Casting Call

Call it beginners luck or proof that mentoring really works, but all 10 newbie fly fishermen who took part in last year's fly-casting clinic at the Second College Grant caught a fish. Co-sponsored by conservation group Trout Unlimited and the Bait & Bullet division of the Dartmouth Outing Club, the catch-and-release clinic returns to the Grant this May. Students earn a P.E. credit for the weekend program, which supplies fishing gear and lodging in a Grant cabin. Meanwhile, volunteer teachers from the Sebago, Maine, chapter of Trout Unlimited, in- cluding Robert Piampiano '67, hope to hook some new recruits to fly-fishing—and participate in a sci- entific study. Before releasing any trout, biologists will implant tiny electronic tracking devices in the fish as part of a new two-year trout migration study. Daitmouth and Trout Unlimited raised $10,000 for the project, in pait by selling tag sponsorships for $225. Similar studies completed in 2005 and 2008 found surprisingly wide-ranging movement of fish in the Rapid River, Magallaway River and Dead Diamond River watershed.

60 Expected new high temperature inside Thompson Arena, up by 7 degrees, once new dehumidification and ice refrigeration renovations are completed this summer.

"It's a wonderful day at the Hanover Inn." NEW GREETING FROM INN EMPLOYEES ANSWERING THE PHONE