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Show Page Two - The Springville Herald - December 30,. 1982 COMM Pony baseball director explains Tony League' As Director of Pony Baseball of Utah, Inc., I am deeply concerned about the overwork of pitchers by managers and coaches and I might add "parents" of our youth leagues. Pony Baseball of Utah, Inc. is a division of Pony Baseball, Inc. with headquarters in Washington, Pennsylvania. Our leagues are divided into age groups as follows: -The Pinto Leagues are for age groups of 7 through 8 years. In this group it is what they call "Tee Ball." They are taught basic fundamentals of swinging the bat, throwing of the ball, running the bases, and catching of the ball. There is no pitching. -The Mustang Leagues are for age groups 9 through 10. Here pitching is allowed. Regular baseball is taught on a 60' diamond. There are limits to base stealing and limits to how many innings a player can pitch per day and per week. After a player has reached his limit per day, he must have 40 hours rest. This 40 hour rest period applies to all Pony Baseball leagues. -The Bronco Leagues are for age groups 11 through 12. In this group Regulation Baseball is taught on a 70' diamond, basic fundamentals are stressed, stealing of bases, running of bases, pitching and all of the facets are taught. There is a limit on how many innings a player can pitch in any one given day, and any given week. -The Pony Baseball Leagues are for groups 13 through 14. Here the players are taught basic fundamentals fun-damentals of baseball. They can run the bases, slide, pitch, and participate par-ticipate in all of the plays of baseball. Pitching is limited. -The Colt Leagues are for age groups 15 through 16. -The Palomino Leagues are for age groups 17 through 18. -The Thorobred Leagues are for age groups 19 through 21. Basic fundamentals of baseball is stressed as well as the proper conditioning of the players themselves them-selves in all leagues in Pony Baseball. Pony Baseball, Inc. stresses the importance of limiting pitching in all leagues. We agree there are trouble spots in our program as well as in any youth program. We believe this is caused by the volunteer help that all leagues have in their program. We believe that through a program of clinics such as we of Pony Baseball of Utah, Inc. have we can help our managers, coaches, and umpires better themselves. The end result would then be a much better program. In most cases what is wrong with the program can be traced to the people who operate it - 1 4 ii -jW - .... TunimaiiiinaiiumMirniltniir mtrrr n i nl.T,il.. - Brent Packard, Executive Vice President congratulates Karen Stub-blefield, Stub-blefield, Grand Prize winner in the Central Bank Dress-a-DoIl contest. JoiiGS Paint ond Glass of Springville are announcing the closing of their business operation in Springville We would invite anyone interested in-terested in glass or paint items to call our Provo Office. 374-671 We would like our customers to come in and pick up any items that may have been left for repair. j Stye iprmgutUe Heralii and not the program itself. Pony Baseball teaches and supplies such a program and is doing something about trying to help the people who operate it. I would like to emphasize at this point that the quality of leadership from the president of , the leagues down to the managers, coaches, and umpires must be of good leadership quality. League officers must be concerned with the program. Winning is not everything when you .iurt the youth you are dealing with. Parents must be concerned to the point where they conduct themselves them-selves befitting their position as parents. Permanent injury is not worth the price of victory. A few years ago, Robin Roberts of the Philadelphia Phillies wrote an article in the Time magazine. John Mooney of the Salt Lake Tribune has written several articles. Many people of the sporting world and the medical profession have written articles of the same nature. One can read of the conditions of youth programs almost daily. As mentioned men-tioned above, Pony Baseball of Utah, Inc. is trying to do something about their program here in Utah. In fact, we will work with any league for that matter. Following is what we can do: -Coaching and managing clinics with instructions from the best players in the business; it takes about eight hours of instructions. -We have clinics for umpires. This takes about eight hours of classroom instruction, a written test, and then to the playing field. We believe this if we can improve our quality of managing, coaching, and umpiring, we can hold such items as you point out to a minimum. We believe in the strict enforcement of the rules of Pony Baseball, Inc. We believe that it takes more than a program; we believe it takes quality leadership in all facets of that program. It takes presidents of leagues, officers of leagues, managers, coaches, and finally the parents themselves who are more concerned with the development of their children than the winning of the game itself. WINNING IS NOT EVERYTHING IN OUR YOUTH PROGRAM-S...THE PROGRAM-S...THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR YOUTH INTO BETTER ATHLETES AND FINALLY BETTER CITIZENS. ..IS EVERYTHING. Denzil L. Hancey Pony Baseball of Utah, Inc. Wave Miguel District Director For Services "ENTs Sports for kids Reprinted from the Deseret News at the request of local Pony League baseball leaders. DEAR DR. GRIFFIN: What do you think about kids playing Little League football? A.Y. DEAR A.Y.: Some kids who play football get hurt. Some Little League coaches act as if they are coaching the Houston Oilers or the Detroit Lions. Occasionally Oc-casionally someone forgets there is a difference between little guys and the pros. Sometimes parents cause a big ruckus when their Maxwell or Corky doesn't get to start or play at all until the outcome of the game has already been decided. Sometimes the player who is put in the game does the best job for the team and sometimes not. It is certainly discouraging for a player not to play. Ask Giff Nielson or Eric Hippie or Marc Wilson or Jim McMahon. Each of these great quarterbacks has spent more time on the bench then he thought was fair or right. Sometimes who gets to play is best for the team and sometimes it isn't. Sitting on the bench is tough for a player in the Little Leagues or in the pros.. .and this sitting time is hard for everyone else pulling for a particular player. I don't like these things about Little League football, or Little League baseball, or Little League soccer, or girl's softball, or Little League hockey or Little League basketball. I wish kids could play these sports and have a written guarantee they would not get hurt. I also wish all coaches of kids teams would be like some of the coaches who have taught our kids all sorts of things including good sportsmanship. Dress-a-doll winners announced by Central Bank & Trust Over 200 people gathered to honor Dress-a-Doll and Design-a-Toy winners at an open house held at the Springville Museum of Art, by Central Bank. The event marked the culmination of many loving hours by individuals throughout Utah County. Because of the participants in this annual charity program, there were nearly 250 children who received Christmas presents. Beginning October 1, undressed dolls and wooden toy kits were given out at all Central Bank offices. The dolls and toys were then dressed, decorated and then returned to the bank by December 1. They were then judged and awarded for their time and care. Dolls and trucks were distributed to Foster Grandparents, RSVP, Elks, Eagles, Mapleton Lions, Golden Age Living Center, Mental Retardation Association and within the bank for their own sub-for-Santa programs. These agencies, in turn, gave the dolls and toys to deserving children throughout the County. Grand prize winner for the dolls was Karen Stubblefied of Spanish Fork. Karen made a ski outfit complete with tempered skis and wood poles. Kent Collins received grand prize in the toy contest with a simple white and black pen striped dump truck. Volunteers Recreation for Audit Handicapped (RAH), sponsored by Utah Valley Care and Training Center, has been in operation since 1969. The program places emphasis on recreation and leisure-time activities for mentally retarded adults of Utah County, ages 16 and over. RAH is seeking volunteers who can spend some time helping with activities such as swimming at Orem Recreation Center; special parties to celebrate birthdays, holdays; attending BYU athlectic events; bowling on Saturday mornings, scorekeeping and technical help for those needing it. Volunteers are also needed to help with training and preparing for the Special Olympic Teams. Basketball and gymnastics were mentioned by Cathy Haderlie, Assistant Social Director, and she pointed out that the RAH Class B basketball team took First Place in the State Special Olympics last year. "Naturally, we want to be number one again this year, and we need volunteers to accomplish this," she says. The program has grown from eight participants in 1969 to the present 200 to 300 weekly. Many volunteers are counted on to help the program succeed. 0 Many of these retarded adults work at jobs, some are in nursing homes or group homes, and some live with their families. Whatever their situation is they function better in all facets of their life with Thief takes Christmas tree from cemetery To whom it may concern: I am not in the habit of writing letters to the editor but I wanted to personally thank the unknown person who stole the little decorated Christmas tree which my three sons and I had placed on the graves of my husband and son; their father and brother, at the Springville Cemetery. I hope you had a very enjoyable Christmas! I had been warned not to leave a tree there because it would probably be stolen; but I had faith in the citizens of Springville. Know that you shattered my faith and devasted three children who had painstakingly fixed a small memorial for their father and brother. Thank you so much! Bonnie Wilde I also wish parents would always keep their perspective, which we often don't. But with all that's bad about Little League football, and these other sports for kids, when you add up all the possible benefits and then add up all the possible risks, the way I see it the benefits win.. .and they win big. Kids learn about rules and about penalties and about winning and losing and about working together and about practicing prac-ticing and excellence and about mistakes and about heartbreaks and success. These sports are a microcosm of life. There are risks in anything we do. Some things, to me, are foolhardy. The probability of injury or disaster far exceeds the likely benefits. Messing around with drugs comes in this category. There are others. But when I see the great things that organized sports have done for each of our kids.. .and then look at some of the tragic alternative ways kids can spend their time, my vote is solidly in favor of Little League football, bonnetball, soccer, basketball, baseball, and even hockey... even after going through a broken leg, a knee injury, some broken fingers, and a lot of bumps and bruises with our kids. I'm sure they would say the same thing. First prize winners includes: Dolores Despain, Orem; Elizabeth McPherson, Mapleton; Pat Donahue, Payson; Leslie Talbot, Provo; Susan Anderson, Springville; Jennie Evans, American Fork; Janet Young, Provo; Angie Cox, Spanish Fork; Lena DeRose, Springville; Colleen Anderson, Provo; Barbara Williams, Salem; Sheryl Wilson, Spanish Fork; Diana Barker, Orem; Beth Hone, Orem; David Ferre; John Cope, Salem; Crystal Barret, Orem; Brian Bates, Provo; and Kyle Beardall, Orem. Second Place winners were: Pat Davis, Provo; Robbyn Rosenberg, American Fork; Sue Robinson, Spanish Fork; Darlene Pinegar, Spanish Fork; Ellen Brower, Provo; Ellen McNeese, Springville; Barbara Bar-bara Engel, Provo; Vivia Johnson, Provo; Danelle Long, Springville; Sue Spencer, Payson; Cyndi Peterson, Pleasant Grove; Lenna Johnson, Mapleton; Vera Engle, Mapleton; Sherry n Hopkinson, Provo; Diane Ferre, Orem; Kim Heal, Provo; Lee Bellows, Mapleton; Hans Magleby, Provo; and Sue Robinson, Spanish Fork. ' The 1982 program was the 12th that Central Bank has sponsored for children of Utah County. It was originally begun with only 36 dolls. heeded recreational outlets, according to officials. Individuals interested in volunteering volun-teering time to the RAH program, or to any of the following needs, may call Voluntary Action Center of United Way, 374-8108: VITA (Voluntary Tax Assistance) needs volunteers now to begin training to help low income people with tax returns, January - April 15. Time needed would be from one to four days a week for about three hours per day. Would give practical experience to students of accounting and related subjects. Assist in the Refugee Programs. Several opportunities are available. Library Assistants are needed at the Orem public Library. Adults as well as children may volunteer. Help parents of handicapped children by participating in workshops, teaching games, or doing clerical work. Use foreign language skill (Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian). Legal Services needs help with cases periodically. Be a pre-school aid or translator for Spanish speaking children can use as many volunteers as are willing to serve. (Ability to speak Spanish is Not necessary.) People who like people are needed to help with an educational public service. Help with blind reading program by recording text books on cassettes for the BYU Handicapped Student Services. 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Ballet West's "Nutcracker," featuring the Utah Symphony, 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center. BYU vocal faculty member Marilyn Rudolph in recital, 8 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center. BYU faculty member Ray Arbizu in a tenor recital, 8 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center. The outrageous Canadian Brass in concert, 8 p.m., de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center. BYU's globe-trotting Young .Ambassadors in a concert preview of their world-tour show, 8 p.m., de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center. Husband and wife duo Doug and Claire Bush in a joint faculty harpsichord recital, 8 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center. Ballet in Concert, featuring BYU's Theatre Ballet in a performance of "Coppelia," 8 p.m., de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center. Also Jan. 21 and 22. For tickets, contact the Music Ticket Office, 378-7444. BYU Instructor Doug Humpherys in a pair of piano recitals, 8 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center. Acclaimed duo pianists the Conti Guilia Brothers, 8 p.m., de Jong Concert Hall, Harris Fine Arts Center. Orpheus Winds, BYU's faculty woodwind ensemble in recital, 8 p.m., Madsen Recital Hall, Harris Fine Arts. Center. Albert Casella's "Death Takes a Holiday," directed by Max Golightly, 8 p.m., Pardoe Drama Theatre, Harris Fine Arts Center. Also Jan. 21-22, 25-29, and Feb. 1-5, with a 4:30 p.m. matinee Jan. 31 and a 1 p.m. matinee Feb. 5. For more Information about Drama Events Tickets, call 378-3875 Music Events Tickets, call 378-7444 Dance Events Tickets, call 378-5086 Campus Tours, call 378-4678 Daily Fine Arts Calendar, call 378-HFAC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 D D D D 0 0 D 0 D D D D D D D D D D D t k |