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Show Kaysville Heritage Festival Kaysville Community Heri- tage Harvest Bicentennial be- Festival is in ing held on two large city blocks in the center of downtown Kaysville. band THE WEEK long tribute to the community and country, from June 25 to July 3 is producing over 40 different displays and activities for the public. Well over 100 people are involved in this function. ter full-swin- Bicentennial activities kicked off to a giant start on Friday and Saturday with the following exhibits opened: Native Art Show, featuring dances, arts and crafts, with sand painting, bicycle races, cross country races. Bicentennial balloon message projects. PHOTOGRAPHIC exhibits, wool processing exhibit, rare ' '$ JS: v tole painting. Elocution bee, spelling bee, book exhibit, old fashioned candy shoppe, art exhibit, ice cream parlor, Dutch oven-ope- n pit roasted beef, early farm equipment display, soap making, antique car parade, flower wood carving, preserving sculpturing and concerts, pottery stained glass making, leatherwork, dried fruit, rug making, pastry shoppe, candle making, butmanufacturing, churning, fashions. pioneer TRADITIONAL activities and functions, with all types of booths, games, races, etc. display in the State of Utah to conclude the celebration. All afternoon will climax the weeks Heritage Harvest with the gigantic firework display at the Davis High School stadium. The largest firework July church 4 is set aside for attendance, appropiate programs giving thanks for our Heritage of Freedom. WEAVING, antiques, barber shop quartets, bow and arrow making, fly tying, Upper right Kaysville Community Heritage Harvest Festival was held Friday and Saturday at the Kaysville Elementary School. clock making, furniture making, puppet shows, bee keeping, coppersmithing, genealogical display, mountain men, airplane building. On June 26 was the mass ascent of thousands of helium filled, red, white and blue Lower right Its off to the races for Lisa, Russell, Kathy, Becky, Emily (in baby carrier), Martha, Eric, and Mary Hansen. Its a family affair as the Hansen's register for the bicycle races with the race chairman, B. Alryiq Ray. Upper left Hot air balloon ndes were offered last Friday and Saturday at the Kaysville Community Celebration Center Left Mass ascent of the helium balloons (thousands of red, white, and blue) on Saturday during the Heritage Harvest Festival. balloons containing Bicentennial messages from the youth, prior to the largest childrens parade ever held in our fair city. Lower left Winners of the Childrens Parade are, I to r, front, Denise Anderson, Susan Strong, Diane Anderson, Brooke Jenkins, Miley Jenkins, Josh Knowlton, Mark Steiner, Jared Knowlton, Eric Steiner, Shawn Sunyich. Second row, Marni Jenkins, Blair Hart, David Taylor, Michael Reid, Ben Knowlton, Bill Skinner, Paul Seager, Annette Reid Back row, Joan Brough, Lynne Hyer. FOLLOWING the parade was the Bicentennial patriotic program with guest speakers U. S. Senator Frank E. Moss and U. S. Congressman Gunn McKay along with other .I.P.s in attendance. They were introduced by Kays-ville- s V- Judge Thornley K. Swan and a concert by the Kaysville Junior High School Band rendered numbers. The full days activities continued until 10 p.m. each day. was the fireside held at Davis High School where our former U. S. On Sunday June of Secretary 27 Agriculture, Ezra Taft Benson of Salt Lake City was the guest speaker which highlighted the inspiring event for all the audience, which was backed by a 200 voice community choir. MONDAY June 29 - the play, My Country Tis of Thee was held at the Davis High School auditorium with two performances under the direction written of by Ramona Porter, the noted Ruth Roberts, author of Tall Tom Jefferson production. m Wagon Breakfast hosted by our Number 1 Chefs, Kaysville Jaycees beginning at 6 a.m. There will be two serving lines so the serving can be faster followed by the colorful town parade. KAYSVILLE Happy Hollow Golf Course will provide the outdoor setting for the locally produced pageant, Kays- ville, The Valley of Promise with admission price $1. for adults and 50 cents for children under 12. The highlight of Friday July 2 day is the Bicentennial Ball with an orchestra to provide music from the past and present, with a program and refreshments for a delightful evenings ainment. This event entertis to be held at Davis High School and is open to the public for all 16 and above. THEN COMES the annual Kaysville Days celebration with the traditional atmosphere of Independence Day activities being celebrated on July 3. Up at the crack of dawn to attend the delicious Chuck Kaysville Heritage Harvest Days opening round saw some 80 contestants, male and from ages four to compete in 17 bicycle racing events on Saturday 26 of June. Things went fast and slow as riders in various age groups and categories competed in novelty races such as a slow race and serious speed races including sprint or drag, and cnterium. female, forty-fou- r CRITERIUM races are those run over a closed course of streets, winding and turn- ing for one or more laps around the course. In one novelty event, The Great Wheelie Race, spectators were impressed by Greg Mortons block long wheelie which won him a first place trophy. Tricycle and unicycle races were also run. Other winners in their classes were Shane Mitchell, Wheelie Race, two Slow Race winners in separate classes were Mike Gerrard and Larry McBride; Unicycle Race Brent Padilla; Tricycle Race went to Tyler Brian; Drag Race for seven years and younger was captured by Kyle other Drag Race Jones; winners were, Stock Bike, David ages eight-eleveSmuin; ten speed bike class Craig Cotages trell and Brian Stirling; Ten Speed Drag for boys eight-eleve- 12-1- John Morely. young mens Ten A Road BIKE-Centenni- al Race, dubbed by organizers as Road 200 the Utah-USA S-- Race reflects our United States of Americas two hundredth birthday anniversary and denotes the starting and finish points of Saltair and Kaysville with the letters Local riders are invited to participate in this Kaysville Heritage Harvest Days sponsored racing event on Saturday, July 3rd. Amateur racing clubs and riders from all over the State of Utah have been invited to compete in what is billed as an historic of past cycling events in our state. S-- Bicycle racing was big in Utah at the turn of the century, with the spotlight shared by the original Salt Palace and the old Saltair resort on the Great Salt Lake.' Some of the worlds best wheelmen rode the oval tracks of these two famous Utah recreation emporiums. Some records set there are still waiting to be broken. FRANK WALKER, THE GIRLS winner for the same class was taken by Robin Bullock, while Pam Thompson, a double winner, was strong in taking the ladies over 30 Ten Speed Drag race and the Criterium for the same class. Other Criterium winners by class were year old girls, Luci Ray; 4 Speed Criterium, while Jamie Drys-dal- e won the seven and younger Criterium. A scheduled celebrity race never came off since no one entered. It seems all the political figures were afraid to get in a real race. So no one got to see how they run. now 85 years old and still living in Salt Lake City, set an astounding speed record of 40 minutes and 13 seconds from downtown Salt Lake City to Lagoon resort in 1913. Not so hot, you say, but over the bumps, ruts, rocks and sand of the washboard dirt roads of that day which ran through Bountiful, Centerville and Farmington, it was, indeed, somewhat of a marvelous feat. Some of the glory of these past cycling events will be sought again this Saturday, July 3rd as riders pedal the 33 and one-hamile road course from Saltair to Kaysville. Riders will depart the old Saltair site and pedal east and north to Kaysville over some of the same ground covered by Frank Walker in his record run of more than 60 years ago. lf RIDERS should streak across the finish line in Kays- ville during the annual Independence Day parade. The race will have United States Cycling Federation (U.S.C.F) sanction. Prizes will include trophies or medals, and merchandise donated by local area merchants. ( a word of thanks to theses gracious community minded citizens for their help and support in making this event a worthwhile occasion for the competitors and our community. Thanks! ) , There are eight classes by age and sex for local people who wish to participate along with U.S.C.F. licensed by, nor affilliated with U.S.C.F. For younger riders under 15 years of age the race will run ten miles from the south end of the frontage road in Bountiful north past Lagoon to Kaysville and thence along the parade route to the finish. Entry fees are from $1.25 to $2.25 for local l 'ders. Any riders who wish to participate in this event can register or get further information by contacting one of the following; DeAnn Hess 7 Fred Lange 2 in or B. Alyric Ray 376-498- 376-933- 376-524- Kaysville. |