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Show Page AH . Thursday, lanuarv 7, 1988 t ark Record The power of positive thinking Alright, so it is a little unusual to think we can create world peace or rid the world of nuclear weapons simply by meditating on it. Ironically, thoughts are a little like nuclear radiation invisible, intangible, tough for us sensory sen-sory beings to believe in as having any power at all. We laypeople are not alone in that belief. Even professionals, like pediatricians or orthopedists or nuclear scientists refused to consider their new nuclear miracle rays harmful. It took years to see that X-rays, used to see inside a womb to a growing grow-ing fetus, or beyond skin in an effort to properly mend a broken bone were sometimes also causing birth defects and bone cancer. It was hard to understand the power of nuclear bombs dropped in Hiroshima or Nagasaki, or Nevada or the Bikini Atoll for that matter, had a killing force beyond their tremendous explosive power. For they could also take their victims not immediately killed by the blast or fire with a deadly dead-ly radiation poisoning. Yes, it took a long time to see invisible rays were indeed powerful. There has been some "science" done to test whether combined human thoughts are also capable of exerting some tremendous power. For instance, sun spots, solar winds and a spray of electrons and protons which bombard the earth and interact with its magnetic field are associated with higher crime rates, more riots, more heart attacks and accidents, say some. Combined meditation in the past has been correlated with reductions in sun spots and the apparent human irritation associated with them. While this is admittedly a unique set of things for scientists to examine, let's be real here. We have no idea how to search for brain waves, how to measure them or their effect. Until there was a Geiger Counter, there was no instrument to demonstrate the decay process which ultimately results in a radioactive release either. If we really think we're so special the highest in the evolutionary chain and all that it doesn't seem so far-fetched to think the source of that specialness, our minds, is quite powerful. Scientists Scien-tists know we only use a tiny portion of our brains, five or ten percent at the most. Isn't is intriguing to think what that other 90 percent per-cent might be capable of ? If there is any force which can overcome the insidious, in-sidious, dark power of nuclear radiation, surely it must be the combined force of human minds working work-ing together to eliminate it from the planet. Our thanks to those of you Parkites who gathered early New Year's morning to meditate with the one billion other earthlings for world peace. High school band takes the baton Who would have believed it? Our little band, whose past glory had dulled from neglect, has grown under the musical ministrations of Bill Huhnke to the point where they were not only invited in-vited to play at the Freedom Bowl, they also showed show-ed the country what our small town can do. Excuse Ex-cuse us if we swell with pride for a moment. Since Huhnke began rebuilding the band years ago, the band competition organizers, called National Na-tional Events, has been watching the band. Dick Pierce, president of National Events, says he's been watching the band for three years. "The first year I saw them, they looked so young. When they performed, though, they blew away some large bands. I've kept an eye on them since. Having Hav-ing received a good deal of positive input about Park City from other band leaders, and having watched them over the years in the Days of '47 Parade each year, I am quite impressed with them." He was so impressed, in fact, he offered to line them up for the Freedom Bowl. Performing alongside bands from nine states, from Georgia to Hawaii, the band has come back from the Freedom Bowl with confidance. Now they don't have to suspect, they know they are great. The Park City Jazz Band, an off-shoot of the High School Band, took top honors at the event. Schools are judged and listed in a division from one to four, one being top of the heap. The jazz band is now listed as a division one band. Another employee of National Events observed, "If they took a division one in jazz, they have every right to be proud. That is probably the toughest category." That same employee said the next most difficult category is the concert band competition. Park City Ci-ty earned division two honors in that category. The band wasn't judged in marching, because they haven't had any field training. Participating in the Freedom Bowl, however, has boosted the band's faith. Editorial Huhnke, upon returning from the event, said, "Now that we've seen what marching was done, we realized we could have done that. " If all goes well, they will get a chance. Pierce has hinted the band may be invited to the Peach Bowl next year, a step up from the Freedom Bowl. Aside from the Peach Bowl, the Park City Band has also been invited to participate in Philidelphia's Fourth of July celebration this year. Huhnke is hesitant to plan for that event so soon after the Freedom Bowl, and he wouldn't want to miss Park City's Independence Day festivities. We agree we want the band here for ourselves, but we'll understand if they want to head for bigger and better things. In fact, we'll swell with pride again. The band could not have done this without the support of the community. In this week's education educa-tion section, there is a long list of band supporters, and it doesn't take into account the hundreds of people who donated a dollar or two, bought grape juice or had their portraits taken (all benefits organized by the band). This sort of support is encouraging, and hopefully hopeful-ly it will continue. The band is not just this year's novelty, it is bound to get even bigger and better, Our pride is growing with the band. The television televi-sion networks missed our band's performance this year, but there's always next. Imagine the triumph in watching local young people take the field during half-time at a national sporting event. In this town where tradition is framed by modern achievement, the Park City High School Band has not only recaptured the glory of bands in years past, it is strengthening that tradition for future generations. 1 DY J.P. MAX fr. i ..r rx I rvrtiill ' 6 & f Coffee 'xMfu l - . ' Welcome Airlines Week participants! Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down 6, THUMBS UP - to the new Jeremy Ranch Cross-Country Ski Area for offering a day of free skiing to the public this Friday. The place looks great. We'll see you there! ' THUMBS UP - to the start of the Second Annual An-nual Utah Winter Games. The organizers behind this event have done a super job-nice job-nice Park City could pick up the slack for the other areas when the snow was low elsewhere. THUMBS DOWN - to the recent increase in crime. Muggings at the ski area...Stolen skis.. .Hit and run incidents... Pick another town crooks, you can count on getting caught here! THUMBS UP - to Park City resident Lou Hudson for being chosen to the North Carolina Hall of Fame. He joins 103 other distinguished athletes from that state such as Arnold Palmer. In all, Hudson played 13 years in the NBA with the Atlanta Hawks (St. Louis Hawks) and Los Angeles Lakers. --.'J IFni3 ttlh HeBrM Do you have any New Year's resolutions? H FT 3 41 i I y . -f- A 1 r . i r i ' - " "t, "if ; I, H 7 1 - h- , urn ; i -"'i. .bt Jerry Marff Clark Ashton Amber Rietdijk Bill Needham Raul Murillo Brand! Rietdijk This is definitely the year I want to put a train in To not break my arm again It's funny. This year I that I am going to lose Park City. in gymnastics, and to haven't even thought of any! weight. Well, at least, this is become captain of the definitely the century that cheerleaders. I'm going to lose weight! 1 To bring up my grades, and to not hurt anyone's feelings. To meet lots of cute Pnvs Also, to master the backflip that I've been working on in gymnastics. |