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Show 6A Lakeside Review, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1983 8 TEXT BY RON KNOWLTON PHOTOS BY DAN MILLER Its every child's dream. It's the moment the children left the ground on their bicycles in the movie "E. T. " It's the second Superman steps out of the phone booth, stretches his arms skyward and takes a leap into the air. If only man could fly Well, when the snow comes each year in Davis County there are some children who actually do experience the thrill of flying. Maybe only for a few seconds, but its flying nonetheless. These kids fly on wooden sleds. They float through the air on plastic toboggans. They glide on inflated automobile inner-tubes. Arms outstretched. Snow flying in every direction. Trying hard to keep their balance. They've become And it causes the same goosebump sensation that came. as the children's bikes left the ground in E.T." Find a hill in Davis County and youll likely find children attempting to fly. There are little snowbanks (ski jumps) at the bottom of the hill. One by one they hit the jump and whoosh it's up, up ' and away. ' , air-boun- d. ... i i f t V- |