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Show DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE 4 Tuesday, November 15, 2011 TRAILS continued from Page 1 PHOTO COURTESY TANJA KARI intended to be a sports club. "This program happened naturally for us and it is such a reward for us to invite people of all ability to be able to participate," Kari said. "We just want people to live an active lifestyle." Kari is a 12-time Paralympic cross country ski medalist. She was inducted into the Paralympic Hall of Fame in 2010. "For us to be able to create a path for people to follow is the greatest reward," she said. Since the launch in 2007, the Paralympics has partnered with community organizations to create a network of Paralympic Sport Clubs. "We hope that our partnership with the sports club will help connect our TRAILS program to new audiences, to increase and sustain sport and physical activity," said Pam Okutsu, outreach coordinator for the rehabilitation center. TRAILS said utilizing these opportunities will help bridge the gap between rehabilitation and returning to the community, according to its website. The rehabilitation center wants to not only raise physical opportunities in the community but to raise the profile of Paralympics Sport to the national and local levels, Okutsu said. There are more than 140 active clubs in about 4o states, according to the website. The Paralympics has a goal to create 250 Paralympic Sports Clubs by 2012. Road cyclists prepare to race as part of the TRAILS program. Now partnered with U.S. Paralympics, the U-based program strives to promote recreational activities for physically disabled people of all skill levels. FOOD DRIVE STORMS continued from Page 1 continued from Page 1 and people would start reaching for their wallets," Fackler said. "Although the game has already happened, the need for food is still there. We're trying to play off of our rivalry game win." Last year, the Ute effort overshadowed BYU by raising about 350,000 lbs. of food and more than $90,000 for the Utah Food Bank. That equates to io percent of the Utah Food Bank's total collection for the entire year, Miller said. This year, more than so businesses and nine grocery stores across the valley have teamed up with students, alumni and community members to help match or beat the previous record. Volunteers and students have worked with the Alumni Association since July to coordinate and kick off the food drive. Collections for the food drive are being held throughout the week at the Alumni House and other places on and around campus through Nov. 25. Non-perishable items can be dropped off, while monetary donations are being accepted through the Alumni Association website. The culminating collection event is at the Utah vs. Colorado game on Nov. 25 at the gates of Rice-Eccles Stadium. BYU will also be collecting at LaVell Edwards Stadium on Nov. 19. "I get emotional about it and think about what would happen if I needed the help," Fackler said. "I like the holidays and I feel very good when I can help and give." the large amount of snow typically received is what Alta is known for, Steenburgh said. "We're kind of excited to see what's going to happen in the next few hours." Students onboard the DOW on Saturday expressed their excitement from getting to utilize the equipment. "It's a great opportunity to learn about the radar," said Joe Young, a graduate student in atmospheric science. "It's amazing to be able to bring [the DOW] out here and point it at a phenomenon." Young spoke of the future benefits provided by the current opportunity the DOW has afforded students. Onboard monitoring of the radar is a unique opportunity for students to take advantage this month, while the saved data will also be used for case studies and thesis research by future students. "We have a student using lake-effect data for a Ph.D. dissertation," he said. "We use the images for decision making when we're out here, but when we go back we'll also use this data for future people to be able to learn." In addition to benefiting future college students, the U is sharing its opportunity to gain experience with the DOW with K-12 students. Through an outreach program, U meteorologists have taken the DOW to six different schools so far, sharing the radar truck with 500 K-12 students, Steenburgh said. Many of the students who participate in the outreach program reference Discovery Channel's Storm Chasers show when they see the truck. s.wiseman@ chronicle.utah.edu r.jackson@ chronicle.utah.edu browse the news on your cell • Mobile web version of The Daily Utah Chronicle Online now available! l.wilbur@chronicle.utah.edu Contact l.schmitz@chronicle.utah.edu for information about being a news writer for lhe Daily Utah Chronicle. |