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Show POMT Page 8 Orem-Geneva Times Thursday, May 30, 1091 SHEET LWtn. View announces outstanding athletes By Kevin Young Sports Editor At an awards ceremony held last Thursday, the Mountain View High School athletic department depart-ment announced the Most Valuable Valu-able Player's for the 1990-91 school year. The M.V.P. award is given to students who excel in their sport, show a positive attitude and make a consistent contribution to the success of their team. Robb Nelson captured the M.V.P. slot in Football and Cory Williams received the award for Golf. Track standouts Sam St. Clair and Amy Allen won for Cross Country. St. Clair has been an asset for both the Cross Country and Track teams, and Allen is a high school All American in the event. Sharee House was named M.V.P. of the Lady Bruin Soccer team. Sharee played Full Back for the team during their fall soccer season. Paul Clark, a soft spoken mid-fielder for the Bruins, also received the award. The Bruin soccer squad won the region championship. Lady Bruin Angie Roberts, an athlete with several talents, won in girls volleyball. Catherine Monson and Peter Larsen won in Tennis. Larsen started the season on the Bruins junior varsity team but finished with the number two slot in the doubles event in region play. The athletic department had a difficult time choosing a single M.V.P. in boys basketball and awarded both Ryan Lewis and Bryan Kitchen the honor. Jennifer Jen-nifer Schlappi, received the award for the ladies. The Lady Bruins won the state basketball championship last March. Chad Jenkins received the award for his contribution to the Bruin wrestling effort. Swim team captain Warren Johnson also won. Johnson's swim team placed second in region. Kirsten Sanders, perhaps the top female swimmer in the state, received the tribute for the ladies. The lady Bruins also placed second in the region. -:. Junior Ryan Roberts beat out a field of talented athletes for the M.V.P. slot in Baseball. Jane Walker, pitcher for the lady Bruins, won in Softball. Walker is a member of the National Honor Society. Jared Passey and Becky Perry were named M.V.P.'s for Track and Field. This season Passey won his second consecutive State title in the javelin and Perry broke her previous state record in the long jump. Although the number of students stu-dents in Mountain View athletic programs runs into the hundreds, the administration also had to select an Outstanding All-Around All-Around Male and Female athlete. The competition for the award is stringent and in the ladies' category Julie Wilde and Kim Henry shared the honor. The seniors are teammates in Track and Field, Volleyball, and Basketball. Bas-ketball. Senior Danny Davis won for the boys. Davis will be attending the University of Utah on a full jide athletic scholarship. ; "While athletics are important, impor-tant, we recognize that academic Achievements are also important," impor-tant," said Athletic Director Joel .Gardner, addressing the athletes ;and their parents. The school ; recognized the academic achieve-; achieve-; ments of athletes Mike Whimpey and Julie Wilde by naming them ithe 1990-91 Scholar Athletes. -Whimpey, a member of the Bruin .Football and Track teams, had a 3.952 grade point average. Wilde, a Senior who lettered in four different events, pulled a 3.978. '. Gardner presented seniors Bill Sawaya and Sabina Mueller with the U.S. Marine Scholarship ' Award. 'The Marines give this . scholarship not only for their ; physical talent but for their char- acter," he told the audience. ' The school also honored : Michael Conner, John and Farrel ; Allen, and Dave Lindstrom with ; the Golden Bruin award. The - Golden Bruin award is given to those who have made a special I contribution to the Bruin's ath-; ath-; letic program. Conner is a volun-l volun-l teer coach, John and Farrel Allen ; have provided the athletes with medical assistance and Lindstiom is retiring after 36 I years of teaching. TIPS We want the scoop on what's happening In Orem. 225-1340 Mountain View's M.VJVs and Outstanding All Around Athletes. (Not pictured: Jared Passey, Becky Perry) riFi :r'dW wL 1 Angie Roberts recevies the Most Valuable Player award from Athletic Director Joel Gardner at the Mountain View Athletic Honors Night Alpine District names "Outstanding employees The Alpine School District Classified Association, which is made up of support personnel such as school lunch workers, technicians, secretaries, maintenance main-tenance personnel, bus drivers, has named five individuals as their "outstanding classified employees" for 1990-91. According to Dixie Bushman, President of the Association, the chosen employees "represent excellence ex-cellence in professionalism and dedication to public service." The five are: Blaine Mikesell is head' custodian cus-todian at Bonneville Elementary. Blaine has served as vice president presi-dent of the classified Association. He resides in Orem. Alberta Hall is an employment employ-ment specialist with Timp Industries, In-dustries, the district's sheltered workshop facility. Alberta has the best clientemployment ratio in the state, according to her supervisor. super-visor. She resides in Orem. Due Ton Lieu is a custodian 11 at Mountain View High School, where he has worked for ten years. He immigrated from Viet Nam thirteen years ago. His motto is "a full day's work for a full day's pay," according to fellow workers. He resides in American Fork. Olive Walker, a secretary at Vineyard, has an enviable work record according to her supervisor. super-visor. In addition, she is courteous cour-teous and helpful to everyone she comes in contact with and excels atbuildingconfidence and self esteem es-teem in both children and adults. She lives in Orem. Gwen Unthank is the secretary at Peterson School in American Fork, where she has been since 1981. She has been with the district since 1972. "It is a great opportunity to work with the special, students attending Peterson School," she says. "I feel I have the best assignment in the district." Gwen lives in Pleasant Grove. Hunter Safety Class coming up The Orem Fitness Center is offering a summer hunter safety class June 3-7. Class will be held at the Orem Fitness Center, 165 South 580 West, Orem. Parents are urged to take the course with their child. A child under 14 years of age should be accompanied with a parents. Classes are taught by Dave Adams who recently was honored with his wife Yvonne as the 1990 Hunter Education Instructors of the year for central Utah. The Hunter Education Course prepares youth for an enjoyable and safe 1991 season, and also prepares scouts for the rifle and shotgun merit badge. Class is limited to 30 students. For more information, contact Mark at 224-7154. Deadline I looms for Central Region Summer Games Amateur athletes who are interested in-terested in participating in the Central Region Summer Games to be held in Orem, June 13, 14, 15, have until June 1, 1991 to register for competition, according accord-ing to Jerry Ortiz, Central Region Director. The Central Region is a seven county area comprised of Utah, Juab, Tooele, Wasatch, Duchesne, Uintah, and Daggett counties. The Central Region Summer Games are open to all amateur athletes in that seven county area. There are divisions for men and women, girls and boys of all ages. Competitions will be held in Archery Basketball, Horseshoes, Slow Pitch Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Trap Shooting, and Volleyball. The Central Region Games serve as the qualifying competi-, tion for the Utah Summer Games which will be held in Cedar City' June 21-29. Participation in the Central Region is necessary if an athlete wishes to qualify, in one of the sports listed above, for competition competi-tion in the Utah Summer Games, said Ortiz. The City of Orem will again host the games at various City facilities throughout the community com-munity with the exception of trap shooting and horseshoes. Those two events will be held in Spanish Fork and American Fork respectively. respec-tively. The 1991 games will mark the fourth year that Orem has been the host, following are the various venue sites for the 1991 games: Archery - Utah Valley Community Com-munity College . Basketball - Mountain View, High School Horseshoes - American Fork Senior Citizen Center Slow Pitch Softball - Windsor Park Swimming - Orem Fitness Center Tennis - Community Park Track and Field - Mountain View High School Trap Shooting - Spanish Fork Gun club Volleyball - Mountain View High School Pre-registration is required for competition in the games. Registrations must be submitted on the proper form which is found in the Athlete Handbook and Application Ap-plication which is available at the Orem Fitness Center, 580 West 165 South in Orem. Special Olympics: more than fun and games It's a place for volunteers to shine, too For 1,800 handicapped athletes, ath-letes, the Special Olympics are more than just fun and games. The Special Olympics mean a lot to them. They feel like they're really someone, and they realize that they can do a lot of the same things they've seen their brothers and sisters do," said Kathy Edwards, Ed-wards, director of Recreation for All Handicapped. Athletes are not the only ones who grow from the experience, said J.D. Donnelly, director of Special Olympics. " ' , . "We have two people who now work in the front office who said they couldn't volunteer. They were just too frightened, and they thought they couldn't handle it. Once they tried it, they got hooked." The Special Olympics will be held June 6-8 at the BYU Outdoor 4 '(Mb ; .y: . ... - x y f i I AiMrufc. ia::. Jane Walker - pitcher for MV By Candace Perry Jane Walker, daughter of Kurt and Susan Walker, is the second child of four. Born on October Oc-tober 4, 1972, Jane has excelled in everything from sports to Woodworking. As starting Pitcher on Mountain Moun-tain View's Varsity softball team, she is notorious for fast pitching, a talent that usually results in a strikeout. Very few people are able to hit her throws, and gives Jane quite a valuable position on the team and an example for the other teammates to look up to. Jane is a born leader. Not only has she received recognition as Sterling Scholar in the Industrial In-dustrial Arts, but she has held many church positions as well. Jane is a member of the National Nation-al Honor Society and has maintained main-tained a 3.92 G.PA. throughout high school. She also received a 25 on the ACT. Jane was selected twice as Bruin Teenager, one in Physical Education and the other in Social Science. She enjoys read Dutch oven cooking class Learn the art of delicious dutch oven cooking this summer! A class sponsored by the Utah county office of Utah State University Cooperative Extension Exten-sion will demonstrate the cooking of a dozen different dishes as well as the proper seasoning and care of the dutch oven. The class will be held near Pleasant Grove on Saturday, June 22, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Exact site will be given at time of registration). Master teachers and cooks Wallace, Mike, Pat, and Juanita Kohler have been teaching dutch oven cl asses for 25 years and share their expertise in a very enjoyable way. For $16 per person, par Track. Volunteer assignments range from being a "hugger," who greets athletes as they cross the finish line, to helping serve lunch to the athletes. Last year 3,000 volunteers got involved, and Donnelly hopes for a similar response this year. "There's something for everybody to do. If you don't feel 6omfortable helping with the sports events, you can help with some other activity. No one should worry that they won't be used. Well put everyone to work," Donnelly said. Athletes will compete in softball games, soccer matches, cycling, cy-cling, track and field events, wheelchair wheel-chair races, equestrian activities, T-ball games, and cycling races. Each day ends with a special event The Opening Ceremonies on Thursday evening at 6 p.m. will Outstanding softball team ing, Physcology, English, and learning new skills such as Woodworking. Wood-working. Sports are her first love, as she has lettered twice in Softball, and three times in Volleyball. She has played softball as long as she can remember and started with coach-pitch on a team full of boys. She advanced to City League and that lead her to a starting position as pitcher on the Bruin Softball team for the third year running. When it comes to "Pitching in", Jane is the first to volunteer. She helps coach younger children in various sports activities, and gives special pointers to those who are interested in becoming a pitcher. Her future is bright and various colleges are offering her scholarships in hope of capturing her for their team sports. For now, Jane hasn't decided on a school, but she does plan to pursue pur-sue a post-secondary education and her athletics. ticipants will sample 12 different dishes for lunch, learn about dutch oven cooking from start up to clean up, and receive a booklet of dutch oven recipes. The registration fee must be received no later than June 17. The class size is limited to the first 65 to E re-pay. Make check payable to rtah County Extension, 100 East Center Rm L600, Provo 84606. Call 370-8460 if you have questions. ques-tions. The demonstration site has drinking water and picnic tables under a pavilion, but if you want to relax in the shade of the trees or get closer to the demonstration bring a lawn chair and your own cooler of soft drinks. feature a Parade of Athletes. On Friday evening the athletes will attend a victory banquet followed by a dance under the BYU Cougar Stadium stands. The public may attend the dance free of charge. The Special Olympics come to an end with Closing Ceremonies Saturday from 3-4 p.m. Daytime events begin at 8:30 a.m. Volunteers may pre-register by phone, or may register the day of the games. All volunteers are asked to report to the volunteer table at the southwest end of the track on the day they volunteer. From there they will be directed to a specific event. Volunteers should be at least 13 years old. For more information informa-tion on volunteering for the Special Spe-cial Olympics, call the United Way Volunteer Center at 374- 4 |