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Show 'The Odessey'to be aired and braved all other dangers of the sea, then returned to his palace to take care of matters at home. The cast included Irene Worth, Shepperd Strudwick, Barry Morse and John Glover. CEDAR CITY - "The Odessey of Homer," an eight-part radio series narrated by seven-time Emmy Award winner Edward Asner, began Tuesday over KGSU-FM, the Southern Utah State College radio station. Program time is at 7 : 30 p.m. on KGSU-FM, 90.1 megahertz on the radio dial. Yuri Rasovsky, producer-director of the Peabody Award-winning National Radio Theatre of Chicago (NRT), has adapted "The Odyssey of Homer" into eight one-hour one-hour radio plays, each accompanied by a brief footnote-like documentary. documen-tary. Partially supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and A Company Called TRW, the series will air over 300 stations nationwide, KGSU-FM one of them! ' "A great deal of research and work went into the meticulous preparation of this series," said Lance Jackson, KGSU-FM manager. "It is one of the best programs of this type we've ever offered KGSU listeners." Homer wrote the "Odyssey" nearly 3,000 years ago. It tells of how Odysseus, king of Ithaca, left home to fight at Troy, was lost at sea and given up for dead. Insolent young princes then courted his wife, made free with his treasures and servants and threatened his son. But the crafty arch-survivor weathered the curse of the sea-god Poseidon, escaped the one-eyed Cyclops, outfoxed the witch who turned men to swine, eluded the Sirens ANNGELA GROKE celebrated her first birthday birth-day recently. She is the daughter of Robert and Deanna Groke of Wurtsmith Air Force Base, Mich. Grandparents are Vivian and Marva Prince of New Harmony and Viginia Groke of Rock-ville, Rock-ville, Utah. THOMAS MIFFLIN celebrated his first birthday birth-day Oct. 10. He is the son of Wayne and DeLayne Mifflin of Cedar City. Grandparents are Howell and Mae Mifflin of Roy, Utah, and Claire J. and Dorothy J. Allred of Ogden, Utah. |