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Show 1 I r ZEle Inside: (Eums-nhepcnhe- nt Sports I Outdoors & On Saturday, May 18, the second Youth Track Meet annua was held at the Grand County High School track. The day dawned sunny but cool, and the young athletes had favorable conditions for competition. Events included the 50-- , 100-- , and sprints, the 400-- , and mile distance runs, a softball All-Cit- The Moab Chess Club invites the public to participate in the Moab Championships this Saturday, June 15, at the MARC. Registration is from 9 to 9:30 a m. Potential participants may ask themselves, Am I a good enough player to participate?" Organizers say the answer is YES, if you know how the pieces move and dont have to win every time in order to enjoy the game. Defending champion Damian Nash is favored to keep the plaque for Grand County Champion, but he is certainly not invincible. Other players at the club claim upset victories from time to time, and especially E. Paul Cane whose odds are close to Also hiding among the rocks of Grand County are a few wild card players who were once excellent competitors but havent played in a long time. Young players are especially en- couraged to participate. Trophies will be awarded to the Grand County Champions ages 19 and under, 16 and under, 13 and under, and 10 and under. All of these prizes are up for grabs, although participants in the Chess Camp are favored because they have been preparing for this tournament for the last two weeks. Chess clocks will be used at the tournament, with each player having 60 minutes for the entire game. This is the same time allowance that will be used in the U.S. National Championships in Moab this November. The pace is slow enough to allow players plenty of time to choose their strategy, and fast enough to keep the games exciting for spectators. The first round begins at 10 a.m., and the final round will end around 8:30 p.m. There will be short breaks for lunch and dinner, and everyone will play four games. Each round the pairings will be determined by the Swiss system rules, so that as the tournament progresses players encounter others who are closer to their ability level. The Moab club has plenty of chess boards, pieces, and clocks, so all you need to do is show up and register between 9 and 9:30 a.m. at the 50-5- 0. d 15-2- m COPY j Ii 800-mete- r, throw, the long ,ump' ,he. New Rec. 4x100-mete- r h'f relay. 0ver 90 young Page B3 Utah Senator Bob Bennett speaks during the dedication ceremonies for the new Hovenweep Visitor Center. Superintendent Greg Dudgedon is seated at right. Photos by Sue Husch and jump, Assistant, people ranging in were registered in at least one event in a specific age category. Many participated in five different events, including a relay race. The event was sponsored by Moab City Recreation, but couldnt have taken place without the combined efforts of many volunteers, said Marcy Till, recreation coordinator. The ages from Hovenweep dedicates new visitor center A number of dignitaries were on hand late last month to celebrate the opening of the new visitor center at Hovenweep. 4 to 14 enthusiasm and efforts of the volunteers are helping to make track an sport with the young Till. of said Moab, people On hand to help were many of the high school track team students and two of their coaches, Ryan and Sue coach Anderson. GCHS Opening comments during the May 30 event were presented by Greg Dudgedon, the new superintendent of Hovenweep and Natural Bridges. The keynote speaker was Senator Bob Bennett, who had the primary responsibility of putting the money together for the project. Representatives for Senator Orrin Hatchs office and Congressman Jim Hansen were also present. Senator Bennetts challenge from the beginning was that the entire project had to be done, including planning, for under $1 million. The project was on budget and the resulting structure is one that we all can be proud of, said Bemiett. Ironically, the controversy about some very expensive restrooms at Waterford Gap had just become public, so the public and the agency were highly attuned to having new building projects be reasonable. So even under that heightened scrutiny, this project proceeded. Ron Everhart, deputy regional director, National Park Service Intermountain Region was the next speaker, followed by Ty Lewis, San Juan County commissioner. Both men seemed very pleased with the building; the NPS wanted to thank the county for their efforts in paving additional sections of the road into the area. Canyonlands Natural History Association presented beautiful reproductions of a watercolor rendition of the facility to the speakers. A Native American representative of the Ute Tribe did a traditional blessing of the structure and the attendees. The Blanding postmaster presented a framed sample of a postal cache that was developed specifically to honor the dedication to Superintendent Dudgeon. Limited quantities of the cache will be available through CNHA at a cost of $2, according to Brad Wallis of CNIIA, emThe closing comments w ere delivered by Jim Estes, a long-terthe he had Refreshments in written. a form of ployee at the site, poem were served and a Hopi Dance Troupe from Second Mesa Arizona performed a traditional dance. CNHA handed out free posters to attendees and there were special guided tours throughout the afternoon. cross-countr- y Radcliff handled the announcing job, while adults Maralee Francis, Lise Hendy and Kyle VanArsdol helped at the finish lines with timing The volunteers and kept busy registering youths, getting them lined up at the starting lines, Bernie track-experience- d record-keepin- Dallen Dalton somersaults over the bar in a high jump recording times and distances after a race or high jump attempt, and awarding ribbons. The high level of activity was constant throughout the meet, winding down with the relay teams finish. Exhausted but happy, future track stars counted the day a huge success, Till said. C.J. Kennedy and Audrey Baird sprint for first and second places in the 100-met- race. i c CFI offers annual writers river trip && Because the tournament is nationally rated, U.S. Chess Federation membership is required to participate. The tournament is free for anyone who joins the USCF for the first time. For existing USCF members the cost to play is $ 16, or $ 10 for those under age 20. Yearly membership to the USCF costs $40, or $20 under age 20, $13 under age 15, $30 over age 65. Membership includes a chess magazine subscription, discounts on chess equipment, and eligibility to play in all USCF-ratetournaments, including the U.S. National Championships and the three other nationally rated tournaments scheduled in Moab this year. This Saturday is the best time for Grand County residents who enjoy the game to join the USCF and get their first tournament experience. This tournament is expected to draw 0 participants from surrounding areas who will come for the fun of a tournament and to enjoy the Moab area. Upcoming Moab tournaments will draw many more chess players from the Wasatch Front and neighboring states because they guarantee large cash prizes in many categories. The tournament will be preceded a by Bughouse" tournament at the MARC on Friday from 6.30 to 9.30 p.m. Bughouse is a fast, chess game where each player five minutes for the w hole game gets and the pieces get recycled. When you capture a piece from your opponent you hand it to your teammate who can place it anyw here on hisher board as a move. Bughouse is a tremendous spectator sport because the action is fast and furious and because teammates talk to each other throughout the y 200-met- er MARC. Continued on i age Thursday, June 1 3, 2002 More than 90 youths enjoy city track meet Moab Chess Championships are Saturday at the MARC I Sports Calendar - Moab Rep Photo of Week - MARC art show Week m Review - Film activity o'" I? Canyonlands Field Institute is offering their annual Canyonlands Writers River Trip. This workshop provides an opportunity for par- ticipants to enjoy five days of writing instruction and critique, with guest author Alison Hawthorne Deming, while traveling the historic waters of the Colorado River in Horsethief, Ruby, and Westwater can- yons. Deming is the director of the Poetry Center at the University of Arizona and the author of Temporary Homelands: Essays on Nature, Spirit and Place , and The Monarch: A Poem Sequence. Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies including The Georgia Review, Sierra Quarterly, Alaska Quarterly and Orion. ParCanyonlands Writers River Trip will take place July ticipants will meet in Grand Junction. CFI staff will transport participants to the Lorn a boat launch where they will start their five-da- y journey down the Colorado River. For more information visit www.canyonlandsfieldinst.org or call (800) 0 iJr 25-3- Dedication ceremony attendees mill around the new facility, following the May 30 event. cv yK p5 860-526- On Two Wheels news and views A pedaling periodical of bicycle-relate- d by Ron Georg Police Blotter The Moab City Police Officer had been following a local cyclist for a while. It wasnt hard for the prowler to maintain the rider's pace, the cyclist was speeding. The cop, a rider himself, was partly impressed and partly amused. After all, he understands the exuberance a cyclist can feel just crossing town. While drivers are forced to restrain themselves, to regulate their machines excess horsepower, cyclists are free to open It up without fear of taking out picket fences and mailboxes. The local racked up a few more minor infractions as he chased down another rider, a serious road biker. He bew by the roacfe and continued accelerating, right through a red light on Main Street. As cars swerved and braked, the officer flipped on his lights. Are you awa-- e you just ran a red light? the officer asked the rider on the side of the road (the exchange is dramatized based on one account; obviously, I wasn't there with a tape recorder). Yeah, but smoked that roadie, the rider (a Moable known for his boundless pursuit of exuberance) replied. Bicycles are square pegs in round holes as traffic. The laws werent written by cyclists, or even for us traffic laws for cyclists are just a badly dubbed version of the vehicular code. But laws are all open to interpretation, and so we can only hope for the good grace of law enforcement officials. In this case, the officer was generously willing to adopt a philosophy, if a cyclist chooses to maintain valuable momentum by gain-foa litre ext' a speed on the descents, or by beating stop signs as yields, it isnt going to d'ag society into anarchy Aher all, a speeding cyclist is only put- I no-har- no-fo- ul g ting himself at risk, and failing to yield to a car would be really, really stupid A Yugo may as well be a wrecking ball as far as a cyclist is concerned. So as soon as the local riders actions turned from play to willful disregard for wrecking balls, the officer rightly intervened. Smoking roadies is one thing, but making drivers dump their hot McDonald's coffee in their laps, while it may be funny, isnt good public relations, Take my car, please This afternoon Im going to double the value of my car Once I attach my bike to the roof, Ill have twice the insurance claim if a steals the whole ng out car-jack- er of my driveway However, thats not how it usually works. Cars are la'ge and hard to conVolvo ceal. And stealing my would leave a thief vulnerable to alow ld speed chase. Driving off in a 3,5000-poun- car with a bright on bike roof wouldnt be foe fie orange sickest getaway strategy. Taking my bike, on the ether hand, is easy. Toes in the back of any enclosed vwhtde. and no one will notice 0. 2. the tangenne glare Not only that, you could part it out on ebay for more than you could sell my entire station wagon Thats essentially whats happened to Paul Langone, a mountain biking disciple devoted to minimizing his life to maximize his ridmg Langone had been spending days in the La Sals, routes with Shawn explonng Hanka. whos been setting new records for epic exploration in the mountains When Langone got a chance to spend the night m a local hotel instead of camping, he jumped at it He even made one last, beer run, just before the state insists sates cease at 1am, before he went to bed His bike was still there when he parked with the beer (with a level weM below the 08 limit, of course). fts hard for most people to understand hts loss Youd have to be a car customizer to appreciate the level of devotion Langone had to his ride He spent months haunting the focal bike shops white he got the bike daed wth just the right suspension, pushing manufacturers to warranty paris that little-use- d late-nig- ht blood-alcoh- Continued on Fage B2 |