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The Arizona Game and Fish Commission has chosen Larry Voyles as the new director of the Department, effective this month, to replace Current director Duane Shroufe as he retires (check the Feb. 2008 issue of Hunting Highlights for the complete story).
For those who don’t know, Voyles has been with Game and fish for nearly 35 years and has been supervisor for the Yuma Regional office of Game and Fish for a good number of years handling field operations in southwestern Arizona. He has done a tremendous job for us here in the Yuma area and will be sorely missed. We wish him well.
Voyles joined the department in 1974 as a wildlife manager (game ranger), serving over the next 10 years in the Wellton, Wickenburg and Prescott districts. He then served as the wildlife enforcement program coordinator and as the department’s training coordinator before being promoted to supervisor in the Yuma region in 1988. Voyles holds a B.S. in wildlife biology from Arizona State University.
“You don’t just replace a Duane Shroufe, ” said Voyles. “He led the agency through an amazing period of growth, quality improvement and accomplishment. He set the bar high, and I’m looking forward to the opportunity to continue that legacy.”
*Hunter Education: Attend the “free” Hunter Education Course beginning Monday 6-9 p.m. at the Yuma Regional office of Game and Fish, open to anyone wishing to hunt - archery as well as firearms - in Arizona as either a first time learning session or a refresher - mandatory for any youngster 10-14 years of age who wants to hunt big game (great to have Mom or Dad along as well - a great learning experience). It’s first-come, first-served, so plan to arrive early. Call 342-0091.
*Arizona Elk Society: Tickets are now on sale for the March 22nd “7th Annual Banquet” being held at the Mesa Convention Center, 263 N. Center St. - do it quick before tickets are sold out. Visit <stevec@arizonaelksociety.org .

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These rings are dipped in buttermilk and cornmeal and fried until the sweet, tender onions are cloaked in crunchy gold. Bob Hoyland, who leads the Sacred Heart fish fry, says they were introduced just this year by one of the church’s amateur chefs.
By definition, amateurs love what they’re doing, and when people who love what they’re doing put their time, energy and pride on the line to feed their neighbors, the results are bound to be pretty special. And Lent is a season that gives the amateurs among us a chance to shine — there are more than 60 Lenten fish fries in the Louisville area (see the complete Kentucky listings at www.archlou.org).
For the third year in a row, I trekked around town and found four great fish fries (my earlier reports are posted on the Web at courier-journal.com/food).
At Sacred Heart, there’s a posted sign apologizing about this year’s price increase. Nonsense, I say; this is still one of the best deals in town.
Eight dollars buys you a fish dinner that includes everything and then some — a platter full of nicely prepared side dishes (including those onion rings), bread, a drink, dessert and a generous pile of moist, perfectly fried hand-breaded cod in a pepper-flecked batter.
And bring the kids — there’s plenty of room to romp in the gymnasium. (Sacred Heart is at 1840 E. 8th St., Jeffersonville; (812) 282-0423; Fridays, 5:30-7:30 p.m., through March 14.)
At St. Paul Catholic Church on wide, wide Dixie Highway, the fish is garbed in a thick blond batter that shatters under the fork like sheet ice in the spring.
Here, too, a fish dinner runs $8 (baked fish is served over rice). Dinners come with freshly brewed iced tea and rustic side dishes — coleslaw made from long shreds of cabbage and macaroni and cheese as thick and cheesy as lasagna. Other options include pizza ($1.50) and grilled cheese sandwiches ($1). A slice of pie will set you back $1.25; a Budweiser runs $1.75.

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