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Show Feature SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28, 2001 9 i Western Legends Round Up fun to be Legendary ' f - r J f ft j 5 "I "ft m: y i V J .A ,.' & The third Western Legends p held in Kanab promises to be the best ever! Mark your calendars for September 6, 7 & 8, of 2001, for one heck of a good time! Round-U- . f.: K I By Dixie Brunner This years Western Legwill offer evends Round-U- p erything from cowboy poetry, music, and western arts; to an actual wagon train which will arrive in Kanab from Alton at the beginning of the festival, circle the wagons for camp at the Kanab Middle School and remain to interact with visitors throughout the duration of the event. IV Yf 24 - Western Legends offers something for everyone, and this year will be no exception. Two headliners will direct Coach Steve Lunt (c) was honored at halftime of the ValleyPanguitch game recently for all his years of senice. weekend activities, including cowboy poet Baxter Black and musician Don cowboy Edwards. Baxter Black has been esat SUU for young men and tion to those who return to Ce- pousing cowboy By Myrna Cox prose since The name Steve Lunt is not a women. His career has kept him dar City. his 1982, rhyming way to the Lunt was recently honored in national whisper in the community, but in Cedar City where he has conspotlight and becomrather a loudly praised name among tributed to some outstanding the new Valley gym during the the best ing selling cowboy athletes, coaches and students coaches, whom he knows per- halftime ofthe ValleyPanguitch throughout the state of Utah, and sonally. He also keeps in touch game . He was surprised and very n extending into other states. with the whereabouts of his pleased. He was given a life time . ..ose who have heard ofthe Coach- former students. He takes a per- seat in the new gymnasium. ing Factory, certainly are familiar sonal interest and always wants Coaches Ferril Heaton, Jim Hoyt with Limbs name. to know where his students are and Arlon Sawyer verbally honLunt taught in Kanab from and what they are doing. ored the outstanding coach, 1958-5to went on pursue his Valley coach Ferril Heaton touching on the effect Dr. Lunt to and holds returned his mentor and leader in has had on each of their lives. career, again Kanab from 1961-6He has high esteem. He has influenced Superintendent Bob Johnson coached basketball, football and so many students who have gone also honored him and presented track. Past Decembers have through his program at SUU, a sandstone plaque from the area proved to be a busy time for and he knows where they are which was well received. The Lunts live in Cedar City Lunt, who hosts a tournament and extends a home town invita- where they enjoy family and community and still continue to Judges Initial contribute to the lives of the Coach Steve Lunt honored at Valley poet of all time. Hes written 12 books, recorded over a dozen audio and video tapes, and achieved notoriety as a syndicated columnist and radio commentator. He has been seen on the Tonight Show and PBS, and heard on NPR and NFR, not to mention at the really famous KWLR (Kanab, Western Legends Round-Up)- ! Cowboy singer Don Edwards, considered by many to be the best purveyor of cowboy music in America, will be a headliner at Western Legends as well. It wasnt an accident that Director Robert Redford picked Edwards for the important part of Smoky in the movie, The Horse Whisperer. His ballads paint a sweeping picture of the life and times of cowboys in America, as he embodies in his renditions the true, unglamorized spirit of the West. So set your sights, set your calendars, and more importantly, set your saddles in the direction of experiencing a true western adventure. Come to the Western Legends Weekend! 9, 5. people around them. Best wishes to the Lunts, and may they receive in abundance as they have so freely given to others. Big Water Town Kane County, Utah Special Election March 20, 2001 Rocking V Cafe Baxter Black on March for Lunch and Dinner! Re-ope- ns Don Edwards 1st Subscribo to the Southern Utah Nows today by County Clerk Shall the municipality of Big Water be dissolved? calling -- To vote for dissolution of Big Water Town, place a cross (X) in the square after the word Yes. To vote against dissolution of Big Water Town, place a cross (X) in the square after the word No. Published in the Southern Utah News on February 2001. 21 , 28, March 7 and 1 4, Bbnvcli!cyl Re-Open- ing Come and meet our new chef -- Try our new menu - Special: Desserts (through March 15th) 1 97 West Center 644-800- -- 12 Price! 644-200- 0! (AUTO SA LBS) This Week's Special: '95 HONDA ACCORD LX Well equipped, AT - $7,000 183 S. 100 East, Kanab 435-044-22- If we 77 don't have it, we can find Itl |