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Show 1HURSDAY, JULY 17.. I 95 1 With Up People Going Strong PAUL HARVEY NEWS the way they feel about people. There is no audition. After each performance the group asks those that are interested to come back stage for a personal interview. The cast itself selects all the new people by talking to them, not auditioning Ky ROBERT MERRILL "Up With People" is an . What Makes Mormons Run? By IAl'L I1AKYKY 1975. I.o Angrln Timex Worldwide there are fewer (c) than 3.5 million Mormons. Yet there is a vastly disproportionate number of them among the superstars of competitive sports. Dedicated Mormons dominate whole pages in the athletic record books. I wonder what makes Mormons run so fast. SINCE MY first visit to the campus of Brigham Young University I've been zeal, health habits and welfare system of the LDS Church. The athletic excellence of BYU is legendary. Perennially it dominates the Western Athletic Conference. Last year it was first track, first in golf, first in in swimming, second in cross- country, wrestling, baseball, tennis, indoor track. BYU finished the season with 70 total athletic points, two-to-on- trigued by the missionary FARMERS! Avoid liquidation of your assets Estate settlement can be costly. Acreage or equipment may have to be sold to pay estate taxes, probate costs and administrative expenses and to clear debta. Plan ahead now the common senae way with Metropolitan life insurance. Call me (Or details todsy. OLYMPIC then Arizona State. t QUARTERBACK Virgil Carter and golfer Johnny Miller were champions first at Brigham Young. Yet Mormons who have never attended BYU reflect this same athletic prowess: Billy Casper in golf; in football. Merlin and Phil MORMON ATHLETIC Danny and Wilford White; in boxing, Gene Fullmer and Joe Snell. Baseball's home run hero, Harmon Killebrew, is a dis- ciplined Mormon as are Vernon Law, Ron Brand and five other big leaguers. Reciting all the names and numbers is tedious, yet per Now Has An Outlet For The PRESTON AREA Name Brand Carpets C.S.I. BERVIN R.H.S. R0XBURY Name Brand Vinyl C0NG0LEUM ARMSTRONG G.A.F. - Sales Where me future is now Lit. tea. And sexual chastity until marriage. If that degree of sounds like something from out of this world you said it! its music, young faces, and the universal message of love. Up With People travels all over the world doing shows and seeks to provide young men and women with a unique and effective educational opportunity and at the same time encourage them to communicate creatively and constructively with all people, according to Reed Thompson, Montpelier, current show director for Up With Peoples Cast A. Up With People is celebrating its 10th anniversary in conjunction with the na- -' tions Bicentennial celebration and is expanding to nine small groups that will try to visit over 700 different cities in the U.S. in the next 104 months, said Thompson. Communities in the local area the group will visit are Logan, Ogden, Pocatello and Montpelier, sometime this dance, them." RON THOMPSON Joins Show KEEI) THOMPSON Show Director Today, she said, Up With People is still comprised of average kids, but because the times have changed, these kids are probably more like all kids on campuses fall. When it began in 1965, Up With People represented an alternative to demonstra- tions and riots on campuses, said Marcie Colpus, a current tour organizer. The first Up With People kids were average kids who had strong feelings, but couldnt yell or go out and than their were." predecessors Thompson expressed pride with the group and said, People join Up With People because of A KIETH Naw York, N.Y. Installation Contact ANDERSON - k, . in his affiliation Alliance Schedules Pioneer Festival The third Pioneer Day Crafts included are weaving, Festival sponsored by the pottery, jewelry, leather-wormacrame, photograAlliance for the Varied Arts and the City of Logan will be phy, portrait painting, emheld Thursday, July 24 from broidery and many others. 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in The AVA Craft Booth will offer baby quilts, toys, apple Logan's Central Park. Coordinating this years dolls, stained glass pieces event are Bill and crocheted items for the and Candy Hall. The festival home. Another highlight of the will feature homemade food sewand craft items for sale, a day is an sewing bee, demonstrations ing bee. Experts in the many and sales by local artists and forms of needlework will craftsmen, games and art demonstrate quilting, dolactivities for children and lmaking., tatting, netting, entertainment by local mus- knitting and many others. A icians with participants quilt will be set up for anyone dressed in pioneer costumes. who wishes to try their hand skill. The Alliance has designed at this age-ol- d Entertainment will be prothis festival as a full day of fun where a vided the day long by such family can play, look, listen local talents as the Smith and picnic. Foods aplenty for Family, the Henniger Sislunch, supper and snacking ters, dancers from the Lyric all day include roast beef Theatre and many other corn vocalists and guitar strumsandwiches, corn-dogon the cob, homebaked ming talents. Colby Maughn cakes, pies, tarts, breads and cookies. Watermelon, ice cream, sweet and sours, penny candy, popcorn and pickles in a barrel all add to the treats. Craftsmen will demonstrate their varied skills as well as sell their wares. Reed Thompson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Thompson of The News Examiner in Montpelier. This year will be the fourth year he has traveled with-th- e troupe. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson's younger son, Ron, will also join the tour this year. He will be leaving July 13 for tour headquarters at Tucson, . Ariz. Some said Up With People would fade away like many other fads of the late 60s and early 70s. Others said it would survive as one of the only positive things to come of that era. Nearly all who have heard them perform are glad they have survived. GLASS AUTO typn In ill Into. Pick i lU Fra itlhurj. U Sctfevd tyteud 750 W. 2nd N. Loin and his mountain men will be around to add a wild bit of color and some surprises. Square dancing will be demonstrated at 5 p.m. with everyone invited to join in until 6:30. A Fish Derby will be conducted by the City of Logan for the kids. Those and under can fish from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The and older group can try their luck after 11 until noon. Ring toss, cake walk, Penny-a-Na- il building and the Tatoo Parlor will all be on hand for the children to enjoy. All in all, the Pioneer Day Festival offers great family fun for everyone among antique displays, under the cool trees of Central Park. All families are invited to put on their boots and bonnets and join in this unique event to celebrate the Days of '47. ld six-ye- ar i PRICES WAREHOUSE OiVietropoiitaii life Metropolitan some each category because I'm running out ol lime faster than I'm running out of gold medal LDS athletes. In wrestling and weightlifting. Egon Auerback is nine times weight-liftin- g champion of Denmark. In soccer and tennis and basketball and volleyball. The obvious explanation may be the only one. A Mormon considers the human body sacred, a tabernacle of the Divine Spirit which inhabits it. That means no tobacco, no alcohol, no harmful drugs, no stimulants or depressants of any kind including coffee and in s, ALff N. MURDOCK OFFICE IM SKIPPING names Olson, Marvin Bateman, Carpet Enterprise - ex- cellence bridges oceans. The second fastest man in Asia is Mormon Canagosabi Kunalon. As is Swedish track star Kenneth Landmark. And it bridges the sexes. The AAU 440 record for young girls is held by Lisla Peterson. In ice skating. Marilyn Kruse and Dolores Lier. owen RES DIVING champion Keith Russell and swimmer Lance Gordon. 1975's In gymnastics. NCAA champion Wayne Young and National Champion Allesandro Viero. In track, the world discus record is held by L. Jay Silvester, an LDS disciple. 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