Cosmopolis Firefighters golf tourney due
The Cosmopolis Fire Department’s annual fundraising golf tournament is scheduled for Saturday at Highland Golf Course.
Open the public, the tourney begins with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Proceeds will go to the Cosmopolis Firefighter Scholarship Fund.
The entry fee of $200 per team includes lunch, a raffle ticket and goodie bag. Checks should be made payable to the Association of Cosmopolis Firefighters.
Further information may be obtained by contacting the Highland pro shop at (360) 612-3432 or Chuck Jenkins at (360) 580-2108.
Layne Bruner leads GCL Orioles in strikeouts
Montesano grad Layne Bruner has found his strikeout pitch in the Gulf Coast League-Rookie this season for the Baltimore Orioles.
After Sunday’s loss, Bruner owns a 1-4 record and a 2.97 ERA, but he leads the Orioles in strikeouts with 41 in 36 1/3 innings pitched.
Bruner is in his first season of professional baseball for the Orioles after being drafted in the 18th round in June.
Fish &Wildlife schedules meetings on proposed rules for saltwater sport fisheries
State fishery managers are seeking public comments on sportfishing rules for the saltwater areas of Puget Sound and the Washington coast.
As part of that effort, the Washington Department of Fish &Wildlife has scheduled three meetings to discuss rules proposed for the 2017 season with the public.
To review and comment on the proposed rules, visit Fish &Wildlife’s webpage at http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/rule_proposals/. Comments will be accepted through Oct. 28. For a hard copy of the proposed rules, please call (360) 902-2200.
The public and department staff submitted 66 proposals this spring. State fishery managers are recommending that 11 of the proposals move forward for additional review. The webpage has more information about the proposals as well as those not recommended for further consideration.
The public meetings are scheduled for:
• Mill Creek: 6 to 8 p.m., Aug. 29, WDFW Region 4 headquarters, 16018 Mill Creek Blvd, Mill Creek.
• Port Townsend: 6 to 8 p.m., Aug. 30, Marina Room of the Point Hudson Marina, 130 Hudson St., Port Townsend.
• Olympia: 6 to 8 p.m., Aug. 31, Natural Resources Building – Room 172, 1111 Washington St. SE, Olympia.
The public will also have the opportunity to provide testimony on the proposed rule changes during the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission’s meeting Nov. 4 and 5 in Olympia. Check the commission’s website http://wdfw.wa.gov/commission/meetings.html for details on the meeting.
The commission, which sets policy for Fish &Wildlife, is scheduled to vote on the proposals during a meeting in December.
Fish &Wildlife is recommending further discussion on proposals that would:
• Require fishing vessels carry a descending device when fishing for bottomfish or halibut in areas east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line. The devices are used to return rockfish to deep water, reducing the number of rockfish deaths due to barotrauma, which occurs when rockfish are brought to the surface quickly.
• Make it unlawful to possess another person’s shellfish or food fish (including halibut, salmon and sturgeon) without written permission while in the field or in transit.
• Implement a 4 1/2-inch minimum size requirement for Tanner crabs harvested in Puget Sound.
• Prohibit shellfish harvesters from cooking oysters in the shell or using heat to open oysters on the beach.
• Allow squid harvest year-round, including the harvest of Humboldt squid in Hood Canal.
McGregor wins majority decision over Diaz
All the hostility and hard feelings between Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz were released marvelously Saturday in a classic, five-round battle won by McGregor’s drive for revenge.
In a technical, rugged and smart performance that answered his disappointment from a March loss to the bigger, heavier Diaz, McGregor won a majority decision by scores of 48-47 (Jeff Mullen), 47-47 (Glenn Trowbridge), 48-47 (Derek Cleary).
McGregor (20-3) scored three knockdowns of Diaz in the first two rounds, survived a vicious Diaz rally in the third and did enough precise punching and clock management in the final two rounds to gain the UFC 202 victory at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
“Surprise, surprise … the king is back,” McGregor said after the decision was read.
This time, McGregor didn’t allow Stockton’s Diaz (20-11) to take him down until late in the fifth round.
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