The Eastern Sports, Camping & Outdoor Show is a bonanza of outdoor and recreation in- show opens af the Pennsylvania Farm Row Building, Harrisburg, Feb. 12 and con- tinues through Feb. 17. Show hours are 12 noon to 10 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. The Eastern Sports, Camping & Outdoor Show’s many divisions, covering all phases of outdoor sports and recreation, camping, boating, fishing, archery, hunting and recreational travel, are all highlighted by exhibit and demonstration. Great emphasis is placed on providing the sportsmen and outdoor minded families with travel and camp site in- formation. This year’s show has many out-of-state agencies and conservation departments contributing. Exhibits and information booths directly from the Canadian provinces, including Ontario and Quebec, will lend to the excitement and pageantry of the show. Game and fish commission displays will be attended by outstanding personnel to an- The Department of En- vironmental Resources will be on hand throughout the entire week supplying interested people with maps and brochures regarding state forest use and future planning. Over 300 outdoor equipment displays are arrayed to give show visitors the finest op- portunity to see what is new and to make comparisons. Many live action demonstrations will provide sportsmen par- ticipation and be of interest to those people who are new to some of the sports shown. Pennsylvania’s 1973 beaver trapping season will open at 7 a.m. Saturday, and continue throughout most of the state until noon March 4. Game Commission field reports indicate there will be a pretty good supply of beavers available to trappers this year, especially in counties which had large populations of ‘North America’s largest rodent in 1972. There is an overabun- dance of the big flat-tails in the counties of Susquehanna and Wayne, and a large supply of the aquatic, furbearers in the Sortieston See of the state. Beaver prices have not yet been firmly established, but bring more than last year’s, in line with advancing returns for practically all other furs in 1973. Beaver trappers are reminded of special regulations governing the taking of these new this year. These rules can be found in the Digest of Penn- sylvania Hunting and Trapping Regulations, and copies of the regulations are posted by fur dealers. Of course, any questions concerning beaver trapping should be directed to game protectors. It is unlawful to set a trap or traps for any purpose on the structure of any established beaver dam or beaver house, or within 25 feet of either a beaver dam or house. Such measurement shall be made from directly above the trap, across the water, ice or land, to the nearest point of either structure. Pe is unlawful to place or make use of any man-made materials or products to direct the travel of beavers, or to construct or make use of any type of fencing whatsoever. Only raw, native materials less than two feet in total length may be placed as guide sticks. One person may not set, tend or in any manner operate more lthan the combined total of 10 traps, no more than two of which may be 10 by 10-inch body-gripping traps, in any area or areas where beavers are known to exist. ’ Not more than one in- dividual’s name tag may be attached to any trap or trap chain. An additional tag (same name) must be placed in such a manner that it will be above the ice or water line to facilitate identification without distur- bing the trap. Steel traps with teeth on the jaws are at all times prohibited. It is unlawful to check, set, reset or otherwise maintain any - beaver trap, or to remove any beaver from any trap, unless the person is identified by the attached name tag as the owner. This restriction does not prohibit the ' lending of any assistance when the person whose name appears on the trap tag is present. A beaver pelt may not be possessed, sold or otherwise disposed of unless an official seal is attached to the skin. All pelts must be tagged by a district game protector no later than noon 10 days following the close of the season. All beaver pelts should be presented to a district game protector in the county where trapped. Council. Emilie Peters and Elaine Kuehn, Bloomsburg State College sophomores from Shavertown and Dallas, respec- tively, are members of a new women’s varsity swimming team which participated last Saturday at Penn State in a tri- swim meet with Mansfield. Three other meets have been scheduled for the Husky coeds: Feb. 14 at Bucknell; Feb. 17 Ly- coming at home; Feb. 24 at Lehigh. Miss Peters and Miss Kuehn are both free style sprinters. Page 15 Despite: ‘the ‘lack: ‘of cooperation from some rather capricious weather, the weekend of Jan. 19-21, found some 800 Scouts and leaders from all over Wyoming and Luzerne counties camped at Camp Achahela, near Blakesly, for the annual Polar Bear Weekend. The weekend started on an ominous note as units arrived Friday night in a steady downpour to find several inches of thick mud covering the frozen ground. In typical scout ‘‘can do” spirit however, the scouts Game Bird Conference Scheduled for Feb. 26 The Penn State Game Bird Conference is scheduled for Feb. 26 and 27 at the J. O. Keller Building on the Uinversity Park, Pennsylvania Campus. It is designed for anyone interested in game birds or in shooting preserve operations. The various sessions will be conducted by some of the most experienced individuals in the fields of game bird production and shooting preserve management. For further information, including a program of topics to be discussed and a list of speakers, write: Agricultural Conference Coordinator, 410 J. 0. Keller Conference Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa. 16802. L.L. Booster Club To Meet Feb. 5 The Lake-Lehman Booster Club will meet Feb. 5 at 8 p.m. at Bill’s Cafe, Sunset, Harveys Lake. The Club would like to see more in attendance and urges members to be present. set about pitching camp, and a late check of the campsites found everyone settled for the night and bedded quite com- fortably. Saturday morning dawned with a nip in the air and the ground covered thinly with snow. Despite the lack of quantity, the glimpse of white heartened everyone and as soon as breakfast was finished, the scouts were out preparing their sleds for the height of the weekend, the Klondike Derby. The Derby is a series of patrol competitions based on basic scout skills as found in the scout handbook. The first two problems were of a first aid nature and these were followed by tree identification, map orientation, compass, a speed race, and knot tieing. These problems were dispersed over a rugged two mile course over which the six man patrols pulled their Klondike-type sleds. In all about 40 sleds started the race but the rocky ground and lack of snow took its toll, damaging several sleds and forcing them to retire from the race. In the end, Troop 132 from Dallas and :Troop 163 from Kingston were tied for first. The winner was decided Sunday morning with a run-off first aid problem which found troop 132 the over-all Derby winner, with 163 second and Troop 5 of Hazelton third. Troop 132 is sponsored by the Dallas Presbyterian €hurch; scout- master is Philip Neiman. Other area units participating were Troop 155, Shavertown; 232, Dallas; 281, Dallas; 444, Sweet Valley; 319, Hoban Heights; 518 and 681, Tunkhannock. The day’s activities con- cluded with a campfire followed by generous servings of wimpies and hot chocolate for all. A drop in temperature and stiff wind tested the mettle of everyone during the night, but scout know-how prevailed and Sun- day morning dawned clear and cold to find everyone in good spirits ready for the trek home. Church services were followed by the presentation of awards. Prizes and trophies were awarded the winners and participation ribbons went to all. Seven hundred boys and 100 leaders from 45 troops par- ticipated. Dr. Joseph R. Mattioli, chairman of Pocono In- ternational Raceway’s board of directors, has announced the appointment of Walter K. von Schonfeld to the advisory board. Von Schonfeld’s post will be director of motorcycle com- petition at the huge 1000 acre multi-purpose motor racing complex. Von Schonfeld, vice president of Kensington Products Cor- poration, has an extensive motorcycle and motor racing background and is well known in the motorcycle and motor- sports fraternity. Mr. Mattioli pointed out that von Schonfeld’s appointment was: sparked by Pocono’s in- volvement in the 1973 AMA National Road Racing and Motocross * Nationals set at Pocono Aug. 16, 17, 18, 19, billed as the KONI-POCONO AMA National Jamboree, Road Race and Motocross. The four day cycle extravaganza promises to appeal to members of every facet of the two wheeled sport. Fh 7 SUZUKI ALL : ~~ Model XR440 292 340 400 440 J
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