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By Matt Moulder

Ceorge Darling? Ceorge retired as sales managerfor Pine Mountain Lumber Co. in January, 1980 and since that time has been golfing, gardening, and going places-the three C's. He lives with his wife of 49 years, Rosalie, in Yreka, Ca., his home for the past 39 years.

During his working years Ceorge was known for his fair dealings and warm personality. Whenever I hear Ceorge Darling's name mentioned I can't help but think of an incident that occurred in the fall of 1980. He was playing golf in the annual Shasta Lumbermens' Tournament at Riverview C.C. in Redding, Ca. I happened to be in the foursome in front of him. That year a special prize of $ 1,00O was offered to anyone who got a hole-in-one on the 14O yard 17th hole. liust happened to turn around in time to see Darling's golf ball hop into the hole for the ace.

This is a good news, bad news story. The bad news is that Ceorge accepted the $ 1 ,000 and, much to his dismay, found out in the ensuing weeks that as a result, he automatically became classified as a golf professional. For three years he could not play in tournaments at his club or amateur tournaments anywhere.

This was Ceorge's first hole-in-one and it was a memorable one. Since his retirement he has had three more. Darling applied for readmission to amateur status in 1983 and is once again a plain old amateur golfer.

Owl Droppings

Taxpayer Alert! Fishermen Arise! The most recent Endangered Species fiasco has the federal government spending two million dollars on a project to raise in hatcheries and plant in WESTERN rivers: squawfish, humpback chubs, and razorback suckers. Just what is needed to bolster the population of salmon and trouttrash fish that devour the salmon and trout eggs. Who's in charge here?

We have all heard of the Sierra Club. This is not to be confused with the Sahara Club. The latter is a group of motorcycle enthusiasts centered in Southern California who don't have anything nice to say about the Sierra Club. lt seems the Sierrans obiect to the activities of the Saharans, namely riding motorcycles in the desert. This causes erosion and disturbs animal habitat, according to Sierra Clubbers. The Sahara Club was formed to counter the efforts of the Sierra Club.

A farmer from Tulelake. Ca., states that he is in danger of losing his livelihood due to his water being cut off in order to save two species of worthless suckers on the endangered species list-the Lost River Sucker and the Shortnose Sucker. Perhaps the real endangered species these days is the sucker who is dependent in any way on natural resources for making a living-the human variety of sucker.

Ross Perot for President supporters staged a rally recently in Carson City, Nv. Perot workers passed out American flags for the occasion. Disciples of the "America First" theme were disappointed to see "Made in Taiwan" labels on the flags.

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