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Show RECREATION Entertainment LIFESTYLES C3 CS Classified EDITOR: SHARON GHOLDSTON -- r A ci THE DAILY HERALD 344-25- -- THURSDAY. JULY 16, 1998 i i IZoo conducts contest SALT LAKE CITY Ever wonder what it's like at Hogle Zoo at night? Well, thanks to TCI Media Services aftd RC Willey, eight lucky families have the opportunity to discover the zoo at night with the "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" contest. Contest winners will receive a night tour, hot dog dinner, bird show presentation and more. Enter at any RC Willey's location or at Utah's Hogle Zoo. wrill at Cool off 41 $: zoo SALT LAKE CITY While it may be the middle of summer, an arctic blast of cold air is on the horizon with Ice Block Day," this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hogle Zoo. ; Watch as polar bear elephants, tigers and great apes beat the summer heat with large blocks of ice. Members of the Beehive Chefs Association will be carving a "mystery" ice animal sculpture in the grassy area by the elephants. Be sure to enter your guess at the a number of cards frozen in the ice and you could win a year's supply of Coke. 5 , v3 p. m. tf . is,, it i 4 - 'Coca-Cola- 's Coca-Col- Daily Herald file photo Reflections: A ranch house on the east side of Antelope Island basks in the shadows of the Wasatch Mountains. Sundance lift open SUNDANCE Sundance Mountain summer operations are now open seven days a week to include scenic lift rides and lift access mountain biking and hiking. Hours of operation are daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Questions should be directed to the Sundance Ticket Office at 223-484- 9. "We are excited about our move to summer activities," said director of skiing and Warren, Jerry mountain operations at Sundance. The local community has responded very favorably to our scenic lift rides and hiking and mountain biking program. Our two day extension will ensure that our guests experience uncrowded hills as they enjoy the spectacular scenery surrounding Sundance." full-tim- e MIDWAY The Homestead in two offers new reasons for Midway Uah families to enjoy the resort this summer by combining horseback riding with poetry and children. New to the resort are the Cowboy Poetry Ride and the Kids' Instructional Ride. The Cowboy Poetry Ride is offered every Friday. Local, experienced guides take guests on a one- - to horseback ride which canvasses the Wasatch Mountains. Riders are led to a large meadow overlooking the Heber Valley where a local cowboy recites poetry. The Kids' Instructional Ride offers children over 8 years of age of of instruction and riding every Saturday. A general horse orientation class is offered on Saturdays at 10 a.m. to acquaint novice riders with horseback riding techniques. Also new to the resort is the campfire and story telling evening every Friday at 8 p.m. for guests of the resort. Visit The Homestead's Web site at www.homestead.ut.com. For reservations, contact the resort at 7220. one-ho- Par-- 3 ur ur course opens ' A round of golf SALT LAKE CITY in one hour? With no reserved tee time? According to course professional John Mauss, Jordan River State Park Golf Course offers a quick nine holes that can be played in an hour or less, Usually without a tee time. Weekday greens fees at this nine-hole course are $4.50, $3.50 for juniors and seniors. Weekend and holiday play is $5.50. ' Jordan River Golf Course is located at 1200 N. Redwood Road. Rental clubs and pull carts are available at the clubhouse. For more information or tee times, call (801) e, par-thre- -- 533-452- 7. . nai m an Inn f Tl in" 1 irrm 3R COPY Additions make island major tourist attraction The Associated Press ANTELOPE ISLAND STATE PARK A mix of public and private ventures may make the Great Salt Lake's Antelope Island a major tourist attraction in northern Utah this year. A 100-seamphitheater, a at cruise boat on the Great Salt Lake, a Homestead has new rides two-h'o- Salt Lake Hideaway 3,000-square-fo- ot Buffalo Point overlook deck, a main land causeway restroom and a $3.5 million paved road to the historic Garr Ranch House are all coming to the area during the summer and fall. Since 1992, visitation to the island has more than doubled. Park manager Tim Smith walks a fine line between providing the public with what it wants and protecting the pristine island environment. "People like some development, but they are primarily out here for nature and scenery and they do not want it to detract," he said. The amphitheater, dinner cruise boat and overlook deck will be financed by private enterprise, while the tab for the $43,500 causeway restroom being built in Syracuse at the island gate entrance will be paid by the county. The gateway work, to be completed this summer, also includes additional parking space and some interpretive signs on the Great Salt Lake. stretch of road Only the being paved from the causeway to the Garr Ranch House on the land's south side is being paid for by the state. Smith said the island road project is expected to be completed by November. The new amphitheater is being built west of the visitor center and is designed to blend into the island environment. Smith said it will be finished by October and will primarily be used as an environmental education setting for schoolchildren who visit the island on field trips. This year an overlook deck at Buffalo Point has also been added. deck standing The about 15 feet off the ground can seat 200 people and will be used to host dinners, weddings and western entertainment, like cowboy poetry. Another entrepreneur to take advantage of the island and surrounding lake is Steve Ingram, owner of Salt Island Adventures. Ingram is cruise adding a second boat on the Great Salt Lake, to be 11-mi- le 3,000-square-fo- ot - in PI ' Y i ' Two bighorn sheep bolt from the trailer after their release onto The two are part of a herd of 19 ewes and four rams transplantIsland. Antelope ed from British Columbia. On the prowl: docked near the Saltair resort. "We went to a second boat to service the only other harbor on the lake," Ingram said. Just over two years ago, Ingram Island put the Serenade at the Antelope Island Marina on the lake's north side. Ingram said the new $300,000 Island Paradise was used as a cruise boat on Lake Tahoe. He hopes it will attract more of the Salt Lake market, especially during the slow winter months. "It's like an Alaskan cruise," he said. "The lake doesn't freeze." Cow calling: Reviving a dying art of the range By MARK FREEMAN The (Medford) Mail Tribune As Greg LAKE CREEK, Ore. Walch drew the deepest of breaths and cupped his hands to his mouth, the crowd sensed he was about to bark his tonsils across the lawn. Walch's eyes bulged as he let go a bloodcurdling yell that, to a city slicker, sounds like a cross between a barn owl on steroids and a man getting stabbed to death with a butter knife. "I've never thought about what I look like," he said. "I was just concerned about making my call, giving it the quality of tone." In that precious tone, Walch has found the call that made the cows come home. cow call, the The cowboy's signature yell meant to lure cows off the open range or to say hello to a fellow ranch-hanmay have lit- tle place in today's world of corporate ranching and cell phones. But it echoed out of the past last month as the little ranching hamlet of Lake Creek paid tribute to these guttural calls as art. The third annual Lake Creek Art Show featured several cowboys who use these calls as their personal signatures. "To me, it was one of the more memorable parts of growing up in this country," said Mark Flint of the Lake Creek Historical Society, which sponsored the show. Each rancher had his or her own call, perfected over the years to resonate long and loud across the brushy hills where cattle roamed. Cattlemen would call their herds in every week or so, with a lick of salt the reward for those cattle that came. The need was simple: Cows were d, Not only did the cows know theif nearly impossible to round up regularly in the thick brush and tim handler's call, but the different resibered hills of the Cascade dents all knew each other's yelps. Mountains. "You could ride all day and all night and not see any cattle," said Gordon Stanley, a long, tall drink of water with hands the size of catcher's mitts. "The secret is not for you to come to them," Stanley said, "but for them to come to you." Some, like Eddy Piele of Lake Creek, would use his call until it left him hoarse, then turn to bull whips or blasts on a hollowed bull horn. Others, like Darrel Aschbacher, developed a call that was more yodel than yell. "I never was a hit," Aschbacher said after demonstrating his call for about 80 spectators at the art show, "and I'm not doing any better now." Walch, who developed his at age 12, could hear a call and tell which family member was out there. Slight changes indicated whether a cowboy was saying hello, or come help, Walch said. "It was more than just getting cows," Walch said. "It was a way of talking to each other." But communication has sped up over this century. The range is, by and large, no longer open. Cell phones, radios and helicopters take the place of a horse, a dog and a cowboy's lungs. " But the calls remain. Walch has found man monial use of his tonsil-tossi today. "I still use it to call to my horse," Walch said. "He'll come whinnying and galloping when he hears me." |