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Show A TIMPANOGOS TIMES June 29,2011 The Casual Critic by Daryl Austin r : : V j; J their steps the next morning. This time the action is in Thai-land, and although the location has changed the story hasn't. And that's not a bad thing. The threesome were hilarious in the first film, and they still brought their for Round 2. I loved watching then and I loved watching again now. As far as I'm concerned, Phillips and company can get hung over as often as they want as long as they keep a camera handy to let me in on the action. Content: Rated R for all sorts of naughtiness. You're gonna see nudity (man-part- s included), hear lots of foul language and witness general crudeness the likes of which is surely going to make Grandma blush. Other Opinions: 28,414 "Average Joes" give "The Hangover Part II" a rating of 7 out of 10 while 210 profession-al film critics give it an average score of 35 percent out of 100 percent. Should you see it? Not un-less you saw and liked the first one. If you liked Part I, chances are you'll like Part II. For more reviews by The Casual Critic please visit www. casitalcriticmovies.com. "The Hangover Part II" Casual Critic Score: 7 out of 10 Release Date: May 26, 2011 Rating: R Length: 102 minutes Genre: Comedy Before 2009's "The Hang-over," Zach Galifiankis (Into the Wild) was often rejected in movie auditions. In fact he had never landed a role that anyone really remembered him for. Yet, Director Todd Phillips (Old School) saw something in him that he thought would connect with audiences. And when "The Hangover" became the second-highe- st grossing movie of all time, Phillips proved he had an eye for talent. But when "The Hang-over Part II" debuted with the highest-grossin- g Memorial day opening ever, both Phillips and Galifiankis must have accepted that they had started something even bigger than they could have imagined. The boys are back with an-other story of blacking out for a night and then trying to retrace i aZT rr :t .7- 'v F j ' ' , rid? " "' " 1 f ;, . , - - - - -- - - Reverend Jack Dunn organizes the first Chili Cook-Of- f to raise awareness of domestic violence. Photo courtesy of Shauna DeBuck Chili Cook Off Helps Victims The first Strawberry Days Charity Chili Challenge is a step in the right direction to fight the epidemic of domestic violence. Everyone was impressed how the firefighters from Pleasant Grove, American Fork, Lehi, and our Grand Champion winner Lone Peak Fire all came to the rescue for the Center for Women and Children in Crisis. Organized by the Anglican Church of Central Utah and teaming up with Ronda Gates, the shelter director for the Cen-ter for Women and Children in Crisis, and along with the volunteers and participants of Strawberry Days Celebration and Rodeo, we have stepped-u- p our efforts in the fight against domestic violence. We want to thank all who came by and enjoyed the fire-hou- se chili and were able to meet some of the extraordinary volunteers who help protect and relocate the victims of domestic violence. "We want to make fami-lies aware that there is a place, a safe haven we have been try-ing to help called the Center for Women and Children in Crisis. I would like to assure any wom-an under this awful threat that these facilities will make your escape, transition, and recovery from abuse as comfortable as possible," said Reverend Jack Dunn of the Anglican Church. "These extraordinary people make the recovery to an "ordinary" life a transition from persecution into peace and horror into happiness," he added. We want to thank our spon-sors The Bank of American Fork, Costco, Rib City, Water Gardens Theater, Kneaders of Lehi, and our local paper -- Timpanogos Times, and Betty Memmot for all the help and support Strawberry Days Cel-ebration and Rodeo gave us. For more information see reverendjackdunn.blogspot. com. Madysen Memmott Competes at Miss Utah u i - V i I Madysen Memmott com-peted at the Miss Utah Pageant last week. The pageant was held at the Capital Theater. During the week, Mady had a personal judges interview and competed in Swimsuit, Talent and Evening Gown. Pleasant Grove City is proud of her rep-resentation. Madysen Memmott is a student at Utah Valley Univer-sity, majoring in Public Rela-tions with a minor in Digital Media. This past year she has worked in conjunction with the Special Olympics on her plat-form "Open Hearts" to increase understanding, broaden toler-ance, and facilitate understand-ing of intellectually disable youths. She possesses a great love for mentally and physical-ly disabled youth in our com-munity. Madysen fell in love with dance at the age of two and continues to share her talent with others as she expresses her passion on stage. This past week she performed to "The Chain" by Ingrid Michaelson. Madysen has served Pleasant Grove for the past year as Miss Pleasant Grove. Bluegrass Thunder to Perform at "Concerts in the Park" Series Get ready for the 4th of July with some of America's own music, Bluegrass. Sun-day's Concert in the Park fea-tures the popular local band Bluegrass Thunder. The con-cert begins at 7:30 p.m. on the east lawn of the Pleasant Grove Community Center lo-cated at 547 S. Locust Ave. Bluegrass Thunder has been performing throughout Utah County and throughout the world for over 25 years. Started in 1985 by Terry Tuck-er, Bluegrass Thunder accom-panied Clo'ggers West as they performed in the U.S. and throughout Europe, represent-ing American Folk Traditional Music and Dance. Bluegrass Thunder has performed lo-cally at the Galavan Center, Lagoon, Festival of Trees, NAMI Annual Banquet, Sum-mer Festivals in Mapleton, Orem, Pleasant Grove and Cedar Hills, as well as many care facilities, senior centers, church and community ben-efits, private parties, dances and jam sessions. Sunday's show will be featuring Bluegrass music with both instrumental and singing, including favorites such as "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and "Orange Blossom Special." "There will also be some comedy, fun songs, and fun new surprises," said Greg Tucker, lead guitarist and singer. The band includes fid-dle, banjo, two guitars, man-dolin and bass. Bring blankets and lawn chairs and enjoy some g, hand-clappin- g Amer-ican music in a beautiful out-door setting. 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