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Show )17G o to . Review - Wednesday, June 16, 1CS3 Pa 10 Darek Robinson signs with Cardinals, joins farm club at Johnson City, Tenij. Darek Robinson is in Johnson City, Tennessee this week m a member of the St. Louis Cardinals organzation. Darek didn't expect to find himself him-self playing major league ball at this point in his life but the offer from the Cards, the team who first drafted him after he had played one year of college ball at Southern Idaho, gave him an offer that he could not turn down. . A former Pleasant Grove High School star player, Darek left June 12 to report to the Tennessee team. He had intended to play for BYU this next year after spending one year at Southern Idaho and another an-other year at Dixie College where he hit .431 with 14 homeruns and 50 RBI. Fresh out of high school he was drafted by the Kansas City Roy als but turned it down to attend college. He said that he thinks the big-, gest adjustment hell have going to the big leagues, is from going from , a metal bat to a wooden bat. His family and friends had a Lindon School holds Lindon Elementary closed out their school year with their annual Field Day Carnival.- Students opened the May 21 BYU Basketball player Mark Durrant wason handtopresentthe medals to the winners. Approximately 600 students participated in the marathon. Sixth grader, Bryant Anderson, won first place for the boys with a time of 5 min. 11 seconds. Second place went' to sixth grader, David Iberra, and . fourth grader, Cameron Patch, was third. Ashley Buswell, a sixth grader, was first for the girls, with a time of 5 min. 58 seconds. Second place went to McKenzie Dain, a fifth grader, and a sixth grader, Lindsey Willis, took third. All winners received re-ceived medals presented by Mark Durrant. First place winners will have their names engraved on a plaque that is on display at the school. ' . The PTA arranged for Alma Heaton to provide games in the ' morning for all students, and then a carnival was held in the afternoon. after-noon. What afun way to close out a great year at Lindon Elementary! LDS youth devote day to The Timpanogos Stake Young Men and Young Women held a Humanitarian Hu-manitarian Day recently. Many projects were completed on a Saturday Sat-urday activity to send to third world countries. Groups worked to cut out toy cars. They were painted, wheels were painted and the cars put together. to-gether. Many children have never seen a car or had a toy to play with. Chalkboards were also painted and education kits put together. Calendars, pictures, glue, pencil sharpeners, chalk and chalk eras vases 4sWm I llf Best M bSssSotiS wA Now onv M . 4 wiiilli ULiiuii-ufiyMfilinAiisrtitt.-iHi'j Darek Robinson, center, signs Cardinals. . gathering and dinner for him recently re-cently to wish him well. Darek is the son of Randy and Jan Robinson - 1 1 m i ' f '" p'm' Lindon Field Day mini-marathon winners receive congratulations from BYU basketball star Mark Durrant. The students are, L-R, Cameron Patch, third place; Davi: Iberra, second; Bryant Anderson,1 first; Ashley BusweHf--first; McKenzie Dain, second; and Lindsey Willis, third. LL ' ers, notebooks, and various items , were placed in educational kits. Sanitation kits were also as-, as-, sembled with toothpaste, a toothbrush, tooth-brush, washcloth, soap, and vari- . ous items. Several leaders and young women sat in a circle and crocheted leper bandages. They are needed in colonies for people who have leprosy. lep-rosy. There are two colonies in the United States, according to Dean Davis, High Council advisor over the youth in the Timpanogos Stake. One of the colonies is in Louisiana mi contract with the St. Louis of Pleasant Grove. His grandparents grandpar-ents are Bill and JoAnn Robinson and Hal and Kathryn Holmstead. field day service and the other is in Hawaii. Some of the kits will be going to people in the Appalachian Mountains, Moun-tains, where some people are ill-clothed ill-clothed and poorly educated. The items will be dispersed through the LDS Humanitarian program. The Humanitarian effort was introduced to the Timpanogos Stake by Sister Rose Ann Gunther of American Fork. She is helping the stake get started. . V The youth used their stake activity ac-tivity money to purchase supplies for the event. m. Buy Now and Save for Father's Day Light weight balanced for easy handling : Special anti-vibration device for greater operation comfort : -16-inch cutting swath : Pro-Fire electronic tgnitort - ' for quick, essy starts ; '. : ' KSas-powered for 'cordless' of movement ; Defending champs win Viking Classic The 1977-79 defending Viking Alumni Classic winners from 1992 once again proved they are a tough team to beat. The 77-79 team won this year's classic by defeating the 1983-1985 team in the championship champion-ship game held on May 15. The 77-79 team made their way through the tournament by defeating defeat-ing teamsfrom 1970-782 and 1964-69 1964-69 to face the 1983-85 team in the championship." Matt Norman (1983-85) and Dave Hardy (1977-79) took the mound for their respective teams and both Angie Blackhurst named to All-State Girls Softball Team Angie Blackhurst was recently chosen as a member of the Utah "All State" girls Softball team. Also recognized for the All State second team were Kara Baker and Amber Measom of Pleasant Grove. Blackhurst was theonly girl from Utah County chosen for the High School 4A First Place Team. The Pleasant Grove High School girl's softball team placed fifth in the state tournament held at the Cottonwood Complex in Salt Lake City. Angie was also voted the MVPin Region 4 by local coaches. She has accepted an athletic scholarship to play for Snow College Col-lege and will enter school there in the fall. Angie is the daughter of Larry and Carol Blackhurst of Pleasant Grove. Gymnasts compete in USU meet Six local gymnasts on Tri-City Gymnastics' Level 5 Girls Team completed in a state-wide meet on Saturday at Utah State University in Logan. Shannon Payne competed in the 7 and 8 year old age group. Tamara Bell, Rachel Butler, Brandi Cutler, Beth Denney, and Jaha Robinson competed in the 9 to 11 age group. More than 240 girls came from throughout Utah to compete in the ,. two-day vnk31e girls competed in all four Olympic events: vault, ' balance bean, uneven bars, and floor -exercise. ' ":0:':::':Y -;K' ' f . Brandi Cutler, with, an all-around all-around total scoreof 32.1, qualified to participate in the Level 5 State Championship Meet which will take place next week at the Utah Sum- mer Games. : & Enjoy Strawberry Days! Support tho UiCiinriG ft ?; freedom GT1100 14 W did an excellent job. Norman allowed al-lowed only two runs and had ten strikeouts while Hardy gave up three runs, but due to the handicap allowed the older teams, Hardy and company took the win. Hits from the. 77-79 team came from Jeff Wilson, Lane Gray, Dave Ratliff, Mark Ostler and Dave Jones. Hits far the 83-85 team came from Shawn Bezzant, Matt Norman, Phil Cook and Paul Bronsori. ' Members of the championship team include Dave Ratliff, Jeff Wilson, Mark Atwood, Lane Gray - X Angie Blackhurst 2 G . 1 '"sWf" , T Entire Store (Except Consignment Items) June 17, 18 & 19 ctrai-Jbcnpy oauo t rii mmvftiwm 22G-Q27H We have all the Yard & Garden products you will need! Hours: Mon. thru Sat. CqqKs Farm & Greenhouix Wm Orem (Take Ondon Exit I-l 'If you like saving money on car insurance. give me Before the cost of insuring -. vnurcnr leaves vou a toiai wreck, give mea beep, a . honk, or even a simple nhone call. I'U work hard to come up with a quote that's : lustwhatvoureonvmeat. er e . w IISiQi AUsUU luuraBesConpaay We're Hometown Agents lun.eute Orem 225-5533 Cen Pack JoAnn 143 S. llln 11 E. FL Grove 7S3-12SS Am. Fork 7S3-&C3 Oreza if , . .f (coach), Dave Hardy, Mark Phillips, Phil-lips, Monty Wilhite, Odel Fowles, Mark Walker, Mark Ostler, Dave Jones and Gary Jackson". ' : All teams involved in the second " Annual Viking Alumn) Classic had -a great time and plan to be involved in next year's tournament which is sponsored by Pleasant Grove High . School baseball. ..: ; -; . Coach Jon Hoover stated this) is a day he looks forward to each year. ' "It's great to see these guys on the ballfield again and to renew old friendships," he said. Golf tourney ; registration set Registration concludes this Sat- i urday for the first annual American Ameri-can Fork Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament. r The two-man best ball tournament tourna-ment will be held Saturday, June 26 at Tri City Golf Course and is open to the first 60 teams to pay the ' $80 registration fee. The entry includes 18 holes of golf, a cart and a barbecue. First place gross and net will each receive $200 per team; second place in bom categories will receive -$150. ; . Therewillbeprizesgivenforthe longest drive, closest to the hold, ' straightest drive, with . a car ; . awarded for a hole in one. - Handicaps will be used for the tournament. - For further information, contact the Chamber of Commerce at 756-5110 756-5110 or 756-0390. Cannas Pot rs. 9:00 am to 7:00 pm . k a honk." 1 , . IftoTh 1 , ffftJifjiS- l""1 . . v . -rwf , Jf , - -yj? yo-j liana VtHsamn 1S5N.EUU Oremtl53C3 Ambm a: Lon Eavcrrra UmIh Cnlte tl M. Clr! J mm Ti. '5T |