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Show Cyan Magenta Yellow Black A4 Sanpete Messenger - Sanpete Messenger/Gunnison Valley Edition TO Kyoto would cause tsumani of economic destruction THE EDITOR... Recreation is about sportsmanship, not winning In reply to Karmal Mandel’s article about city recreation programs—if winning is the most important part about playing sports, then you are correct; our program is struggling. Recreation is about sportsmanship, learning skills, teamwork and most of all, equal opportunity. All of our programs have increased this year. We opened up soccer to kids ages 4-14. We had a great season with a tournament at the end. We changed our basketball program this year from Jr. Jazz to Jr. Templars for Manti and Jr. Badgers for Ephraim. We put on clinics for both towns by Manti’s and Snow’s basketball programs. The coaches and teams did an excellent job helping us build our program. Softball and baseball have been programs that have been strong for both communities. We are switching our baseball to the Babe Ruth League, which plays league games, but at the end of the season all-star teams are selected to play in tournaments. We have just started a new high school age soccer club for boys and girls, which we have worked hard to get going. We have had great help from the kids and parents who want to get this program going. We have excellent coaches who have volunteered to coach these teams. This summer we will be doing adult softball at Ephraim City Park under the new lights. As for advertising, we both have signs in front of our city buildings, we take flyers to the schools, it is printed on city bills when registrations begin. Ephraim also runs it through the Sanpete Messenger. I’m sure that everyone would love for us to have our own recreation building, but I don’t think increased taxes is what anyone wants. We live in an area where time and money are limited so parents and kids need to pick and choose what to be involved in because not only are there recreation programs, but there are dance groups, Jr. wrestling, Jr. football, gymnastics, children’s choir and music lessons. Parents who want their kids to excel are the ones out playing hoops and batting balls to them. We know t hat our programs are not struggling because our middle school and high school programs are strong. We would like to extend an invitation for Karmal Mandel to volunteer coach so she can see how much time and effort go into our programs. Last but not least, city recreation is about fairness, fun and a positive experience for all youth involved, which Jennifer Mackey and Cindalyn Maylett have tried to do. Jennifer Mackey Ephraim Jason and Cindalyn Maylett Manti Dire predictions about global warming are more about politics than science. Renewed evidence for that conclusion is seen in the flood of ridiculous claims made in the wake of the South Asia tsunami disaster. That immense tragedy resulted from a severe earthquake deep in the Indian Ocean. Earthquakes are caused by shifts in the earth’s substrata, not by unproven global warming. But officials at Greenpeace, Kimberly Beck, MD ........ 528-7935 Cary Judy, D.O. FAMILY PRACTICE/OB Jan Christensen, MD ...... 528-7291 Dwight Inouye, MD ........ 528-7202 Christine Jackson, MD ... 528-7752 I am a 70 year-old woman writing about this turkey slaughter. Anyone who thinks that killing anything is a prank is way off base. It will just get worse. They will move up to bigger things. FAMILY PRACTICE/OB Cary Judy, DO ................. 528-7227 Richard Nay, M.D. FAMILY PRACTICE/OB Richard Nay, MD ............ 528-7231 Richard Anderson, MD ... 528-2151 Christine Jackson, M.D. FAMILY PRACTICE/OB John Jackson, M.D. FAMILY PRACTICE Visiting Specialists Marvin Allen, MD C. Barton Anderson, MD Scott Bingham, MD J. Cordell Bott, MD Dean Bristow, MD William Collins, MD Ronald Duerkson, MD Trenton Jones, MD Patrick Kronmiller, MD Matthew Parsons, MD Robert Pearson, MD Warren Peterson, DO Brian Tudor, MD Jeffrey Wallentine, MD Mobile MRI Service Cardiology Audiology Cardiology Oncology Urology Urology Electrodiagnosis Plastic Surgery Urology Ophthalmology Ear, Nose & Throat Dermatology Oncology Orthopedics 801-429-8128 435-867-5761 801-429-8128 866-374-2367 801-465-2511 801-465-2511 801-357-7770 801-418-8172 801-465-2511 800-854-6201 435-867-8719 801-794-1490 866-374-2367 800-475-5373 435-528-2125 They need to be punished and schooled in human behavior. I would have to agree with the letter from Kristy Jensen on Feb. 16, 2005. She said it all in much better words than I can. Pranks are turning the outhouse over or soaping windows, not killings. Please understand how serious this is. Luanne Hale Mayfield Defends current recreation programs I’m not sure why this article was written. I want to believe that this writer is just trying to spur the local communities to add a full time rec. director. Or maybe she has just moved into the area and is unaware of the history of our community sports programs. In any case, I want to congratulate whoever may be responsible for these girls programs in Salina that have brought about the results mentioned in the article. I would, however, like to inform the writer of this article, because I don’t believe you can be from this area. You may not be aware that we ask our recreation director to exclude volleyball in our programs. The reason for this is for the love of soccer. Our director did approach us as parents and ask us, but we believe the interest is much greater in soccer. As for the number of teams, you’re probably not aware of the dance schedule, and the gymnastics schedule, and the accelerated softball schedule that keeps our kids very busy thru the year. I don’t think I need to remind anyone of the championships that our drill team have produced, or the high school softball team. The boys programs do pretty well also. I believe there has been one championship and two seconds in the last three years in the basketball program; I think that’s pretty good. The boys’ football program has lifted the championship trophy twice, and has been in the top three other years. Now I don’t want to take away anything from these programs in other areas. I am a firm believer and a supporter of the people who make them go. I do however believe it’s my duty to correct you, Miss Mandel, that it’s not always championships that measure success! Manti High School does reflect the programs from our recreation program. But most importantly I believe if these kids have been coached and brought up with the proper attitudes about sports, it reflects in all areas. As for our recreation director...You better watch your tongue!! Cary Rosquist Manti ‘The Fall’ wins juried art show Staff writer Monroe Clinic ............. 528-8866 Jan Jonson, PA-C ........... 528-7227 Kenneth Davies Spring City By Tery Robertson John Jackson, MD .......... 528-7752 Jan Christensen, M.D. Acceptance of the Kyoto demands would cause a tsunami of destruction to free enterprise and national independence. President Bush and all members of Congress should be urged to reject any acceptance of cutbacks in economic activity designed to counter the threat of non-existent global warming. NEWS Monday through Friday Kim Beck, M.D. the Friends of the Earth, the Discovery Channel, and elsewhere have insisted that the recent Asian catastrophe resulted from industrialization and economic growth that has heated up the atmosphere. Because of a steady stream of such irresponsible claims, politicians continue to seek enforcement of the Kyoto protocol targeting economic activity in developed nations, especially in the United States. Killing is never a prank Gunnison Provider Clinics FAMILY PRACTICE Wednesday, February 23, 2005 Von Pratt, M.D. EMERGENCY MEDICINE Richard Anderson, M.D. GENERAL SURGERY Central Utah Public Health Department Immunizations 1st Tuesday each month – No Appointment Necessary Jan Jonson, PA-C Connie Vail, M.D. FAMILY PRACTICE RADIOLOGIST Bevan Bastian, M.D. RADIOLOGIST EPHRAIM—“The Fall,” a steel sculpture inspired by the 9/ 11 tragedy, won the Juror’s Award in the Central Utah Art Center’s first juried art show, which opened last weekend. The sculpture, by Cordell Taylor, a Brigham City native and University of Utah graduate, is one of a series of 15 sculptures inspired by destruction of the World Trade Towers. The juried show, which opened with receptions both Friday and Saturday, Feb. 19 and 20, featured 12 pieces by Utah artists. New York art critic Jonathan Goodman selected the pieces out of 55 applications without looking at previous experience or resumes. The blind selection process was designed to give up-and-coming artists the same chance as seasoned exhibitors to show their works. Pieces in the show varied from abstract oil painting to steel sculpture. There were two steel sculptures, one bronze sculpture, one ceramic piece, two collages, one landscape, two prints, two abstract oils and a digital print. Discussing his sculpture series, Taylor said, “I sat glued to the TV like everyone else, and although this was a tragic event, I saw the beams sticking out of the ground and noticed a bizarre beauty attached to them. I’ve tried to capture that same feeling and tried to get the viewer to relate and come into my pieces.” Taylor majored in sculpture at the U. of U. He leans toward creating larger pieces “which make it [the effort] worthwhile.” Salt Lake City was so impressed by the 9/11 series that it commissioned Taylor to create a very large piece for the city. While Taylor has been sculpting for years, Annie Kennedy’s collage, “Sego Lily Star Of David” is her first piece chosen for an exhibit. Kennedy wiped olive oil and grape juice on heavy paper, baked it, cut each piece into the shape of TERY ROBERTSON / MESSENGER PHOTO Artist Cordell Taylor’s “The Fall” symbolizing the 911 tragedy, takes first place at Central Utah Art Center show. a sego lily and then constructed the piece into a Star of David. According to Adam Bateman, CUAC director, Kennedy’s piece represents “many important facets of the LDS Church, and it works on many levels. Sego lily roots kept early Mormon settlers alive when they first arrived in Utah. The olive oil and grape juice are important religious symbols.” Paul Vincent Bernard’s drypoint etching, ”Fault Lines,” shows the value of a minimal landscape. The piece, which was created on scratched on zinc, inked and blocked on paper, is almost stark compared to the vivid colors of some of the oil paintings. “I like to look at something and eliminate down to the more simple part,” Bernard said. “This is a new way of expressing my art because it’s so simplistic.” Bernard was born in Bountiful and now resides in Salt Lake City. Other artists whose work was selected for the juried show were Jean Arnold, Stefanie Dykes, Beth Krensky, Renee Gilson, JinMan Jo, Nannette A. Olson, Linnie Brown, Susan Gallacher and Edward J. Bateman. A chamber music quintet en- tertained guests at both Friday’s and Saturday’s opening receptions. Baroque Consort is headed by Libor Ondras (from Snow College), who explained that he plays a viola d’amore, a 17th century instrument with six gut strings and seven steel strings. It was specifically designed for chamber music. Baroque Consort consists of Gordon Childs (viola d’amore), Libor Ondras (viola d’amore), Elaine Jorgensen (flute), Sarah Hart Kingston (harpsichord) and Paul Hart (cello and viola da gamba). The quintet played selections from Borghi, Haydn, de Mondonville, Quantz and Richard Lane. The juried show is one of CUAC’s most ambitious projects since Bateman took over as director several months ago. Bateman is an Ephraim native who recently returned to Utah from New York City. His vision is to showcase local contemporary artists as well as high quality artists from outside. The center also sponsors monthly poetry readings, concerts and movies. Since Bateman took over, attendance at the center has increased from 30 people per month to more than 400. |
