Show tni Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley www m 75£ Vol 96 No 42 May 2 2007 USPS com National Outdoor Leadership School College Course in the west desert tois here Nt S coins' this e tunc-- in the said spring and tlitce tuns' in Oil- tall hiistciiscii o up't ite student Hr in lllici students New 'loik oiuc liom Ak Aiiuiiu New 'I oik ( ilv luneau oliu Ssctci now and around the woild hails liom Vuniouv cl lit buioiieinil Is called Isiucl hotin Neiuoi Nt ll S instills lots oiujinallv be came awue it the eiainte iniiusion ui the limestone uiivoimiI Note h Peak and he west desert id Millird ( mini) pm vides outdoor experiences lor thoiisinds ol people each year local residents Msit tiulitional sites lacoied by their families lor years and newcomers discover their own preleired places lor recieation Others tome liom all across the nation to make acitiam tance with the solitude ol the secluded peaks and valleys ol the louse Pmge he National Outdoor leadership School (NOI S based in lander W V puts the basin below the west side ol Notch Peak to pood use as a campus teaching college courses in rock climb Over the past 40 mg and leadership is the lead years NOI S stalled in er in wilderness education NOI S started with 100 students and has had more than sent people to ini estieate the uca loi use Nt S now conducts D da ill ll lining it Notch Peak lock chmhiuc courses In liom a ciedil eniolled Students aie in semestd ionise that includes 2K ilavs ol whitcwu-tedass ol IS canyon exploration tinnmg on the (neen Kisci Is davs ol rock climbing at Notch Peak and a h 75000 nal graduates by 2007 “1 here uie 14 students tpul lour mstruc- 21 ilavs ol horsemanship naming "Die rock climbing course teaches VaIv stvle balance and slicnelli" said student Mtuiulon It ittv “Die class includes stu dents nni’ine tr im 17 to 2 veals old " ruosi au about 21 yeaisol age Nevei il ditleient grinite laces aie used ach poses dilleiciil dial lor chmhinc lnges as to tliflic lilts siiilaces and an eles limbus weal Itai nesses attached ac h limb lo Ik las me lopes lot sal els ci then ascends tmdme and using hand V f i yt holds and footholds silicic thcie appeal to be lew oi none Nuk Sioim supei vised a Insiiuiloi slant climb lot kalon right and oliu Sec lei light wot ked Ills way up an cs tahhslu d giamte incline Oil the way back down Wright dispensed with looking lor handholds and walked dossil the rope support Ins descent back to & the base ol the loi k oliai apptoui lied the same climb searchme lot a good stall Ills long legs enabled him to travcise a high beginning step w it ease le searched out holds and ascended gaming momentum and conli delin' as he went At the top lie exulted ip w it upheld amis the accomplishment ike Wright beloie him Sec lei let the belaying rope cairy his weight down in an uptight walk along the steep incline Simulating flight lie flapped Ills aims on in & 1 : H' the doss nsx ltd leg adder It is pist “I Ins is a ‘Mac her like the monhes hais m the pluyetound You claw alone using soul hands and leet” said instructor Inn Hull nils loi use bs stu installing ecpupmenl dents dc'siened to increase then stiencth he device is a tope ladder and audits he usei has to con hung hoi ioiit ills ith the braided nylon rope slide h mg and sw using as they move along its leneth two spotters assistants thcie to catch the climber should they tall close Is follow the proetess ol the climbei to as onl any haim liom a tall lass ill be at Notch Peak he cuiient tend Kahn Wright Juneau AK makes an accent on a training slope of pink granite Belaying ropes for safety and the trip down can be seen traversing the rock o j A Camp located below the "Optimum Notch Peak gorge Dies will loi about anolhel two wicks tool not be attempt mg to mill the will h Dull clloil lunestoni niassil ontined to luulis icuitiiie Ii nionn m tamecting skilb than the hiehls oils limbs oil the loose Iniii'toiie lie ouimeii nil use ol Bl M id mini chmhini) station Inc atcd in the 'i ll S is the juiii p mut nut hold in the ouuli p and inn lomis oil II d id a dm iime moic than Minn md ui mm In Prill I’ll Idt a loin ndu See fix k Unnhei s on page 14 ii d ii m mli uni bn n I d M ill s o A O "J ii Front to r Rhonda Williams Cindy McMichael Peggy Overson and Sue Dutson and Mitch Myers Back I I to r Rob Drou-ba- DACC Awards Recipients Deal businesses and area leader were recognized at the Delta Aiea ( hamber of Commerce annual awards dinner on Sat April 2X live awaids were picsented as the mploycr ot the meeting pnc ceded Year Spirit of the t hamber Business of the Year xtra Miler Award and the Area (uarit Selected as mploycr of the Aeu was Droubay ( lies told “It's a great experience to live here and woik here in Delta" said Fob Droubax “You can't have a successtul business idiom good emplosccs " he Spmt o' the ( hamber Award went to ( nds Mi Mu hue and IN ecs h ci son ( mds and Pc gs have bee n id is Is the area lot seals resulting m the award be me given to two recipients this com was flipped Scar instead ot one toi the trophx as onlx one showed up m tune for the ceemons lYgex will pick heis up on Mas ll Business ol the 'liar wa' awarded to the (7 I'lni'l m tie he ( h "ii h I'm’tt 'undid in wa It has sersed the cotumunitx llU as the established business ever since it potluie and liionic ling the happenings and Mors of the counts Sue Dutson owner and publisher accepted the award on behalf ol the five generations of tain ilx who have been involved in publishing the paper for over rune decades Phondu Williams received the xtia Mder Award her service with the Snow estival seas cited as well as her (rose will now n motto Just foe us and do it i dilc si he I) sciiled to pace ' ( Atea ( M sic he nant Award wa' Ms ers Sec aBic pie- on adding to their patch collections Scouts contemplate Boy Scouts occupy Man Camp h ih I lhc !PS( M an ( an p 'li d ' nSi'i ' " and Sioutets liom lah and hi past weekend :h A"' he Dull " h It ars sers ice car pme s in lf Dcif u Sunils of Allierii a BS it hc rural Section mil the power plant April 1 he Arrow men ga'I ri i’ ih 2th" erel in 2 n ' lo parlu ipiU Delta Community Medical Center Presents “An Extraordinary Fair" Thursday May 3rd 3007 8 am to 2 pm Millard County Fair Building POOR Copy vz f - ML Intermountain Healthcare |