| Christian said. “I’ve audi| tioned more than 1,100 people for the acting company and many of them have told me UMT is a ‘hot ticket.’ In my _ travels around the country, I’ve found that our work is on-par with any other summer | stock.” The summer-season shows are held in the 330-seat Allred Theater of the Browning | Center for the Performing Arts. But Mr. Christian hopes to change the performance | hall with the same stage size, but with twice the audience seating. The University is negotiating with city and county officials to create a downtown conference and performing arts center. If the center is built, UMT would use a renovated Egyptian Theatre in Ogden as its 1995 performance hall. The Egyptian has the same-size stage as does the BIKER BRIGADE—Beatrice Stephens, 95, meets with mem- bers of the Sundowners of Utah and the Northern Utah Harley Group this spring for a little joy riding. She says, “They had to help me on and off. 'm not as limber as I used to be.” Allred, but would expand audi- ence seating by some 300. & location in the near future to a Tom Stewart, former direc- tor of development for athletics at the University of Utah and executive director of that uni- versity’s Crimson Club, became the University’s athletic director last May. Mr. Stewart succeeded Richard F, Hannan, who re- signed last February to become athletic director at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. A veteran of some 20 years in high school and college athletics, Mr. Stewart has spent most of his career in coaching and sports administration in Northern Utah. He was assistant basketball coach under Rod Tueller at Utah State University from 1979 to 1987 and also served as Utah State’s assistant athletic director for one year. Earlier in his career, Mr. Stewart coached basketball for three seasons at Box Elder High School in Brigham City, Utah. He also coached basketball for one year at Alta High School in Sandy, Utah. Mr. Stewart was selected for the Weber State post from a field of some 100 applicants a2 g Tom Stewart from across the country. “Tom Stewart has the ideal combination of qualifications to achieve the goals of our athletic program,” said Paul H. Thompson, University president. “The depth and breadth of his athletic-administrative experience enables him to promote academic excellence, earn community support and attract private funds. Tom will earn the respect and loyalty of all those who love Weber State athletics.” Mr. Stewart, 45, is a native of Piedmont, Calif. He first came to Northern Utah to attend Utah State University. “T’m impressed with the quality of Weber State athletics,” Mr. Stewart said. “The university has great people involved in athletics and a great tradition to uphold. I’m honored to have been selected for this position.” ® The spotlight's On OUT 1993 Season. Thank you for making our 1992 season a sell-out! We invite you to join Utah Musical Theatre in 1993 for another exciting summer. We are proud to announce Fiddler on the Roof, Peter Pan, West Side Story, and Pump Boys and Dinettes as our spectacular 1993 season. Due to the overwhelming response to Utah Musical Theatre, we will be presenting these shows in two theatres at Weber State tan University, with an expanded i us cal performance schedule. For aa o) : ticket information, please ree oS call (801) 626-8500. Ogden's Gift to Utah mens 92 Y . HE WIND IN HER HAIR ack in 1910, when a male suitor offered 13-year-old Beatrice Paskett Stephens of Henefer, Utah, a ride in his automobile, she was ecstatic. She had never ridden in a car and wanted to feel the wind in her hair. # But Ms. J Stephens, a student at Weber Academy, was boarding with a lady who wouldn’t allow an unchaperoned ride. The young woman was disappointed. = Maybe it was her memory of that experience that provoked Mrs. Stephens 67 years later when her grandson offered her a motorcycle ride to celebrate her 80th birthday. She climbed aboard and has been riding high ever since. m “I love the wind against my face,” says Mrs. Stephens, now a 95-year-old great-grandmother. “It feels so refreshing. I love knowing I’m out on the road on two wheels.” = As a student at Weber Academy, Mrs. Stephens took classes from Ida Agren Shurtliff, the daughter of the institution’s founder, and studied sewing and cooking. She married a classmate, Otto Stephens, in 1915 and the two eventually moved to Afton, Wyo., where they lived for 45 years. After her husband died, Mrs. Stephens moved to an Ogden retirement apartment complex one block from the former Weber Academy campus. = Mrs. Stephens said hip replacement surgery she had last year makes motorcycle riding a bit difficult, but not impossible. “They have to help me on and off,” she said. “I’m not as limber as I used to be.” = What really bothers her, she said, is that other tenants in her retirement home don’t believe she rides. “They think I’m crazy,” Mrs. Stephens said. “They think I’m making it up.” ® 33