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Show .Orem-Geneva T imes Wednesday, December 6, 1995 Page 4 Hi. t ; i ? Suncrest Principal Douglas B. Van Alf en watches students .' by Utah Division of Water Resources. 1 2 - Ft" Looking a bit like something out of Star Wars, paintball players Matt Nielsen (left) and Brad Bowen (right), don their gear for the competition ahead. Paintball Cont. from page 1 of another game to play again. The arena is surrounded by painted murals of outdoor scenes, ranging from red rock cliffs to forested mountains. There is a large fort on one side, and walls from a movie set of old Jerusalem on the opposite side. Log barricades and other objects provide cover in the playing zone. The majority of patrons and paintball enthusiasts are young men and teenagers, Jeffs said, but some girls enjoy, playing as well. ' Date groups for dances like Sadie Hawkins have come to the facility lur a nay ucuviiy. me luuuny can ue rented by private groups on Mondays Mon-days and Tuesdays from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. to 12 a.m. General public hours are Wednesday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., and Saturday, j noon to 10 p.m. The telephone num- ber of Predator Paintball is 224-5 224-5 f 1578. ; OTHER ISSUES To those who might question the i ; concept of firing guns at others, Jeffs said, "It didn't take me very long to Uearn that I never wanted to be in a -r'real gun situation' ever!" He said 1 UVSC President, Kerry D. Eomesburg accepts keys to the cut General manager of Saturn. if that the movies might portray such action, but it is by playing that a person learns what it is like. "You're humbled," he said. "Nothing stops a paintball (or a bullet) except something some-thing solid. You learn' that in a hurry." Jeffs noted that the sport is becoming be-coming more popular, and Predator Paintball provides an organized, family-oriented environment in which to play. He said that "guys playing in the woods" would be more dangerous, without a controlled atmosphere, at-mosphere, and playing with guns that fire at higher, unregulated speeds. Matt Nielsen, 18, from Springville, said the game was fun but sobering and made him think about what it must have been like for the soldiers in Vietnam. "I guess it's kind of like real war... You can't see your target, but you get someone in your sights and you know you're probably in someone else's (sights)," he observed. WHAT TO WEAR Jeffs recommends that players wear gloves to protect their hands, and a thick sweatshirt. A hit taken at close range can sting or leave a check out computer donated .jS5" "'""'.Ifllt'w -3L welt. Heavier clothing is not recommended recom-mended because body heat can cause the eye masks to fog up. Players are required to fill out signed release forms. Paint can be cleaned from clothes by machine washing. . "Even though this shirt looks like it'll never be the same, itll all wash out," said Schneck, glancing at the purple splotches that marked where he had been hit. General prices are $10 for 1 hour's play, 50 paintballs, gun, and mask; $15 for 2 hours, 100 paintballs, gun, and mask; and $20 for 3 hours, 150 paintballs, gun, and mask. Players may use their own equipment, but guns must be pump only and shoot 240 feet per second or less. Paintballs must be purchased from Predator Paintball. Adjusted rates for those, using their own equipment are $3.50 for one hour, $7 for two hours, and $10 for three hours. - away car for Jeff Wetzel, . Matthew Kelly J, places 3rd in essay contest Matthew Kelly of Westmore Elementary in Orem took 3rd place for the 4th grade in the 1995 Utah State Fair Essay Contest. Each weekday morning during the Utah State Fair, held in September, an education program pro-gram is provided for students and teachers. Included in the program are SpaceTalk, livestock live-stock tours, police and fire safety shows, Tracy Aviary presentations, presenta-tions, and much more. In conjunction with this program, pro-gram, students from various schools across the state participate par-ticipate each year in an essay contest sponsored by the fair. Each year the contest averages about 1,000 essay entries, and the topics vary depending on the grade level. Teachers needing more information in-formation on the education program pro-gram at the fair may contact Susan Openshaw at 538-8454. Suncrest Elementary School trying to get on-line Efforts of parents and teachers to create a computer lab at Suncrest Elementary School in Orem got a boost with a van full of donated surplus computer equipment from the Utah Division of Water Resources. Resour-ces. The equipment delivered on November 30, 1995, included 13 monitors and 25 desktop CPUs with keyboards. School Principal Douglas B. Van Alfen says he is extremely grateful for the donated equipment equip-ment which will help get the school's proposed computer lab off the drawing board and into the Hves of the school's kindergarten kinder-garten through sixth grade students. stu-dents. He says the school's PTA is seeking additional hardware and Software donations and expertise ex-pertise to assemble a computer network at the school. Van Alfen notes some elementary 'and junior high schools in the Alpine School District have already implemented im-plemented similar computer labs. Division of Water Resources Director D. Larry Anderson says recent upgrading of computers in his division made the equipment equip-ment available. Anderson notes legislation passed last year enables state agencies to donate such equipment to schools for educational purposes. The equipment donation and delivery were spearheaded by Division Senior Engineer Mike Talbot, whose children attended Suncrest Elementary. Talbot said the equipment donated to the school will help students get involved with computer technology. technol-ogy. . Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde UVSC receives Saturn donation Saturn of Salt Lake City has donated a new Saturn SL2 to the automotive technology department depart-ment of Utah Valley State College (UVSC). "We are impressed with the automotive department and the training of the students at UVSC. We are thrilled to be a part of the team and hope that this car can be used as a vital learning tool for the students," said Jeff Wetzel, general manager of Saturn. The car will be used by collision col-lision repair students as well as the automotive department. According Ac-cording to automotive instructors, the car is a perfect teaching tool because it is a cut-away, allowing students to see the actual mechanics of the car with several of the exterior parts removed. "We hope this is the start of a great relationship between Saturn and UVSC. The donation of the Saturn shows that industry is ready to help out education. The car will provide us with the latest technology needed to train our students," said Chase Mitchell, instructor in-structor in automotive technology department. I l.'-JV"'' ITENN1ALO. i I t . i - i 1; Essay winner Matthew Kelly is pictured with Ms. Schriber at Westmore Elementary. Indusnet-An On-line first Utah Valley State College's (UVSC) president, Dr. Kerry Romesburg announced recently the successful creation and launch of Indusnet (HTTP.Indus-net.org)-an extensive on-line information in-formation guide bringing together the best educational and training resources available from 10 U.S. Western States. "The site is unique in that it links all of these resources to a broad-based network for employment employ-ment opportunity. Our goal was nothing short of a community-wide community-wide access for any user to continuous con-tinuous lifelong education or training resulting in higher work skills and more productive employees," said Romesburg. "Utah, UVSC, and Utah Valley Val-ley in particular are uniquely positioned posi-tioned to act as a proactive leader, catalyst and network hub for this It'o aomiiw?, let iq get you mmCBHPaMm mm m J '.Emissions' I I Otatto I with coupon cwy Reg. $25.00 I COUPON "SI 6 Cyl - "CCF I 8 Cyl - i prion? END J MIGNT.3EN? I I ""COUPON" mm mm M T) n 0 Pickups, 4x4s and Most CarsM , With Coupon Only I SMI Mat Extra ctlon j (bd Fifffib?. odi Norm btats Street, Orem 225 . 'Where Service Is King' f major undertaking," said Dr. Lincoln Lin-coln Fuqua, director of distance learning at UVSC. 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