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Show Times Newspaper Wednesday, July 26, 2000 Page 7 j O u The WindsorOrchard Killer Bees took first place in the Orem City third and fourth grade girls fastpitch Softball league. The squad also went on to win the post-season tournament title. Members of the team are: front row (L-R): Chelsey Bramwell, Angie Larsen, Jessica Borup, Aimee Bench, Alyssa Richins, Breanne Beckman, Courtney Crowley. Back row (L-R): (L-R): Nicole Nimmer, Coach Scott Snowden, Michelle Johnson, Kiley Pugmire, Kalee Gonzalez, Chelsie Laird, Coach Terry Laird, Jessica Snowden, Tawni Beckman, Coach Kathy Larsen. (Missing, Coach Rex Pugmire). Explore coolness of caves in free evening programs Timpanogos Cave National Monument, Monu-ment, in partnership with the Uinta National Forest and Sundance Resort, continues its Free Summer Evening Program Series with three programs sure to please visitors of all ages. This weekend, National park Service Park Rangers Rang-ers and a guest speaker share their interests in caves, water, and music as they delight visitors with fun activities ac-tivities and interesting facts. All programs are free tot he public (not including $3 entrance fee to AF Canyon). Topics change every weekend. week-end. For more information, please call Timpanogos Cave National Monument at (801) 756-5238. Friday, July 28, 2000. 7-8 p.m. Timpanogos Cave Visitor Center, American Fork Canyon. "The World Beneath" - Although caves are usually usu-ally dark and wet places where few humans travel, they are very delicate deli-cate and mysterious ecosystems with a wonderful variety of interesting inter-esting shapes and living creatures. In fact, did you know that some caves are the home to spiders with PWfflJ PW WHB Bjg'' ,i "mim - . u i 111 vfl sfa-nwnni. S. - lr a a legs up to two feet long? Share the wonderful world of caves with guest speaker Peter Ruplinger who wijl show slides and relate experiences of the unique caves he's visited. Saturday, July 29, 2000. 7-8 p.m. Granite Flat Campground, American Ameri-can Fork Canyon "The Music of Nature" Na-ture" - Ranger Hatch and her musical musi-cal friends share the history of camp-fire camp-fire songs. Come sing along or just enjoy as they take you on a magical journey through the songs that reflect re-flect the great outdoors. Smoky Bear to Visit Canyon Parents, bring your kids to the Timpanogos Cave National Monument Visitor Center in American Fork Canyon on July 29 at 10 a.m. to meet Smokey Bear. Smokey will make a guest appearance ap-pearance at the Saturday Jr. Ranger Program. During a summer sum-mer that has been unusually dry, it is important for children THIS JULY, JOIN US FOR A CELEBRATION, JULY 25TH - JULY 28TH As our country celebrates over two centuries of Anie iran tradition, Zioiu Bank is celebrating 127 years of its own heritage as a local bank now $8 billion strong. It's worthy grounds for a p.- y. And a good reason for banking with Zions. Because the employees of each Zions branch who live in and care about your neighb rhood have the authority to make decisions on a local level. And the money in Zions Bank your money helps fund the people ai j businesses that build our communities. Visit your local branch during the week of July 24th, and join us in celebrating our heritage and the primary reason for our success you. ZIONS BANK WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN WHO KEEPS US r n Monday, July 31, 2000. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Sundance Resort, Creekside Amphitheater "A Trip on the Pathway Path-way ofWater" - Join Ranger Perkins and take a wilde ride on the pathway path-way of water as she involves visitor sin fun activities which demonstrate the life cycle of water. Race down the canyon as a river, seep far into the soil beneath your feet, rise high into the sky as clouds, and return once again to the river as rain. Bring the whole family to enjoy activities which are sure to entertain ail. and adults to find out how they can help prevent costly forest fires. This hour-long program ' will teach children how to prevent pre-vent forest fires and why natural natu-ral fires are sometimes Mother Nature's way of rejuvenating. Kids will also learn all about what fire fighters do to battle wildland fires. The program is free (not including a $3 fee at the entrance station). WE'RE MORE THAN OUR COUNTRY'S HERITAGE. WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR Adaptive T-Bal I from pe) balls. Reed Blatter, a sturdy young man with Down Syndrome, whacks the bail over the center fielder's head. Even body shouts and cheers him on members of the opposing team as well as those on his own. Adaptive T-Ball began in 1997 when Selma and Michael Eisenstat of Pleasant Grove couldn't find an appropriate sports team for their autistic son Joshua to join. With the help of Mark Lindsay, Orem Recreation manager, there is now a league with four teams with 48 participants. partici-pants. "This is the only program I know of in Utah County specifically specifi-cally designed for kids with disabilities," dis-abilities," Lindsay said. Adaptive T-Ball is a non-competitive, learn to play, opportunity opportu-nity for handicapped children and youth from ages 5-22. Children Chil-dren from all over the county participate in the Adaptive T-Ball league. Chandler Pace, age 12, walks up to the plate. Holding the bat over his head, he stretches. He swings the bat to warm up. He warns the outfielders, "It'll go clear to San Francisco!" "Send it to Disneyland, dude!" encourages encour-ages his mom. Chandler swings and hits the ball and it rolls several sev-eral feet. But from the look on his face, he's whacked that ball past Disneyland and out to sea. He runs to first base where he receives a high five from one of the helpers. There are several helpers, teen volunteers, who come every week to help these special youngsters play ball. Tiffani Lines is one enthusiastic helper. "I come every Saturday," she said. "It's really fun seeing their reaction when they hit the ball." Coach Eisenstat's reactions to his players are also fun to watch. It's hard to know which of the children is really his, because he is so excited for all of the chil-! chil-! !"rlren cm his team. He calls out to Mark Gudmunsen as he's being wheeled towards home plate, "Come on, you're gonna knock me right over " as he falls to the ground, laughing, in front of Mark's wheelchair, "That's the third time you've knocked IN BUSINESS. me over today!" "This is the greatest thing in the world," Eisenstat said. "I wish they could do it year round." As the game ends, the players from each team gather around their coaches. Many of the friends, family, and helpers gather too. They cheer the other team on. Smiles light up everyone's faces. Score isn't kept, because it's obvious who won each child who hit, ran, caught, or threw the ball. For in Adaptive T-Ball, everybody is a winner. For more information on the Adaptive T-Ball League contact Mark Lindsay at the Orem Fitness Fit-ness Center at 229-7158. 1 I Win $50,000 One quick, easy and great tasting beef recipe will earn $50,000 at the next National Beef Cook-OIT. Could it be yours? For entry information, call (435) 837-2224 or (801) 355-0063 Utah Beef Council e-mail: utahbeefaol.com Recipe entry deadline: August 20, 2000 1 Students selected for Utah Business Week Local high school students will attend this year's Utah Business Busi-ness Week at Utah State University Uni-versity from July 30 through August 5. Robert Gibbons of Mountain View High School, Lisa M. Colegrove of Payson High, and Tyler Baron and John Burton of Provo High will be sponsored by Quest ar. Utah Business Week is organized orga-nized annually by the Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, and funded by contributions from Utah businesses. It provides pro-vides students with hands-on experience in running a business and learning to understand and respect the benefits offered by America's economic system. Throughout the week, students receive training from business leaders that they apply to run a computer-simulated business. These students were recommended recom-mended by business teachers and chosen on the basis of schol-arships, schol-arships, school involvement and essays about their interest in business careers. NATIONAL Member FDIC COPY 1 |