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Show "1 WflewipaifflMt ' ! i The Park Record D Section A ' ' - iiii.in.iii.iwm.il .i...uj!t.iiiw Thursday, May 26, 1994 Page A1 6 It", A state victory for Park Gity V . " I A state championship! Park City can boast a state championship in this, its first year after , moving up to the 3A level. The boys' soccer ' 'team won its first-ever state title last week in ? J Vernal, defeating consensus No. 1 Lehi for the second time in three tries this season. Amidst the . euphoria of the championship performance, the ' soccer team provided a glimpse into just how 'strong the current Park City athletic situation is. Miner athletes are among the elite in Utah ;high school sports and should be a source of .civic pride. Too few Parkites are aware of how successful the programs are at PCHS, and we at .the Park Record would like to call attention to .that success. In so doing, we'd like to honor all the Miner athletes and issue a call to the "residents of Park City to both congratulate the current successes and support the future attempts to continue that success. Park City High School fields 19 varsity-level teams over the school year. Six in the fall: football, 'golf and cross country for the boys and soccer, tennis, volleyball and cross country for the girls. In the winter it's four teams: 'boys' and girls' basketball and boys' and girls' swimming. Finally, the season that just ended, spring, boasts eight teams: boys' soccer, track and field, baseball, tennis and water polo,,; along with girls' track and field, softball and water polo. Of the 19 teams, Park City compiled some fairly impressive results competing at the tougher 3A level. Six of the seven fall teams went to the postseason, post-season, three were in the top four in Utah. Golf tied for first in the state and settled for second after a playoff with Clint Christiansen finishing second individually. Girls' cross country had Cara Weiser and J.J. Krieger finish one-two as the team wound up second. And the boys' cross country team came in fourth at the state meet. Girls' soccer fell in the first round to the Editorial eventual state champion, girls' tennis had the second-place representatives at first singles and second doubles, and volleyball tied for first in Region X before going out in the first round of the state tournament. In winter sports, Miner teams struggled as only the swim teams went beyond the regular season. The boys team was sixth and the girls seventh, as the teams had 17 top-10 finishes including two seconds. John Hoffmeister and Krieger, in her second top-two performance of the year, took the silver in the 100-yard butterfly and the 100 breast stroke, respectively. In the spring season, the boys' soccer team of course leads the way with their state championship. The boys' tennis team took third in the state and can boast the top player at first singles in freshman Jonathan Birch and the second-place competitor in third singles, Jonathan Wade. The baseball team tied for first in Region X and, like the volleyball team in the fall, made it to the first round of the state tournament before falling. The girls' side of the track and field team finished ninth, a disappointing finish for that particular team but still in the top-10. There were seven top-10 finishes for the girls, including Lauren Adams' third in the 1,600-meter run, and three for the boys, with Jack Sloan's second in the pole vault leading the way. So that means that of 19 teams, 12 were in the top-10. That's a .632 top-10 percentage with one state title, two runners-up and two more top-fives. top-fives. There were two individual state champions and eight individual runners-up. In terms of results, the Miners are not only alive and well, but more often than not, are better than most other Utah sports programs. Congratulations to all Miner athletes and a special congratulations to the boys-of-the-hour: the soccer team. Positive parenting (Guest Editorial A voice from the community by LYNN C. MAYNES, PH.D. Executive Director The Counseling Institute Parents have the responsibility of caring for and meeting' the "rieedsT6f their children. One fundamental need' isr; accountability. Accountability in the family means individual family members account for their own behavior to themselves andor to others. It involves the setting of limits of .behavior (for both children and parents) : -with consistent l enforcement of those . limits. By having accountability needs met, i children grow up with positive self-worth, the . ability to trust, and with the skill to recognize . mistakes and change their behavior. i As an example, we do not want our children to - display anger in inappropriate ways (i.e., hitting - a sibling). Our children need to experience the consistent following of the rule "no hitting." If they break this rule, they can expect to receive - discipline as a consequence. If they are allowed to hit and experience no consequence for hitting, ; they do not know when they are or aren't accountable for their behavior. Children begin to , fear their parents because of the unpredictability "of the discipline. If the children scream or rage, the parent punishes the children as that is considered unacceptable behavior. However, when the parent screams and rages at a spouse or a child, it appears to the children there are no consequences for the parent's inappropriate behavior. This situation is very confusing to children. In this, example, children learn that parents can be impulsive and lack self-discipline. Typically, children learn to distrust authority as a result of watching parents break rules and be inconsistent in setting limits for themselves as well as for their children. Parents who are accountable to and for their children foster a home environment which encourages children to recognize mistakes and change their behavior. If accountability is missing in the family process, the children may become irresponsible and often appear to "lack a conscience" in response to violating another person or society. Alternately, when accountability in the family takes the form of harsh discipline and unrealistically high expectations, children can develop excessive guilt. Parents need to: Set realistic limits for their children. Be consistent when enforcing family rules. Change expectations and rules as children grow into new developmental stages. Acknowledge and honor limits for their own behavior (parents obey rules too!). Quote of the Week " Savins each grain dfsand at a time is the only way you can save the beach." -City Council member Ruth Gezelius, expressing her disapproval of a conditional use permit for the Broken Thumb RestaurantSports Bar. Make this long weekend a safe weekend... Please don't drink and drive. 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In other areas, long lines of cars await entrance to sites, and heavy pedestrian traffic takes a toll on other visitors, facilities and services, and the environment. The 19,000 plus men and women of the Park Service have been coping with the challenge to date, we realize that we need to look to our future. Thjs; w a . 3n:".i -j --.n jjvents m 'narks' across the country that will help employees and visitors focus on how we can work together to accommodate growing visitation and still protect cultural and natural resources. We are in the midst of refocusing our financial and human resources to better serve the American public and the places it holds most dear. In Yosemite, for example, many offices and employee housing units are being moved out of crowded Yosemite Valley to disperse visitors and employees. By the time your children are grown, many more parks will have instituted mass transportation systems to bring visitors into certain areas, alleviating visitor frustration parking problems, and other problems associated with heavy vehicle traffic. Reservation systems, limiting the number of visitors per day, will enhance the overall visitor experience. ' Better designed facilities will offer visitors the comfort they need, while interpreting the world just under their feet. In order to protect the places we hold most dear, these actions, or variations of them, will ensure that when you take your child to the same park you visited with your parents, it will be as you remember it, or better. Since its founding in 1916, the Service has faced a plethora of challenges; war, depression, changing values, and new administrations. We have overcome many obstacles. I am confident we will continue to meet these challenges in a way that upholds the mission of the service. I proudly look upon the "service" in National Park Service. It is a reminder to me that my work and the work of those who make your visits safe and enjoyable, is predicated on a deep and lasting commitment to preserve, protect, and makfc accessible all the places of beauty and value to the American people. It is with this sense of purpose that I urge all Americans to join with the National The opinions expressed in our guest editorials do not necessarily reflect the views of the Park Record. 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