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TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican
Party patriarch Alf Landon, cele
brating his 97th birthday Sunday
with greeting from President Rea
gan in a telephone call, told Reagan
he stands little chance of losing his
re-election bid this fall.
Landon, who marked his birthday
with a lawn party thrown by Kansas
Republicans at his Southern-style
mansion, was noticeably excited and
high-spirited after receiving Rea
gan’s brief call from Camp David.
Sitting in his memento-stocked
living room, the former Kansas gov
ernor and presidential contender
told Reagan he is one of the most
popular presidents in history.
“In all my 97 years I don’t know of
a president who has occupied such a
strong, stout-hearted position of
leadership that you do,” said
Landon, lucid and articulate despite
his years and a hearing problem.
Reagan was full of good words for
Landon, calling him an inspiration
and jokingly saying Landon’s age
was an incentive for himself.
“I’ve been celebrating my 39th
birthday now for about 34 years and
you’ve been celebrating yours about
24 years longer,” Reagan said.
Landon made a valiant recovery
from broken hip surgery last ye^r,
progressing enough to cast aside his
steel walker and rely only on a cane
or the arm of an aide most of the
time. He tries to take daily, half-
hour walks around his estate.
Landon is probably best remem
bered for his crushing defeat in the
1936, presidential race at the hands
of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He failed
even to carry his home state. He was
governor of Kansas from 1932 to
1936 but never ran again for public
office after his presidential bid.
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Sept. 10, at noon on the Community
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music is inspired by Los Angeles folk
rock groups as well as Appalachian
bluegrass singers.
The Community Center invites
the public to the free show. You are
welcome to bring a sack lunch and a
lawn chair or blanket.
By MARY ANGELA LEBLANC
Reporter
An estimated 540 people are ex
pected to attend the 4-H Octoberfest
camping program for senior citizens
this year, said Marshall Crouch, a 4-
H specialist with the Texas Agricul
tural Extension Service at Texas
A&M.
“This is the fifth season for these
camps, and participation has been
truly outstanding,” Crouch said.
The program began after the
Center discovered additional uses
for the Texas 4-H Center at Lake
Brownwood. Its traditional use is for
childrens’ camps, Crouch said.
“Kids have so much fun at camp, I
bet senior citizens would too if the
had a place to go,” Crouch said.
Crouch said extension specialists
participate in some of the programs.
Scheduled programs include: horti
culture, wardrobe 'planning, oil
painting, chair caning, needlepoint
and chime making. Nature hikes
and boat rides also are available.
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Participants also can enjoy activ
ities taught by senior citizens who
have attended previous camps,
Crouch said.
“Most of the learning is generated
out of the group,” Crouch said.
Special events also are planned
for meal-times.
“This year’s program is centered
around dinner on a cruise ship,”
Crouch said. “The participants will
dress up for dinner as if they are on
a cruise ship and even get a chance
to eat at the captain’s table. A casino
room is set up at the facilities.”
The program has five different
sessions in October, each lasting
about a week.
Crouch said 30 to 40 percent of
the senior citizens return for the
other sessions.
“We’ve had a lot of response from
word-of-mouth,” Crouch said.
Participants in the programs are
between 55 years old and 90. Crouch
said the senior citizens are free to do
what they want at their own pace.
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Here's what the critics say!
The Black Light Theatre
of Prague
September 18, 1984
"A totally gorgeous evening of beauty, colour, magic and music."
THE IRISH TIMES
The
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt Conducting
October 18, 1984
• • music-making to keep everyone on the seat's edge.”
THE LONDON TIMES
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Western Opera Theater
La Cenerentola" (Cinderella)
October 29, 1984
. .excellent — professional and pure, secure and sparkling."
SACRAMENTO BEE
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman
Playing and Conducting
January 24, 1985
"If there xvas ever a case of love at first sound, this is it."
NEWSWEEK
Emanuel Ax
Pianist
February 25, 1985
.. a pianist with spectacular fingers and a distinct poetic gift."
NEW YORK TIMES
The King's Singers
March 19, 1985
. enormous popularity in what might have been
considered an esoteric field.
BBC
The Houston Ballet
"Mixed Repertoire"
April 10, 1985
.a credit to America.. .even a credit to Texas!'
NEW YORK POST