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Show Check Out Our New Classified Section see inside WATCH FOR OVERNIGHT GET-AWAY CONTEST WINNERS To Be Announced Next Week Orem Geneva Orem s Weekly Newspaper Since 1930 500 Per Issue 538 South State Street, Orem. UT 84058 (801) 225-1340 71st yearNumber 23 2001, The Orem-Geneva Times WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2001 IPS i mi iit i l l i f Country Legend Roy Clark to Perform at SCERA Shell (Orem, Utah) Country favorite favor-ite and renowned good guy Roy Clark has moseyed his way to stardom star-dom with a belief that he reminds women of their brothers or sons and that men don't find him intimidating. in-timidating. With his signature homespun humour, Grammy Award winner Clark has laughingly said "I'm just ole Roy. I'm no Greek God, that's for sure." It's his formula for popularity, popu-larity, but if Clark the man is not imposing, his string of country hits and other successes might be. The self-described (and proud of it) "hillybilly singer" will park his guitar and banjo onstage at the SCERA Shell Outdoor Theatre in Orem Tuesday, June 19 at 8 p.m. when he gives a sampling of the country style and quick wit that made him famous. Tickets are $18 general admission admis-sion and reserved seating is available avail-able for $22-$24, and are available in advance at SCERA (745 S. State St., Orem) from 10-5 weekdays or by calling (801) 225-2569 or 225-ARTS. 225-ARTS. For a man who is a household name, humility is as natural to him as his smile. "A TV camera goes right through your soul," says Clark, who starred on "Hee Haw" for 24 years. "If you're a bad person, per-son, people pick that up. I'm a firm believer in sincere smiles, they are mighty powerful." Despite his "what you see is what you get" warmth and openness, open-ness, Clark's achievements are many. When country music first crossed over to the pop charts, it was Roy Clark who did it. When a small town in the Ozarks became the country music capital of the world, boasting more seats than Broadway, it was Roy Clark who started it. When the longest running run-ning syndicated television series in history was on the air, it was Roy Clark who starred in it. His virtuosity on the guitar is admired even among other guitar greats, and Country Music Live, in reviewing one of his concerts in 2000, considered "his genius "incredible "in-credible finger picking and assorted as-sorted wizardry on the guitar" as well as his expert nine-person band. Guitar Magazine recognized him for five consecutive years as Best Country Guitarist and he has membership in the Gibson Guitar Hall of Fame. After winning a national banjo competition at the age of 17, he was invited to perform at the Grand Ole Opry, and toured with Hank Williams, Will-iams, Ernest Tubb, Jimmy Dean and even backed up Elvis Presley. But Clark did not break through the challenging music industry until he was 30, more than three decades ago. He says, "Everything comes in its own time. I'm lucky. What's happened, has happened in spite of me." (In fact, that's what Roy titled his 1994 autobiography "My Life: In Spite of Myself.") His big break was the Golden Nugget Nug-get in Las Vegas in the early 1960's. His success there helped him launch his own tour, on the road for 345 straight nights in one stretch. When he returned to Las Vegas it was as a headliner. It wasn't long before he had his first hit, "The Tips of My Fingers." His list of accomplishments sounds like a "Who's Who" and "What's What" in music. Roy hosted the popular TV show "Hee Haw" for nearly a quarter of a century. cen-tury. In the mid-'60s, he was a regular guest on "The Beverly Hillbillies," Hill-billies," became the first country music artist to guest host "The Tonight To-night Show" for Johnny Carson and was the first country artist in- Subscribe to I M IMC? . ?' 1941 Lincoln High School graduates and their spouses met recently to celebrate their 60th School Year Reunion. The committee members were: Melba Edwards Holdaway, Evelyn Young Brereton, Ver! Madsen, Stephen and Donna Stubbs Bunnell. v A HV - - V, Roy Clark has moseyed his way to stardom with a belief that he reminds women of their brothers or sons and that men don't find him intimidating. ducted into Las Vegas' Entertainers Entertain-ers Hall of Fame. Additionally, he received the "Entertainer of the Year" and "Comedy Act of the Year" award from both the Academy of Country Coun-try Music and the Country Music Association, and "Instrumentalist of the Year" seven times. The coveted cov-eted Pionner Award was bestowed on Clark by the Academy of Country Coun-try Music in 1997. By the time his syndicated hit show "Hee Haw," went off the air in 1992, the artist said he long ago realized it was "not a figure of speech when people came up to me and said they grew up watching me since they were that big." A generation or two has grown up listening to him. In 1969, his "Yesterday, When I Was Young," charted the top 20 pop and Billboard's country list. Including "Yesterday," Clark has had 23 top 40 country hits, among them eight top 10's. the Orem-Geneva Times by 'J The setting was the Prestwich Farms Restaurant in Orem. A delicious luncheon with socializing and renewing friendships of the past was enjoyed. en-joyed. Reminiscing the "Good Oid Days" at Lincoln High school in Orem, Utah was the theme for the year 2001. The highlight of his career, he says, was a sold-out 1976 tour of the Soviet Union. "They didn't know the words, but there were tears in their eyes. Folks there said we wouldn't realize in our lifetime the good we'd accomplished, just because of our pickin' around." So what can SCERA audiences expect? They'll probably get soft and sweet ballads, such as "Come Live With Me," sentimental "weepers" like "Yesterday When I Was Young," and other hits like "I Never Picked Cotton," "Somewhere "Some-where Between Love and Tomorrow," Tomor-row," "If I Had To Do It All Over Again," plus gospel songs, the wickedly funny "Thank God and Greyhound That You're Gone" his classic 12-string guitar rendition ren-dition of Malaguena and perhaps even some dueling banjos. Clark was raised in Washington D.C., which often surprises people. Continued on page 3 r- Iv.-; I l7x fSiV -'. -H fX---l J h 'T A 1941 Lincoln High School graduates are (front row - left to right) Melba Edwards Holdaway, Helen Smith, Viola Kirby Smith, Reah Hatfield Syverson, Waldine Ivers Gillman, Evelyn Young Brereton, Merle Terry Halladay, Norma McEwan Butler, Evelyn Finch, Jay Finch, Lylene Finch Peay. Back row: Ross Holdaway, Hilda Prestwich, Wallace Prestwich, Glade Gillman, Verl Madsen, Paul Smith, Joan Larsen, Austin, Larsen, Stephen Bunnell, Donna Stubbs Bunnell, Thelda Gillies Vicchrilli, Michael Vicchrilli, June Smith and Lewis Smith. Not pictured are Genevieve Gordon Ford, Camille Crandall Alldredge, Ned and Madge Penrod. Gillespie tradition continues despite change MARTIN HARRIS Times Reporter Travis and Mallary Gillespie are facing a lot of changes. The school year is finished and graduation is a memory, the brother and sister duo are moving on to face new challenges. Travis and Mallary are two of Jeff and Laura Gillespie's six children. chil-dren. Mallary finished her ninth grade year at Lakeridge Junior High and is heading to Mountain View High School. Travis is finished fin-ished with high school and is getting get-ting ready to leave on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints later this year. Mallary's excitement for high school is evident. She believes that high school will be bigger and better bet-ter with more fun and friends. "I get a car," said Mallary, expressing ex-pressing her enthusiasm. One thing she is looking forward to the most is continuing her athletic ath-letic pursuits. She plays two sports for the Bruins, basketball and soft-ball. soft-ball. "Sports are competitive and really re-ally fun to play. I love the intensity inten-sity and sports always provides me with new challenges," Mallary said. "1 have always been around sports. I have been raised with them. My dad played several sports in high school." Mallary's years of practice show through on the court and on the field. She was named as a member of the all-region Softball team as a freshman and led the Bruins with the team's highest batting average. "She is awesome," said teammate team-mate Sydney Sumner. "She is also the humblest person you will ever meet." Mallary knows discipline and control are necessities for success. "Every time you walk onto the court or the field you have new challenges," she said. "If you do not discipline yourself, you will never become the player or person vou want to be." calling 225-1340 - Only $16. per Year! V Her accomplishments on the Softball field can only be outdone by what she and the Bruins accomplished accom-plished on the basketball court this year. Mountain View's women's basketball team won the national championship. After completing a dominating performance in the state tournament, defeating Kearns High School in the championship cham-pionship 50-19, ESPN named the Bruins national champions on March 22. "I was speechless when I found out. I knew we deserved it. We worked so hard and I was so proud," she said. Mallary, one of four returning starters, is looking forward to the chance to defend the championship they fought so hard to claim. She is way very excited for next season and the fun the team will have defending de-fending their title. "It was great watching her win a state championship and excel so much at that sport," said Travis. "I felt really proud as I watched her Continued on page 9 1 TRAVIS AND MALLARY GILLESPIE Hollie Harriell to compete in Miss Jr. Teen Salt Lake City pageant Holli Nicole Harriell of Orem was recently selected to participate in Nationals' 2001 Miss Jr. Teen Salt Lake City pageant competition that will take place on June 30, 2001. Holli will be competing, for her share of over $20,000.00 in scholarships, schol-arships, prizes, and specialty gifts that will be distributed to contestants. contes-tants. Holli will be competing in the Miss Jr. Teen division, one of five divisions that will have young ladies between the ages of 6 and 23 competing in modeling routines which include casual wear and formal for-mal wear. Most importantly, Holli will display her personality and interviewing in-terviewing skills while interviewing interview-ing with this year's Salt Lake City judging panel. Personality is the number one aspect that each contestant con-testant is judged on during all phases of competition. If Holli were to win the title of Miss Jr. Teen Salt Lake City, she would represent Salt Lake City and the surrounding communities at the Cities of America National Competition that will take place in Orlando, Florida. Over $60,000.00 in prizes and awards will be presented pre-sented at the National Compel it mn while each winner enjoys this expense ex-pense paid trip of five nights ami six days in Orlando, Florida. There is not cost to Holli for participating in the pageant coin-petition. coin-petition. Community businesses. m h HOLLI HARRIELL organizations, and private individuals indi-viduals will assist Holli in participating partici-pating in thisyear'scompetition by becoming an official sponsor to hei Through sponsorship, each contestant contes-tant receives all the necessarv training, rehearsals, and financi..! support which will allow Holli to become a very confident and well-prepared well-prepared contestant in this year'-Salt year'-Salt Lake City Pageant. Any business, organization, or private individual who may be interested in-terested in becoming a sponsor to Holli may contact her pageant coordinator, co-ordinator, Patty Neidert at 1-800-569-2487. .1 4 |