The independent., April 30, 1987, Page 8, Image 8

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The INDEPENDENT, A p ril 30. 1987
Benefit golf tournament is planned
Fun A fie ld
By Richard O ( atr hing
VVanting to ta ke a d va nta g e
o l a day th .it d o d g e d ram
d ro ps I de< ided re re n tly to
grab a sh ove l and b in k«*t and
pursue the I astern so ,Isb e ll
i rab at N eh ale m Bay
Sim e the tid e was d u e to
be lu ll loss at a b o u t 11 a m
no early rise was net essary
By 9 t(), the sun had sta rte d
to w a rm the m o rn in g m a kin g
th e d riv e q u ite p leas.m t
I
was a lready having visions ot
trie d i lam s as I headed so uth
on H ighw ay 11 a roa d so
tw isty th a t you < an r her k o u t
yo u r o w n ta il lig h ts w h ile
d riv in g d o w n the m o u n ta in
Side
I he m uddy d e lta lo rm e d
by d e p o sits o l m ud sand and
sil, trom the N eh ale m River
g le am e d in the late m o rn in g
sun
S lip p in g on my knee
b o o ts I g ra bb ed my b u c k e t
and shovel and sta rted slogg
mg th ro u g h the m in i
An in tro d m ed sper tes the
I a ste rn s o fts h e ll < la m
is
shaped lik e a I’ ism o t lam
and grosss to a m a xim u m ot
4 in d ia m e te r It has a large
snout b u t u n lik e the razor
( la m
w o n t give away its
lor a ,io n by a te llta le sq u irt
I o lo r a te the so ,,s h e ll r lam
scare h the m ud to r sm all
holes lo o k in g to r a c on< en
tra tio n o f them in a slig h tly
raised area A ru le ot th u m b
is the larger th e hole the
la rg e r the < lam
and this
u sua lly holds true h u , you
i o u lrl be d ig g in g m a sand
sh rim p h ole
A i la m gun is m e tie r tiv e ill
the
heavy
m ud
so
use
a
I he a n n u a l g o lf lo u rn a
m en,
b e n e fitin g
th e
A m e n i an t am er Sot ie,y has
been re m s ti,u te ri by the V e t
n om a Mens ( .o l, t lu b and
w ill tee o t, w ith a shotgun
sta r, at 9 a m on Sunday
Stay 11s, I o llo w mg the to u r
n a m e n , d in n e r w ill be served
a t 4 p m and th e re w ill be an
aur tio n a lte r d in n e r
1 he
h a n d ic a p
and
< a llo w ay system w ill be used
g a rd e n s h o ve l
p la t mg i,
about 4
tro m the h o le
H o ld in g the shovel v e rtn a lly
bury the b la d e r o m p le te ly
then w ith a side to side m o­
tio n go 4 or 1 in i lies dee pe r
I he so ,,s h e lls are a b o u t 12
deep b u , you m ust ge, w e ll
under th em to insure a g oo d
d ig
la s t* h a rk o n the sh ove l
u n til the h a n d le is tla , on the
m ud so yo u i an seari h the
hole to r shells or r lam ne< ks
I he shells a rt“ so d e b t a te yo u
m ust be i a re tu l w hen ta k in g
the i lam o u , of the h o le b u t
u n lik e o th e r rla m s the so,,
shell w o n , d ig deeper m ak
mg you i hase them
A lte r m m h tru d g in g and
d ig g in g and a b o u t an hour
and a h a lt I had my ,»» r lam
lim it and headed bar k to the
van
W eary b u , s a tis lie d I
d ro ve bar k to the o th e r side
ot the bay to d o a little r ra b b
mg Itu , th a , s .m o th e r story
H ave tu n in the fie ld
w ith m en s and w o m e n s d iv i
sions, and a ll g o ite rs are
w e lc o m e to |Oin in the tu n
I he entry tee is $21 per per
son rt’H ,st r «11 ion fo rm s drt*
a v a ila b le at V e rn o n ia ( . o il
C ourse 11961 lim b e r Road
I as, V ernom a
V o lu n te e rs tro m th e Vet
nom a ( hapter o f At S usually
go d o o r to r lo o r at this tim e
o , year seeking d o n a tio n s to
h e lp s u p p o rt r a n te r r o n tr o l
p ro g ra m s in th e area
Hus
year
s a id
s p o k e s p e rs o n
( a ro ly n Keasey, we re asking
to r d o n a tio n s th a t w ill m ake
our g o lt to u rn a m e n t a m ore
s u cce ssfu l fu n d ra is e r and an
e ven t V e rn o n ia r a n be p ro ud
of ( ash d o n a tio n s or item s
to r aur b o n w o u ld be greatly
a p p re r i.ite d she add ed
C o n ,a c ,
Keasey
at
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