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Jeff Dunham, a junior radio-television major at Baylor University, has won the top prize in the All-American Collegiate Talent Search national finals. The competition was held March 2b at New Mexico State University in N.M. Dunham, a ventriloquist from Richardson, and his Archie F.verett, earned by winning first place. The Baylor Student Union, which sponsored Dunham in the competition, will also receive S.l.(XX). More than 2(X) performers from throughout the United States competed in the 1983 Talent Search.

Two of the seven finalists and the first alternate were from Texas, and two of the finalists were from Waco. The other Waco entry was Ruthie Foster, a student at McLennan Community College. Dunham was first alternate in the 1982 national competition and won a VS(X) scholarship from the William Morris agency. Dunham has performed for 14 years and has appeared in six states, as well as England and Canada. He has appeared on local and national Magazine segments, Morning, America" and BS Evening News." He has also been a guest on several Dallas-Fort Worth area radio and television In I97.S, at age 12.

he was judged the Best Junior Ventriloquist at the national convention. In 1978 and 1974, he won the title of Best Senior Ventriloquist at the convention. He has performed at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington and Astroworld in Houston. He also has Out Loud Edd Fadal Citizen Newspapers Sports Editor JEFF AND appeared at Catch A Rising Star, a talent showcase in New York City, and The Improv in Los Angeles. Calif.

He has been a lecturer, judge and performer at ventriloquists conventions and is a columnist for a trade magazine. Dunham has also recorded several radio and television commercials. He is employed as the morning disc jockey at KW I X-FM radio in Waco. Back in eariv lanuarv, North arolina State had climbed into the Top Twenty because of its impressive December showings. I hen the super long-shooting guard, Derek Wittenberg, was injured.

The Wolfpack started losing, tumbled out of the Top Twenty, out of thought and respect for all of the sports writers, announcers and other experts. Wrong, Buster. One writer at that time still thought North Carolina State belonged in the 23 teams he would list to make the final eight. The man who thought was own Dub King, and he listed North arolina State as one of the powers in the F'ast who might make the final eight. We are reprinting a portion of what Dub predicted when he did a guest column for OUT LOUD, which appeared on January 14th, 1983: On the National Scene, we predict the final eight will come from these 23, keeping in mind I have no earthly idea here in early January who the at-large teams will be, what the pairings will be, of what team or teams will suffer injuries to keep performers: Here are the 23; Virginia, North Carolina.

St. Johns, Syracuse, Villanova. Georgetown and North Carolina State in the East. Indiana, Iowa. Louisville, Memphis State, Kentucky.

Auburn, Tennessee, Houston, Arkansas, Marquette, Minnesota, Missouri and Oklahoma in the mid-west, southeast and southwest. UCLA. Oregon State and Nevada Las Vegas. So had seven of the final eight, failing only on Georgia. For the uninitiated.

Duh King is own en trepreneur for prognastication. Gerry Smith Memorial Award READ THE CITIZEN IT A true friend to young one of the many fine characteristics that both Gerry Smith and Phil George shared. Gerry Smith was a tireless worker for the young athletes of Waco. He was always giving his time, financial resources and especially his die-hard fan support to nearly every youth sports program. He coached, bought equipment and went to bat for youngsters in trouble.

Minority athletes particularly benefited from Gerry's concern that they had an opportunity to participate and excel in sports. It was his initiative that propelled the Texas Basketball Coaches Clinic Enjoy An Evening of Nostalgia See Waco History Relived at The COTTON PALACE PAGEANT FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1983 8:00 P.M. WACO HALL Please send me tickets for the COT! ON PALACE PAGEANT and RECEPTION. I enclose a stamped self addressed envelope and a check for SL $8 Main Floor $7 Main Floor (Sides Balcony Rows 1 2 Remainder 1st Balcony 2nd Balcony Name Address Zip Mail to: Mrs. James Hicks 8941 Raven Waco, Texas 76710 (817)772-7325 Free Education for the Handicapped CHILD FIND 'if 1 A Vf -A-, 'S! i lfW'tt i i i ifii Ai- from a struggling handful to the outstanding clinic in the entire Southwest, attracting such speakers as John Wooden, Al McGuire and Joe Hall all NC AA Champion coaches.

A champion in his own right. Gerry Smith was killed in an auto accident in 1977. Six years ago, the Texas Association of Basketball coaches and the Waco Chamber of Commerce initiated an award for outstanding service to Junior college athletics by honoring Tyler Junior Flovd Wagstaff In 1977 this honor was designated the Gerry Smith Memorial Award. Award. Phil George attended public schools in Austin and later received his B.S.

and M.Fd. degrees from the IJ. of Texas where he played basketball. For the next 20 years, he served as head basketball coach ol the same institution whose name changed from San Angelo Jr. College to Angelo State University.

He achieved some 514 wins during that time, but his junior college record was most notable. His junior college teams won 328 while losing only 120. He won 9 Conference pionships, 5 Regional Championships and the National Jr. College Championship earning Jr. College and Sr.

College Coach of the Year Honors 1 1 times. During his coaching career, he also coached golf. track, basketball and football. Since he has also served as Athletic Director at State he is very active in his community serving on five different boards while serving as Chairman of the Congregation of the Calvary Lutheran Church. He and his wile have 3 married children Jennifer, Judv and Mike.

IIFRF AND THERE The lexas onghorns come to Ferrell Field this after- mxm and Saturday for their annual baseball series with the Baylor Bears If the Bears reflect no drastic improvement from last debacle with the Rice Ow'ls. it will be more of worse. Unfortunately, coach Mickey Sullivan doesn't have the talent this year he had hoped for and baseball skills have not developed as swiftly as he would have liked. Nevertheless, a large crowd is expected to be on hand when the Longhorns come to town. annual games with the Horns and the Aggies always bnngs the students out en masse as rather taunt and rattle players from two schools than any other SWC teams.

Win or lose, Baylor partisans look forward to the goings on in this series. athletic director and head basketball coach, Ken DeWeese is a strong contender for the vacancy at North Texas State. Tommy Newman, former Baylor assistant and presently head coach at Texas Wesleyan is also a candidate for the position left open when veteran coach Bill Blakeley was fired at the end of the season. North Texas would be extremely fortunate to sign either one of these most capable coaches Both are young, energetic and love the challenge of recruiting, which is the name of the game There are many capable coaches looking for jobs but the ones who mind living out of a suitcase the year round, ton the road are the ones who succeed. The day for the to coaching is now a thing of the past.

final reminder for havkethall enthusiasts to attend the All Star high school and junior college games Friday and Saturday at The Highlands on the MCC campus. No finer basketball is played on any level anywhere Fans will be able to see the future maior college stars in action right here in our own backyard. Fever' April 77-76 Hay Fever described as an 'all-out. last-paced, madcap will be presented April 11-16 by the Baylor Theater at V) p.m. each day in The J.F.

and I I Theatre the Hooper-Schaeler Fine Arts Center at Bavlor I niversity. Fhe comedy is directed by Deborah Mogford and is a repnxluction of the work written by famed playwright Noel Coward in the N.Vk. The production is geared for people who like to laugh, Ms Its a terrific I compare it to the Cary Grant-Kathenne Hepburn comedies they made 40 years Ms. Mogford said. a lot that happens in two-dav time Ms Mogford said "Fverv person in the cast has some funny lines, and the laughs come at a very rapid pace JaNelle Apperson of Waco portrays Judith BJivs Tickets for Fever are VI For more information contact the Bavlor Theater box office at 75S- Call COLLECT C8171756-3232 i I as ti 1 0 I Weyerhaeuser Truckload paneling sale.

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