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 <iei agent v official
showed up this week to stark
working out details
"They insisted that the only
deal they can make would have
to t»> 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
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