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Show B-11 The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, July 9-11, 2008 Teen to be honored by twp services and a charitable fund • Continued from B-10 who sent several officers in full body armor to speak to the boys. Carrying guns, the police officers gave the two boys a serious start. Despite the scare. Christopher maintained an interest in combat and joined the Medieval Fight Club while at Park City High School. The group, which often convened in Salt Lake City, invited students to don armor and foam-wrapped PVC swords to engage in swordplay. Matthew remembered helping his son build his costume. Like other liis age, Christopher also grew up as a fan of popular culture and \ideo games. Twice, he made pilgrimages to Comic-Con in San Diego and dragged his mother to Salt Lake City to buy a Nintendo Wii at 2 in the morning. He also had a strong love of music, installing $1,500 worth of speakers in his Ford Explorer. He played his rock so loud that some of his younger sisters friends refused to take rides from him. While at PCHS, Christopher also took an active interest in film. He worked on several films through Christopher Maddux's program and even completed a shortfilmhe hoped to premiere at the Miners' Film Festival, a production of PCHS. His interest in the outdoors, how- ever, remained one of his primary passions up until the very moment he passed away. Matthew recalled with a degree of fondness Christophers tendency lo simply say "Jupe" (Jupiter Bowl) when asked where he was and why he wasnt home. Christopher routinely took trips to Arizona where he visited friends and wrecked cars offroading. The family trips to Moab, where Christopher demonstrated his climbing skills, remain Matthew's "greatest memories." So advanced were Christopher's outdoor skills that his family could hardly believe the circumstances of his death. "He was where he wanted to be,!1 said Kelly. Both parents repeatedly stressed that his fall was merely an accident and that they still have nothing but faith and admiration for John Krenkel, Ed Potts and Bob Burns, who are leading the European tour. "Up until his very last step, he was having the time of his life," said Kelly. A community comes together In the hours after Christophers passing, one of his friends set up a faccbook.com page as a memorial. Only a day after his passing, hundreds of visitors had left comments and reminiscences. Other friends left a "Y" in the center of the huge "PC" on the hill above Treasure Mountain International School. A sign that* reads "We Love You Chris" adorns the overpass above Interstate 80 in Kimball Junction. His family got multitudes of calls and condolences from across Park City. Matthew said that a person whom he had never before met even offered to place him on a direct flight to Paris the same evening she phoned him. "I have no words to describe the support and outpouring of help ... its the glue that helped us hang together." said Matthew. The family also received visits from Christopher's friends who shared their memories over pancakes at a local diner. Even his sisters friends did their share by organizing a lemonade stand and donating the money they earned to the Christopher Yeates Memorial Fund. They dropped off the $70 in a fruit jar decorated with ribbons. The Christopher Yeates Memorial Fund, established at Zions Bank, will collect donations in honor of Christopher to be used as scholarship funds or for a memorial plaque where Christopher slipped. The Yeates family has even discussed using the fund to pay for a student to attend the European tour in the future. The account number, accessible at any Zions Bank, is 098363054. PHOTO COURTESY OF LINDSEY GIDEON Justin Altman, Eric Settenrich, Christopher Yeates, Jake Topkis, Lindsey Gideon, Jordan Fischer, Erika Roehman and Gracy Whitney enjoy a televised game of soccer in Germany. Two services are currently planned to remember Christopher. The first will be Saturday. July 12 at 10 a.m. in the Park City Community Church Fellowship Hall. The second service is planned for July 26, two days after students on the European tour return from their trip. The group, which faced a difficult decision after the accident, has continued to travel Europe using the time to grieve together, aided by Red Cross counselors who have traveled with them. Many of the students have taken the time to post comments on the facebook.com page or personally email the Yeates family from Europe. Governor Huntsman tells mathematicians about the fixture Math instructors hear Huntsman at conference By JASON STRYKOWSKI Of the Record staff The last time Utah Governor Jon Huntsman. Jr. spoke to a crowd in Park City, he addressed mountain biking trails. Monday, he returned to Park City, this time to talk algebraic geometry. Huntsman was one of the keynote speakers at the annual meeting of the Park City Mathematics Institute (PCMI) held at the Prospector Lodge from July 6 to July 26. Although this three-week session is their biggest event. PCMI also runs a year-round program development. The PCMI is an extension of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey and reaches out to educators. The Institute also caters ,to researchers and invites several mathematicians to attend as scholars in residence. Hundreds of educators from countries around the world will use their time at the Prospector Lodge to solve problems collectively and develop their teaching skills. To that end, the hallways of the Prospector Lodge are riddled with chalk boards and dry erase boards all filled with mathematical scribbles. The problem, and theme of the conference, this year will be analytic and algebraic geometry. Educators will also focus specifically on mathematic knowledge for instruction. Aside from their diversity of origin, attendees of the PCMI also teach a range of different ages from secondary school lo university. They develop skills for leaching their students through classes and workshops held each weekday for the three weeks of the conference. Instructors also benefit from the proximity of researchers and the ability to work closely and frequently with their peers at the conference. Thanks to his better judgment. Huntsman chose not to address mathematics at length with an audience of mathematicians, but rather to speak' about the applications of math and where they might be needed in the future. "The big issues of the day that ought to keep you up at night," he said, include population growth, water, renewable energy and ultra-personalized medical care. In the West, population growth and water resources are. of course, tied closely. Huntsman mentioned the distribution of water from the Colorado River, a system designed decades ago, as an example of growth outpacing water supply. He also mentioned severe shortages in Australia where some have been asked to take showers with timers. The challenge of health care, for Huntsman, lies in bringing the Human Genome Project to a PARK CITY personal level. A person with intimate knowledge of their own DNA could be better prepared for possible illnesses and other health complications throughout the course of their lives. By working together, he continued, mathematicians could provide or help pave the way for solutions to these issues with their work. For Huntsman, the key to success, he quoted a Chinese proverb in Chinese, is working together. "Remember that important word 'collaboration,'" he said. Huntsman concluded by speaking about the first time his daughter introduced him to the Google {Earth program and how amazed she was that barriers and divisions disappeared as more and more of Utah populated the computer screen. Through a satellite's eye "the fences don't really matter." said Huntsman. JASON STRYKOWSKI/PARK RECORD Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. addresses an audience of mathematicians and instructors at Prospector Lodge on Monday. www.myspaco.com/nipsidcmag .ipril 10.2003 SPIN YOUR WHEELS AND ENJOY EVERY MINUTE OF IT. -••••» V ? , 'things to fill your tjme EVERYTHING There's no better way to enjoy summer than in the mountains at beautiful Deer Valley Resort. 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