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Show CtOllI EDITION YOUR TOWN, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR NEWSPAPER THURSDAY, MA SCHOOLS: Novell scholarship winners named TOWN HALL: Filmmakers come to Utah SPORTS: Team prepares (or stale track "wr v.. Business HUSBAND, WIFE OPEN CARHEADS SHOP A.F. students discover asteroic ( JiT- BARBARA CHRISTIANSENNorth Countv Bryce Tholl looks at a stellar image on a laptop in the astronomy classroom at American Fork High School. Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF Astronomy students at American Amer-ican Fork High School may not realize what an important discovery dis-covery they have made. That's according to their teacher, Curtis Craig, who helped guide the students in discovering a new asteroid and measuring three other important impor-tant near-earth objects. NASA agreed, and presented a plaque to the school and certificates to the 34 students in the class. American Fork was one of three high schools across the nation to participate in the program. pro-gram. The other two are prep schools, one in North Carolina and the other in Massachusetts. Universities have also been involved in-volved in the research. "Our community doesn't know our students are doing this," Craig said. "They don't understand that our students are contributing to the body of knowledge. They are writing the texts, creating the data that is going to be taught to the next generations of youth. I think our patrons deserve to know the impact im-pact our youth will have. They are the leaders and our future." Students used special software soft-ware to analyze pictures from space taken in the same locations, loca-tions, but over a period of time. They look for changes, which would indicate an object is moving. mov-ing. They work in magnifications magnifica-tions of up to 400 times. Robert Holmes, a research scientist for the National Aero-See Aero-See ASTEROID, Page 2 FLYING HIGH J7777T CRAIG DILGER Daily Herald 16 year-old Sheldon Nielson of Lehi competes in the 2008 Volcom Stone's Wild in the Parks Skate Competition on May 10. Skaters mob first-ever A.F. skateboard competition Caleb Warnock DAILY HERALD Hundreds gathered in American Fork on Saturday for the city's first-ever skateboarding skateboard-ing competition. The city's $600,000, 20,000-square-foot skate park, which opened in September, was the first stop of the national Wild in the Park 2008 tour, which next lands in Hous ton, Texas. Nearly 200 teens signed up to compete on Saturday, said organizers. No one was charged an entry fee, and the top contenders contend-ers took home skating gear, cash prizes of up to $250, and a chance to compete for a $30,000 pot at a national competition in October. Oc-tober. On Saturday, it was all about landing the tricks, as the skater's stunts are called. Dressed in board shorts or rolled up jeans, T-shirts and baseball caps, competitors tried over and over to land a series of stunts. The most watched were those coming down a small slope to jump over eight concrete stairs, either flipping their boards in the air over the stairs hoping to land upright or sliding slid-ing their boards down a metal handrail. See SKATE, Page 2 ; I' '. Community to 'Run for Ryan' BARBARA CHRISTIANSENNorth County Katie Cox and Erik Rudy. Rudy had leukemia last year and had a Memorial Day race held in his honor to help him raise money for a transplant. This year he is working to organize a similar race to help his neighbor Katie Cox. Barbara Christiansen NORTH COUNTY STAFF A year ago, Erik Rudy was barely walking. He put in an appearance at the "Run for Rudy," which was the theme of last year's Harrington Memorial Day race in American Ameri-can Fork. Proceeds from the race were donated to help Rudy, a leukemia victim, pay for a bone marrow transplant he had received. This year Rudy is taking a different role in the race. He's helping with what is called "Run for Ryan" and will be used to help Katie Cox, the widow of Ryan Cox, who was killed in an accident at Utah's Sand Dunes on March 29. "It still feels a little surreal," Katie Cox said. "He was at the sand dunes riding a dirt bike. He came off a jump. His wheel stopped and he hit his chest on the handlebars." handle-bars." "He was already late when the doorbell rang at our house," she said. "A police officer was there. I knew something had happened. It was devastating. My world flipped upside down in an instant." Ryan and Katie, both from Pleasant Grove, had been married seven years. They have three daughters 5, 4 and 7 months. Rudy, Cox and Brenda Ashby are all See RYAN, Page 2 Community Briefing V Marc HaddockNorth County Jason Armstrong left and Charlie Andrews face off in a jousting exhibition before students at Shelley Elementary as part of a Renaissance festival at the school on Monday. Children and teachers dressed in period costume for the event. The jousters were preparing for a major medieval festival in Ogden this weekend. WOMAN OF STEEL - American Fork will host hundreds of female athletes this weekend at the Bank of American Fork Woman of Steel triathlon Saturday. The swimming portion of the competition will take place at the American Fork Fitness Center. Running and bicycling events will take place on the streets of American Fork and Highland. Competition will begin at 8 a.m. The triathlon consists of a 300 meter swim event, and 11.5 mile bike course and a 3 mile run. Former Olympian and former American Fork resident resi-dent Tiffany Lott, last year's recipient of the Woman of Steel Award, will speak on Friday at 7 p.m. at the American Fork Fitness Center as part of the events leading up to the race. For more information on the event and race routes, visit www.triutah.comTriUtahWOS.html. AMERICAN FORK FUNDRAISER MISS - Liesl Wright, who was recently crowned Miss American Fork, will be performing for the community in a fund-raising fund-raising event to help pay for expenses to participate in the in the Miss Utah Pageant at the Capitol Theatre July 8-12. Liesl and her ballroom dance partner, David Moon, will perform a variety of Latin dance and ballroom ball-room numbers. They will compete the following week at the British Championships in Blackpool, England. The performance will be held in the Apollo Hall, 50 N. Church St., American Fork on Tuesday, May 20, at 7 p.m. Liesl's Little Miss for the Miss Utah Pageant, Grace Parker, will also be introduced. Admission is free, but donations are encouraged. STORYTIME IN SPANISH - The American Fork Public Library will present a storytime in Spanish on May 22 at 6:30 p.m. There is no charge to attend. It will be at the library, 64 S. 100 East, American Fork. GRAND MARSHAL AND JUNIOR GRAND MARSHAL MAR-SHAL NOMINATIONS SOUGHT - The American Fork Steel Days Committee is accepting nominations for this year's Steel Days Grand Marshal and Junior Grand Marshal (children's parade). Those who wish to make a nomination should type it up, including why you think he or she should be Grand Marshal, (Jr. Grand Marshall age limit 5-12 years) with the address and phone numbers of both the nominator and nominee. nomi-nee. All nominations should be turned in to American Fork City Hall, 31 N. Church, American Fork Utah 84003; faxed to 763-3004 or sent by e-mail to Cheese-manwifehotmail.com Cheese-manwifehotmail.com by June 1. All entries will be voted on by the American Fork Steel Days Committee. POOL TO REOPEN - The pool at the American Fork Fitness Center is scheduled to reopen Friday at 5 a.m. The outdoor leisure pool will open May 23. There will be free swim days for the public from 3-8 p.m. on May 27, 28 and 29. ARTS COUNCIL TAKES REGISTRATION - The American Fork Arts council is taking registration for the children's summer art program. There will be classes for children 6-8 from June 16-20. Those 9-11 years old will have classes June 23-27. All classes will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon and will be held in room 3 of the art annex on the east end of the American Fork Fitness Center, 454 N. Center Street. The cost of the classes is $25 and all necessary materials are included. includ-ed. The Arts Council offices are in historic city hall, 31 N. Church Street, American Fork. EARLY DEADLINE - The North County Newspapers Newspa-pers will have an early deadline for celebrations for the May 29 edition. Those who wish to place weddings, wed-dings, anniversaries, missionaries or birthdays in the paper for May 29 need to make their submissions by May 23 at 2 p.m. 6 lll61055' 00050"" 8 b Wfi.'t-5S'"M't'Nw W t-'WJtftiH' .i'M'WW11 WWi" WW.Ji-jg1.wA.niii ,.,.. -.. ytmmmgmm'- fftm AUUl WMEU ununmMifUUil nif Mim III nun THKlllGH MAY M MM H a? (3 Olikr. M 1 totiJi llrtt Mmi rvf ft.m&jfc .11 MIL .iJLUJi-m,1! ;-ltlt.JMM M-4X iUS i V 1 |