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Show SPORTS by Maj. Rocky Raab canfinDmMJGi Hilltop Times staff writer As you read this, I am enjoying my annual pilgrimage to Montana in search of blue sky, yellow leaves and brown trout. I'm smiling; the trout are here. And Montana is...well, Montana. They call Montana the Big Sky Country, and it is. I don't know how they do it with all these mountains around, but the sky here really IS bigger. The minute you enter, the sky seems to stretch from there to all the way over there, passing through what can only be described as way the heck up there in the process. There's no freedom like the sky, as any pilot knows, and there's no sky anywhere like there is Country, or Big Mountain Country, or even Big See Country. They'd all be true, and they'd all sound like so much Chamber of Commerce jive unless you'd been there once yourself. Then you'd just close your eyes and get a farae that says, "Yes...oh yes." way And in October there's an almost audible sigh that Montana makes when it finally wins out over the heat and dust of summer. There's a taut crispness to the air; the razor-honeedge of blue-stewinter. There's the what will soon be knowledge that things today are glorious, but two months from now a moment of daydreaming half-smil- d el And there's a lot of room under that cobalt SPOEtTS GLM1CE Lockers available Nov. 22 at 10 p.m. to the fitness into Permanent lockers are available to center. Competition is divided diviC B and women's and A, rent at the Hess Fitness Center, Bldg. men's mixed. sions and 520, for active duty military. For more information call Darren Rental fees are $12 per year or $24 at Ext. 77779, 77772 or 72761. per year for senior staff members. To Parry reserve a locker, stop by the fitness 1 center Monday through Friday tween 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. scheduled Turkey trot will be- be held at the par course near Hill's South Gate beginTennis doubles to pair off ning at 10 a.m. on Nov. 18. The trot will be a prediction run, The Hill doubles tennis tournament 2 at the Hess where contestants predict the time will be held Nov. Fitness Center indoor tennis center be- they will run the event in. Those closest to their prediction will win hind the fitness center, Bldg. 520. The tournament is open to all base their division. Age groups are divided and boys' 2 workers and their families as well as into girls' 4 and 35 women Reserve, National Guard and retired and 4 and 35 and military and their families. Entry fee and over; men is $15 per team and entries are due by over. A turkey trot 28-De- c. 6-1- 13-1- 13-1- 2 19-2- 8; 19-2- i 4, 6-1- 8; 25-3- 4, 25-3- Hilltop Times 23 could get you killed. Oh, and this is definitely Big Smile Country. And it's not just simple friendliness, although d that's easy to find. No, it's the kind of in but smile that originates not just behind the eyes. A warm smile from down deep eyes that have seen a Montana winter. Yes, there's something about Montana. It's a soothing paradise tempered by wind and ice, a heavenly vision tinged with quick death. It's a land of hearty people and brawny wildlife. . A land of harshness and humanness, grief and grandeur. Perhaps that's what always draws people back: the knowledge of how fine the line is drawn here, how quick the beat between vital and fatal. Above all, no matter where you might reside, Montana is where you live. self-assure- heaven. Room for lots of other big things. You could call this Big Trout Country, or Big Deer in Montana. 51 Nov. 9, 1989 Intramural basketball tourney on tap basketball tour- Women, girls and boys will run VA miles, while the men's divisions will ramble 3 miles. Cost is $3 per entry. The run is open to all base workers and their families as well as Reserve, Na- A men's preseason nament will be held at the Hess Fitness Center Nov. 20, 21, 22, 27 and 28. tional Guard and retired military and The tourney is open to all Hill worktheir families. ers. Teams may be from base intramural or civilian leagues. No teams or non-bas- e players will Racquetbal! tourney be invited to participate. winners announced team and registraCost is $80 The winners of a men's racquetball tion deadline isper Wednesday. Registratournament sponsored by the Hess tion packets are available at the Fitness Center Nov. 4 are: fitness center, Bldg. 520. The first 16 A division: 1, David Wix. 2, Pepie teams registered will play. Lapham. 3, James Williams. The tournament will be true double B division: 1, Pepie Lapham. 2, elimination. Mark Rupprecht. 3, Ken Cereska. For more information call Howard C division: 1, Craig Berry. 2, Brian at Ext. 77779 or Jim at Ext. 79377. 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