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Show NORTH COUNTY NEWSPAPERS Thursday, March 13, 2008 Page 14 Manning the destroyers radio ! veteran a radio technician on the de stroyer James C. Owens, named after a torpedo bomber pilot wio was a casualty in the battle of Midway. Editor's note: This is the sec- how to put it back together. ond in a series about Chris Just then, a brand-new ensign Wanlass of Alpine. This week out of Annapolis came aboard Wanlass becins his work as and wamea in on me. i was TZ3 rom Treasure Island, I went to San Pedro, i where destroyers were being commissioned, commis-sioned, but the ship wasn't ready to be .launched when we arrived. -The wife of Owens was present pres-ent when it was commissioned. commis-sioned. We first went on a shakedown shake-down cruise, and when we returned re-turned to port, the ship had to be cut in half right down the middle and an expansion joint installed, so the ship would not break in high seas. When the ship was finally launched, we headed for Honolulu. We once fired a practice Z. torpedo, but unknown to us, a blimp had st art ed to fly -over. Suddenly, we saw a '.tremendous explosion. The 3)limp, whose duty it was to - hunt for submarines, had lost a depth charge, which had followed the torpedo. The captain cap-tain turned white and gave us -"flank speed." He thought for sure our ship had been sunk. You never know what's going to happen to you. We were also practicing practic-ing gunnery by shooting at sleeves towed by airplanes. Believe it not, our gunners got off the sleeve and targeted the airplane itself. I had worked on the radar, telling the cap- so tired I could hardly see straight. He started moving some of the parts around. So I said to him, in a nasty way (but using no swear the Navy was that you could words), "You stupid idiot, do not touch or change any of the you know how I will ever be tain I could improve its perfor mance. But the absolute rule in the parts in line, so I'd know equipment. The captain said to me, "Hell, Chris, this is war. If you can change something, do it." We now set all sorts of gunnery gun-nery records. I expanded a band on the oscilloscope so we could gauge exactly where the second sec-ond firing should go. I could tell exactly how many feet of yards from where the first salvo exploded compared to the target sleeve. And our guns were accurate. But someone had got off the sleeve and onto the plane, and we could see that on our radar. Had we fired a second salvo at this tow plane, he'd have been shot down. Even though we were supposed to have radio silence, a voice from the tow plane came over the radio and said, "Radio silence, whatever that is, you SOB's, I'm pulling this sleeve, not pushing it." Later on, I made a few more changes to the radio that I wasn't supposed to. The captain and I got to be pretty good friends he liked me. I worked my tail off. One time the radar had a problem. I'd been working work-ing on it for two days, and I didn't have the book on this particular model. I'd set all able to get this thing back to gether?" "I'm an officer!" he said to me. "I know you are," I replied, "and not the smartest one I've ever seen, either." He put me on report, and there was going to be a captain's cap-tain's mast the Navy equivalent equiva-lent of a court martial. The captain invited me and the ensign to his quarters. He said to the ensign, "This is Chris Wanlass. Him, I really need. We can't get along without with-out him. But you, I don't need at all, and I suggest you either drop this whole thing or I'm going to transfer your a out of here." That was the end of that. Then the captain put a sign on the transmitter room, where I slept on a cot, because things would be going on at all times of the night. The sign said that nobody could wake me without the permission of the captain. Of course that went over with the officers like the proverbial lead balloon. bal-loon. But the sign worked. Next week: Destroyers sailedat the perimeter of a fleet, especially to protect critical carriers. They were the first to see the kamikaze attacks. Camp Floyd State Park hosts geocache NORTH COUNTY STAFF Camp Floyd State Park is hosting a geocache treasure hunt in locating various sites within in the park of various historical interests. The event will be March 22 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors who complete the treasure hunt will be awarded award-ed a Utah State Parks Postcard Booklet, while supplies last. Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunt using a global positioning satellite (GPS) unit. Participants are encouraged encour-aged to bring their own GPS units. However, a GPS unit with instructions will be available avail-able if needed. Park staff will be on hand to assist with the GPS coordinates. coor-dinates. Participants will be given the coordinates to the first cache and each subsequent subse-quent cache will provide the next coordinates. The geocache treasure hunt is included with paid admission admis-sion of $2 per person, or $6 per family. Hamburgers, chips, hot dogs, and drinks will be available for purchase between 1 1 a.m. and 2 p.m. with proceeds supporting the programs and activities of Utah State Parks. Camp Floyd was established in 1858 to quell a Mormon rebellion, which never took place. Soldiers were stationed here until they were recalled to the Civil War in 1861. Today, the park and museum tells the story of this historic event. "Option A: Tax Audit. Option B: Home Energy Audit. In case you can't decide, may I suggest B. ?7 ltusshowvou V how to save money V aim energy. Schedule a home-energy home-energy audit today. For a paltry $25 a Questar Cas technician will visit your home, conduct an energy audit and give you free energy-efficient items for your home. 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Doug Brenchley, a retired LDS institute instructor, will be the guest speaker. Brenchley currently directs the MTC Missionary Mis-sionary Choir. The Chauntenettes are directed di-rected by Margaret Barfuss with Marilyn Cowley as assistant assis-tant directory. Accompanist is Brenda Smith. The chorus will perform in San Diego, Calif., in June. Mtn. View High School Drama Department to present plays "The Nerd" and "The Glass Menagerie" The Mountain View High School drama department, de-partment, under the direction of Nathan Criman (recipient of the Utah Theatre Teacher of the Year award), will present Larry Shue's "The Nerd" and Tennessee Williams's "The Glass Menagerie" Today, Friday, Fri-day, Saturday and Monday at Mountain View High School. The Glass Menagerie will be performed Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 3 p.m. The Nerd will be performed Today, Saturday Sat-urday and Monday at 7 p.m. General admission tickets are $5, $20 for a family pass. To purchase tickets or for more information, contact the school at 227-2400. Center Stage Youth Productions "The Wizard of Oz" The Center Stage Youth Performers Perform-ers will perform "The Wizard of Oz" as its spring musical on April 22, 23, and 24 at 7 p.m. and April 25 at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at UVSC's Ragan Theater in the student center. Tickets are $(i and can be purchased at the door or online at the Center Stage Web site at www.plgrove.orgstage. Center Stage Youth IVr-formers IVr-formers is a youth theatre program of Pleasant Grove City. The cast of ulnnit 70 I Unit Valley youths, ages 7 through 18, are led by Director I m I Sanders and a staff of teat hci s who provide instruction in lu ting, t-ing, singing and dancing. I or questions, contact Sanders at 221-7701. SCERA Amelia Bedelia Amelia Bodelia's life of mistakes, messes and misunderstandings will iH'come a stage production when SC'KKA's Theatre for Youth Audiences presents the play now through March 2! at the SCF.RA Center for the Arts in Orem. While its morning matinees for elementary school field trips are essentially sold out, there are public shows Mondays and Fridays at 7:30 p.m. with a Saturday matinee on March 15 at 2 p.m. Reserved-sent tickets are $(i for adults, $4 for children (age 3-11), seniors (05) and students (with ID). Tickets are available from 10 a.m. to 0 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays from ncxMi to 6 p.m. at the SCF.RA Center, 745 S. State, Orem, by calling (801) 225-ARTS, online at www.scera.org or at the door 30 minutes prior to the show. Celtic-Fusion Band Stonecircle in concert March 19 Stonecircle, Stonecir-cle, a five-piece Celtic-fusion band based out of Salt Lake City, will offer a musical experience expe-rience that has been described as both ethereal and beautifully uplifting when it performs at the SCERA Center for the Arts March 19. The concert, part of SCERA's Wednesday Night Live series, will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the SCERA Center, 745 S. State St., Orem. General admission tickets are $5 for ages 3 and older and are available avail-able 10 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays from noon to 6 i.m. at SCT.UA Center, by call- ntf(HOI)22!VAUTS. online at www.Ncrrn.org or tit the door ,10 minutes prior to the show. The musicians have created 11 unique nouihI with a fusion of ju, classical niul original material ma-terial tied lo traditional Celtic nmslc. Their music can be found IIiiimikIi their critically-m critically-m t liiliiinl ( I s: "Serendipity," "Alchemy." "In Concert," "Winter Sky" and "Asterisk mul I )ni',iillles." Nny St IK A IVesident X ti t) Admit ,1. Robertson, "Slonei In lo Ims played in major venues mid nt major leslivuW lliioiinhout the United Sliiles, no we're lucky to have this professional group based here In our Mule. We thought their unit iie brand of Celtic music would lo 11 perfect celebration cel-ebration for Si. I'nli ii k's Day." Hale Center Theater Orem "She Loves Me" Hale Center Theater Orem presents the romantic musical comedy, "She hives Me," which will run now through April 5. Performances are scheduled nightly, except Sundays. Evening Eve-ning performances begin at 7:30 p.m. Matinees are scheduled sched-uled each Saturday at 3:30 p.m. beginning March 15. (The theater the-ater will be closed Feb. 19, 20, 20 and 27.) Ticket prices are $13.50-$17.50 $13.50-$17.50 depending on night and seating location. Tickets may be purchased by calling the box office at (801) 226-8600. 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