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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1983
Page
23
Lake Red Rock draws anglers with spring walleye action and rising water as carp dominate, while white bass runs may start soon. The Corps of Engineers lake near Pella offers camping, boating, marinas, and extensive recreation facilities, with wildlife and birding interest noted nearby.
Red Rock Dam officials in Pella Iowa seek dry weather to cut the lake level after a wet spring. Assistant manager Jerry Dowell says the lake is 75 percent full, covering about 10 000 extra acres and 44 feet above normal summer pool as the maximum seasonal releases continue.
Ridout 45 of Estherville and Spahn 52 of Dubuque were named to the Iowa Conservation Commission succeeding Richard Kemler of Marshalltown and Carolyn Walter of Des Moines. Ridout an attorney Spahn a construction equipment salesman and former duck calling champion. John D. Field of Hamburg became chairman and Donald E. Knudsen of Eagle Grove was elected vice chairman.
The Bianchi Cup International Pistol Tournament opens May 25 in Columbia Missouri as one of the world’s top three pistol events. An invitational four day competition draws up to 200 shooters for a purse of 150000 dollars at the Ray Chapman Academy of Practical Shooting.
Bill Ohde 29 a Benton Community High School graduate becomes wildlife management biologist at the Iowa Conservation Commission Odessa Wildlife Unit based in Wapello. He grew up near Keystone son of Willard and Mildred Ohde with ISU degrees in fisheries and wildlife biology and a master in wildlife biology. Ohde succeeds Mike Mahn transferring to Onawa Missouri River Unit. office in Wapello ASCI Building. He will administer a switchgrass program work with the Slough Bill and local landowners and agencies. He and Julie Strotman plan marriage May 28 on the Odessa wildlife area.
Tom Panghorn of Cedar Rapids landed a 7 pound largemouth bass at Lake Macbride near Solon around 3 p.m. Sunday, fishing from a boat with a Texas rig. The 22 inch fish came as crappies began to bite. Also, Hope Jones aged 11 caught a 27 inch eel in the Cedar River under the First Avenue Bridge with night crawlers. In Brooklyn, the Bear Creek Archery club hosts a 3D Animal Shoot today and tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. near Holiday Lake.
Debi Keller leads the first campground program of the season An Armchair Tour of the Linn County Parks at Pinicon Ridge Flying Squirrel Campground near Central City The program is free and open to the public Naturalist programs are sponsored by the Linn County Conservation Board and Indian Creek Nature Center. Also noted is Cedar Rapids Bass Masters results with John Goodwin and Chuck Marshall winning on Thomas Hill Reservoir May 7 8 totaling 25 pounds 1 ounce over two days Goodwin top individual with 14 5 Second place went to Greg Loonan and George Paulson 11 2 Duane Ebel caught a 5 3 big bass
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