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Show Page 10 The Ogden Valley news Volume XVI Issue III February 1, 2009 New AYSO Regional Commissioner Reminds Parents that Volunteers Are Needed UDOT Begins Work on Interstate 15 EXPRESSLink recently began work on the operations. Trucks will be entering and exit- UDOT talking to you about smaller tasks! Here are your new Region 422 Board Interstate 15 EXPRESSLink project this Members who will donate lots of time to AYSO. week to add an express lane in each direction from 500 North in Salt Lake City to Please thank them when you see them! • Lisa Arbogast - CVPA (Child Volunteer the Interstate 215 Ramp in Davis County. Protective Advocate) In order to accommodate the new width of • Chad & Keli Booth - Coach Administrator the freeway, bridges at Beck Street, U.S. • Jamie Froerer & Sharene Keith - Registrar & 89, 1100 North, and 800 North will also be Ass’t Registrar replaced. The bridges at 800 and 1100 North • Gina M. Gonzalez - Regional Commissioner will be replaced by one bridge at 1100 North. • Corrina Huddle – Treasurer • Kathy Nelson - Tournament & Soccer Camps This project is scheduled for completion in the fall of 2010. coordinator “In addition to Legacy Parkway, this proj• Justin Rague - Referee Administrator, Basic ect will deliver more relief to commuters by Ref Trainer • Mike Sansone - Website Admin, coach trainer, increasing capacity on I-15 between Davis and Newlywed moving south! and Salt Lake Counties” said Jason Davis, • Kelley Walker - Purchasing Coordinator, UDOT’s Region II Deputy Director. Secretary Crews will continue roadway expansion There is also those who continue to vol- activities and utility work behind the shoulunteer their all-around help. They include der closure on northbound I-15. Expect sinLeilani Gauchet , Kay and John Larrison, gle northbound lane closures during off-peak Melanie Judd, Doug Spainhower, and many hours. Roadway widening activities will others who continue to donate countless occur behind the barrier through May 2009. hours to AYSO even though they no longer Utility relocation and roadway construchave kids playing soccer! When you see tion will continue on Warm Springs Road them, please thank them for their years and through January 2009. Be prepared for years of service to your families. intermediate traffic restrictions and flagging Finally, thanks to all volunteers, division coordinators, coaches, and referees. Without you, we would be without games! The AYSO philosophy is, “Everyone Plays – Balanced Teams – Open Registration – Positive Coaching – Good Sportsmanship.” If you enjoy hunting big game in Utah, the See you on the fields! time you’ve waited for since last year’s hunting season ended is now here. “Big game hunting in Utah is very popular with people across the country,” says Judi Tutorow, in the terrain park trying these tricks?” asks Brooks. wildlife licensing coordinator for the Division of Some ski areas are trying to address this issue Wildlife Resources. “We expect to receive more by developing different levels of terrain parks than 230,000 applications this year.” You can apply for a 2009 permit at <www. based on the difficulty of the features. Many have injury surveillance and safety programs, and work wildlife.utah.gov> Your application must be to identify problem spots where injuries occur, received through the Web site no later than 11:00 p.m. on February 26 to be entered in the and alter the park design to decrease them. How can parents and teens make a difference? draw for permits. If you have questions or need help completTry these tips: ing your application, please call any DWR office • Wear a Helmet - Research shows that helmet before 6:00 p.m. on February 26. Results of the 2009 Utah Big Game Draw use can significantly reduce—not prevent but reduce—the risk of severe head injuries while will be available by April 30, 2009. skiing and snowboarding. And the use of helmets by snowboarders has slowly been gaining Applying for a Point - If you’re not going to acceptance. Nationally, between a third to a hunt in 2009, you can still apply for a bonus fourth of skiers and snowboarders at a given ski point or a preference point. These points increase the chance that you’ll draw a permit area will be wearing a helmet. the next time you apply. Your application for a point must be received • Know your skill level. Instead of trying to make like Shaun White, Brooks says that snowboard- through www.wildlife.utah.gov no later than ing newbies should consider starting at the easier 11:00 p.m. on March 9, 2009. Please remember that you must have a huntparts of the terrain park. Some ski areas offer specific lessons that focus on education and safe ing license or a combination license to apply for progression of skills in the terrain park. “Parents a point or a hunting permit. For more information, call the nearest Division might want to think about having their child enrolled in a lesson instead of turning them loose of Wildlife Resources office or the DWR’s Salt in an area where the potential for them to hurt Lake City office at (801) 538-4700. Bear Hunting Permits Approved - Eight themselves is pretty good,” she notes. more black bears might be taken by hunters in • Use common sense. While it’s true that ado- Utah this year. At their January 8 meeting in Salt Lake lescents who flip on ESPN2 to watch professionals like Shaun White and Seth Wescott City, members of the Utah Wildlife Board pull off bonks, grabs and 180-degree turn approved 319 hunting permits for Utah’s 2009 air-to-fakies may be inspired to mimic their spring and fall seasons. In 2008, a total of 299 heroes, Brooks also notes that many teen- permits were available. Based on a five-year average success rate of agers approach their hobby with both eyes 41 percent, the extra 20 permits should result in open. “I’ve discussed this topic with teens that hunters taking about eight more bears this year. saw someone on TV doing what they described In 2008, hunters took a total of 134 bears. Bear hunts are held in Utah in the spring as crazy and dangerous tricks without wearing a helmet. They were able to identify that and say that was really stupid,” she says. “They even cited specific examples from the Olympics.” A friendly reminder! All AYSO positions are filled by volunteer parents and youth, without which, your children would not have games. Please remember that you are the life blood of this organization and the time you can give to AYSO is greatly appreciated. For the upcoming season, we have volunteer positions available ranging from a few hours per season to specific tasks that take more time, but are over quickly. For example, volunteers are needed to create posters two times each year, or to get banners up and down in Ogden Canyon. Visit ayso422.tripod.com for a list of areas where you can help! Or email me at <gmgonzalez@kw.com> Yes! You are all very busy! But this can be fun. Our family, and many others, have invested significant amounts of time as devoted AYSO supporters for many years. Currently, all of our four children are referees. My husband, Brian Rague, has been a (tired) coach while a professor at two universities and working on a PhD. Our oldest, Justin, is your new Referee Administrator. He is also a realtor with a full time job, and is a student. Personally, as a local Associate BrokerRealtor, Director of the Elder Care Resource Group, developer of a Space Science elective at St. Joe’s with goats to milk and chickens to feed, I truly understand the term “busy” . . . or crazy . . . or both! If you want to call and tell me you only have 30 minutes here and there, I understand and look forward to ing the work zone to deliver materials for Warm Springs realignment under the Beck Street Bridge. Crews will be working on the shoulder and medians of Interstate-15 and the U.S. 89 and Beck Street Bridges during non-peak hours through January 2009. EXPRESSLink will be built using a Design-Build (DB) construction method that overlaps two processes that are typically done in sequence. DB saves money and cuts overall construction time nearly in half. Even so, the cost of the project is $125 million. It is expected to be completed by October of 2010. In addition to Legacy Parkway, Express Lanes will help ease the commute through Davis County. The I-15 EXPRESSLink team is providing the opportunity for the public to select some aesthetic aspects of this project. To provide your input, please take our online survey sometime before February 15, 2009. For more information visit www.udot. utah.gov/expresslink andwww.commuterlink.utah.gov, call toll free 888-556-0232, or email <expresslink@somers-jaramillo.com> Applications Now Being Accepted for 2009 Big Game Hunting Permits Air-to-Fakie, or Air-to-Injury? A snowboarder spinning off a half-pipe can be a thing of airborne grace and beauty. The coming back down part can be less graceful—and far more dangerous. “There’s concern that the number of head and spine injuries has been increasing in adolescents, especially among snowboarders,” says Dr. Alison Brooks, a sports medicine physician with University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. “Some researchers believe it’s directly related to the fact that terrain parks appeared on the scene in the mid-1990s.” Brooks was the lead investigator of a recent study that looked at skiing and snowboarding injuries sustained in terrain parks at two western U.S. ski areas. Among the studies’ several findings: Male teenagers suffer injuries more than any other group, and head and back injuries are common. “These injuries tend to be more severe, requiring treatment at a hospital, and they account for the majority of morbidity and mortality,” says Brooks. While the number of skiing- and snowboarding-related deaths is still relatively low—there are only 20 to 40 fatalities per year in the United States, and only nine related to snowboarding last year—the bigger concern for physicians like Brooks is head and spinal injuries, the type that can result in permanent disability. According to the National Ski Area Association, there were nine catastrophic snowboarding injuries during the 2007-2008 ski season. It’s not necessarily surprising. “Just look at the nature of terrain parks,” says Brooks. “They consist of man-made features that are built to let you jump and do aerial maneuvers. You can do jumps off rails, boxes, or surf the half-pipe, and the majority of injuries from a terrain park are from jumping and landing in a way that causes injury. The design of the terrain park sets this up.” Interestingly, the Washington study found that the kids who were getting injured weren’t necessarily the beginners, but those who self-reported as intermediate or advanced boarders. “The question is, are these kids overestimating their skill level, or are they really good enough to be Note: Information from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. 801-745-4000 2555 WOLF CREEK DR. 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In addition to helping reduce the amount of livestock killed by bears, there’s another positive to hunting bears in the spring—fewer female bears are taken. “Female bears usually come out of their dens later in the spring,” Dolling says. “During most of the spring hunt, most of the females are still in their dens.” Dolling says when female bears do come out of their dens in the spring, many of the females have cubs with them. “Having the cubs right there with their mom makes it easier for hunters to know that the bear they’ve found is a female,” he says. Black Bear Plan - In 1999, the DWR put a discussion group together to draft the state’s first black bear management plan. Membership on the diverse 12-member group ranged from people opposed to bear hunting to ranchers and hunters. “The plan set certain safeguards or performance targets to protect Utah’s bear population,” Dolling says. “For example, one of the performance targets says that not more than 40 percent of the bears taken each year can be females. “The performance targets have been met every year since 1999,” Dolling says. “That tells us Utah’s black bear populations are doing well and that it’s safe to offer a few more permits.” The black bear management plan is available at <www.wildlife.utah.gov/bear/pdf/ 00bearplan.pdf> Apply Beginning February 2 You can apply for a 2009 black bear hunting permit beginning February 2 at <www.wildlife. utah.gov>The number of permits for each unit can be found in the 2009 Utah Black Bear Guidebook. The guidebook should be available at <www.wildlife.utah.gov> |