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Show 5 .. fv:i . . - ' Salted 6 Thursday August 23, 2001 " The Sports By RICHARD SliAW ' Sports writer : . . The shotgun went off and the ball was hit and they were on their way to playing in what is considered one of the best womens amateur gold touma- mentsinUtah, It was a morning to live for;' : f . XV-- , . .'V...-- vv , ByRICHARiDSHAW ' A Sports writer . Two things took place hi the sporting worid on Tbesday that one has to think about We have to askourselvesftt what point does safety outweigh die . cool arid calm with everyone hav-- .. ing a good timc,or at least until they found their first bad lie. The event was the Tram Electric Carr bon Best Ball Two WomenTbur-- ! riament and people (Front Colo- - thrill of participating in . , A. yyftT sports. v V,. The first item has to do with Dale Eamhardft death at Daytona last spring. On Tbes-- J n dayNASCAR.releasedit study on the accident and of course; many people were, skeptical about what the report to get inincasethercrsacaiKcHation. said Tanya l lenrie who works in But there were $ the Jot more who wanted to get in' and told me there was no use in Who are on the .waiting list : pro-sho- p, said and took issue with the fact that NASCAR is stin not going to require that drivers wear HANS (head and neck restraint systems) during races.' In Sundays Winston Cup Race however, 41 of 43 drivers wore the device while they tooled around the Michi- : . ' being on the list because they felt ... everyone would show up.; ; And show up they .did. There were 120 participants vying for hundreds of dollars in mcrchan-- . dise as well as a chance to hit that and win a car. big hole-in-o, Examples of good play were evident cvcrywhere.Take hole number 10 for instance; When the gun went off ah four players; Bo Dmitrich and Connie Norton of1 Price, Marilyri Hill of gan IntematiorialSpecdway in Brooklyn, Mich. v The fact is that a sport is! only as safe as the participants . ne , 4? ... ' . '' v' . and Nad a .'Taylorsville Farnsworth of Hqlladay,' began their play in good fashion as they all hit good.shots down the way. .... . f,i. .. i!Vv ! A r., . , ,,r. ' perfonnance. ' .Second shots. were not quite so good as a couple went near (he pond and one Tolled past the 0 . : : As I listened to news! reports about the findings on television on Tbesday evening one of the announcers said fair- r: ; want it to be, no matter what the restrictions. Smart athletes should do eveiything they can to protect themselves from injury or death, but for the most part that never crosses their mincLThcy areworried about jtomethihglike'Tt is unknown when raceis and the organiza- green and into the rough. Dmitrichsshot went righton the green and she ended up with a birdiefin thdend: This is a great tournament,' said Hilj. We make sure we get in this each year The course ji . great and so is the food. Its just lot of run. Oneofthe organizers for this . years contest was Peggy Atwood. - tions that tun the races pill make )t so that accidents do pot occur." This statement was so idiotic that I couldnt believe it If cars are going around a track at 200 mph, pc cidenly are going to happen; it ispart of the sport, Itsnot that I or other race fans kwe accidents, but it is justpait of what happens on a track. . For years I worked with one organization or another as a safety officer. There are many things that can be done to prevent accident? in all types of businesses and to make almost every vocation safer. But some endeavors arc high risk no matter what is done. Car racing is one of those; so b rock climbing! Sky diving and many others. Of course some people would have us ban all activities that' might cause injury to someone, lb a large extern the love an athlete has for any sport has to do with the risk involved, both physically and mentally, The other thing was a lawsuit filed by the mother of Rashidi Wheeler over his death during workout drills this summer at Northwestern . mS VTalte ree liereJX up to a Jot of hard Work by a lot of . : - certain number of people can 'pjqy. Its a. plumbon the Caibon wif ; 'i V ifl lj ! ship off vv w . ,jm j ..a f.'j' brings the county; notoriety among othersin Utah. !v ; - ' Jjj r, t . ' 1 J ss" . ' Sink onto the up With a good chip green 6n hole humber lQl ;A tomatet l Wl p, ' f! 12 v ' V j - ''''111. - , ihe tee, but wasaMe So each year it grows and V County sports tree and. while ; grows in staturc, and yet only a most locals arent aware of it, it people and we have built on vriiat other people have been doing with this tournament for years.? aril ' f, .. ffT&yi ,rss 1 4 s 4i . V ' : .. . : ' x- y ; 'S , ,7h i. f'. If V ' ft' ' t K . V"7 - . . s.s University. Wheeler had '. - v y."V 4 ?'a- s asthma. .There have been a number of deaths in the football ranks this summer due to heat, heart conditions and ; other factors. The pain someone feels when they lose a loved one often leads to this type of action. They want to blame anyone but fate. They want to finger someone for negligence. Their vengeance is usually emotional in the beginning and then becomes monetary the minute a lawyer talks to them. Maybe the university should have taken medal precautions because of Whee lers ' . Is - ' K'r - .v ' i' - j- y ' jl f,., V -. ..rf . :v I - - ' Connie Norton of Cartxin County watches as her putt barely jumps the cup on hole number 10 during the tournament, - - ' s.T( A'" L '' - f- correct a bad situation. j. But more likely it wil change the policy on who they will let in their athletic pro - ,7 tiiU Ikb grams. Big awards to individi als for losses often result ii Bo Dmitrich hits Ojnto the green after a good shat down the middle of the fairway. . : stricter controls of who cat belong to any group, be itai insurance company that ers cars or a football prog . . i Mgr time (op big gsnta popish Runners record good times at Helper 5K run. . Local high school cross country members dominated the Helper 3K run held on Sat- -' urday morning in conjunction with the Helper Arts Festival. The overall mens winner was Cbdy Butler who recorded a time of 16:24.49. In second was Marty Prettyman who had a time of 2fh52.86. . The overall womens" win-nwas one of Butlers teamer mates on the Carbon cross country squad, Melanie Madsed who set a time of i , condition. Maybe this suit will S' I ' . 21:10.68! Jessica Childs came in second with a 22:00.70. In the Over 30 Mens division the winner was Dale Woodbury with a time of 20:54.00 and in second place was John Benoit who recorded a time of 24J6l27. In the Over 30 Womens divi- sion Pat Benoit took first with a time of 28:44.00. Lora Akers .took second with a time of : 36:40.00. the regular schedule will be played. The game . . . CEU announces volleyball schedule change. Brent Martindale announced on Wednesday that on August 25 at 5 p.m. an extra game not on . . will feature this , years team against a team made up of players from the last four years. The game will be played in the BDACand will feature promotions and giveaways. Sports guide out on Sept 5. The Sun Advocate will distribute its fall sports guide on Sept 5 as an insert in that days paper, The new guide will include a master schedule of all of the fall season Carbon area sports teams and leagues as well as a run down on the new squads. Hunters who dont obtain a 2001 antlerless big game hunting permit in Utahs draws will have another chance for one . A list of permits that werent sokl in Utahs second antler! ess draw wig be available by Aug. 27 at Division of Wildlife Internet . site Web fwww.rir.utah.eovdwr LhQn). Beginning Aug. 29, these remaining antlerless permits will be available on a e, first-com- first-serv- LX.M. ed or baas, either through themail, from the Divi i JL4. Re- sources offices and hunter .edu' cation centers, and the Division sion of Wildlife Resources Salt Lake Cty office only. The office will open at 6 a.m. on this date. After Aug. 29, the office will return to its regular hours, which are7:30a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays, through Fridays. The office will be dosed for Labor Day on Monday, Sept. 3. Hunters who want to obtain a permit through the mail can do so by mailing an antlerless permit application form to the Salt Lake City office. Application forms are available from hunting and fishing license agents statewide. Division offices and hunter education centers and the Divisions Internet Web site. ; Lawsuits seldom result in ing change that is good people in the sport or for thi sport itself. It only reward! those on the outside whowant to make money. Some sporting events gone out of existence becai of regulation or because of financial risk that backer must face if something hap pens to participants. Some 1 this isjustice and what is besl I just have to wonder if wi werent better off in the dayl when everyone was respoosibu for their own actions rathe than trying to pin what somel times just happens on othef people. 'I |