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Show Inside: vDie V (Tinu&-3nhfpnibr- ui Sports Calendar - Fishing Report Photo of Week Community Calendar Week in Review - Legal Notices Outdoors Sports Thursday, July 4, 2002 Exploring the rincons of Hatch Canyon Heard Around the West This left the old streambed high and dry with an isolated mesa between. With unlimited time, Mother Nature has fashioned many grand scenes for people to see and enjoy. There are two beautiful ext depths of amples in the Hatch Canyon. These are simply called the upper and low er rincons. by Jack Bickers guest writer by Betsy M&rston, People sometimes ask, What is a rincon?" It is a place in a canyon where eons ago, the streambed was regional news analyst It's rare that a press release makes us feel a sense of amazement, if not downnght wonder. The one that fellows, from Yellowstone National Park, was sent to the news media by staffer Olivia McCombs under the headline: Bear Incident in Yellowstone National Park But heres the story that followed: Abigail Thomas, a U.S. Post Office employee at Lake, was jogging around the Lake Lodge cabin loop when she encountered a male much shallower and went around a tight point. As time w ent on, the streambed became much deeper and cut a straight course through the point. 800-fee- This domed point between Hatch and West Coyote is the objective ho-hu- m They are easily reached by able vehicles. By headone w ill see the ing south on old Hatch Point road (west) less than a mile beyond La Sal Junction 6 This road is now signed as Looking Glass Rock road. In less than a mile, a road goes through a gate on the right. This road goes up a gentle hill and a heavy fork left is disregarded. The main road continues westward, dropping gradually to lower elevations. A side road right leads to a reservoir and is disregarded. Soon after, a right turn is taken up an easy rubble hill. This bends northwestward and soon is running the rim of West Coyote creek which is headed for Hatch Canyon. This becomes a narrow point between Hatch and West Coyote. Parking becomes necessary and a short, easy hike up a domed point provides one with a US-19- sub-adu- lt grizzly bear right. Ms. Thomas did not make eye contact with the bear and continuously reassured the bear that she was not a threat. The bear stood up on its back legs and sniffed the air, then dropped to the ground and slowly approached Ms. Thomas on her right side. When it reached her, it began sniffing her from the waist down, then opened its mouth and Very gently' closed its mouth around Ms. Thomas right upper thigh. The bear applied a small amount of pressure, then released her leg. Ms. Thomas received no injuries, other than some very minor contusions; her skin was not broken from the bite. After Ms. Thomas felt the bear release her leg, she reached for her water bottle and squirted the bear between the eyes. The bear immediately ran from the area. The press release goes on to praise Thomas tor retaining her cool throughout her encounter. Just what was that adolescent bear up to? Ouray sponsors old time base ball event Colorado bar-hoppi- ng a waitress to of tune the $2,000, reports the Billings Gazette. The hefty tip definitely charmed the waitress, Tara, 21 , at the Billings Club. The mother of two, Tara says, He told me to go home and tell my kids I love them and to buy something for them. thought it was a nice gesture." Wouldnt you know it, the cowboy had a change of heart. A friend named Michelle visited the bar afterward to ask for the tip back. When the bar owner ruled, Being drunk is no excuse, that clinched it: Tara kept the tip. Friend Michelle comments, We already know it's his own damn fault and if he has to eat it, he eats it. But everybody does stupid things when theyre drunk cowboy over-tippe- d All-Sta- is preserved. The field is laid out similar to modern day baseball. For Vintage Players, the bases are placed at 30 paces (75 feet for men, 60 feet for the ladies) from j j j j I I the county One was county-cler- k cLiaie Pby!;.s Denton, who calls can- plan- - Continued on Page B2 COPY both fair and foul balls Offensively, the tendency in baseball today is to hit cloudhunters" (fly balls). d In the early days, because of the rule, these would very often result in an out; so with the absence of mitts, the desire of the strikers (batter) was to hit daisy cutters" (grounders) which were difficult to field. Cranks, Rooters, or Bugs" (spectators) wishing to join in the rollicking good time should come to Ouray and root for their favorite team, organizers say. Bring the family, join the Ouray County Historical Society for a Sunday afternoon in the park and be a part of base ball as it was meant to be played. It is a foregone conclusion there will be no making chin music" ( snoring) due to the anticipated excitement of the game. Please note, Muffin" (insulting) the players is not genteel and chaffin (complaints about the umpires decision ) and th underations" exclamation of anger) are not allowed. If such displays occur, there wall be fines of 10 cents per exclamation collected at the time of the incident. Furthermore, there will be no strollin in the garden" (outfield during the game. If you aint in the dimes" (not finonnancially well ofT) sense) come anyway cause admission is free. However, donations to the Ouray County Historical Society will be charitably accepted. one-boun- ( ) flap-doodl- e" CFI hosts two Students pedal bikes across America in Geowhiz summer support of cancer research; stops are planned at Arches, Looking Glass Rock camp sessions ... It's a truism in the West that planning is suspect because it tells a man what to do with his land But is planning a commie (Mot? That's what the planner for Montanas Beaverhead County heard when he called meetings to revise a land-us- e plan. Most comments came from two people who showed up at al of the sparsely attended meetings around rs goals." The matches (games) are one ofthe most important means by which the heritage of 19 century Base Ball al South Dakota pledges: 1 win continue the battle against prairie dogs, pine beetles and other ndKXilous federal policies. rs its educational and entertainment Not to worry, Nevada. Those 77,000 tons of hot nuclear waste arent heading your way. Theyre destined for Utah. Or so says People magazine in its online story about an actor lobbying Congress against opening a federal repository at Yucca Mountain, 1 00 miles north of Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Review-Journreports that some Nevadans laughed out loud at People's weak grasp of Western geography. TV commercial. Republican guber- natorial candidate Mark Barnett in 12-fo- -- I When are prairie dogs a piece of paper? When a politician mangles the English language. In a each other. The Ilurlers (pitchers) poline drawn with chalk sition is a or flour, perpendicular to and 45 feet from home (36 feet for ladies). There is a similar line of six feet drawn through home base. If practical, a chalk or flour line is drawn between home and 1st and home and 3"1 to help delineate the foul lines. There is only one umpire and he normally stands in foul territory about 10 feet from home base. As he is not directly behind home base, balls and strikes take cm a more subjective flavor than today the plate does not necessarily delineate the boundaries of inside" and outside. He is a gentleman, often times dressed in a frock coat and top hat and his decision is final. If the umpire misses or is otherwise undecided about a close call, he can ask the opinion of one or more cranks" (spectators). Other rules and language of the game are quite different from modem day practices. Defensively, converting modem day fielders into 19 century fielders is a challenge. Vintage fielders do not have a mitt because the ball used is softer than a modem day ball (no hats or caps used to catch the ball, please. . .but nothing wifi be said about skirts or aprons). An important difference from todays games is that the striker" (batter) is dead (out) if the ball is caught on the fly or on the first bound" (bounce) off the ground. This goes for Learn about the 1 9 century game of base ball Saturday evening, Aug. 3 in Ouray, Colo. The event will be held at 7 :30 p.m. at St. Daniels Catholic Church Parish Hall. Then, on Aug. 4 at 1 p.m. at the Ouray Pool Park, participants can see how the game used to be played as the Ouray Tbmmyknockers challenge the to a conColorado Territorial test for the third year in a row. The Tbmmyknockers won the first year, and last year the All Stars were the victors. The are a part of the Colorado Vintage Base Ball Association, which has been organizing events for about a decade. The Ouray Tbmmyknockers are specifically organized to play this special event. According to the Colorado Vintage Base Ball Association, matches are played by rules representative of the earliest days of the game, with a heavy emphasis on living history interpretation and thespianism to reflect the competitive spirit tempered by Victorian ideals of gentlemanly fair play. Competition is strictly subordinate to All-Sta- A 1. (U-4- approximately 1 5 yards to her grand view of the lower rincon Tins is a very photogenic scene a beautiful place to be. Returning to the main trail and heading west, the end is qua kly reached at the rim. Just prior, however, a dim old explorations trail crosses. Taken north (downstreaml, the road ends and a hike dow n to the rim is taken, lxtoking downstream, the lower rincon is seen in its great setting; a semi circular rim of brown rough rock The same side trail taken southward (upstream) leads to a beautiful point having nice canyon views either side of its point The rock walls of a higher bluff are interesting. This is a setting for a wonderful, isolated camping experience. It is a good introduction to many, many accesses to Hatch Canyon rims provided by old mineral searches, some of which the trail closers" will succeed in closing. Canyonlands Field Institute is running its annual summer day camp for kids. The program offers young kids an opportunity to explore the magic of the natural world around them. With CFI field instructors, they will learn to increase their awareness and appreciation of the environment by discovering what makes up the ecology, geology, and ancient history of their ow n backyard." The program consists of four days of short hikes, swimming, j games and outdoor field studies. There is still time to register children if they are between the ages of 6 and 11. The 2002 Geowhiz Kids day caxnpe run July 1 and July 1 from 6 am to noon. The fee is $50 for the first child of the family and $25 for the second. There are limited scholarships available. For registration and information call CFI or stop by at 1320 S. at IIWY191. 6-1- j J 259-775- 0 29-Au- g. Asking friends and family for . money can be as precarious as learning to ride a bike. But several Johns Hopkins University students gladly peddled for a chance to pedal across America this summer in support of a worthy cause. Eighteen Hopkins students are spending J une and July perched atop 36 skinny bicycle tires, traveling a 4,000-mil- e route between the Homewood campus in Baltimore and San Francisco. Known as tbe Hopkins 4K for Cancer, the journey aims to raise both money for cancer research and awareness for the diseases prevention. The journey began on Sunday, June 2, when the students rode from campus to Baltimores Inner Harbor to dip their bikes back tires in the water. When they reach San Francisco, the front tires will be dipped in the bay. Along the 4. 000-miroute, the le bikers will stop for lunch at Locking Glass Rock south of Moab; will visit Arches National Park, and will travel through Moab to Blanding or Bluff. The ticket to ride was $2,500, w hich each of the 24 riders - six of w hom are students at four other universities - raised by soliciting donations. The money is being used to sustain the students throughout the trip, but will primarily be put tow ard their goal of giving $50,000 to the American Cancer Society at the end of the road. Businesses have put the group closer to its goal by paying to have their logos on the riders jerseys. The Cliff Bar company has donated 200 of its energy bars. Avis Rent A Car System donated the use of two vans to tbe students for the summer to carry their gear. The Mount Washington Bike Shop in Baltimore donated a bike helmet for each participant. LeMond gave Hopkins 4K a deep discount on a new road bike for each rider, and Lutherville Bike Slop in Baltimore County assembled the bikes free of charge. Moaij City Rec SCORES AND STANDINGS Baseball & Softball Co-e- d League: Everyone' a winner Canyonlands Best Western ALL Henderson Builders STARS, BUCKEROOS. Bill Schultz Law EAGLES, Arches Trading Post BIG DOGS, Banditos Grill ROCKETS, RUG Lema Trading RATS, 1 HugentoWer Dentistry TAZ, and Black Oil WOLVES. Girls Coach Pitch League: Every girl is a winner! Hammer Performance Horse LIONS, Chip's Grand Tire BALLS, Certified Ford STARS STALFIRE-- ; Falcon Softball League: Dr Boozer's ASTROS, 0 v Kmg World Water Par ROYALS, 22. Riv-- , erside Plumbing DIAMOND BACKS, 2 v Dr. Rouzer s ASTROS, 4, River-- j side Plumbing DIAMOND BACKS, 0 v Kmg World Water Park ROYALS. 4 Filly Softball League: Redstone EXPOS, 4 v Boomer s Market BLUE JAYS, 5: Redstone EXPOS, 21 v Big Horn Lodge 0; Boomer's Market BLUE JAYS, 9 v. Big Hom Lodge ANGELS. 4 Foi Softball League: Moab Plumbing CUBS, 15 v MonticeHo 5; Main Street Music and Video REDS, 0 v. Moab Plumbing , CUBS 8 Jugs League: Every boy is a winner! Boomer's Market WILD THINGS. GnJI ROCKIES, Tom Till Gal-- ley RANTHERS, Copy Center COUGARS. Sunset Mustang Baseball League. Moab Diner MARLINS, 4 v Per-- ! petual Images YANKEES, 22, Hogi Yogi DODGERS. 14 v Moab Dmer MARLINS. 1. Hogi Yog, DODGERS. 10 v Perpetual Images YANKEES, 26 Pinto Baseball League: Lawson Construction BREWERS, 2 v City Market PHILLIES. 8. Lawson Construction BREWERS. 4 v Anasazi Realty ROCKIES. 8, City Market PHILLIES. 3 v. Anasazi Realty ROCKIES, 5, Pony Baseball League: Smitty's RED SOX, 6 v. MonticeHo BRAVEST; Ksue CARDINALS, 5 v Keys Construction MARINERS,!; Keys Construction MARINERS, 6 v. MonticeHo BRAVES. 1 1 . Smitty's RED SOX, 1 1 v. B.and ng GIANTS, 9; Blanding BRAVES 5 v Ksue CARD!- NALS. 3 ; : - ' ' J |