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Show f 21) A The Sail Lake Tribune Wednesday, October 15, l(i Volleyball Player Makes Splash at New Spoi l IBs Been a Lonely Road , Bui Les Has No Regrets ls Community Spoi By Patti Auer Lisa hobbies Holm1 als hoe (Ompelmg in volleyball s.ol is something I can always do Mirant tail put Robie Cat r n mg on hold for awhile The Mid Winters will take plate in Mmh m San Te I Tribune St.ilf Writer Sorenson Shearer has mg two volleyball and raring And Recreation She has found surress in both Shearer is a member of the l imei Events Hoiiiuliip Mere Mly ul Utah volleyball squad When is nor smashing balls onto oppo nenl s courts, the Salt Lake native 'he can be found with her husband (and lion news skipper). Mike, on a 16 foot Robie Cat The duo has become Running St hedule Events scheduled across the stale throughout the nation a one of beM r ic ing learns Saturday include the Major Motion Aerobic Competition Fee is $10 Tor Mike recently placed second in Hie more information phone 407 2807 Hobie-1National Sailing Champion On Saturday the Ctah Symphony's at Cape May, New Jersey This snips 3rd Annual Real Beethoven 5K will lime his crew was Debbie Nelson, as be held Starting tune is 10 a in at bis wife was competing in a volley ball tournament (hal week Re was SvmphonvMall Cost is $7 hone2r4 2138 for more' information the national champion in 1978 Sunday, the Westminster College Volleyball is a sport Shearer has 5K Tall Fling will take place Cost is been playing since her junior high $0 hone 484 7051 ext 216 The Liber si hool days Racing Robie Cals is tv Mark XC Run is also scheduled something she began three years ago Tee is $1 Rhone 532 4819 I definitely remember in lirsl Tamil) Camping (iuide it was the scariest experience race, T u Font is offering a free It was in Wyoming and the winds brochure written by family camping were wild - almost 30 knots I kept mountaineer John Roskelley Write , saying Mike is the national ihampi-onto Du Font Family Camping Bro he won't put mo in the water ' He chine FO Box 5034. Honks, FA put me in the water three times," 17573 laughs Shearer I really didn't know Volleyball I was doing " what The Northwest Multipurpose CenThis is the first vear Shearer, a ter. 1300 W 300 North, has a coed volSkyline High graduate, has worn a leyball league for apartment or con Ute jersey. Transfenng from Utah dominium teams starting in October State University, the junior is a welThe fee is $75 per team Rhone Jelf come addition to the Ute squad She is for more inforBngaard at one of the top four hitters, amassing mation 134 kills Ctah Tennis Blocking is another element she adds to the team Thus far in the the is deadline for Friday entering Capital City Bank Mixed Doubles ten ms tournament scheduled for Oct 2 at Salt Lake Tennis Club Octu ber 29 is the last day to enter the NTRF Doubles tournament set for Nov Contact the Utah Tennis for information Association, Snow boarders Club Dark West Ski Resort is forming a Region Standings (as of 10 13) snow boarders club The $200 season School pass fee, which will go up to $225 af ter Wednesday, allows access to the area There will only he 350 passes soid and there will be no Region One daily passes sold to snow boarders Phone ParkWest. is a roundup of Utah reerea well-know- lipe Mexico ( season she lias 15 bloc hs and 27 .issm ed blocks Shearer is the No .river w ith 25 aces Mike and Lisa were mar I led in No v ember But with their comings and goings were more like roommates at times," says Shearer re prrt ty flexible, though VXe keep in lout li on the phone' It s fine as long as don t have lo cook dinner ' Robie Cal racing is a lamilv atl.ni for Ihc Shearers Dave Sliearei learned wilh Mary Tin hell plated 33rd in Ihc nation ils and paienis Andv and Marilv n took 47ih ll is a verv familv oriented spoil Robie raeeis are a tun group ol ' people It is something weran share said Shearer ' Robie Cat racing is moie fun and I V I interesting it doesn t take the time and commitment voiles hall does Rut enlrale mi Now is Hie lime lo con vollevhall The Ladv Pies are i ompelmg in the Soul hr i n Classic hosted by South t in Illinois Then cunferem e play opens and the teal fun begins Die High Country Athletic Confeicnte is packet) with top learns Brigham Voung Pmversitv is euncnlly among the lop ten Colorado Slate I 'meet site has a strong program as well We have a lough i onleience we can I let down al all " s ml Sheaiei think we should do well though I The l ies stand at s"ii plav 9 12 lor picsea Ptahs vollevhall program like other athletic programs at the uni vers,y. was' Ini hard by the budget cuts is at its teak in Utah worked so hard lo get it lo Hus point It would a shame to see it fall ' said Shearer Volleyball We ve , Its a dvmg art this occupation of driving limn one small town lo anothei puking up passengers dropping them off, eating in tiny Mom-anPop" diners along the way Hits depots are shutting down all across the country, bus drivers are finding other ways to make ends meet. But Les Davis stuck with the job for 33ycats He traveled high roads and low roads, had good times and bad times, and in the proves.-. discovered something about the people of Hus land FrccStyle By Cathy Free one-wa- And now now, Les had reached the end ol the line There was no fanfare to greet him, no retirement party, no gold watch or chocolate sheet cake covered with roses and licorice icing But Les Davis was happv He had stuck with the company, he had done a good job He had made a lot of friends, he would have a lot of memories Yes. there would alwavs be Hu memories At Standings ll was M ucli of 9,53 when Les donned a light blue shirt dec orated with tur. buses, cranked over the engine of a sleek, silver Grew hound and made Ins first inn to Reno He was boin and raised in Ycrmnni but when he learned that Greyhound was "looking for a few good men" he packed Ins bags, kissed his family goodbye and headed west to make a living lie started out in San Franc isco, making runs through Northern California, but was soon transferred to Salt Lake City to make overnight trips to Las Vegas and Roc k Spt mgs Wvo 1 . Bicycle Touring Saturday, RBTC has an easv 30 mile ride in Centerville Phone Ron On Although he sometimes spent six days at a lime w :th nothing but the hum of a diesel engine to keep hint company w hile cruising across a long stretch of highway Les says he rarely fell lonely He enjoyed his lime on the open road He loved the vast greatness of the desert, stretching before him w ith no sign of an end, he loved the a swirly way the hills looked at dusk palette of pm pie and gray, casting pastel shadows over a sagebrush and Belnap, 262 8128 Also on Sunday, BBTC has an easy 20 mile tour of Salt Lake Phone Doug - 277 8538 Winter Welcome Party The annual Jans W'inter Welcome cactus benefit party is scheduled Saturday at 6 30 p m in the Park City Ramada Inn The $30 fee will benefit the Park City Junior Ski Team Phone 649 1020 for reservations Sandy City Recreation Sandy City Recreation is sponsoring a Utah Jazz Youth Basketball League The program, for third through boys and girls, costs $32 and registration begins Wednesday Phone 566 1561. ext. 267 Ski Fitness program ts scheduled Monday and Wednesdays from 8pm to 9 45 p m in Sandy City Hall Gym, 8680 S 440 Fast The eight-weecourse (Oct. 10) costs $30 Phone Uinta National Forest All campgrounds in the Uinta National Forest will be open to camping during the annual deer hunt which opens Saturday. However, because of freezing conditions, water will be turned otf Travel plan maps of open roads will be offered by forest service offices in Heber. Pleasant Grove Spanish Fork and Provo Salt Lake County Recreation A youth soccer league is being organized by Salt Lake County Recreation for boys and girls ages 4 through It) Phone I2th-grad- les fiancee Doha es Ruby wailed patiently on the sidelines with a Happy Retirement balloon bouquet as Les helped all his passengers safely off the bus and told them goodbye I m taking him out to dinner tonight," she said, trying lo hide the balloons behind her hoc k with little success He s wotked so hard, he s traveled so tar Les deserves the best " A bus depot I dds thousands ol stories pel haps even a million oi more Les Davis has heard the stories, he has seen heartache and haid times firsthand Many of his passengers were people who eouldn t affoid any other way to get where they needed to go They eouldn t afford the price ol a plane ticket, the price of a car So they bought a bus tuket, sometimes sometimes round trip But whatever their reasons were for going Gie hound, Les always made suie they reached (he end of the line snow-boarder- Stark, Only one prison showed up al Hie station lo gieel him ' Heres a Look . Lake Cilv s Greytipped his ap lo time He had been last hurrah alter They're basically good, they re basically kind ' he says They all have their reasons to get from one place to the next but most () them wouldn t hesitate to help somebody in need " 596-007- 467-616- las Davis wheeled his bus into the parking lot o( Salt hound tei min.il, par krd it within two iin lies of the c utb the baggage clerks and turned off Ins ignition for the last on the road (or 3.3 years Tonight was Ins Iasi run his '(million miles t anvas For every six days on the road, he took three days off, but Les always looked forward to another run. another load of passengers, anoihor town He was happiest when at home on the highway, load markets and counting country billboards, knowing there was a thermos of fresh coffee be lunehbox to savored slowly if the miles began to take their toll in Ins In 33 years, he made countless trips across desert terrain, he slaved in countless motel rooms and consumed hundreds of slabs of homemade apple pie Every country diner boasted the best Les couldn't let iliem down In stations and diners from Evanston to Ely, he made hundreds ol friends friends who haled lo see him hang Ins hut up for good e Maureen Brown, who sewed buttons on Les shirts when he stopped at her depot in Beaver, presented her favorite drixer with a cake and a sewing kit when he pulled into her station lor the last tune two weeks ago "Good Luck. Les." read the icing You te on Your Own Now ' k 566-156- Other grateful passengers and bus clerks baked him pies cookies can dies and cupcakes Les had put their eluldten up front on trips to visit grandparents and friends, so he could keep an eye on them He had provid ed rural families with a link from one to another, and farming had made sure his passengers armed at theircommunity destinations safe and on time In towns too small to have airfields, it was Les Davis who provided the key to the outside world One of the Bol 483-547- Sue Lyons of Olympus High is one of the top prep volley ball hitters in the state. With season halfway through, Olympus stands third in Region Two. Undefeated is on top (iranger w ith Skyline second. Other top teams are Alta and View mont. YMCA Swimming The new session of YMCA swimming classes begins Monday Phone 533 9622 for information And now on a rainy Monday night at exactlv 7 14pm. Les was parking his bus in Salt Lake City s depot for the last time Inside the station business went on as usual Passengers stood in line to buy tickets to Los Angeles or Las Vegas, a few weary commuters watched pay television while waiting for their connections to arrive A baggage clerk looked confused w hen asked if employees were going to throw a retirement partv for Les "Never heard of him. ' he said Life went on, the buses kept rolling in Les Davis helped Ins last passen ger down the stairs shut the door, then put on his coat and went home. DAVIS ZONE Uav a CourK y Mne erry ZONE 2IOO So r' Z0?E COST for 2 col x 70 5 For More Information: KAREN MITCHELL 237-273- 0 JULIE COOKE O'n one hou ehol m y 50 60 rxx'i ur votmq 237-285- 9 CAROL PREVOST 237-271- 5 People NEED classified t want-ad- s 232-2- 8 ,z I i ' |
