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Show A-24 The Park Record Wednesday, November 19, 1997 Fresh Prints Contributions from Park City kids I know a place where you can get a Local Lunch Plate for only $3.95 6:30 am - 10:00 pm Daily JStiStlltf The following stories, about the spirit of Olympism, were written by Ms. Beall's 7th-grade students at Treasure Mountain Middle School. GOING FOR THE IVORY by Jenna Klarberg You're seated at a piano in front of many people; all eyes are on you. You're preparing to play a piece that you know so well you could play it in your sleep. You've practiced it over and over just for this moment. Your hands slide nervously over the ivory keys as you begin to play. You're doing so well, until. ..BLAAAH! Two fingers slip, pressing many keys at once. You've made a mistake! mis-take! You want to run and hide in a corner somewhere. But you're determined. You must finish the piece. You keep your head held high, finish and smile. You know you did your best. This to me is having the Olympic spirit. Trying my hardest, hard-est, being proud and having pleasure plea-sure in what I'm doing are all important in my piano playing. To me it's not about showing off, or about being the best. The reason rea-son I play the piano is for that wonderful feeling I get when I overcome the difficulty of a piece, or when I do my best at a recital. It's about reaching my goals. I read the notes on a music page, recognize what they are and play the correct keys, but that's only part of what makes me good. It's feeling the music I play flow through me, connecting with me spiritually. Having the Olympic spirit means working hard to reach goals. It helps me know where I'm going in life and keeps me out of bad influences like drugs and gangs. THE OLYMPIC SWIM by David Astle Is it possible for a seventh grader to have the Olympic spirit? spir-it? Of course! This summer I felt that I obtained the Olympic spirit by being on the swim team. I had to learn patience when I couldn't just jump into the pool. Instead I had to do my stretching exercises first. I learned dedication and hard work by doing extra practices. prac-tices. The week I went to basketball basket-ball camp, It cut into my swim practices. I sacrificed my free time after camp, by going to an evening swim practice. I'm proud that I swim well, but I learned that I had to be responsible to practice hard to get stronger. I liked it when my friends won and I hope that I showed good sportsmanship. I usually won first place in my five events at the meets, but I learned that if you are going to win, you have to push hard and want to win. I didn't do this at one of the meets and got second and third place. A person with the Olympic spirit usually wants to do a lot of good things and just doesn't sit on the couch all day. An ancient Greek philosopher once said, "Olympism is not a system, it is a state of mind, knowledge of himself, him-self, and the right way to live." The more people who have Olympic spirit, the better the world would be. I'm glad I experienced experi-enced it this summer and hope that I can continue to show Olympic spirit throughout my life. NOT EVEN A SQUEAK SQUELCHES SQUELCH-ES MY OLYMPIC SPIRIT by Whitney Williams Why is the Olympic spirit part of my life? Well, first I think the Olympic spirit is a way of life that has to do with goals, hard work, determination and patience. It also has to do with pride in yourself. your-self. My hobby of playing the clarinet is how I use Olympism every day in my life. I have set my goal on being a professional clarinetist. I have played for almost four years now and it has taken a lot of hard work and determination. I have to do my very hardest so that someday I can give concerts to other people to make them feel as wonderful as I do when I hear the magnificent music of the clarinet. Playing the clarinet also takes a lot of patience because you can't just give up. 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And so the clarinet will stay the principal part of my life. A RAM'S PRIDE by Sarah Tolboe Olympism. What does that word mean? To me, Olympism is training hard for competition. Olympism is using speed, power and grace in the sport I love. I apply Olympism to my daily life in swimming. I swim on a high-competition, year-round swim team. I train with the Highland High School team in Salt Lake City that won state last year. My team is called the Rams. I train three to six days a week either at 7-9:45 a.m. or from 5-7 p.m. I live in Park City and ride for hours to train in Salt Lake City. So I have to wake up either really early in the morning or right after school. I then have to be driven back home, only to eat dinner, and then start on my homework. Sticking with training is very hard, but it's always worth it. Overall, I love to swim and I love to compete. Just like an Olympian, I work to perfect my stroke and dropping six seconds off my time. My dream is to beat freestyler Amy Van Dyken's world record of swimming a 50-yard freestyle in 21 seconds. I believe I truly posses her Olympic Spirit. One day I will be in the Olympics and stand tall and proud on the highest high-est level of the Olympic podium as the American national anthem is being played. THE LESSONS OF LIFE by Jessica Scaglione Have you ever found yourself not trying something because you didn't think you could do it? Once I didn't feel comfortable playing sports, because I didn't think I could do them. Then my dad started practicing softball with me and convinced me that I could do it. He said you could do anything if you put your mind to it and try your best. The first year I played softball my dad was my coach. I learned that I could play well and I was having fun at the same time. This showed my Olympic spirit and friendship did too. I was making new friends and spending quality time with my dad. But then a girl that I met a month after I moved here started hanging out with another group that I didn't really get along with. Before that we were inseparable Girl Scouts together with our moms as the leaders, we played softball together and we spent most of our free time together. I felt bad. I had to overcome that and find new friends. This year she is talking to me again. I don't think our friendship will ever be the same, but I am glad to see that we are still friends. I think it's very important to cope with anything that might happen in everyday life. It helps to be able to get through life alright. Also it helps to be able to overcome limitations. , THE OLYMPIC EVENT OF WAKING UP IN THE MORNING by Brian Walsh This isn't as hard as it sounds, but for me, waking up in the morning is as hard as an Olympic event. I takes dedication to wake up, with my hair looking like I have an afro. I need confidence, because without confidence I can't accomplish anything. It's not easy to wake up in the morning, morn-ing, for me it's hard work. I mean, the first thing I hear in the morning morn-ing is the ringing of that alarm, or my mother saying you're going to miss the bus. Then I need to sacrifice my time and sleep. It's almost impossible impos-sible for me to wake up in the morning, because I am so dizzy that when I get up, I trip over everything in my room, or I crash into walls. When I can finally think straight, I realize it's going to take Olympic spirit for me to do this for the rest of the school year. THE VOLVO V70 CROSS COUNTRY. The automatic, KJ!Sbm, intelligent all-wheel-drive system is prepared to take you just about anywhere you want and a few more places you'd never expect. Drive Safely. g Ken Garff volvo jgf 525 SO. STATE ST., S.L.C., UT 84111 1(800)725-3741 or 521-6111 1 997 Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. Drive Safely is a trademark of Volvo Cars of North America, Inc Always remember to wear your seat belt. 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