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Show m Urn IN THE B SECTION Business B-7 High School Sports Report B-2 Ski Team News B-6 The www.parkrecord.com WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2000 SPORTS EDITOR: Derek Jensen 649-9014 ext. 1 10 ParitRecora Briefs Snowshoe festival The Discovery Snowshoe Festival to benefit the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation win be held at White Pine Touring Center on Saturday, Feb. 26. Beginning at 11 a m. and running urrffl approximately 3 p.m., the festival includes three different events - a 3-5K walkhike, a two-hour guided snowshoe hike; and a 5K snowshoe run. The festival is designed for all ages and abilities, from beginners to hardcore snowshoe enthusiasts and includes product samples and demonstrators. demonstra-tors. In addition, snowshoes wi be ava3-abte ava3-abte for use tor the first 500 indrviduais registered for the event Pre-registraton entry fees are $20 for adults, and $13 for children 12 and under and adults 6S-years-okJ and okler. On-site registration is available the day of the event for $25 for adults, $18 for children and seniors. Register by calling 800-233-6520, ext 17 or go on-line at www.racegate.com. Rugby Snowbowl The Park City Rugby team is holding their annual Snowbowl Saturday. Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. in City Park. Anyone interested in playing can attend. Make sure you bring gloves and warm weather clothes. Refreshments will be served afterwards at the former Alamo. For more details or if you have any questions contact Eric at 647-9737. Discover Yoga Join a six-week introduction to yoga. Postures, breathing techniques, yoga philosophy and meditation will ail be covered in this series. Anyone at arty fitness level may benefit. Pre-registration is required. Classes wilt be held six ansecuttve Saturdays. Feb. 26 - April 1, from 10:15 a.m. -noon at the Park City Dance Academy at Kimball Junction. Contact Colette Herrick at 645-7494 with questions or for information on how to register. Baseball tryouts On Monday and Tuesday. Feb. 28-29. 28-29. Park City High School will be holding hold-ing baseball tryouts for 9th - 12th graders. All students are welcome to attend and the tryouts will begin immediately imme-diately after school at 2:30 p.m. Call 615-5414 with any questions. Women's all ages soccer If you are interested in playing soccer the Park City Jack Johnson women's soccer team is currently looking for players. play-ers. Players must report to practice by 5 p.m. Thurs., March 2 at Heber Park. If ft is raining please meet at the Broken Thumb. Meanwhile, interested players can sign-up at the Jack Johnson building. Contact Brooke Hontz or Lauren King at 645-9000 for more information. 9 1 . ' f. "I cannot tell a lie - ic I The food at the Blind V an. a . 1 in m, n:" - s 1 s2 Dogsled race cancelled as groups squabble At issue is new $500 entry fee for annual race by Derek Jensen OF THE RECORD STAFF The Union Pacific rail track and adjacent adja-cent rail trail just outside Park City will sit cold and empty this Saturday, unencumbered unen-cumbered by either dogs, sleds or a wave of humanity ordinarily ready to mush across its surface this time o( year. That's because an on-going feud, which continues to rage between race organizers and property owners Mountain Trails Foundation, has forced the cancellation of an annual dogsled race from Park City to Wanship and back. But unlike the weather and unseasonable unsea-sonable snow conditions, which proved the nemesis of other outdoor recreation events this winter, this race stoppage has nothing to do with Mother Nature. Instead people have become the problem, prob-lem, as the two sides remain polarized over old-fashioned money disputes, politic pol-itic and environmental bureaucracy. At issue is a $500 entry fee that Mountain Trails Foundation, which recently took over ownership of the rail trail from State Parks, is attempting to charge the dogsled participants. The amount comes on top of a $500 deposit MTF charged last year and is insisting on again in this year's race contract. Michelle Breinholt. organizer of the 22-mile race and last year's teacher of the year at Treasure Mountain Middle School, doesnl understand the increase. "I'm a school teacher - it's me and my husband." she said. "We're try ing to give back to the mushing community and it's not even what you'd call an event." The Breinholts, who have organized the February dogsled race for people around the region, have overseen the effort for the past three years. Last year, the 23 teams who participated were charged $3 per sled. But according to MTF, the collective group had little regard for the area - tearing up the trail, leaving garbage, and even trashing the Masters from around world shred hill during JANS Cup races yJ BOGEB GLA2lEaPlt RECORD George Crown brushes through a gate Saturday during the JANS Masters Series races at Park City Mountain Resort The racers competed for three days from Friday night to Sunday at the resort's Eagle Race Arena. OO 7 O 0 o f 1 have never I ' had a dish J ldidn,t HteT . kt tT" s , 1 , ir-".- v , v. . Sn'.y,ry ' P'v 1 - ,.tt i HX A dogsled racer, led by six eager canines, mushes through the snow at a Summit County race last year. Due to changes In fees and a current squabble between event organizers and Mountain Trails Foundation, this year's Rail Trail dogsled race - originally scheduled for this weekend - will not take place. restroom facilities. "These dogsled people will go out between half snow and half mud and leave prints and dog droppings and all sorts of things like that," said Troy Duffin. executive director of MTF, who said their policy is to charge $.50 cents per foot for use of the trail regardless of the group. He said that is how they came up with the $500 entry fee. which is also standard for marathoners. half-marathoncrs half-marathoncrs and snowshocrs. in order to O GrSW &X4?4. ctost: O lUZntX; ZT:i rv 4 "if . protect the quality of the trail. "Thn group feels like they should be exempted from that," he added. Breinholt denies the claim, saying any damage the dogsled racers did to the trail was nothing compared to what utility util-ity companies, currently working to install fiber optics under the trail s surface, sur-face, are doing. "I'm an environmentalist, environmental-ist, she said. "I'd never da anything to hurt the rati trad." Lasf November. Duffin sent a letter to Submitted by the Park City Masters Masters racers from all over the world descended upon Park City Mountain Resort's Eagle Race Arena over the weekend week-end for the President's Day triple -header. Rjcers were treated to a night slalom Friday, an Olympic venue giant slalom Saturday, and a closing slalom Sunday Racers from as far as Tokyo; Japan. Hawaii. Washington and Vermont made the jour ney for what turned out to be the Skinner family reunion. Eight people with the Skinner moniker made it through the gates on Sunday; Seems pretty norma! (or I'tah. On to the action. Fnday night w as cold, clear, and competitive. compet-itive. More than people suited up. eager to test the icy, hard night-time slalom, for the women Chris Katenberger again showed her great "night-moves." She moved into a different time zone some 2.4 seconds ahead of rival Sue Lipke who finished fin-ished second. Rounding out the lop five were Glenn McConkey. Sally Tauhct. and Nancy Auseklis. Class winners not vet mentioned were Anna Droege. Rosie Moschel, Julie Ackerman. Tom Piva. and Hex.ii Gudmundsen. Bill McGrath reallv put it to the field Fnday night in the men's slalom. "The new shenff in town" raced like it was his job tor a very clear win. McGijih's margin of victory vic-tory was over four seconds. Shawn Ackerman led the remaining racers in a pretty tightly packed group. Deputy Mike Falk took third with Robert Avers fourth, and former night race champion Mike tStifr& suti 1 the Breinholu alluding to the tormer damage and construction, uceesune they look Jor another venue. ""I have received no communication - no phone correspondence, no Icticrv no t.. no nothing." Duffin said " 1 hcv know I m the contact person on this, vet they haven't asked." The deadline to submit the request was January M. Another problem according to Duffin as the facers' reluctance to honor their Please see Dog. B-: -3 Hayes ra the fifth spot. 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