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Show Thursday, September 27, 2007 OREM TIMES Page 17 Wounded in war Vooai to in the infantry in Italy and is wounded. n the 29th of May, I became the "runner" for the K Company, 29th Infantry, as a messenger for my colonel. I stayed with him about a thousand yards behind be-hind the front lines and knew at all times where my company compa-ny commander was. I transferred trans-ferred messages to him by radio or telephone. We once spent the night in a gravel pit, and then the next day moved into a field of ripened wheat. On the afternoon of May 29, my colonel and another colonel were looking at a map. One said that the 34th Division was taking a town down a gravel road. "We shouldn't have any trouble with snipers," he added. My thought was, "Well, I'm going to live till tomorrow, because there will be no fighting." fight-ing." We hadn't gone 10 minutes down that country road when bullets started coming down the road. We got down on our hands and knees, crawling, pushing our guns ahead of us. A lieutenant came toward me, walking but bent over. I asked him, "Lieutenant, where are they?" "In that damn stucco house out there." Sure enough, the Germans had a machine gun in a little red house and were firing down the road. We crawled down the road a hundred yards or so, then went off to the left and started to cross the wheat field. When we moved the wheat, the Germans would fire a machine gun burst in that direction. There was an understanding that if you heard a shell burst, you didn't worry about it. The one you didn't hear was the one that was going to get you. I heard a shell burst out in front of me, and then a shell fragment hit me on the collar bone and stung bad and jarred me a bit, though it didn't break the skin. Another inch higher, and it would have killed me. I rolled over in the wheat and yelled at the medic in front of me. He came back to me, scissors in hand: "Where are you hit?" I said, "Here." mmmmm mmummt Please rci ' it M1 - 492 0 7GJVcUA& tafcfyt www.preciouspetparadlseemployee.com hit AT 'awe & if !'.' I ! ! , , . Ill Activa fjr 220 ! mmmm0 STT 12, FREE classes and 5 Year Warranty with the purchase of any new Bernina machine! STOP BY TODAY TO SEE A COMPLETE LINE OF BERNINA PRODUCTS! Mon-Fri 10am-6pm Sat 9am-5pm 268 W. Center Provo 374-5520 www.artista.net Editor's note: This is the third and final article about Maurice Peterson, a resident of Pleasant Grove. This week, Peterson continues to serve That is how I got my Purple Heart. He cut my shirt sleeve off, exposed the bruise, put a bandage ban-dage on me, and made a sling for my arm out of my shirt sleeve. He told me to wait till dark, and then go back on the road we had just come up on. But as I lay there all alone, waiting for it to get dark, bullets bul-lets whizzed over the wheat above me. I had never been so scared in all my life, afraid I would get torn up, with nobody no-body to help me. I called upon my Father in Heaven: "You know my predicament, and it's not one I chose. It's up to you to spare me. I will accept whatever your response will be." Finally I heard a vehicle in the distance, and it turned out to be an American Jeep, with a Red Cross flag flying from the bumper. After it got dark, I walked back to the gravel pit where we had spent the night before. When it came time for the medics to look at me, I insisted that I be able to stay with my company: "Don't send me away if there's something I can do here. I can carry water, rations, ammo." The medic ignored me. He got out a shipping tag with a string on it, wrote on it, tied it to a buttonhole on my shirt, swore at me, and said, "I know more about this business than you do. You'll be a sore man for a few days." A little later, I was put in an ambulance and taken to a collection station. The medics there had a little coffee pot brewing. I had never drunk coffee, but I'd been taught that it had medicinal purposes. So I had me a cup, and then another. an-other. I'll never forget what it did for me: It stimulated me to my feet. Like they say, "War is hell." I went over 200 days not sleeping sleep-ing on a mattress. I lived 108 days with the imminence of death. Some veterans may wish, on their own, to tape or digital record their memories of military service. These will be transcribed and archived. For instructions on how to do this, e-mail Don Norton, at donnortonbyu.edu. bo For more fnf ormatton call ut, come by, or visit our website. - 7746 61 West Main Street, American Fork I .mh Artista ) 730 I r: j : "" ' ' ' -f - J .-l.ll,.ilinil,.wili r uvsc Theatre Department opens season with "The Heiress" "The Heiress" by Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz opens the UVSC Theatrical Arts Department Depart-ment 2007-08 Season that carries car-ries the theme "The American Experience." "The Heiress" will be performed per-formed today through Oct. 6 at the Black Box Theater, at Ut ah Valley State College Campus in Orem at 7:30 p.m. The all-student cast includes Jaclyn Hales as Catherine the heiress, Alex Ungerman as her suitor Morris Townsend and Jake Suazo as the suspecting suspect-ing and unloving Dr. Austin Sloper. Other cast members include in-clude Julie Mortimer as Aunt Penniman, Katy Baxter as Maria, Katie Sullivan as Mrs. Almond, Heather Housley as Marian Almond, Jacob Squire as Arthur Townsend and Rebecca Cain as Mrs. Montgomery. Mont-gomery. For more information on "The Heiress," call (801) 863-8797 863-8797 or visit www.uvsc.edu campusconnectevents. Pianist Jon Schmidt to perform per-form at UVSC Utah Valley State College Envision Winter Guard Club presents "An Evening Eve-ning with Jon Schmidt" Fri-dayat Fri-dayat 7 p.m. in Centre Stage of the UVSC Sorensen Student Center. The money raised from the concert will assist Envision in their traveling expenses to compete around the country and to attend the Winter Guard International Passage to Zarahemla Shoe NORTH COUNTY STAFF In honor of fallen soldier, Nathan Barnes, of American Fork, who was killed July 17 while exiting his helicopter in Iraq, Passage to Zarahemla Zara-hemla has teamed up with Seagull Book and Hearts and Hands for Humanity for the Passage to Zarahemla Shoe Drive. The drive will be held statewide state-wide now through Oct. 12 and is set to collect shoes for those in need in Iraq. "Because Nathan loved kids and loved serving his country, coun-try, we are touched to be part of this project and hope to w r i j vdSK- V W t I It il iESITY It's not just about the extra (sounds. Obesity ranks top on the list of preventable causes of death. Excess weight makes you more susceptible to serious diseases. 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If Jason would be quiet during class, he would give him time at the end of the day to do his shtick. It was the funnyman's first gig. He impersonated Pee Wee Herman as well as mimicking mimick-ing his teachers and other students and the seeds of what would become a nationwide career were sown. The impressionistmusician humorist is making a relatively relative-ly rare appearance in his home state this month when he performs per-forms Oct. 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the SCERA Center for the Arts, 745 S. State St., Orem. Reserved-seat tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for seniors (65), students (w ID) and children (age 3-11). Tickets are available from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays and Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m. at the SCERA main office or by calling 225-ARTS and may also be purchased online at www.scera.org. Hewlett will perform his signature reprisals of Jim Carrey, Car-rey, Michael Jackson (yes, he does the moonwalk), the collect thousands of shoes of all sizes for those in need in Iraq," said Chris Heimerding-er, Heimerding-er, author of the Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites series and spokesperson for the Passage to Zarahemla Shoe Drive. Seagull Book has teamed up with Passage to Zarahemla in this shoe drive and has equipped their stores throughout through-out the state with containers to collect shoes of all types and sizes, with the goal of sending thousands of shoes to Iraq. Also working in high gear to put together much-needed medical supplies, blankets if H wmuG J c. m velociraptor from Jurassic Park, The Chipmunks, Ricky Martin, Willie Nelson and Elton El-ton John, but they will also get a look at some new additions, such as Justin Timberlake, Bon Jovi, REO Speedwagon, Air Supply, Enrique Iglesias and more. The entertainer will also reveal some of his original songs. "It should be a really cool time," he says. In addition to his extensive corporate schedule, Hewlett is also a motivational speaker and a member of the National Speaker's Association. He has also written and published a book called "Signature Moves: Standing Out in a Sit Down World." 'High School Musical' plays live at SCERA Center The Disney television phenomenon, phenom-enon, "High School Musical" is dancing and singing its way through Orem this month with 65 teens in the cast exuding energy and talent. The musical has practically become a cult favorite with everyone from teens to adults and will play live on stage at the SCERA Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. through Oct. 1 on Mondays, Thursday, Fridays Fri-days and Saturdays, with an additional show each Saturday at 2 p.m. All seating is reserved and tickets at $12 for adults and $10 for children (age 3-1 1), students stu-dents with ID and seniors ages 65 or older are available from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and on Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m. at the SCERA Center, Cen-ter, 745 S. State St., Orem, or by calling 225-ARTS. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.scera.org. Audition notice The SCERA Center for the Arts in Orem announces auditions for Drive to honor and toys, to go along with the shoes collected from the shoe drive, is Hearts and Hands for Humanity. Since 1998, HHH has partnered with such groups as Mother's Without Borders, the LDS Foundation and the Simon Says Hope Foundation to produce group manufacturing of tens of thousands of newborn kits, hygiene kits, safe birth kits and school kits. "What we do is a group effort," ef-fort," said Tracy Laws, fund-raising fund-raising chairperson. "We have found that the more of us who work together, the more we can get done." WE HAVE ALL HEEDS! ii:cuid:::g uft kusi WE OFFER: Superchips Nerf Bars -Vent Visors Turbo & Cat Back Exhaust Kits Bed Caps Fender Flairs 'Edge Juice with Attitude! ROOKY'S AMERICA!! CAR CARE f UNTIL 2008! i jHh On rnrtf wit am 100 jF Only 45 minutes from Provo, Soldier Summit Estates combines substantial value with accessibility to the Wasatch front's metropolitan valleys. 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Audition-ers Audition-ers should come prepared to sing 16 measures of an upbeat '50s harmony song, if possible. An accompanist or boom box will be provided. Six to eight female dancers ages 18 and up are needed and will be auditioned on Oct. 4 from 9-10 p.m. Dancers should come prepared to perform a short Broadway-style dance segment. For more information, contact con-tact SCERA at (801) 225-ARTS or visit www.scera.org. American Fork Arts Council Speech contest entries American Fork City Arts Council is sponsoring its annual an-nual "America Our Country" Scholarship Speech Contest for all junior and senior high schx)l students in north Utah County for Veteran's Day. Cash prizes of $3,000 will be awarded. First place will win $1,000. Entry forms can be obtained ob-tained at the student's sch(xl or the American Fork City Hall and are due by Sunday. Entry forms must be mailed or handed in to the Arts Council Coun-cil at 31 N. Church, American Fork. For more information, contact Karen Schaack, 763-0784, 763-0784, or Fori England, 763-3081, 763-3081, or Mary Kawakami, 756-648. fallen soldier We have found that the more of us who work together, to-gether, the more we can get done." Tracy Laws, FUNDRAISING CHAIRPFRSON YOUR TRUCK y 397 N. STATE OREM 6551140 soldiersummit.com MOUNTAIN ESTATES |