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Show M;-- . ' Siafeteta w IB Tuesday July 17, 2001 ILeroer ; RyRICHARD By RICHARD SHAW' Sportswriter . . ; V , &?, ' . . , . 1. i: R very Easily could have been, ;tiireebigvtfaBtoasmaqy.days,but ft-- '- f ,'VT, J'5 Pv - .1 'r' i- ' - ... rs. N 4:14 7K ?: ' & .. '. - ' s . , Vv -- . ri W r : . d be-in- . . 3, ; : heros-The- y are celebritiesand . re-cu- . . 4-- . V . . - : : . cme : V "! As far as sports heros" goes there have been a few that have provided some vecy good thingB for unfortunate people through their good fortune. The sports shows on television are always showing Jazz; Grizzles and . , ttm : . psyches. .. But they chose to do what they did, not ohly for thelove a sport, but also because theyvveie being paid a great dealof money They also never chanced their life to dowbattbey did, altbough sports pjn-starttim- . . hiiHwiaui e. : often tiiey are role models. Tin-- ; fortunately almost as many are, poor role models as are good rolemodelsThey are touch like everyone iriset they haveTheir problems and their weaknesses. To call someone like Ripken ; Wbo set the Iren Man record or Rdn Boone tyhp set the record in overall str&ightgames played between bia.NRA odd ABAca-reer- s a hero is a misnomer in my book. Sure they played, in pain; '; ; sure they sacrificed to make it every night; sure they had long, grueling road trips that taxed their physical bodies and their . . . .. Stinger, players visiting the . Shrinere Hospital Or the Primary Childrens Hospital to help the ; kids spirits. These' kinds of things are good, even great, but theseeyents are generally photo opportunities orchestrated by sports organizations for pur- y poses of puNicIty. .. What sbbut the thousands d; people who visit tiie sick and elderly each year or volunteer In hospitals to help people without getting anytiilng out of it other . . : . fchiihllltiitlngipMl ; even deadly at times. ; , ' But their jobs, that aid a ; great deal of money arent near as deadly as many of the jobs , ; thtoadinnerattheendoftheyear . or an award they can hang on regular people handle every day ' v ; Right here in Carbon County we ; their wall?' - This is not to most . have people who go deep into the that say earth every day to bring back an sports figures are good people, energy source that keeps our whatistosayisthatfewareheros in the traditional sense of the economy going. No matter hoy safe they make those mines they ...word.;- - "' are still dangerous places to What they are is highly skilled work.' . !.V i; . technicians, doing ajdj they love for a great deal of money. ;Eachdaypr0fes8ionaIfiriieiv ; man on the east and west coast of Ithinkweasasodetyneedto the United States go out on boats. just keep that In perspective. . 5 . : yi'-w- - . . . country They are peoplewho save others Byes at the risk of injury f or death to themselves.lheyare people who give their all for some great causes : Baseball,footbaIl,ba8ketbaIl, hockey or gdlf are not great causes; They are games, that people play for fun and now-day- s for profit; large profits. V There is nothing wrong with being a fan or with loving sports. There is nothing wrong with the feeling euphoria whmitoe team you love or play on wins, and there is nothing yrong with g downwhen it loses. Butthese men and women who play sports for money are not e itft : , r . : ure ofother people, ;;Herosandhat)ii8arepeoplev who die in wars defending their .' w 4 : .- right tag. In faet the word hero" does not fit sports figures of any kind, particulhriy in this day and age id multimilllon dollar contracts and settlements. I guess . my idea, of a hero or heroin Is someone Who risks;, their life or their well beingtosave anothmrs.life ordosome magnifi--! cent tiling that increases the stat- . . :. To taka nothing away from m . : Ripken, I dont know if hero is the 0 . . ' Cal Ripken finished up bis career last week with a home run and the MVP tag put on his name. Much of the media the next day claimed him to be ,,; v ' 0' feeds many people. That job, .working on a fisbingboat is opnr sidered the most dangerous job. acoordingto the United State Bu- -. reau of Labor. More people are killed and injured on thejob fish--' ing .than In any other job each --.year. ' IheM of dangerous jobs that exist in the United States inchutos such jobs as being a policeman, afire fighter and even a convenience store clerk. Some of the dangers these people face are .. naturahbut most are "m" made.: V Last week Harrison Fhrd the famou s movie actor used his he--: licopter to rescue aBmaliboywho was lost In Yellowstone Park. The I on screen hero became a true life .hero to many people tor this He often hps out seardi and : rescue and the forest service t "When people are lost by using his helicopter tolookfor them. He doesnt need to do that he doesnt get paid tor it and flying into tree shrouded hillsides is not my idea of safe flying. He and tbe people on his helicopter were heroe, just becausetheyweretokingadiadoe with no remuneration for what: they were doing; other than to save a younglads life, The rehlheros of tills life are the ones that do for others for little of no compensation My heros include myparents and my wife, Th have given and given to me witlwut aridng for anything in return. Others that I cohrider heros who did get some remuneration, ; but not near enough were many of the teachers ! had whilelwent through schooLThey hadapro- found affect on my lue.. Tho8eare mypersonal heros and they are different for every . . thelords of the sky wouldn't have ft. The Helper entry In the Salt Lake V,,' Valley American Legion League recorded two big wins last week as they beat up Brighton 15-- at home on lfednesdayidghtandtiien travelled to P&ACityto defeat the Min- . len 12--3 on Thursday evening: They; were slated to play the Buffaloes from Tooele on Friday evening at s home, but the skys opened up and ' tiie kids from Utahs west deeerthad : to go borne, without playlng the i V gam& Theyalsoprobabfy ayoided Vdv r V ' a loss based on what Helper has i : k '" been doing thislast week, particu- - A ? lariywhen lt comesto the theirbat-tingprowess. i !V ; Our bats have oome ahvesaid JeffCisnero8,bireactkmtothelugB c r number of hits the team has been Is : recording against opponents in the last few games.' The Brighton game was largely played under the lights because of its 8 p.nu start time.But that littief detail didnt hurt the home team, even though many of the Brighton suppmters felt fairly smug aftm-thfirst half of the first Inning as their team drove in three runatheend of the inning Helper was one run ahead and they never looked bade. , Bythe fifth inning the Helper kids were ahead 15-- and & rally which tdi Included ahome run by a Brighton Matt JewkiBS beeps an eye oit a Brighton first base ninner ; seems to be on his tippy tries anticipating a chance to head four second. hits. the enitre Jewkes only game allowing pitched player only made it a little less as he gets ready to hurt a pitch toward home. The runnei' worse in the end as the Helper team 'ini the third inning and also had a runs Jn the bottom of the third. Both won because of the ninerunruto. Matt Jewkes pitched the entire single; Matt Cloward had two. teams WCni along with the Helper game and along with some outsiddoubles, lyier Grundy and Blake lead beig 3 Until the seventh fair Wilde Bwhiidaiiniihlftiuidftidnrift ers play lurid the Bengals to only tour hits.: -tosizzle and they burand Kent Stflsondoubled once. Matt led tim Miners as if they were in a : Helper had 13 hits to bring in - the Bengalis dugout when the ball Kloepfer had two singles. their Ifi runs and the team only cook: went sailing over the fence. Bailey It was a beautiful summer cave h). With eight runs in the sev; mittod one error while Oh the de- also had a double later in the game., evening anda butiful game if you enth. Helper took aft hope 'away Kalib Curtis hit an excitingtripkt were a Helper fan. Itoward the end from Park City .fense. tiie Bengals players and coaches TyiCT Grundy pitched the whole . started to blame the umpire for their game and did a tremendous job, Sri KSeyAniericm Legiini BaseMS undoing; but the baiting numbers holding the Miners to only six hita were just too overwhelmingfor any- V In the batting department the : one to say that Helper wasnt supenumbers came out similar to rior on this night at Gardner Fferk. Wednesdays contest Jewkes went 4 - On Thursday nigb.t the team ar--' 4on the night with three ringles and rived for the game in Summit a double. Four pldyers, Brady County at about 5:40 p.m. for a 6 Msrthiez, Bailey Grundyand Wilde all hadone slngle and one double ' .. fyvb were late for a number of during the game. We just got tot and started to: reasons, ranging from the construction in the canyon to other play hkewe are Capable toward the things, said Cisneros. When the end of the game, said Cisneros. V The next gam e Is pow against game started both teams bad kind of a lazy attitude. 1 think our having Riverton on Wednesday evening at ; 6 to rush contributed to ours. p.m, at Garilner Field in Helper. Helper only managed one run in. Riverton is a very good 10-- ball the second and three in the third. club and will probably give the Ftork Citymanaged their only three Helper dub a good test. . tobringIckastaeQffoodtbat . Sports writer i . : ; Deer and Elk permits . ; A.-- ; . A total of382 central region permits will be among the general buck deer hunting permits available for purchase at the Division of Wildlife . Resources' Internet web site, and its six offices, beginning at 6 a.m. on July 28, This Is the first year that Utah ; will be allowed to pur- kPhase permits not taken by nonresi-- , dents in our big game draws," says Judi Tutorow, wildlife licensing coordinator tor the Division of Wildlife Resources. There were 382 Central Region permits that weren't taken by nonresid&its in the draws. These will be available to both residents and nonresidents, beginning at 6 ajn. on July 26. Nonresidents will also be allowed to purchase permits that residents don't take. The following general buck deer permits for this tolls hunts win be available to both and nonresidents beginning ; . 4 4 'f -- . r : '"ST.' jf and Portbeasetern rifle or muxxeloader, 4,758. Some permits are already sold - out TPosefor southeastern rifle or muzzteloaderand southern rifle or muzzleloader are gone already General bull elk pemlts go on sale that same day To save selves time standing in line that day bull elk hunters are encouraged to buy their permit from one of 236 hunting license agents statewide or from the Divisions Internet Web site. A total of 13,000 any bull elk unitpermits, and 19,000 spike bull elk unit permits, will be available to both resident and nonresident renters- beginning July 26. tiiem-residen- Sports Siiopte ts . . Local dancer wins award. Megan Shernuuiwa honored. as the best dancer (m her team when she participated with other local daimere at the Stadium of Fire show' at BYU on July 4. The team practiced fofrfcivo days before the show at the stadium which eventually filled up with 600 dancers and 55,000 people on the day of the show toternatkmal Days Car Show and Rod RunSIated. The International Days Car Show on Ju)y 28 will feature a Rod Run, Poker Run andStreet Dance, with proceeds all going to charity, Fbr Information about the activities - caUB37-3276- . . jm II rest-dent- s July 26: ' The Central Region permits will go tost and I encourage people who want one to log onto the internet at 6 a.m., or to be In line at one of our offices before 6 am. says. Tutorow Visiting the Division's Internet it dwr.htm is probably the easiest way I site at www.nr.state.ut.usdwr A Brighton player holds an icepack to his head fitter getting beaned as he ran to third during the game with Helper on Wednesday night His coach stands near by . commiserating with him about the way the game was going, as Brighton was behind more than 10 runs at that point in the game. It only got worse for the Bengals as Helpers hot bats lit up the scoreboard for 15 runs on 13 hits. ; . v r ; to obtain a permit. "You dont need to be here at 6 am. if you want something other than a central region permit There are plenty of other permits available and you can get one by visiting our Web rite, or our offices, at your convenience." ' Available permits include those for statewide archery 5,107. northern rifle or muzzleloader, 14,582, central riSe or oiuzzleloader, 382 STATS - s |