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Show EDITOR: JEAN CAREY THE DAILY HERALD (wwwJhrfcThcHenId.com) 344-25- Lindsay Burr, a Timpview High School songleader, performs By ELYSSA AKDRUS The Daily Herald t .. .... ' hey share the same last forthe name, genetic good tune of a creamy complexion and muscled calves, and ambitious dreams of making Timpview High School the United Spirit Association 2003 national high school champions. If cheerleading has its own special brand ot sisterhood, then the Burr maters. Sarah. 1 ft. tnrfnn T .inrirav and Lauren, 16, and Marie, 15, of Provo, are especially dose. Each sister is on a different sauad T at Timpview, all four will compete together at this weekend's USA Spir it Nationals in Anaheim, Calif, the ' West Coast Super Bowi of competitive high school cheerleading. Three sisters are competing together on a combined cheerleading squad; Lindsay, who prefers dancing to stunts and tumbling, is competing as a songleader. This week's championship event marks the culmination ofhundreds of hours ofpractice for the sisters and their squads, of performing a 2 te dance routine and complicat ed stuntwork over and over while smiling and effusing school spirit As cheer and songleaders, the sisters have endured fatigue, nulled . miioploB anr iri SaraVi'a raso a hi art eye from a stunt gone awry. "Everyone says, 'oh, cheerleading isnt a sport,' " said Lindsay, a song--; leader, defending her sisters' pursuits. yelling and jumping." Her fether, Brett Burr, who has watched the girls refine and perfect routines in the basement oftheir Provo home, compares Spanish-styl- e the fervency of their preparation to a at the school. MATT SMITHThe Dairy HeraM entering the competition considerable. Far Timpview competitors, lodging, transportation and entry fees will total some $600 per girL Thafs a hefty fee for one cheer or songleader. Far the Burr family, attending the national competition will cost thousands of dollars, offset only in part by But the girls fed they have a good chance of placing in and, hopefulthe competition. ly, winning Lauren, who competed with Timpview at nationals last year, said this year's cheerleading team should ' without Question place higher than the 2002 team, which placed eighth overall in its division. Kb a sentiment adviser Ford fund-raisin- FRIDAY, MARCH 2S, 2003 Squad of sisters step out from the sidelines to compete in national championship .... ,.' ' puces-''- - g. 'St 4 7' -- 'I echoes: This is the greatest chance weVe ever had of placing and winning," she said, noting the precise routines and complicated stuntwork. As they prepare for .competition, the four Burr sisters have been natural leaders on their respective squads, Ford said. Sarah, the eldest, is head cheerleader of the varsity squad. As a senior, this weekend's competition is likely the last time she will perform as a cheerleader. In the summer, she will trade her royal blue and orange uniform for a backpack and textbooks as a Brigham Young Universi- C5 ty student As she prepares for her last competition, she said she is becoming increasingly sentimental about the speciarbond she has shared with her sisters. "Ever since high school, weVe been (inseparable). We go to school together, we eat lunch together," she said. They shop together favoring the stylish dothing of Nordstrom and Banana Republic vacation at Lake Powell and most Of all, cheer and Weill aMinnl tunmjl laWo Far all four girls, USA nationals marks the culmination of a school year's worth of work. ' "It's weird that vou practice all routine," year for a 2 12-minu-te . you're still practicing?" In the past decade, cheerleading has in many ways evolved from a spectator sport to a ce sugar-and-spi- fierce competitor's activity with prizes and scholarship money at staka Last year, televised cheerleading competitions reached an average of 460,000 households on ESPN and 260,000 on ESPN 2. Particularly at USA nationals, where dozens of squads vie for the winning title in their division, competition is fierce, said Timpview cheer and songleading advisor Katie Ford. Some consider the cost of even Those girls are absolutely best friends," said Whitney Eyre, a senior on Tlmpview's varsity cheer squad. T think its an absolute blast for them to be cheering with three of their dosest friends." Marie, 15, said she looks forward to performing a final time with her sister, Sarah, before Sarah goes to college Whatever the outcome of USA, nationals, the legacy of the Burr sisters in Tlmpview's cheer and song-leadiprogram will likely continue. A fifth sister, Julianne, 13, is trying out to cheer for next year's season, hoping that she, like her sisters before her, will soon don a swishy uniform, schmear Vaseline on her teeth to help her keep smiling and echo the good luck cheer "Pump it up, its Timpview time.' ng MATTSMlTHyTheDfulyHersld Marie Burr, front, warms up with sisters Sarah, left, and Lauren, right, during a performance at Timpview High School. Urban encroachment sparks debate over a national forest By JANET WILSON Los Angeles Times I 1 ; is a patchwork wilderness Cali--. tucked among fornia counties, and everybody wants a piece. As the Cleveland National for est undergoes a management plan update, all kinds of ideas are on the map. They indude blasting a high-- , way through the mountains, draping a 500,000-vo- lt power line along its eastern flank and generating power and profits by pumping water up its fast-growin- g . ... . r.. x 15-ye- ar slopes. All national forests are increasingly underpressure to balance competing demands, such as the need for oil and the protection of endangered species. v But the Cleveland forest, already cut into three pieces and hemmed in by the suburbs of Orange, Riverside and San Diego counties, is one of the nation's smallest There is more at stake here because there is bo Uttle left, and everyone from the Bush administration to backwoods residents Mike Palmer dreads the thought of Lake Elslnore water being pumped up the mountain, then released for hydropower. has a vision ofwhat should be dona "Kb a very zone of urban development," said Anne Fega high-pressu- 4! re Cleveland's supervisor.' Tb some, that makes water, power and road projects a necessity. Thejobs are in Orange County, and the houses are in Riverside (County) " said John Licata, public-woro'irector for rommuter-clogge- d Corona, Calif. He and other officials say the only answer ks See FOREST, C3 , FboCrByTloN TOKjlt V Los AnijeiraTihies Fighting ffor preservation: Mike Palmer, left, a retired firefighter who owns a ranch in the heart of the Cleveland National Forest, and artist Nicola! Billy, also a forest resident, face Lake Elsinore in Riverside County, Calif. h Neither wants more development In the 427,000-acr- e Its original size; " forest, which is only about one-fourt- . |
