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Show GO | DailysHerald ¢ FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2006 CF FE STYLE REGIONAL LIFE & STYLE EDITOR | Elyssa Andrus - 344-2553 - eandrus@heraldextra.com SUNDANCE’S TREE ROOM AUTHOR SERIES BOB DOWNING/ KRT The AngelRiver flows through a canyonin Zion NationalPark. Angels Landing is ahiker’s paradise Round moundof... profound? Former NBAstar prepared to speak his mind at Sundance Logan Molyneux DAILY HERALD Bob Downing _ KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS he last time Charles Barkley was in Utah, he was playing basketball in the Delta Centerin Salt Lake City. He’s coming back Saturday, but SPRINGDALE — Angels Landing is the featured andfavorite trail at red-cliffed Zion National Park. Theiconictrail is found on T-shirts, bumperstickers, decals and posters sold in the park. It is the almost mystical destination of most serious Zion hikers. Therouteis the No.1 trail at Zion, and somecall Angels Landing the pre-eminenttrail in the national park system.Highpraise, indeed! Thetrail ascends 1,488 feet over 2 and one-half miles to the 5,790- foot summit of the monolith that is perched part way betweenthe river and the canyonrim. It is flanked on three sides by the erosive North Forkof the Virgin River below and features amazingvistas’ up and downthe canyon. The landmark got its namein 1916 whenthe Rev.Frederick Fisher exclaimed of the monolith: “Only an angel couldlandonit.” The namestuck, andits legend grew. ButI skipped Angels Landing. Or, rather,I chickened out. Angels Landing is not recommended for anyoneafraid of heights. And that’s me.I’m not comfortable looking down fromcliffs or high places. notto the court. Barkley, the former basketball star now turned com- mentatorandauthor, will present his book, “Who's Afraid of a Large Black Man: Speaking My Mind on Race, Celebrity, Sports, and American Life,” as part of the Tree Room AuthorSeries at the Sundanceresort. There areactually two series, one on race » and oneon the media,and eachoffersinformal, round-table-like discussions with authors who have written onthetopics. Barkley is the fifst to present in the race rated,” Sathersaid. “You have people withall cient perspectives, andthat's the beauty of *aren Dallett, owner of The Spotted Frog bookstore in Park City, helps cpeunize tiesseries andget the authorshere. She said the twoseries focus on topics that aren't commonly addressed in Utah County. “Even in a very white Utah, in a very white West, we can workto be in an understanding of a culture that isn’t around us on daily basis,” Dallett said. “We're also in a very Republican state, and to hear just onesideof thingsis not healthy for any ofus. To get a more balanced view from the mediais crucial.” Ina telephoneinterview Tuesday, Barkley said the main reason he wrote the book was to help his daughter understandracial issues in series, which runs through the end ofthe year. Sundance general manager Eric Sathersaid the purpose of the series is to showcase issues that affect the public on both a local and national level. He said the discussions are stimulating becauseofthe natureof the issues and the mix of people there to discuss them. “You walk awayreally feeling invigo- America. “T wanther to understandthat it’s going to be factorin herlife,” Barkley said. “I just want her to know that (racism) does exist, and I wanther to always be diligent, andif she sees it, addressit and fightit.” Besides that, he said, he hopes to reach minorities, including poor people. He added a chapter to his book about Hurricane Katrina, which he thought . illustrated the See RACE , B6 Angels Landing makes its way along a narrow, knife-edged ridge for the last half-mile, with drops of 1,200 feet and moreon bothsides. See ANGELS, B2 Product placements aimed at children Kortney Stringer DETROIT FREEPRESS You can run,but you can’t hide — from advertisers,thatis. Moreand more savvy media users have gadgetsthat enable them to zap past traditional 30-second TV spots. They listen to devices that provide ‘hours of commercial-free music. And ‘they're just getting hip to ‘placements,in which advertisers pay ‘to get their brands in movies, songs ‘and TV shows. Now,big advertisers like Volkswagen and Sprint, desperate to etal these retreating audiences, are ig io phos ty ening tekprod ucts in places Peoplemight notee such as cartoons and Ss. “Advertisers are trying to aa” waysof reaching potential customers in moreclever,effective ways that don't cost toomuch,” said Keep, marketing professor at in cern University in Hi ‘Product placements have eean easingly popular wayof doing ie Trying to create a buzz about your product through association — whether through... entertainment See PRODUCT, B2 oneeles WWW.HERAUDEXTRAICOM' ‘CALL 975-5103 To SUBSCRIBE tu |