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Show r:'ry.r.-jr-. .13 j y n Advance Reserved Tickets Sales for the Rodeo available at: Rcros Boots & Jeans 200 West Main, Lehi 768-9581 Thursday, June 28nd Adults 000 Children Under 12 $200 (with Adult) Friday, June 29th All Seats 800 ' Saturday, June 30th All Seats s900 All Seats Reserved General Admission Sect. All Nights $6.00 )1 6 Major Events, Plus Woman's Professional Barrell Racing Produced by Cotton Rosser's Flying U Rodeo Company Lecile Harris f numerous Antics & Entertainment 4 Time PRC A Clown of the Year Don't Miss! The Spectacular Troy Lerwill Man with a Motorcycle & Car Act. Come & See The Wild f Doug Smith Horse Race, lYkitton Bustin I ?i Friilsv's Tickets uoageirucKS x. threat C Own Acts iU L Pleasant Grove Review New Utah! - Wednesday, June 13, 2001 - Page 7 Loca nt builds a W By Kalyn Secretan The Dream of Building a Western Town is becoming a reality for a local resident, Fred Levine. Fred and his wife Trudi spent their growing up years in Germany and Fred said ultimately he hoped to have a ranch. Now Fred is working hard to provide a place for tourists to enjoy a western town just seven miles south of Panguitch, Utah. Western Town was originated origi-nated by Fred, Layne Cannon and Egon Boldt. They started building in a sagebrush area where there was absolutely nothing. They started out with 56 rooms. They started build-ling build-ling the resort in 1996. In ; April of 1997 they welcomed : their first bus. The Western Town is near the entrance of Bryce Canyon Country, and they cater to a lot of Europeans who arrive by bus. They are thrilled to be greeted by someone who speaks German. : In the beginning the originators orig-inators built a 30 x 50 tent to provide breakfast for the travelers. Now they have a beautiful restaurant and have expanded to 80 rooms. One of the originators, Cannon, passed away in 1998 and Boldt is not involved anymore. Fred is the main owner and Chris McCormick is the big marketer. mar-keter. There main goal is the stay with a western theme with some modern 'outdoor activities. They have trail rides, hay rides, horse and buggy rides along ;with ATV rides and moun tain biking. The whole resort is built western style with roomy comfortable rooms with cable TV, phones and a bath. Fred reported they were able to buy a collection from Tony Kruletz of Tooele, Utah. He had a whole collection col-lection of western memorabilia memora-bilia he obtained as a famous rodeo champion in the 50s. The collection includes John Wayne's saddle, sad-dle, Jesse James shotgun, Teddy Roosevelt's rRifle, Tom Mix's chaps, many other items and saddles that belonged to famous rodeo champions. The rustic restaurant seats 120 and is decorated with flags from many of the countries, as well as cowboy boots, saddles, antiques and western artifacts which are all tastefully arranged above the table area. The tables and chairs are made from the local ponderosa pine. The floor is also made from the ponderosa pine. Trudy did all the western decorating. During the tourist season, there is live entertainment in the restaurant. The Panguitch Paunsagaunt Wildlife Museum with exhibits of more than 300 animals from North America and around the world, will be partnering with Western Town and will be on the property next year. Often times you will find Fred and those who work with him wearing a western hat, and wearing bandanas and meeting a bus at the gate. There they will stage a modern Butch Cassidy and stage a robbery. The Germans have a lot of fun with it, then he takes his cowboy hat off and puts on a German cap and talks to them in their own language. lan-guage. The whole bus is roaring and very surprised to find a cowboy that speaks not only German but Piatt Deutsch, (northern German that is just like another language.) lan-guage.) Visitors come from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and all over Europe. There are flags waving in the breeze from the countries where most of the tourists come from, along the entrance to Western Town. "In every tour company, we are number one," Fred noted, many tourists come with a bus and come back the next summer in a rented rent-ed car. They have been voted the favorite bus stop, they are so comfortable and enjoy their stay at Western Town. Fred arrived in the United States from Germany in 1955 and he worked as a glass glazier for about a year. Then he volunteered volun-teered in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Darmstadt, Germany. He volunteered in hopes of returning to Germany, he wanted a German wife. There he met Trudi and married her and brought her back to the United States. The Levine's have lived and raised their family in the ManilaCedar Hills area for most of their married life. The Western Town is a wonderful get-a-way. Fred hopes to eventually have a dude ranch where people can come for marriage or parent retreats. He hopes to add a ropes course in western west-ern style. For more information informa-tion about the Western Town, call 676- 8770. Photo by Kalyn Secreton Fred Levine, seated cn his horse, has built a Western Town near Bryce Canyon. 5? Meet Gary Sell. One of the best mortgage guys in the valley! Call Gary. He knows mortgages! 642-3001 i if: h f www.bankaf.com KWfo T ...1.. ,,C A i- Utah , 4. 10 South Main Pleasant Grove 785-3221 Sm tra i Your "Good 511! 1 in PI Bf Neighbor Pharmacy" Member United Drugs Wed. Juna 2Qth FREE balloons to each child Thurs. June 21st 25c Ice Cream Cones Noon till 5pm Friday June 22nd All Greeting Cards 12 Price YanlCee. Candles all sizes and fragrances. Braif Big Roll Paper TorJols 69 ,29 $129 limit 6 per customer. " : ! 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