Show h nl w s IN q Y f a I I r i 1 h nM Y J j t p t i f t Ji I-Ji- 11 I I fI p r s sp J r rt t 4 h J 4 to LOUISE WALKER at right Is Instructor Tho long line at her right Is waiting for the tow to take thom them up the hill Staff photos y a a Ia iA I B Bk Br k r u ut t l F 1 j d v I I l I f I i 11 f f j ti w I tt I 4 I if w THE PARKING LOT at the Ridge where the scenery Is only surpassed by the happiness of the sports minded skiers who make the 30 minute trip to participate In the fastest growing sport according to latest reports r- r rM M l Jb 91 0 DARLENE MADDOX in foreground takes her first walk wall on skis The area was literally swarming with people of every age Intent on learning the art of skiing Many Enjoy Grizzly Ridge Ski Area Fun It was wonderful Skiers were there from 6 to 64 years of age are arc enrolled In the school and there were more than skiers on the ridge last Satur Satur- Saturday day So spoke Claudius Banks Danks who heads the city county city county spon- spon sponsored sponsored Ski School which opened Saturday at Grizzly Ridge This has been an exceptional exceptional- exceptionally ly good year for skiing There must be 40 inches plus of settled snow and it looks like there will bp be many more weeks of good weather for this grow fast I ing winter sport he continued SKI STUDENTS can CaIl advance as fast as possible and most should be able to complete the course and have a good know know- knowledge knowledge ledge of the mechanics of how howski ski skis s function he said The course includes learning to ski down the fall faU line skiing on various kinds of snow and on various contours and condi condi- lions traversing which is tile the first step towards swinging I slipping side swinging uphill Continued on page 8 Ski Area Arca Continued from page 1 Then the snow plow 1st step towards turning and the snow snowplow snowplow plow turn the second step They expect to learn the stem turn or possibly the parallel swing be fore the school is over Among other instruction they learn the care of equipment what skiers should carry such as wax goggles etc They will willbe willbe be taught the safety rules and the care of the hill Mr Banks a ski enthusiast himself reminded that in the winter sports everyone can part ate and fl each at his own speed There is no one on the sidelines ASSISTING Mr Banks as in in- in instructors are arc Rick Hawkins Phil Johnson Craig Hammond Nolan Ted Hermanns Louise Walker Jon Banks Cal and Max Stewart A few more may still sUIl register but according to reports the lo 10 cal stores ski equipment had been completely exhausted and they were ordering more to fill the increasing demand GRIZZLY RIDGE is 25 miles north of Vernal and about one one- half mile off the highway The lodge which is operated by LaRell LaBell Anderson and family can accommodate about 60 peo pie pIc They have two rope tows In operation each of about feet Further Information can be beI I had by contacting Cal at Cals Cal's North Star Ski Shop or Kings King's Sport Marine Busses will leave at 9 am Saturday in back of the Vernal Drug to take skiers to the ridge for their second lesson Union jumped into the lead again with two new quarters reo re- remaining and the utes tried con con- constantly constantly to catch up coming close several times Finishing off the game Neal Dastrup threw one of those long shots common in the last few seconds of play and from fromn n nearly arly the half court line added two points for Uintah Here is the box score UINTAH Uintah G F T Shumway 5 22 2 12 Thomas 4 00 0 8 6 6 10 18 Dastrup N 5 3 10 13 Hanberg 0 12 1 Dastrup Id 1 2 22 2 6 Total 22 25 14 58 UNION 62 Union G F T Bascom 2 00 0 4 Curry 9 00 0 18 Snow 1 1 00 0 2 4 6 36 11 Olsen 5 36 13 Lamb 5 6 46 14 Total 26 9 10 64 Quarter Scores Uintah 11 28 39 58 Union 18 30 48 62 Earlier In the evening the jun for varsity also suffered defeat with a score Union grab grab- grabbed bed an early lead in this game also which Uintah wasn't able to top FIVE HEAD of elk roam lust below the hilltop along Brush Creek Gorge on the Vernal Manila Highway They wore were spotted by the photographer Saturday Staff photo Mrs Ruth Lundell spent the Christmas holidays in Detroit Michigan visiting her daughter and son son-in son law law Connie and Karl Pope and their family Tenney Johnston of Salt Lake City spent the New Years Year's week weekend weekend end in Vernal and visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Johnston |