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Show B8 Wednesday, August 4, 2004 Sports Dinaland Golf Course hosts exciting Lady's Scramble Tournament W : - ' 1 J'J Vf i& 0) First flight participants back row left to right, Micky Igo, Charlene Fields, Gwen Adams, Helen Atwood, Natalie Netf, Annette Hatch, Amanda Keel, Sue Richman. Front row, Mary Murray, Amy Hacking, Meghan Simper, Nancy Martinez. 1 TV'-' if .... s 7 By Michael J. Bjornson, Ph.D. Express Sports Writer On July 31 , Dinaland Golf Course hosted day two of the 2004 Uintah Basin Two Lady Best Ball and Scramble Tournament. The Best Ball part of the tournament took place on July 30th in Roosevelt. The women competed for money, prizes, and fun. There were three flights in the tournament, with both net and gross score winners. Winning teams in the first flight, net scores, were Meghan Simper and Helen Atwood in first place, with a combined total score of 123, second place was Amy Hacking and Mary Smuin, scoring 127, while third place honors went to Sue Richman and Amanda Keel, who shot a 130. First flight, gross score winning teams were Micky Igo and Charlene Fields in first place, with a 148, Annette Hatch and Nancy Martinez captured second with a 151, while Gwen Adams and Natalie Neff placed third by shooting a 154. Second flight winners, net winning win-ning teams were Ilene McLean and Deann Stringham, with a score of 126, second place went to Trina Drinkle and Lacy Geffre with a 1 26, while third place honors went to Joan Mortensen and Kaylyn Nerby, who combined for a 130. Second flight gross score winners went to Debbie Allen and Joyce Eldridge, who captured first place honors with a 165, Sharron and Kay lee Massey were second with a 168, while Barb Thome and JoAnne Cowan took third place, by shooting a 170. For the third flight net winners, the team of Marissa Mortensen and Wendy Simmons shot a 127 to claim first place honors, while Calla Freston and Linda Hagman captured cap-tured second place with a 129. Third place honors went to Lisa Migliori and Sherilee Woodward, with a 130. Gross score winners were Jan Gardiner and Pam Gardiner, who placed first with a 170, Shauna Dotter and Linnette Rollins came in second by shooting a 183, while third place went to Lisa Evans and Lori Martin, who shot a 184. All participants received a prize of some sort, while additional honors hon-ors were bestowed for specific accomplishments. The longest putt honors went to Natalie Neff, while the longest drive honors went to Amanda Rollins (first flight), JoAnn Timothy (second flight) and Lisa Evans for third flight. Recognition for "closest to the hole" went to Nancy Martinez, Melinda Rollins, and Judy Roberts. Lori Martin received a fifty dollar gift certificate certifi-cate for the "best sport" of the tournament. tour-nament. Congratulations to all the ladies for a job well done! 1 J A t V S.ir I ttMAItr, Uw.tAUKrtf II tii.'II U VKtiat iSl I ii f LtlHH K7xVlirilHI .. .1 1.1 J J.I1IJJ Ell III 11 II Hum Second flight participants, from left to right, Lacey Geffre, Trina Drinkle, Deann Stringham, Ilene McLean, JoAnne Cowan, Barb Thorne, Kaylee Massey (kneeling), Sharon Massey, Kaylynn Nerby, Joann Mortensen, Joyce Eldredqe kneeling), Debbie Allen MM i ; at irfss. vm A 1 "V u 1 iri . J ,0 J i W L -''PA iVa 1 t : 7jUJ iaMMfcin i'ii' if 1 V- II 1 - It U'a? A L Jfi ih Members of the Crushers softball team are back row: Coaches Matt Craven, Glen Clayson, Danny Pace Middle row: Whitney Johnson, Charee Guibord, Taylor Craven, Jerica Curtis, Darshelle Smuin, Britni Beech, Jaden Clayson, Front row: Chanel Pace, Maddy Schulz, Chelyse Hodgkinson, Mackenzie Timothy, Madison Robb. Crushers take third at State Tournament This past weekend the" Vernal Crushers fast pitch softbaWi team traveled to Orem, Utah for the Utah State Tournament. Friday night the girls won their first game 9 to 2 behind strong pitching and some timely hitting. Saturday morning they faced Wasatch from Heber and again put up a good fight losing a close game 7 to 8. The girls took a short break and came back fired up as they blasted Murray 10 to 3. Third flight participants, (back row from left to right) Lisa Evans, Shauna Dotter, Linette Rollins, Pam Gardiner, Jan Gardiner, Marisa Mortensen, Wendy Simmons. First row, Lynda Hagman, Calla Freston, Sherilee Woodward, Lisa Migliori. Lori Martin not pictured. To Your Health Ladies get physically fit in the Uintah Basin The girls then played their best game of the tournament beating Sunami 4 to 3. The Crushers trailed 3 to 2 in the bottom of the final inning and came up with 2 big runs. Taylor Craven walked to start the inning, then a perfect bunt up the first base line put Maddy Schulz on first and Taylor on second. That was followed by a single by Madison Robb that tied the score at 3. Chanel Pace came through with a clutch base hit to score the winning run from third base. The girls then faced off with Wasatch in the semifinal semi-final game. The girls took a 3 run lead into the final inning but were not able to hold on, losing 7 to 8. 12 teams competed in the tournament and the Crushers went home with 3rd place trophies. The Crushers travel to West Valley, Utah this weekend. By Michael J. Bjornson, Ph.D. Express Sports Writer So you want to improve your health and fitness, yet like millions of others, you have struggled to stick with your healthy intentions. At least you are in good company. The vast majority of Americans do not exercise on a regular basis. This is not to say that many of those millions who do not regularly exercise exer-cise have not tried to maintain a regular reg-ular program of physical fitness and healthy living. Let's face it, modern society has become so fast-paced and emotionally demanding that many people feel overwhelmed and depleted by having to "multitask" every aspect of their life. Work, school, relationships, child rearing, finances, health, etc.The list could go on and on. Just how are people supposed to fit in healthy lifestyle practices with so many hidden saboteurs? The answer is both easy and complex. Easy in the sense that when you prioritize pri-oritize something, it will most likely like-ly happen. The complexity lies in the difficulty of prioritization, and this is often more challenging for women than for men. In part, the reasons can be traced back to how boys and girls are raised differently right from the start. At the risk of oversimplification and gender stereotyping, ste-reotyping, women are both predisposed predis-posed and taught to be more relationship rela-tionship oriented, nurturing, and prioritize pri-oritize taking care of others, before themselves. What time is "left over" might be left for them and this may happen by, let's say 10:00 or 1 1 :00 pjti.! Men on the other hand, are more inclined to do things that they enjoy or are interested in, in spite of competing demands. In other words, women tend to be stretched in many more directions than men, by juggling jug-gling so many competing demands, and quite literally, do not have enoueh time for self-care. I am not implying that men are selfish, they just seem to be able to prioritize themselves more easily than most women do. However, you all know somebody who seems to be able to juggle it all, and still take care of his or her self. Maybe you are one of the fortunate for-tunate "minority" who has figured it out. When you take care of yourself, both physically and emotionally, you significantly increase your ability abil-ity to meet every life challenge and task that you encounter each day. You will be happier and more effective effec-tive as a parent, spouse, mother (or father) friend, student, or employee. employ-ee. Taking care of and prioritizing yourself is not being selfish. It is the profound understanding that you will positively impact everyone every-one else around you! Once you have established yourself as a priority pri-ority and realize you are important enough to make time for, there are some strategies that may help facilitate facili-tate sticking with a healthy lifestyle and fitness routine. The right "mind set" is one place to start. Establishing a healthy lifestyle life-style and exercise program is not an overnight phenomenon. If you view it as a process, you will be more likely to succeed. Be patient, persistent, and flexible, expecting expect-ing yourself to miss a week or two now and then, while accepting dietary slip-ups. Occasionally allow those "forbidden" high fat, high carb foods to control you for a day or two. That is human nature and sometimes you need to go with the flow of life. Remember, you need to be in it for the long haul, versus a quick "I want to lose 20 pounds for my vacation" fix. "All or nothing" noth-ing" thinking can also influence sticking with it. If you have a mentality men-tality that you will only exercise if you do it "just right" and according to plan, for example five days per week, then you are setting yourself up for failure. Realize and accept that there will be times when you might only be able to exercise once or twice in a week, and perhaps not at all. That is okay, the following week you may be able to do it four or five times. Again, allow for the ebb and flow of life. In order to succeed with your fitness fit-ness plans, you need health related goals to cany a higher priority than weight loss goals. In addition, the type of exercise you chwse is important. If you dread it, you eventually will give it up. The time allotted is also important. To cane out one or two hours at least five days per week might not be realistic. Keep in mind that even 20 minutes, three or four times per week can be beneficial. Ask yourself this question. ques-tion. What sort of a healthy lifestyle and exercise pattern could I envision envi-sion doing for the rest of my life? Then try it! The time of day you exercise can also be important. Research suggests sug-gests that morning exercisers tend to be more consistent over the long haul. As you know, once you hit the ground running and you are whisked into the hurried demands of your day, it becomes harder and harder to fit exercise in later in the day. Some people are successful with evening exercise however. The bottom line is to establish a pattern, stick with it and modify if necessary. neces-sary. Behavioral health research has shown us that to monitor any behavior, behav-ior, will increase our awareness of and ability to modify such behaviors. behav-iors. This holds true for both eating and exercising. In terms of exercising, exercis-ing, if you keep an exercise log or diary, whereby you just write your exercise frequency and what you did, you will be more likely to succeed. suc-ceed. Convenience, cost and results obtained, are also success factors. From a psychological perspective, your perceived ability to succeed, also known as self-efficacy, will directly impact whether or not you are successful. In other words, if you believe you can succeed, more than likely you will. It sounds simple, sim-ple, but there is truth to it. In previous articles, I have discussed dis-cussed excellent options available to Uintah Basin residents to help them in their quest for improved physical physi-cal health and fitness. Another nice facility is what is known as Curves For Women, located at 13 East Main Street in Vernal. For those who aren't familiar with Curves, it is the world's largest fitness center franchise, with over six thousand locations in all 50 states and nine foreign countries. It was founded by Gary Heavin, a health and nutrition nutri-tion counselor, along with his wife Diane Heavin, in Harlingen, Texas in 1992. Curves in Vernal has been under new ownership since June 2004, now owned and operated by sisters, Becky Meinrod and Dolores Simons, who bring a fresh enthusiasm enthusi-asm and a love for fitness to their facility. They know all the members' names and offer a supportive and encouraging environment to help them achieve their fitness goals. The Curves company philosophy is "We commit our methods and motivation moti-vation to help people to help themselves them-selves in their quest to attain a better bet-ter quality of life". Curves is a nice, clean and contemporary facility for women only. According to Becky Meinrod, Curves is about doing weight training and cardio, with a focus on building muscle tissue versus weight loss per se. Of course, women will experience a change in their body composition when they work out using resistance, training. train-ing. They will increase their lean body tissue (muscle), while losing fat. Remember, this revs up your metabolism. In order to be optimally optimal-ly healthy, you need to work your muscles in addition to cardio training, train-ing, which improves your respiratory respira-tory and cardiac functioning. i ttA. i V ... : ft ft ... .': i-.f 1 a ... ll. Mr- Promoting womens health and fitness is the emphasis for sister Dolores Simons and Becky Meinrod, owners of Curves for Wome Fitness Center. Curves features several different differ-ent hydraulic resistance strength training machines, which allow you to perform cardiovascular and strength training simultaneously. Each strength machine is strategically strategi-cally placed in an oval around the main workout floor. All major muscle mus-cle groups are targeted. For thirty minutes, members move around the circuit, changing stations every thirty seconds. Members can begin their workout at any station along the circuit. At any given time, up to 20 members can work out along the circuit. Workouts are done to professionally choreographed music that has a tempo of 140 beats per minute. Members do not have to time themselves, since they are guided through the workout by pleasant voice prompts. A complete workout includes a warm up, cardio, car-dio, strength training, cool down and stretching. If you haven't tried hydraulic weight resistance, you will be in for a surprise. It is a push-pull push-pull workout that provides challenging challeng-ing resistance, yet is considered safe for just about anyone. Members can be as young as ten years old, which is great for moms and daughters to spend time together engaging in a healthy activity. The equipment is also ideal for older or elderly adults and for those who might be experiencing expe-riencing chronic health conditions. Members of Curves can also use other facilities across the nation or worldwide when they travel, making mak-ing it convenient to maintain their health. When members sign up, they get a figure analysis, which includes weight and body measurements, so they can track progress. There is also a video instruction course to help acquaint members with the Curves philosophy and workout. Becky and Dolores emphasize that their facility is all about being fit. This is a supportive, non competitive competi-tive environment, where women do not have to worry if they are wearing wear-ing makeup or are having an "aesthetically "aes-thetically challenged" (bad) hair day. Just come as you are. There is off-street parking in the rear of the building. Curves has changing chang-ing rooms, and a separate area for small groups to meet and discuss or learn about fitness related topics. They also offer specific reward programs pro-grams to keep members motivated. See Lady fitness on B9 |