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Show SPORTS The Park Record. Editor: Ben Ramsey sports@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014 ex.104 Twitter: @ParkRecSports SPRING YOUTH SOCCER LEAGUE Registration is open for Park City Recreation’s Spring Youth Soccer League for kids ages 4 to 11. The league is held April 14 to June 2 on Saturdays and/or Wednesdays at the Park City Sports Complex. The early bird fee is $60 and includes a uniform. The fee increases on Feb. 15. Parent volunteers are needed to coach every team, and head coaches receive a 50 percent discount on the registration fee. The registration deadline is March 16. Space is limited in all divisions. For more info and to register, visit parkcityrecreation.org or call 615-5400. YOUTH AND ADULT KARATE World Champion Sensei Nikki Ikeda will offer Shotokan karate classes for a variety of ages and skill levels at the PC MARC, with the next session beginning Feb. 26. Days, times and fees vary per class and space is limited. For more information and to register, visit parkcityrecreation.org or call 435615-5401 for more details. SOCCER COACH WANTED The Park City High School girls soccer team is looking for a freshman/ sophomore coach for the 2018-2019 season. Interested parties should contact Head Coach Micaela Carriel at mcarriel@pcschools.us LACROSSE COACH WANTED The Park City High School girls lacrosse team is looking for an assistant JV coach. The position is available immediately for the spring season and potentially beyond. This position is part time but requires attendance at practices in the evening approximately four days a week and games, which are sometimes on the weekend. For more information contact Simone Nixon at 801-554-2805. ADULT FLAG FOOTBALL Basin Recreation is offering a six versus six adult flag football league each Sunday from Feb. 11-April 29, between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. The league is coed for people aged 18 and up. Teams are $550 each. Free agents can sign up for $55 each. Visit www.basinrecreation.org to register. LUNCHTIME LEARNING: SKIN CANCER The PC MARC is hosting a free lunchtime learning session on Feb. 14 discussing how to prevent and recognize skin cancer. Visit parkcityrecreation.org for details on each monthly lecture. VALENTINE’S DAY COUPLES YOGA AT BASIN RECREATION A Valentine’s Day edition of couples yoga at Basin Recreation is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 14, 7–8 p.m. The cost is $5 for couples and singles are welcome for $10. To register and for more information, visit basinrecreation.org or call 655-0999. Please see Sports briefs, B-6 CLUBS ANTICIPATE MORE MINERS MIDFIELDER ATHLETES, B-2 SIGNS FOR NEVADA, B-3 www.parkrecord.com B-1 SAT/SUN/MON/TUES, FEBRUARY 10-13, 2018 Caddying fund could save golfer’s green PCHS senior Jack Hanskat may receive a full scholarship BEN RAMSEY The Park Record Park City High School senior Jack Hanskat has a turned working the green into a golden opportunity. By Caddying for the past three summers, he qualifies for a caddy-specific scholarship funded by The Evans Scholars Foundation. On Feb. 28, Hanskat will travel to Seattle, where he will done a suit he borrowed from his neighbor and speak in front of 50 to 100 adults, who will ask him questions about golf, caddying, his academic and athletic aspirations, his leadership skills and whatever else they feel like. If they like what they hear, Hanskat will get a full scholarship to either the University of Oregon, the University of Washington, or the University of Colorado, Boulder. He would also officially be an Evans scholar — the first from Utah. The Evans Scholars Foundation was started by Charles “Chick” Evans Jr. in 1930 after he paid his way through college by caddying. Alice Mayerstein and her husband, Buffy Mayerstein, chairman of the Western Golf Association, brought the prospect to Park City High School three years ago in a push to establish the Evans scholarship in Utah as part of a broader effort to reach 1,000 enrolled scholars by 2020. “Right now there’s 965 scholars and colleagues at 14 different universities, and it’s a nationwide program,” Buffy said. “We thought it would be interesting to try and start it here with people like Jack.” By people like Jack, he meant students with serious golfing chops, a PARK RECORD FILE PHOTO Park City High School senior Jack Hanskat follows his ball as it rolls across the green on hole six during the Region 11 Tournament at the Park City Municipal Golf Course last September. He could be Utah’s first Evans scholar. high ACT score and a certain amount of financial need. Buffy said the program is exceptional because it includes housing and tuition, which the Western Golf Association claims averages out to $100,000 per scholarship. The organization also claims to spend $17.6 million per year on scholarships. “I was ecstatic,” Hanskat said, recalling his initial reaction to the program. “I was so excited, because, it just seemed like such a cool job — being able to be out on the golf course and help read puts, help give advice. I was thrilled for sure.” As with any new program, there were some kinks. Hanskat said at first, there were very few people that wanted a caddie, which made earning the requisite 100 loops (caddying outings) difficult. “I would get a text saying, ‘Hey, can you come caddy in half an hour?’ And whether I was out with friends or whatever I was doing, I would say, ‘I’ll be right over,’ and I would run to my house, grab my caddy stuff, and head over,” he said. “But as the years went on, it definitely got more organized. And there was less of a time crunch, but it still happened for sure.” Hanskat said over the three years that he has participated in the program, he has made between 80 and 90 loops, but the Western Golf Association has been flexible with him because the program in Park City is new. Over those jobs, he said he has learned a lot about caddying. “Aside from just being able to be comfortable around new people and trying to make other people be as comfortable as possible around me, it taught me that I really needed to be dedicated,” Hanskat said. “Whenever I would get a text or anything about the possibility of having a loop, I would Please see Caddying, B-2 In stroll of ski museum, new chairman Tom Kelly gives glimpses into future of history Renovations and updates scheduled in years to come BEN RAMSEY The Park Record Last fall, the Alf Engen Ski Museum board elected Tom Kelly as its new chairman. It was a significant moment for the museum, as officials had been trying to appoint Kelly for almost five years. Even with Park City’s rich ties to skiing history, Kelly stands out as a chronicler of the sport. He worked for years as the president of U.S. Ski and Snowboard, and the chairman of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum in Ishpeming, Michigan. “Tom Kelly was selected for this role because of his incredible knowledge of ski history and his incredible knowledge of all the people in the BEN RAMSEY/PARK RECORD Tom Kelly, elected as the new chairman of the Alf Engen Ski Museum last fall, poses for a photo in front of the museum’s new snow exhibit. industry and his leadership qualities,” said Connie Nelson, executive director of the Alf Engen Museum. Grant Applications Are Currently Being Accepted for the Grant applications from certified tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations are now being accepted for the Bessie Minor Swift Foundation. The Foundation accepts grants for programs that emphasize literacy, reading and writing, languages, science and interdisciplinary areas. Applications ranging from $500 to $3,000 will be considered. Since 2008, the Foundation has awarded more than $450,000 to nonprofit groups including schools, libraries, community colleges and small local organizations. DEADLINES: Grant Application Deadline Thursday, February 15, 2018 Grant Awards Announcement Tuesday, May 1, 2018 ParkRecord.com To apply, please visit the Bessie Minor Swift Foundation website at: BessieMinorSwift.org “We’ve been asking him for years to please be the chairman because he is just so connected.” After deciding to diminish his roles at U.S. Ski and Snowboard and his Ishpeming appointment, he at last accepted the chairmanship, which was announced at the Intermountain Ski Hall of Fame induction ceremony last fall. According to Nelson, Kelly’s guidance will be invaluable in coming years as the museum updates and renovates several major exhibits. Kelly recently took some time from his hectic pre-Olympic schedule to walk through the museum, which is located at the Utah Olympic Park, and discuss what he, Nelson, and the board have in store in the years to come, as well as his fascination with ski history. The 66-year-old Madison, Wisconsin, native arrived wearing a blue and white knit sweater adorned with a small Deer Valley Resort pin, and his signature hat. He began the tour by backing up, and starting at the beginPlease see Chairman, B-4 |