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Show L TRAVEL El THE DAILY HERALD (www.HarkTheHenld.com) SUNDAY. JULY 2. 2000 Tin Pingpong, anyone? CHICAGO (AP) The cows Let's some fire gone. play ping-pon- g. - home to those Chicago Brightly festooned plastic cows last year plans to set up 300 pingpong tables throughout the pity this summer. Chicago Ping Pong Festival 2000 will run from Aug. 3 to Sept. 24 and feature an organized citywide tournament. "It's great for families and it's great for people visiting our city" Mayor Richard M. Daley said at a news conference announcing the Haven a tame place to get look at wolves By SHANA McNALLY festival. - "When you think about private Buildings having it and the parks find every place else, I think it's seven-wee- k going to be a lot of fun." - Linebacker Brian Urlacher, the Chicago Bears' No. 1 draft pick " and a pingpong player, won an exhibition match to promote the festival. I The city tournament will be played at Navy Pier, Daley Center and O'Hare International "die-hard- . . www-- I 1 City officials hope pingpong tilled as the world's second most . . popular sport after soccer brings Chicago the kind of attention that "Cows on Parade" did. Last summer's public art show generated millions of tourism do- Give me a smile: Dolphin trainers Lisa Giscz, right, and Carrie Nelson work the 28 dolphins at Discovery Cove in Orlando, Fla. llars. Historic ride Adirondack train between New York City and Montreal soon will be getting a history lesson along with the spectacular views. Frank Ackerman, retired chief interpreter for the National Park Service, will narrate the trip between Saratoga Springs and Westport in Essex County beginning July 1. He'll tell of such historic figures and events as President Ulysses S. Grant, Rogers' Rangers, the Battles of Sarqatoga," and other ry wars fought near Lake Champlain and the Hudson River valley. "The challenge is starting the announcement at the right spot on the track so the words you hear match the view you see," Ackerman says. "Going into Fort. Edward talking about Rogers' Rangers, you don't want to step on the conductor's announcement for the station." The Adirondack is the first Amtrak train in the Northeast to carry National Park Service nar- rators under their joint Trails and Rails Program.Amtrak pro- vides the audience and the Park Service the staff to explain what happened along the rails. They've worked on this kind of project See BRIEFS, E4 OAHU MAUI ASTON MAUI BANYAN 5 nights Ohana WaukPti Village (standard) Air from Los Angeles via American Per person, based on quad occupancy Taxes Vatd erycovexom . v http:wwTALfirt3pian. J r do.comcvbl . Airfare additional from addbenai people a day. "Your day in Orlando can be real hectic, going to theme parksIt's a tedious day," says Frank Murru, vice president and general manager of Discovery Cove. "We want to get you out of that mindset, out of Orlando and rushing to rthe next thing." Don't call Discovery Cove a theme park, at least not to Murru's face. Call the attraction a resort, perhaps, although there is no overnight lodging. But cheap it's not. V Tickets go for l'79-pef ) person. What you get for that price is a park" where guests can swim with bottlenosed dolphins in a lagoon, suntan on manmade beaches of white sand, and snorkel with tropical fish and stingrays with clipped ))arbsun a faux-correef. Guests can also float down a river that runs through the park, passing through a waterfall to visit an aviary filled lees are additional midweek fravel predator-contro- II "V II C grams. The 32 Mexican gray wolves at Wolf Haven were born in captivity and brought here to live on the sanctuary's 80 acres of mima mound fields and forest. Wolf Haven was founded as a nonprofit operation in 1982 and has 6ince been supported entirely by private contributions. Known as a premiere wolf See WOLF,; E3 Provo Spanish Fork 777 E 1300 S 218 N State St 2520 N University Ave 644 N 800 E 225-760- 373-202- 0 Sal Lake 3 I 798-737- 1 1 - t5-3- i I.Al'REN MCFAI.l.S'l hc Assotultd I'icss Never cry wolf: A wolf checks out some visitors at Wolf Haven In Tenino, Wash, MAZATLAN mm jjs 3 nights at the Hadenda Buenavertura Roundtnp airfare via America West Airlines from 3 mglits at Tropicana Round trip airfare via America Sal Lake City thru 121400 ' vaid for departures Other properties available: Plaza Las Glorias from $498 Playade Ore from $543 Mexic06wnERMraraFMMtavl72XriiiiBltanMnka MgMMnitililMaanigtiMpraiia V tl Taxes fees are additional VaM ' .org. pro- - l . http:www,wolfhaven PUERTO VALLARTA Orem 0 I'" See DOLPHINS, E3 Orem 221-970- Transfers addtonal On the Net: r Per person, based on quad occupancy 2 adute and 2 kids travelling together traveling together by . - - a . 5 nights Aston Maui Banyan (1 bed std) Round trip air from Los Angeles via Delta addtlonal from Sat Lake Transfers 0 The phone number of e OHANA WAIKIKI VILLAGE County Convention and Visitors Bureau is (407) 363-530On the Net: On the Net: n 30-acr- the OrlandoOrange phone number is 8774-DISCOVER- sister park where guests can swim and frolic with dolphins, is more like an exclusive private club than your typically crowded Orlando tourist attraction. At this park, which opened July 1, there will be no lines. No turn" stiles. No waits. There's valet parking check-iand hotel-stylunder its thatched roofs. Advanced reservations are required. Best of all, there are no crowds since admission to the park is limited to 1,000 people a' day. By comparison, Orlando's major theme parks at Walt Disney World and Universal Florida can hold as many as 50,000 e The Discovery Cove only. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for youth ages 3 to 12. Phone: (360) 264-469- "Many people are just curious" says Julie Palmquist, spokeswoman for Wolf Haven,"They get their stereotypes of wolves from fairy tales. "Others think of wolves as spiritual guides, so they want to be in a place where they can just observe the wolves." Wolves, once a common sight all over North America, have been virtually eradicated from their natural range in the United States' Lower 48 Associated Press Writer ORLANDO, Fla. Discovery Cove, Sea World's exotic new weekends wolf. I) By MIKE SCHNEIDER 18th-centu- -, Airfare . Guests can splash away with dolphins at new Orlando park SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) Passengers riding The 2 adute and 2 kids with two of . Tuesdays, In March, November and December, hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,. tors, half from out of the state, trek to this sanctuary each year to catch a glimpse into the life of a PETER COSGROVEThe Associated Press . Road, Tenino. Tours are offered every hour; on the hour. Hours are May through September, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed visi- Thirty-thousan- d I Wolf Haven is at 3111 Offut Lake The TENINO, Wash. wolves are together in packs of two or three. Some are resting, some are wandering around marking their territory, while others meander over slowly to look back at curious visitors. Many came from zoos and research facilities, or private owners who had them as pets, but it didn't work out. 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