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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1981)
Thurt July 30 198) (Sec )) SANDY (Ore ) POST—7 and Recreation Photo« by Mark Floyd Ron’s No Place sweeps Dodson’s for city crown Ron’s No Place swept through the Sandy Slow Pitch Softball Tournament and claimed the city title. Ron s won in grand style. A fter finishing in second place during the regular season, Ron’s came back to dump league winner Dodson’s 17-3. The win put Ron’s into the finals and its opponent turned out to be old riva l Dodson’s. Dodson’s fought back with a 14-12 win over Circle D in the double elim ination tournament to earn another shot at Ron’s in the finals. With one loss already, it would have taken Dodson’s a two-game sweep to win the title. A second game wasn’t necessary. Undefeated Ron’s exploded for nine runs in the first inning and went on to defeated Dodson’s again this tim e by a 12-5 score. Now i t ’s the women’s turn. The firs t Sandy Women’s Softball Tournament w ill be played Aug 8-9 at Sandy High School. The opening game w ill at 9 a m. First round opponents w ill be Carlson Chevrolet against Tri- County E lectric and The Store against Wholesale Auto. At 10:30 a m., Tollgate w ill tangle with Brightwood. Regular season champ G.T.E. w ill get a bye. The finals are slated for Sunday at 1.30 p m. G T E placed third recently in the Dea’s Invitational held at Sam Barlow High School Carlson Chevrolet won the sportsmanship trophy, the same title it took at last week’s Estacada Tim ber Festival. Hun's No Place used its tight defense to dump Dodson's in the finals of the Sandy Softball Tournament. Ron's third baseman slaps the tag on a Dodson's runner (top) as Ron's pitcher Wayne Stone shows off his form (le ft). Dub llayes was a catalyst for Ron s in the outfield and on the basepaths (m iddle). Sandy City Council president Deane Wesselink presented trophies after the tournament. Fish and Wildlife Department stocking lakes by helicopter Some places it is said to rain cats and scene on an experimental basis and was dogs But last month, from the skies used to stock some of the sm aller or over nearly 450 lakes along the Oregon more difficult lakes The small scale Cascades, it literally rained fish operation proved such a success that Shortly after the July 4th weekend, the program was expanded this year the Department of Fish and Wildlife's annual high lakes stocking program began In the past, nearly all this work had been done from fixed wing aircraft, the fingerling trout dropped from by Ken several hundred feet into the alpine lakes That works well in the larger Durbin lakes The fall of the tiny fish is slowed by a ir resistance and they settle lightly to the water, little the worse for wear Fisk W iN lifa from their experience With smaller lakes and those tucked in the bottom of a hole, however, the job is less than foolproof The problem is Stocking was divided this season bet hitting the lake The fixed wing craft ween helicopter and fixed wing a ir drops its load from an elevation of too to craft (M 445 lakes scheduled for stock 200 feet at speeds of around 80 miles per mg. 140 were done by helicopter and 305 hour When the pilot is trying to with fixed wing Some 455.000 fingerl maneuver amongst the peaks and fight ing trout were stocked in all; 106.000 conflicting air currents, it can be a rainbow trout, 314.000 brook trout, and tough proposition to hit a lake only a 35,000 cutthroat few acres in size The large helicopter is under contract I-ast year the helicopter entered the to Region V I of the U S Forest Service OREGON a for fire control During times between fires it is on standby And during this period it was available for stocking fish with the understanding that in the event of fire it would be pulled off stocking and returned to its prim ary use Stocking had to be delayed for a few days, in fact, because the helicopter was called to a fire in northern Califor nia. Fish and water are carried in plastic buckets with air-tight lids which have been fitted with ordinary tire valves so they can be pressurized with oxygen In addition, ice is sometimes added which reduces the metabolism of the fish and also increases the amount of oxygen the w ater can hold Each bucket is numbered, and a master plan aboard the helicopter indicates which buckets go in each lake Inpractice, the helicopter proves an ideal tool for stocking the hard-to-reach lakes It can hover as low as 20 feet off the w ater while a crew member simply dumps the appropriate buckets of w ater and fish from an open door Hit ting the lake is assured, and in some of I t , • » a » - . the lake basins where there are many lakes close together, it is possible to stock them more quickly by helicopter than with fixed wing I he cost of stocking with helicopter is only slightly higher than with fixed- wing and the assurance of success on the sm aller lakes makes the slight addi tional cost worthwhile f ishing in the high lakes is pretty much a man made recreation as most of them were historically barren of fish Many of them also lack conditions need ed by fish to spawn and must be stocked regularly Through the years the stock ing program has adapted to technology During the early days the fish were ca r ried in milk cans by mule train and stocking took all summer Then came the airplane and now the helicopter, and the job takes only a few days in Ju ly The silver gray squirrel is the focus of a research study which began this spr ing and will continue the next three or four years Susan Foster, doctoral can- didate in the Environm ental Sciences Program at Portland State University, is asking the cooperation of Oregon squirrel hunters Cooperating hunters w ill be asked to provide certain nonedible parts of the squirrels they shoot as well as brief in formation on each kill Foster hopes to learn more about silver gray squirrel population size, age structure, habitat requirements, size of home range, migration habits and other factors Relatively little is known about this unique animal which is found only in the Pacific Northwest Its range ex tends from San Luis Obispo, C a lif , on the south. F o ster said, to m id Washington on the north The species. Sciurus gnseus, is found in a much more restricted range than its eastern cousins, the eastern gray squirrel and the fox squirrel In Oregon it is most abundant in the pm eoak habitat of Hood River and Wasco counties, and in the southeastern corner of the state Some are found throughout the W illam ette Valley Foster's study will center prim arily on the White River W ildlife Area bordering the east edge of the M t Hood National Forest. She said seven drop boxes will be set up in the study area. The drop stations will have plastic bags for parts collections, and tags for recor ding information about each squirrel. Also at each station will be information on the study and instructions to hunters about the specific data and parts need ed The drop stations will be located at Rock Creek Reservoir, Pine Hollow and Jordan Creek campgrounds. Bonney Crossing. L ittle Badger campground. Barlow Ranger District office in Dufur and at the O D FW district office in The Dalles Hunters interested in cooperating in the study can learn more by writing Susan Foster, Box 335. Gresham. OR 97030, or by c o n ta c tin g ___ department s district office in The Dalles telephone 296 462« The study is part of Foster 's doctoral work, but information from it will be available to the Department a manage ment program
