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Show Thursday, April 26, 2007 Page 12 Reactions after Pearl fYfy 1T O VULUI Ul IU rcmemlxT well hearing hear-ing iilxmt the attack on I'eurl llartxir. I was driving to church in an old Model A (I was probably only 14 years old, but in those days, the state didn't care about what age you began to drive), and the news came over the radio "the Japanese are attacking attack-ing Pearl llarlx)r." I had an interesting emotional emo-tional read ion to the news: I found it exciting -- "Oh, roy, we're going to war airplanes, air-planes, and so on!" though my parents were horrified. We lived not far from Clover 1'ield (now Santa Monica Air-jxirt), Air-jxirt), where Douglas Aircraft had a plant We now knew that much of the U.S. Pacific fleet and the air corps in I lawaii had been destroyed, and we in Ds Angeles were scared half to death. The rumor everywhere t it J, E !"''' i Baby and Empty Nesters k&am It s your turn. . . ou vc spent yinirtimc and mortc) helping ytxir children get started in lite. Congratulation?! on a job well done. Now thai time and money arc not so scarce, ask yourself this question. "How do I want my teeth to look and feel before I retire." '. ; "i ' New advances in dentistry can help pet your teeth in hotter condition. After all. you want your teeth to last as long as you do. The quality of your life w ill be better if they do. Il ml begins with a smile 385 West Center Street Orem 801 224-1117 L'cntlrdtMitnhirK.t nm Editor's note: This is the jirst Orem Residents of the Los Angeles urea tell a consistent story after the Japanese uttuck on urred on the West Coast was that we were going to be invaded. The Japanese fleet was going to be off the coast and shell the city. There was also a rumor that a Japanese submarine had surfaced off Santa Barbara and shelled the oil refinery there. The rumor also was that the Japanese had a lot of spies in the Ds Angeles area, and I suppose there were some. They were supposedly down by the beach, flashing signals to ships out at sea. I remember lying in bed, lexiking out the window during dur-ing blackouts, hearing the sirens. During the blackouts, we had to pull down our shades. I watched the anti-aircraft guns fire at something in the air, though nobody knew what it was. We had to paint our headlights blue, leaving only a slot of light showing. It was all very, very exciting, but at the same time frightening. All the airfields and defense planes were camouflaged, and of course Clover Field was closed, so we couldn't go and watch the airplanes anymore. I had many Japanese LOCAL Editor In response to the Local letter let-ter sent in by 13 year old Tucker Tuck-er Smith I am in full support of the eradication of the Japanese Beetle. I trust the Department of Agriculture and Foods, in ... ,,nt"'ii, T7 MOWER & CYCLE '7 Boomers 1 hvf hern futx-M 4 t lrv ! nrix He l.aut p-id cstc o jkll hi patient mA t alwn cKeraet1 hrt tfirK tmln Hn hnk uff mAc nu feci ai hMT. and thinf nm Tahl) to n 4em'i tunt it d " VUrrxr(Tatl Coma sea for ycurtc'f. of three articles about Reed Nixon, who is now a resident of Peurl Harbor. Nixon was in his friends, and I used to go into their homes after school, where we would play or study. Without exception, so far as I knew, they all had gardeas they were very good truck gardeners. At that time, our home in Culver City was surrounded by fields, many of them cultivated by the Japanese. I could buy a head of cabbage for a penny. When I went into the homes, I noted that the family had a Japanese flag and a shrine. The Japanese children went to classes at a school where they learned the Japanese language, as well as Japanese culture and history (sort of like the LDS seminary program). The parents spoke Japanese, and they expressed loyalty to Japan. Then I remember that the Japanese were suddenly gone. They had been rounded up and evacuated. President Roosevelt had announced on the radio that that was what he was going to do. As we all know, war is hell, and during war, people do things they wouldn't do otherwise. People click their tongues and say, "I would never do anything like that, their research and proposed treatment plan. It will be a minor mi-nor inconvenience to not enjoy produce from my garden for a few years. However I have already had numerous offers from family and friends who are willing to donate produce from their own gardens. I know that there are those who claim that this chemical spray will cause cancer. Guess what else causes cancer the mil h I V 2 f 1 -i I f 5L f C 260 E. Main St. American Fork 756-3613 :: m -'.I Our commitment to you. . Try 11 frt 2 in Lr.zf.n Fcrk C:f.v::n Ch'i's and Harbor of what happened shortly midteens when the attack oc- denying civil rights to an ethnic group." But people will do nearly anything during a war. I was sorry to lose my Japanese friends, but like most people, I supported the government's decision. 1 had a victory garden out back and took care of it. Los Angeles was beautiful beauti-ful in those days, though we often had a lot of fog in the mornings. Most people used public transportation streetcars street-cars in the city and buses in the outlying areas. The war of course changed the whole Southern California economy. Anybody could get a job at 35 cents an hour, and then wages went up to 50 cents an hour! I Next week: Reed qualifies' for the Navy's V-12 program and enters Cal Tech. I Some veterans may wish, on their own, to tape or digital record their memories of military service. These will be transcribed and archived. 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Send you out the door with a smile you will love. Why Service part of SCERA youth group Reva Bowen NORTH COUNTY STAFF What began as a humanitarian humanitar-ian service activity for one of the SCERA Youth Theatre groups has been expanded to become an integral part of the SCERA 's youth program. Laurel Barham, program director, said that the idea of community service was first incorporated into the activities of the oldest of the SCERA groups an advanced audition audi-tion group called "Acting Up." While on tour, the "Acting Up" group visited a women's shelter in Los Angeles, where they delivered kits they had assembled. Barham said acting can be a "heady experience" for those involved, and participating in giving service is one way to help the kids in the program to continue to become well-rounded well-rounded individuals. "They get really good training train-ing as performers, but we want the whole package," Barham said. Over 176 kids ages five through 18 are members of the SCERA Youth Theatre program, pro-gram, taking classes geared to their age and ability levels, and performing in SCERA-sponsored SCERA-sponsored productions. Other successful service projects have included performing per-forming "Cinderella" at the Christmas Box House for abused children, reading stories sto-ries to children with cancer at a Make-a-Wish House, and performing a fireside for residents resi-dents of the Cove Point retirement retire-ment center. The most recent project has found the cast of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" making mak-ing hats on hat looms backstage, back-stage, for eventual delivery to an orphanage in Mexico. "It helps keep their hands busy, and it keeps their focus off themselves," said Barham. "It helps keep the 'acting PRCMDOOliBGE Pet WE ARE HIRING! You can train to become a certified professional groomer! 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"We're going to incorporate (the service projects) into every show we do from now on. Barham herself did not become be-come involved with drama until un-til after college. She was an elementary el-ementary education and early childhood education major at BYU, then taught in the public schools for six years. On a dare from her husband Robert, she tried out for a play and was on her way. Local theater legends Jerry Elison and the late Syd Riggs became her mentors, and she received training in New York City at workshops and conferences confer-ences conducted by Broadway professionals and Julliard teachers. Barham said her husband, a computer programmer, helps by arranging tours and working work-ing backstage. The couple's son, eight-year old Nathan, has caught the acting bug and performed as Tiny Tim at the Hale Center Theater at Christmas Christ-mas time. "Mostly, he likes Hot Wheels and soccer," Barham said of her son, "but he's having hav-ing fun with us." The Barhams joke that there are "the three of us and our 800 other children," she said. "Tom Sawyer" is the next production for the SCERA Youth Theatre, set for April 27 and 28. The show will be followed by "101 Dalmatians" and "Aladdin" May 4-7, and "Cinderella," May 11-14. 492-774 Orem Salt Lake Ogden summerforoniy ftmol- i . dub for details. pV3OT S:r!ni nr.t to tz : 1 :pO |