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Show July 14. J999 LNewjMembers Sxrana . Hrre?t:n r Fert 11 rm- - v Regional TJL-ILJI Chamber of Commerce Serving Utah County Medical ' Center 'J opens new ' wing see Page 11 iupenuiosi i i mlHE 1 T"3 - Im&l re&mttoa t$k of CSmmlbefs Mum By: Christa Tady ..;-'). County has a wide variety of rec- the Olympics just around the T ; reational activities to offer both corner, the ProvoOrem Cham- PROVO With resortslike: " community members and those ber of Commerce invited Bill Seven Peaks, Sundance and from out of town. Bridges, president of Seven Thanksgiving Point, Utah." With summer upon us and Peaks, Jerry Warren, director of f i - Bill Bridges, President of Seven Peaks, shows off new mascot. Mountain Operations at Sundance and D. Clive Winn, president of Thanksgiving Point, to address Chamber members mem-bers as to the upcoming events and changes happening at each of their facilities. Seven Peaks Water Park is celebrating their 10th anniversary anniver-sary with the theme "Summer . Lovin' Fun. Throughout the summer, the water park's activities activi-ties include: Slide Til You Drop, Retro Friday Dive-In Movie and Saturday Summer Beach Dances. . This year, Seven Peaks gave away between 25,000 and 28,000 free tickets to children for reading. read-ing. With more than 25 water attractions including: Cave-In, Shotgun Falls and Tykes Peak, the water park is available for company picnics, family reunions re-unions and birthday parties. ' . With the opening of the sec-, ond ice arena scheduled for Sep-. tember, The Peaks Ice Arena offers year round ice skating. Prior to being a venue for Women's Hockey for the 2002 Winter Games, The Peaks will host a variety of pre-Olympic events and competitions including includ-ing speed skating, hockey and curling. - . . .. The two Olympic-size rinks will also be home to the Utah County Golden Eagles junior league hockey team, the BYU . Ice Cats and UVSC's hockey team. Guests to Sundance can experience ex-perience everything from skiing, ski-ing, horseback riding and biking bik-ing to hiking, the theatre, and art classes. The resort offers a variety of activity packages for families wanting the Sundance experience. With the world's focus turning turn-ing from four-day weekends to five or more day work weeks, many people do not have a lot of time to spend with their . families, Warren said. "Time has become the new currency for most of us.". In a recent survey among youth in the United States, most said they would rather play on a losing team, then sit on the bench of a winning team. "Sometimes as adults, we quit playing because we're afraid well lose Keep playing," Warren War-ren encouraged. Warren provided complimentary complimen-tary scenic lift ride tickets to all in attendance at the forum. This month, the Business After Hours will be held at Sundance. After its opening less than Continued on page 8 fife (DmQimutiJ tf($mm&(tiMiw ludlllAWmnltlh iltemt3miD fl mm |