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Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Friday, July 29, 1994 HOW TO REACH US If you have a question or new tip concerning the features section, call Life editor Jon Walker at 331-2333 or Venture editor Bob Keyes at 331-2317 Mffe crank that sucker way up and drive by the lake. That's what summer music is all about." Fountain's favorite summer songs date to 1974, the year she graduated from high school. Billboard magazine says the top song that July was "Sundown" by Gordon Lightfoot. But Fountain prefers "Taking Care of Business" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive. lan Jackson is wrong.

There is a 7q cure for the summertime blues. A A It's called good music. "In the summer, the louder the better," says McKennan Hospital employee Terry Fountain, who loves to channel surf on her car radio. "You can't have anything smooth and mellow. You've got to roll down the windows, By BOB KEYES 'Cathy's Everly Brothers 1960 'Quarter to Gary U.S.

Bonds 1961 'I Can't Stop Loving Ray Charles 1962 Kyu Sakamoto 1963 'I Get Beach Boys 1SS4 'Mr. Tambourine the Byrds 1965 'Strangers in the Frank Sinatra 1966 the Association 1 967 'Grazing in the Hugh Masekela 1 968 'Love Theme from Romeo and Henry Mancini and Orchestra 1969 The Love You Jackson Five 1970 'It's Too Late'-'l Feel the Earth Carole King 1971 'Song Sung Blue Neil Diamond 1972 'Give Me Love, Give Me Peace on George Harrison 1973 Gordon Lightfoot 1974 'Love i Keeo Us Captain and Tennille 1975 'Afternoon NOW, yr Starland Vocal Band 1976 'Gonna theme from 'Rocky," Bill Conti 1977 'Shadow Andy Gibb 1978 'Ring My Anita Ward 1979 'Coming Up, Live at Georgii Paul McCartney 1980 Suaar Suqar No Reply I'll Be Back Drive Other top hits from that schmaltzy summer: "Billy Don't Be a Hero" by Bo Donaldson the Heywoods, "Seasons In the Sun" by Terry Jacks and "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas. And don't forget "The Streak" by Ray Stevens. When the history books are written for this year, what will emerge as the summer's big winner? Billboard says the top summer song so far is "I Swear" by AU-4-One, a tune that's had limited exposure in Sioux Falls, primarily on KELO stations. Reid Holsen, KELO-FM's program director, doesn't have a personal favorite from this year.

At least not yet. "I've been so busy, nothing's burned in," he says. "But a summer song is made by the experiences you have when you hear those songs. If it's an important time in your life, whether you're young or old, you identify with that song whenever you hear it." Randy Dickman, a waiter at Minerva's 26th Street Market Cafe, identifies with "The Boys of Summer," a song that Don Henley won a Grammy with in 1985. "I'll tell you what, it brings back memories of some fun summers when I was a kid, running around Mina Lake up near Aberdeen." For Linda Krumbach, a Nettleton Junior College receptionist, she'll remember the summer of '94 for one song: "River of Dreams" by Billy Joel.

"It just seems to fit with the summer. When you're sitting at work, it sets you near the river with a cool summer breeze," she says. "With the way society is today, you have to have those summer dreams." My Car Do You Want to Know a Secret We Can Work It Out -1 Should Have Known Better Nowhere Man You're Going to Lose That Stars on 45 1981 'Don't You Want The Human Leaque 1982 a fr'(r Feeling Irene Cara 1983 The Duran Duran 1984 Bryan Adams 1985 'On My Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald 1986 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Who Loves Whitney Houston 1987 'Dirty Michael Jacksoil38 'Baby Don't Forget My Number Milli ANN GRAUVOGL Summer shows give us hope season lives I know I'm not the only one wondering just exactly where July went. It's as if we got the Prairie Repertory plays open in Brookings, and now it's time to start looking for fall shows. Take heart: The summer theater season isn't over yet.

This weekend, "Opal's Million Dollar Duck" opens at The Barn Theatre, just south of Sioux Falls. Next weekend, "The Cardigans" brings the late '50s guy group sound to the Sioux Falls Community Playhouse. Theaters though don't have the luxury of wallowing in the joy of late summer weather though. They're getting ready for auditions to get the first fall shows on stage. Director Ron Ziegler will be looking for one older woman, two women and two men age 35 to 45 and two teen-age boys for "Lost in Younkers." Carl Iba Auditions are at 7 p.m.

Aug. 8 and 9 at the Sioux Falls Community Playhouse. The play opens Sept. 16, a week earlier than normal. Playwright Neil Simon won a Pulitzer Prize for the show.

In Worthing, director Dan Miller needs five men and four women for "No Sex Please, We're British." Auditions are at 7 p.m. Aug. 8 and 9 at the Olde Towne Theatre in Worthing. The farce opens Sept. 23.

Miller, now director-in-resi-dence at the theater, also directs "Move Over, Mrs. Markham" and a 1995 summer show. Dee Korthals will be back to direct "1940s Radio Hour" for the holiday season and "Wally's Cafe." The South Dakota Symphony also is lining up players for the fall season. Carl Iba has accepted the position of concert master. He replaces Teresa Ling, who moved to Las Vegas.

Iba begins his third season with the symphony. He has been principal second violinist. The group has advertised to fill the second violinist and cellist positions. Auditions are in late August. It doesn't seem like it's time, but the Sioux Falls Municipal Band already is getting ready for its last summer concert.

Master Sergeant Scott Shelsta, a Hayti native, returns to join the band for the Aug. 7 concerts. The band plays at 3 p.m. at McKennan Park and 8 p.m. at Terrace Park.

Shelsta is an Augustana College grad who joined the U.S. Army Band in 1974. This Sunday, the band plays at 3 p.m. at Frank Olson Park and at 8 p.m. at Terrace Park.

Ann Grauvogl is a staff writer. Write to her at the Argus Leader, P.O. Box 5034, Sioux Falls, S.D. 57117-5034. -I I 11 1 1 WW I mm (SS3B Unda SmithArgus Leader Vanilli 1989 'Step By the Block 1990 'Rush Rush Paula Abdul 1991 'Baby Got Back Sir Mix-A-Lot 1992 'That's the Way Love Goes Janet Jackson 1993 'I Swear AII-4-One 1994 Medley: 'Into Venus Stsp Nov Kids on ON PAGE 4B: Finding solutions to keeping cool can be as easy as installing a ceiling fan.

Pumpkins set around August 1 so don't get impatient. Falls. Crews seeded areas near the Louise Avenue interchange on 1-229 last week; the Western Avenue interchange will also be planted with wildflowers. Those plots will also include the familiar purple upright prairie cone flowers. When the new Convention Center is complete near the Arena, the city plans to plant wildflowers and prairie grass in that landscape too.

They're more attractive and easier to maintain, says planning director Steve Metli. "We are a prairie city. We want prairie flowers." The federal government gave the first push for states to include wildflowers along roadways, Holzwarth says. They're a way to make the roadsides look better. fill Wildflowers colorful bonus on interstate ride yv 1 -3 Iowa and Minnesota have wildflower projects.

"North Carolina spends more on wildflowers than South Dakota does in snow." In South Dakota, the wildflowers are mixed with grasses. They're planted in areas that won't need to be mowed and won't be killed by the herbicides farmers use to control weeds in their crops. South Dakota did not buy special equipment to scatter the wildflower seed. "It's kind of the survival of the fittest thing," Holzwarth says. "We think we have a reasonable way of accomplishing this thing." Although the flowers have been blooming at Benson Road for several weeks, Holzwarth said he only got his first call this week.

The caller was excited about the flowers and wanted to plant some on her property, he says. "She said, 'You know those flowers are the talk of the Mike Roemer Argus Leader Orange and yellow blanket flowers and white daisies bloom in the ditches at the Benson Road interchange on 1-229. They are part of a state Department of Transportation program. By ANN GRAUVOGL Argus Leader Staff Like an oasis in the desert, a new crop of wildflowers waves to travelers along Interstate-229 at the Benson Road exit. Black-eyed Susans and batches of Blanket Flowers "gaillardia" color the ditches and slopes along the exit ramp in brilliant shades of yellows, reds and oranges.

Wait until next year, you'll find purple Dame's Rocket blooming in the spring. White Shasta daisies begin blooming in midsummer and flax spreads a hint of blue along the roadsides. The project is a first for the Department of Transportation on the eastern side of South Dakota, says Harvey Holzwarth, roadside development engineer. The department has been seeding wildflowers along road projects in the Black Hills for the last decade. The Benson Road flower patch is only the first planned in Sioux PEOPLE TALK the Silver Bullet Band backing up Bob Seger for this performance: The rocker was doing his civic duty as foreman of a federal jury.

The defendant, developer Louis C. Rossman, was sentenced to 4i2 years in prison Wednesday after being convicted of bank fraud in December. GILL AGAIN: This is turning into a regular gig for Vince Gill, who will be host of the Country Music Association awards show a third straight year. The show will be on broadcast Oct. 5 on CBS from the Grand Ole Opry House.

TOP POP, COUNTRY HITS Simon teams with Snow for charity gig night Elton John 5. Any Time, Any Place-And On and On Janet Jackson 6. Don't Turn Around Ace of Base 7. Regulate Warren G. and ilea From wire services Paul Simon reunites with old friend Phoebe Snow for his fifth annual concert to benefit chari ties in eastern Long Island, where he spends his summers.

Jimmy Buffett also is among those booked for Monday's "Back at the Ranch" concert. The four fy Paul Simon BIRTHDAYS Sen. Nancy Kasse-baum, is 62. Actor Robert Fuller is 60. American Red Cross president Elizabeth H.

Dole is 58. ABC News anchorman Peter Jennings is 56. Marilyn Tucker Quayle, wife of former Vice President Dan Quayle, is 45. Documentary maker Ken Burns is TOMORROW "Promise Keepers '94" is an event established to foster andsupport men of integrity. Read about one pastor's view of the event.

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Thinkin' Problem David Ball 6. Dreaming With My Eyes Open Clay Walker 7. Renegades, Rebels and Rogues Tracy Lawrence Pop singles 1 Stay (I Missed You) Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories 2. 1 Swear AII-4-One 3. Fantastic Voyage Coolio 4.

Can You Feel the Love To- Nate Dogg 8. Wild Night John Mellen-camp and Me'Shell Ndegeocello Albums 1. "The Lion King" Soundtrack Disney 2. The Sign Ace of Base 3. "Forrest Gump" Soundtrack Epic 4.

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