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Show Thursday, September 25, 2008 SPRING VILLE HERALD 19 The Sixth Gear 2008 Lexiis ES 350: Automaker brings Beach to land-locked Utah and French text display options, and the user can select the language preference prefer-ence at system start-up. Expect an average of about 23 mpg for combined com-bined highway and city driving 19 city and 30 highway. Now you can go play at the Beach. Base Price -$34,320 Price as tested - $41,470 Daniel Souza can be reached at sixth.gear. heraldgmail.com Americsn HorH 7C8-2233 Daniel Souza STAFF WRITER Easy. Don't get your swim gear out quite yet. This headline regards the signature, limited-edition Pebble Beach Lexus vehicle available since mid-March this year. And though the Japanese maker will not bring Pacific or Atlantic-, Atlantic-, originated salt water to our state, the premium brand brings a splash of options with the top selection. selec-tion. According to Lexus, the goal of the Pebble Beach collection is to evoke the feeling of exclusivity that comes with an excursion to the Pebble Beach Resorts. Both the RX and ES Pebble Beach editions feature signature sig-nature colors, popular options op-tions and unique badging. Additionally, Pebble Beach edition owners will have the opportunity to customize their ownership experience by selecting premium golf clubs, a luxury lux-ury travel luggage package pack-age or cookware set from Viking cookware along with a gift certificate to their cooking schools the nearest one is in Walnut Creek, Calif., nearly an 11-hour 11-hour drive. Now that I have bragged about what comes with the vehicle, allow me to focus back in the car itself, seeing see-ing that this is a car column col-umn and not the Travel Channel. The ES 350's aluminum 3.5-liter V6 produces 272 horsepower at 6,200 rpm and 254 lb.-ft. peak torque at 4,700 rpm. The chain- -- - - - - r ' . -- , - -- - ..-.-i driven camshaifts employ the performance-boosting dual variable valve timing tim-ing with intelligence (Dual VVT-i) at all engine speeds (Ah... car talk! That's more like it). A stainless-steel stainless-steel dual-exhaust system reduces backpressure at high rpm to enhance performance. per-formance. The Japanese maker or should I say Canadian, seeing the vehicle will be made in Cambridge, Ontario On-tario mated the engine to a six -speed automatic electronically controlled transmission with intelligence intel-ligence (ECT-i) to provide a sequential manual shift feature for a more involved in-volved driving experience when desired. Shifting strategy adapts to driver input, with rapid kick-' down response. The enginetranny combo com-bo brings enough punch to a confident 1-15 onramp launch while maintaining a smooth, driver-in-control type ride. This is due to a rigid unibody structure that allows suspension to be tuned for optimal compliance. com-pliance. The MacPherson strut front suspension and the dual-link MacPherson strut rear suspension give the ES 350 responsive handling han-dling agility while endowing endow-ing it with the ultra-smooth ride quality - one of the many facets of the car that contributes to blurring that line between entry luxury and prestige luxury. Among the high-end amenities present in the vehicle, I found myself showing off the power rear sunshade to my passengers. pas-sengers. Reactions came standard once they sensed shade covering the rear seats of the vehicle. For flagship-level luxury, luxu-ry, the ultra-luxury packagethe pack-agethe top option for the ES 350 combines the contents of the premium and premium plus packages pack-ages and builds on that foundation by adding: panorama glass roof; perforated per-forated semi-aniline leather-trimmed seating; rear-seat rear-seat side airbags; power rear sunshade my favorite; fa-vorite; the HIDAFS lighting light-ing package; navigation system with rear backup camera, and a wood- and leather-trimmed steering wheel and shift knob. The final touch is a distinctive distinc-tive exterior touch, exclusive exclu-sive graphite-finish alloy wheels. The available Lexus navigation nav-igation system one of the simplest to use features a high-resolution, 800 x 480 pixel display and provides pro-vides crisp, clean details in 32,000 colors. Maps and roads are shown with 3-D shadow effects a distinctive distinc-tive difference when compared com-pared to Acura's Atari-like graphical nav system that accompanied the 2009 TSX I drove earlier this year. The navigation system offers English, Spanish Take your kids waterfowl hunting on Sept. 27 A great way to introduce intro-duce your kids to waterfowl water-fowl hunting awaits Sept. 27 as Utah hosts its annual Special Youth Hunting Day.-'"- All of Utah's state waterfowl wa-terfowl management areas ar-eas and federal refuges will be open to hunters 15 years of age and younger that day. To qualify for the hunt, young hunters must complete the state's Hunt er Education course, have a current hunting license and be accompanied by an adult. Shooting starts at 6:52 a.m. on Sept .-27. You can learn more about the hunt by obtaining a copy of the 2008 - 2009 Utah Waterfowl Water-fowl Guidebook. The guidebook should be available at www.wild-life.utah.govguidebooks www.wild-life.utah.govguidebooks starting the week of Sept. 15. "The youth hunt is a great way to get young people excited about waterfowl wa-terfowl hunting," says Tom Aldrich, migratory game bird coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources. Re-sources. "There's always plenty of ducks for the kids to shoot at, and the , kids have the marsh all to themselves. "And, since adults can't hunt that day, they can focus all of their attention atten-tion on these young hunters. hunt-ers. The youth day gives adults more time to teach the kids how to be safe, responsible and ethical hunters." For more information, call the nearest Division of Wildlife Resources office or the DWR's Salt Lake City office at (801) 538-4700. tryjl r J : I y JU ' i r ' if '? - '- - f'kri iff i r-y . : m:, - . izJ . ... i ;;;'y " -4 fc-dg fc " '3--f .,.'. . . J IMiiYTAmj-"-' '-""CT.'l. ".' ?..'-SH) Members of the group "Outrage," a youth led volunteer movement in favor of smokefree city parks, made a presentation at the Sept. 17 Mapleton City Council meeting. Pictured are Logan Jones, Zach Gillen, Jenny Tishler, adult leader; and Auston Hatfield. These youth are from Springville and they have traveled throughout the state conducting public opinion surveys about regulations for smoking in city parks and making educational presentations to children, youth and other city councils on the dangers of secondhand smoke. Other cities in Utah have passed city ordinances banning smoking in their city parks, including Springville and Orem. The Mapleton City Council decided to continue the discussion to the next council meeting before deciding on whether to amend the city code to ban or restrict smoking in public parks. 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