Out & About

OUTPEOPLE

Commissioner for life

Clyde Anderson of Spokane, who served for 12 years with the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission, has been named “Honorary Parks Commissioner for Life” by Gov. Chris Gregoire.

Anderson, 80, is a skier, bicyclist, rower and mountain hiker who used considerable personal time traveling to visit nearly all of the 120 state parks. The retired president and general manager of the Inland Empire Paper Co. teamed his business knowledge with his passion for outdoor recreation to lend a common-sense approach to solving park system problems, parks officials say.

“This is a big honor,” Anderson said. “I don’t know of any other commissioner for life. I’m glad they didn’t just boot me out. I have a lot of unfinished projects at Mount Spokane and elsewhere.”

Locally, Anderson also has sat on boards for the Spokane River Centennial Trail, Riverview Terrace Retirement Community and the Pacific Science Center development committee.

OUTCLASS

Learn outdoor skills

Non-students can join students in the excellent two- to four-day outdoor skills courses taught during summer session through Eastern Washington University.

Experienced instructors will teach canoeing, intro to GPS, rock climbing, fly fishing, sailing, survival skills, whitewater kayaking and whitewater rafting – which finishes with a trip on the Wenatchee River.

A special Outdoor leadership course covers topics such as trip planning, legal liability for leaders, decision-making and more.

Classes start in late June, July and August, but registration is due for some by Friday.

Info: (509) 359-2341 or www.ewu.edu/pehr.

OUTHUNT

Turkey tags boosted

Idaho resident hunters will be allowed to buy up to three cheap turkey tags for the extended fall season, Sept. 15-Dec. 31 in Idaho units 1, 2, 3 and 5 under rules recently set by the state Fish and Game Commission.

The “extra” tags will cost only $5 apiece. Hunters will not be required to buy a more expensive “regular” turkey tag before buying one of the “extra” fall tags.

“We’re trying to get a handle on these birds,” said Fish and Game Department spokesman Mark Taylor in Coeur d’Alene, noting that big turkey flocks are a menace to some landowners.

OUTLOOK

Best fishing times

Lunar tables from the U.S. Naval Observatory. Be fishing at least one hour before and one hour after peak times. Applies to all time zones.

(* indicates best days.)

Through June 17

Today

8:50 a.m., 9:15 p.m.

Monday

9:40 a.m., 10:10 p.m.

Tuesday

10:35 a.m., 11:05 p.m.

* Wednesday

11:35 a.m. –

* Thursday

12:40 p.m. –

Friday

1:45 p.m., 2:15 a.m

Saturday

2:45 p.m., 3:15 a.m.

Next Sunday

3:40 p.m., 4:10 a.m.

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