KELLY GETS FIS POST

Tom Kelly, vice president of marketing and communications for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, has been named chairman of thecommittee for public relations and mass media for the International Ski Federation, or FIS.

Kelly will serve along with vice chairman Ignacio Valenzuela of Spain for a two-year term.

USSA has taken an increasingly more active role in FIS issues since Bill Marolt was named president and CEO in 1996; he is one of only four vice presidents of the FIS Council.

In other decisions from the FIS Council meeting in Portugal, Howard Peterson, director of the Soldier Hollow, was renamed chairman of the committee for advertising matters; Polly-Jo Clark, USSA freestyle program director, was renamed chairwoman of freestyle's NorAm Cup subcommittee; and Luke Bodensteiner, USSA nordic director, was chosen chairman of the subcommittee for popular cross country.

HALF MARATHON AND 5K

Bryce Canyon's Half Marathon and 5K Run/Walk will take place on July 15.

The marathon, which will cover 13.2 miles, will start at 6 a.m. in front of Ruby's Inn. The 5K will start at 6:30 a.m. in Cannonville. Both races end at Cannonville City Park.

The marathon course enters Bryce Canyon National Park and descends through the park for about 4 miles, then heads to Tropic and continues eastward following the Paria River to Cannonville.

The 5K starts and ends at Cannonville City Park and runs along the paved road to Kodachrome Basin State Park.

For information call 1-800-444-6689 or visit the Web sites at www.brycecanyoncountry.com or www.brycecanyonhalfmarathon.com. Fee is $30 for marathon and $18 for 5K. Total prize for the marathon is $2,300.

BAT WORKSHOP SCHEDULED

A free workshop on bats will be offered at the Wild Bird Center in Layton on Friday and again on July 14.

The workshop, which will start at 8 p.m., will show attendees how to attract bats to their yards where bats can eat up to 1,200 mosquitoes per hour.

Adam Kozlowski, sensitive species biologist for the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, will point out why bats are beneficial to natural biological control, which can reduce the risk of exposure to West Nile Virus by reducing the mosquito population.

A field trip to a local roosting colony of approximately 3,500 nursing female and young Brazilian free-tailed Bats will follow the presentation.

To register for the workshop and trip call 801-525-8400.