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Show Iron Mission Days continue Iron Mission Days, commemorating Cedar City's 129th birthday, continues in full swing today through next week, with a full slate of activities. Today and Friday, Heritage Appreciation Ap-preciation Week continues, with study of local history in city schools. In addition, ad-dition, Cedar City merchants will continue to exhibit historical items in store windows. Friday, a special sale will begin in the I city's stores. Also, at 3 p.m., the ' William R. Palmer Western History Room will be dedicated. The room is located in the special collections room of the Library on the SUSC campus. Saturday, downtown sales will continue, con-tinue, and at 9:30 a.m. the SUSC Homecoming Parade will take place on Cedar City's Main Street. This will be followed at 1 p.m., by the SUSC Homecoming football game, matching the T-Birds against the University of Colorado. On Sunday, local churches have been requested to make special mention of Cedar City history in their services. Monday through Thurdsay, the Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum, located at 86 E. Center St., will be open from 1-5 p.m., with displays of historical exhibits. Tuesday has been officially declared "Cedar City's Birthday," and events have been planned from early in the morning to late that evening. It is also Veterans' Day. At 6 a.m., tjiere will be a cannon salute. At 9, a flag raising ceremony will be conducted at the Veteran's Memorial at the City Cemetary. The flag raised there has been given to Cedar City by Sen. Jake Garn, and has flown over the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. At 10 a.m., the Iron Mission State Park's Carriage House ..will be dedicated. A number of state officials are expected to be present at the ceremonies at the park, located at 585 N. Main St. At 1:30 p.m., there will be a public Daughters of Utah Pioneers meeting at the Rock Church, 1st East and Center Streets. The featured speaker will be will be a live orchestra and refreshments refresh-ments will be served. Participating in a square dance floor show will be Bob and Helen Linford, Marion and Dorothy Leany, Dick and Meredith Rice, LeRoy and Sarah Colemen, Murlan and Dee Carter, Dick and Pat Clark, Elmer and Pauline Cox and Darrell and Kay Smith. Also taking place that evening, from 9 p.m. to migdnight, will be the LDS Church Sesquicentennial Ball, at the Cedar West State Center, 725 S. 110 -j West. There will be live music, also refreshments wilfbe served, and admission is free. Capping the celebration on Wednesday will be a special preformance by the Utah Symphony. The concert, beginning begin-ning at 8:15 at the Cedar High School Auditorium, will feature pieces from Haynd and will under the direction of Varujan Kojian. Tickets can be obtained ob-tained from any member of the Cedar City Arts Committee, at Hunter Cowan and Liebhardt Music. F. Klien Rollo, Iron County School Board member and former publisher of the Iron County Record. There will also be a special triubute to World War I veterans and their wives during the program. At 2:30 p.m., the Veterans of Foreign Wars will sponsor a no-host luncheon at the Town and Country Restaurant. A Veteran's Day Parade, from 200 South to 200 North Main Streeet, will take place at 5 p.m. Tudesay. There will be a 21-gun salute at the City Cemetery following the parade. From 5-7 p.m., a no-host Ducth oven dinner will be held at the Iron Mission State Park. Tabbed as the official "Cedar City Birthday Dinner," tickets are available for $3 for adults and $1.50 for children under 12. Ticket information in-formation can be obtained by calling the park, at 586-9290. That evening, from 9 p.m. to midnight, the Cedar City Fifth Annual Birthday Ball will be held in the SUSC Ballroom. Admission to the event is free, there |