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Show i i Itsh Stats Press 5 F3 East Seacnf South O 1227 salt Lake Ci ty C llo Cypirm SwSmmQirs Mooif Him AAU miQ&WSini Two swimmers of the Pirates Swim Club, Liz Garso and her younger brother, Clark, were members of the team representing the Intermountain area at the recent p Junior Region X AAU Age-Grou- Olmpic Swimming Championships. and The meet was held July August l, at the University of Arizona McHale Pool, Tucson, Arizona. Swimmers participating in this 30-3- 1, region meet were picked from age-grou- p, AAU teams representing the states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah. In all, there were more than 2,900 entries in their three-da- y meet. age group, was Clark, in the Region Champion in the 50 meter freestyle and in the 100 meter butterfly. He also finished third in the 100 freestyle, fourth in the 200 freestyle, and sixth in the 200 individual medley. was Liz, in the third in the 50 freestyle, barely losing to the swimmers who finished ahead of her. Liz also competed on two relay teams: these teams finished fourth in the 200 medley relay, and third in the 200 freestyle relay. 11-1- Lagoon Day Planned For Big, Little Brothers The Big Brothers of Greater Salt Lake will be spending a fun day at Lagoon on Saturday August 14. We will be leaving together from the Northwest Multi-Purpos- e Center behind the Fairgrounds at 9 a.m. This enjoyment outing is part of our monthly group acttivity program of Big and Little Brothers. 13-1- If you are interested in helping a youngster and care enough to share, we welcome the opportunity to match you up with a Little Brother for this fun filled day. Please call us at Activities Planned The celebration will conclude Womens Week in Utah, proclaimed by Gov. Calvin L. Rampton to recognize the contributions and achievements of Utah Women, and to anniveracknowledge the fifity-sixt- h of womens suffrage, August 26. sary Beth Gurrister, chairperson of the Governors Commission of the Status of Women, says the festival was inaugurated last year in celebration, bf International Womens Year. The festival focuses on the substantial and diverse contributions Utah women have made to the growth of our state and nation, says Gurrister. p, LIZ AND 'CLARK Garso recently entered competition as part of the Pirate Swim Club. fehG Women's Day Set For August 2Q, in Salt Lake City. age-grou- 531-893- 6. Ufcoh Utahs second annual Womens Day Festival, sponsored by the Governors Commission on the Status of Women, will be held Saturday, August 28, at Liberty Park 4 2 UuuL3JvJrt LI vjLj 1 THURSDAY, AUGUS MAGNA, UTAH VOL. 62 NO. 7 We hope all Utahns will join us in this salute to the achievements of women. Activities will begin at 4 p.m. at the Liberty Park Bandstand, where Utah painters, potters, weavers, n jewelry makers and other have been invited to display their art. There will be softball and volleyball for the whole family and special activities for children organized by the Utah Girl Scout Council, Montessori School and the Ogden Chapter of the National Organization for women. crafts-wome- Dancers will perform continuously bandstand until 7 p.m., when an dance band will take the stage. Other entertainers-folk-singe- rs, St the gymnasts--wil- l perform all afternoon in the area around the bandstand. Reflections Of The Post Can there be a better place for sand racing than right here at the Silver Sands Beach? Obviously not-- as seen last weekwhen around 300 end (August challengers (one traveling 1,500 miles to race) signed up for sand drag racing events. This, the d racing event for thelORRA (IntermountainOff-RoaRacing Association), was popular not only with the competitors themselves, but also for the specta 8-- sixlh-sanction- off-roa- d tors who appeared in the thousands. racer estimated around six to eight thousand, but was anybody One counting? Bleachers and public facilities were provided by Salt Lake County Park and Recreation. The county was complimented by the IORRA for their complete cooperation in preparing for the races. The categories ranged from the completely stock classes to the AAA fuelers. Two Intermountain records were broken and one record set during the racing. Breaking his own record was No. 52 Charles Alvey, driving his jeep "Malpractice, in the Class C Competition Modified, with a time of 4:74 down the straight. Ed Schultz, No. 707, Jolly Green Giant, broke a record in the Street and Trail category with a qualifying time of 5:91 although Chuck Smith took the winners purse in the F Class drag. R. L. Bob Pickering, No. 70, set a new record in the G Class Street 100-yar- RECOGNIZE ANY OF THESE gentlemen who comprised one of Magnas first school basketball teams? From left to right we can identify Ben Simmons, Howard A Jarvis, former editor and publisher of The Magna Times and Garfield Leader, (not quite sure of the next three men), Matt Broderick, Mr. Sutton, and Mr. Buckner, flanked by the Cyprus High School coach, whose name escapes our memory. d and Trail with a 6:26 and took the winners purse, driving his 1972 Ford pick-udrive, Warlord. Not a newcomer to racing, Bob radiated his pleasure as he hugged his wife Dee and clapped his other sponsor-partne- r Randy Osborne on the shoulders upon the annaunccnmt of his record win. As the excitement of culminating all the work and effort put into a machine and pulling out a winning spot Bob confided that he CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 p |