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Show PREP SPORTS: SKI JUMPERS PLAYER PROFILES, B-3 APPEAL, B 4 UES, SEPTES4BER 5-8,2009 Editor: Jen Watkins sports@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.113 Briefs Remember t Parkite continues on after life-changing accident Women athletes Women athletes and representatives of sports clubs and associations are invited to participate in the Health Expo at the First Annual Women's Craft Fair & Health Expo to be held Saturday. Sept. 26, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 4595 N. Silver Creek Drive, behind the Blue Roof Convenience Store off N. Hwy, 224 in Silver Springs. The event is meant to be a community-care event with a goal of 1,000 cans of soup to be gathered for Park Cit/s food pantries. The event is free and open to all. Women vendors, health-care professionals, and directors of not-for-profit agencies are invited to participate. The event runs from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For further information, contact Cheryl at 435-901-3978 or crpopple@comca st. net. Pre-school ice skating Park City Ice Arena is offering "skate with your preschooler" (ages 2-6) classes on Wednesdays, 1:30-2 p.m. beginning September 9. Registration fees of $72 include: 30-minute class, practice time, skate rental for both parent/guardian and child, and a punch card for three open-skate sessions. Contact Erika Roberts at (435) 615-5704 or visit www.parkcityice.org for more information or to register. Golf clinic The Park City Golf Club is offering an adult beginners golf clinic on Sept. 15, 22 and 29 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Cost is $85 per person. Payment must be received at sign up. There are 12 spots available. To sign up or ask questions, please contact the Park City Golf Club at 435-615-5800. Ice jiockey clinics Youth age 9 and younger are invited to attend the free beginner ice hockey clinic 6rt- Thursdays, Sept. 3, 10, 1 / and 24 from 6:45 to 7:45 p.m. To get fitted for equipment, arrive at the Park Ice Arena at 6 p.m. Equipment size and supply is limited. Wear loose- fitting sweatpants and a large longsleeve shirt that will fit over the equipment. Youth must be able to skate forwards without assistance. For more information, call Debbie at the Ice Arena at 615-5702. Men in Drag The Men in Drag softball game fundraiser to benefit the WasatchSummit County Children's Justice Center will be held at the South Field Park in Heber on Saturday, Sept. 12, at 5 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the gate and are $5 for kids age 512, $6 for adult or $25 for a family of six. Players, coaches, cheerleaders, umps, food vendors and commentators will all be donning dresses, bras and full makeup. Some bleacher seating is available but bringing lawn chairs and blankets is recommended. live By JEN WATKINS Of the Record staff When a skiing accident left professional skier and instructor Pelle Sederholm with a spinal-cord injury, he didn't know if he'd ever walk again. Now, four years later, Sederholm is not only walking, he's participating in today's Summit Challenge 100-mile bike race. When Sederholm woke from a 26-day coma four years ago, doctors told him he had broken his neck and suffered severe brain damage, and diagnosed him as an incomplete quadriplegic with limited mobility in his hands and legs. He was told it would take years to learn how to function physically and emotionally with his new disability. But Sederholm said he was determined to make them the best years of his life. "What I decided on, very early, was to create new and better memories," he said. Following seven different surgeries in 2007. he learned how to walk again. With help from the National Ability Center, the Paralympics committee and rehabilitation doctors, he not only learned how to ride a standard bike, but how to compete in events designed for someone with his type of injuries. Sederholm said he wants to be an example to others who face challenges in life. In 2007. he co-founded "The Memento Vivere - Remember to Live Foundation." dedicated to elevate the life of those with spinal-cord injuries. He also works closely with the National Ability Center to be a role model to others who are training for athletic events. PHOTOS COURTESY OF PELLE SEDERHOLM Pelle Sederholm learned how to ride again after suffering a spinal-cord injury while skiing. Ryan Jensen, marketing and outreach manager for the National Ability Center, said the mission of the center is to develop lifetime skills through affordable sports for those with disabilities. He said the recreation experiences can make a difference in athlete's family and persona] lives. The center provides the training and equipment for the athletes and eives them a recreational out- let so those with disabilities don't feel sheltered. "We want them to learn to participate in the same things (as athletes without disabilities," Jensen said. "A lot of them just need some instruction on how to accomplish that." For Sederholm, being able to compete athletically again has made all the difference. "I'm the happiest man alive," he said. "I really am able to live again." Sederholm said he will be participating in the Paralympic cycling training camp in Colorado Spring, Colo., Sept. 11-19, where he will learn how to compete in road cycling, track cycling and time trial. For more information on the Remember to Live Foundation, email pelle.sederholm@gmail.com. Reliving the glory days Local recreation leagues provide outlet for adults By JEN WATKINS Of the Record stuff Bill Pidwell didn't know very many local people when he moved to Park City in 1997, so he joined a Park City Recreation coed softball team. After 12 years of playing, Pidwell is now on two softball teams, a hockey team, a football team and a basketball team. He said he typically only plays one or two sports at a time, but sometimes they overlap and he may be on three separate teams at once. "It's fun and it can be good exer- cise, depending on the sport," he said. Pidwell isn't alone. Several of his teammates play multiple sports on multiple teams with him. Greg Gendron said he just wrapped up three nights of softbalK one night of soccer and one night of hockey. But when one sport ends, another begins. On Sunday nights he plays hockey, on Monday nights he plays mens' soccer and on Wednesday nights he plays flag football in Kamas. "I'm down to three nights a week." he said. "I'm a lunatic." Gendron said it's like going to the gym three nights a week, but more fun. "We're a (group of) 40-year-old has-beens that get along very well," he said. '"I get to hang out with my friends and relive the glory days." 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