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About Sandy post. (Sandy, Oregon) 1938-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1981)
w g SANO* ( O í* I POSI IH w m O«K»mb«f 31 l«« l S»t ■ ,» 1 .^ •M*» M , > Sandy cyclist Sheppard keeps fast company 3.000 m eter event th a t derives its name from the As a second v a rs ity way the event is run. with a wrestler at Sandy Union bicycle rider on each side High School Mike Sheppard of the track Sheppard was eight- has a 10-0 record, hut it is in cycling that his mentors hundredths of a second from finishing second feel he has the most poten He was fifth in a 57-mile tial. S heppard, who was road race all the events are sanctioned by the recently honored at a ban United States C yclin g quel in Portland, got in w ith terested in cycling after F e d e ra tio n >. m echanical d iffic u ltie s seeing the movie Break playing a disappointing ing Away ’* He gave touring a try. part in the race and fell behind the group he He finished very well was with, although it didn t considering the many d if take him long to catch up fic u ltie s . said H obert Burney, a Heed College His friends made the obser vation that he is pretty fast, stu d e n t and the 1981 and it encouraged him to Oregon Senior Hoad Rac ing Champion la 107 mile try racing As it tu rn s o u t. race» B u rn e y and Doug Sheppard's friends on that first tour were correct in DeSoto. members of Mo jayv of Oregon, a Portland their observation Shep pard was second in the racing club sponsored by Oregon State Champion Craft Cycle, were in Sandy Monday tra in in g w ith ships last summer in om mum. which is a collection Sheppard Despite Sheppard's sue of track events He was third in pursuit, a cesses over the past couple by SCOTT NEWTON Public no help in fish management fish, especially in public waters This is done by a few in d iv id u a ls w ith o u t the benefit of professional M anagem ent of fis h populations for public angl re v ie w of the conse ing is a complex business, quences It is ironic. Temple jays, complicated both by in tncate natural processes that the pu »!’ ? appears to and by the wishes and ac hear little malice toward the person who releases a tions of people Oregon's fish resources b u cke t of p e rch and are diverse and so are the bluegill in his favorite lake, kinds of angling sought by w h ile condom ning the poacher an equally diverse public In terms of fish manage In practice the process of ment money unnecessarily managing fish is far from p e rfe c t, th w a rte d by spent, and angling oppor tunities iost, it is the man economics, biological pro blems, politics and the ac with the bucket who robs the public most deeply tions of irresponsible in A current example of dividuals those costs is the planned Ray Temple, a warm water fish management chem ical tre a tm e n t of Henry Hagg I^ike, an im specialist with the Depart ment of Fish and Wildlife, poundment near Forest Grove which is managed amplifies on that last com plication-the actions of ir for trout with fingerling releases responsible people Prior Io the discovery The following comments are from a letter in which that bullhead catfish had Tem ple e xp la in s how been introduced, estimated anglers who take it upon chemical costs to remove themselves to ’ help" the rough fish species were S24.4HO The increased con department by unauthoriz ed fish stocking in public c e n tra tio n s needed to waters may be doing far eradicate ca tfis h have boosted the estimate to more damage than good In paraphrasing the law. $32.7(H) The list of waters where Temple writes that the department is charger! to unauthorized introductions provide and maintain the have been found is long, maximum population of and the number of loca game animals, game birds, lions discovered w in s to game fish and furbearing I n * increasing annually animals compatible with Temple suggests that available wildlife habitat anglers considering the arid food, and to permit an stocking of any fish to visit o rd e r ly h a rv e s t of with a local district fish surpluses in a manner that biologist will produce the greatest benefit to th<* greatest number of people Within those broud d lr« tlVM and many other legal guidelines, the department manages the fish resources of the state (in r of its methods is the requirement of a permit to move live Rocky Johnson of North fish from one location to Carolina w ill take on Mad another The intent is Io prevent Borne of Milwaukee. Ore , establishment of fishes or Jan I in a pro wrestling their diseuses in areas match at the Sandy Union where harm to existing High School gymnasium Bell time is 7 p m populations could occur T ic k e ts a re $7 fo r Permits are issued to the jMjblic, usually for slocking rin g sid e seats, $l> fo r a home pond, after review geneiul admission and $4 by d is tr ic t and s ta ff for those under 12 biologists AI le a st th re e P ro b le m s a ris e , prelim inary matches are however, when people xcheduled The event is ta-ing spon undertake to improve fish sored by the SUHS Future populations by the in discriminate releases of Farmers of America of years, ” He needs in struction, s till.” Burney said Burney, who feels that cycling w ill come of age in the United States in the next five years, said that Sheppard has the potential to become a natio n a l caliber racer DeSoto. who owns h,s own business. American Art. agrees ’ Michael's a good all around rider,” he said, pointing out that track racing and road rac ing are not mutually ex clusive although some peo pie tend to specialize H o w e v e r, a lo t of obstacles are in the way of an invitation to the Junior World Trials, which w ill be held in Colorado Springs this summer Even if Sheppard does well in the Oregon and na tional championships, he won't be invited to the World Trials unless he's been sco u te d ra c in g against some of the best Southern California has to offer, according to Burney and DeSoto And, traveling expenses are just part of the pro blem Sheppard also needs another bicycle for track racing. He borrowed one last summer. “ I ’ve been actively tr y ing to get a job.” Sheppard said As an honor roll stu dent. a wrestler (and win ner of three tournament titles so far this season) and a cyclist who intends to pul in about 1.500 miles before serious competition begins, one wonders where Sheppard w ill find the time To help reach his poten tial. Sheppard plans on competing against senior division cyclists a good part of the season Regardless of how well Sheppard does this sum mer, the 16 year old, who is capable of peddling 30 miles an hour for an hour (that translates into two- minute miles for those who think in "ru n n e r’s term s" >. is a good addition to the Mojayv Club, according to DeSoto He said that they want people who w ill represent the club well, and Shep pard, the first junior d iv i sion racer allowed in the club, does that, he said Photo bv ‘-(-oil Newton Doug l>eSolo, Mike Sheppard and Robert Burney by KEN t>( RBIN Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife , ( FFA to sponsor wrestling Hwy n Sandy PI7TA Phone t t e 1051 DA DU ROLL OUT THE NEW YEAR W ITH AVI CLASSIC RS STEEL ^aeUat • • • • • WINTER l& u tic it SNOWFLEX TRACTION RETREADS! 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