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Show Open to public Mayan-Mexican Caribbean visit set $895. excluding meals and expenses lor personal, non-tour transportation and entertainment. "Meals generally cost about $10 per day per person," Carlson said, "so participants should be able to do quite nicely lor an addition $200 or $300." A non-refundable deposit of $200 is required as far in advance as possible, with final payment due Aug. 8, 30 days prior to departure. "We'll be happy to answer any questions about the tour or about the three summer school classes," the tour director said. He can be contacted at SUSC, 58fi- 79"4 . or at his home, 586-315:!, 586-315:!, lor further information. in-formation. A detailed itinerary is available from the Carlsons or from the SUSC Division of Continuing Education, Cedar City. UT 84720. Carlson can also be contacted by calling SUSC toll free. 1 8(Mi-6(i2-1807. extension 7954. even ride huge sea turtles," Carlson said. Three to six credits of undergraduate credit in Spanish are available for tour participants. Also available, and recommended recom-mended for those going on the Sept. 8-20 study tour, are classes in beginning Spanish and Latin American society and history being offered this summer at SUSC. Elementary Spanish will be taught daily June 14-July 9, Professor Carlson will be the instructor. in-structor. He will also teach Life and Society in Latin America, another daily class taught during the first session of summer school. The third class of interest to tour participants is Latin America Yesterday and Today, taught July 12-Augus' 12-Augus' 6 (the second session of SUSC Summer School), taught by E. Leon Chidester, associate professor of Spanish at SUSC. The cost of the tour is CEDAR CITY - A 13-day 13-day adventure to visit ancient Mayan ruins and the sandy beaches of the Mexican Caribbean is being offered travelers through the Southern Utah State College Division of Continuing Education. The tour begins Sept. 8, with a flight from Las Vegas to Merida on the Yucatan Peninsula. Using this city known to the Mexicans as the White City or the City of Windmills as a base, tour participants will spend the next 12 days exploring the region, then will return to Las Vegas on Sept. 20. Dick Carlson, assistant professor of Spanish at SUSC, and his wife, Vickey, are the tour guides. The Carlsons have spent a great deal of time in Central America, including four months in the Mexican state of Puebla in 1979 while the SUSC faculty member did graduate work at the University of the Americas. "It's fascinating to wander among ancient ruins and ponder upon the whys and wherefores of the once great societies, wondering where they came from and what happened to them," Professor Carlson said. "A personal inspection of ruins such a Palenque, Uxmal, Coba and Chichen Itza conjures up all kinds of theories and emotions." Along with the inspection in-spection of Mayan and Toltec ruins, tour participants par-ticipants will have ample time to sun-bathe, swim, snorkel and relax along the Mexican Caribbean at Isla Mujeres, El Garrafon and Akumal. "We'll have a chance to participate in Mexico's Independence Day celebration Sept. 16, eat fresh-caught and charcoal-cooked seafood, and |