Sumo Wrestling

We had a hilarious time Sumo Wrestling! Here are some pictures and a fun video.

Summer Social-Dodgeball

We had a great time with our 2010 Summer Social! Check out the picture of these great memories. Congratulations goes to “Philly Cheese/ Fox News” who won the dodge ball tournament. Best dressed team was “BLT/CNN” team, but we weren’t giving prizes for best dressed.

Pancake Finals Week

We think everyone enjoyed having free pancakes, sausage, and bacon for all of finals week. Just another reason to stay at Village on the Parkway. Have a great summer!

New Exercise Equipment

Come enjoy the new exercise room!

If you hadn’t noticed we got new exercise equipment! This includes two high-end treadmills, a Precor Elliptical Cross Trainer, and a Functional Strength Trainer. We also improved the entertainment with a new 32 inch high definition LCD TV.

“Competition Night” Winners

We had a great “Competition Night” and thank all those who participated. Here are the winners.

Basketball – Aaron Neilson, Lee Thibideaux, Justin Goodman (Team Thibideaux)
Pool – Louis Angelo, Jared Laufiso
Dance Revolution – Mindy Lee
Foosball – Brianne Larsen, Dallin Frandsen

We took a bunch of photos. You can view them all on Flickr by clicking on the link below.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edgecreek/sets/72157623255369105/

Village Resident Olympic Torch Bearer

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

Utah teen chosen to carry Olympic torch for Vancouver games
January 15, 2010

DELTA — A teenager from Delta is on her way to Canada this weekend. She was picked out of thousands of other teenagers to be a torch bearer, holding the Olympic flame.

Nineteen-year-old Kelcie Thomas still can’t believe what she gets to do after a winning a contest to carry the Olympic torch.

“My 4-H teachers nominated me and I didn’t even know,” Thomas said.

Here’s why: After writing a school paper on childhood obesity, Thomas founded “Creating a Healthier You.”

“It’s a project I started to educate youth on childhood obesity and ways to be fit and stay healthy,” she explained.

For the past two years, Thomas raised money and bought exercise equipment that she sent to all 40 Utah school districts, along with these pamphlets encouraging healthy habits. She even visited some P.E. classes.

As part of Creating a Healthier You, Kelcie Thomas visited schools and taught students how to dance.

“I taught them to dance, because I’m a dancer and it’s fun exercise. It’s kept me moving for a few years,” Thomas said.

Her 4-H teachers sent all this information into the contest, and she was one a very few chosen.

“There’s only 10 youth, teens, picked for this contest in America,” Thomas said.

She will run 300 meters with the torch through High River, in Alberta, and her whole family is going to watch.

Though Thomas isn’t actively working on Creating a Healthier You now, this freshman at Utah Valley University isn’t done.

“I’m actually going to school for exercise science, so I’m turning it into my career, pretty much,” she said.

Thomas Kelsie has always loved the Olympics. She was in fifth grade when the Salt Lake City hosted the Winter Games and won a contest to watch some of the events. But she says being in the Vancouver Olympics fulfills a childhood dream.

“When I was little, I wanted to be part of the Olympics, and now I am.” Thomas said.

She is scheduled to run Jan. 18 at approximately 1:45 p.m. She’ll get to keep the torch she carries when she’s done.

E-mail: abutterfield@ksl.com

Cleaning Check Winners: December

Here are our clean check winners for December. They did a fabulous job cleaning and won 4 pizzas each.

Now Accepting 2010 Applications

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Village on the Parkway Social 2009

Good food, good fun, dodgeball for prizes, dancing, friends…what more could you ask for?
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