, once known as Future Farmers of America, That makes the 20 year-old student the agricul tural youth group's first urban president — and its first black president. It's a world far from the neighborhood he grew up in, where an 11-veur-old was assassinated this summer by members of fiis own gang, who wanted him out of the way after he act identaliv killed a girl when he shot at members of a rival gang '1 know that it could have been either of my < httdren," says Flournoy's mother. Bar bui Flournoy Flournoy's background inspires other students. FFA spokesman Bill St.igg says A sophomore at the llm v ersit \ lit 111 I HOIS (loilrge of Agriculture, Flournoy got involved in FFA because in high school, enrollment was required, boss than 5 percent of the FFA’s members lire black, he says He began to travel on FFA projects, evaluating dairy cat tle, judging beef carcasses and tasting milk samples, and spent six weeks working on a farm. He was named president Nov 12 at the FFA conven tion, selected from a pool of 39 candidates after n gnieling. months-long process that included interviews and tests Governors will discuss hot issues SALT l.AKF t IT S (AH) What bettor pin... for western governors lu gather and dis* uss st,i!i-s' rights than southern Utah ' All of the flash point issues are there water, growth, tourism and especially, the ubiquitous hand of the federal government Governors from 1H western states and ttins’ t! s territories ar» expts ted to attend tile winter iins>t mg of the Western Governors Asms lation Monday and Tuesday m St (Jeorge, a desert Ihhuii town 270 miles south of Salt lake City Nine governors elect (Ire also mv ited Utah (iov Mike I eavitt, r*s enth elei ted chair of the Republican Governors' Asms.tation and a pow • erh.il voice against Mml meddling in states' affairs, w ill lead the conference as vice chairman Given that, it comes ,is no surprise that the top ii s of a series of disi ussions Tuesday involve such issues as mining law reform, the endangered Species Act, grazing issues and national parks all points of fru turn Imtween western states and the federal government A main fopii will he lessons learned from the 19*14 Republican tidal wave that swept the nation and the West The WGA’s new makeup will tie decidedly Repuhiit an, after Denies rats gave up the statehouses in Texas. Kansas. Idaho, New Mexico and Wyoming on Nov H The current breakdown is 11 Democrats, six Republicans and an Indepen dent. After (he first of the year, it will he 11 Repub lii ails and seven Democrats "There's very little question that people want less government and more decisions lemig made clos er to home," said Leavitt on Friday "It's for us to decide now how lies! wo can do that While more than n dozen issues will he touched on. I e,n itl plans to fm umi a i ouple issues on who ti ho thinks progress i an !*• maiUi Dim is thti End mgared Spoi lea \i i up for revlevs bj C onpwi next year rim ,u i has been i hill and < ha in on develop men I in a numtmr of stains, including Utah In fm t, just 111 mill’s from tlm i tty where the governors will meet, huge irm ts of land have been tied up os prutii ted habitat for the threatened desert tor toise. infuriating lo< al governments and develop ers alike Kfforts hy the federal government to impose restrictions on water righls, grazing and righl-of way KJirss over federal lands also will lie div ussed All are issues m southern Utah, where upwards of HO peri out of tfie laud is federally owned and managed All of these tilings are related,” l.eavitt said And yes, I guess much of it comes down to devei opment" the burning issue in St George and sur rounding Washington Uountv. the fastest growing areas in tin- state “There's no question that we're going to be reassessing the role of states and the federal gov ernment,' l.eavitt said Hem e the theme of the meeting, A Hotter Balam e. a Stronger Von e, a West that Works I'he conferem e convenes with a brief meeting Monday afternoon with the executive committee, consisting of Nevada Gov Rolnirt Miller, W< ’.A chair: l.eavitt, the v u e choir, and Nebraska (lov Hell Nel son Retiring governors will he honored at a dinner later that evening A_ STUDENTS • FACULTY • STAFF ‘J(u Vaccination Influenza vaccinations will be given at the Student Health Center every Wednesday. 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