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Show Thursday, September 7, 2006 OREM TIMES Library display veterans 4, f Hon of reuders a very fine " exhibit in the BYU library: "Remembering World War II, Pearl Harbor & Beyond." (Sgt. Renstrom's full-dress Marine uniform is part of the exhibit.) Historians generally concede con-cede that World War II was the most significant event of the 201 h century. Some Hi million Americans served in the military. Aixxit .'$00,000 military er-sonnel er-sonnel gave their lives, as did atxHit 100,000 civilians (many of them members of the Merchant Mer-chant Marine, which suffered disproportionate casualties) Another 700,000 soldiers were wounded. Atxiut ,'i 8 million veterans of WW II are still alive, but they are dying at a rate of about 1,500 a day. Many newspaMTs (including our own valley's Daily Herald) placi- a Hag to the side of all obituaries of men and women who hav served in the military. mili-tary. Also, trans( ribed oral histories his-tories of several north Utah Valley vetei ans and those who served in the Merchant Marine are available on line: go to ( )rem org, then to "Arts and hntertainment " You'll find there the bios, as well as a description of ()rem City's Veterans Oral History Iroj-ec1 Iroj-ec1 The exhibit in the Harold B. Ijee Library is worth a visit of an hour or two. It includes a uniform from the three major branches of the service (U.S. Navy, Marine Grps and Army), as well as a nurse's uniform. (Incidentally, few women, except nurses, were allowed to serve overseas.) You'll see a variety of artifacts and memorabilia: flags (Cierman, Japanese and American), certificates, photographs, books, medals, diaries (some veterans kept diaries, though the practice was generally forbidden), letters, propaganda, posters, publications of various kinds, comics and even evidence of kindnesses on the part of the "enemy" Some items will be of special spe-cial interest to Latter-day SainLs: the military scriptures scrip-tures given to each LDS who served (toward the end of the war, LDS servicemen and women were allowed to have "IDS" stamped on their dog tags, rather than the former "V for Protestant), as well WANTED WATER, WELL RIGHTS & IRRIGATION. Call Ross at 642-0119 ENTERTAINMENT zehny ecgees and the oak eidge boys Wednesday, Sep! 13 7:30 pm $28 in advance SMASHMOUTH Thuisday, Sep! M 7:30 pm $24 m advance MIRANDA LAMBERT with special guesl J ASCII ALEEAN Friday, Sept. lb 7;30pm $19 in advance Gel you: tickets at all SmithsTut outlets, online art www.smithstix.com, call 1 800 88B T1XX. or visit www.uiaistateiau.com. ! RAVEII-SYMONE with Bpecial guest L.H.'' Friday, Sept. 8 7:30 pm KUTLESS mi ith special guest nSOTIX Saturday. Sept. 9 7:30 pm I ' 1 j COUNTRY GOLD - Hfe. TDUR 2006 Leroy Van Dyke. Rex Allen. Jr.. T. Graham Brown. Helen Cornelius, and Bobby Bare Sunday, Sept. 10 503 pm 0SH GEACIN i Monday. Sept. 11 730 KANSAS V Tuesday, Sept. 12 7:30 pm far details visit www.utahstatefatt.ooDD or call (801)538 FAIB (3247) Editor's note. We interrupt Gunnery Sgt, Renstrum's story to bring to the utten- as a collection of publications done especially for servicemen service-men and women. Some LDS servicemen in Italy actually constructed a small chapel the "Sardinia Chapel" (photographs and a replica are pari of the display). Two improvised sacrament trays are also on display. Two displays memorialize the Bataan Death March and the Holocaust. One display focuses on BYU nursing faculty member Patricia Rushton, who has collected the stories and records re-cords of a number of nurses who have served in the military. mili-tary. It 's called the "Nurses at War Project." Brief biographies of several sev-eral veterans are featured, including Boyd K. Packer, who piloted B-24's; and A. Theodore Tuttle, who served in the Army. Across the foyer from the exhibit is a "home front" display: furniture, a vintage console radio and typewriter, an old record player, and one of the "star" displays that families posted in their windows, win-dows, to indicate that a son or daughter was serving in the military (a gold star signaled a casualty). You'll also see a sample of a ration rxx)k and stamps. Thousands of veterans survived sur-vived prisoner of war camps (and many didn't, especially those who were incarcerated by the Japanese), and a panel honors those. Although the Saints at War archives focuses on Latter-day Saint veterans, the archive welcomes stories and memorabilia from members of all faiths. The archive is a partner with the Veterans History Project, Library of Congress, Washington D.C. The exhibit is in the Special Collections area of the library the bottom floor, down from the atrium entrance. Guest parking is readily available avail-able north of the Museum of Art. As you come on to campus, cam-pus, signs will direct you to the guest parking area. Next week: We pick up Sgt. Renstrom's story. FREE SHOWS WITH PAIS FAIB GATE ADMISSION: Reserved seating ticket required. Distributed at the Grandstand ticket office beginning at noon trie day oi the show. Limit 6 tickets pei poison. I h0 pm PoiceBeat I SELECTED INCIDENTS SEXUAL ABUSE SUSPECT ARRESTED - Detectives arrested 22-year-old Matthew R. Cartner of Orem on Aug. 30 and booked him into the Utah County Jail on charges of sexual abuse of a child and sodomy of a child, both first-degree felonies. The victim, said Lt. Doug Edwards, is a 13-year-old Orem girl who met Cartner some months ago at Classic Skating. Cartner came to Utah from New York, said Lt Doug Edwards. He started hanging out at Classic Skating in Orem and befriended the young victim. He eventually started coaxing her to leave her home late at night to meet with him. "We know he has been keeping keep-ing company with other young girls but don't know if there are other victims," Edwards said. Anyone with information about other possible victims should contact Sgt. John McCombs at 229-7149. ASSAULT - Two Hispanic brothers from Orem, ages 22 and 27, were at Walkers Convenience Store, 220 N. State Street about 10 p.m. when a black Ford Mustang carrying four adult SCERA Musical "Superman" to open Sept. 15 The SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem will open its Encore Season with the '60s comedy musical spoof: "It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman," Super-man," Sept. 15-Oct. 2. With an evil mad scientist who wants to control the universe, a conniving girl who wants to steal Superman from Lois Lane and a reporter whose mission is to uncover the identity of the Man of Steel, the show has over-the-top characters and funny dialogue. dia-logue. And with the campy kitsch that made the television show "Batman" a cult hit of the '60s including a song called "Pow, Bam, Zonk!" it becomes be-comes a colorful comic book sprung to life. "This show is silly, silly, silly," says Mindy Young, director and choreographer. "I'm excited to introduce this fun show to Utah audiences. It's not like the movie nor does it have the seriousness of the TV show 'SmaDville. 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Hispanic males, all gang members, mem-bers, drove past them in the parking lot and starting throwing up gang signs. The two victims reportedly had no interaction with the other car and left Walkers in their own vehicle. The gang members followed fol-lowed the two brothers until they stopped in the area of 200 S. 300 East. The gang members then piled out of the Mustang and hit the two men with bats and fists and feet and then fled the area. Officers and paramedics were summoned to the scene, but the two victims refused treatment from the paramedics, though it was clear to see that they had been beaten. Later, Officer Trent College spotted the black Mustang driving driv-ing through a neighborhood at 220 W. 100 South and made a traffic stop. College determined the occupants were involved in the assault and arrested 20-year-old Juan Hector Vazquez, of Orem; 24-year-old Christian Jose Lopez-Curiel, of Provo; 19-year-old Julio Chu, of Pleasant Grove; and 18-year-old Paplo Ozuna, of Orem. All four men were booked into team that composed 'Bye, Bye Birdie' and 'Annie.'" As part of the unexpected surprises in the musical, the script even incorporates Chinese acrobats. James Lo, who plays one of the Flying Fly-ing lings, is here all the way from Taiwan, studying for the next three years at Meridian School. He is an actual Chinese acrobat, studied Chinese folk dance for six years and was the champion of Chinese folk dance in Taipei county. Performances will run Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays at 7:30 p.m. with 2 p.m. Saturday matinees. All seats are reserved, and tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children (age 3-11), students (wID) and seniors (65). Tickets Tick-ets may be purchased online at www.scera.org, by calling 225-ARTS, from 10 a.m. -6p.m. weekdays and Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m. at the SCERA Center (745 S. State, Orem) or at the door 30 minutes prior to the show. Each Saturday at noon prior to the matinee performance, SCERA will present Superhero Adventure parties for kids. Superman and other heroes mm briefs Please send your resume to: bill. biackmoreftyirtgj.com; fax: 801 -395-851 0 or for immediate consideration call for an Interview at 801-725-3338. EOE-Drug Testing Required the Utah County jail on charges of aggravated assault. They are all believed to be affiliated with the Raza Jalisco Locos andor the Provo Vactos Locos gangs. They indicated they assaulted the two brothers because the brothers had given them the high sign with a middle finger and when they all got out of the car, one of the brothers had started the fight by pushing a gang member. WARRANT ARREST - Officers were summoned to a home in the area of 2000 North and 400 West on a civil problem Monday morning. The person who filed the complaint had a problem with a woman who showed up to collect rent from the complainant. Officers arrived and did some routine checking and found the collector, 36-year-old Shannon Marie Leeson, of Salt Lake City, was wanted on a $50,000 drug warrant out of Davis County as well as nationwide NCIC warrants war-rants out of Nevada and Oregon for drug-related charges and being a fugitive. Leeson was arrested by the officers and booked into the Utah County Jail. will make an appearance, and the event will include a theme lunch, photos with Superman and lots of games and activities. activi-ties. Tickets for the superhero parties are $12, and reservations reserva-tions must be made in advance. Set designer David Whitlock has created a stage where it looks as if Superman has crashed into the city of Metropolis, Me-tropolis, and chunks of sidewalk side-walk have been unearthed. Cole Adams is light designer and Lisa Giacoletto, costume designer, researched early '60s costumes to create bold, stylized styl-ized outfits. Jeremy Showgren is the music director and Danielle Dani-elle Berry is stage manager. Orem Heritage Museum celebrates cel-ebrates 'Museum Day' Museums Muse-ums across the state will have special programs and activities, activi-ties, as well as free or reduced admission, Saturday as part of Utah's "Celebrate Your Museum Mu-seum Day." . , The Orem Heritage Museum, Muse-um, located inside the SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem, 745 South State Street, will have a treasure hunt for kids, prizes, and volunteer guides available for tours and questions. ques-tions. The Orem Heritage Museum Mu-seum will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on "Celebrate Your Museum Day." Admission is free. The Orem Heritage Museum is a 30,000-piece collection that tells the history of the city of Orem through pioneer artifacts including a coal stove, butter churn, washing machine, popcorn pop-corn poppers, Victrola, clothing cloth-ing and more; World War I to Korean War displays featuring featur-ing uniforms, equipment and weapons; Indian petroglyphs and arrowheads; a blacksmith shop and agricultural displays; Early Orem schools, churches and railroad exhibits; Orem World War II prisoner of war camp display; Historic memo- mgriri tor September I Until tepfemoer 7, 200e Can PC M.naiySalaHay Mikity 7:00l:ISpm Seterm?) J:S0 t pm Sataraay Mariner 3:00 I SMS pm Garfield: fail Tw. m PC Mo4V'Sttoy N,gtit1y 7:00 pm Sntnraa Matinee 3:00 p Click PG-13 Ummr-SoMrfar NiaJtHy :t S pm Salafnay Melawe 5:00 pm r fl m -T3 Iff! .fW. n n rs rw n rm, MEXICAN GRILL GilMiCKAPiGAS , OUESADiLLAS I SUPER NACHCS jSsa n state street, orem 8 twinaTj Health show focuses on a MPMAH WUIIICII Women are invited to a morning of health information infor-mation and pampering at Intermountain Healthcare's Utah Valley Regional Medical Medi-cal Center in Provo Sept. 16, from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The conference features sneakers on a variety of health and wellness topics, as well as continental breakfast, break-fast, heart -healthy luncheon, health screenings, health information in-formation and gift bag, door prizes and more. Ann Cannon, author of fiction fic-tion for children and young adults and a Deseret Morning Morn-ing News columnist will open the conference by addressing the conference theme, Composing Com-posing Your Life. The afternoon keynote, "10-20 Extra Years of Life: The Choice is Yours," will be given by Steven G. Aldana, Ph.D., a national authority on healthy living and author of "The Culprit and the Cure." Registration is $25, with a $5 discount for early registration before Sept. 9. Seating is limited. Please call Intermountain University at 357-8735 to register or for more information. rabilia from Geneva Steel and SCERA; Miniature circus with hundreds of hand-carved pieces; Diorama of 1940's Orem with a working model railroad; and videos of early Orem settlers. set-tlers. Regular fallwinter hours for the Orem Heritage Museum are 3-7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Free tours may also be scheduled at other times by calling 225-ARTS or making a request online at www.scera. org. For more information, call SCERA at 225-ARTS. Valley Center Playhouse Possum City, USA Possum City, USA, a production by the Valley Center Playhouse, 780 N. 200 East, Lindon, can be seen on Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays at 7:30 p.m. The "LiJtibnerjiJSaisy May"-style musical will run through Sept. 25. Call 785-1186 for reservations. Nebo Philharmonic Orchestra Rehearsal to begin The Nebo Philharmonic Orchestra will begin regular Tuesday evening rehearsals for the upcoming 2006-2007 Concert Season on Sept. 5. The first scheduled performance perfor-mance will be at the Spanish Fork Harvest Moon Hurrah on Oct. 7. "Off to the Hunt!" is the Premier Pre-mier Season Opening Concert scheduled for Nov. 3 and 4. There are still a few openings open-ings in the orchestra, especially in the low strings and low brass, so feel free to contact the orchestra to see if your instrument in-strument is still needed. I I EKWItACAJ FAJI7AS . mm .POOR |