Time Capsule: From the archives of local weeklies

Flathead Courier, Aug. 6, 1981

Young vaulter wins medals

Pole vaulting is the specialty of a 14-year-old Scott Dupuis of Polson, and he’s done well at it this summer. 

In fact, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Dupuis has collected four first place medals in AAU and TAC (The Athletic Congress) competition. 

He took first in the TAC regional meet in Missoula with a vault of 9-6. While there he also captured a first place medal in the 100 meter hurdles and seconds in the shotput and high jump. 

At the state TAC meet, also in Missoula, he vaulted the same height to win again. 

The state AAU meet in Butte required a 10-foot jump to take top vaulting honors. This was followed by the four-state AAU regional Junior Olympics at Spearfish, S.D., where he won first in the junior division on another 9-6 leap. 

Scott will be in the eighth grade at Polson Middle School this fall. He has his eye on 11 feet in the pole vault next year. 

Out-of-state hunting license quote filled

Non-residents who put off getting their Montana combination hunting licenses will have to wait until 1962 to hunt big game in this state. 

Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Department director Jim Flynn said the 17,000 license quota is filled. 

The non-resident big game combination ($225) license allows a non-resident to hunt deer, elk, black-brown bear, game birds and fishing. Non-residents may still purchase individual black-brown bear, game birds and fishing licenses from various license dealers in the state. 

Flynn said this is the earliest, by far, that the combination licenses have sold out. During 1979, the quota was reached about mid-October. It was reached during mid-September last year. 

Hairy Haires 

Some Angora sweaters are made of rabbit hair—the long, soft fur of the Angora rabbit. The animals were originally selected and bred for their luxuriant fur, probably in Turkey.  

Grizzly relocations are set 

Guidelines for relocating grizzly bears in northwest Montana that get into trouble with people or livestock were recently released by the Montana Department of Fish and Wildlife and Parks and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

In a letter signed by Wally Steucke, area manager, Fish and Wildlife Service, and James Flynn, director of Fish Wildlife and Parks, the two administrators advised other federal and state agencies that the guidelines would be used by the two wildlife agencies in “dealing with grizzly-human conflict situations this year.”

The guidelines are the result of an interagency meeting held in April to identify operational procedures for handling nuisance grizzly bears and to designate areas where grizzlies could be safely relocated, said Steucke. The U.S. Forest Service has identified remote areas where grizzly bears can be relocated where the potential for any future conflicts with people or livestock is greatly reduced. Only areas that presently have grizzly populations will be used as release sites. 

The guidelines contain criteria on bear behavior that will assist managers in making the decision to relocate or kill a problem bear. Special consideration will be given to those sex and age classes of bears that contribute most significantly to the bear population. 

Gene Allen, administrator of the Wildlife Division, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, said that grizzlies that display aggressive behavior towards people will be removed from the population …