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Show THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN THURSDAY) JUNE 11, 1970 PUuiSfWT GROVe MP ilflft TA rtJi) PClCl B J WVVvyVvvvvNVVVVvVvVNVl IDE BEF-UWfEAl TOK POULTRY f" erces TW A ATA JUICE Qarlipeak CIRCUS PEANUT . v . iSssuf It SOUP SOFTER SALT? 'I "J 7(iA CUT 6 keen n r r j ii i mil mi i ii BMW i w i CANDV I i J 1 I MMFIk PK6S pim-j.X'l!,f1. .J;--l.-LS-T, 1 C V f 4 J T Mj$ 1 yf,j)c t ) iDRi mMGEM JUICE n TiriiMWwmiMMiiiMi n n i n ! i i- .... 9 u X HIGHLAND 4tt- ( ice es QAKEiRV v nr l r- s 19 A A.AA fo)n p Jt - twrnimiilnmiiiri- iit t LEX CONNELLY Lex Connelly to Announce Lehi Roundup June 25-27 When Lex Connelly steps be hind the microphone to handle one of the 90 performances he'll emcee for the Jay Spear Fly ing U Rodeos this season, it's almost a vacation for the 43 year old rodeo man who will perform the announcing chores for the Lehi Roundup June 25, 26 aid 27. Connelly w e 1 c o m e s his an nouncing time as a respite from the many and heavy responsibil ities as Operations Director of the Golden State Rodeo Company which , this year will produce 70 events through its Jay Spear Flying U .aid Pacific Indoor Rodeo Ro-deo divisions. By now the arena play-by-play is almost second nature for Lex who backed into rodeo announcing announc-ing after starting as a national television sportscaster when CBS and ABC were doing a number of rodeo programs each year. Based on the coaching he received from telecasters like Chris Shenkle, Jim McKay and Curt Gowdy, Connelly's commentary employs his firsthand knowledge of the sport, its people and its livestock. live-stock. Lex' work benefits from the most complete and varied background back-ground any individual has ever gained in the cowboy sport. A fulltime contestant in roping and steer wrestling for eleven seasons, sea-sons, Connelly won such major contests as New York's Madison Madi-son Square Garden, the Cheyenne Frontier Days, the California Rodeo, Ro-deo, Salinas, San Francisco's Cow Palace and the Rodeo or Reodeos at Pheonix. Seven times he finished among the ten leading lead-ing money winners in steer wrestling. While a contestant, Connelly served cn the Rodeo Cowboys Association Board of Directors for six years, then held the position of Managing Director for five years. During his years at the Association helm, the National Na-tional Finals Rodeo was founded, 1 a national public relations program pro-gram for the sport was under- j taken, and he negotiated the first ! national network television contracts. con-tracts. I W 1 MM W-' .11 M jjlw JL,j ARftRBA In 1962 the Association shifted Connelly to the job of National Finals Manager for the Rodeo's three years in Los Angeles. When the Finals moved to Oklahoma City in 1965, Connelly stayed in California, forming his own rodeo ro-deo production, publishing and public relations company. In 1967 he joined Cotton Rosser and Ed Rutherford in creating the Golden Gold-en State Rodeo Company. From his Chatsworth office, Connelly and his assistant, Stub Hill, carry on the many sided business of the most ambitious AiEfllOAf FORK'S DEST BUYS 1968 Buick Wildcat Was $2695 Now $21 19 4-door Sedan, V-8, Automatic Transmission, P. S., P. B., Air, Radio, Vinyl Interior, Vinyl Roof. - ;v ,7. . 1968 Ford X L Tudor Was $1995 - Now $1619 Fast Back V-8, Automatic Transmission, V-8, P. S., Radio, Vinyl Seats. 1965 Ford Country Squire Was $1395 Now $919 V-8, A. T., P. S., Radio. 1965 Ford Country Sedan Was $1295 Now $819 V-8, 3 Speed Standard Transmission, Radio. One Owner. 1966 Dodge Coronet Tudor Was $1495 Now $1119 H. T., V-8, A. T., P. S., Bucket Seats. One Owner. Tfll-CITY FOUD Phone 756-3586 190 East State Road American Fork mm mm mm M:m mm 70 Appliances School District only 9 months now available at BIG SAV INGS. New ranty. Gas Ranges, G E ASK ABOUT SPECIAL TERMS AM. K. S-tll M-ft Jerold Walker on Duty in Vietnam Navy Petty Officer Second Class Jerold D. Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace K. Walker of Route 1, American Fork, Utah is now serving with Naval Mobile Mo-bile Construction Battalion 10 at Camp Wilkinson, Vietnam. Clyde 0. Green Aboard USS Belknap Navy Petty Officer Second Class Clyde O. Green Jr. husband hus-band of the former Miss A. Elaine Prisbey of American Fork, Utah, returned to Norfolk, Va., after a seven month deployment to the Western Pacific aboard the guided missile frigate USS Belknap. Belk-nap. rodeo operation in the history of the sport. Besides the endless details of contracts, insurance, approvals and production of each the Golden State provides promotional pro-motional kits and materials; sends complete press kits; publishes pub-lishes its own rodeo programs handles the advertising for the Pacific Indoor Rodeos, sends out regular newsletters, and keeps in circulation seven prints of its sixteen minute rodeo film. For each rodeo, staff, equip ment and livestock assignments must be made; wardrobe, flags and special effects materials must be dispatched; and a care ful balance sheet on each rodeo kept. Connelly was born at Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, moved to Colorado when he was 11. He fell in love with rodeo when he saw his first one that summer. A graduate of New Mexico Institute, In-stitute, Connelly jumped immediately im-mediately into rodeo on release from the Marine Corps in 1946. 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