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Show Volume XI_ THE Issue XII OGDEN VALLEY NEWS Page 5 April 1, 2005 Half Marathon to Begin at Red Rock Ranch Stride racing will host the Huntsville Half Marathon & SK on April 9. The race will begin at Red Rock Ranch located east of Huntsville off of the road to Monte Cristo, and finish at Eden Park. The race will begin at 8:00 am. A $20 entry fee includes a long-sleeved T-shirt, finisher awards and certificate, refreshments, Huntsville Teen Talks her Way to the Top and overall awards. Also, aid stations and breakfast at the completion of the race Age groups include: 19 and under, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60 and over. For more information, or to download an entr form, visit <strideracing.com/ogdenseries/> Sliding, Pushing, and Crashing Their Way to Fun at Nordic’s Soapbox Derby olf Creek recently co-sponsored the first — Soapbox Derby at Nordic Valley Contestants were encouraged to design creative contraptions to slide down — oi 0" ae ery Shopping cart entrant at the Soapbox Derby. Nordic’s beginner’s hill. About 20 teams competed, riding everything from lawn chairs, tricycles, sofas, satellite dishes, and even shopping carts J Mortensen and David Peterson of Ogden Valley each took several spills before “pushing” their contraptions over the finish line and diving into the crash pool at the bottom of the course. Dressed as a cowboy and an Indian, respectively, they began their ascent aboard vintage spring horses screwed to straight skis that carried the men at moderate speeds, at least part of the time, down the soapbox course. Keith Rounkles of Ogden Canyon, riding a rocket type contraption made of a sea ayak wrapped in heat duct, blew exhaust and flashed lights as he sailed down the hill, straight into a ditch! Awards were given for the fastest, slowest, wildest contraptions, in additions for the best tailgating and costumes. By Shanna Francis Ogden Valley News School. This is her second year to compete in speech/debate and her first year competing for Weber High. Wilson states, “I compete only in speech events in the National Forensics League but I think I’m going to try debating next year.” Her record shows that she should be successful. In National Extemporaneous Speaking, or National Ex temp, students are given three topics from which to pick one. From the topic selected, they then have to develop a speech. Wilson explains, “I don’t know what the topics are until I pick them. I then have 30 minutes to go through newspaper, magazine, and Internet articles to find information to back up my speech. When the 30 minutes are up, I have to give a 7-minute speech without notes.” Last weekend the speech/debate team competed at the 5A state tournament. With only eight people competing on the Weber team, they still captured an eighth place win at state. Wilson made it to the final round Erin Wilson and ended up earning a second place win. Reflecting on this year’s experience and at Weber High while the Weber team capher upcoming competition, Wilson states, tured a third place win—the best the school “We had sucha great year as a team and has done in many years. Wilson then went on to talk her way to another first place win although we are ae to lose some really great competitors next year, | think that we at the Wasatch District Tournament, which will still be a strong team. In the future, I included all high schools from northern Utah. think that the team will grow as people realWilson’s first place win in the Region 1 ize that debate is awesome because you get tournament qualified her for the Nationals to to yell and verbally fight with people. As for be held in the middle of June of 2005 in me, I just hope that I don’t travel to Philadelphia. She will be the only member Philadelphia and get knocked out of the comof the Weber High team to compete petition in the first round!” Wilson is a sophomore at Weber High Sixteen year old Erin Wilson, daughter of Debbie Wilson of Huntsville, recently took home a first place win from the National Extemporaneous Speaking competition held Eccles April Exhibit Features Artist Osral Allred The Eccles Community Art Center, located at 2580 Jefferson Avenue, Ogden, will be displaying watercolor paintings by Spring City artist, Osral Allred in the Main and Second floor galleries during April 2005. The Carriage House Gallery will feature the print competition of members of Ogden Color Camera Club. Exhibits continue through April 23. Watercolor is the preferred medium used by Osral Allred of Spring City, Utah. paints the landscapes that he sees from ie home studio, and from his travels. Recently he returned from serving a mission for the LDS ae in Sweden, were he also painted. Allred attended Snow College, BYU, and Utah State. He received his MFA from Utah State University in 1968 A professor of art, he retired from Snow College in 2000. He has exhibited nationally and internationally—in Missouri, Texas, California, Utah, New York, Sweden, France and Taiwan. His work is in private and public collections throughout the Western United States and Sweden; most notably, in the Springfield Museum in Springfield, Missouri ECCLES cont. on page 13 Photos courtesy of David Fantle Crash pool at the bottom of the course at the Soapbox Derby at Nordic Valley ski resort. 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