HOCKEY PROGRAM

Registrations are being taken for Semester 2 of Start Smart, the learn to play hockey instructional program at the County Ice Center, located at 5201 S. Murray Park Lane in Murray.

Cost for the eight-week session is $50. Classes begin Dec. 4. For more information, contact Joe Bernardy at 270-7293.

FANTASY AT THE BAY

Willard Bay State Park hosts Fantasy at the Bay, a drive-through holiday light display from Nov. 18 to Jan. 1.

Display hours are 5:30-10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 5:30-10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission is $5 per vehicle. Utah State Park passes are not valid during light display hours.

The Cottonwood Campground is filled with animation, lighted trees, roadway lights and displays. A concessions service offers hot chocolate, hamburgers, chili, scones, s'mores and other items around a large campfire.

Horse-drawn hay wagon rides are available on selected nights for an additional cost.

To reach Willard Bay State Park, take exit 357 off I-15.

For more information, call 435-734-9494 or 435-734-9297.

SOLDIER HOLLOW HONORED

Forbes Traveler has named Soldier Hollow to the top 10 cross country ski areas in North America.

According to Forbes, "the panel's picks, which ranged from mom-and-pop ski hills in Vermont to mega-resorts and Olympic venues in the Rocky Mountains, represent a geographic spread of epic destinations."

Soldier Hollow, the 2002 site of the cross country, biathlon and Nordic combined Olympic events, is managed by the Soldier Hollow Legacy Foundation in partnership with Wasatch Mountain State Park. Several new easy and gentle trails have been added since the Olympic Winter Games, providing skiing terrain for all ability levels.

The facility also includes snowshoeing, tubing and, in the summer, Soldier Hollow hosts the Heber Valley PowWow and the Soldier Hollow Classic International Sheepdog Championships, the largest annual sheep herding event in the world.

For more information, call 435-654-2002.

WILD BIRD EVENT

Bill Fenimore will host the program for the upcoming "Gifts for our Feathered Friends."

The event is Dec. 2 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Wild Bird Center. Fenimore will lead a walk and presentation on cavity-nesting birds. The presentation includes building a nest box for black-capped chickadees and like-size birds. There will be a $20-materials fee for each family. To register, call 435-734-6438.

WINTERIZING FOR SEASON

All campground restrooms at Jordanelle State Park will be winterized and closed for the season.

A portable toilet is available at the Murdock Campground parking lot, and the RV dump station remains open. Campsites with hookups are $15 per night, or $8 without, and are on a first-come, first-served basis. Campfires are allowed but must be in portable campfire containers raised at least 12 inches above the ground.

During the winter months, the visitor center parking lot and a small area at the marina will be plowed. For more information, please call 435-649-9540.