/
this Saturday, April 14, at 8 a.m.
Rock) will get 1,000 Brook Trout.
day.
being caught.
the sport.
Although ‘“Where’s the beef” is a
currently popular phrase in a
widely distributed television com-
mercial, more than a few people are
asking, ‘‘Where’s the trout’ in
anticipation of opening day. And
according to Pennsylvania Fish
Commission Executive Director
Ralph W. Abele, “Things are look-
ing brighter for the opening of trout
season.”’
The Commission will have planted
nearly 2.3 million trout by the time
the opening gun sounds at 8 a.m. on
April 14, and by mid-June, a total of
over 5 million’ trout will have been
stocked in Commonwealth water-
ways.
‘‘Our hatchery personnel have
done a great job, and this year’s
ever seen,”’ said Abele.
The stocked trout average 9.5
inches in length and almost a half-
pound apiece. Add to that ‘‘some
exceptionally nice’’ trophy trout
that will be stocked in waters
throughout the state, and it’s easy
to see why Abele is optimistic.
Opening day anglers shouldn’t
have any problems finding water to
fish. Commission figures show that
this year’s hatchery fish will find
their way into some 765 streams and
98 lakes. In addition, as part of its
Operation FUTURE, the Commis-
sion last year set aside 137 stream
sections comprising 388 miles of
water to be managed for wild trout.
These waters offer the angler who
prefers to ‘‘get away from it all” a
quality experience in a natural set-
ting.
License prices remain the same
as last year’s ($12 plus 50 cents
issuing agent’s fee for a resident
adult license), and according to
Abele, a fishing license is the best
buy in town.
“I personally don’t think you can
find a better entertainment bargain
anywhere,” said Abele. “Fishing is
truly a year-round sport, and if you
just fish two times a month, your
license would cost you only about 50
cents for every day you spend on
the water.”
The Commission also has just the
ticket for the trout angler looking
for a place to go or new waters to
try. Its 16-page publication ‘‘Trout
Fishing in Pennsyl ania’ features
regional maps that show the loca-
tion of all Class A wild trout waters,
special regulation areas, and
stocked waters. It also includes
county-by-county hotspot’ informa-
tion that details species, baits, and
best times of the year for action.
Cost of the publication is $1.50
postpaid, and it can be obtained by
writing to: Publication Section,
Pennsylvania Fish Commission,
Dept. Trout Fishing, P.O. Box 1673,
Harrisburg, PA 17105-1673.
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Every Monday and Friday night,
the names of two members on the
same team at Bonomo’s Lanes,
Dallas, appear among the high scor-
ers. They are Glen and Gary Mazer,
Mernard Mazer of Jackson Town-
ship. “Mirror” twins, their mother
calls them since Glen is right-
handed and Gary, eldest by three
minutes, is left-handed.
Born in Augsburg, Germany,
where their father was stationed
with the U.S. Army, the twins, with
their parents, spent two tours of
duty in Europe for a total of seven
years. Their dad, now retired,
served 21 years in the army.
While overseas, Glen and Gary
visited East and West Germany,
France, Spain, Belgium, Norway,
Sweden and Switzerland. The entire
family used to tour Europe on
historical sites as the Eiffel Tower,
Berlin Wall and Hitler’s tomb. Glen,
a rock collector, has a piece of the
Berlin Wall which he prizes.
Their dad bowled while he was
stationed in Germany but Glen and
Gary didn’t pick up the sport until
after they graduated from Lake-
“We lost our brother, Bob, in a
tragic accident,” explained Glen
and Gary ‘‘And the family was very
graduated, our dad decided we
so my mother, dad and the two of us
started to bowl at Bonomo’s Lanes.
“At first, the four of us bowled in
a mixed league, then gradually Glen
and I joined the men’s major
league,” said Gary. “This is the
first year Glen is on the men’s
My mother and dad still bowl in the
mixed league.”
When the Mazers first started to
bowl, left-handed Gary used a right
handed ball belonging to his father.
He bowled with it for a year before
he finally purchased a left-handed
one.
The two young men watch other
top bowlers to discover good points.
They also find that they bowl better
on the same team than against one
another: However, they bowled
against each other at least three
times in title roll-offs. One year
their parents were on one team,
Glen was on another and Gary on
another and all three teams were in
the end of the season roll-offs.
Glen’s team finally took the champi-
mixed league ‘competition,
¥
the
Mazer twins have won a combined
total of 30 trophies. :
In the men’s league, Glen usually
takes the trophy for high average
and Gary the trophy for either high
game or high series. Their 80-year
old grandmother watches the paper
each week for their scores and tells
them how well she thinks they have
done.
“Glen is a good anchor man,”
says Gary. But Glen says, “Gary is
the more consistent bowler.”
During the past year Gary has
missed two 700 series in the last
frame. ;
They always bowl together in
tournaments with Rex Andrasko as
team captain. The first tournament
they entered as a team was in
Hancock, N.Y. All team members
bowled well and the team won $1400.
The Mazers enter three or four
tournaments annually and cash in
on at least half of them.
Last year, in the Wyoming Valley
Men’s Association Tournament,
their team was down in the stand-
ings, but when they came to
Bonomo’s to bowl their last series
they were confident they could bowl
well and they did. The team came
up with a 3200 total and came in
second.
Both of the boys watch Saturday’s
Pro Bowling and study the styles of
all the bowlers. They are well
versed in the basic fundamentals
and help each other. They also
accept criticism from one another
and can read one another’s
thoughts.
Gary, who is married, bowls by
the three L’s — lift, leverage and
lofting. Glen, single, follows the
tion and coordination.
They play a lot of softball and
Glen manages the Mr. Donut team.
He plays infield positions and Gary
plays in the outfield. They are both
highly competitive and push one
another to get ahead.
Gary and Glen feel they had an
advantage over other students when
in school. They attended many
schools in many countries and
unlike other new students, they each
had a friend. One brother always
sat behind the other, they ate lunch
together and played together. After
seventh grade ,they were split up
and people usually didn’t know they
were twins until nearly the end of
the school year.
In senior high school, they went
out for soccer and played baseball
during their years at Lake-Lehman,
with the exception of their senior
year when they lost their varsity
positions to another pair of twins,
Craig and Chris Yanchick.
Both young men are looking for-
ward to this summer when they are
J
nard, to return from Europe to visit
the family. ‘‘Bernie’’ is with the
Department of Defense and is now
in Augsburg where the twins were
born. He has been in Europe for the
past six years.
Meanwhile, Glen and Gary will
continue to roll their high 500 and
sometimes 600 series in the local
leagues as they look forward to
participating in this year’s tourna-
ments.
Trespassers on Pennsylvania Gas
and Water Company (PG&W) prop-
erty will be prosecuted to the fullest
according to Gerald B. Taylor, vice
president of operations and engi-
neering for PG&W.
Taylor explained that the current
reminder concerning trespassing is
going out several weeks ahead of
the opening of the 1984 fishing
season in Pennsylvania, ‘‘so there is
no mistake about the company’s
posture on the issue of trespassing
on watershed lands.” The policy is
not new, according to Taylor, who
offered copies of the company’s last
notice sent to 33 area newspapers,
radio and television stations in
August, 1983, asking for the cooper-
ation of area law enforcement agen-
cies in cracking down on watershed
and reservoir trespassers.
Taylor indicated that the com-
pany would continue to allow fisher-
men the use of Harvey's Creek
waterway from Route 118 to the
Susquehanna River in Luzerne
County. He added that the company
has had a very good relationship
with the Pennsylvania Fish Com-
mission, Lehman, Jackson, and
Plymouth Township police depart-
ments and the sportsmen who regu-
larly fish Harvey’s Creek and help
maintain the area.
The Pennsylvania Fish Commis-
sion used the recently held Eastern
Outdoor Show in Harrisburg to
announce what may be one of the
most ambitious projects ever under-
taken by the Commission.
Beginning with the April issue of
Pennsylvania Angler, the Common-
wealth’s official fishing and boating
magazine, the Commission will
begin publishing a series of county
features. Utilizing information sup-
plied by the local waterways patrol-
men, each issue will provide the
most detailed, specific how-to and
where-to information on Pennsyl-
vania fishing hotspots ever pub-
lished.
According to Angler editor, Art
Michaels, “The idea for the county
series came about from the tremen-
dous number of requests the Com-
mission receives from both resident
want to know where they can go
fishing.”
patrolmen were chosen as the pri-
mary contributors to the series
because ‘‘they literally liveo n the
streams and lakes in their areas,”
said Michaels. A
Individual copies of the magazine
are available from the Commission
and selected bait and tackle shops
who operate as over the counter
outlets for the Angler. Bickler
emphasized however, that yearly
subscription prices represent over a
50 percent savings from newsstand
prices and a three year subscription
will “provide the angler with a
Bible on how to fish Pennsylvania.”
Subscriptions to Pennsylvania
Angler may be obtained by sending
$5 (one year) or $14 (three years) to
Publications Section, Department
CF, Pennsylvania Fish Commission,
Harrisburg, PA 17105-1673.
New club
Students at Luzerne County
Community College were
given the chance to show off
in the college's Billiards.
Tournament sponsored by
the newly-formed Billiards
Club. Shown in the photo at
left during the awarding of
the trophies are, from left,
Chuck Johnston, Wilkes-
Barre, first place winner;
George McDaniels, Plym-
outh, third place winner;
Paul Benedetti, Dallas,
seocnd place winner; and
James Atherton, Wilkes-
director of student
activities.