OCR Text |
Show Southern Utah State College Cedar City, Utah June 20, 1988 Summer Games opens season of festivals Gala opening ceremonies set for Stadium tonight he Utah Summer Games will begin its third year tonight with Opening U Ceremonies in the Thunderbird Stadium at 8 p.m., and sports competition throughout the week. The opening ceremonies will start with The Ogden Sky Knights parachuting into the stadium, followed by hot air balloons rising. SUSC's Scarlet and Black Ceremonial Band will lead the Grand Entry of the Athletes, followed by Gov. Norman H. Bangerter declaring the games open. Other events in the ceremonies include the lighting of the torch. Hall of Honor Inductions, and 12 minutes of an "intense fireworks display. Because the Centrum is needed for sporting competition all week, there will only be one outdoor opening ceremony for the games, instead of an opening and a closing ceremony as there has been in the past. To take the place of the closing ceremonies, there will be an Achievement Recognition Dinner where the prestigious Governor's Cup will be presented to the region with the most outstanding 1988 performance. Other awards include the Director's Award, Outstanding Staff Member of the Year Award, and the Volunteer of the Year Award. Two new sports and two exhibition sports from last year were added to competition, said j 1 Soccer is this year a full-fledg- sport in the third annual Utah Summer Games, which begin here today. Steve Rollo, sports director. Tennis and weightlifting were added and soccer and karate will begin competition in this year's games, he said. Continuing this year will be sports like archery, wrestling, horseshoes, and basketball and others from previous years' competition. New to the games this year was the regional competitions, held in four areas, with competition in five sports: basketball, softball, swimming, track and field, and volleyball. The suggestion of the regional competition came from leaders in the National Congress of State Games, said Consulting Director Vaughn McDonald. The regional competition gives athletes a better chance to compete, and gives the communities through the state a chance to get involved with the games. This year's regional competitions averaged 700 to 800 participants per region, and will probably double as time goes on, Rollo said. (continued on page 8) Summer School '88 expected to be most expansive ever USC officials predict another record breaking summer for summer school enrollment. Classes begin today and students can choose to attend one or both summer class sessions. Admission requests and class figures are already well ahead of last summer's numbers to begin the session, said D. Mark Barton, SUSC director of admissions and records. After today, a $10 late fee is charged for first session registration. Registration continues for the second summer session until it begins on 5 for further information July 18. Call 0 about SUSC registration or for SUSC admissions information during regular business hours. Summer school and workshop information can be obtained from the Division of Continuing Education, Some 1,568 students attended last year's summer school sessions, and that figure could be surpassed this year because of expanded course offerings and summer activities, said Phil Carter, SUSC associate provost for summer school. Carter said the bevy of SUSC's extra summer activities should attract many students and many visitors. "If you like to be around a lot of people and you enjoy variety, SUSC will be the namm Mm) 4mm--h -- 586-771- 586-774- 586-785- 0. place this summer," he said. In addition to summer school, special events at the college include the Utah Summer Games June performances by Ballet West June the Highland Heritage Festival July 9, the American Folk Ballet August and 27th annual Utah Shakespearean Festival July 7 to September 3. 18-2- 5, 13-2- 2, 11-2- 0, Besides summer school and special events, SUSC also hosts teacher inservice training workshops, Elderhostel (a national learning program for older people). Upward Bound, youth conferences and sports camps. "Just as and registration," an estimate of Carter said, "We expect more than 100,000 visitors to the SUSC campus." As a result of the Increased summer school and workshop registration requests. Resident Living reports near full occupancy. Chuck Mollenkopf, director of SUSC Resident Living, said only 118 beds are reserved for summer school students. The rest of the residence halls are filled by workshop participants coming in for teacher training, sports camps, youth conferences and Upward Bound. "We expect to book 4,000 or more guests his summer because of the workshops," he said. Mollenkopf and Carter said the SUSC is sending the overflow requests for college (continued on page 3) |