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The results were:
“A” flight – The team of Don Dornbush/Bill Helt took first with a net 31, Jim Brown/Jim Wilson was second with 32 and Paul Bertlin/Fred Figg placed third with 33.
“B” fight – The teams of Jerry Tamura/Pete Gumina, Glen Neasham/Dennis Day, and Gary Pickrell/Mill Grant all tied for first with 31.
Closest to the par 3 pins were Ron Clark and Cliff Hughes.
Fifty-four men (27 teams) participated in the day's event.
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Two state agencies, the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and California State Parks (CSP), worked together with the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office to investigate the case and aggressively prosecute the crimes.
“Illegal commercialization of California’s abalone resources will not be tolerated,” said Tony Warrington, assistant chief of the DFG Law Enforcement Division.
In the fall of 2009, CSP rangers began to suspect abalone trafficking after making multiple contacts with diver Michael Sean Miller, 55, of Petaluma, in the area around Fisk Mill. Rangers relayed the information to DFG’s Special Operations Unit, which began to investigate.
Wardens soon observed Miller harvesting abalone and transporting them to the rear entrance of Pacific Restaurant, 1045 Terra Nova Blvd. in Pacifica.
There, Miller was observed selling the illegally taken abalone to the restaurant’s owner, Pim Lim Szeto, 51 of San Francisco. Wardens arrested both subjects for the illegal sale and purchase of abalone.
The Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office began to prosecute the case in October 2009. Szeto was subsequently fined $20,000 and sentenced to 90 days work release time. His fishing license was revoked for life.
In May 2011, Miller pleaded guilty to poaching charges. He was fined $15,000 and sentenced to 90 days work release time with three years probation. He was also ordered to forfeit all dive gear and fishing equipment. His fishing license has been revoked for life and he is prohibited from possessing abalone.
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Sixteen talented artists from around the country submitted their original art for consideration for the stamp.
In past years, California waterfowl hunters were required to purchase the stamp and affix it to their licenses.
This year, the implementation of a new licensing system means that hunters no longer need to carry a physical state duck stamp in the field, but the stamps will still be produced and will be sent to licensed duck hunters, upon request, after July 1.
The contest, sponsored by the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) was open to all artists. Entrants were required to paint, draw or sketch the duck species chosen by the California Fish and Game Commission, which, this year, was the Barrow’s Goldeneye.
This year’s contest rules did not require submissions to feature both a male and female Goldeneye within the painting, but allowed entries to feature the species in an array of groupings at the artist’s discretion.
The contest entries will be on display under tents in front of the State Capitol, beginning at 11 a.m. The judging will run from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
The judges’ panel, which will consist of experts in the fields of ornithology, conservation, art and printing, will choose first-, second- and third-place winners, along with an honorable mention.
All winners will be on display at the Pacific Flyway Decoy Association’s annual show in Sacramento at the Double Tree Hotel in July.
All proceeds generated from stamp sales go directly to waterfowl conservation projects throughout California.
For more information about the California Duck Stamp program, please visit the DFG Web site at www.dfg.ca.gov/about/duckstamp.
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The California League of Park Associations (CALPA) strives to provide mutual support and networking among the Cooperating Associations linked to the California State Parks System.
This year’s CALPA conference is May 12-15, and is being hosted by the Mendocino Area Parks Association.
The conference will provide importance assistance to Cooperating Association members who are finding their parks facing one of the most challenging periods in California State Park history.
This year’s CALPA conference will include: networking opportunities with other co-op associations and park staff; the latest information on what is happening with parks and in interpretation; and possible solutions on issues co-ops and parks are or might be facing.
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