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Show Seulli CeafooE litoli . Supplement To: Gunnison Valley News - The.Salina Sun Garfield County News - The Richfield Reaper of Southeni Jtah NUMBER 30 VOLUME 2 1981 THURSDAY, JULY 23, Shakespearean Festival Offers Authentic Look at Bard's Best CEDAR CITY house and a delightful performance opened the 1981 Utah Shakespearean Festival Thursday night in Cedar City. Much Ado About Nothing was thetitle of the play, but ado about something was much in evidence throughout the opening festivities. Celebrating twenty continuous years on the campus of Southern Utah State College this summer, the birthday season commenced with a Bards Banquet, orientation to the play, an enthusiastic greenshow presentation and introduction of dignitaries prior to the performance. A full on-sta- Shakespeares famous historical trilogy. title role in the Hamlet Matinees will 1962 production of each These daytime activities are all be presented Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday during the Festival season. The Guardsman, a marital comedy by Ferenc Molnar and set during the last glorious days of the Austrio-Hungaria- THISTLE CREEK VARIATION' EAST LAS VEGAS VARIATION V4 - FORT MOJAVE VARIATION VS MIU CREEK VARIATION VS DANIELS CANYON VARIATION scheduled to permit and encourage flexibility, allowing patrons to enjoy the Southern Utah scenery along with a festival visit. n The Monarchs of England returns for its third season in the Thorley Recital Hall, featuring this year Henry VIII and his queen Anne The offers Bolyn. program Renaissance music and dance with was selected for Hamlet production this anniverary summer in recognition of its being the first play presented by the Utah Shakespearean Festival. Again this season as with the 1962 production, Fred C. Adams, Founding Director for the Festival, is directing. and afternoon production seminars featuring costumers, actors, directors and various technical and production areas on different days of the week. A continuing art exhibit is on display in the Braithwaite Gallery. In addition to the five producitons, filming by the British Broadcasting Company for their History of the Theatre series is scheduled for August 12 and 15. Daily tours, seminars and exhibits as well as special 20th season. Other daytime activities include backstage tours, a literary seminar which may be taken for one college credit, Jensen is also a veteran of the first years of theFestival, having played the Three solid favorites are being staged for the anniversary summer: Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet and Henry IV, Part I, as well as two matinees: The Guardsman and The Monarchs of England. birthday activities combine to offer a full slate of activities for the nearly 30,000 guests expected during the July 16 through August 29 production EXISTING PIPELINE offering an integrated concept of empire in Vienna, was produced this spring in cooperation with the Pioneer State Theatre Foundation, and received funding from the Utah Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. The play toured throughout Utah during the spring months. on-si- , V, lavish costuming and dialogue. Audiences listen to and observe authentic Renaissance musical including a virginal new to the Festival this summer. After the performance, interested people may visit with the performers and ask questions about the instruments or the production. Sven Laundahl, Betsy Hamilton and James Latus oversee the matinee. Special anniversary celebrations planned during the summer include a birthday party, a reunion of past company members with a focus on the company of the first 1962 year, and special photographic exhibits of the first seasons plays and people. Evening activities during the production season will again feature the traditional directors orientation to the play followed by dancing on the green, Punch and Judy, madrigal singing and Elizabethan refreshments hawked by costumed street sellers. The exhibit hall is also open until the evenings performance begins. Box Office information may be obtained by telephoning or writing to the Utah Shakespearean Festival, Cedar City, Utah 84720, telephone (801) Patrons are urged to contact the Box Office regarding specific ticket availability. 586-363- 6. V2 An V3 PROPOSED ACTION ALTERNATIVESVARIATIONS Map of proposed route for Rocky Mountain Pipeline proarea. ject show one alternate through the Sevier Valley new directing concept is initiated this summer with Henry IV, Part I as Howard Jensen begins a three-yea- r directing assignment. In 1982 Jensen will produce Henry IV, Part II and 1983 Henry entirely being The project could mean additional employment and a general economic boost for the southern Utah region. Mountain Pipeline Will Cross Utah Interested persons are invited to comment on a draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) concerning a interestate natural proposed gas pipeline (known as the Rocky Mountain Pipeline Project), that would cross Utah. Service Company. In its entire length, the pipeline would cross approximately 343 miles of federal land. pipeline would be constructed from Lincoln County, Wyoming, to San Bernardino County, California, by Rocky Mountain Pipeline Company (RMPC), a partnership formed by Pacific Gas Transmission Company (PGT), El Paso Natural Gas Company, Pacific Interstate Transmission Company, and Northwest Pipeline Corporation. Hie proposed pipeline route would cross Utah and the southeastern corner of Nevada. mission (FERC). Notice of availbility of the DEIS was published July 7, 1981, in the Federal Register and written comments should be received by the Secretary (FERC) no later than August 583-mi- le The proposed Using a 21,200-horsepow- er com- pressor station in Lincoln County, the pipeline would deliver 410 million cubic feet of gas per day to California, New Mexico, Arizona and other western states. The pipeline would be 36 inches in diameter and would connect with a long intrastate pipeline in Califmia which would be constructed by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Pacific Lighting le The DEIS was prepared jointly by the Department of the Interiors Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Having more ghost towns than real, may be more dreams than reality, and decidedly more past activity than present, Piute County remembers the vigor and vitality of the industry that produced and sustained it over many years. Nostalgia for this period of history has carried into the present, and has greatly enriched the heritage of its people making them a people generous in nature with a more charitable judgement of the frailties of human kind; a people more comfortable with the finite conditions of life, and more inclinded to express openly and honestly. They are strong, tough minded and living in an historic and very beautiful region. free-thinkin- g, at public libraries alone the proposed pipeline route or at the BLM Comments should be received before August 24, 1981, by the Secretary, Utah State Office, University Club Building, (Room 1400), 136 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. Federal Energy Regulatory Com- mission, 825 North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. Com- 24, 1981. In addition to the proposed action, the DEIS assesses and analyzes six alternative routes and five route variations. One alternative would route the natural gas from Wyoming through Idaho and Oregon to Califronia. in Markets A limited number of the DEIS are avialable from the RMP Project Leader, Bureau of Land Management, Special Projects Staff, Third Floor East, 555 Zang Street, Denver, Colorado 82008 or the FERC Division of Public Information, 825 North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. DEIS copies may be reviewed by the Ghost Towns Recall by ZeU Gibbs public Some of the ghost towns sizable populations when the industry was at its peak were Webster City, Virginia Winkleman, Kimberly, and City. Rich having mining Alunite, City, Bullion In 1870, Bullion City, located a few miles west of present day Marysvale, contained the entire population fo Piute County which numbered 82. Ten years later die number had grown to 1,651. It was the first county seat, organized April 21, 1869, and was the cultural and economic beginning of Piute County. Most mining activity was centered around Marysvale, the southern portion of the county being more agrearian in nature, and less economically vulnerable to the vagaries of mining. The first church built in the county was the Methodist Greensnow activities precede each evenings performance at the Utah Shakespearean Festival in Cedar Ci- - Church I at ty, including dancers, musicians, puppet shows, exhibit hall and Elizabethan vendors. Sam Tsoutsouvas plays the title role in the 1981 Utah Shakespearean Festival production of Hamlet which opens Friday night in Cedar City. Festival opens Thursday with play, Much Ado About Nothing. Heritage Of a Tough Past in Piute County Marysvale. It is still standing, and in n fairly good repair. All the churches built during this period were conceived and largely financed by the mining industry. Church government prevailed, and an ecclesiastic dynasty within a democracy was intolerable to the men who came from the eastern states to finance and devleop the industry. They began the battle for separation of church and state that marked the ensuing fifty years of political strife. native craftsmen. The stately CourOne of the Wests most notorious Butch outlaws, Cassiday, (George thouse stands today in good repair, and LeRoy Parker) was born 1xk miles is one of very few public buildings of its south of Circleville. It was here that he period still used for its original purlearned the art of changing cattle pose. brands, which led to the rustling of Otter Creek Lake State Park and cattle, and later to bank and train robberies. Butch and his wild gang rode Piute Reservoir are favorite water over large areas and chose hide-out- s in sports areas. Otter Creek has excellent the rugged and barren regions of camping facilities; long, unhampered southeast Wayne County. This area was rims for boating and water skiing, and known as the Badlands, and their main its fishing rated excellent. Piute and last hide-ou- t bcame known as Reservoir is a great local favorite, with Robbers easy access and great fishing. Roost. The famous and infamous have left their mark here. Zane Gray, early In 1878 the county seat of Piute writer of western fiction, stayed at the Kingston Canyon is a beautiful area old Marysvale Hotel in Marysvale County was moved from Bullion City to for camping, fishing, picnicking, while researching and writing his Junction, the first courthouse being a hunting, and exploring. There are classic Riders of the Purple Sage. log building. In 1903 the present many small Indian caves tucked into His opinions and feelings about the Courthouse was completed. Rocks were the unusual and varied rock forregion and its people still make for quarried from the area, bricks made at mations. The Sevier River runs through interesting and informative reading. the site, all woods native, and built by the area, providing contrast, verdant non-Moro- foliage and good fishing. One gets the feeling that this is and should be Indian Country. All resources are at hand to make for a culture. Piute County residents love to celebrate, and July is their month. Three full days over the July 24th period are spent in fun and frolic, built around their now famous Worlds Biggest Little Rodeo. Cottonwood Downs, the scene of action in Marysvale, hosts most local entertainment. The second Saturday in May their annual thoroughbred horse races cause much excitement, and another chance to let off steam. The people here are fun loving and friendly, and should you be anywhere near the area during their celebration, join them. |