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Show WEWIPflDHRFir Page A12 Thursday, February 25,-1 988 Park Record Decathaletes bring home gold... Most interscholastic competitions are glorious. Competitors are honored at pep rallies, booster clubs raise money for them, and the town comes out to support them. Park City's academic decathaletes, however, toil away in something of a vacuum. They don't have a weekly schedule for fans to follow, and their competitions aren't a spectator sport. In fact, they usually only have one competition, the state academic decathalon. In an exceptional year, like this year, the team goes to the national competition. As that national competition approaches, the last weekend of April this year, Park City residents should focus their attention and support on these competitors. While a school has every right to be proud of athletic achievement, it is fleeting at best. A school's football team, for instance, can go from state champions to bottom of the barrel with the graduation of just a few beefy guys. Academic decathalon, on the other hand, stands as testimony to the school district's commitment to "developing a sound educational base for it's students. Edlitorsal In past years, Park City has come in third, second, se-cond, first, second, and now first again in the state academic decathalon. That represents a real committment com-mittment on the part of the educators and the students. The students also deserve recognition because what they are doing is not seasonal. Academic decathaletes begin their preparation before school starts, in the summer, and they continue it throughout the school year. Through their dedication, Park City School District gains untold recognition. This district has already demonstrated it has produced some of the brightest students in the state, and now these students have a chance to represent the state against the entire nation. The team expects to do, well at the nationals. Even if they don't, however, they have already brought more esteem to Park City than a game-winning game-winning touchdown, with two seconds to go. f Vy- I'' x ' ; " ' " , ' i ' ' . '- v. r r- . . 5 t " I it- rAT Tiimr 1 V Hi ft UUUW inUNVJ 1 , ,,ft-: TWS ONLY PAWEMS tot C-TP N"5Tt- t- ' One cool dude... Jennifer Madgic But wait a second isn't this little fellow forgetting something? When we go skiing we typically like to use two skis, as in a pair of skis. Possibly, it might be easier this way... THUMBS UP - to Shannon Nobis who won the Vermont JII state championship in Super G and Downhill. She is the sibling half of Jeremy Nobis also of Park City who has been picking up those nice male skiing honors nationally na-tionally and internationaly. What a family! 6, WO THUMBS UP - to Mother Nature for the springlike spr-inglike weather of late. Look we know we need snow, and we know we'll still get snow but a couple of days of sunshine sure helps the attitude now and then. THUMBS UP - to the work begun this week on the Carl Winters Middle School. Politics aside its nice to see new life starting again at the old building. What are you planning to do with your extra day this leap year? (asked at Resort plaza). , v -' c t- - A 4 .A I MIL Van Halbach physician San Francisco, Ca. Hevvig Hricak physician San Francisco, Ca. Roy Carrithers quality engineer Newport News, Va. (not pictured) Michele David letter carrier Ft Lauderdale, Fla. ..w '.'V.' . i..- F 'l Bill Murray Salesman Albany, N.Y. Ted Miller project mgr. for architect firm Oradell, N.J. Ski. Nothing. I'll probably just use it to I haven't really thought Ski, I hope, sleep in late, lay back and about it, but I'll probably go relax. I'll just enjoy it. to the beach all day. I hadn't thought about it, but I may be doing it right now. Maybe I'll get in an extra ex-tra day of skiing this year. |