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Show The Summerbird 5 June 19, 1 989 Summer Games hit town June 26 The 1989 edition of the Utah Summer Games moves its traveling show from four regional preliminary sites to the gala finals in Cedar City June 26 through July 1. The sports festival includes 26 sports this year, with the addition of equestrian, diving, table tennis and water polo. Tickets to the weeks events are on sale at the SUSC Centrum, the Cedar City Offices and the Cedar City Chamber of Commerce. Featured again this year is a $30 family ticket, for a family of six, that includes all summer games events plus the achievement recognition dinner. Tickets from the Centrum office can be purchased with Mastercard and VISA. The office number is 586-787- The weeks events begin long before as the 1 Wilson. torch is lit on the steps of Logan's First Security Bank at 10 a.m., June 20, then wends its way, via a large cadre of runners, through many of Utahs cities, towns, highways and byways on its 392 mile route to Thunderbird Stadium for the gala opening ceremonies at 8 p.m. June 26. Those ceremonies will feature an array of exciting talent and specialty acts that will provide an action-packeevening of entertainment for the whole family. Opening the program will be the Ogden Sky Knights who will perform an intricate Starburst" sky diving routine. Other e Riverside entertainment includes the (Cal.) Community College Marching Tiger band, SUSCs vaunted Scarlet and Black Ceremonial d 130-piec- Band, the Ferges Troop of Las Vegas, the All American Cloggers, and the Utah Summer Games Precision Dance Team. The program includes greetings from Val Oveson, lieutenant governor of Utah, the Charge to the Athletes, by Olympian and master of ceremonies Peter Vidmar, March of the Athletes, Hall of Honor salutes, and a salute to the sports of the Utah Summer Games. The evening will also feature the fireworks extravaganza which officials promise will be bigger than ever. In its first four years, the Utah Summer Games has achieved its basic goal to provide a quality amateur sports festival for the state of Utah. As a means of encouraging the historic ideals of amateur athletic competition, dedication to excellence, and commitment to good sportsmanship, the Games have been a resounding success. In 1988, Summer Games III served 4,436 individual athletes in 6,761 events. In 1989, Games IV will accommodate more than 4,000 athletes in regional competition alone with an additional 3,500 to 4,000 participating in the finals competition in Cedar City. Total event participants could exceed 10,000 in 26 sports. In 1988, with the implementation of the regional concept, five additional communities throughout the state became involved as Utah Summer Games host cities for regional competition in basketball, volleyball, swimming, softball and track and field. In 1989, six additional sports were added to the regional format: archery, horseshoes, 10K run, tennis and trap shooting. Much of the 'Success of the Games is attributed to the generosity of its sponsors, according to USG officials. Corporate sponsors provide the financial base for the Games without them we could not function for the benefit of Utah amateur athletes, said Summer Games Executive Director Rich Wilson. Major corporate sponsors for the 1989 Games include First Security Bank, Utah Power and Light Company, Intermountain Health Care, Inc., KUTV Channel 2, and Color Country GMC Truck. now-famo- TICKETS FOR SELECTED SHAKESPEARE AND RANDALL SHOWS ARE AT A REDUCED PRICE FROM THE RECEPTIONIST IN THE STUDENT CENTER. PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUMMER I.D. CARD. AVAILABLE jUNE 19 The Utah Shakespearean Festival Renaissance Feaste is now hiring waitress staff for the summer season. Please contact: Sharon Batt SUSC Food Service, 586-778- 0 in the Student Center Room 1A The Feaste performs Tuesdays and Fridays 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., from July 6 to September 2. WE'LL GIVE YOU THE WORLD PLEIADES TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL TO ANY PLACE... FROM ANY PLACE. HOURS: MONDAY FRIDAY 9:30 A.M. 5:30 P.M. SATURDAY 10 A.M. 2 P.M. 432 NORTH MAIN 586-33- 00 A LIMITED NUMBER OF DISCOUNT MOVIE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE ACTIVITIES CENTER IN THE STUDENT CENTER. ONLY TWO PER SUMMER I.D. CARD PER DAY. CALENDAR OF EVENTS ICE CREAM SOCIAL IN CIRCLE, 10 A.M.- -2 P.M. FREE ICE CREAM CONE WITH SUMMER I.D. OPEN RECREATION BEGINS, 5- -9 P.M., PE GYM., MON.-F- RL, EXCLUDING HOLIDAYS. SWIMMING, OPEN GYM, WEIGHTROOM, AND RAQUETBALL. JUNE 22 STUDENT CENTER FUN NIGHT. MOVIE, POOL & PING PONG P.M.. TOURNEYS, FUN AND GAMES. 1:30 JUNE 23 WOOD'S RANCH DANCE, 911:30 P.M., $2 W I.D., $4 WO. MIDNIGHT 1 1 JULY 2 WOOD'S RANCH DANCE (SAME AS JUNE 23) JULY 11 REBA MCENTIRE AND RESTLESS HEART IN CONCERT AT THE CENTRUM. TICKETS $1450 FOR STUDENTS JULY 17 ICE CREAM SOCIAL (SAME AS JUNE 19) JULY 21 AND AUGUST 4 WOOD'S RANCH DANCES (SAME AS JUNE 23) OPEN RECREATION AUGUST 11 AND SUMMER ACTIVITIES CLOSE |