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Show Spotlight on Sports (lv ln lvuliinson) A;;!uv.ich football is tho focus of attention at the ,'k.hlV: this month, it is not tho only activity on f V. .:':.:.- fioKls. A numb, r of college and college U -a a'-hloios a iv nuking- uso of tho Moa', facilities i', : into shape. 1'nivorsity of Wyoming senior, L',0 Jenson. has boon lojrgittjr some mileage in Y of liis YVAC championship in th0 milo run. ! p.ivut!' of Moab. a junior at Southern Utah y.'.0 :uninr up for tho half mile. Another miler, KwiVwan. w ho graduar.d from Moab tins year after y.:.c an all-time record h his specialty, is running i.lva J:iy siting- ready for College of Kastem Utah. ...v , 0 yard dash ehamp, Steve Kobinson, is also j -.wire daily schedule to prepare for football and -ivk !,ow (-,!,0-;- lts Ihvu awhil0 since Moab y; that many college athletes and is a welcome . It--"5 ;llso t0 have facilities that match r talents. r" Coshes Clon Richeson and Ray Odette of Mon-hav;' Mon-hav;' something- more going- than the natural 'rvihy between the two schools. The golfing buddies nre adept with the needle" than with the nine ir;r.. After Moab beat Monticello last .war, Richeson jrrjed the needle at any time possible. After the Fkaavs won the state title for Class P, Odette pot his licks. Whenev.r he has to correspond with the ;,;b ccaeh. he carefully signs the letter, "Ray 0-'c;-:e. Coach of State Champions." The needles are 'sir.? sharpened for Friday afternoon. i Gsbbin? with som; of the old grads along the siclir.es of the Red Devi! scrimmage field is a yearly ttair. One can't blame them for being: a little dis-cintled dis-cintled about the small number of boys who turn for football. Monday's workout showed only 31 Tiyers on the fi.ld. With 2'2.j boys in the school, it's very impressive. Two decades ago, everybody t:o was eligible and physically able tried out for the ar.d it was still hard to hold a scrimmage with-;:t with-;:t uSir.g the coach and bystanders to fill out two :;ir:.s. Moab still fi.lded representative teams year i::er year. My first year here, all but three boys in ::.e three upper grades were out for the team. One too small, one was too old and on; flew a plane ::;k ar.d forth to La Sal every day. Maybe the values c::;day"s young men have changed It seems, how-eer, how-eer, that it is not change, but a complete lack of .';es and persona! pride. Our socie ty, local and gen-si, gen-si, seems to be producing an excessive number of L"es. Also, the generation that has become the most cirioal of our hadership has produced fewer and :;er leaders from its own ranks. As parents, how r::h are we responsible for the change? |