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Show June 18, 1980 Sun Chronicle, Sun Times, Ben Lomond Beocon, Clearfield Courier Hanson brothers foremost of mountain men By Glen Warner Perrins in Utahs k Foremost Tamous mountain men" are Ihe three Hanson brothers of Orem, Utah None of them has a drop of Indian blood in his veins, but all three are up to their necks in Indian culture However, Kris, Scott and Jim Hanson are probably best known to their Ogden friends for their intricately hand carved Indian and mountainmcn costumes and for their Indian dancing They say the interest in Indians has been in the family for generations but they didn't actually start constructing costumes until Ki is, 25, eldest of the three, joined the Order of the Aiiow, a Scouting program which has as one of its goals, the pieseivation and ap-p- i eolation of Indian culture Brothers Wear Authentic Costumes I noticed everyones costumes were made out of cloth and were so fakereflected Kris looking, "My dad being in the shoe business, I had always had a love for leather I studied pictures in books and constructed my costume out of horsehide!" As brothers are often pi one to do, Scott, age 17, and Jim, age 16, followed in Kriss footsteps and actually have progressed much fui ther in the Order of Arrow than their brother did Kris Hanson tans the leather for his costumes himself in order to obtain the toughness and primitive JIM HANSON WORKING on beading used authenticity not obtainable Indian in when using commercially-tanne- leather dancing costume. J&Js... Home of the GREENERY PROFESSIONALS NURSERYiSPECIAL WE STILL HAVE A GOOD SELECTION OF FRUIT TREES I APPLES Yellow Delicious Red Delicious Norway McIntosh Jonathan Lodt 5 1 OH $5795 Reg. $9.95 sprinklingisystemoert; We carry the most complete line of Sprinkling System Parts in the area. PVC PIPE BRASS HEAD 34"x10'( POP-U- P brass H Adjustable insert Class 200 for installing Full, half re Stepping Stones Chunk Bark 50 Lava Rock 50 White Rock Id American interested in Families $51 59 ea. 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Each of the three Hanson brothers are well know in their fields in Utah and are widely known in the Ogden KRIS HANSON MODELS his area and uncertainty, its hard to imagine how you can change things for the better But you can make a difference by becoming a Host Family through Youth foi Undein(YFU) rstandings ternational phone Specialized fit on all of our lingerie. VC'1 Kappa Phi Scott, 17, a senior at Orem High School, is one of the founders of a program called THE FRONTIERSMEN, which has about 500 members and teaches pioneering and mountain skills while keeping alive the traditions of mountain men Jim, 16, is a junior at Orem High and has taught trapping and tanning techniques, and enjoys the ballroom dance team and his membership on the school team student 373 5th Street and Apparel For all you need to grow 1 p Ladies Lingerie UUyjMILLER 7 Vf4 hand crafted mountain man costume Dance classes offered through WSC delinquencies are creating an explosive situation According to the economics publisher, Nevei before have there been so many caids, so many lines of i redit that exceed peoples ability to repay U S bankruptcies, which had oeen on the decline, are up both in Utah and in the nation by more than eight percent A workshop in foi Dance Children will begin June 23 at Weber State College The workshop is open to all children 41 2 a to 11 years old no Bankruptcy ex- - 393-221- 1 Judi c longer carries the stigma it did previously and less strict laws have n ade the practice easiei This by the consuming public earliei this year fotced the Federal Reserve to tighten up on lending and the effects are being felt down to the smallest lendei When the n oney dries up on those who aie living on credit many will be in a lot of trouble and so will the U S economy n hange program Host families share then homes and daily lives with international high-scho- or a students for full yeai while the student attends the local high school This unique homestay enables in- exchange students to get to know real An erican families by sharing in daily life as a family menbei, not as a guest a YFU, oigamzation, has arranged exi hanges for u ore than 70,000 students from 24 eounti ics sinee its inception in 1951 Students (aged 14 18) aie caiefully selected and n dtched with quality Host Fan Hies, and regional i piovide epi esenta es sei vices, support and guidance during the course of the exchange Host Fan lies provide t ooi and boaid and are eligible foi a monthly deduction while the student attends school fees and Ptogran expenses aie provided non-prof- it i i pei-son- the student's natural family and YFU leeeives paitial funding fron the Intel national Communication Agency of the U S Dcpai tment of State It's an expel lenee that lasts a lifetime why not youis' Foi moi e infoimation contac I youi Regional Office Linda k Fullmer-Bourn- e, course instructor, said she will (each dance philosophy of the late Virginia Tanner, with whom she worked for eight years Aim of the program is to tram the child through the ii ediuni of dance to become n ore beautifully coor- dinated and to enhance and develop the childs natural lange of movement to the utii ost of his or her physical and n ental ability By fostering this at tivity. she added, the i hild is able to take pride in himself as a moving, feeling, thinking individual The classes will be held each Tuesday and Thursday through July 17 undei the following schedule: 42 to5'2 year olds, 9 to 9 45 a m . 6 to 7 year olds, 9 45 to 10 30, and 10 30 to 11 15 9. 10 and 11 yeai olds. 11 30 to 12 20 Mrs Bourne will also be teaching classes in modern dance, ballet, and ja li dance ft om the junior high to the advanced adult level Foi moi e information or to icgistei call the WSC of Division Continuing 0 Education at 626-660- Enter handmade quilt contest in USU quilt c by four-wee- Creative Consumers are more willing to admit they-ant handle their payments ternational C$7 fT' V v experience WAGEIWARION WEEDS NMS78-- f Of rourse, they needed the leather leggings back then in the pioneer days to keep their Indian legs from getting scractched by throns Scott and Jim deck themselves out in their dance costumes when rompeting m many national-leve- l dance competitions such as in the dances They have competed in such places as Knoxville, Tennessee, and Fort Collins, Colorado, where reporter Glen Perrins visited, last summer Here the Hanson brothers wear their everyday leathers to the many survival ramps which they attend every year In spite of what many observers think, Indian dancing is definitely not just jumping around in a big circle Authenticity is not the issue m Indian dancing, but social correctness is Kris, 25, will graduate in from zoology Brigham Young University in Provo, and plans to attend dental school next fall He is a Phi Peat Moss Fertilizer Steer Manure, etc. Soil Aid - sque-e-e-e-- ze WANTED: We carry all your landscaping needs Bulk Lava Rock com- but sharing their lives with i- or quarter lines. pretty said Kris, f ' Host families needed nc Heavy duty really not very comfortable, the not particularly ceremonial costumes. But the Indians didnt nnnd because the pride received from wearing them was well worth any momentary discomfort The leggings and breech-clot- h , n (Standard Sim) Blue or Theyre very warm, but theyre says Kris, still rather wear Levis 'I that predated the big 1975 The national consumer recession. If consumers debt m the first quarter of continue to be so far in debt 1980 surpassed $1.16 trillion. that they have to curtail The latest figures for Utah are about $10 2 billion. These spending (to keep up with time and inflation two figures are some 13 the all the above previous payments), percent years level. According to ingredients are in place for further production cutbacks, the Wall Street Journal this credit buying is an factory closedowns such as Fords, and finally a deep economic sickness that and lasting recession. threatens our economy. In According to Goldstein the spite of the enormous debts JHitiO of new borrowing to Americans have built up-ttecent years they have take home pay rose to a high of 3.1 percent in the Winter of seemed undaunted by higher 78 The high water mark and higher interest rates. before this time was 2 8 Many still seek to borrow from almost any source. percent in the first quarter of Economist Ken Goldstein, 1973, the peak expansion Associate Economist of the period before the last a recession The peak ratio is Conference Board, business research now on sharp decline and thea organization, says this economist says this is further indicator of the trillion dollar consumer debt recession Every time the guaranteed the recession we consumer debt ratio passes a are currently experiencing The ratio of consumer peak a recession follows borrowing to net income is shortly thereafter H. Nilson, Spencei higher than in more than a decade, including the peak of publisher of the Nilson the last expansion period report, says credit card OH0)C , SPRUCE Possessing such an obvious love for Indian clothing, one might assume the Hanson brothers would like to see the clothing worn daily, but this isnt the case. Credit ZINNIAS PLANTS painstakingly over their costumes and for this reason they feel the outfits are close to Indian and mountainmen garb They wouldn't think of selling them, although Kris did make one exception. To make the bustle alone for an Indian dance costume takes at least 60 hours of work, explains Jim Hanson. And to make one entire dance outfit would probably take 500 hours of work. So even if I were going to sell one the cost would be ar prohibitive probably ound $2,500 are PONY PACK 4" Potted d g. fortable, Greenhouse Specials! BIG SELECTION beading style is selected for the Indian costumes and a decoration style for the mountainmen costumes. The beading, all done by hand, is extremely Often horse hair or porcupine hair is used on a costume, so the Hansen brothers were always on the lookout for porcupines which have been killed by Utah motor vehicles. Porcupine nair is priced at about $70 per animal when sold commercially The Hanson brothers labor A 7 Page Welch. Duectoi, Regional YOUTH FOR 3501 UNDERSTANDING, Newaik Street Washington, D C 20016 NW, , Now is the time to enter handmade quilt in the quilt contest sponsored by the College of Family Life you and Extension Service at Utah State University as part of the universitys Festival of the American West, says Theta Johnson, clothing specialist. USU Extension Service Call your local extension home economist for information on times and dates of local preliminary contests to be held during the month of June Winners will exhibit then quilts in a special show during the Festival of the Amencan West. August 1 August 9 The theme foi the tontest Fauna Flora and-o- r is (plants and-o- i animals) The quilts must be oiigmal, pieced, hand appliqued. oi hand embioidered designs, and hand quilted documented with detailed desi options, diagrams and pictures to show how the designs were developed Contestants n ust he lesidents of Utah and have designed and made their entiv quilts within the last tlnee years, and not have pieviously exhibited then quilts in a USU ontest Golden Spike visitor center open daily The Golden Spike National llistoi ic Site visitoi center at Piomontory is now open from 8 a id to 8 p in daily and will continue with ex hours tended sun met through Labor Dav In addition to lengthened seasonal hours, the park's expanded inlet prctive piogram is also now underway Daily, staff histoitians present talks about the tianseont mental laihoad and several aie in ienod clothing and explain the nature of life on the 1860 s laihoad as well as in an end-o- f tiack tent town Golden Spike's two steam locomotives are also operating on a summer schedule They emerge from then storage building at 10 30 a in daily and remain at the Last Spike Site until 5 30 p n in a stioke ol seiendipity, the park staff iceently discovered a con tmuous supply of economical is waste fuei which signifuantly icducing the operatim. expenses of these engines and will insure a on plete summei run c Planning is alieady un dot way lot Golden Spike's Railioadet's Festival on August 9th In addition to the i eenactmonts, ustomai y od i a n a . i a oad displays and historic games which will again be featuied, this fouith annual one-da- y rclcbialion will be highlighted by a c oneprn, i ii v fion 1 Tenpenny. ftish singers fi om Salt Lake City, and culiutal demonstrations by Chinyue-Apiesented titans |