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Show Tuesday. December 3, 1991 7 A Emery County Progress Lee Nelson to visit SRJH School welcomes On Friday, the students of SRJH and the public are invited to attend a special lecture and FERRON Dec. 6, California will be presented by the well- known author Lee Nelson. Mr. Nelson is the author of 18 different books along with many magazine and newspaper articles. The Storm Testa- author and son ment series, including Rock- well and Walkara, and the Beyond the Veil series, are among his most popular. His The students at San Rafael Junior High School were given an opportunity last week to hear a FERRON newest book, which was just released a few weeks ago, is called, Lee Nelsons Favorite Short Stories. Mr. Nelson is well known for his rugged stories about the American west He will present a slide show which will show the students how fun it is to do research on books. He will show how he learned to shoot and kill a buffalo with a bow while riding on the back of a galloping horse. He will explain how Indians lived and died, the kinds of weapons and tools they used, and tell about how fun it is to read and learn about real characters (Rockwell and nationally known author, Chris Oyler, talk to them about her deceased son, Ben Oyler, and his struggle against AIDS. Mrs. Oyler wrote the book, Go Towards the Light," and thenhelped produce the movie by the same name. Her book has been printed in six different languages. The students prepared for her visit ' by watching her movie. They learned about AIDS, about dealing with the death of a loved one, about ideas on becoming an author, about making movies and about the value of keeping a journal. As most of the students at SRJH spend time in their English classes writing in their journals, it was very helpful for them to hear about Chris Oyler and her son Beau were recent guests at San Rafael Junior High. Mrs. Oyler is an author who came to Emery County to talk about her book and the movie made from the book. how important these journals the seventh grade. He attended school at SRJH for two days. He was very may become and to hear about how they should write their real feelings, even if they were bad feelings because these things can help relieve stress and serve as a gauge in the future to see how theyve grown. impressed with how friendly everyone is here and had fun watching the plav, Bye, Bye, Birdie which was presented Friday. He said, Kids in Carmel, Calif., would never have done a play that good, espeMrs. Oylers son, Beau, also cially the singing and dancaccompanied her on her trip ing. He was presented a Bullhere from California. He is the dog pennant which was autoOylers second son and is in graphed by the play cast. day, Nov. 27, at 9 a.m. Not only was it the first time a play has ever been brought back for another performance, it was the Amazing Technicolor i 'W. L,' ? .ip , M f r r CEU to present holiday concert style by the CEU Concert Choir. Guest conductor, sophomore Kristen Andrus, will present Christmas Memo- The Christmas concert, one of the biggest productions at the College of Eastern Utah, celebrates one of the biggest holidays of the year. The annual event, featuring bands and choirs from the college and the community, fills the Geary Theater each holiday season. This season, CEUs gift of Christmas will be Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. As always, admission is free. The CEU Concert Band, under the direction of Brad Flinders, will present a selection of traditional holiday favorites and some lesser known Christmas works as well. An well-know- n ries Past. No Christmas musical pro- duction would be complete without Mozarts popular Alleluia. The CEU Chamber Choirs presentation will feature soloist Valerie Huntsman. The choir will also per- form a compelling and thoughtful new carol, What Sweet Music, by John Rutter. New to this years concert is CEUs TECH Ensemble, a group of six synthesizers to present Bachs Jesus, Joy of Mans Desiring. Everyone is invited to enjoy the festive holiday music, Flinders said. arrangement of several carols will be sang in a lighthearted baroque Emery High School Player of the Week Ryan Burke, Tasha Bradley and Shawn Mangum are Emery High's Players of the Week. Ryan helped Emery to three basketball wins by setting the tone defensively for each game. He averaged 1 8.7 points for the three games with team highs of 25 Tasha Bradley Ryan Burke 16 and 22 points while hitting and 80 percent fromthe line.Tasha had 15 points against Cedar City and 10 against South Summit while pulling down a combined 14 rebounds. She played well both offensively and defensively. Shawn pinned his first man at the Juab wrestling tournament and won a tough battle in the championship round, coming from behind to beat a 2A state placer from last year. Shawn won the exciting match 7 in the 130 lb. division. 8-- Sponsored by J& D Auto Castle Dale i welcomes the students and the public to bring their own copies of his books and have them autographed. He will be selling all of his books at a greatly reduced cost. The public is invited to attend the 10:20 a.m. lecture. tmas books about them. He will explain how they too can have fun reading and doing research papers for school assignments. ECHS the drama department and jazz band agreed to do the play one more time. The repeat production was held on Wednes- They say that every good thing must come to an end, but last week the end for one good thing was extended just a little longer. The musical Joseph and Mr. Nelson will have copies of all his books at the school to sell and sign during both lunch periods that day or he Along with the Storm Testament series, Mr. Nelson Dreamcoat closed Saturday, Nov. 23, after running for three days, but upon request, by Maleah Day ECHS reporter ie-Ghm- The students have prepared for his lecture by listening to Mrs. Butler read the first chapter of Storm Testament to them in their English classes. They are looking forward to his visit. Walkara) and then write spartan spot Its tonight session which book-signin- g will talk about another successful series he has published, the Beyond the Veil series. These are a compilation of personal accounts of people who have briefly died and then returned back to life. As Mr. Nelson was contacted by Mrs. Butler, the schools librarian, and invited to their schools, he said, Id love to come again. It has been three years since I was there last. I love the people of Emery County and especially the students there. Why, I sold more books at your school than I have ever sold at any single place. probably also the first time members of the cast had ever performed to a packed house. The audience consisted of Wednesday, Dec. Mexican com, mixed Thursday, Dec. elementary students and teachers from all over the county, and with a few extra visitors, the 1,500 seats were all but full. The students seemed to enjoy the perfors 04-ta- cos, fruit pineapple, cinnamon twist and milk. 1,400 mance and were especially excited by the special appearance of a few hats. Pt All of the students' should" be complimented on their excellent behavior during the production. They were truly a great audience. Unfortunately, the production was not done in its entirety. One of the brothers was absent, having just had his tonsils removed, and a member of the chorus was home in bed with the chicken pox. Still, the show must go on, and that it did. 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