Show Utah Thursday July 26 1979 The Herald Journal rawest festival bears his brush strokes By USU Information Services Illustrator Glen Edwards has pul nearly a year of his work life into the Festival of the American West lie has painted enough canvas plywood or masonite to cover two good ailed building lota And he's used so many gallons of paint he won't attempt an estimate The festival U a showcase for a lot of art and although Edwards hasn't done all of it the visual arts aspects of it bear his stamp Edwards an instructor in the USU Art Department has been Involved in the festival since its beginning seven years ago This year he turned out 20 carefully researched and detailed paintings depicting the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo to the Great Basin The paintings have been photographed on S5 mm slides — 100 of them — and will provide the backdrop for the segment on the Mormons seen in the historical pageant “The West: “But" his wife Bailors cautions "those arc ior weeks’" I'lten urMi-- r pressure he paints nearly around the clork and Barbara w!n often helps him paint says it would he accurate to virtually double the number as tiny weeks so that are translated to tu hour w eeks of a make nearly year The "acreage" of surface eoser d consists mainly of these projects: H'Tk done on a en more stij:r — or "Glen Edwards adds a special flavor to the festival that we wouldn't have r — Two 20 hy 40 foot grander scale mi:" ls that flank the Spectrum area - "He turns out a lot of work under sometimes difficult conditions He grasps quickly what we want done and doea it completely professionally and without him He has made a great contribution to the visual impact of the without any show of termperameot He could go anywhere in the nation and be pageant and to other aspects of the festival as well" Gerald K Sherratt festival producer said a top illustrator We are fortunate he remains at Utah State" Sherratt added fckfOWER SOUND SPECIALISTS: LOW PRICES WITH SERVICE? portraits of early westrrn figures that curie the — 38 life-siz- e !! Spectrum roncourse — A 160 by 14 fool mural that fare the Spectrum entrance and gites a panorama of western det elopmcnl i "1 rail© — A 5 by 12 foot painting of Old Ephraim the legendary Logan Canyon OLYMPUS bear — A 20 by 25 foot mural of Jim Bridger that backdrops the competition named after the early trapper on-sta- America's Odyssey" USU artist Glen Edwards has life portraits of painted bigger-tha38 persons who helped win the West The portraits along with many other Edwards works will be seen n He has also turned out five new 4 by 8 foot murals for the Jim Bridger community competition and added to the store of illustrations for posters brochures and advertisements He estimates he has worked about 23 weeks painting for the festival by those attending the Festival of the American West which opens Friday at USU (USU Information Services photo) Over the years he has done several other paintings and drawings for the slide show and his work has been seen by thousands who have received brochures posters and ads promoting the festival The work on brochures slide show and other small format work doesn't add much to the square footage but probably takes as much time as the NEW! 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The fully automatic OMiO features direct light measurement (OTF) It measures the light that actually reaches the film surface during exposures from 2 seconds to 11000 During operation it beeps and blinks with super-brigLED A viewfinder LEO signals full flash charge and confirms correct flash exposures Come in and find out about the many other features— including the OM System of over 300 lenses and accessories lake a good look at that price — we'll bet you're as “off-the-fil- By USU Information Services Gov Scott Matheson will be grand marshal of the Old West Parade on Friday the opening day of Utah Slate University’s Festival of the American Weil Other festival events opening Friday include the Great West Fair and the pageant “The West: America's Odyssey’’ The festival runs daily except Sunday through Aug 4 The fair is open south of the Spectrum from noon until 8 pm daily and the pageant opens at 8 pm This year the parade will be a daily feature of the festival beginning at 6 pm with units moving onto the Great West Fair Grounds south of the Spectrum After circling the fairgrounds some units of the parade will be on band for closer inspection on the street east of the Spectrum Described aa a "Museum on Wheels” the Old West Parade presents a variety of 20 pioneer-vintag- e irehiclei including buckboarda buggiea covered wagons a firewagon handcarts a medicine wagon stagecoaches and surreys The wagons have been assembled from throughout Utah and Southern Idaho The 1870 parade marks the first appearance of the Jensen Historical Farm’s ox team a gift of Dr Pirates prey Firm’s profits increase SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) - North- west Energy Company Wednesday reported sizable increases in both net income and revenues for the second quarter of 1878 compared to the same period last year Northwest chief executive officer John McMillan laid revenues for the second quarter totaled $2288 million up from revenues of $167 million for the same three-mont- h period In 1878 And McMillan said net income was $76 million for 18781 second quarter compared to $32 million for the same quarter last year for the natural gas on canoeists pipeline holding company “Higher second quarter earnings resulted from earnings on increased pipeline faculties included in rate base and general rate increases which went into effect Oct 1 1878” McMUlan said "We expect our earnings from operations for the full year will substantially exceed those recorded in 1878" he laid McMillan alio said due to “accelerated transportation and exploration activities in Northwest Pipeline'i supply areas’’ the company is considering the possibility of a common stock offering later this year i Okla TAHLEQUAH Canoeists using (UPI) the HlinoU River In the — Russell Mawby of Battle Creek Mich The team of matched oxen is a colorful addition to the fair The parade's music is furnished by a drum and bugle corps a mariachi band and other units The color guard is dressed in the military costume of the 1870's and other participants are dressed in authentic western attire some made especially for the parade The parade’s participants arc drawn from the churches and cluba of Cache Valley the Mormon Handcart Company and covered wagon pioneers from Logan LDS stakes and the Spanish division from St Jerome’s Catholic Church of Logan self-tim- er ht surprisedas we were! 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